I co-wrote this story with Xander Edorean. It is a cross story of Naruto and Gundam Wing. However, the only thing from Gundam Wing is Heero Yuy and we wrote it as if he came from the Naruto world. Heero is the only reference to Gundam wing.
Warning: Story deviates horribly for original Naruto story, but we like it better this way.
Disclaimer: We do not own anything in Naruto or Gundam Wing. We did make up the Land of Obsidian and the sky shinobi from there.
The Yuy Clan Arc
Episode 1: Stranger in the Leaf
Morning dew shimmered on the fallen leaves as the sun shone on them. The trees stretched their colored arms over the path with the sun peaking through their multicolored fingers. A chill hung in the air, seeping through the lone traveler's jean jacket. His boots crunched on the leaves. Heero Yuy walked head down and hands in his jeans' pockets. His dark blue eyes focused on the village coming into view. His dark brown hair waved in the slight breeze. Heero had one mission and nothing would stop him from accomplishing it. Poof! A boy appeared in front of him. The boy hung in the air for a second.
"Whaaa!" he screamed, falling to the ground. He landed with a loud omph. Heero stared at the blonde haired boy. Sitting up, the boy giggled. "Heeheehee, one of my best landings yet!" His big blue eyes caught sight of Heero. "Who're you?" Heero glared at him. This boy was hindering him. He walked silently around the annoying kid. The boy stared after him commenting, "Yeesh, what put you in such a bad mood?"
Heero kept walking. I don't have time for this, he growled inwardly. The boy jumped to his feet and caught up with him. Heero tried to ignore him.
"So like who are you anyway? I've never seen you around here before."
Without looking at him Heero replied, "No one of consequence."
"Come ooooon....." the boy persisted.
Heero groaned in annoyance. Wouldn't this kid just leave him alone?
"Just tell me already!" the kid demanded throwing his fists in the air.
Doesn't look like it, Heero thought frustrated, He's just like…. The boy sighed in exasperation.
"Heero. Heero Yuy," he confessed as he kept walking.
The boy's blue eyes shone. He grinned exclaiming, "Well I"M Naruto Uuuuuuzumaki! I'm going to be the hokage someday!"
Heero's eyes widened slightly. He stopped silently and suddenly turned to Naruto. He surveyed the blonde haired boy with his cold gaze. Naruto wore an orange and dark blue, baggy outfit with a wide collar. He wore a dark blue bandana with a metal plate covering his forehead. The Leaf Village symbol was etched into the metal. Heero stared at him critically. He's the one?
"Hmmm...you've got a ways to go," Heero told him.
"Hey what's THAT supposed to mean? And do you even know what the hokage is?!" Naruto fumed.
Heero turned and began walking again. "The hokage is the highest ranking ninja and the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village," he answered.
Naruto stared at him wide eyed. He composed himself saying, "Oh, you do. Well good. So...what are you doing here?"
"None of your business," Heero replied without so much as a glance at him.
Naruto pushed, "I guess if you know what the hokage is you know that I need to report to her. And a ninja's business is to make other peoples' business HIS business--wait, now I'm confused..."
"It's none of your concern," Heero answered shortly.
Naruto shook his head in defeat. He tried a different tactic, "So, where are you from?" The stranger ignored him as he continued toward the village. "Come onnnnnnnn just tell me already!" Naruto planted himself in front of Heero, arms crossed. Heero glared at him. Naruto gave a determined smirk. "Hmf."
"Leave me alone," Heero ordered quietly. "You're not involved."
"Nope. I'm not goin anywhere," Naruto told him. He pointed a finger at Heero. "You are in the Leaf Village, pal, and what happens here IS my concern, believe it!"
"Fine. I'm from the Land of Obsidian."
Naruto's eyes grew big. "Wow....wait, where's that?"
Heero walked around him replying, "Near the border of the fire country."
Naruto wrinkled his nose as he said, "Oh. I knew that!" He crossed his arms behind his head, following Heero.
"Don't you have something else to do?" Heero asked annoyed.
"Nope. I've got all day," Naruto stated cheerily. "So…what are you doing here?"
