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The Chapter II-The Realm of Elementals part II
The Realm of Elementals: Hidden Forest of Konoha
Hanzo Hasashi, a.k.a. Scorpion, walked through the forest, still wondering where he was, while at the same time keeping straight to the path he believed would guide him. All the while, he kept his mind on Quan Chi, hoping that after all these years he'd finally be able to get his revenge on the vile sorcerer.
Seeing a nearby waterfall, the undead warrior decided that a few minutes of peace and quiet wouldn't hurt. He wasn't tired, such a feeling was foreign to him, but it would be a good idea to sit down and meditate while he plotted his revenge against Quan Chi.
As he sat down, Scorpion heard voices coming from the top of the waterfall. Two voices to be exact, and the conversation sounded argumentative.
"Come on!" A young voice whined. "I only have four days left until the Chunin Exams Finals!"
The other voice, which sounded old, laughed derisively. "Kid, you're really bugging me. What else can I teach you? I taught you summoning, you can walk on water...what else you want from me? I can't be your teacher forever, ya know."
"Just train me a little more! I need to be ready!"
"The only thing you need is rest. Don't worry, I'm sure you can handle Neji Hyuga. Jutsu alone won't lead you to victory. Skill is what matters the most, and you have skills Naruto. Just believe in your skills and I'm sure you'll win."
"Alright, Pervy Sage. You win." Naruto sighed.
"I told you, don't call me that! Call me Jiraiya or Jiraiya-sensei! That's much better." The man, Jiraiya apparently, shouted in agitation.
Upon getting a look at the two people, Scorpion saw an older looking man with long spiky white hair turn around and jump from tree branch to tree branch, leaving his young student alone at the top of the falls 'Perhaps the boy can help me,' Scorpion thought.
Naruto Uzumaki sat down on a flat rock, gazing at the water as it traveled towards and finally down the waterfall. Naruto never did have the best of luck in keeping a sensei that would stay focused on training him, pushing him to his limits.
Naruto sighed in disappointment. "Guess I'm not really cut out to have a Sensei. Iruka-sensei I can understand, since he's an academy instructor. Kakashi-sensei is off training Sasuke; I can't even find him. Why can't he train me? I'm one of his students, too." He sighed again.
"If no one will take you as their student then become your own master," said a voice from behind Naruto, who hastily turned around to see a ninja dressed in yellow and black. Naruto looked at the unknown ninja's eyes and saw nothing but white.
Naruto quickly stood up but fell into the stream, getting his clothes wet.
"W-who are you?" Naruto asked fearfully, his wet clothes all but ignored.
"Worry not, young one. I am not here to end your life. I am but a traveler who has...lost his way." Scorpion was lost alright; lost in a foreign realm!
Naruto stood up, looked at Scorpion from head to toe, and smiled. Scorpion raises his left eyebrow. Why was the boy smiling?
"Why do you smile?" The Ninja Specter asked.
Naruto's smile faded and he shook his head. "Nothing. It's just, you look really cool."
"You are a ninja?" Naruto nodded. "But you are so young."
"What? Didn't you become a ninja when you were young? I'm a Genin…you must be a Jounin. No, you look cooler than a Jounin. Maybe near Pervy Sage's level?" Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he pondered what level of ninja Scorpion might be.
"How old are you?"
"I'll be turning fourteen in two months. I've been training to become a ninja since I was eight." Naruto looked at Scorpion and saw his white eyes looked trouble, almost sad.
"What wrong?"
Scorpion remained silence for a moment. "Where I come from, someone as young as you would be forbidden from becoming a ninja."
"Why?"
"You spoke of training to become a ninja since you were eight. Yet you are so young, so filled with energy. Yet you have not grasped the price of becoming a ninja." The disapproval in Scorpion's voice wasn't lost on the young Uzumaki.
"I know the price."
"What is it then?" Scorpion crossed his arms over his chest, waiting for an answer.
"That many things are worse than death, though death becomes a daily occurrence."
Scorpion glared at Naruto for a second, but then closed his eyes. "You are half correct. You would dishonor the reason, your goal of becoming a Ninja, in the first place. And worst of all, you would dishonor your family's name."
