I do not own Naruto or Kamen Rider Fourze. Those belong to their respective creators and not me. I am only writing this for fun and not for any sort of profit. I am only writing this for fun and I hope that everyone who reads this has fun as well. Well, enjoy.

Kamen Rider Fourze: Cosmic Maelstrom

By Ten-Faced Paladin

Chapter 2: Wish upon a Star

"Itadakimasu!"

This semi-deserted street which resided within the city of Konohagakure played host to the smiling and bright voice of Naruto Uzumaki. He was currently in the midst of pigging out on a bowl of ramen which was made courtesy of the Ichiraku Ramen stand of which he was a most loyal customer. The proprietor and cook of the establishment, Teuchi Ichiraku, an older man with greying hair just smiled as he heard one of his best customers enjoying his cooking. The waitress/assistant cook named Ayame who was Teuchi's daughter just smiled as she saw Naruto return and once again attempt to break the shop record of most bowls of ramen devoured in one sitting.

Ayame and Teuchi had known Naruto for a pretty long time. He would always hang around their stand after his godfather brought the blonde there one night to grab a bowl or two. Naruto had been instantly hooked and when he could scrape together the pocket money, he'd come by for another bowl or two while talking about his day to Ayame and Teuchi. Ayame had all but adopted Naruto as a little brother and was always ready to indulge him in whatever he wanted to talk about. Teuchi just treated the kid like a surrogate grandson, offering him a bowl of ramen on the house now and then.

Tonight, both father and daughter were pleased to see that Naruto had brought a friend to the stand that evening. Both of them were even more pleased that his friend turned out to be a very pretty girl who went to school with him. Ayame was able to pick up in a heartbeat that shy little Hinata Hyuuga was crushing on Naruto something fierce. Her blushing whenever Naruto looked at her or even said something nice about her (which was often) made it pretty obvious. The girl didn't speak nearly as much as Naruto and had been nibbling on the same bowl of ramen she ordered while Naruto was working on his fourth bowl.

Gulping down the last of his ramen, Naruto heaved a sigh, "Whew! Good as ever old man! Worth every Yen!"

"Good to hear Naruto," Teuchi grinned. "But call me old man again and I'll restrict your ramen intake."

"Nooooo!" Naruto suddenly broke out in tears and began bowing profusely. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Don't take away my ramen!"

Hinata giggled softly at the scene, once again Naruto's bright and energetic personality bringing a smile to her lips. She had to admit that Naruto certainly had good taste in food. She hadn't ever had ramen as good as Ichiraku's before. The again, she never had ramen before in the first place. As part of the esteemed Hyuuga Family, all of the food she ate was made by professional chefs who all graduated at the tops of their classes in prestigious cooking schools. Being able to eat something different and in large portions like the Ichirakus served was quite the change for her.

Ayame smiled at the girl and decided to see if she could indulge in her 'big sister' instincts by helping the shy girl along in obtaining her crush. Leaning on her side of the counter, she spoke in a soft voice so not to capture Naruto's attention. Then again, her father had just served Naruto's fifth bowl so he would be suitably distracted for a while, "So, Hinata-san is it?"

"Um…hai?" Hinata nodded, looking up at the young woman.

"Just how long have you been crushing on Naruto-kun?" Ayame asked cheekily.

"EEP!" Hinata's face did it's infamous red tomato impression.

"It's okay," Ayame giggled. "Crushes aren't anything to be all that ashamed about. I'm just happy that such a pretty girl managed to be swayed by Naruto's charm. For a while there, I was worried that he wasn't ever going to get a nice girlfriend since he keeps pulling off all those pranks in school. Maybe now that he's got you, you can keep him on the straight and narrow, ne?"

"G-G-G-Girlfriend?-!" Hinata blushed vibrantly. "N-N-N-Naruto-kun's?-!"

"Well, yeah!" Ayame nodded. "That's what girls who like boys do, right? They go out with them and strike up relationships!"

"B-B-But I-I-I-I," Hinata sputtered.

"He's not a bad choice for a boyfriend either," Ayame continued. "I mean, sure he's a prankster but once a good girl gets her hands on him I'm sure that'll be a thing of the past. He's very nice, pretty darn good-looking, strong, developed in all the right ways, and extremely loyal to the people he calls precious. You don't find many guys out there with his kind of moral backbone you know. If I wasn't old enough to be his big sister, I'd have snapped him pretty darn quick myself. If you don't snap him up soon, I bet there are plenty of girls who will once they see what you already do about Naruto-kun."

"…" Hinata couldn't speak she was so flustered. She of course knew a lot about Naruto's virtues and the closest things which came to vices for him were his pranking sprees and his eating habits when it came to his ramen, the latter she discovered just a moment ago. Hinata also knew that if some other girls began seeing past Naruto's pranks and see who he really was like she did then he probably wasn't going to stay single for too long. The thought of some other girl being in a relationship with Naruto and making him happy like Hinata wished she could made a cloud of gloom appear over head.

"Hey, hey! No need to get depressed!" Ayame gasped, seeing Hinata slump so suddenly. "All you have to do is confess, right? Then Naruto will go out with you for sure!"

"B-B-But…" Hinata began. 'I don't think I'm good enough,' were her thoughts, but instead she said something else, "But Naruto-kun likes Sakura Haruno."

Sakura Haruno: the one who had Naruto's feelings for some time now and one who Hinata felt like she couldn't compare with. Sakura was likely one of the smartest girls in their year, if not the whole school. She was a pretty girl with a vibrancy around her that made her something of an idol to many of the students. It was helped that she ha a slim, athletic figure with emerald green eyes and soft red hair that looked more pink than anything else. She was already being scouted by universities for her academic status and it only served to make her more popular with her fans. Naruto had been crushing on her for some time and in their junior high days she turned him down rather…harshly. A punch to the face couldn't really be interpreted as anything else. Still, Naruto continued on even though it was obvious that Sakura had her eyes on someone else.

"Bah, that was back in Junior High. Things are different now!" Ayame scoffed. "This is the time for you to leap in and snag him before another girl does! You're already hanging out with him here aren't you? He's never brought anyone except that perv of a godfather here before! That means you're way ahead of any other girl out there!"

The comment was enough to bring Hinata out of her gloom, "R-Really?"

"You bet!" Ayame grinned. "Trust me on this as a fellow woman. You've got some of the best odds to making Naruto all yours! Just be a little more assertive!" a mischievous grin overtook her face. "Maybe a copious amount of ramen would help too. It's his first love before even that Haruno girl."

"Ah...h-hai!" Hinata nodded.

"Oji-san! Another bowl!" naruto grinned, finishing his fifth bowl. "I'm going for the record today!"