Heero let out a low frustrated growl. "None of your..." he paused. This kid wasn't going to leave without some answers, that was evident now. He surrendered, "I'm on a mission."
"A mission, huh?" It was then that Naruto noticed the bandana with a metal plate tied around the stranger's left arm. A symbol of a sun was etched into the steel. "So you're a ninja?"
"Yeah," Heero answered, "now, go away."
Naruto insisted, "I already told you, I'm not leaving until I know what you're up to."
"I told you," he stated.
Naruto argued, "Nooooo, you haven't." Heero glared at him. Why won't he go away? he wondered impatiently. Naruto glared back. "I told you I'm not going anywhere."
Heero stared at him for second. He decided to answer as discretely as possible. "I'm here to destroy someone."
Naruto blinked his big, blue eyes saying, "Whoa, destroy someone, huh?" Naruto thought to himself, He's just like Sasuke...
A memory of his friend flashed through his mind. "And what I have is not a dream...because it WILL happen. I am going to destroy a certain… someone," Sasuke had said.
Now Naruto surveyed the stranger more closely. The guy didn't look much like most ninja's he'd seen, but it wasn't like Naruto had met one from every village. The boy looked older than Naruto with unruly brown hair and intense, dark blue eyes. He wore jeans and a jean jacket over a dark green tank top with his ninja bandana tied around his left bicep. Hey wait, Naruto thought frantically, If he's a ninja from another village and he's here to destroy someone…
Suddenly a knife flew at Naruto. Heero shoved him out of the way. The knife embedded itself in his shoulder. Heero groaned as he pulled out three shuriken and threw them into the trees. Naruto rolled to a stand and leapt into the trees. He made a hand sign.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" he shouted. A clone of himself appeared next to him. Turning to the clone Naruto ordered, "No go see what happened!"
The clone nodded. "Right!" It raced through the trees.
Heero pulled the knife from his shoulder and groaned. Naruto leapt down.
Seeing Heero's bleeding shoulder he asked, "Whoa, you alright?" Heero remained silent. Naruto added, "Aaaaaaalrighty then..." he faced the direction the knife had come from and raised his shuriken defensively. He continued, "Okay. Maybe you better tell me what's really going on here."
Heero ignored him and started walking carefully toward the village. Pain burned through his arm. Blood trickled down it making a dark red stain on his jacket.
"Hey!" Naruto leapt in front of him saying, "If that guy or...guys or person you're gonna destroy is going to go around throwing knives at people, I think I oughta know about it! You can't just go around wreaking vengeance in the middle of innocent people, you know!"
Heero growled in annoyance. I've got to get away from him, he thought. Naruto glared at him. Heero leapt for the trees and ran through the forest. He zigzagged from tree to tree.
"What the...!" Naruto exclaimed in surprise.
Naruto was about to leap after him when Rock Lee showed up. His green jumpsuit made him unmistakable as did his bowl shaped haircut and bushy eyebrows.
"Naruto! What is going on? Who was that?!" he asked earnestly.
"No time, Lee, come on!" Naruto told him.
Lee nodded. "Right!"
Naruto and Lee chased Heero through the forest. Heero's shoulder pained him and he couldn't move as quickly as normal. They soon caught up to him. Naruto stepped in front of him blocking his way. Lee stood ready next to Naruto.
Naruto said, "Okay, buddy, hold it."
"Naruto, who is this man?" Lee demanded, pointing at the stranger.
"I was just about to ask him that," Naruto answered. Heero felt his body growing weak as he continued to lose blood from his wound. He swayed. "Whoa!" Naruto exclaimed, catching Heero. Heero pushed him away and jumped into a tree. "Good grief!" Naruto complained.
Heero summoned his chakra and ninja sprinted through the treetops at super speed.
"Okay, explain, Naruto!" Lee ordered glaring at him with dark eyes.
"WHAT?! He has ninjutsu?! Oy...." Naruto said.
"Naruto!"
"Alright!" he answered throwing up his hands. He explained his meeting with Heero to Lee.
"Ah, that is interesting. We better inform Lady Tsunade immediately!" Lee replied when he had finished.