Naruto looked down. "I don't need to worry about dishonoring my family," he said with no small amount of bitterness.
There was a long pause between the two. "An orphan of war."
"Orphan? I don't know if my family is alive or not. But none of that matters. My reason for becoming a ninja is so I can finally get some respect from the people around me." Scorpion could sense darkness from the boy. Unlike Hanzo's hatred that burned deeply in his soul, this boy was burning with something else, something worse than loneliness.
Naruto looked away from Scorpion. "Sorry if I couldn't help you Mister, but I need to go. I hope you find your way back home." Naruto ran off, leaving Scorpion alone.
Scorpion looked at the path that Naruto had took. "I will find you Quan Chi."
The Realm of Elementals: Akatsuki HQ: Four days later
"Is everything ready?" Sasori asked.
Deidara smirked. "Of course we're ready to find the One Tailed Beast, yeah."
Suddenly Deidara noticed there was something a bit off: the Akatsuki was having another meeting, but Kisame and Itachi weren't there.
"Hey, where are Jaws and Mr. Sharingan, yeah?" Deidara asked.
Kakuzu chuckled. "It would seem that they have beaten you two to the race."
Deidara growled. "That damn Uchiha! It was my job, not his! What, he thinks he'll get extra credit or something. yeah?"
"If I were you Deidara, I would hurry. It shouldn't be a problem for you. After all, you have the skies." The Leader of the Akatsuki said. Deidara ran out of the HQ with Sasori close behind. Deidara jumped in midair and created a large clay owl. The two Akatsuki members landed on the clay bird and quickly took to the skies.
"I wonder who will find the One Tailed first," Kakuzu said.
"It doesn't matter as long as they get the job done," the Leader replied.
Earthrealm: The Shaolin Temple
Raiden had come to the Shaolin Temple to see Liu Kang. The God of Thunder found the Shaolin Monk training as usual.
Seeing Raiden made Liu Kang both happy to see him, but also worried about what kind of news the God of Thunder may have brought.
"Lord Raiden, so nice to see you," Liu said, bowing respectfully.
"Liu Kang, I am in need of your help once again," Raiden said solemnly.
"What is it Lord Raiden? Has Shao Kahn returned to take Earthrealm?" Raiden shook his head, which worried the Shaolin Monk even more.
"Liu Kang I believe it would be better if the others hear this as well. We should find them first." Raiden grabbed Liu Kang's right shoulder, and they disappeared in a flash of lightning.
Edenia: Edenia Palace: The Dungeon
It's been about one Year and three months since the battle with Shinnok. Many warriors nearly lost their lives that day. Mileena was one of them, rather than being killed by Kitana, the princess had taken pity on her "sister".
As Kitana was beautiful as the sun, Mileena wasn't beautiful at all. Unlike Kitana, who was a pure-blood Edenian, Mileena was half-Edenian/half-Tarkatan, a mixed breed.
Down in the dungeon, Mileena was locked away in a solitary cell, chained to the wall by her arms and feet. Mileena opened her yellowish-orange eyes when she heard the dungeon door opening. Mileena turned her head to see it was Kitana.
Mileena didn't speak. Why had her sister spared her life that day instead of killing her? Mileena was a clone, an imperfect copy of Kitana, and yet the princess had let Mileena live. Why?
Mileena saw that Kitana was holding a tray consisting of a glass of water and a loaf of fresh bread. Kitana didn't speak, only broke off a piece of the bread and fed her clone. Mileena easily consumed it within seconds.
"Water," Mileena said hoarsely.
Kitana held out the glass of water, and Mileena drank it quickly.
As Kitana turned to leave, Mileena spoke out, causing the princess to stop and look at her clone.
"Why? Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?" Mileena asked.
Kitana didn't answer, preferring to give her clone a sad look instead.
"Tell me! Tell me why you didn't kill me! Please tell me sister! Why didn't you just end my life?" Mileena shouted.
Kitana left the dungeon but not before she heard Mileena shout her name. "KITANA!"
Mileena soon stopped her shouting as the door closed. Mileena growled hatefully. How long was Kitana going to keep her locked away? Why didn't she just end her life? Mileena was a copy. She wasn't real, hell the only reason she was created, according to Shang Tsung, was to replace Kitana if something happened to the later.