The night continued and Hinata couldn't remember being so relaxed and having fun. It was cute to see Naruto try to eat so much ramen and extoll the virtues of 'the magical food'. Teuchi and Ayame were of course very friendly, but they seemed to insist on handing out pointers to Hinata on how to get Naruto as her boyfriend. The thought of such made butterflies fly in the shy girl's stomach, but some of the tips Ayame gave her were a little...embarrassing.

At the moment, the pair were walking down the streets, Naruto with his arms folded behind his head while Hinata was poised and proper as her upbringing demanded of her.

"Man, today was wild," Naruto sighed, the feeling of good ramen making him feel much more relaxed. "That Zodiarts thing was freaky. Think there are more of them out there?"

"I think so," Hinata nodded. "The files on the Zodiarts said that a lot of switches were made before...whatever caused that station to be abandoned happened. It didn't say exactly how many of them there were though."

"Jeez," Naruto grimaced. "Well, I don't know about you but I'm gonna keep fighting them. That last one was just plain psycho and he was only after you. I don't even want to think about what might happen if there's one that has it in for the rest of the school or anybody else."

"Mn," The Hyuuga heiress nodded in agreement. That Heracles Zodiarts had been so obsessed with her it was terrifying. She wasn't sure if the boy using it was already like that or if the Zodiart Switch had done that to him, but if someone with that much power and such an unstable mind had a grudge against a broader target then there was no telling how many people would end up getting hurt in the process.

"Still, thanks for the help Hinata-chan," Naruto grinned at his new friend. "You were pretty smart to find out where that thing's switch was and what would happen if I beat it. I didn't want to end up blowing up the school like some of the punks want to."

"O-o-oh," Hinata flushed, her cheeks turning red once again as she stared down at the ground. "I-I-It was nothing."

"No I'm serious!" Naruto insisted "I mean you figured out the Fourze Driver, the Zodiarts, and that whole Last One thing so quick. It would have taken me forever to figure out the Driver and definitely wouldn't have figured out that whole Last One living bomb thing."

"Um...thank-you," Hinata nodded, more flushed than ever "B-but Naruto-kun figured out the Astro Switches really quickly too. Y-You were able to use Rocket and Drill together to beat that Zodiart and make sure no one was hurt in the explosion."

"Heh, heh," the whiskered blonde grinned bashfully. "Well the helmet helped out with that. It told me which Switches were docked in the Driver. I just figured out a rocket-powered drill kick would probably take out anything. I also hoped that rocket would have been good enough to take us high enough in the sky so nothing would get blown up along with that creep. Guess I was right."

Hinata smiled. She was happy to be spending time with her crush, but she could have done without the life-threatening attacks that came with it. Still, she was thankful that she managed to actually speak with him. Maybe this was a sign of things to come? Spending time with Naruto was something she was going to cherish as much as she could.

As the pair walked, the sounds of a car slowing down could be heard approaching them. Looking, they both saw what looked like a limousine approaching the curb to come to a stop next to the pair. Naruto blinked in confusions, limos having never stopped near him unless it was at an intersection. Hinata on the other hand felt like her heart sank when she saw the flame emblem on the side of the vehicles. Her family crest, the mark of Hyuuga Industries.

The car was idle for a moment before the door at the back clicked, opening as someone stepped out. The one who stepped out was a young man who seemed close to Hinata and Naruto's ages, perhaps a year or so older. He wore a Konoha Gakuen uniform, indicating where he went to school. He had long brown hair which hung down to his back. He wore a cloth headband around his forehead and his eyes were the same pale shade as Hinata's own, but they didn't carry any of the emotion that the girl's did. Instead, he looked stern and unmoving, an obvious symptom to something Naruto affectionately called the 'stick-up-his-ass' syndrome.

"Hinata-sama, so this is where you ended up," he spoke "You are aware of your father's edict when it comes to deviating from the daily schedules."

"H-H-Hai, Neji-niisan," Hinata mumbled, looking at the ground downcast.

"Niisan?" Naruto blinked. "Hinata-chan, this is your brother?"

"Her cousin," the older boy spoke, sounding quite insistent on the title. "And I would ask that you refer to Hinata-sama properly."

"Hey, she's my friend pal," Naruto frowned. "And you aren't her father so you can't tell me what to call her anyway!"

"No, but I am her bodyguard and it is my duty to make sure she is treated properly, even if it is something as little as her proper titles," Neji retorted, his face growing more grim. Obviously the teen wasn't used to somebody talking back to him. Did this blonde punk not know who he and Hinata represented?

"Bodyguard?" Naruto blinked, but then he began to frown. "Then where the hell were you when that Tomi Kakisonji prick tried to kill me and force Hinata to be his girlfriend?-! She could have been hurt or worse!"

"Kakisonji?" Neji blinked, for once showing an emotion. "So he was being persistent once again has he?" he shook his head in annoyance. "That idiot has been one of Hinata-sama's more persistent suitors."

"Yeah well he went off the deep end if you ask me," Naruto growled. "If it wasn't for me Hinata-chan could have ended up in a bad way!" Hinata blushed at the declaration, feeling a little guilty for causing such an inconvenience for everyone, but at the same time she felt warm knowing Naruto was so protective of her. "So what happened to you guys when all this was going on?"

"We were waiting at the selected pick up point like always only to find Hinata-sama having not arrived when she should have," Neji retorted. "I suspect Hiashi-sama will insist that we have the company car pick her up in front of the school from now on."

Hinata wilted at the announcement. She hated standing out. It had taken her forever to convince her father to not pick her up at school since it would make her stand out in a grand way. Now everyone in the school was going to believe she was some kind of spoiled heiress instead of simply cold like they did before.

"Nonetheless, I suppose some appreciation is in order for assisting Hinata-sama when you did," Neji sighed. "I'll see if some sort of compensation is given to you for services rendered in the name of Hinata-sama's protection."

"Hey, hey, I don't need anything," Naruto shrugged. "I'm just glad Hinata-chan's okay."

'Naruto-kun...' Hinata blushed, the butterflies returning to her stomach.

"How altruistic," Nei muttered cynically. "Very well. Hinata-sama, please come along. Your father insists you be home quickly for the evening dinner. There are some people attending your father wishes you to meet."

"H-Hai Neji-niisan," Hinata nodded. Turning around, she bowed deeply to Naruto. "T-T-Thank-you for tonight N-Naruto-kun. I had fun."

"Heh, no problem!" Naruto grinned. "Let's do it again sometime!"

'Not if I have anything to say about it,' Neji thought to himself as a blushing Hinata headed towards the limo. 'So this is Naruto Uzumaki? The one Hinata-sama seems to be wasting her affections on? Why hasn't Hiashi-sama discouraged such an attachment already? He's just a yankee thug as far as I can tell.'

Dismissing the question as none of his business, Neji entered the limo again and shut the door as Hinata took her own seat inside. Signalling to the driver, the vehicle took off once more, leaving a grinning Naruto in it's wake as he seemed to appreciate his good fortune in making a new friend.