Naruto persisted, "Yeah but he'll-
"We must not make a move without her say so! Come!" Lee demanded.
Naruto sighed. "You're right..." He glared after Heero. Who is he after? He wondered. Out loud he said, "Maybe you should go tell Grandma, and I'll just follow him. I don't trust this guy." Suddenly an explosion rang through the air. Naruto and Lee jumped at the sound.
"Was that..." Lee began.
"Never mind! Just go get Grandma Tsunade!" Naruto ordered. He leapt into the trees in the direction of the explosion.
"Alright, Naruto...." Lee answered. In his mind he said, I hope you know what you are doing! With that, he ran off.
Heero stood, hiding behind a tree. His enemy crouched in the branches of the tree opposite him. Heero held his kunai up in a defensive position as he waited to strike. An energy ball soared through the air toward Heero's tree. He dodged to another tree and threw his kunai at his opponent. A grunt sounded from the branches. Naruto moved to the side as a body fell to the ground, exposing himself to Heero. Heero glared at the blonde haired boy. Naruto ignored him and looked at the body with his eyebrow raised.
"So...your mission completed or what?" he asked.
"No," Heero answered curtly.
He groaned. He looked at his shoulder and saw blood pouring down his side. Naruto watched him with hooded eyes. This guy's hurt bad. Should I help him? He wondered. Well, I can't find out what he's up to if he's dead.
"If you wanna live any longer, you'll have to come with me to the village," he told Heero.
Heero glared at him. If I go to the village, it'll just cause more problems. I need to get out of here, he thought to himself. He swayed and collapsed to his knees. Naruto only stared back, arms crossed. Before Heero could protest, Naruto walked up to him and took hold of his arms. Heero started to pull away, but Naruto hauled the stranger onto his back piggyback style.
Gripping Heero's legs he said, "Come on. Let's go." Naruto jumped into the treetops and ninja sprinted toward the village. He raised an eyebrow as blood smeared onto his shoulder. "Wow, he really got you good, huh? Why'd you save me, anyway?"
Heero remained silent. Finally he answered, "I just did."
"Wow, I sure hear that a lot," Naruto commented, but Heero passed out. "Hm." Naruto pressed on with an extra burst of speed.
***
Naruto gazed down at the unconscious form of Heero on the hospital bed. A bandage wrapped around his shoulder and chest underneath his dark green tank top. His jacket was draped over the back of a chair and his ninja forehead protector lay folded on the seat. Now that his jacket had been removed Naruto saw Heero had a tattoo of a flame winding from just below his shoulder to above his elbow. Naruto wondered about the significance of the tattoo. Heero remained unmoving as he lay there. Naruto watched him with a worried expression.
"He gonna be okay, Grandma?" he asked Lady Tsunade, the Leaf Village's Fifth Hokage.
Tsunade answered, "Yes. And I've told you not to call me that!"
Kakashi, Naruto's sensei, stood staring coolly at the new boy with his uncovered eye. His leaf village bandana covered his left eye. He looked over at the bandana lying on the chair and then at Heero's tattoo. The cloth mask covering his face barely moved as he asked, "So...You say he's from the Land of Obsidian?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah, and he's here to destroy someone. Wouldn't say who though."
Kakashi exchanged a look with Tsunade. "Lady Hokage...." She nodded and the two left the room.
Naruto remained in the room. He continued staring at Heero. Who is this guy, anyway? Who does he want to kill? Who does he work for? He wondered. Guess I'll have to wait until he's awake to find out. Just then, Heero groaned. Naruto blinked and emitted a small gasp. The new boy fell silent. Naruto remained quiet, waiting to see if anything would happen. Suddenly Heero's eyes snapped open. He bolted upright.
"Uh, you might not..." Naruto began. Heero groaned in pain and hunched over. "Yeah," Naruto commented. Heero grabbed his wounded shoulder.
Disoriented he asked, "Where am I?" He glanced around the room. It looked empty except for Heero's bed. Heero looked down at his arm. He'd been stripped of his jacket leaving him in his dark green tank top and blue jeans. A bandage wound around his shoulder and chest.
