I have this fanfiction planned far ahead so I prob won't promptly stop this when people expect more, to demolish that fear ahead of time. A lot of this stuff, some people will notice, is influenced strongly by the show Naruto, like chakra and taijutsu and stuff like that. However, there is only one event in this fanfiction that is strongly inspired by Naruto, the chunnin exams, and even those have original content, as well as the rest of the story, so don't assume it's a rip off and choose not to read it.
Chapter 1: A dangerous mission
The surroundings of the village looked peaceful. It had lush green grass, a lake that shone so brightly, crossing birds could easily spot it, and firm trees. It was altogether an environment that didn't suggest anything sinister or even anything slightly out of the ordinary. The inside of the ninja academy, however, could not be considered the same, with its variety of creatures.
In a classroom, above a chalkboard that had several detailed sketches of a kunai knife thrown at a tree, stood a short man with a red cap and blue overalls, next to a sillhouetted figure. The desks were also occupied, and everyone in the room wore a headband bearing an engraved mushroom with eyes.
"Are there any other questions?" asked the man in the red cap.
"Yes." The voice came from someone who looked like the man in the red cap, except he had a white cap and a doctor's headband, which looked eerie right below his mushroom headband. "I have a question about missions, Mario-kage. Will we be fighting strong enemy ninja?" He couldn't hide the eagerness in his voice.
The Muskage, Mario, smiled. "When you first graduate from here, you will become a genin. When you take the Chunnin Exams, you become a chunnin, and then jounin, and at the highest rank, the kage. Missions are divided into ranks: There are D-ranked missions, which is little more or less than the common chore, and that's what genin get. As your rank progresses, you will be assigned more difficult missions."
Dr. Mario, the man with the doctor's headband, felt his spirits drop. He had been somewhat looking forward to a fight.
"Any other questions?"
"Yeah," said the man who sat next to Dr. Mario, and he also looked similar to Mario, though this one had a green cap, an equally green suit and blue overalls. "Can we get our chakra a lot higher?"
Dr. Mario supressed a grin. Luigi was his good friend and his only rival, and he seemed to be obsessed with power to finally beat he, Dr. Mario. He seemed particularly glad that his ninjutsu was a lot better than Dr. Mario's, and ninjutsu was what chakra, the substance that ran through a ninja's body and allowed them to perform jutsu, was primarily used for.
"Through a lot of training, your chakra and chakra regeneration will increase."
"I have a question," said a giant monkey who was sitting next to Luigi. "Will we be doing all of this alone?"
"You will all be divided into two squads of three, each given your own sensei. You all know of how the Game-and-Watch's came to the Village hidden in the Mushrooms seeking peace and have since lead squads as well as taught in the Academy."
Dr. Mario and Luigi looked at each other. Dr. Mario hoped to be on Luigi's squad, as they could still face off one day even if they would be working together as well.
"I have further questions about squads." This voice came from a small human who seemed to have a mushroom on his head, and he was looking anxiously at a girl with long blonde hair and a pink dress. She was staring blankly ahead, sitting next to Luigi, and the guy with the mushroom on his head was seated on the other side of the girl.
"Don't worry Toad, even though Princess Peach is now a ninja, you can still protect her and will be on the same squad as her."
Toad looked down in relief, but a green dinosaur next to him had his hand up in the air patiently.
"Yes, Yoshi?"
Yoshi lowered his hand. "The Chunnin exams are in a few weeks, and I think they're here twice a year. Could we participate in them?"
"Anyone can participate, but it's advised that you don't," said Mario. "You're very new genin, and that'd be record timing, but you could give it a shot. Still, I urge you to remember the danger of the exams when you make your decision." There was a pause. "I suppose there's no more questions then, so let me read out the squads."
He turned around and shuffled around behind him. The sound of wood movement was heard. Mario took out a slip of paper and closed the drawer.
Dr. Mario was anxious. He had thought that they would be able to choose the squads.
Mario cleared his throat. "Yes, well the first team will go to room eleven to meet your sensei right after this. The first squad will be Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Dr. Mario."
Dr. Mario's spirits sank. He had nothing against Yoshi or Donkey Kong, but they rarely talked and he couldn't consider them friends. He had anticipated being on a squad with Luigi.
