This become my life when I thought of this story, I tried it with lots of different characters but in the end I took these ones, you will see why when you read.
I dedicate this story to:
My good friend Mephiles 1195310 (thanks for showing me this wonderful website, If I became president you would be my vice president. Thanks for everything you have done for me.)
P.S Mephiles I made a paragraph for you, it is my way of saying that Kenpachi is not a psycho, you will know it when you see it.
P.S 2. Thanks for the wonderful memories that will come to my mind when I hear "McDonalds Chicken Nuggents."
My good friend Beezleboss 1260027 (thanks for all the things you have burned into my memory... I think... because of you there are so many things I can't think, say, do, look at or hear with out strange and often disturbing memories comming back. If I became president, you would be in charge of the military.)
My good friend Dar1us 1302533 (thanks for all the fun times, out of all of us I still say that you are the most normal... but no where near the rest of the worlds normal... If I became president you would be in charge of the medical and science stuff, you just always know the answers.)
My good friend Stian (If you become famous from your guitars, please remember me! Thanks for everything.)
Thanks to all who have reviewed my stories, I will be naming some in the next chapters.
This story is about four complete strangers who have to save each other to save themselves, there is a better summary in the first paragraph. PLEASE ENJOY THIS STORY, and review.
It is a cross over, I do not own the rights to any of the following characters, objects or things, if I did they would not make much sense.
The Game
Chapter 1: The rules of Life
Life, what would you do if your life was on the line? Would you fight or give in? What if your life was linked to that of three others?
What if you were forced to fight for your life and the lives of three complete strangers? Yachiru Kusajishi is now in that situation.
Yachiru was sleeping in her room in the 11th Squads barracks. She awoke to the smell of her favorite sweet; she noticed a small trail of Konpeitou leading out the door. Eyes widened to beyond normal size, a gigantic smile, she ran along the trail eating every piece. At the end of the trail there was a large bowl filled with her beloved candy. Within seconds of seeing the bowl it was empty. After eating her favorite food, she starts to walk back to her room. Her vision starts to become cloudy, becomes dizzy and falls to the floor.
"Ken-Chan help me…"
Sakura Haruno spends most of her free time helping the Hokage and practicing her medical ninjutsu. She decided to try a new technique, Tsunade was guiding her through the process.
"This technique is not a new idea, but no one has tried to make it like this. There has been healing techniques that work on two people at the same time, but never more. Are you sure that you can maintain the focus needed to 'repair' up to fifty people at the same time?"
"Yes Tsunade-Sama, I think I am ready."
"Naruto are you ready?"
"I guess. How much Ramen do I get?"
"Just do it." -50 Naruto clones cut themselves-
After a few hours of trying she gets it to work perfectly, she has even managed to repair the huge scar that Naruto gave Jiraiya, even though he was on the other side of the hall. A few more tries Sakura gets an idea, her technique does not simply speed up recovery like other abilities, but physically re-grows them, what if it could work on non-living objects?
"Tsunade-Sama, can I try on a non-living object?"
"What? … I guess it could work, but you would need vast amounts of Chakra."
"Okay I will try on this table, Naruto you can go home now."
"But what about my Ramen, you promised."
"I will give you double of whatever you can eat, tomorrow. Bye. Tsunade you can also go, I will lock up."
"No, I want to see this; I have a feeling that you could be the only person skilled enough to do it."
A few hours later, the table was started to grow back, Sakura then wants to try on a table that has been cut in half. Within seconds the two halves were two complete tables.
"Sakura that is amazing, but I think you should rest for this week. I-"
"Tsun-"
The next morning Tsunade was woken up by her assistant and half of Konoha. If the Hokage is not in her office, at home or at a bar, something is wrong and the town is put on to high alert.
"Tsunade-Sama, what happened?"
"I was helping Sakura with her new technique and- Where is Sakura?"
Ichigo Momomiya was tired after a busy day at the café; she goes to the back and rests for a while. When she wakes up it is dark and no one is in the café, she looks everywhere and can't find anyone, no lights were on, the whole area was empty. She returned to the café to lock up, she hears a strange noise coming from the kitchen. She walks in slowly, trying to be very quiet; she trips on a pan that was on the floor. Hitting her head on the way down, she passes out. Later she wakes up, finds the keys and starts to lock up. Just as she leaves she becomes dizzy and passes out.
