Konoha will come. They will not let us fall, not after so many years, not after all that our alliance has gone through. We sit and wait for our moment, one cue. That is all we need to unleash hell upon the invading bastards.
(Two weeks since the primary defenses shattered) The battle grows quieter above. We still hear the sounds of combat, but they are more sparse now, not the cacophony of noise that one would associate with the assistance of our allies as we initially estimated we would receive, however it has been weeks since the assault on our home and no aid from Konohagakure has been received.
Suna, Kumo, and Iwa are cowards. They preyed on our civilians, forcing us to divert a good amount of our genin and chunin to evacuation stations. Many of our warriors were lost to this purpose that I will not say was worthless, our civilians are as much a part of our beloved home as our shinobi forces, however, many of our troops were picked off keeping the people safe. To prey on our nation who has never intentionally slighted them in the least, this is treachery at its highest form.
Our village leader has had enough and is casting away the contingency plan. He is heading up with volunteers for one final battle with the invaders. I will be among the ones that head up to link up with any survivors for one last ditch effort at casting the allied force out.
This will be our finest hour, they will tell legends of our valor.
Blood smeared the pages of the final passage as there was no time span listed.
Akasuna no Sasori.
We believed that the invading force was an alliance of the three villages I have been cursing throughout these passages, but it was just him. Him and him alone. He commanded a force of such overwhelming numerical superiority we figured it was an alliance, the numerous hitae-ate visible did nothing to give us any belief to the contrary. But we were mistaken.
Never have I seen such mastery of Sunagakure's most sacred art of war. He was able to keep the remainder of our shinobi busy and combat our leader directly with his puppet force, but the ones he used on us at first were nothing compared to what we saw when he started feeling the pressure of our attack.
He released one puppet, just one. This puppet was horrifyingly effective, I have never and will never see anything like it ever again.
The Sandaime Kazekage had gone missing shortly before his attack. His whereabouts and well-being were unknown to all, but we now know just what happened to the wind shadow. He is now Sasori's most destructive tool of violence. The Iron Sand bloodline is fearsome, and Sasori somehow retained his ability to utilize it even in his death. One jutsu was enough to take us all out of action.
The village leader gave the few of us left after Sasori's jutsu instructions to come down here and place all of Uzushiogakure's valuables in the most secure place in the village. That was the last thing we were all able to do. A terrible paralysis had stricken us once the vault door closed. We cannot move, we cannot utilize our chakra, even breathing is becoming increasingly difficult. It is taking me the last of my strength to write down the events that have lead to our demise.
So long as the village's greatest treasure resides behind the impenetrable vault of Uzushiogakure's premier clan we will never be lost.
Naruto shut the journal and shook his head sadly, "Akasuna no Sasori?"
"Sunagakure's greatest puppet user ever Naruto-senpai, he was unmatched in the art. He went rogue almost twenty years ago however." Sai said to the blonde shinobi, "He must have been brought in as a closer when Uzu's defenses inflicted heavy enough losses on the ninja."
Naruto nodded at Sai's logic, "So…" He turned towards the ornate door where many skeletons were positioned, "Impenetrable vault. You want to see if we can get into it? We did come here to see if we could get something after all."
Sai looked apprehensive, "With all of the 'luck' that we've been getting out of everything else around here I don't think tampering with the safe would be wise Naruto-senpai."
Naruto walked over to the vault and gave it a look over, "Sai-kouhai, do you know anything about safe cracking? I was more of the direct assault type myself."
Sai reluctantly made his way over and gave the vault a look himself before shaking his head, "There's no conceivable way for me to break into the vault. We need the key or else this door stays shut senpai."
Naruto looked at the door intensely before his eyes widened, "Whoa. This is an elaborate blood seal array. Like, really elaborate. It's very, very precise about who it lets in, and I believe that anyone not of proper lineage will get a nasty little surprise for their troubles."
Sai walked around, pacing in thought before he stopped and looked at Naruto, "What was that last passage in the journal senpai?"
Naruto pulled it straight from memory, "So long as the village's greatest treasure resides behind the impenetrable vault of Uzushiogakure's premier clan we will never be lost." Naruto's eyes widened, "You don't think-?"
Sai nodded, "They were the most famous clan of the village. Go ahead and try it."
Naruto scowled at Sai, "Says the guy that won't get fried if he attempts to use it. Fine." Naruto pulled out a kunai and cut his palm, coating all of his fingers in blood before looking at his hand, then at Sai, and sighing, "When I die, you stay the hell away from my funeral." Sai gave Naruto his 'smile', "If you die from this then I'll just leave you here with the rest of your family's village of origin. That's what you would want, right?"
Naruto's eye twitched, "You're an asshole kouhai." Naruto turned back to the door and placed his bloody hand against it. Wincing in anticipation for a violent rebuttal from the door he got a pleasant surprise as he heard the tumblers open from within, finally opening and revealing the contents within to the boys.
Looking within he saw that the vault wasn't very large. It was big enough for both Naruto and Sai to stand in and that was about it. There was no treasure of financial value, no stockpiled money, nothing of the sort. There was a shelf with a dozen scrolls on it. Sai reached for one and attempted to open it. Naruto watched him struggle before sighing and dragging a bloody finger across it, opening it. Sai grunted in thanks and began reading, ending up squinting at what was on it, "There's nothing on it at all senpai." Naruto narrowed his eyes at the scroll and swiped his bloody finger on the parchment as symbols appeared on the paper. Naruto handed it back to Sai, "There you go. Now read."
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