He saw Donkey Kong and Luigi edge to the front of the room and turn towards the door, so he got up somewhat reluctantly and walked towards the door, giving Luigi an apologetic look as he did so. He reached the door, and the squad left for the hallway.
No one talked all the way through. The doors seemed to be moving incredibly slow, and every crack in the floor appeared to be taunting him. Eventually, they reached a door that had the number 11 on it. Donkey Kong pushed it open and they moved inside, only to see another figure that looked like the sillhouetted figure, though this one was pure white rather than black, making him seem even more out of place.
"Well," he said as they reached him. "No need to look so glum," he added brightly. "Tell me about yourselves. Your goals, your history, anything like that." He turned to Donkey Kong first.
"Well," said Donkey Kong slowly, "my dad once tried to kidnap the Muskage, but he decided to join our side. My goal is to become the best taijutsu user there is!" he added with an unmistakable note of pride.
"Taijutsu?" said Yoshi. "That's hand-to-hand combat, right? And genjutsu is illusionary techniques, and ninjutsu is ninja techniques?"
"Right," said Game and Watch. "And what about you?" he added, looking in Dr. Mario's direction.
"Well, my dad is one of the Hidden Mushroom village's best medical ninja, but I've always preferred the fighting type. I also want to learn better ninjutsu."
"You're the last one, I think," said Game and Watch cheerfully, gesturing to Yoshi.
"My dad used to assist Mario and his adventures. I can't really think of any goals, though," he noted thoughtfully.
"Right, well, our first mission's in a few days," he repeated, and for the first time there was a hint of anger in his voice.
"What's wrong, sensei?" said Dr. Mario.
"There's some suspicious activity going out on outside the village, and Mario-kage doesn't think it's anything important but wants us to check it out anyway. He made it a D-ranked mission, but I think it might be the work of Bowser."
"Bowser?" repeated Yoshi fearfully. "He's a rogue ninja, right? I heard there's only two outlaws more powerful than him."
Dr. Mario's stomach gave a terrible lurch.
"Yes, this is really more of an A-ranked mission, if it is Bowser we're talking about, but Mario-kage doesn't think so. Meet me at the outskirts of town on Tuesday."
A few days later, Dr. Mario got up, quickly ate breakfast and left the house. He was relatively worried about any potential dangers but he couldn't help being excited about going on his first mission. Missions were so frequent, however, that Dr. Mario doubted he would be able to train with Luigi again until the Chunnin exams.
Dr. Mario darted off passed the Academy and on the way toward the forest, where he saw Game-and-Watch-sensei and Donkey Kong already waiting for him.
"When are we leaving?" he asked, slowing to a halt.
"As soon as Yoshi gets here," said Game-and-Watch-sensei.
Five minutes later, Yoshi arrived, panting heavily. "Sorry I'm late."
"There's no hurry," said Game-and-Watch-sensei indifferently. "You guys all know how to do this, right?"
They all nodded. Dr. Mario knew he was referring to how to get passed the forest. It involved jumping from tree to tree, through branches and leaves, some jumps much bigger than others. He knew there to be a lake at the end, where two ninja stood guarding the entrance to the village.
They all jumped up to the first branch and began leaping. Dr. Mario enjoyed the breeze, and while no one talked, he found it significantly less awkward than he had walking down the hallway, as they were still doing something.
"If we do encounter Bowser, make sure you stay behind me," said Game-and-Watch-Sensei after jumping a particularly large gap. "Most jounin can't even take him."
Dr. Mario nodded vaguely and looked around. He saw that Game-and-Watch-sensei was in the front, with Donkey Kong behind him. He assumed that the former was very used to this and the latter was naturally best at jumping in a forest. Yoshi was slightly in front of he, Dr. Mario, leaving himself in last.
After a while, the light began to shine through. Game-and-Watch-sensei jumped through and out of sight, followed by Donkey Kong. Yoshi landed on the last tree slightly before Dr. Mario, and they both jumped down onto a long, green plain next to the lake. The two guard ninja were looking bored.
Dr. Mario ran behind his squad and sensei until they reached the second forest, which he had never been to, as it lead out of the village. He jumped up after the rest of his squad and landed on the tree next to them, breathing heavily. His feet had begun to ache.
"We're going to be a little off the normal path," said Game-and-Sensei, breaking the heavy silence. He jumped off again and the three genin followed him, the silence returning.
