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Gargoyles
Awakening
Scotland, 994 A.D.
A castle under siege, portions of its walls broken through by fire and stone, archers lined up along the wall parts that still stand, firing to the best of their ability. On different areas of the castle, statues of gargoyles, different shapes and sizes, decorated the falling castle. An army of Vikings, shields raised high, to avoid being pierced by arrows, catapults loaded with boulders set ablaze by oils and flames. Amongst the many Vikings, their general, a man adorned in armor made of bones, his helmet, a skull with horns, his chest plate, a rib cage, his sword, a humerus (arm bone) sharpened into a blade, and his whip, a spinal cord. He then gave the order to fire the catapults, striking another wall down.
On the Scotsmen side, a captain stood, a smoking pipe in his mouth, black hair and beard decorated his head, adorned in leather armor, in his hands, a pair of hand blades, and a black cloak flowed from his shoulders.
"Stand fast, we can hold them back!" He cried, but, the archers and guards were not as confident though, "Aye, and catch boulders with our teeth! It's hopeless Captain Asuma!"
Asuma, frustrated with the attitude, gritted his teeth and replied, "It's your choice then. You can face the catapult," He then pulled out his hand blades, "or me! Now back to your posts, in a few more minutes, the sun will be down, and then we'll see some real fun!" He said the last part with a smirk. Another boulder hit the wall, causing it to crumble.
Amongst the Vikings, they all cheered, for they knew that victory was assure, but two soldiers in particular began to talk amongst themselves, "Taking a castle full of gargoyles near night is crazy. Is the foreigner, err, General Kimimaru aware of this?"
All of sudden, the soldier found his neck wrapped in a spinal cord, and pulled closer to the said general, "No, that's not crazy," the general said with an icy tone, "questioning my authority and my sanity when I am in earshot, that's crazy," he then took his sword and stabbed the man in the back, his soldiers watching this action fearfully.
He then said, "I believe those gargoyles are nothing more than chiseled stone, nothing monstrous about them! And even if they're not stone, it is well worth the plunder inside the castle!" He raised his sword above his head for emphasis, and then cried out, "Charge!"
The Vikings continued their assault, pushing the catapults closer, and then doing the same with siege towers and makeshift ladders, allowing them access over the outer walls. The Vikings poured in passed the walls, like water drizzling through a dam, swords, spears, axes, clubs, and shields in hand. At this point, the Scottish soldiers were being pushed back, and the Vikings began to throw grappling hooks over the inner walls of the castle, and began spelunking up the ropes and in front of these climbers, General Kimimaru took the lead, his rope attached to the highest tower, right in front of a gargoyle statue.
The gargoyle seemed to be chiseled to resemble a foreigner man with hair the shape of a raven's wing. The gargoyle was in a crouched thinking position. It had folded bat wings on its back, and seemed to be wearing a kimono top with gi pants, its hands and feet were powerful looking talons, and a long serpent-like tail flowing from its back.
Kimimaru would've usually brushed off the statue, but the fact that the statue had Japanese clothing, clothing he knew too well, caught him by surprise. 'Why would a Scottish castle have a stone gargoyle with features from my home land!" he thought.
Shrugging it off, he continued to climb to both reach the top and to get a better view of the gargoyle. As he climbed, the sun began to melt down into the horizon, and when he finally grabbed hold of the top ledge, the sun had completely set. All of a sudden, he heard a cracking sound, and then, in astonishment, peered upwards to see that the gargoyle statue was now riddled with cracks. All of sudden, the cracks began to shatter, revealing a very light purple skin, raven colored hair, a white kimono top, and a black gi bottom underneath it all. The gargoyle shook of the remaining stone as if it was a second layer of breakable skin, and then opened its eyes, revealing onyx black pupils within them.
Kimimaru was beyond shocked, as the creature turned its ebony eyes angrily towards him. Growling, the gargoyle grabbed Kimimaru by the arm, stood its full height of 5'6, then lifted him up dangling in the air above the outer castle, and finally spread out his full wing span of 10 feet.
"You're trespassing." the gargoyle said in monotone.
Kimimaru's soldiers were facing similar problems as well, due to the fact that the other gargoyle statues had also come to life. The soldiers gasped and backed away in fear, as the gargoyles finished shaking off their stone like skin.
Kimimaru, thinking fast, drew his bone sword, and brought it down on the gargoyle, unfortunately for him, the creature grasped the blade of the sword in its hand, showing no sign of pain on its face. But then, Kimimaru noticed a slight trickle of blood coming from the creature's hand, realizing now, that despite it being a monster, it was still mortal.