"In the hospital, where else would you be?" Naruto remarked. Heero slipped his legs over the side of the bed and tried to stand. Naruto pushed him back down. "Uh-uh. You aren't in any shape to go anywhere, even if I would let you."
Heero glared at the annoying blonde boy. Naruto sighed and sat down in a chair by the bed, crossing his arms behind his head. Heero looked at the window. He's not going to make this easy, Heero observed. He looked at Naruto. Naruto just opened one eye and stared back at him.
Heero made a hand sign saying, "Invisible jutsu."
Heero vanished from sight. He leapt from the bed as Naruto looked around in disbelief and used his elbow to break the window. He jumped onto the ledge. A leg swung through the air and caught Heero in the chest sending him back into the room. He fell back onto the hard tile floor and against the bed. Heero reappeared as Rock Lee stood over him.
"Hey, good timing, Lee!" Naruto praised the older youth.
"Of course, Naruto! I had a feeling you would be needing me!" Lee replied keeping his eyes trained on Heero. Heero growled in frustration. Great, now there's two of them, he thought bitterly.
Naruto smiled. "Heeheeeheehee. You're dealing with leaf ninja buddy, you ain't goin' anywhere!"
Just then Lady Tsunade walked back into the room. "What is all this racket?!" she demanded hotly.
"Lady Hokage! We have just apprehended him in the attempt of escape!" Lee reported, pointing to Heero. Naruto twitched. I hate it when he does that, he thought.
Heero made another hand sign and shouted, "Shadow clone jutsu!" Clones of Heero appeared beside him instantly.
"Darn it! Multi-Shadow clone jutsu!" yelled Naruto in frustration. Naruto clones poofed into existence.
All the clones attacked at once, Heero's against Naruto's. While the clones fought the real Heero escaped through the window just before two of Naruto's clones blocked the door and the window. Heero dropped lightly to the street below. The earth felt cold against his bare feet and sent a chill through his body. The cool autumn air nipped his skin but Heero ignored it.
Lady Tsunade sighed. "Enough of this! Kakashi!"
Heero ran down the street at ninja speed. He hadn't gotten far when threads shot out of nowhere and wrapped around his body trapping him. With his legs bound Heero fell back onto the ground in a sitting position. He struggled to break the threads as Lady Tsunade, Rock Lee, Naruto, and Kakashi surrounded him.
"Well, he's tenacious, I'll give him that," Kakashi commented dryly. He held the end of the threads in between his index and middle fingers like a leash. Heero remained silent as he continued to try to break free. Kakashi sighed. "Well, back to the infirmary, I suppose. When you've cooled off a bit maybe we'll get some answers, hmm?" Heero ignored him.
"He doesn't talk much," Naruto remarked.
"No. He doesn't," Kakashi mused.
Sasuke walked up then. His dark, cold eyes analyzed Heero. "What's going on?" Without changing his expression, Heero instantly recognized Sasuke; although, Sasuke showed no sign that he remembered the older boy.
Naruto's blue eyes brightened as he exclaimed, "Oh, Sasuke, you missed the most awesome thing!"
"All right! Let us get him back to the hospital!" Lee suggested.
"Inferno armor jutsu!" Heero cried. Fire engulfed his body burning away the threads. Heero jumped to his feet as his captors stepped away from the flames.
"Fire ball jutsu!" Sasuke countered.
Heero crossed his arms in front of him and braced himself as the fire ball hit him. It knocked him back again. He ninja jumped into the air trying to escape. Naruto followed him.
"Hate to do this but...UZUMAKI BARRAGE!!" Suddenly Naruto slammed his foot down on Heero's head. The ground rushed to meet him as Heero slipped into unconsciousness. He landed on the ground with a slight thud.
"Naruto, couldn't you have been a little easier on the guy?" Kakashi scolded lightly.
"Hey, the guy is nuts! There wasn't a lot else I COULD do!" Naruto protested landing beside Heero's prone body.
Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temples saying, "Just get him back to bed. And strap him down while you're at it!"
***
Heero opened his eyes. Painful white flashes obscured his vision. He growled as he tried to sit up. He soon found he was tied to the bed. He couldn't even roll over. The white flashes stopped and Naruto's face appeared with a huge grin.
