Started on July 11, 2017| Philippines| 21:16 hours

Bad time to start writing since it's a school day, but I have a promise I need to fulfill for a certain someone.

Hopefully I can actually remember to place an explanation for why I chose Satsuki to die the way she did since I write my stories chapters far from the last one. Like yeah, this was on July 11, 2017, right?

Then next thing you know, in the chapter is written during July 13, 2017. Trust me, that's how I write most of the time.

If you've read Phantom Master, I have a treat for you in this story chapter. I should also say spoilers but oh well; not like I finished Phantom Master yet (I am getting there though).

Lastly, I plan on including the Spartan armor from Halo, specifically those used by the Spartan II's; although when is... still tentative.

FACT:

I actually downloaded the map for the Elemental Nations to give me a good idea on what countries are beside each other.

Anyway, onto the chapter.

(The Hunter)

Danzo sits inside a council room with his fellow Templars. "My brothers," he starts. "It has come to my attention that our best agent, Mister Naruto Hattori, has fallen in love with Miss Satsuki Uchiha."

"Well, shouldn't we consider that a good thing then?" One of the councilpersons, a wise man by many and all standards, says; more than asks.

"Under normal circumstances, yes." Danzo replies with a little hint of malice in his tone. He clearly never liked the man. "However, now we must lead him to understand that WE. CONTROL. HIM." He says sternly before listing down all things Naruto had done that made it look like they did not control him in order to get the others to go with his plan; which in concept was simple.

Naruto would be called alone, they would reprimand him about his relationship, and then bring out Satsuki. Danzo, after all knew how smart Naruto was in the minimum. Never would the blonde expect a trick like this, and he knew it because he knew the blonde didn't use tricks.

Little did the war mongrel know that what he was about to do would bring out a demon; far greater than even the former Hattori Clan Head.

But the wise Templar councilman did. And so he advised against it.

"My brothers, I pray you will not do this foolishness." He says with a stern tone. "If you do so, you will pay. Naruto may let his guard down just a bit by being summoned alone, but hurt him enough and you will have something no one can control." He says as he stands. "If you will push through with this, know that I will have nothing to do with it." He says as he heads to the door.

"Lancelot, you will no longer be welcomed here as a council person once you walk out that door." Danzo warns.

The wise councilman Lancelot pauses. He looks at the man with a glance and says to him, "The moment I walk out this door, I will have secured my survival."

Danzo grinned as he saw the man leave. He was now in full control, the only other person who could even challenge his authority being gone. However, Lancelot had his reasons.

Danzo would die, the wise man knew it, and he'd leave the Templar Order through all the chaos. At the same time, he'd be freed from a control freak of a war mongrel.

"And besides. This role as Lancelot has ended." The wise man says as his form shifts in the dark. He gives off a dark chuckle as he leaves the Templar base. "Now... time for some fun."

{"It is not the custom of kings to kill kings." – Saladin}

Inside a surveillance room, Shin watches the screens as the cameras around their hidden Hattori base scan one area from another.

The man watches with such alertness he actually managed to spot a blur for a thousandth of a second. "Naruto-sama, we have an intruder. Someone knows we're here. A blur for… I'm estimating a thousandth of a second in sector 45." He says and all he receives was static. "This will be fairly interesting." He states a matter-of-factly knowing Naruto was well on his way to deal with the threat.

And Shin was right since he saw Naruto arrive on the scene.

(Land of Iron)

The Land of Iron, also called Tetsu no Kuni by those who remember their history and lineage; a land that snows all-year-round. Its forests were gigantic in geographic scale and many in number. Thus it was here the Samurai held and still hold their base; not just due to the forests' sizes and number but also because of the hostile weather. However, the Hattori HQ was also hidden in these lands because of such useful conditions.

And yet, one man walks in the snow like it were nothing. Around him is a clearing surrounded by snow-covered forests. However, he wears a white surcoat with a Templar cross sewn onto it.

"Who are you?"

The Templar smiles as he turns behind him to face the man he had always wanted to meet. His son. "I am nothing of concern to you." He says as he draws his weapon, a scythe. "Or at least not my name."

Naruto's eyes narrow at those words. That way of talking was similar to his. The familiar smell of Shisui also radiated from this man, although barely. "Fine, so be it." The blonde replies as he readies his own weapon, a regular Katana.

"Oh?" The Templar asks quizzically. "Not using your true weapons I see…" He says with a frown. "Disappointing." He smirks for just a split second before vanishing.

Naruto's eyes widen as he sends the katana to meet with the scythe's blade only for his blade to shatter making him jump away. His eyes narrow as he eyes his opponent with a calculating look.