Mileena wasn't her own person: she was a shadow of Kitana, nothing more. And yet, she called Kitana her "sister". Why, oh why had Kitana spared her life?
Edenian Palace: Sindel's Throne room:
Raiden had brought Liu Kang, Sub-Zero, Nightwolf and Kung Lao to the Realm of Edenia for this meeting with Queen Sindel, her daughter Princess Kitana, and Kitana's best friend and bodyguard Jade.
"Lord Raiden, is it good to see you. What brings you to my realm?" Queen Sindel asked the Thunder God.
"Queen Sindel, Princess Kitana. Everyone listen; I believe not only Earthrealm, but all the realms may be in danger." Raiden frowned.
"Lord Raiden what threat is so powerful that it could bring harm to all the realms?" Kung Lao asked.
Raiden sighed and told his allies about the One Being, a creature even the Elder Gods seemed to fear. What's worse, the One Being gave birth (so to speak) to a seemingly omnipotent demon called the Juubi, from which had been created nine Tailed Beasts when it had been broken into pieces.
"There is someone who is gathering the nine pieces of this Juubi?" Liu Kang asked Raiden.
Raiden nodded. "If this Juubi is reborn, the One Being shall return and endanger the realms. However, the nine pieces of the Juubi are located in another realm, similar to Earthrealm, yet very different."
"Lord Raiden, how different is it from Earthrealm?" Nightwolf asked.
"The residents of the realm have been given special powers. Some can control the very elements themselves. Thus the Elder Gods have named it the Realm of Elementals. It will not be an easy task, but the Elder Gods have told me where to find the weakest of the Tailed Beasts."
"How do the Elder Gods believe we can stop them from fusing together?" Sub-Zero asked, finally breaking his self-imposed silence.
"The Tailed Beasts have each been sealed inside of a human host. Although the host is given unbelievable power, they are, in turn, feared and hated by those around them, and their souls are corrupted by the presence of the Tailed Beast."
"That's horrible!" Princess Kitana cried.
"Indeed it is, but the Elder Gods have granted me the power to remove the Tailed Beasts without damaging their hosts. The Elder Gods want the Tailed Beasts disposed of before they can become one."
"So we need to find the Tailed Beasts one at a time, then send them to the Elder Gods for them to be dispose of?" Sub-Zero asked, feeling suspicious. Raiden nodded.
"Yes but I believe the hosts will not give up their Tailed Beasts willingly. We may have to use force in order to convince them."
Sub Zero stepped forward. "Raiden, allow me to search for one of the Tailed Beasts with my Lin Kuei brethren."
"Very well, but bring your most trusted ones. This mission will put even them to the test." Sub-Zero bowed to The Elder Thunder God.
"Raiden, do you know where they are located?" Queen Sindel asked.
"Yes: there are two within the area called the Land of Fire and two in the Land of Lightning, I will give out the location of the others after we have dealt with the first four."
Kung Lao smiled. "Who shall be the one to go to the Land of Fire?" He asked.
"I will go," Sub-Zero declared. "I will be more than a match for the residents of the Land of Fire."
"Very well, then Lord Raiden and I will journey to the Land of Lighting," Liu Kang said.
"Nightwolf, I wish for you to accompany Sub-Zero." Nightwolf nodded.
"And what of us, Lord Raiden?" Jade asked.
"There's nothing I can ask of you for now. Your realm is still recovering from the battle with Shinnok, but if you truly wish to accompany us, then you may go with whomever you choose." Kitana and Jade looked at Queen Sindel, who considered this for a moment, then nodded, a nonverbal sign of her permission for her daughter and servant.
Elsewhere: in Outworld
In the Realm of Outworld, Shao Kahn, the Emperor of Outworld, sat on his throne contemplatively. Thanks to Earthrealm's Champion Liu Kang, the Emperor had been greatly weakened, though thankfully not weakened enough to be overthrown or usurped.
Shao Kahn summoned Skarlet, his greatest creation beside Ermac and Mileena. When the beautiful femme fatale appeared, Ermac was right next to her.
The two assassins bowed respectfully to their Emperor.
