Background: After Sasuke kills Danzo he is captured by Kakashi. The newly revived Tsunade decides to lock up Sasuke up in the village. All nations are rushing to fortify their defenses.

Chapter 1: first contact

"I can't believe we stayed that long." exclaims Kankuro. "If Gaara thought it was best then it was." retorts Temari. "I don't care; I've been freezing my ass off for the last two weeks." says Kankuro." Now we have to get all the way back to our village. That takes another week and a half! I want warm!" "You want warm, then here." says Temari. She whips out a paper bomb. Just before she can throw it, a mass of sand takes it out of her hand. "Save your weapons." says Gaara, "you might need them." He points to a fast moving glow out in the distance. With the snow whirling around it looked like a beacon from a lighthouse. "What is it?" asks Temari. "Don't care." says Kankuro, "if it attacks kill it." Temari opens her fan half way while Gaara surrounds them in a small wall of sand. By this time the light has become more defined. "It looks human." says Temari. "If you can call a giant human." Gaara squints his eyes and sees that Temari is right. The light is just a large flame emanating from behind a giant of man. "He's drawing near fast." warns Gaara. The trio ready themselves for a fight. Just before the giant reaches the sand shinobi he hits a small mound of snow and ice. He takes to the air high above the three ninja; a loud "yahoo" is heard emanating from his gaping mouth. Studying the giant Gaara sees that the man is wearing massive plate armor. It is a dull metallic gray decorated only by a skull on the gauntlets and boots. There is also a deep almost blood red D smeared across his chest. The man's face is unique only by his large square jaw and buzz cut. He is riding a board made of the same gray metal as his armor. Gaara also notices that the flame is coming from his right hand. After performing a "360" and a board stand the giant lands on the ground and rockets away. "Whoa…what in the hell was that?" said Kankuro. "A Jinchuriki." says Gaara. Temari and Kankuro look at each other in stunned silence. They then notice Gaara is far ahead of them and they attempt to catch up with him.

"Who the hell were those clowns?" thought the giant, and what's with all of that makeup? I kind of get the war paint, thinking of Kankuro's purple lines, "but why was that red haired chick wearing the eye liner? Just damn freaky." By this time the strange man could see large stone buildings surrounded by a wall. "Well, this has to be them." he thought. "I wonder what a samurai is any way. Maybe they are clowns?" The giant turns off his flame allowing his momentum to carry him the rest of the way. He enters the grounds through an open gate and notices that there is a lot of property damage. Suddenly three armor clad assailants jump off of one of the buildings and block his path. Sliding to a stop he also notices that several more armed men jump out of the snow on the ground. "Halt, who goes there?" asks the lead samurai. "I don't answer to clichés." Bellows the giant. "Then how about this," says the samurai, tell us who you are or we will kill you!" I believe that is also a cliché now a days." says the giant. "That's it!" says the samurai, "attack!" As the samurai attack they are knocked back by a large blast of flame which forms a circle around the giant. The board on which the giant has been standing on dissolves into the man and reforms in the shape of a large sword. Metal also forms over his head into the shape of a helmet. The giant brandishes the sword in one hand while creating a hot blue flame in the other. "Please stop." begs a voice. A samurai wearing a commander's uniform comes sprinting across the snowy road. "You are the dragon, yes." asks the samurai. "Yes I am." Replies the giant. "Just call me Forge." The samurai begins to answer, "Yes Forge-sa…" "I said just Forge." Says the giant with a look of anger in his eyes. "Y-yes." Stammers the samurai. "We have been waiting for you for some time. Your arrival is rather mistimed though." "How so?" Asks Forge. "Well as you can see there has been a rather large scale attack here. During which the countries you have asked to see were declared war upon." "That is actually good news." Replies Forge, "With all of the ruckus, my prey will be easier to find. If no one lets him into their village he'll be out in the open."