"Fight you cowards! These things are not invincible!" he cried out to his soldiers.
With new found bravery, the soldiers began to swing their weapons, and throw them too, at the newly awaken gargoyles. Acting fast, each of the gargoyles reacted, dodging and flying away to gain the advantage.
It was at this moment, that Kimimaru pushed his foot against the wall of the castle, pulling the gargoyle down with him, plunging them both down toward the ground. But Kimimaru was quick, and thus, grabbed the rope from his earlier climb, and as for the gargoyle, he spread out his great wings, and glided away. The other gargoyles were dive-bombing the other Vikings, knocking them down, carrying them in the air, then dropping them, clawing at them, and some went to fighting hand-to-hand.
On top of one of the towers, stood four gargoyles watching the fight.
One of them had spiky blonde hair, blue sapphire eyes; he wore only an orange gi for pants, orange fur covering his whole body, as well as a fox-like tail, fox-like ears, and three whiskers on each cheek. The rest of his body was physically similar to the earlier mentioned gargoyle, except slightly shorter in height being only 5'4. On his face was a fox-like grin, enjoying the battle that was going on around him.
Next to him was a female gargoyle who had on a black short-skirt kimono, dark-blue short cut hair, light plum colored skin, she stood a height of 5'3, and her eyes were almost a soul-less looking violet. She stood a little distance away from the first gargoyle, a slight blush on her face, twiddling her fingers together, and kept looking back and forth at him, as if trying to avoid eye contact.
The third gargoyle looked as though he'd rather be sleeping than fighting, with a lazy look in his eyes. He had black hair tied in a pony-tail, two small horns on his forehead, dull grey skin, and a black gi for pants. He then looked up to the sky, putting his claws in his pockets, looking for some kind of shape in the stars, trying to connect the dots.
The last one was a chubby looking gargoyle, with brown hair spiked outwards, light blue-green skin, red swirl marks on his chubby cheeks, a green open jacket vest, and green shorts. This gargoyle was eating a piece of meat on a stick while watching the whole thing
At that moment, the fox-like gargoyle began to get excited, and then said, "What are waiting for, let's not let our brothers and sisters have all the fun!" and so then, he jumped off the ledge to join in the fight, spreading his wings as he glided down.
"N-naruto, w-wait for me!" stuttered out the female gargoyle, before spreading her wings, following after him.
The lazy looking gargoyle instantly sighed, and then in a bored tone, said, "Man. What a drag. This is so troublesome; I was hoping to do some stargazing tonight. Sigh! Come on Choji, we might as well help Naruto and Hinata out." he said to the chubby gargoyle, who had just finished eating his meat, right when the lazy gargoyle jumped off the tower.
The Chubby gargoyle named Choji, gave off a slight burp, then padded his stomach, and then followed right behind the grey gargoyle. "Here I come, Shikamaru!" he called out, catching up to the lazy gargoyle to join in the fight.
Meanwhile, the Scotsmen guards were doing their best to fight the Viking invaders off, when all of a sudden, another gargoyle with black feathered wings, who was reading a book, came floating down. This gargoyle had spiky grey hair, and pale looking skin, black and green leather armor, his face wrapped in bandages, covering all but his eyes, his right eye ebony black, and his left eye having a scar straight through it, making it the color red. Three Vikings charged straight at him, swords drawn to slash. He quickly put his book away, and pulled out a katana, deflecting the oncoming attacks.
As he blocked the attacks, one Viking was planning on bludgeoning him from behind with his club, when all of sudden, the raven haired gargoyle glided in, grabbed the club, and tossed the soldier over the wall.
"Watch your back Kakashi-sensei!" he said, with a smirk.
Kakashi eye-smiled, then responded, "And you watch yours, Sasuke!" He then went back to fighting off the Vikings, as did Sasuke.
Asuma began to deflect a Viking sword with his blades. The Viking then tried to under slice swipe Asuma's legs, but Asuma was too quick. He quickly jumped up to avoiding the slash, but landed just in time right on the sword, stepping on it to prevent the swords retrieval. He then took his blade, and slashed the sword in half, then took his other blade, and jabbed it into the Viking's gut. Asuma then pushed the Viking off the ledge of the castle wall. Asuma turned around, and saw that he was surrounded by more Vikings, ready to avenge that last one's death. Before they could charge though, Sasuke instantly flew in, pushing some of the Viking's off the wall before landing.
"My thanks Sasuke!" Asuma replied, while stabbing another Viking in the neck.
"Hmph!" Sasuke said, striking another soldier with his claws.