Anemone, the pilot of TheEND, was camping with Dominic and suddenly felt very tired. She decided to get an early nap.
"Anemone where is Gulliver?"
"Oh no, where is he, I need to find him, I'm just too sleepy. Please find-"
She falls to the ground, Dominic catches her just in time, carries her into the tent and puts her on the bed, he notices that she has a fever, puts a damp cloth on her forehead a starts to look for her funny pet. He searched all night and morning, finding nothing. When he returns to the tent he finds Anemone missing, and Gulliver was in her bag. Dominic turned around took two steps ways from the tent and started shouting for Anemone, after another day of searching for someone he collapsed from lack of sleep, just inside the tent. His dreams were full of nightmares; he was so worried about his love.
Sakura was in the state of aware sleep (when you are asleep but can just barely feel and hear). She could feel something touching her breasts, thinking that it was Naruto she lashed out yelling loudly. Opening her eyes when she heard a small girls giggle.
"Who are you, where am I?" Looking around she saw that they were in a small, badly light, metal container.
"You have a big forehead, hahahahahaha!"
"SHUT UP BRAT!" The small pink haired ball of happiness just kept laughing. Suddenly a part of the container opened up, blinding light filled the small space and two thuds were heard. When their eyes adjusted to the light they saw two more girls.
"Hahahahahaha, she has cat ears!"
"Pudding I thought we had passed this stage, yes we all have animal ears, now let me sleep!"
"Hey who are you and what do you mean we all have animal ears?" Asked the pink haired Konoha ninja, who gazed in amazement.
"Ichigo…" Her eyes shot open and she bolted into a sitting position. "Who are you and where am I, how did I get here…why does my head hurt?"
"Will you SHUT UP!" Yelled Anemone as she looked around and realized where she was. "I guess this is the illegal sex trade, I thought that there would be more of us."
"What!" Yelled the two older girls: because Yachiru was still bouncing around laughing about the cat ears.
Then a strange voice said over an intercom: No, it is not the sex trade, that's just wrong and disgusting, this is really The Game! The reality show that makes you must try and stay alive, and keep your new friends alive. Bye, and see you soon.
"Yell that sucks, so who are you all. I'm Anemone, the pilot of TheEND battle LFO. "
"I'm Sakura Haruno, a Konoha ninja."
"I'm Ichigo Momomiya, leader of the Mew Mews."
"Yachiru Kusajishi, 11th Squads' Lieutenant, I'm a Shinigami."
"She has cat ears and a tail!" Starts laughing and pulling on her tail.
"So you're a 'ninja', and you're a mutant cat lady, and you're a 'Shinigami', hahahahaha. I want you all to prove that this is not just some joke; show me your 'powers'."
Ichigo tried to change back, but nothing happened, she tried to summon her weapon and the room lit up in a dull golden light and made a small buzzing noise. Sakura tried to make a clone, she did the hand seals and the room lit up and buzzed. The intercom buzzed and the voice from before said that the room suppresses their abilities and that they should stop trying because it will drain their energy.
Yachiru sat on Anemones' head and said that she was bored.
"You have till the count of three to get off. 1-3." Thwack, Anemone hits herself in the head, the little hyper child just dodged and sat back down. "Kitty lady, why do you have cat ears?" Yachiru asked as she spun around on Anemones' head.
"My DNA was altered; it was infused with the DNA of a wildcat. I am the leader of the Mew Mews, a group of girls who are like me, we save the earth from danger. I look like a normal human, but this is my powered up form, my reflexes are boosted as well as my speed and strength, I am 13 years old. What about you miss 'ninja'?"
"I'm 15 years old. I'm from Konoha; I'm a medical ninja, good at dispelling most Genjutsu. I can use Chakra to increase my strength to an insane level. I am also very good at Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. I trained under one of the best female ninjas and the copy-cat ninja. What about you miss 'pilot'?"
"I am 16 years old. I am the pilot of TheEND, a Nirvash LFO, and a former solider of U. F. Force. I have been modified to be more like a Coralian. The love of my life is Dominic Sorel, and my pets name is Gulliver. Who are you little 'Shinigami' and get off my head before I kill you."