"Goooooood morning, sunshine!" the blue eyed boy teased. Heero glared at him. Naruto just chuckled and winked.
"Will you just leave me alone?" Heero asked annoyed.
"Nope," Naruto answered still grinning.
Heero noticed the dark haired boy, Sasuke, sitting beside the bed with his arms crossed. He looked at Heero evenly.
"Hmph. You'd better believe him...he's famous for bugging people," Sasuke told him.
Naruto nodded. "That's right I'm- HEY!"
"Why do you continue to try to escape like this, stranger? You will only weaken yourself further!" Lee demanded from where he stood at the end of the bed.
"I have a mission to accomplish and you're in my way," Heero answered coldly.
"Well what is this mission? If you'd just tell us what was going on then…" Naruto said.
"He's right. Trying to escape a ninja village with a wounded arm is not the smartest thing to do," Sasuke agreed.
"I told you. I came here to destroy someone," Heero replied calmly.
"That doesn't explain a whole lot, you know," Naruto pressed.
Lee left the room temporarily. When he returned he announced, "Naruto! The Hokage wants you!"
"Now? Aw man....." Naruto complained. He and Lee left the room, leaving Sasuke alone with Heero.
Heero struggled against the ropes binding him. Sasuke watched him with hooded eyes. Heero's shoulder started to bleed again. Sasuke observed to himself, This guy sure is determined. But he's not very smart if he thinks those straps are going to give. And even if they did, what then? He'll just be weaker and there'll be even more ninja after him. His thoughts were interrupted when Kakashi entered. Kakashi closed the door behind him. Sasuke blinked at his sensei. He sensed Kakashi wanted to be alone with the prisoner and so he left.
Kakashi stood with his hands in his pockets looking down at Heero. Heero merely glared back. But something about the ninja's cool gaze unsettled him. He looked out the window. Kakashi Hatake, the Jounin known as the Copy Ninja. He was an Ambu when I last saw him. No doubt they've sent him in to interrogate me, Heero summarized. Things are about to get ugly. Kakashi sighed and watched the birds flit around outside. Heero knew Kakashi probably recognized him.
"Nice day for a stroll, huh?" he commented. Heero glowered silently. Kakashi's tone hardened as he said, "Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Heero didn't respond. Kakashi continued, "I could dangle you over a cliff and let the birds have you, or I could tie you to a metal bed with a fire built under it. That would get good and hot." Heero frowned. "Or....." Kakashi trailed off looking at the boy sternly.
Heero continued to stare out the window. Suddenly Kakashi grabbed Heero's head and forced the boy to look at him. The ninja lifted his bandana uncovering his left eye. Heero's eyes widen as he stared into Kakashi's eye. It was red with what looked like three commas around the pupil. The commas started spinning quickly around the iris. Sharingan, Heero realized. He grunted as he tried to fight the hypnosis. He struggled to turn away. But Kakashi held him firmly, continuing to stare unblinkingly. Unable to stop it, Heero's mind flashed back to the day he accepted his mission.
He stood in a village surrounded by a forest. It was Orochimaru's sound village. Orochimaru had sent his ninja to fetch Heero so they could meet. The senin stood waiting in the village when Heero arrived. Sound ninja stayed behind Heero to prevent him from leaving.
"Got a job for you," Orochimaru said in his oily, snakelike voice.
Heero glanced around. Sound ninja crouched on the roofs and stood in the alleys surrounding him. He turned back to Orochimaru.
"Let's hear it," he said.
"You've got jutsu skill like I've never seen. You'll do perfect," Orochimaru praised.
"What is it?" Heero asked, impatient to get to the point.
"I want you to kill....." Orochimaru told him. Heero struggled against the hypnosis. The sound in the memory faded for an instant and then came back just as Orochumaru finished speaking, "hokage." An eerie wind blew at that moment.
"Mission accepted," Heero agreed.
Just then the memory vanished. Heero's eyes refocused and he found himself back in the hospital room staring at Kakashi. Heero lay breathing heavily from his efforts to fight the hypnosis. He stared wide eyed in a daze. His head pounded painfully. Kakashi covered his eye again and stepped back, frowning.