Konoha Gakuen

Another day of school dawned on the high class school as the students arrived and did what the did for the day be it classes, gossiping, or skipping. People did take notice that there had been some property damage done to some areas. some assumed that it was a gang attack of some kind. Just because Konoha Gakuen was an upper class school didn't mean that it was loved by the people universally. Some of the schools in other prefectures hated them. Others such as Mizuki-sensei argued that it was likely Naruto who had done the damage in payback for his detention duties. However, there wasn't any proof either way as to who did the damage so they couldn't punish anybody and instead had the damage repaired however they could.

So the day moved on and the lunch bell rang, signalling some free time for the students to eat, drink, and be merry for at least a little while. Most of the students either at in the classroom so they could catch up on some notes or homework, others went to the cafeteria for the lunches made their which despite common belief was not some disgusting slop, or just ate in a semi-private spot where they could relax with friends.

One such pair was walking across campus towards the storage shed. The pair were of course one of the popular pairs on campus who always had some kind of gossip surrounding them. One of the two couldn't have cared less while the other humbly ate it up.

The were Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno.

Sakura was a girl who stood out thanks to her pink hair and bright green eyes. During her early years in school she proved to be really smart, but the other kids teased her horribly because her forehead was rather pronounced with how she wore her hair. It was thanks to a friend she made that she managed to get around the teasing and begin to bloom. In Junior High she met who would be her future boyfriend (and who she hoped would be her future husband) Sasuke Uchiha. Sakura wasn't ashamed to admit that she went a little (a lot) fangirly over the broody young man. She dieted religiously and worked hard in both her books and on her looks to try and be the girl she was confident that Sasuke would want to go out with. Looking back at herself now, she would have attributed it to being naive when it came to romance. When the years of Junior High were running down and graduation was approaching, Sakura finally saw that her approach just wasn't working. So in the end she decided to instead of worshiping him, she would just sit down and talk to him instead of coming off as a desperate fangirl. In time over a summer and the beginning of their time in Konoha Gakuen, she asked Sasuke if he would like to go out on a date and he finally said yes. The pair had been dating ever since.

Sasuke Uchiha was a teen who could embody the word broody when he wanted to. He was captain of the school's kendo club and had led the team to championship trophies several times since getting the position. He was tall and had an envious physique which many girls would like to see even if Sakura had first dibs and he wore a normal Konoha Gakuen uniform. His hair was jet black and his eyes were dark, typical of the Uchiha line. His hair was spiked at the back, often getting him teased in his younger days as duck-butt hair. Sasuke was usually very serious in his personality and didn't much seem like he would go out of his way for something fun.

Sasuke was the latest in the line of the Uchiha Clan, some of the biggest players in Konohagakure and Hinokuni's political and economic structures. They had been around since Konohagakure was founded and thus had their fingers in just about everything it offered be it large and small. They were ridiculously rich and had some serious pull.

But those days had passed.

When Sasuke was little, he bore witness to his older brother Itachi slaughtering almost all of the Uchiha clan members before disappearing for parts unknown. There was no evidence or even a hint as to why the lauded prodigy of the Uchiha Family did what he did. If he wanted his inheritance, he would have done the deed to try and make it look like anyone but himself had done it. Likewise with his resources, any kind of personal grudge would have been dealt with secretly so to avoid bringing suspicion. To openly kill his family members in full sight of all the Uchiha compound's security measures made no sense to most people and many simply decided that Itachi had snapped under the pressures of his family life and expectations. Sasuke had been the only survivor, for some reason being left out of the massacre. In the aftermath, the Uchiha's economic and politcal power was broken since the only heir was much too young to take over any of it. The political positions were filled by others and board of trustees were placed in charge of Uchiha companies. Sasuke was eligible to take over once he turned 21, but he had to have the proper certification before the board would allow him to sit alongside them, much less touch anything connected to management.

Sasuke himself was left in need of mental and medical help for months before the doctors deemed him able to return to an ordinary life. He was placed with a foster family to take care of him until such a time he was legally an adult and wished to move out. The family was accommodating and affectionate, but for the longest time Sasuke was a brooding child who could only think about how he could track down his older brother and get revenge for what he did to his family. He ignored his classmates and former friends, all of it he ignored save for his school work and ideas on how to track down Itachi. His brooding gave him a dark avenger look which made a number of his female classmates go wild over him and all but stalk him in hopes of becoming his girlfriend. Sasuke ignored them as flighty bimbos who were either infatuated by looks alone or were hoping to cash in on his name.

As he got older and continued attending his support group, Sasuke slowly began to exit his brooding phase. He came back to the world bit by bit, slowly becoming a teenager like he should have long ago. He was still somewhat grim and quiet, not to mention serious most of the time but people weren't so worried about his mental health anymore. He still wished to one day face Itachi and make him pay for what he did, but it was no longer a consuming obsession. He would live his life, the life that Itachi tried to take away and when the time came Sasuke swore he would make his brother pay for his crimes.

His relationship with Sakura was something of a surprise even for him. For the longest time, she was a card-carrying member of his fanclub. Those girls could be downright rabid when it looked like another girl was sniffing around him. He didn't particularly enjoy their attentions and simply tried to ignore them whenever he could. Sakura had acted just like them until their last year of Junior high. One day she just sat down next to him, introduced herself, and attempted to make small talk. His was silent for most of it, but he made a comment or two. Despite how pissed off it made the other fangirls, Saura did it again by just sitting down and making small talk. He ended up learning a bit about her and reluctantly hung out with her and conversed with her as he learned that she was growing out of her fangirl habits and gaining some common sense to go with her intelligence. They would periodically spend time together over the summer and during their first year in Konoha Gakuen when she asked if he'd like to go on a date, he couldn't think of a good reason to say now

Now in their second year, they were the popular couple who had brains, beauty, and money. Who wouldn't have wanted to be them?

Well, when Sakura was going through 'that' time of the month you wanted to be anyone else but Sasuke. That was neither here nor there though.

"Eating lunch in the Rabbit Hutch today too Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura as the pair headed for the equipment shed.

"After hearing about how the storage shed got trashed, I want to make sure that nobody got inside," Sasuke replied, knowing his girlfriend was playing coy again to try and keep him from getting too serious. "I'm also hoping that we have some kind of idea as to what caused the rest of the destruction yesterday."

"Do you think it was a Zodiarts?" asked the pinkette.

"Maybe, but the amount of destruction wasn't what I thought someone hopped up on cosmic energy would be," Sasuke shrugged. "We'll just have to see if anything was recorded."

Apparently, Naruto and Hinata were not the first to have found the Rabbit Hutch. Sasuke and Sakura had come upon it first and turned it into their secret hangout. Sasuke merely considered it a base of operations against the impending threats known as the Zodiarts, but Sakura considered it more of her private love nest for her and her boyfriend. She wasn't in any way believing that it was some casual hangout, but she was hoping to use it as one while they weren't in red alert.