Yachiru then slides off and jumps around on the ground. "I am the Lieutenant of the Strongest Squad in Soul Society. My best friend is Ken-Chan, he is the Captain. You have a big forehead, you're a kitty and you have funny eyes, those are your new names!" She says while smiling innocently.
"How can you see what we look like there's barley any light?"
"When the walls went shiny I could see enough."
The door opens and blinding light fills the small room, they are then pushed into a training room. In the light they can see what each other really look like.
The three older girls looked at each other and said at the same time: You also have pink hair. Yachiru was too busy swinging on Ichigos tail to notice.
The intercom then said: Yes that was the theme of this arena, please start training and I will explain the rules.
So they looked around and saw ways that they could train. Sakura saw some punching bags, some target boards and a metal mannequin that had targets on it. Ichigo saw an obstacle course, some acrobatic equipment and a hula-hoop with ribbons attached to it. Anemone saw a flight simulator, a few combat games and a small toy robot. Yachiru saw a big teddy bear, a shiny picture of a moon, a big bowl of candy and a group of linked gargantuan weights. They all watched each other use their abilities. Sakura showed off her strength and her ninja skills by punching the punching bags into the targets on the other side of the room whilst on the roof. Ichigo showed off her speed and reflexes in the obstacle course, and played with the hula-hoop whilst using the acrobatic equipment. Anemone got a prefect on the games and showed off her skills with the robot. The three older girls all agreed that they were what they said they were, and stared at Yachiru.
She was juggling the weights, the teddy bear, had the empty bowl on her head and was laughing to herself. When the others asked why she was laughing she started to juggle one handed and pointed at the shiny moon picture and said that her friend looks like that, the others just gazed in amazement, she would easily throw the weights around with one hand, Sakura could only lift one of the weights with both hands, the other two did not even try.
The intercom buzzed to life and the voice said: This is The Game, a life on the line reality show, the theme is pink haired girls, you four have been selected out of hundreds, you must battle in the arena, do the obstacle courses and many other things. The number one rule is, stay alive, help each other, for if one of you dies the rest do to, so make sure to look out for each other and remember that good teamwork will help. To help you live long enough here is a small clip of what the first challenge is. We will also give you each a special item before you enter the arena, bye for now.
The monitors showed an arena with swinging objects, balance beams, climbing walls, looped walkways that need lots of speed to cross. Lava pits, pike traps, many other dangerous challenging things of death. Armored mutated animals and monsters, many doors, some lead to death, some lead back to the start, others carry on the game, illusions and hidden traps were everywhere. Just before the clip ended all four of the girls panicked, the last split second showed the most dangerous thing any of them had ever seen. Anemone asked if the clip could be paused at the last second, it was done, but what they saw was different.
The intercom voice said: the last part will be the ultimate test, but for a good show we will give you a resting place half way, but it will be guarded, so be ready.
The intercom went dead, the lights dimmed, the training equipment activated again. After seven hours of training Anemone and Ichigo were exhausted, while Sakura was use to the intense training because of Tsunade, Yachiru seemed to be even more energetic every second, she just smiled and laughed. Ichigo asked her how it was possible to be so strong, happy and energetic.
The pink ball of energy just replied: have fun, make everything fun and it will be better. Ichigo then said something that she will regret for the rest of her life: that's a very immature answer. A second later Yachiru was attacking the Mew Mews leader, by biting her tail. A few minutes later Yachiru was finally pried off, Yachiru unleashed her pink Reitsu demon cat and screamed: do not call my idea of Ken-chans motto immature, she then sulked in the corner for a few seconds and then started to try and beat the others in their own training.
"Who is Ken-chan?" Ichigo asked the small girl.
"He gave me my name, looked after me, taught me some very important life lessons, and a few other things. His lives to fight, most people are afraid or uneasy around him, but me, moon head and that other one love and respect him, he changed our lived, showed us that we must enjoy every challenge. I know that he looks scary but I know that he is a kind man and would kill everyone to protect me." Yachiru said giving a huge innocent smile.