"Raiden believes I am no longer a threat," the Emperor said. "But this news of these Tailed Beasts has caught my attention. If the Elder Gods are afraid of these creatures, controlling them or adding them to my own-" Shao Kahn paused as an evil smile spread across his face.
"What is your wish Emperor?" Ermac asked.
"This plan won't work unless I have all three of you," Shao Kahn said.
"The three of us?" Ermac asked.
"Mileena," Skarlet said in realization.
"Yes. She was defeated during the battle with Shinnok. I need her. With you three together, you will get the job done. I've created you with my very own magic. My power flows through your veins. Now go and free Mileena. Once you have completed that task, return to me. I have a special gift for the three of you." Skarlet and Ermac nodded, then left the throne room.
Back with Mileena:
Mileena heard her chains being unlocked by an unknown force. Mileena rubbed her right wrist as she looked around to see who had freed her. She saw a small blood pool in front of her. As she walked towards it, a pair of hands sprang out of the blood pool and pulled her in.
Outside of Edenia Palace:
Mileena came out from the blood portal, covered in blood from head to toe. Mileena looked around to see where she was now.
"You're finally free Princess Mileena," A familiar voice said from behind Mileena.
Mileena spun around, and gasped at what she saw. It was Ermac. Why had he freed her? Suddenly, a person emerged from the blood portal.
"Skarlet?" Mileena asked. Now she was really confused.
"Shao Kahn ordered us to free you Mileena. We have been given a special task, and we cannot do it without you," Ermac explained.
"We must hurry: they will surely know of your escape," Skarlet said. Ermac nodded and opened a portal to Outworld, which the three warriors quickly entered before anyone could see them.
Village Hidden in the Leaves: Chunin Exam Finals Arena
Naruto slid into the arena and stood next to Shikamaru.
"Think we can get through it all, Naruto?" Shikamaru asked lazily.
"Yeah, we made it this far." Naruto smirked.
"Alright, quit talking you two. Stand up straight and look proud." The Jounin named Genma said gruffly. Naruto looked around and saw thousands of people in the audience, waiting eagerly for the fighting top begin.
Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Shino, Shikamaru, Dosu, Neji and Naruto were all there, but Sasuke Uchiha was missing. That didn't matter much to them: they were all here to win.
"The eight of you are the competitors in this last round of the Chunin Exams," Genma said promptly.
"Welcome all to today's event!" Sarutobi the Third Hokage shouted, all the while smiling down at the Genin who had made it to the exams.
Everyone cried out with joy and anticipation, clapping wildly.
'This is it; this is my moment' Naruto thought.
"Now then let the final event of the Chunin Exams BEGIN! May the best Ninja win! Your pride and your dreams will all be tested to the best of your abilities! Fight hard and give it everything you have!"
Down below, Genma said, "FIRST MATCH SHALL BE NEJI HYUGA VERSUS NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Everyone in the crown cheered as Gaara, Temari, Dosu, Kankuro, Shikamaru and Shino left the area, leaving Naruto and Neji alone.
Unbeknownst to Naruto and everybody else, Scorpion was watching him as well, wondering if the boy could truly prove that he was worthy of being a Ninja.
"You'll pay for what you did Hinata," Naruto said, glaring menacingly at Neji, who smirked. "She was your cousin, your family, and you tried to kill her!"
"When it comes to deadly exams to test one's abilities, family or friendship do not matter," Neji replied. "What matters is that fate dictates what happens to the weak and the strong. Hinata was weak, so I simply put her in her place."
Naruto pumped his right fist at Neji. "I'll make you eat those words!"
End of Chapter II
Next Chapter-Chapter III-Realms of Elementals part III
Here chapter two everyone hope ya like it ^_^
Anyway this is a remake of Last Shirai Ryu so gonna be some new and old things from the original one.
Right now the first arc is underway : The Hunt of The Tailed Beasts
Pairing:
Skarlet, Mileena, Konan and Tayuya are the winners of being in Naruto's Harem of four. Don't frown the girl you want to be in their wasn't there doesnt mean i'll leave them out. I might add just one more later on
Scorpion X Kara
Sub-Zero X Sareena
Kitana X Liu Kang
Well that's all for now everyone! Until then see ya next chapter ^_^