"You still lack so much experience, BOY!" The Templar shouts as he lunges at his own unknowing son.

Naruto takes a breath before exhaling it and then, time slows. He catches the scythe aimed for his head with his hands before pushing it down where it forms a crater. He jumped before it could even get anywhere near him on its way to the ground and he sends a flying kick to his opponent.

"Not enough boy! I—" The Templar stops midsentence as he and his son jump back to avoid a crushing crash. "Who are you?!" Dust rises between them and in that dust cloud stands a hooded cloaked figure.

"Silence, human." The cloaked figure says. "It is not yet your time to fight." It says while looking towards The Templar before looking over to Naruto. "As for you; you have a war to be fought. Do not disappoint me."

The three then hear a mocking set of claps, also simply called slow clapping as a new figure appears behind the first. "Excellent, Phantom Master." It says with a grin.

"Being." Phantom Master says with a bored tone. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

Being smiles before heading over to The Templar. "I came to help. I do hope to see it happen, the war, as this world needs a purge. A bloody one at that." It says sickeningly as he grabs onto The Templar and then both vanish.

The act left only Naruto and Phantom Master alone. "Do not disappoint me." Phantom Master says but then to his surprise, Naruto appears right before him and aims a punch at his face. He dodges, for sure, but the hood is sent back revealing his face.

Naruto can only stare dumbstruck.

Phantom Master sighs as he looks Naruto in the eye. "I should have expected that." He says as Naruto's eyes reflect his image very clearly. "You are, after all, just another version of me."

Naruto stared at Naruto.

Naruto Hattori manages to stutter out his thoughts, if only barely. "Y-You… You're me?"

"From an alternate universe, yes, but also no. It's a complicated matter, one you are not yet ready to understand." Phantom Master, also known as Naruto Uzumaki, replies plainly. He was more scarred than this Hattori version of himself, and he just smirks. "You're still lacking in experience. Like I said…" Phantom Master pauses. "Do NOT disappoint me." And with that, he vanishes with his smirk etched into Naruto Hattori's memory forever.

Naruto Hattori only grins at what had happened. "I don't plan to." He replies as he looks to where that being and The Templar was. "Was he related to me" was the only question running through his mind at this point. With a sigh, he heads back inside his underground base.

(Templar HQ| Land of Frost)

Mikoto Uchiha pants softly as she stands in the fighting stance of Muay Thai. Her top is only covered by a black sports bra showing full well her abdominal muscles. Her lower half is covered by black sports shorts that compliment her waist, hips, and rear. Her feet are bare, her hands are wrapped in white bandages, and her hair is tied into a ponytail. And all this make her look beautiful even with sweat covering her as she sends a kick to her punching bag.

"Mikoto."

The Uchiha turns to catch a Kunai aimed for her face. She sends a glare to the door of the gym; more specifically to who was standing there. "Tsunade…"

"Get changed. We've just got word that the Assassins are up to something after losing someone important." Tsunade says as she turns to leave. Before leaving, however, she says, "I was told that you were to lead a team of eight. Instructions will be with Fugaku."

Mikoto's teeth click before she goes to shower and get changed.

An hour later, the Uchiha clanswoman can be found wearing black tactical with a Templar Cross stitched onto the shoulder patch and she is standing in the briefing room . In the room were only four others; Fugaku already being counted among those four.

"Mikoto, you are to lead these three. Another four will be taking orders from you, and will also fall under you of course, but will consist of our clones of a… certain traitor."

Mikoto's eyes narrow at Fugaku's words but the woman remains silent.

"So, directly under you will be Sakura Haruno, Hinata Hyuuga, and Neji Hyuuga."

It was at this point Mikoto's eyes widen in surprise. Last she heard was that Neji was guarding high profile targets which means that for him to have been pulled from those duties must mean that what they were about to do was a very important mission.

"You will be hitting a major Konoha structure located twenty miles from the city; their power plant." Fugaku states as a holograph projection of the target location appears. "Take two Black Hawk helicopters and rappel down onto the plant. Once there, you have only fifteen minutes to sabotage it. How is up to you as long as it falls into a surgical sabotage. You must make it look like an accident."

Neji steps forward to ask a question. "Sir, wouldn't it be more onto the side of steal to use our new Humvees?"

"While a valid point, we need you to hit hard and fast. Our Humvees will be taking direct routes to the Land of Fire border." Fugaku answers as the hologram projects the route to be used by the Templar Humvees. The man looks at each of them directly in the eye. "If you aren't finished in fifteen minutes, your escape will be up to you. We cannot risk a remote detonation from our base." He says sternly before turning away. "Today is the day we finish what our ancestors started."