"Who have you come here to kill?" he asked in an icy tone.
Heero composed himself and stared evenly at Kakashi. The ninja stood silently waiting.
"The sharingan eye," Heero breathed. He looked at the ceiling as he growled in frustration.
Kakashi blinked. "Don't make this any more painful than it has to be."
"Get lost," Heero ordered coolly.
"We can do this all over again if we have to, Heero Yuy," Kakashi warned, his tone stern. Heero's thoughts had been confirmed. He does remember me, he realized. Kakashi's voice cut into his thoughts, "Now." Kakashi scowled seriously. "Who have you come to kill?"
Heero silently glared at him. After a moment's silence he avoided Kakashi's gaze. Kakashi's scowl deepened, but he just calmly blinked.
"I'll make this simple. You aren't going anywhere, other than the jail once your wounds are healed. And killing a hokage can start a war that we don't want," Kakashi told him evenly. He leaned forward and put a hand to his bandana. "Going to tell me, or not?" Heero silently glared at him refusing to be intimidated. "Alright..."
Kakashi lifted his bandana. Heero turned his head away quickly. Kakashi's hand caught Heero's jaw and pulled him forcefully back face to face with the ninja. Before Heero could close his eyes Kakashi locked gazes with him, trapping him once more. Heero helplessly stared into Kakashi's red sharingan eye as the ninja put him into a genjutsu. The hospital world vanished from existence. A woman in her early twenties suddenly appeared before him. She wore a black t-shirt and blue jeans. Her long, brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She wore her ninja bandana tied around her head with her bangs hanging over it on either side of the metal plate.
"Heero....!" she cried.
Heero looked down and found that he was standing up. He looked back at the woman.
"Heero....." she trailed off as she fell into a black pit.
Heero lurched forward shouting, "No, Tzara!"
He reached out to grab her arm. To his surprise, his hand faded through her. Tzara continued to fall. Then she disappeared and a light flashed, blinding him. When the light faded, Heero was standing in a forest. Tzara stood away from him a bit. She gazed at him fondly.
"Heero...." she said.
"Tzara...." Heero replied softly.
A kunai flew through the air and pierced Tzara. She fell back, blood pouring down her front.
"Tzara!" Heero cried as he leapt forward and caught her in his arms.
He held her body as he gazed into her lifeless face. He stared at her in disbelief. She lay in his arms limply. Warm blood soaked his arms and chest as he held her close. Just then the scene disappeared. Heero found himself now standing in a field. The blood on him was gone. He saw Tzara nearby.
"Tzara?" Heero asked unsure.
A ninja appeared between them a little distance away. The ninja threw a knife at Tzara. The knife buried itself in her heart, killing her instantly.
"No," Heero breathed in shock. The ninja disappeared as the scene changed again. Tzara, alive, stood apart from Heero. "No, not again," he said.
"Heero..." Tzara cried. Once again she fell back into a pit.
Heero jumped after her, but froze in mid-air. He watched helplessly as Tzara fell to her death.
Closing his eyes, Heero demanded, "Stop it!"
Kakashi's voice rang in his mind, "Any time," he finished by saying, "once you tell me who Orochimaru told you to kill."
Heero was standing in the field with Tzara again. He turned away and clenched his fists as he growled in frustration.
"Heero!" Tzara's cheerful voice filled his ears.
He turned back. Tzara smiled at him and held out her hand. Heero stared at her, knowing what was coming.
"No," he answered.
His heart wrench as shuriken flew at her from all directions, tearing her apart. Her scream rang through his mind. When the shuriken stopped, Tzara's mutilated body fell forward into Heero's arms again.
"I can keep killing her or you can tell me what I want to know," Kakashi told him coldly.
Heero closed his eyes, trying to fight the hypnosis. The flash back returned. Once again he was standing with Orochimaru. Heero knew Kakashi was forcing him to remember that night. He fought against the sharingan, trying to keep the ninja from discovering his mission.
"....kill......hokage......in the leaf village," Orochimaru staggered as the sound cut in and out.