The pair entered the storage shed, finding it still messy from the disaster that happened. The sports equipment was put away as were the extra desks and such, but the rows of lockers were either dented or in a messy row from how the faculty were quickly putting the lockers back up. Sasuke and Sakura moved past the piles of equipment before reached one locker which sported a rocket faced sticker. Sasuke opened the door before stepping inside the light tunnel, Sakura following close behind to shut the locker door behind her.

The pair walked through the path of light before they reached the other end and emerged into the Rabbit Hutch properly. Sasuke approached the main table and dropped his supplies onto it before he headed for the computer terminals to see if he could get an idea as to what had happened the previous night.

Sakura had just set her own bag down, preparing for another quiet and romantic lunch on the moon when...

"SAKURA!"

"Sasuke-kun?" the pinkette gasped. Running to the terminal room, she saw Sasuke staring straight at one of the wall panels. She didn't notice at first, but then she noticed that what appeared to be panels had unfolded from the wall and looked like they had been holding something before being removed.

"Is that...?" Sakura gasped, but then her heart sunk when she saw near one of the hidden compartments was what looked like instruction documents depicting an object called the Fourze Driver. "No..."

"It's gone," Sasuke frowned. "It was right under our noses this whole time, and now it's gone."

"But who?" asked Sakura. "I mean...no one else even knows this place is here! We're the only ones who knew the Fourze Driver was hidden here!"

"Well someone found out!" Sasuke snapped back. "And now our only chance at beating the Zodiarts is gone!" Growling, he walked towards the terminals and began typing away on the keyboards to pull up screens and readouts. The screens blinked to life and brought up command screens which in turn opened up folders and files. Sakura moved closer to her boyfriend to read over his shoulder.

"Someone accessed the Zodiarts file," she frowned, her eyes scanning over the data. "The switches, statistics, and the Last One phase. Were they trying to figure out what Zodiarts were?"

"Or trying to figure out what we knew," Sasuke frowned. Eyeing the files, he noticed something. "Wait...what's this?"

Sakura read over the feed, "A hidden data file?"

"One that's protected by a certain execution," Sasuke frowned. "The computers say it was accessed but not how it is accessed or what's in it. Judging by the secret panels, it probably told whoever opened it how to get to the Fourze Driver and the Astro Switches. Dammit."

"Calm down Sasuke-kun," Sakura sighed, running her hand along his shoulder. "We both know this wasn't going to be easy. This is just a bump in the road. We can just use the sensors and such here to try and track down the Driver and Switches, right?"

"Right," Sasuke agreed, already moving to type in the commands into the available equipment in the Rabbit Hutch. "Whoever did this though must have some very deep connections to even hear about the Rabbit Hutch, much less the Driver and Switches."

Konoha Gakuen

"ACHOO!"

"Ew. Naruto...don't be so troublesome. Especially when I can get away with watching clouds."

The rooftop of Konoha Gakuen was playing host to four of the more notable students in the school's current roster and not because of the academic success. One of them was of course Naruto himself, leaning back against the guard fence with a bowl of instant ramen in his hands and had only stopped to sneeze. Second was he lazy genius Shikamaru, who was laying back and staring up at the sky, having almost been peppered by spittle and chewed up ramen noodles. The lazy boy was casting a glare at the blonde who was rubbing his nose.

Sitting next to Shikamaru was another Konoha Gakuen student was was portly with brown hair that spiked straight up. He was obviously one of the heavier students with his weight and his face was obviously puffy as a result. His eyes were squinted and had swirls on his cheeks. In his hands was a bag of chips which he was munching on with a speed of someone who was well practiced. His name was Chouji Akimichi. Unlike a lot of the students in Konoha Gakuen, Chouji's family was a bit more humble. They owned a pair of supermarkets which were moderately successful, but were nothing on some of the business families like the Hyuuga, Sarutobi, Senju, or Kurama. Because of Chouji's background, his pudgy looks, and his lack of school activities it made him something of a target of ridicule. He was best friends with Shikamaru since they were smaller, their fathers having been friends for years before they were born. Of course, the pair of them made easy friends with Naruto.

The last member of the group was yet another member of Konoha Gakuen. He was thin and looked to be an obvious fighter with his lean and toned figure. It wasn't muscle developed from any kind of organized sport, but raw street fighting just like Naruto. His shirt was opened without a tie, revealing a bit of his chest. His hair was brown and very shaggy, looking like it hadn't been brushed. His eyes had narrow pupils and his cheeks were marked by red slash markings. He claimed they were birthmarks, but the teachers didn't buy it. His teeth also had elongated canines, making him appear overall as a wild and brutish guy. His name was Kiba Inuzuka. Despite his thuggish looks he was the second heir of the Inuzuka family, the most prominent veterinarians and dog breeders in Konohagakure and all of Hinokuni Prefecture. Kiba's mother ran the family clinic while his older sister Hana was the first in line for succession and was also a rising name in animal medicine. Inuzuka's were known for their attitudes which made it hard for them to fit into high society like their fellow upper-class families like the Hyuuga or Kurama, but Kiba was the most vocal about it. He was going to live life his way and not by some made-up rules rich snobs followed. That usually involved picking fights with people who saw him as an easy mark since he was born into a rich family. He found kindred spirits in Naruto, Shikamaru, and Chouji who likewise were fine living their way and not by anyone else's.

"Sorry Shika," Naruto sniffled, wiping his nose. "It kinda snuck up on me."

"You catching a cold?" asked Chouji, his mouth full of chips. "Kinda early for one."

"Nah, not that," Naruto denied.

"Yeah, idiots can't catch colds!" Kiba grinned.

"Bite me dog-face," Naruto snapped back.

"Troublesome as always you two," Shikamaru sighed, shaking his head. "Speaking of, Naruto if you're going to go on a date with a girl could you do it away from my neck of the woods? Mom saw you two and started nagging on me about when I'm going to start getting serious about finding a girl to settle down with. Pretty much said that if you could get a girl then it was high time I looked for one."

"Hm?" Naruto blinked. "You mean she saw me and Hinata-chan?" Shikamaru's family ran a pharmacy in the same neighbourhood as Naruto's and incidentally did business near the Ichiraku Ramen stand. Surprisingly, despite being only one store it was very successful. They catered to both modern and natural medicine, actually having a plot of land to raise deer so they could use the horns for a number of homemade remedies for aches, pains, and such. Shikaku Nara, Shikamaru's father was a genuine genius like his son but like Shikamaru he was pretty damn lazy. As such, the pharmacy could have been a lot more successful, as in like a small chain of stores but Shikaku was just so damn lazy he figured since his family could live in comfort then that was enough. Naruto kept hearing stories from Shikamaru about how his mother gave her husband hell for it.