"These rogues no doubt followed that band of refugees we gave shelter to last night!" Asuma said, looking towards the refugees inside the castle.
Choji gently glided down toward the refugee camp, down toward a table filled with food, both meat and fruit, catching the eyes of a few refugees. "Iruka! Look!" cried a little boy with pig-tail hair, pointing an older man toward Choji, who was now on the roof of a vending stand, grasping a shank of cow meat still on the bone from the table.
As he was eating, a Scottish soldier and Viking brought their fight to the area, not yet noticing Choji's presence. As the Viking swung his sword at the Scotsmen, Choji took another big bite from his shank, and then used it to clobber the Viking on head. The boy cheered the gargoyle for his impressive action.
The fight was becoming one-sided now that the gargoyles arrived, and Kimimaru was aware of this. He was breathing heavily, getting tired from fighting both man and beast, and now, he began to think how long he and his men would hold out before they lost.
All of sudden, he heard a growling sound similar to that of dog, coming from behind him. He then turned around in time to see a large white fur covered gargoyle, with a length of 5 feet, was on all four legs, it had no wings, but had huge black claws, pointed dog-like ears, red angry eyes, and a snarling mouth full of razor sharp teeth. The creature then pounced towards him, claws extended, canine jaws opened wide, ready to take him down.
Kimimaru dodged to the left in time to see that the creature's claws had ripped right through the solid stone wall he was next to, leaving huge gashes on it. Realizing the power of this creature, he kept his sword ready to strike.
He ran forward to slice it down, when all of a sudden, another gargoyle caught the sword in his hands, "Nobody messes with my dog!" the gargoyle stated angrily.
The gargoyle had wild dark-brown hair, and vanilla-brown fur covering his body, his face was very feral looking, with two red triangular marks on his cheeks, he wore a grey and black fur covered jacket, a black gi for pants, had long dog like ears, and a long dog-like tail.
Knowing he was outnumbered two to one, Kimimaru loosened his sword from the gargoyle, and began a tactical retreat towards one of the towers. When he reached the tower, he met up with a pair of red glowing eyes and the figure of a woman as well.
All of sudden, she spread out two bat-like wings, 8 ft in length. The light from the now rising moon then showed more of her features. She had red crimson hair, short and unkempt on one side, long and combed on the other, she had a sky blue colored skin, razor sharp claws and talons, and a serpentine-like tail. She was wearing a vanilla bean colored tunic with a brown leather belt, and a white loincloth around her waist.
She looked down on Kimimaru with smirk, and then proud fully but angrily said, "Face me, Human, if you dare!" When she had said human, she almost spat the word out. She then let out a hissing snarl, revealing sharp fangs in her mouth.
Kimimaru was not only tired and exhausted, but he was out-matched three to one now. For the first time in Kimimaru's life, he let fear be his guide as he began to run in the other direction, forgetting about the other two gargoyles waiting for him outside. When rational thinking caught up with him, it was too late, he was surrounded.
To make matters worse for him, the gargoyle, Sasuke, had flown in from the side of the castle, landing right next Kimimaru, and then stated, "I see you met our watch dog, Akamaru and his owner Kiba!" To emphasize this, both Akamaru and Kiba both growled and roared out at him, eyes glowing red and white.
To add even more fear into him, the female gargoyle hissed-growled again and held her claw out, ready to strike his head off.
"And my second in command as well!" Sasuke stated, grabbing Kimimaru by the collar of his neck, lifting him up again. "I grow tired of this." Sasuke then brought Kimimaru's face closer to his, and then said, "Take what's left of your men," he then lifted Kimimaru above his head with ease, then threw him over the wall as he finished, "AND GET LOST!"
Fortunately for Kimimaru, a wagon of straw and hay was where he landed, only slightly injuring him, but greatly injuring his pride. "THIS ISN'T OVER, DEMON! I SHALL RETURN TO HAVE MY REVENGE!" Kimimaru yelled in anger, as he began to withdraw his armies from the battle, Sasuke and the female smiled slightly at this.
Naruto, Hinata, and Shikamaru picked up two straggling Vikings each, and then, all three tossed them out the castle, and on to the ground, Naruto yelling, "And stay out!" When the Vikings landed, they got themselves up, and then ran for their lives. The Scotsmen shot down any of the Vikings that lagged behind, to hit some of them on the way out.
Everyone in the castle cheered for their come from behind victory, one man stating, and "Look at them run from our arrows, now they'll think twice before coming back!"