Nothing happened for a long while as they continued to jump, until Game-and-Watch-sensei jumped unexpectedly to the left of the path onto a heavy branch below them and he continued downwards. The rest followed and darkess plunged all around them as they continued to jump downward. It did not take long before they reached the floor of the forest.
Game-and-Watch-sensei walked surreptitiously forward but had his hand up to signal that they were not to move.
"What's that?" said Donkey Kong curtly, pointing at a large wooden circle, planted in the grass.
"Bowser isn't the type of person to keep a person waiting or hang around making plans," said Game-and-Watch-sensei. "He would like to make his presence known instantly," he added, examing the circle.
"I didn't know you knew me that well." Dr. Mario jumped. The voice had came from the trees, and a figure walked out from the trees. He had a dragon-like face with a spiked shell on his back. "They sent a jounin and three genin? Mario-sensei is ignorant as always."
Dr. Mario felt like there was an invisible force pinning him to the spot. Fear was flooding throughout his whole body. He saw Yoshi also looked horrified, while Donkey Kong looked furious.
"Stay back!" said Game-and-Watch-sensei with a tone of panic.
"Are you going to fight me?" said Bowser, sounding amused. He jumped up into the air. "Fire-style: fireball jutsu!" he yelled. He spread out his body as though inhaling, and then enormous amounts of fire shot out of his mouth at Game-and-Watch-sensei. What looked to be a pink bubble surrounded Game-and-Watch-sensei and Dr. Mario knew it was the shield jutsu. It was one of the easier ones that he had learned in the academy, involving spreading chakra around you and then filling it with strong chakra. However, it could not be held up forever and if it was held too long, it would break.
The fire surrounded the shield and died away, and the shield disappeared from around Game-and-Watch-sensei. He jumped up and flung out a frying pan, causing several black sausages to fly at Bowser. For a moment, it looked like they would hit. When they were right next to his face a bright white flash appeared around bowser and the sausage was backfired at Game-and-Watch-sensei at high speeds. Suddenly, he drifted off to the side, causing the sausages to miss. Dr. Mario had found this a harder jutsu to learn at the academy, the air dodge jutsu. It involved focusing chakra and expelling it to the side of the person who did it. It was also one of the jutsus that, after it was done, caused your chakra to soar recklessly around the inside of your body so that you couldn't do anything until you were hit or when you landed on the ground.
Game-and-Watch-Sensei fell to the ground and Bowser, who had landed on the branch of a tree, jumped above him and instantly seemed to be sitting in mid-air. He began to fall downwards, chakra blazing around his whole body with incredible consistancy.
Game-and-Watch-sensei dived out of the way just in time for Bowser to collide with the ground. Smoke began to spread across the ground and at first Dr. Mario couldn't see, but when the smoke faded away, a large hole in the ground was revealed and it did not seem to have an end. Bowser was standing next to it, but his back was to the squad so Dr. Mario couldn't make out his expression.
Game-and-Watch-sensei ran at Bowser and attempted to headbutt him, but Bowser jumped to the other side of them. He turned around instantly and pulled out a drill and it chakra began to shine around it as Bowser leapt out of the way again. He got into his shell and began to spin relentlessly as chakra swarmed around it, and he was aimed at Game-and-Watch-sensei. He missed, and for a moment, Game-and-Watch sensei looked triumphant. However, Bowser crawled out of his shell and grabbed him, and tossed him towards the dark hole he had created earlier.
"No!" yelled Donkey Kong angrily as Game-and-Watch-sensei fell towards it.
What happened next occured incredibly quickly. Game-and-Watch-sensei put his hand below him and yelled "Summoning jutsu!" In a puff of smoke, two game-and-watch figures appeared below him with a rope and lifted it up. In another cloud of smoke, they disappeared and Game-and-Watch-sensei was hurled into the air again. Bowser ran towards him and then stopped, and then, with a jolt of horror, Dr. Mario knew what was going to happen.
Game-and-Watch-sensei landed in the brown circle and Bowser pressed his hand on the outside, as though attempting to push air. Rings of fire began to fly endlessly around the outside of the circle, leaving Game-and-Watch-sensei trapped inside.
I won't be surprised if this story doesn't get loads of reviews, as most people don't like Adventure but this prob isn't a fanfiction I'll stop in the middle of it, as I said, because like what I said before I have it planned out very far ahead, throughout the entire story and a small portion of the sequel.