"You mean the dobe finally found his balls and asked a girl out?" Kiba grinned, earning a growl from Naruto. "About time. So just who was this chick? She got a last name?"

"If Mom's need to gossip is true, it's Hinata Hyuuga," Shikamaru replied.

"Really? Hinata Hyuuga?" Chouji blinked. "She's the heiress of Hyuuga Industries isn't she?"

"And one of the hottest girls in school, even if she's a little cold to everyone," Kiba shrugged. "Damn Naruto. You like to aim high."

"For the record, Hinata-chan's not 'cold to everyone'. She's just pretty shy," Naruto defended. "When Ayame-chan at Ichiraku's was talking to her she kept going all quiet and blushing and stuff. Half the time I couldn't hear what she was saying."

"So you gonna bone her or what?" asked Kiba with a lecherous grin.

BONK!

"Don't say perverted crap like that!" Naruto growled, whapping Kiba over the head with his fist. "I get that enough from Ero-sennin!" He then blanched slightly. "And don't any of you say a word of this to him! He'll never let me hear the end of it!"

"Geez, calm down," Kiba grumbled, rubbing the knot on his head. "I mean, she's been voted one of the hottest girls in the school and I got contacts saying her boobs are pretty big too even though she wears that uniform like everyone else."

"Kiba..." Naruto growled.

"Troublesome," muttered Shikamaru.

"How'd you get a contact to tell you that?" asked Chouji, still munching on his chips. "The girls here are notoriously anti-pervert."

"A girlfriend of a friend who's a little more free than most," Kiba retorted, but the began to mumble. "Why can't there be more girls like her?"

"So, how did you make friends with her," Chouji asked. Hinata was one of the upper class girls and she was pretty shy too. She wouldn't have gone out of her way to talk to anyone.

"Uh...some prick was trying to make her become his girlfriend," Naruto shrugged, swiftly trying to keep out mentions of the Zodiarts. He'd seen enough superhero shows to know that stuff like that had to be kept secret. "Kicked his ass and that was it."

"Well, she is the heiress to one of the most profitable industries in Hinokuni after the Uchiha industries got their backs broken," said Shikamaru. "Lots of social climbers and gold diggers would want to get together with her to make their lives a whole lot better."

"Jerks," Naruto growled. Hinata didn't need a boyfriend. What she needed were friends. She just seemed so lonely because of her reputation. The way she wilted when that Neji jerk said she'd be picked up in a limo at the front gate made it obvious that she didn't like to stand out because of her reputation. It probably didn't help when she would get hounded by guys who were only after her because she came from a rich family.

"So...are you gonna try and go for home or what?" asked Kiba. "They say the quiet ones are always the wildest."

"Kiba...don't make me hurt you," Naruto frowned.

"Just sayin," Kiba shrugged. "You haven't shown that you even knew girls exist since Sakura and she's been going out with Uchiha since the end of Junior High."

Naruto groaned and slumped over, his head dangling as a cloud hung over his head. His first crush, the first girl he wanted to go out with, the one he wanted to share his first kiss with, off in the arms of the poster boy for apathy, Sasuke Uchiha, "Sakura-chaaaaaaaann..."

"Just let it go Naruto," Shikamaru sighed. "Girls are just too troublesome at our age."

"Give me a woman who cooks and loves food as much as me and I'd be happy," Chouji commented.

"Nah, you need the kinds who are into wild and crazy stuff," Kiba grinned ferally. "Gotta be stacked too."

"Are all you think about is boobs?" Shikamaru sighed. "Just give me an okay-looking girl so I can have two kids, a boy and girl, so I can work at the shop until I can retire and play shogi for the rest of my life."

"Wow, talk about low standards," Kiba blinked in amazement.

"Sakura-chaaaaaaan..." Naruto moaned.

The gymnasium of Konoha Gakuen was very large and outfitted with a lot of the top of the line physical education equipment. An exercise room could be found in a connecting doorway which the heavier sports teams would use to keep themselves in shape. The gym itself was outfitted with a basketball court with netting and a high tech scoreboard able to relay pictures for anyone in the stands to look at with a photo image quality. At the edges of the gym was a set of track lines for the track team to use for shorter races or teams to get some speed and endurance training in.

Several students were working there to get some prep time in for club activities later or meeting with team members to see if there was any notices that needed to be handed out or surprise training ideas that could be put into use by captains and vice-captains for practicality.

Of course, the cheerleaders liked to hold meetings there at lunch or even practice a routine or two if the audience was lucky.

The cheerleaders of Konoha Gakuen were of course pretty, thin, agile, and oh so pleasant to look at for the teenage male population. Of course, the same cheerleaders had busted more than a few boys for gawking at them like perverts, as was the reputation for girls from Konoha Gakuen and Konohagakure. It sure didn't stop the boys from wanting to gawk at the cheerleaders in their workout outfits and uniforms stretching or working on their routines. It went doubly so for their lovely captain.

"Mina! You're dipping on your side of the pyramid!" the dazzling Ino Yamanaka called out, pointing to where her club members were piled in the famous cheerleader technique. "If we can't master the pyramid then we can't build up to the Konoha Tree!"

Ino was a pretty girl and she knew it, taking ultimate care of her good looks and healthy shape. she was a well-shaped young woman with cascading blonde hair that ran down her back in a simple but fashionable ponytail with some of it partially concealing the right side of her face in a blonde waterfall. One of her crystal blue eyes were revealed, which made her look quite sexy when she wanted to. Even in a simple purple tank top and bicycle shorts, she looked desirable. She could be incredibly competitive when it came to just about anything,.

Ino's family ran a popular florist shop which dealt with all levels of Konohagakure's social classes. even the Hyuuga ordered flower arrangements from them for their decorative purposes or special ceremonies. The blonde girl was popular in her Junior High years, making a gaggle of friends. One of them being shy Sakura Haruno who was being mercilessly teased because of her forehead. Ino had stepped in and chased off the bullies. She and Sakura had been friends since then...up until Sasuke Uchiha joined their class. Since then, the pair had become fierce rivals over the boy and were the most rabid out of all of the girls chasing the boy. It had pissed Ino off something fierce when Sakura finally got him as a boyfriend, but like any Yamanaka she put it behind her and moved on. Her friendship with Sakura became a friendship again, but it was also a strong rivalry. Of course, Ino wasn't to let her best friend get the last laugh and vowed one day to get a man even better than Sasuke.

It led her to begin the habit of dating boys often, but just as often breaking up with them after a short time. She didn't have the reputation of being easy, as much as her spiteful exes would have liked and made sure that everyone knew it. She liked to dress sexy and alluring when the mood struck her, but she would only give away her first time to Mr. Right. Still, everyone was gossiping over who she might go out with next.

"Okay, let's try it again," Ino sighed. "One last time before lunch ends."