"Wow, sounds like a nice person…"
"Listen up, I don't want to die so we must think of a few team move things, now as I am the oldest and have had the most battle experience I should be in charge. Said Anemone as the others gathered around.
Yachiru giggled and said that that was not true, that she was older and had a lot more experience.
She then jumped onto Anemones' back and whispered in her ear and told the 16 year old her real age and a few other things. Anemones' eyes widened and she collapsed to the floor.
After a few moments Anemone returned to normal and started to ask the others about their abilities.
"Healing, insane strength, I can walk on the roof, up walls, on water, I can use ninja weapons, I have good combat abilities, and you have seen the rest."
"No...We have not."
"What about Ichigo?"
"Okay, I have advanced reflexes, speed, strength, and I can change into a cat, a real cat. I can summon up a strong weapon."
"Show us Kitty, become a kitty." Yachiru started jumping up and down.
Everyone started to stare at her, Ichigo became so nervous that she changed into a cat. Yachiru instantly appeared behind the cat Ichigo and hugged her and laughed loudly in pure excitement.
"I want to do that, teach me, teach me." She then proceeded to pet and cuddle the cat, then kissed Ichigo, who then changed back, and told Yachiru that it can't be taught and explained that she is the only one who can do it.
"I can only show you what I can do if I am in TheEND."
" I can do most of the stuff you two can do, hahahahahaha. What's theEnd?"
" It's called TheEND; it's a huge battle suit that can change into a car. Without it I am not a very powerful fighter. But that's not the point; we need to think of how we can work together."
They spend the next hour discussing tactics, Yachiru mainly blurts out team names.
Just before they start to talk about the horrible part at the end the floor disappears: Sakura grabs Anemone and Ichigo and uses her Chakra to stick to the wall with her feet. Yachiru just runs in a circle on the side of the wall, to everyone's amazement. Parts of the wall fall away reveling traps, the group of new friends must safely reach the bottom without dying.
Yachiru races down, faster than the others and starts jumping around saying that she won. Sakura gets the others down safely. Ichigo then starts to argue with Yachiru about winning, saying that it was not a race, just then the lights turned on and the crowd burst into sound. They then saw what they were up against.
The fists challenge was balance beams, moving platforms and looped walkways, all of which were above a magma field. The heat of the magma kicked in instantly, they all felt its effect. The fiery magma glowed a bright orange, it light up most of the arena, so hot that the audience was shielded and watching on gigantic monitors, but could still feel the heat as most of them had ice packs. It was so hot that you would die long before you touched the smoldering molten rock.
They started to walk out to all the corners of the platform, the first challenge was a jump onto a thin balance beam, they decided that it would be Ichigo then Yachiru, then Anemone and then Sakura would be upside down at the back, in case someone fell she could catch them. Just before Ichigo jumped the voice of the intercom was heard, but from behind them, it caused all of them to jump in fright.
"Welcome to your first arena, now as I said earlier you will all get a gift before you start, and you were about to start and I did not say go, so I was going to take them away, but because this is your first time and I am kind I will still allow you to get them. Anemone you get a smaller version of TheEND, but it's not here right now, so if you want it, you must pass the first part. Ichigo you get a picture of your boyfriend. Sakura you get some kunai, and Yachiru you get a Konpeitou covered cookie. I know that you don't think that your gifts will help you now, but that's the point. Good luck." He then sinks into the floor through a bright green ripple.
So they get ready to start, Ichigo jumps first, and just makes it, the beam wobbles because of the suspension. Yachiru jumps and lands on Ichigos' face, hops off her face and on to the beam, doing three spins and saying 'TA-DA" when she lands. Anemone jumps and just makes it using all her hand-eye co-ordination and focus. Sakura makes it easily and then slips to the underside. They start walking slowly; even the relentlessly-super-hyper Yachiru was going slowly.
When they were about half way gusts of wind started to nearly push them off. Three quarters of the way and the wind was stronger, suddenly Anemone got knocked off. Sakura could not react fast enough. As she plummeted to her death the last thing that went through Anemones mind was Gulliver and Dominic's faces.
This is the end of the first chapter, I hope that you enjoyed it.
Please review, ideas, comments, flames, anything.
If you can guess what the part at the end of the clip was I will give you a special part in one of the later chapters.