In the real world, Kakashi frowned. I can't keep this up much longer...my chakra is running low as it is, he thought to himself. Going back into the genjutsu he said to Heero, "You really don't know when to give up, do you?" Heero merely growled in concentration. Kakashi sighed.
"Heero...," Tzara's voice floated on the air.
"No!" cried Heero as he tried harder to break free from this mental prison.
Tzara stared at him with big, green eyes. "Heero...no...."
Heero continued to fight against the hypnosis. A ball of fire flew through the air. The corners of his mouth felt chapped as if he had used the fireball jutsu. His eyes grew big.
"Why......" Tzara trailed off as she fell lifeless and burned.
"This isn't real," Heero told himself, "none of it is."
"Is it?" Kakashi asked evenly.
"No," Heero answered him.
He couldn't fight it any longer. He stopped struggling with the hypnosis and just tried to make his mind see the truth. The scene changed. Now he stood strapped to a tree. Tzara walked up to him.
"Foliage burial!" she cried making a hand sign.
Thousands of razor sharp flower petals swarmed around Heero. He gasped as the petals got close. The petals sliced his body like dagger blades. Heero grunted in pain and blood trickled from his wounds. The scene changed. Now they stood in a desert. Heero remained strapped to the tree, but his cuts had vanished and the pain subsided. Tzara made another hand sign.
"Sand coffin!" she commanded.
Sand crept up Heero's ankles. Soon the sand wrapped around his entire body leaving only his head uncovered.
"Tzara!" Heero cried.
Tzara smirked. Heero's eyes grew cold as the scene changed once again. This isn't Tzara. She wouldn't know any jutsus of that kind. It must be that guy, Heero observed.
"No, you're not real," Heero accused out loud.
Just then Tzara turned into Kakashi.
"No? You will go through a full day of this," Kakashi said coldly. Heero glared at him. Kakashi continued, "How long do you think has already passed?" Heero glowered silently refusing to be fazed. "Thirty seconds. Barely."
"What?" Heero gasped, his eyes wide.
"Shall we continue?" Kakashi asked.
Heero glared at him. "Just leave me alone," he ordered coldly.
"Ha!" Kakashi scoffed. "You are a persistent one, aren't you?"
Suddenly the sand became red hot. Heero winced and groaned. The sand scorched his skin. Heero struggled against the hypnosis, trying to ignore the pain wracking his body. Sweat poured down his face.
"It's useless. You shouldn't waste your energy," Kakashi told him.
Heero struggled harder. The sand melted away, taking the tree with it. Heero and Kakashi stood in blackness. Heero fell to his knees, breathing heavily. His body trembled. Kakashi watched with hooded eyes. Heero took a deep breath to steady himself. Tzara appeared and ran to his side. She put a hand on his shoulder.
"Heero! What happened?!" she asked worriedly. Heero pushed her away. It's just another illusion, he told himself. Tzara stumbled back, her eyes wide. "Heero?"
"Quit toying with my mind," Heero growled.
The blackness swirled away, leaving grass and trees in its wake.
"What are you talking about?" Tzara asked him. She looked around with a confused face.
Heero staggered upright. "It's all a trick. You...this place."
"A trick?"
He ignored her. He made a hand sign. "Inferno jutsu!" A fire ring flared around him and exploded outward engulfing everything. But instead of burning anything the flames puttered out. Kakashi walked out of the forest.
"Jutsu is useless here, Heero," Kakashi told him.
Heero looked at Kakashi. Anger boiled inside him. Why wouldn't these people leave him alone? He rushed the ninja. Kakashi brought his hand down on Heero's neck as he sidestepped. Pain flashed behind Heero's eyes. He fell to his knees, eyes wide. Kakashi watched him with his hands in his pockets. Heero regained himself and swung his leg toward Kakashi's. The ninja jumped in the air and landed behind him with his foot in the middle of Heero's back.
"Hmm...thirty-two seconds. Time flies when you're having fun, huh?" Kakashi taunted coldly.
Heero struggled to stand. Kakashi applied more pressure to the boy's back, pushing him back down. Heero refused to cave. He strained against Kakashi. Kakashi blinked and let him up. Heero swung upright and around with a right hook. His adversary merely vanished. Propelled by momentum, Heero punched a tree taking out a chunk of it.