The pyramid of cheerleaders disassembled before they began moving through the motions of reaching their original routine positions for the performance. Ino's sharp eye for detail, honed by the numerous amounts of bouquets she helped her family shop put together, kept a sharp watch on what her cheerleaders were doing. The blonde didn't settle for second best and even when she was put in that position by force, she would fight until she became number one.

As Ino moved to start the routine music again to coordinate her team's efforts, she didn't notice someone hiding in the shadow of one of the bleachers. The figure was staring a laser beam straight at the blonde's back as she turned on the music of Anna Tsuchiya. Once the beat of the music began, the figure reached into their pocket before coming back out with a black and gold object with a red button on top. With a frown, the figure pressed their thumb onto the button with an ominous click.

The figure's body was swallowed into the middle of a black void. Emerging from it were several orbs of light similar of stars. The largest one took the centre with smaller stars taking four cardinal points. Furthermore, another pair of stars rose to the northern point on it's left side while a smaller star appeared between the left and bottom stars and a second star appearing next to the right side with one final orb of light appearing below the southern point.

When the stars retreated into the void, the terror started.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"Huh?" Kiba blinked, looking in the direction of the gym over the railing. "What the hell was that?"

"Sounded like a scream?" wondered Shikamaru, sitting up.

Frowning, Naruto set down his ramen and stood up. Walking to the fence, he peered through the links to see what was going on at the gym. More screams were sounding off, making the blonde wonder if Sasuke was there in his boxers or something. His fangirls would certainly start screaming at that. Peering out, Naruto began to see the people running out of the doors and even the emergency exits.

"Now that does not look good," Chouji commented, he and his friends approaching the fence to see the rising chaos. Several teachers were already running out of the school to see what was happening. "Is it a fire drill or a prank?"

"If it was a fire drill we would have heard it," Shikamaru frowned. "And if it was a prank, at least one of Naruto's he'd be there to bask in it."

"Think it might be someone else?" asked Kiba.

Naruto watched the chaos with a sinking feeling in his gut. Maybe he was being paranoid after yesterday with the Heracles Zodiarts, but something told him that something more was going on than just someone pulling a prank.

"I'm going to check it out," he announced before running for the stairs.

"Hey! Naruto, wait!"Kiba shouted, Shika, Chouji, and himself trying to follow their energetic friend.

Rabbit Hutch

Sasuke was pouring over data readouts and surveillance images around the school. Hoping to figure out what where the Fourze Driver had gone. As far as he got was seeing the Heracles Zodiarts charge around the inside of the school and equipment shed, but because the Rabbit Hutch had been on standby any surveillance only activated when a Zodiarts was in their view. So Sasuke hadn't been able to see who the Zodiart had been chasing and because the battle had taken place outdoors instead of inside or near the school entrances the cameras didn't activate once again, leaving the identity of who took the Fourze Driver a mystery. The only clue they had was his medical readouts that the suit provided when it was activated and that wasn't much of a clue at all.

"I should have programmed those sensors better," Sasuke growled.

Continuing to work as Sakura worked on her own terminals, both suddenly stopped when the screens lit up with warning icons.

ALERT! ZODIARTS DETECTED! ALERT! ZODIARTS DETECTED!

"Oh no!" Sakura gasped, momentarily stunned.

"Dammit!" Sasuke cursed, his fingers flying across the keyboard. "C'mon! Scan already!" The computers activated their Zodiarts scanners honed in the gymnasium where the new signal had popped up. It felt like an eternity for the sensors in the cameras to compile the data derived from the Zodiarts' energy and finally give a readout.

Scan Complete.

Subject: Aquila Zodiarts

Model#: 05

Power Levels: Minimal

Last One: Dormant

"So it's Aquila this time," Sasuke frowned. "Zeus' delivery boy. Damn."

"What should we do Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura. "We don't have the Driver or even a Foodroid to try and distract it for more time!"

Sasuke grit his teeth, trying to think of something as he began pulling up live video feeds of the Zodiart to try and see what it was capable of, "If we're lucky, the one who took the Fourze Driver will show up to try and stop it."

"Huh?" Sakura gaped. "Can...can we even be sure of that?"

"We don't have a choice," the last Uchiha frowned. "He stopped the Heracles Zodiarts before so maybe he'll go after Aquila too."

Sakura frowned in worry before turning her gaze back to the monitor.

Konoha Gakuen - Gymnasium

Naruto had to sneak through the crowds and dodge two teachers before he slipped inside the gymnasium through one of the emergency exits. Dashing past the red doors, he came to a stop at the basketball court where the source of the commotion had Ino in it's clutches.

The beast looked like a bird in humanoid form. It's torso looked like it was encased in bronze with dark brown feathers shoulders with bright red tips. It's arms were feathered like its shoulders but its hands were encased in further bronze styled like bird talons. It wore a bronze kilt on its waist with feathered legs and bronze-encrusted feet. Finally, it's head was styled after a fierce hawk's with a black hooked beak and a violent yellow eye. Completing the image was a pair of feathers wings which turned more crimson as they went down. In the centre of the Zodiarts' chest was a blue gemstone which had blue lines running in the four cardinal directions. The one heading down stopped on the kaijin's kilt with a smaller blue stone. The lines heading left and right headed over the monster's shoulders and onto its wings with gems on the wing joints. The left side had a smaller gem right next to it. On the monster's torso on the right side was a smaller gem which connected the southern gem and the one on the right wing. The line heading up curved along the neck before ending in a gemstone at the back of the Zodiarts' neck. From there, a line connected to a larger gemstone that acted like an eyepatch over the left eye with another line connecting to a final gemstone on the Zodiarts' beak.

This was a Zodiarts hailing from the Northern Sky, Aquila.

The Aquila Zodiarts was holding Ino's neck in it's bronze grip, holding her off the floor with ease as she struggled to breathe while slapping at the monster's wrist. Her strikes proved futile against the monster's strength.

"What makes you so popular?" the Zodiarts asked in a dark voice with a sniff. "All you do is date around...probably sleep around too. What makes you so much more well-known than me?" It lifted the cheerleader up higher, causing her to choke. "Tell me! Why is it people talk so much about a tramp like you!-?"

hearing Ino's choking become Worse, Naruto immediately looked for something to help. Spotting a basketball nearby, likely dropped by students who were playing a pickup game, he picked it up before hurling it at the Zodiarts. The whiskered blonde's aim was true as it bounced directly off the monster's head, making it grunt in surprise and drop Ino to the floor, "Who did that?-!"

"You know," Naruto spoke loudly, getting the Aquila Zodiarts' attention. "Ero-sennin might be a perv but if there's one thing that he's said that I agree with, it's that you don't raise a hand against a lady unless your life is at risk. So out of principle I'm just going to have to kick your ass."

"*cough! cough!* N-Naruto?" Ino gagged, struggling to get her breath back.

