Nevertheless, Yuki stood up to join Maria, prepared to utilize the element of surprise to their advantage.
She held up her hand in front of Maria's face, with all of her fingers out and accounted for.
Then she began counting down.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Both females quickly charged out, smashing through the door and running straight to the back of the car.
Naruto watched as the humans snapped their heads back to the train car that they just left, suddenly wary at the sound of someone slamming the door open.
Perfect.
The shinobi quickly jumped high in the sky, soaring over the unsuspecting group under him, and landed behind all of them. All while they had their attention focused on the train.
Naruto then moved up to the first human he could find, a man as far as he could tell, who was holding the bundle over his arm.
He quickly smashed his elbow into the back of them man's neck, a vicious blow that knocked him out the second it connected, causing him to smash into the ground in front of him.
The blond caught the bundle that fell from the man's grip, frowning once he did so.
A person?
His quick attack garnered the attention of the man's comrades, eyes widening in outrage.
"Damn it...!" a feminine voice cursed, as the cloaked woman charged at him with reckless abandon, bringing out an axe from under her robes to attack.
The remaining three broke from their stupor and made to follow, but unfortunately for them, they completely forgot about the ruckus from the train.
"Excuse me!" Maria chirped, as she struck a female human in the back with her foot, sending her sliding on the ground in an unconscious heap.
Another met a similar fate.
"Apologies..." Yuki muttered, as she brought the butt of her katana to the forehead of another human man, the blow making a sick *crack* and causing the human to crumple.
Naruto on the other hand, was watching the woman charge at him with fascination, only bothering to move the bundle from his hands to his right hand in preparation.
The woman brought her axe down upon the blond, a snarl emerging from her lips as she sent her weapon straight towards her enemy's skull.
The shinobi merely side-stepped the attack, far faster than the female could have reacted to, and brought his foot out.
He hooked it around the woman's feet...and pulled.
Suddenly, the female warrior's feet was pulled out from under her, causing her to slip and fall to the ground in a panic.
Naruto quickly grabbed her from the shirt however, pulling her back up to him, his expression not changing a whit.
The second that the force of the pull brought the woman up to him, he kept his fist clenched and motionless, watching the woman's face literally smash into his fist. Knocking her out with little difficulty.
All while still holding the bundle on his right hand.
As the female fell to the ground in a heap, the shinobi grabbed onto her leg and pulled her from the ground again, turning his eyes to the last remaining enemy combatant left.
The cloaked man looked like a deer caught in headlights, eyes snapping from the two females and Naruto himself.
"Hey...buddy."
The man's frightened eyes snapped back to the blond as he brought the woman up for him to see.
"...Lost something." Naruto said with a grin, flinging the unconscious body to the hapless human.
The body smashed into the man, sending him flying back to the train car and making a decently sized dent onto the metallic object, his now-unconscious body sliding to the ground.
Naruto, Maria, and Yuki walked up to one another and glanced around to assess the damage. Admiring their work.
"Well...that went well." Yuki noted, looking around and nodding at a job well done.
"Yeah, I suppose there's gotta be a first time for everything, right? Things don't usually end up going so perfectly." Maria agreed readily, a large cheerful smile on her face.
"...What are you two talking about?"
The two females turned to look at Naruto, his eyes serious as he surveyed his dirty work.
Then his eyes landed on his two friends, shifting from serious to positively gleeful.
"I'm here aren't I!? This all worked out because of my genius plan, so of course this went off without a hitch! Man...I impress even myself sometimes." the shinobi gloated haughtily, puffing his chest out in pride.
Maria just gave him a dull stare in response. "...Don't act so smart. You definitely didn't plan for this to happen, you just improvised every step of the way."
Naruto gaped at the accusation. "Eh? How can you doubt my sincerity!?"
"Is that a trick question!?" the succubus exclaimed, incredulous that he even had to ask. "Besides, even if you lucked out here, you should already know full well that your luck won't last."
The shinobi withered up slightly, suddenly despondent.
"...You don't have to remind me dattebayo..."
A sharp clap interrupted the two of them, knocking the blond out of his psuedo-depression simultaneously.
"While I'm sure this conversation is very important...we still have a bit of a dilemma here." Yuki explained, giving both of her comrades steady looks.
Naruto and Maria stared at the hero for a moment, before turning back to one another, and finally turning back to her.
""What's that?""
The hero could have sighed.
"...Like what to do with several unconscious bodies? Also...what's with the bag on your hand, Naruto?" Yuki inquired, eyes zeroing in on the bundle.
Naruto suddenly jerked, eyes widening as he immediately made to drop the bag onto the floor. "Aw...crap. I totally forgot! I think there's a person in here as well...hey, can the two of you grab these guys and put them in the train? Just in case someone comes by...I don't think I want to explain this situation."
Both girls nodded, and proceeded to do just that, as the blond himself made to open the bag which the human baddies from before tried to steal...or kidnap. Whichever.
The whiskered teen struggled to open the bag, the knot was done really well...so he decided to just open it his way.
He grabbed a kunai from his pouch, and cut the bag open.
Simple.
Naruto peeked inside the bag, not exactly sure what he'd find...
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