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Chapter 18.5: An Unexpected Turn Of Events Part Two

Quickly, they nodded and went off to be at a place where their safety was more guaranteed.

As they did that, the sannin headed off to where he could possibly find the crooks who had bombed the area.

'Naruto... Nia... please tell me you both are safe!'

Not too far from where the old man was, a number of bodies and limbs were lying beside Nia as they all were at the center of the explosion. Blood rained from sky as a result from that and a few pair of feet stood right where the kunoichi laid.

"Idiot!" A tall, slender man rammed his fist down on one of his lackey's head, "You almost killed her! Do you have any idea what we would've lost if we killed her?!"

"S-Sorry, Master." The Lackey, who went by the name Sukomo, apologized.

The boss, whose name was Makoro, kneeled down and placed two fingers on Nia's neck and sighed a breath of relief as he could feel a pulse on the unconscious girl.

"Phew... I managed to keep her safe at the last second... That was too close."

"Erm... aren't we supposed to be acquiring the scroll that old fool wouldn't give us?" Another male lackey with white spiky hair and green eyes reminded the boss.

"You fool! There's no such need for that scroll anymore. This girl is worth far more than that. That thing is worthless compared to her." Makoro stated as he he placed his hand on Nia's face and did something to cause her to open her eyes, "This girl is one of the infamous guardians."

"A guardian!?" The two others with him gasped.

"Yes... but this one is different. I can sense that she is not pure of heart like the others. Something has tainted her soul. There's nothing but darkness surrounding it—not even a speck of light is inside it. It's been driven out!"

"What?!" Sokumo raised an eyebrow, "But Master Makoro, all guardians are supposed to be pure of heart, otherwise-"

"RASENGAAAN!" The three men were suddenly interrupted by a plethora of Naruto's shadow clones aiming blue balls of chakra toward them.

As they moved away, the real Naruto gathered Nia in his arms and moved her and himself out of the way just as his army of clones came crashing their jutsu's against the ground like a line of land mines.

Makoro cursed under his breath as he tried to feel out for Nia but couldn't lock onto her. As he did this however, he sensed a powerful dark presence hiding within the blonde that had ambushed him and his lackeys.

'A jinchuuriki...' His eyes widened slowly as he then engaged into hand-to-hand combat with many of the clones, 'And he's... not like the others either... he's... pure of heart. His soul is filled with light! How can this be?!'

Elsewhere, Naruto had managed to escape to the safety of a dark alley as he placed his back against the outside of a ruined building and slid down to the ground as he kept a firm grip around Nia as this happened.

He closed his eyes as he kept her head at his chest. Having thought that all the blood that was spilled on her was that of her own, the blonde was sure the kunoichi was murdered along with the others in the heat of the explosion.