"Hmph! As if the school idiot can even match me!" the Zodiarts snorted, apparently recognizing Naruto from reputation alone.

"Oh man, another person with a stick up their ass," Naruto frowned. Reaching into his jacket, he grabbed the Fourze Driver and pulled it out. "Ino, you'd better get out of here. Things are going to get pretty rough in a minute!"

Still coughing, Ino obeyed the command and made a break for the door. The Aquila Zodiarts didn't seem concerned with her escape, but the snooty way it talked made it seem in Naruto's mind that this particular Zodiart thought that it could find her again because it's abilities were 'so' superior. Still, Naruto himself didn't comment on it since he had a job to do. So instead, he strapped the Driver to his waist before hitting the switches across the front, activating the system.

"THREE..."

"TWO..."

"ONE..."

"Henshin!"

Rabbit Hutch

Sasuke's eyes widened as he saw the screen give him an image of Fourze along with the status of the armor and its wearer. He then smiled. Now he'd be able to tell just who had gotten his hands on the armour. Scrolling back to the image where the Aquila Zodiarts was threatening a cheerleader, he saw a blonde-haired student run into the gymnasium befre throwing a basketball at the monster. Some words were apparently exchanged before the cheerleader made a break for it. The figue drew out the Fourze Diriver and activated it. Sasuke quickly changed the angle of the camera so he could see the person's face...

"EHHHHH?-!" Sakura's cry echoed out, having seen the same image on her terminal. "Is that...Naruto?-!"

Sasuke's face matched Sakura's in sheer shock, "How the hell did the class idiot manage to get in here and find the Driver? No, scratch that, how the hell did he even figure out how to use it?-! He flunked all the computer courses the school has!"

"I-I-I don't know!" Sakura continued to gape. "D-Don't tell me he plans to fight that Zodiarts though!"

Konoha Gakuen - Gymnasium

Naruto was engulfed in the white energy created by the rings of metal, sending steam in all directions. The armour formed over his body and solidified, marking his change into Fourze once again. emerging from the steam, he stared down the Aquila Zodiarts through his orange lenses.

"Alright! UCHU KITA, DATTEBAYO!" Fourze cried, raising his arms into the air. Looking to the Zodiarts, he pointed at it threateningly. "Let's settle this, just you and me!"

"Hmph! Idiot!" the Aquila Zodiarts snorted. Raising its fists, it charged towards Fourze with the intent of ending the battle quickly and violently. Fourze charged back, not intimidated by the monster's rush. The two met in the basketball court with the Zodiarts taking a swing at Fourze with its bronze fist. Fourze dipped underneath the blow, swinging at the Zodiarts' chest as he went only to meet with a clanging noise.

"Ow!" he grimaced, rolling away from the Zodiarts to massage his hand. "Man, it's like fighting that Heracles Zodiarts all over again without my suit! Ow!" Grumbling he stared down the enemy Zodiart again. "Okay, so avoid the bronze parts. I can do that!"

Fourze clenched his fists and charged at the Zodiarts once again. He threw a flurry of punches towards it's face which the kaijin blocked with its bronze-covered fists with the sounds of metal hitting metal. Frustrated, Fourze tried several kicks, only to be met in the same way by the Zodiarts' own feet.

"I told you that the school idiot can't stop me," the Aquila Zodiarts sniffed.

"Heh! There's more to being smart than just book smart!"Fourze retorted, dodging a punch from the Zodiarts to get more space. "If one thing doesn't work, I'll just try something new!" He reached to his belt and hit the blue Number 2 switch.

"LAUN-CHER-ON!"

Blue energy raced around Fourze's right leg, forming pieces of a new module. The parts then connected to his leg, forming a blue box-like machine which covered his rig up to his knee and had a side panel revealing five missiles loaded inside.

"All right! Now we talking!" Fourze grinned, watching the Zodiarts flinch. "Okay, FIRE!" Fourze hit a switch on a piece of the Launcher Module that was level with his knee. The five white rockets flared to life and launched themselves through the air, seemingly spiralling erratically with their white smoke streams. The Zodiarts shrieked and shielded itself with its arms, but it quickly found that it needn't have worried. The missiles flew past it in all directions, exploding against the walls and leaving chunks of concrete and rebar missing while one actually took out the scoreboard. The Aquila Zodiart blinked and looked at the destruction before looking back at Fourze.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" the Rider groaned. "All that space-age technology and it can't even aim right! Come on!"

Rabbit Hutch

"Ugh. What an idiot," Sasuke groaned. How could he not have known that the Launcher Module needed to have the user absolutely certain of his target point or the Radar Module to send the missiles? Without the Radar, you had to concentrate on the target, not just look at it and aim your leg in the right direction. "That wouldn't have happened if it was me."

Sakura just grimaced at the destruction, seeing how unused to the Astro Switches that this Fourze was. Glancing to see if Sasuke was still looking at the screen, she then pulled up another screen before she began typing in a message which she swiftly sent to the Fourze HUD.

Konoha Gakuen - Gymnasium

Fourze frowned and prepared to try and launch another missile barrage at the Zodiarrts who seemed to be more amused at the last stunt when it happened. A window popped up in his HUD which began typing out a message.

'The Launcher Module requires you to either concentrate on your target or use the Radar Module to lock on. Since you're still new with the suit, use Radar. It's switch Number 4! Hurry!'

"Huh?" Fourze blinked. "Hinata-chan must have gotten to that moon base! Okay!" Reaching to his belt, he hit the gray Number 4 switch to activate it's module.

"RA-DAR-ON!"

The gray energy formed into the familiar pieces of the Radar Module and solidified on Fourze's left arm. Aiming it at the Aquila Zodiarts, Fourze hit one of the buttons, making the screen come to life and zoom in on the Zodiarts. The screen flashed green before a targeting reticule appeared around the monster with the words LOCKED ON flashing across the screen.

"Okay! Locked on!" he grinned. "Now, fire two!"

For a second time the five white missiles launched from the blue machine. This time, they flew in straight even lines rather than moving in random directions. This time the Zodiarts didn't get off easy as it was pelted by the missiles, causing numerous explosions which sent it screaming through the air. The kaijin screamed in pain as it was sent sailing into the far war, hitting with a heavy thud.

"Ha! Not bad for the dead last!" Fourze grinned behind his mask. "Now let's rip out that Switch of yours!" Fourze started running at the Zodiarts before using the propulsion pack on his back to launch himself into the air. Almost touching the ceiling, he hit the first and third switches on his belt.

"RO-CKET-ON!"

"DRILL-ON!"

Orange energy flared over his right arm to form the Rocket Module which his left leg was appointed with the Drill Module. Aiming the tips of both machines at the recovering Aquila Zodiarts, he reached to his Enter Lever and gave it a sharp tug.

"ROCKET-DRILL-LIMIT BREAK!"