The gargoyles watched from the tower top as everyone cheered, the second in command wrapping up Sasuke's hand with a bandage. Captain Asuma then approached Sasuke, and then said with pure gratitude and puffing on a smoke pipe, "Sasuke, we owe you and your clan our lives!"
Sasuke stared at Asuma, and then came back and said, "As we owe you ours, everyday!" Asuma smirked at Sasuke, as Sasuke did the same, but only slightly. He then put his arm on the female's shoulder, both of them then truly smiling at each other.
Later that night, Castle Dining Hall.
Every noble and soldier were feasting, celebrating their victory with wine, roasted chicken, and a variety of other foods to eat, letting the dogs eat the scraps in between two of the tables. At the head of the room, a large elegant table was setup, and in a large chair sat a princess, with brown eyes, long flowing brown hair in a bun with a tiara in it, and a pink and red dress on her as well.
On one of the tables, two Scottish soldiers ate and spoke; one then chuckled and said, "For a bit, I thought we were under the sword there for awhile!"
The other man chuckled as well, and then responded, "Aye! A fine soldier our captain of the guard, Asuma is!"
Without realizing Asuma was walking right behind them, the first soldier then joked, "More like 'Captain of the Gargoyles' he is!"
They both chuckled, the second soldier then responded, "He would fit in right well in the tower corners with them! It's a fact!" The soldiers both boisterously laughed at this comment.
Asuma, having been summoned by the princess, decided not to waste his time with these two, took a puff from his pipe, sighed, and then continued onward to the end of the dining hall. He took his seat right by the fancy table of the princess. The princess with a gentle smile then said, "Our thanks for a battle well fought, good captain!"
Asuma then decided to give the credit to where it belonged, "The credit is not mine to take, Princess Tenten! Without Sasuke and his gargoyles, our defense would a proven useless!" At that moment, multiple faces were made at that comment, mostly of spite and anger.
The princess scowled, not happy with Asuma's answer, "Please! Don't mention that monster's name in my presence!"
Bang!
The sound of a door slamming open drew everyone's attention towards it, shocking them all at the sight of the ones who entered. For standing at the doorway, two figures stood. One was the figure of Sasuke who was scowling now, and the other was of his female companion who was also in a foul mood.
As they walked on in, the sounds of whispers could be heard from the crowd. "Who let these monsters in the castle," whispered one, "What are these creatures doing here," whispered another. Sasuke, believing he better than them, chose to ignore these remarks.
"Your pardon, princess! I took the liberty of asking them to appear to be recognized for their bravery!" Asuma stated, puffing his pipe again, hoping the princess would really consider recognizing Sasuke for his bravery.
To say Tenten was appalled would put it lightly; her face filled with fear, anger, and disgust all at once. After finding her composure, she stood from her seat, and softly said, "Captain! We are most seriously displeased, to allow beasts in the dining hall!"
From her right, a man with brown hair flowing downward, grey and vanilla silk flowing garments, and soul-less grey colored eyes, rose from his seat. He then voiced, in monotone, his response, "You speak wisely, Princess Tenten. These are unnatural creatures; no good could come from associating with them."
At this time, the two gargoyles had finally arrived at the end of the hall, in front of the princess; ignoring a growling dog they passed by. Fear had slightly taken Tenten, as she slightly backed away from them, anxiety apparent on her face.
As Sasuke approached, he spread out his wings to show their width, catching Tenten off guard, forcing her to fall back in her seat. But, as if Sasuke was wearing a cape, he took his wing, and graciously bowed to her, showing his respect. Tenten was surprised by this action, not expecting a beast to act like a gentleman. "Well Sasuke! Your name suits you. You fought just like a fierce ninja indeed, "Asuma said, patting the back of Sasuke in a friendly manner.
Tenten was not pleased, "You will do well to remember, Captain, that the ninja were feared as horrible demons and monsters!"
This made the red-haired gargoyle very angry, hissing and snarling her fangs towards the princess, eyes glowing red. Tenten was startled by this, and so, Sasuke instantly grabbed the shoulder of his companion, trying to calm her down.
Sasuke decided they didn't need any bad relationship with their charges, and decided it was time to leave before it got worse. "If you will excuse us your highness." Saying the word, highness like it was a bad taste; Sasuke then pulled the redhead along with him, walking out away from the princess. Asuma did not have a happy face on, for he was hoping things would go much better than it had.
Tenten rose to speak with Asuma, "In the future, Captain, you will make your reports to my advisor, the Magus, Neji, not directly to me!" Asuma looked toward Neji, who was smirking a smile that was not pleasant in the least, his hand on his chin.