(Assassin HQ| Konoha)

Kakashi, Kiba, and all Inuzuka members stand in the briefing room. "Today," Kakashi begins. "I want all of you to head out and search for Erza and Hanabi. Tomorrow, us who remain will be at the burial of Mebuki Haruno. Do not misunderstand; the timing for their disappearance and Mebuki's death is far more than coincidence."

Rukia enters the briefing room at this moment. "Master, I have received word from Inoue that there is someone who has information on the killer… an International investigator by the name of Mabui."

Kakashi's eyes narrow at that. "Very well… I shall meet her during the burial tomorrow in Inoue's inn. Have two of your girls stationed there, and four of the best Assassins as well."

(Hattori HQ| Land of Iron)

Naruto sits on his throne with a contemplating look on his face. Earlier, when he returned, he was informed by Spy-Master that Mebuki was found dead. Now, Naruto knows sure as hell that he didn't do it since he liked Mebuki, especially their sex sessions. However, the appearance of two beings earlier this day made him rethink of who could be responsible.

Or perhaps it was a different person entirely; either way he still didn't know.

The door to his throne room is opened as two people walk forward. "Naruto, I have perfected our new weapons." Leon says with a grin as he presents an M1 Garand. "I have managed a sealing array that allows us to clone the bullets in the magazine, effectively giving us an unlimited supply of ammunition."

"Well done." Naruto says with a smile and takes the weapon. "And what of you, Overview?"

Overview grins. "I have just sent the plans for our own satellite network. They should be ready in a month. However…" His grin widens if even possible. "I have detected a sudden heat bloom in the Land of Frost via hacked Templar Satellite."

Naruto raises a brow before smirking. "Don't interfere. Let them weaken each other for now." He then stands as he walks towards the door. "I need to speak with an old friend of mine…"

(The day after| Konoha)

Konoha was raining this day as the Assassins attended the public funeral of Mebuki Haruno. Since the woman was an iconic figure for both the citizens of Konoha and the Assassins, many joined her funeral.

However, one man and woman were busy discussing the case of her death inside a bar. And, while all seemed normal, four Assassins and two of Rukia's girls were already watching the exchange.

"So you are telling me that Mebuki was killed… by an implosion of her heart?" Kakashi asks.

Mabui nods. "With all due respect, this case fascinates me. There was a reason why we had to lie about the cause of her death. However, as you can surely tell, an implosion of the heart is… well, to be frank, this is the first case we've had on it." She sees Kakashi clench his fist and sigh before looking at her directly in the eye. "Sir, I have reason to believe that there is something more at play here… maybe even supernatural."

Kakashi nearly scoffed at the notion. Nearly. "Well… with everything going on… perhaps you are right. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt…" He then locks eyes with her. "Now, what do you want in return?"

The dark woman gulps as she tries to choose her words carefully. "To simply know your organization. I will not divulge anything to the public; so long as we can have a partnership."

The scarecrow man stays silent for a few moments to contemplate. After doing so, he comes to a decision. "Very well… but only temporary. Don't get me wrong, I will kill you if you even as much as think of double-crossing us."

(Templar Operation: Blackout)

Mikoto Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and two Boruto clones sit silently as their Black Hawk heads to their target location. Neji was with Hinata and two other clones of Boruto in their own Black Hawk. The two helicopters were only ten meters away from each other as they head on into hostile territory.

From the Land of Frost, they need to pass through the Land of Hot Water before going to the Land of Fire – also known as Hi no Kuni. However, when they entered Hi no Kuni, they were greeted by a small amount of rain; one which starts to get heavier as they head deeper into Hi no Kuni.

(Land of Iron/Tetsu no Kuni)

Naruto Hattori – dressed in black Hattori samurai armor – walks towards the last known Samurai stronghold in the entire Elemental Nations. On his lower face was a black Mempo, Oni in design.

"Halt!" Twelve Tetsu Samurai suddenly emerge from the forests surround their stronghold.

Naruto obeys. It wouldn't do him good to kill subordinates of his old friend.

"Hold it, hold it…" A man calls out from the forest as he heads out to the field. His face was serious, but then he smiled. "Naruto Hattori…" The rest of the Samurai tense. "What a pleasant surprise."

Naruto smiles from under his mempo. "Mifune, my old friend, how has time treated you?"

The old samurai warrior laughs. "AHAHAHAHAA! Very good! Time has treated me kindly." His eyes turn serious as he blocks a sword strike from Naruto. "You can see for yourself."