"Hmm...nice punch. Could you do it again, I wonder?" Kakashi asked from behind him.
Heero's eyes flashed in frustration. He swung his leg around to kick Kakashi in the face. He vanished before Heero's leg could touch him.
Heero growled, "Quit messing with me."
Heero heard Kakashi sigh behind him. "Do I really have to repeat myself? I'm perfectly willing to stop any time....just tell me who you're here to kill."
He's not letting me out of this until I talk. And I can't break out of it, Heero assessed. This could go on for days, but if I talk…. He sighed.
"I can't," he confessed.
"Oh?" Kakashi pressed.
Heero's mind flashed back to that night with Orochimaru. He heard the ninja's words in his mind. He knew Kakashi could hear them too.
"You want to protect your sister, don't you? Then I suggest you don't fail me and don't bother trying to double cross me," Orochimaru's oily words slipped through his lips.
Heero ended the flashback. He clenched his fists and swung at Kakashi. Kakashi caught his fist and held it tightly.
"Ah. Well, I can't say I'm surprised. You do know that Orochimaru's a world class liar though, don't you?" Kakashi asked. Heero only glared at him. Kakashi shrugged and put his hands in his pockets again. "He's used countless ninja and innocent people to get to his goal. He has no respect for human life; so if you think he can help you protect anyone, forget it."
Heero relaxed his guard. It didn't seem Kakashi was going to fight him. "Hmph. I don't need his help," he insisted. He turned to walk away.
"I never said you did. But you obviously made some kind of deal with him, which is a big mistake," Kakashi replied.
"He approached me," Heero told him as he continued to walk away. "I wouldn't have had anything to do with him, but....." He sighed. Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "Never mind."
Kakashi sighed. "So you do need his help."
"No," Heero explained. "He threatened to kill Tzara if I didn't take the job. Now leave me alone."
"Oh, is that all?" Kakashi asked sarcastically. Heero ignored him and kept walking. "You know, when something like that happens most people hire a ninja to fix the problem."
"I don't need a ninja. I am one."
Kakashi sighed. "Sounds like you went to a lot of trouble for nothing."
"Hmph....what do you know about it?" Heero snapped. This ninja was getting on his nerves.
"Well, not everything obviously. So far you've refused to tell me much," Kakashi admitted. "But about the kind of situation...more than you know."
Heero was growing tired of this. He had no idea how he planned to get away with this, but these people were only nuisances. He tried to fight the hypnosis again.
"Let me go," he demanded.
Kakashi sighed wearily. "Not until you say who you've got to kill."
"Okay…" Heero decided to try and catch Kakashi off guard. He pulled out a knife he'd lifted from the ninja. "You!" He threw it.
Kakashi sighed exasperated and disappeared. He released the genjutsu. Heero lay breathing heavily, trying to gather his thoughts. Kakashi turned to the door.
"What is it?" he asked.
Naruto ran through the door followed by a pink haired girl.
"Kakashi sensei!" Naruto exclaimed.
"The sound ninja have been sighted near the village!" the girl finished.
"What?" Kakashi gasped.
"What do we do?" Naruto asked.
"It's Orochimaru," Heero realized. He knew what the sound ninja wanted. He hadn't finished his mission. So now Orochimaru sent his thugs to do it.
"Huh?" Naruto and the girl asked in unison.
Heero closed his eyes and ignored all of them. I have to find a way out of here. Since I didn't finish my mission, Orochimaru's probably going to go after Tzara, Heero reasoned.
Naruto gaped at him. "How does he know the sound ninja work for Orochimaru?"
"Never mind. Let's go," Kakashi ordered.
He jumped out the window and the girl followed. Naruto looked at Heero, but then he followed his sensei.
Outside, Kakashi approached Lady Tsunade. "I'd have one of the Ambu black ops guard the window and door to that room, if I were you," he suggested.
"What? He's that strong?" she questioned.
Kakashi answered her with silence. Then he ninja ran towards the woods with Sakura and Naruto following on his heels.