Asuma turned his back from Tenten, and continued to walk where Sasuke had left to. Catching up with them, he decided to say what he had to say. With allot of sorrow, anger, and sympathy in his voice, he said, "My apologies for this, Sasuke!"
"No apologies needed. We are what we are. I couldn't give a flying flip about what she says!" Sasuke said in monotone.
"Have you no pride, no sense of justice. We saved their butts, and they repay us with insults!" The female gargoyle yelled.
"She is right, Sasuke, you all deserve better than this!" Asuma agreed.
The female decided to continue her rage-full outburst, "These lands belonged to my clan long before they built this stone fortress, and even your clan came here long before they did. THEY SHOULD BOW TO US!"
Sasuke then grabbed her hand to calm her down, and then spoke, "It is the nature of humankind to fear what they don't understand! Their ways, are not our ways. For it has been my clan's way to protect life. Even if the life does not deserve such."
The female sighed, feeling less aggressive and angry then before, and gently said, "There are times when your patience astounds me my love."
Later, in the Royal Apothecary Study.
The Magus, Neji, was looking over a large thick book, letters, undecipherable, turning page for page, looking for something in particular. As he flipped the pages one by one, his face showed frustration for lack of finding what he was looking for.
Daybreak, the Castle Walls.
Every gargoyle had returned to their stone positions, Sasuke, being the clan leader, was at the top of the tower, in a crouched position, the bandage still wrapped around his stone hand. On the lower towers, the second in command was right below where Sasuke slept, one stone hand extending her claws, the other holding her up.
Behind the tower of where she stood, was Kakashi, looking as fierce as he could with bandages around his mouth and a book in his back hand. Below her, stood in place Naruto, who had his wings spread, his mouth opened in a growl, and his claws over his head.
Next to his right was Hinata, who looked as though she was trying to mimic Naruto, but her arms were too far down, as if passive, and her stone face was slightly looking towards Naruto, as if trying to see what he was doing.
On Naruto's left, was Shikamaru, who looked as though he would rather be lying down on the ground then looking all vicious and what not. Next to him was Choji, who, despite looking aggressive in stone, also looked like he was still hungry. In between Hinata and Choji, on the back of the tower, were Kiba and Akamaru, both on all fours, looking as though they are ready to strike.
All of sudden, a white cloaked figure riding a horse, galloped out of the castle, no-one noticing him. The man rode onward, crossing great distances, and came to a camp next to a cave. The camp was filled with both injured and uninjured Vikings, wondering who this man was. The cloaked man asked to see Kimimaru, and was led to the cave, where Kimimaru was meditating in a cross legged position, his armor removed, revealing a paled skin man with silver hair, red dots on his brow, and red lining around his eyes.
"You seek the fall of Castle Wyvern?" the cloaked man whispered. At that moment, Kimimaru opened his eyes at hearing this, looking up at the cloaked stranger.
"What of it?" he asked, not in the mood to be amused.
"Perhaps a bargain can be made!" whispered the cloaked man, his features hidden under the cloak.
Kimimaru stared at the man, willing to take anything if it meant the downfall of the castle, and him taking his revenge. "I am listening!"
Later that night, Castle Wyvern
Sasuke was now awake, undoing the bandage on his hand, revealing it to be completely healed. He flexed a few times to see that it still worked. Asuma then came up to him, smoke pipe in his mouth, and a worried expression on his face. "Those Vikings may return at daybreak, Sasuke. I say that you take your entire clan, and attack them full force before they think to attack us."
The Red-headed gargoyle decided to add her thoughts in as well, "I agree! I say we go out, and put an end to these pigs once for all!"
Sasuke thought it over for a bit, and then said, "Too risky, I don't want to leave the castle unguarded for an attack!"
Asuma then added, "But their leader swore revenge! Best to do away with them now then to take an even bigger risk of them coming back when you're vulnerable!"
Sasuke, agitated by Asuma's wisdom, had decided, "You make a good point, very well! But I shall go alone!" He then made an evil smirk, "I can scare those cowards away with the slightest of ease!'
At that moment, the female gargoyle jumped in, worry in her voice, "That's too dangerous, even for you, Sasuke! Let me come along at least!"
With seriousness in his voice, Sasuke then said, "You and the others will stay here in the castle to defend it!" He then grabbed her shoulders, "You are my best warrior, and I leave you in charge!"
Still not satisfied, she nagged on, "No! I cannot let you..."