"OKAY! ROCKET DRILL KICK!" Fourze bellowed, the Rocket Module roaring into overdrive as the piercing power of the Drill Module increased significantly. He cut through the air with the aim to pierce the Zodiarts through its torso. At first the machines looked like they would do the job, but as Fourze came down closer to his target the Rocket and Drill Modules suddenly stalled before they both returned to coloured energy and vanished.

"Wagh!" the Kamen Rider cried out, dropping to the floor and rolling to a stop with a grunt and a groan. "Ow! What the hell?-!"

The Aquilia Zodiarts was in pain and confused, but it still remained capable of seizing an opportunity. With a grunt, it got to its feet before spreading its wings out. With a flap of the feathered limbs before taking into the air. It didn't hesitate for a moment before soaring at one of the windows, smashing through to freedom in the open sky.

"Dammit..." Fourze grunted, standing up. Hitting the switches on the belt, he shut down the system in a flash of light as he removed the Driver from his waist. "What the hell was that? It didn't do that last time!"

"The Astro Switches got low on energy dobe."

Naruto turned to see who had spoke, finding a pair of people who had entered the gym from another emergency exit. One was the familiar form of Sakura Haruno, a girl who always made his day when he got a glimpse of her. The one who was approaching him was the less welcome face of Sasuke Uchiha. One look at him guaranteed a scowl on Naruto's own.

"Sasuke...Sakura-chan..." Naruto frowned. "You guys know about this stuff?"

"We should," Sasuke frowned, stopping a few feet from Naruto. "We've been waiting for the Zodiarts to pop up for over a year now. We've been looking for the Fourze Driver for even longer. As much as I want to know just how the heck you got it, I want you to hand it over even more."

"Hand it over?" asked Naruto. "You mean to recharge the Switches?"

"No," Sasuke shook his head. "You hand it over as in you give it to me and forget you ever had it."

"Please do what he says Naruto," pleaded Sakura. "Sasuke-kun's been training to fight the Zodiarts for over a year now and he knows the systems back and forth. You're brand new to everything that includes the suit and you barely know what you're doing."

"Are you serious?" Naruto frowned, tightening his grip. "You expect me to just give up fighting those Zodiarts freaks just because you said so? Have you even been seeing all the crap they pull?"

"Yeah and I intend to stop it," Sasuke retorted. "Now give up the Driver before you just end up hurting yourself with it. The class dobe doesn't stand a chance of getting anywhere against the Zodiarts."

"Oi, watch it teme!" Naruto scowled, his eyes narrowed on the last Uchiha. "I've beaten one already and if the Switches hadn't run out of juice then I would have beaten that other one too! That's way more than you!"

"Only because you lucked out and got the Driver first," Sasuke retorted, his dark eyes narrowing at Naruto's own. "And because of how clueless you are the Zodiarts got away."

"If it weren't for me then Ino might be dead by now!" Naruto snapped. "Course I wouldn't expect a teme like you to care! Since when do you give a damn about anyone anyway! You're probably only going out with Sakura-chan to convince your board of trustees that you're mentally stable anyway!"

"Naruto!" Sakura scolded, but Sasuke's eyes narrowed even further in anger.

It was no secret that Naruto and Sasuke didn't like each other. Most would have assumed it was because Sasuke managed to start a relationship with Sakura without even trying when Naruto had done his damn hardest to show Sakura he was a good guy to go out with. Their dislike of one another started in Junior high before the Uchiha Massacre. Naruto was the one who lost his parents and raised by his godfather who made sure Naruto worked for everything he got since he was as cheap as they came. Sasuke on the other hand seemed to get it all handed to him on a silver platter from everyone simply because of his last name. Worse yet, Sasuke acted like he was entitled to it. Oh Naruto was sympathetic for Sasuke's family plight and never brought it up in their verbal matches, but even afterwards Sasuke seemed to expect that everything he got was supposed to be his in the first place and wasted it being his usual broody apathetic self. Naruto would have treated Sakura like a princess and would have made sure she knew she was cared for every chance he got. Sasuke on the other hand looked like he barely noticed her half the time in school. He was her boyfriend for crying out loud! Act like it!

In any case, Naruto wasn't about to hand over something he earned simply because a mighty Uchiha told him to.

"Last chance dobe," Sasuke growled. "Hand over the Driver."

"Make me Teme," Naruto frowned back.

The two stared each other down for a second that stretched into an infinity. Sakura stared on for that eternity, completely unsure as to what to do. She needn't have bothered to try. From an unknown signal, Uchiha and Uzumaki charged at one another with enraged battle cries and their fists raised back for attacks.

*KRACK!*

To Be Continued...

A/N: Well, here's my Naruto/Fourze story. We see the arrival of another Zodiarts but also we see that Hinata and Naruto weren't the only ones who were in the know about the Rabbit Hutch, Fourze, and the Zodiarts. It also seems Sasuke and Naruto's rivalry has just turned violent after what appears to be a length of mounting frustration. What a time for it to boil over.

Know Your Prefectures:

Amenokuni Prefecture: A more industrialized prefecture compared to most of the others, industry being one of the only means of income that the prefecture has. Due to it's positioning in the lands, Amenokuni can be found beneath a jetstreams which cause storms and rain to constantly come down with sunny days being few and far between. As such, any other means of income such as tourism or farming is very, very rare and difficult. The Ame Technical School does offer a praiseworthy education in the modern tools an dprocesses concerning manufacturing and tooling.

Kusanokuni Prefecture: A rural prefecture which is more flat grasslands that city. It offers expanses of fresh farmland and some of their main exports include bamboo, fruit, and vegtables. Surprisingly, Kusa holds both the Kusa Finishing School for Boys and Girls which many dignitaries send their children to for lessons and schooling in politcal areas such as diplomacy, law, and analysis. It aslo holds the Kusa Centre of Agricultural Stuides where research into the latest farming techniques are made.

Takinokuni Prefecture: A cliff and waterfall populated country which is naturally difficult to navigate for people outside of the prefecture. This prefecture holds numerous resevoirs of natural water which is exported to the other countries for it's health advantages thanks to its purity and the nutrients which can be found in it. The captial of Takigakure can be found at a giant tree which is situated on top of the largest out of all the resevoirs. Rumors coming out of the prefecture whisper that in the resevoir under Takigakure is so full of nutrints that every one hundred years the water becomes so enriched that drinking it can purge all toxins from one's body and even enhance their bodily functions.

Otonokuni Prefecture. Formerly known as Tanokuni Prefecture, the land's former export was rice thanks to the marshy terrain allows for the growth of large and various types of rice. However, the name change was brought on by reasons unknown and what policy changes it brings has yet to be seen. The renamed capitol of Otogakure is likewise unknown in terms of schools and means of bringing income. Further examination will be needed in connection to this prefecture.