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Authornote: This is more of a transition chapter into the next one, but you-the viewers-get to chose the major part that will happen in it. I will have a vote at the end of this chapter from which you all can choose from, but I will try to type up most of the chapter so that I can post it soon-hopefully, that is. But, for now, on to the story!... Oh, and warning, I lied at the end of the last chapter and there will be no outtake at the end of this chapter.


Ch.3 "Giant Monster Hunt! Part 1!"

It has been three months since I managed to somehow end up back in Konoha after living in a world filled in monsters and being a hunter of those beasts. Becoming a ninja wasn't so bad, especially when the two people I was put onto a team with were the same two who seen monsters and believe the truth that I am a monster hunter-excluding the Hokage-and actually turn out to be two good apprentice hunters. Downsides? Stupid D-ranked missions and one lazy ninja for a sensei in the ninja arts. But, after so many, my team and I-well, mainly I-complained about it and a month ago we got a C-rank mission… If you can call escorting a drunk who calls himself the greatest bridge builder home even a mission… However, things changed and the mission went up in rank, not that my teammates and I cared… We faced a lot tougher in the form of monsters than ninja. However, then Momochi Zabuza, a missing-nin from this Mist country came onto the scene… But, after that, it was so of anti-drama thanks to one little thing Zabuza found out about my body… Which leads to my current position a month later.

"Brat…"

-CLANK! CLANK!-

"Gaki…"

-CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!-

"When-"

-THUNK!-

Zabuza paled, looking down where he just barely dodged getting a hammer, which was embedded in the wall behind him, from hitting the area that makes men sing high in the upper registers.

"SHUT THE HECK UP!" Naruto roared, causing the now Konoha-nin, though his partner Haku and he had to do some sort of "community service" for being missing-nin, to recoil in fear. "I haven't even started on your blade! I got the scales in an acid bath to turn them into semi-liquid and I also got to finish the finishing touches on my teammate's armor and weapons! Ya want to be actually used as parts for your sword than keep bugging me!"

The pale skin, dark hair female looking boy that was Haku sweated as Naruto literally threw Zabuza through the window of her apartment turn mini-blacksmith station as Zabuza landed in front of Haku.

"… Dang, that gaki is scary when mad…" Zabuza groaned while getting up, covered in scratches thanks to going through glass.

"Well, she did break your kubikiri houchou without even moving. What did you expect?" Haku sighed, remembering the blond's body produced some kind of crystal barrier when Zabuza tried to cut her in half only for the crystal to win. After some "peace talks," the Kiri missing-nin and his accomplice decided to join Konoha and once Zabuza found out about Naruto's smithing abilities, demanded Naruto to fix his sword.

"True… But, is that crystal thing a Kekkai Genkai cause I never seen or heard such an ability before." Zabuza sighed, slightly annoyed as Naruto left the apartment that was her "second home away from home"with two large parcels and a grin on her face. "But… Also, why do all the idiots here think the gaki is a guy?"

"Uh… Zabuza-sama… Think of it like with me." Haku gently smiled as Zabuza sweated at his partner.

"… I don't think that is exactly the case, Haku…" Zabuza sighed, just wondering if the gaki just hated being in this place.


"…So, the Chunin exams have changed thanks to something in Suna?" Sarutobi Asuma asked as the Third Hokage nodded to the group of Jônin before him.

"Yes. Something or someone has been attacking caravans and such in Suna country and making it nearly impossible to travel without major worries. So, all of the ninja villages agreed to do Suna's request to make the Chûnin exam into catching whoever or whatever is causing these problems and, depending what they find, those who participated will be automatically promoted and the ones who catch them or it will be promoted to Jônin." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed. "However, this is not a team event even though your team can go as one. It is of the Gennin's choice. However, one team is defiantly going as I know they will jump for this mission as it is actually the missions I have been giving one of that team members and that team member brings her two teammates along."

"I see… So, we are to explain the Chunnin exams to our students have seen all volunteers?" Yuuhi Kurenai sighed, knowing one of her students was definitely want in and drag both his teammates with him to this challenge."

"Hai. I need to know all who will be doing this mission within two days." The Hokage sighed as the Jônin left his office and he pulled out his pipe to smoke. "…I wonder if Naruto knows exactly what is destroying those caravans."

"I know my Genin are ready for this." Asuma smirked as Kakashi and Kurenai looked at him. "They are just like the old Ino-Shika-Cho team."