By this time the two had walked into a large underground chamber where the Kage summit had taken place. The samurai leader welcomes Forge and begins business right away. "Do you need anything more than a guide?" "Besides some rations, no, I require nothing more." Answers Forge. "Good, then please leave." The head samurai waves Forge out of the door and continue to his work. "I am sorry for our master's inhospitality but as I have explained before times are troubling." The samurai apologizes. "Not a problem," says a grinning Forge, "getting business done quickly is more important than cuddling a stranger. It shows you have a strong leader. And speaking of business, where is this guide?" I am your guide, Forge. Forge looks down at the samurai and for the first time he takes a good look at the man who has been leading him around. The samurai is about 5'9" and covered head to toe with their signature blue armor. "Standard military grunt." Thinks Forge. While being examined by Forge the samurai looks deep into Forge's helmet and notices that there are no eyes looking back. "All right." Says Forge startling the samurai, "if you are here, then where are the extra rations?" Shaking off the sudden fear that he is talking to haunted armor, the samurai runs off. Forge hears the faint sound of the samurai saying "wait there." Forge slams his hand against his head in amazement. He is stunned that this undisciplined solder was to be his guide. Who the hell just runs away from person they are supposed to protect? "Fucking foreigners." Mutters Forge, as he waits for his guide to return.

"I'm back!" yells the samurai. The samurai stops next to Forge and opens a large sack. "I have the extra provisions and something else that you might like." The samurai noticing that Forge has not said a word yet stares quizzically at the armored giant. Forge just turns around and walks away. "Let's go" says Forge. His long strides take him out into the courtyard long before the samurai can answer. By the time the samurai had caught up to him, Forge had recreated his board and began to emanate a small flame in his right hand. Forge motions to the samurai to get on his board. "How safe is this?" asks the samurai. "Just stand in front of me." groans Forge. The flame emanating from his hand grew into a massive jet and the duo began to move.

Chapter 2: metal's might

"HO-LY CRAP!" screams the excited samurai as the duo careen over the icy tundra. "This is the greatest thing that I have ever done!" "Then you aint seen nutten yet." says Forge. He then extinguishes the flame in his right hand and forms a thin metal barrier in front of the samurai. "This is for the cold wind." instructs Forge. Then Forge creates six large metal snakes out of his back. The snakes bend to the side and then point backwards. Each of the snakes opens their mouths and begins to emit a jet of flame. The sheer force of this acceleration knocks the samurai against Forge. "How fast are we going?" asks the samurai. The only reply he receives is another force that knocks him against Forge again. "We just hit mach two" Forge finally answers. The samurai looks at Forge's now uncovered face and sees, for the first and last time, a smile on his face. This thought is quickly wiped from his mind as he notices the colors of the rapidly passing scenery.

An hour later the samurai finally asks the question that has been nagging at him for the longest time, "How do you do this stuff?" "I've been waiting for this question." replies Forge. "I will tell you but you must not interrupt me, understood?" "Yessir!" quickly answers the samurai, wanting really bad to find out the answer. "I guess you could equate me with, what you call, a Jinchuriki. If you consider the fact that I technically have a spirit in me. To explain I have to tell a story."

"A long time ago my people shared our land with nine great dragons. Each of these dragons ruled over a different type of land. In accordance with the types of land each dragon varied from each other. For a time both my people and the dragons lived together. The population of humans soon outgrew the dragon population. My people began to need larger amounts of food. The problem that arose is the fact that my people and the dragons ate the same food. This led the dragons to see us as a threat. The solution that they came up with was to wipe us out. They began using humans as their primary food source. Because of this we fought back. Eventually we were able to defeat the main dragon population. The nine great dragons, however, were gifted with special powers. Trying to stand against them was foolish and deadly. We eventually learned where they got their powers. Each great dragon received power from the land in which they occupied. We also discovered a way to use that power for ourselves. After selecting nine candidates we infused them with the same spell that the dragons had created. The results were that the power of each land was split evenly between the dragon and human who shared it. After that, all nine "dragon warriors" as we called them, ganged up against a single great dragon. The dragons fell quickly after that. After each one fell their power was passed unto the corresponding dragon warrior. Later we discovered that the soul of each dragon was also transferred with their power. The soul had no influence over the person but the dragon warriors were also able to access dragon magic such as dragon breath, claw, rage, excreta. Ever since then the dragon's power has been passed down to a natural born resident of the matching land. This is how I can do what I do." "I have one question." says the samurai. "What's magic?" "In terms that you could understand it is jutsu. We call chakra, manna and jutsu, magic." Answers Forge. "Wow, with the Dragon Warriors and magic your people must be extremely powerful." says the samurai. "That's not true." says Forge. "Besides the Dragon Warriors only about 30 people in my country can use magic. We, however, do have a great wealth of technology based weapons." "What do you mean by that?" asks the samurai. "By that I mean tanks, Plaines, and artillery." Replies Forge. The samurai not knowing what any of those weapons are just nods his head.