"I won't go alone." Sasuke interrupted her mid-sentence, bringing ease to her face. He then pulled her in a loving embrace. "Know this; you were the one to open my cold heart when my clan was banished from our homeland. Your clan accepted and took us in as one of your own. And though you had no name, you were my angel of light in the darkness! You and I are one, now and forever!" He then turned around and prepared to leave. The red-head reached out for him, but held her claw back, watching as he left, worry in her eyes.
Little later, Castle Courtyard
The refugees were by a great bon-fire, enjoying the food that was on the tables and stands throughout the whole courtyard. Sitting in the center of a mountain of food, was Choji, scarfing down any food he could find. Close by to where Choji was, laid down Shikamaru, looking up at the stars. Further away, Naruto and Kiba where playing a game of keep away with Akamaru, the object being kept away, a large chunk of meat. Shyly hiding behind a stand, Hinata watched Kiba, Akamaru, and Naruto as they played and fooled around.
"Come on, Akamaru! You can catch it boy!" Kiba yelled, throwing the meat at Naruto, Akamaru trying to catch it in midair. "Aw! So close, too bad Akamaru! Try catching this!" Naruto yelled this time, throwing back to Kiba. "Bark!" Akamaru jumped as high as he could, almost catching the meat in midair.
The red-headed gargoyle watched them all from atop a castle wall, keeping an eye on all of them, making sure none got into trouble.
Close by the refugee's bon-fire, three human children were playing with a ball. "Pass it to me, Udon!" Yelled a boy wearing a blue scarf, and his hair in a pony tail. "Here it comes, Konohamaru!" Yelled the second boy, who was wearing glasses and a black shirt. "Hey, Moegi, your turn!" Konohamaru yelled to a girl with pigtails, and a red dress. "I got it, ok. Back to you Konohamaru!" Moegi yelled, kicking the ball to Konohamaru. He went to go kick the ball, but then, he missed, causing it to bounce towards the gargoyles playing keep away. He then ran after it, Moegi and Udon right behind him.
The ball landed right in front of Naruto, just as he threw the meat towards Akamaru, letting him catch it. Naruto then noticed the ball, then noticed Konohamaru and his friends heading his way. The red-head saw this, and watched with mistrust, and angry suspicion in her eyes. "Hey! I'm Konohamaru, and this is Moegi and Udon, what's your name?" Konohamaru said, looking at the gargoyles with amazement in his eyes.
Naruto fox grinned, and then said, "The humans back home called me Naruto, and this is Kiba!" "Hey!" both Naruto and Kiba greeted.
"Nice to meet you, Naruto, Kiba! Can we have our ball back?" "Sure kid!" Naruto said, picking up the ball by his feet.
As Naruto began moving towards Konohamaru and his gang, a man with a scar through his face all of sudden, came in between the kids and Naruto, holding a piece of firewood in his hands. "KIDS, STAY AWAY FROM THESE MONSTERS!"
"But Iruka!" Konohamaru tried to say, but the man, Iruka wasn't listening.
"Listen sir, I wasn't going to hurt them or any..." Naruto tried to calm him down, but was interrupted by Iruka, throwing the piece of firewood at Naruto, striking him in the head. "KEEP AWAY FROM THEM YOU BEAST!" Naruto looked at the man, shocked by this action.
The red-headed gargoyle was now enraged, and instantly flew down in between Naruto and the humans, snarling as she did. Iruka got in front of the children, shielding them from the female gargoyle who then snarled out, "You're the ones who are beasts!"
But then all of sudden, Naruto and Kiba decided to have some fun with the humans by scaring them. "Actually, if they think we are beasts and monsters..." Naruto grinned towards Kiba who continued, "Then perhaps we should act the part!" They both began to play growl towards the humans, while twiddling their fingers to add to their scary visage. Unfortunately, some human refugees saw it as them really attacking, and began to pick up any wood or utensil for a weapon they could find.
Akamaru, seeing the humans posing a threat towards his master, then began to bark towards them. The refugees then lost the courage they had, and ran for their lives. Choji, who was still eating, all of sudden heard the screaming people, "Huh! What was that, are we under attack again?" he then jumped up, holding some food, ready for combat.
Shikamaru snapped out of his star gazing, "Ah man, what a drag!" Then he went down to investigate the commotion.
Hinata had watched the whole thing, and then finally gathered the courage to try and stop this mess running out towards Naruto and Kiba. "N-n-na-narut-to, K-kib-ba, p-p-lease s-stop this!" She stuttered, unable to get the words out loud enough to be heard.