The Hattori smirks before sheathing his sword. "Indeed. I see you have not lost your touch." His mempo falls to the ground, sliced in half. "Nicely done."

"Likewise." Mifune replies as his shoulder plates shatter. "So…" He starts as he turns to walk away and motions for Naruto to follow. "What brought you here today?"

"I wish to make an alliance."

All around them tense as Mifune stops.

"Why?"

"War is coming, and I can promise you that your samurai will live."

Mifune turns with a glare. "Last I checked, you had an army of clones, Naruto."

"Yes well," Naruto starts. "I know for a fact that having an army of myself is a very powerful thing, but I plan on ruling all of the Elemental Nations, Mifune. If you will not accept an alliance, then only two other options present itself." The blonde says. He eyes Mifune as he knows the man knows where he is going, yet he says it anyway. "Either become the Vassal of the Hattori; your people will live peaceful lives, under my protection, and will receive Hattori training." He pauses as the samurai around them murmur. "Or simply resist and perish."

Mifune looks at his longtime friend and sighs. "When war begins, we will give you our answer. For now, let us trade."

Naruto grins. "Of course. The offer still stands, and the Hattori will rise."

(Templar Operation: Blackout)

The rain over Hi no Kuni was heavy as if it were a storm. However, it did not deter the two Templar teams.

"We're three minutes out." The pilot says over the radio. The eight troops nod as they check their gear. With black Templar tactical gear, only the clones place on helmets with built in gasmasks. They check their weapons; each of them were equipped with a silenced Magnum pistol, a silence SCAR, a few gas grenades, and of course a combat knife for each. Only Neji had a difference in gear as he held a Karambit, the knife a certain Ex-Assassin Hunter loved oh so much that he made everyone on his team use it.

Mikoto had her hair tied in a ponytail, Sakura had her hair cut to be just by the neck, and Hinata still had her short hair. All four of the real people, however, had a breather on their lower face.

The three minutes were filled with silence as the Black Hawks now have their doors open in preparation for their rappelling.

Finally, they arrive.

"Down, down, down." The pilots say in sync as Mikoto and Sakura rappel down first. Neji and Hinata follow only sends later from their helicopter. Then, the clones from Mikoto's Black Hawk do so as well, followed closely by the remaining two clones.

The eight regrouped close to each other as the helicopters moved away to hover around the power plant for the next fifteen minutes.

For the first five minutes, the group would split into four, each pair being composed of a clone and any of the four real people. In those five minutes, they would complete their objectives in placing explosives in certain parts of the power plant before regrouping.

All of it went according to plan. It was so perfect they regrouped. However, Neji speaks. "Something is wrong…"

Mikoto agrees. "Yeah, no one was here… there would be at least ten people here, ones even our pilots could see, even with all this rain."

A clone speaks up. "Doesn't matter. We're done."

"I hate to say this, but he has a point. More time we spend here, the more uneasy I become." Neji says as his eyes dart around. "And that's saying something when you consider who I worked with."

"Alright, I'm calling them in." Sakura says as she radios for the helicopters.

The Helicopters arrive in less than twenty seconds. However, the pilots spot something those on the ground don't. "Uh… Greek One this is Bird One, I see movement to your right, over."

Those words immediately made everyone on the ground point their guns to a lone figure to the right of Mikoto. "Halt!" A clone shouts as it aims for the neck of the figure that continues to walk towards them. "I said halt!"

The figure keeps moving.

"Hold on…" Mikoto says as she notices something. "He's limping."

"So do we help him?" Sakura asks. She didn't want to have to hurt innocents after all.

"This is Bird One, we see some more movement to your rear, over."

The eight Templars point their guns behind them to spot the figure of a woman this time, also limping towards them.

"Something doesn't sit well with me." Neji says as he looks back to the man's shaded figure. "Bird One, this is Greek Two, lower the ropes and be ready to pull us up. Don't land, I repeat, don't land." He says over his earpiece and then receives confirmation in the form four ropes being dropped from each helicopter. He looks towards the other and then shouts, "Move! I am not willing to wait to see what happens!" He then grabs onto a rope and is immediately pulled up.

The others look at each other and nod. They all head to their helicopter's ropes. One was close enough to the female figure that Sakura and Mikoto actually got a glimpse of what happened to the woman.

"Uh~…" The woman says as she limps towards them.

Mikoto motions for Sakura to grab onto the rope as she goes to check on the woman. "Halt!"

The woman keeps heading her direction.

"I said—" BANG

The woman's neck is ripped to shreds with only a thin line of flesh and the spinal cord even connecting it to the body.