After an hour of travel Forge and his guide reached warm land. Another three hours pass and the two decide to settle down for the night. "Tomorrow we will continue from here." instructs the samurai. "Right now we are between the land of earth and the land of wind. We can begin our search for, uh, who are we looking for?" "We are looking for a dragon like me." answers Forge. "W-what!" stammers the samurai, looking at Forge in disbelief. "Yep, the dragon of the forest to be exact." Says a chuckling Forge. "Her name is Astrid. Her natural abilities include creating up to 20 clones and growing up to 60 feet. We also gave her the nickname succubus, because she and her clones can root themselves into the ground and suck out power. The worst part is when she goes full dragon she grows up to 600 feet tall and can turn six miles of fertile soil into a desert. Well goodnight!" Forge then creates a metal cocoon around himself and goes to bed. The samurai, in pure fear, looks around for a water source so he can clean out his soiled pants.

The next morning the two awoke and prepared to travel. "I have been thinking about our destination." Said the samurai "Since we are looking for the dragon of the forest we should head for the land of fire." "How the hell does that logic follow?" said Forge "Well the land of fire is ironically filled with a large forest." Replies the samurai. "Their hidden village is even called the village hidden in the leaves." "Well it makes about as much sense as anything else in this country." Complains Forge.

After about an hour of travel the phrase "suddenly, ninjas!" pops into forge's mind. A moment later seven ninjas, wearing rock village headbands, appear from their hiding spots. "It's about time!" exclaims one of the ninja. "Yeah, I thought this ambush was never going to get anybody." Says another. "If this is an ambush" asks Forge "Then why are you not attacking us?" "Uh, get them!" screams the first ninja. With these words four of the ninja cover themselves in thick rock armor. The remaining three summon a large barrage of stones to shower Forge and the samurai. Forge creates a large dome of metal to protect the samurai. While he does this Forge tells the samurai about his plan.

After reabsorbing his shield forge charges head on at the incoming ninja. Forge gets the first hit by expanding the length of his arm. The rock covering the ninja's chest cracks upon impact. Forge then blocks a punch from a second ninja. Grabbing the ninja's rock clad fist he pulls the ninja to him and bashes him with a skull splitting head butt. Forge then seamlessly transitions his right arm into a large shield, blocking the other two from hitting him. He then creates a large blast of flame from his feet. The force of this knocks the two ninja unto the ground. After darting past the two ninja on the ground Forge turns his hands into mouths. Large fire balls erupt from the gaping mouths. These fire balls interrupt the three ninja who are building up chakra. They jump out of the way of the fire balls. As soon as they land, however, two of them are cut down. The samurai lunges at the third ninja. By this time the ninja realized what was happening and got out of the way. The ninja draws his sword and begins to dual with the samurai. After launching the fire balls Forge realizes that the first two ninja, he had previously broken, had fixed their armor and were know charging at him. Forge tries to move but the two ninja on the ground gab his legs and prevent him from dodging. He is hit hard in the back by the two charging ninja. This, however, does hot hurt him. Forge creates a second pair of arms which grab the two attacking ninja. With a mighty pull Forge throws the two ninja in front of him. He then brings down his original arms, which are now armed with two large ax heads, and cuts into the ninja's chests. With a smile on his face, Forge looks down on the ninja holding his legs. Suddenly Forge is lifted high into the air. The ninja have gathered even more rock into their armor and increased their size. One of the ninja throws Forge unto the ground and the other body slams him into the ground. After several moments of silence the ninja that body slammed Forge into the ground begins to move. Then suddenly the ninja back cracks and breaks open. Forge emerges holding the ninja's bloody tattered body. In a fit of rage the remaining ninja brings both of his fists down upon Forge. Forge catches them by expanding all four of his arms. While locked in a battle of strength, Forge begins to enchant a spell. When the spell is complete Forge yells out "dragon claw!" With this a fifth arm emerges from Forge's chest. It is veiled in a bright blue energy in the shape of a claw. This fifth arm punches straight threw the ninja's rock armor. After it emerges on the other side Forge retracts the fifth arm. With the ninja's death his jutsu crumbles away exposing his body. Forge examines the large hole in the ninja's body. "I've still got it." He murmurs to himself. At this time the samurai runs up to Forge. "I got the other three!" Exclaims the samurai happily "It looks like they got you two." Says Forge motioning to a laceration on the samurai's neck. "aw, it's nothing." Replies the samurai, "He was good but I was better!"