All of sudden, Sasuke and Kakashi landed in between the two groups, Sasuke not looking pleased. Shikamaru and Choji arrived behind Naruto and the others, not knowing what was going on. Naruto and Kiba looked a bit surprised or nervous, and Hinata was now hiding behind Choji. Sasuke looked at all of them, anger apparent on his face. "You five, I want you all to be down in the Rookery until I return! I will deal you with then!" Sasuke then looked down at Akamaru, "And take him down with you!" Akamaru whimpered a bit, knowing it was in trouble.
They came to an underground door, with a gargoyle's head shaped on the front. Kiba then opened it, and then, one by one, they entered on in, Naruto looking upset, pouting and scowling, then said, "We meant no harm, jerk!" "INSIDE idiot!" Sasuke yelled, not in the mood for Naruto's ramblings.
The red-head gargoyle was really upset now. "Sasuke, are you blind! It wasn't their fault, it was the human's!"
"No matter who was at fault, I cannot condone fighting between their people and ours!" He then sighed in irritation, "I'll make it up to them later! But now, I have business to attend to!" Sasuke then left, the female gargoyle reaching for him again, wishing to go with him, fear and sadness on her face.
A few miles outside the Castle.
Kakashi and Sasuke were both gliding through the night, keeping an eye out for the Viking soldiers. They were now gliding above a forest, when Sasuke spotted something. "There!" he pointed, and then they both began to descend. They landed outside the forest, spotting some horse tracks, a lot of them.
Kakashi then began to investigate, "It's them alright! Strange, though, the tracks are very light for horses carrying armored men!"
Sasuke began to ponder this, but decided to ignore it, "They're not too far ahead, come on!" he yelled, making a sprint for the trees. They both then climbed up the tree, and began to jump from branch to branch, having being close enough to walk to them then waste energy gliding.
Meanwhile, in the Castle Rookery.
A large cavernous pit filled in the center with large eggs the size of a human torso. It was down here Naruto and the others were sent, as their punishment.
"Argh! Sent to the rookery, how embarrassing, Sasuke, you jerk! Wait till I get my hands on him, I'll break every bone in his body!" Naruto cried, fuming angry with Sasuke.
"You know, Hinata, Choji and I didn't even do anything, but we're still done here. Sigh! Man, how troublesome, and here I was enjoying some star gazing! What a drag!" Shikamaru complained, "Oh well, might as well catch some Zzz's!" He went to a corner, then lied down and went to sleep. Hinata was hiding behind a rock crevice, a blush on her face looking yet again towards Naruto.
"I haven't been down in one these since I hatched!" Choji said, rubbing his growling stomach. He then saw some green gooey stuff on the wall, walked over to it, picked it up, and then in one gulp, ate it up. "Hmm! Needs seasoning!"
Kiba and Naruto were both very disgusted by the sight of this action. "I hope we're not down here long, he might eat us!" Kiba whispered to Naruto, who nodded his head in agreement.
Castle Armory.
The same cloaked man from before was looking at each and every bow. He began to slightly cut the bow strings on each bow, but not enough to be noticed, just enough so that if someone was to use it, it would break in the pull back.
Sasuke and Kakashi were jumping from tree to tree, following the horse tracks. Kakashi looked up in the sky, and then realized something, "It's not long until sunrise, perhaps we should head back!" But before Sasuke gave him his answer, he then spotted their target, "There they are!" he pointed. They then jumped from the trees, and dive-bombed down, causing the Vikings and horses to scatter and run.
"Here they come!" one yelled, running as he did.
But then, Kakashi noticed something, there was only four soldiers, "They were leading the horses to decoy us from the castle!"
"No!" Sasuke yelled, infuriated at hearing this. Sasuke then bolted back in the direction of the castle, Kakashi right behind him. But as they began to make it to a hill side over-looking the castle, the sun began to peak over the horizon.
"We're too late!" Kakashi cried out, and in an instant, the beams of sunlight hit them, changing flesh to stone, petrifying them in place. Before turning to stone, Sasuke let out a bestial roar of anger and fear, fully struggling to resist the change, only to be cemented in place till sunset.
Morning.
Kimimaru adorned in his skeletal armor, and his armies waiting till the peak of sunrise to make their move. He then saw the sun as it rose, then drew his bone sword, spine whip at his side, then called out,
"Attack!" Vikings charged in, weapons rose high, yelling as they ran toward the castle. The Scottish bowmen prepared their arrows to strike, aiming for any Vikings that come into range. But as they pulled their bows back, the bow strings snapped, catching the bowmen by surprise. As the Vikings neared the castle entrance, a figure pulled on the gate's pulley, allowing the castle gates to open. Without the gates to hold them back, the Vikings charged right in, ready to slay anyone in their path. Scottish soldiers, swords drawn, began to fight back, but due to surprise and lack of the gargoyles, were at a disadvantage.