Mikoto could only look on in shock at what just happened.

"She didn't stop so I killed her." The clone beside the Uchiha says as he looks at her.

The Uchiha woman looks back at the clone and gives him a glare. "Well, one thing is for sure; the Templars sure have done good in regards to Naruto's coldness to go with the cloning." She says as she grabs onto her rope and is then being pulled up.

The clone grunts and grabs onto his rope when suddenly he hears a soft shuffling behind him. He pauses and turns back only to see the body of the woman move. "The fuck?"

"GGGGGRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW!"

The cloned barely had time to react as he was jumped from behind by the man earlier on.

"AH! FUCK!" The clone shouts bringing the attention to him. Everyone was already on board so he was the only one left on the ground.

"What the hell?!" Sakura asks as she looks down in shock and fear. The eyes of Neji and Mikoto however, widen in fear

"Let's get out of here! Now! We only have two minutes left!" Mikoto shouts. "Don't even detonate the bombs! We cannot let these—"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The bombs explode forcing the two helicopters to back away.

"Fuck!" Mikoto shouts she watches the fences of the power plant get uprooted. "Who the hell detonated the bombs?!"

"Thank you, Mikoto. We now have confirmation on what we suspected." Fugaku's voice says over their earpieces.

"FUCK YOU! THAT WAS A FUCKING WALKER!" Mikoto shouts as Sakura looks back at the destroyed power plant still in shock.

"Indeed. Zombie Classification: Walker. This has just confirmed our theories that someone or something was experimenting with the Shadow Virus again."

"YEAH?! AND I'M GUESSING THAT IF EVEN ANYONE OF USE WHO WEREN'T CLONES DIED, YOU'D STILL FEEL NOTHING, HUH?!"

"You are an Uchiha. You should know how to handle yourself better."

Mikoto grits her teeth as crushes her earpiece. "FUCK!"

(Konoha)

The populace mumbles as their power goes out. People mumble to themselves and to others saying that this was odd considering that none of them were notified of any suspension of power; the last one being two months prior. Even then, it was only for an hour.

So, when time passed and an hour became two, two became three, until finally it was bordering on five, the Civilian Council of Konoha finally agreed to send a team to investigate.

That simply meant that it took five hours for Konoha to even start assembling a team to go investigate.

In the meanwhile, someone else was already in the scene.

(Konoha Power Plant)

The rain, still unrelenting, muffles the sound of a soft thud on a branch of a tree overlooking the destroyed power plant. As if it were a distortion, a man wearing what can be called a nano-suit seemingly appears out of thin air. "Radio it in. It's a fucking zombie outbreak, alright." He says.

Six more appear the same way he did and one of them nods.

"Now the question is on whether or not I should let these guys infect the whole world, or kill them before Konoha can even get here." He mutters to himself.

"Sir," another man in a nano-suit - the man who nodded - calls out. "HQ wants them gone."

The firs man nods before preparing to drop down.

"Boss also says to make what happens to the Konoha team look like an accident. A Templar attack accident."

The smirk on the first man's face was hidden only because of the helmet, yet the six others could still feel him smirk. "Then let's get to it." He says making the other six join him as they drop to the ground. They land in a crouch before their nano-suits cloak them again.

(Templar Route to Konoha)

The humvees of the Templar Order race through the forests of Hi no Kuni. In the humvees sat clones of Boruto; a sorry imitation of the Templar's former Assassin Hunter, Naruto.

The humvees numbered in the hundreds.

There was one little problem, however, and that was that Fugaku chose the most direct route, which was obviously the shortest. Unfortunately, he did not count on a supernatural intervention – which was why having all humvees pass this path was a death sentence.

"Tell me, do you like games, Boruto?"

(TBC)

You wanna know a fact? I nearly wrote myself into a writer's block again. NEARLY. Anyway, uh... tell me what you think, review, and take care!

PEACE!

For those of you still reading, I'm gonna update Phantom Master within a month. Yes, a month NOT the month. Why? Because school, college tests, and all that.

I should really remember to make an intro flashback for this zombie virus I just made up... sort of. The name's cool so yeah.

Lastly, if you've noticed, I made this chap longer than the rest. My birthday treat to you guys. Yes, July is my birth month. 19 was my birth day. I just turned 18! FUCK YES! Do the math and you'll know the year I was born in.

For those who haven't figured it out yet, 1999 was my birth year.

(Finished on July 22, 2017| Philippines| 13:10 hours)

(Beta read by yours truly on July 22, 2017| Philippines| 19:56 hours)