Princess Tenten was running throughout the castle, desperately searching for Captain Asuma. She then spotted him heading her way, smoke pipe in his mouth. "Captain! Captain! The Vikings! We're under attack!" she cried out in panic, trying to catch her breath.
Asuma didn't say anything, he just continued to walk to her, and then, by surprise, grabbed a firm hold of Tenten's arm. "Sorry Princess, but it is much worse than that!" he spoke the word princess out with disgust, anger apparent in his voice.
Tenten then realized what was going on! Asuma had betrayed them!
One hour before sunset.
The Vikings had killed most of the soldiers, and was now taking the nobility, the remaining soldiers, and the refugees as prisoner, all of them walking in a line outside the ruined castle. In the line, princess Tenten, and advisor Neji, both were bound by the hands, and being pushed by the Viking soldiers in the long line of prisoners. Atop the tower, Kimimaru and Asuma stood, watching the events unfold.
"Not that I am complaining, but why? Why betray your own kind?" Kimimaru asked Asuma.
Asuma then took a big puff from his pipe, blowing the smoke out in a sigh, and then bitterly said, "They're not my kind!"
Kimimaru then started walking up to a gargoyle statue, brushing his hand on one of them as he did. "Back in my home country, these creatures were believed to be demons, oni, goblins, and tengu! In fact, it was later considered an honor to slay one, for if you did, you would truly be a great warrior. What a waste! Oh well! Might as well get to work, barely have time for it before the sun sets!" He then raised a spiked mace, ready to destroy the statue.
Before he could drop it down, Asuma caught his arm before it could strike. "THIS IS UNNESSARY!" He said with worry on his face.
"Are you insane, in a moment they'll be flesh again, then my armies won't stand a chance against them!" Kimimaru said, words edged in anger.
"Once we are out of sight, they won't follow. It's not their nature!" Asuma argued back, hoping to convince him.
Kimimaru then pushed Asuma to the wall, shoving his arm on Asuma's neck, mace raised high above his head. "I swore that I'd have my revenge on them, and so I will. I am not willing to risk leaving an enemy alive, understood!"
Not wanting to die, Asuma decided not to argue with this man, "U-unders-stood!" he choked out, desperately trying to get free.
Kimimaru then released him, turning back to the gargoyle in front of him. "I have not lived this long, or made it into this land by taking foolish chances!" He then raised his mace up again, ready to continue where he left off.
As each gargoyle shattered apart, it felt like a knife was stabbed in Asuma's heart, each one a twisted blow. But he only just watched with horror on his face, watched as the creatures who called him an ally, who called him a friend, who some even called a sensei, perished before his eyes. And to know that they perished by his treachery, was shattering his heart into even more pieces then the gargoyle statues. He then silently mourned for their deaths, a tear in his eye as he watched.
Night time, moon high above the air.
Sasuke and Kakashi were now quickly gliding back to the castle, hoping to see that the castle was untouched, and that everyone was fine. What they came upon though only shattered their hope. The castle was in ruins and flames, fires still burning fresh.
"No." Sasuke and Kakashi whispered themselves, Sasuke trying to deny this horrible sight, Kakashi down heartedly accepting it. As they approached the castle, they were horrified to see not just burning human corpses, but shattered gargoyle remains. Sasuke flew to the spot where his beloved red-head usually perched, only to see the ruble of a gargoyle statue. The ruble of all the gargoyles were so mutilated that the piles were unidentifiable. He then grasped the stone pieces in his hands, a look of saddened shock on his face.
"My...angel…" he then dropped the pieces, raising his hands to grasp the sides of his head, his breath becoming shallow and increasing in reps, realization finally hitting. Then a new emotion appeared one that was very common with everyone, whether Gargoyle or human, but also very dangerous when it came down to it. Anger. Sasuke then shut his eyes, holding back the tears, and then gritted his teeth. He then, in an instant, threw his hands in the air, and threw his head back, releasing a roar that could be heard for miles. "RRRRAAAAAAAGH!"
To be continued...
End of Chapter 1
This is Baron von Nobody- Nobody has made a Naruto/Gargoyles crossover. Heh, I made a pun. So, I write this crossover to encourage all who read it to try their own hand at writing this type of category, just be sure to tell me about it so I can read it too. :D Consider this a challenge to make your own story. That is all I ask.
I also write this so that I can get it out of my head; it gets tedious to have an idea that comes to me and haunts my every waking moment. My muses are very cruel.
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Mr. Nobody