"…Well, my team is also doing well in teamwork. They work well together." Kurenai smirked back.

"Actually, my team works quite well together. So, how about a bet?" Kakashi smirked behind his mask.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Kurenai asked. She was did not like betting or gambling in a manner of speaking.

"Simple. If any of our Gennin become Jônin in this exam as a group, then the other sensei have to help train all the newly made Jônin from the three teams as a gift for passing as well as pay for the celebration party. This way we know whose team is the better one and we also have an idea of how we are going to celebrate as even if they don't become Jônin, they will at least become Chûnin." Kakashi suggested with a smirk. He knew his team was going to have this in the bag. Even though Naruto seemed more like an animal stalking for its next meal-literally-Naruto has talent in leadership and fighting skills which helps both Sakura and Sasuke out. Also, Naruto is actually quite a good blacksmith as he made Sakura a powerful bowgun to use as Sakura does have some pretty good aim and Sasuke a long katana which the Uchiha have somewhat mastered with some help from Naruto. All three were taking their careers as ninja serious and Kakashi couldn't even more proudly because of it.

"I see… Alright, as long as there is no alcohol involved in the celebration," Kurenai sighed as both men frowned, though Kakashi's wasn't visible. "In a sense, I agree they are old enough to kill, they can drink as you don't know when you are going to die in this career, since the announcement will be in Suna several days away from here, they might get their first missions up a rank or two soon after coming back and we don't need them having hangovers for those missions."

"Oh… I see… I'll treat my team to some sake later on then." Asuma sighed. "Though, let's also up the bet some. For each Jônin made from our teams, we all have to treat him or her to everywhere they like, including Akimichi in my team."

"Oh, dear. We might want to exclude Naruto then. I rather not find out what place he likes to eat at." Kakashi sighed as Kurenai and Asuma glared at him.

"If you agreed to it, then you got to do all the rules." Kurenai smirked as Kakashi shivered, but she quickly realized it was not about Naruto.

"Hello my youthful comrades!" Kurenai sighed before turning around to see Might Guy in his green spandex of youthfulness. "What is this I hear of a challenge?"

"No, just a small bet." Asuma sighed before seeing both the other Jonin glaring at him and he smacked his forehead as he realized the mistake he made.

"Then I shall join in on this challenge!" Gai shouted while pumping his fist in the air.

"…Hm… What did you say?" Kakahsi asked as Kurenai and Asuma sweated at the silver hair ninja as he had his favorite little orange book out and was reading it.

'When did he get that out?' Both thought as Gai and Kakashi went into their usual "rival" routine.


"So, we are all going for the same mission that is also the Chûnin Exams!" Inuzuka Kiba chimed as his teammates Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino stood before the giant gate connected to the giant wall that surrounded Konoha.

"Yeah…" Akimichi Chouji chimed while crunching on chips with his teammates Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino standing next to him. "Sounds like an easy way to go up the ranks."

"Heh! I bet Sasuke chickened out." Kiba chimed, scanning the crowd of Konoha Gennin going to the Chunin exams and saying goodbyes to family and doing finishing checks with their gear before leaving to Suna.

"Baka! Sasuke-kun is probably just late!" Ino growled with a heated glare at Kiba who recoiled from the fangirl's fury.

"Whoa!" The two teams saw everyone looking somewhere and they all were shocked to see Team Seven walking up. Naruto was in the armor she was wearing when the Gennin's class sensei found her, but her two other teammates had a major wardrobe change.

Uchiha Sasuke was wearing black sleek armor with black fur as the collar and around his hips where sacks on belts which kept the fur in place. He also had scale patches where the armor couldn't be to keep the armor from being a problem for stealth. He also had a long black katana on his back in a black scale and fur sheath. There was a scroll on the back of his hip belt with a bag.

Sakura, on the other hand, was wearing pink metal armor with blue scale gloves and leggings with pink fur. She had several belts as well, but hers had several long pouches and an arrow pouch on each side. On her back was what looked like a fold-able bow made from pink fur and wood to form sort of a shield as well as what looked like a crossbow of sorts. She had also on a pair of pink sunglasses with blue rimming.

"Whoa, what is with that outfit, Billboard Brow?" Ino snorted, though she liked the form fitting armor on Sasuke. It boosted his hotness way up.

"You gotta problem with my armor design?" Naruto growled as the two teams looked at Naruto.

"Woah! Who made those weapons?" A brown hair girl chimed while running up and looking at Sakura and Sasuke's weapons with two male teammates. One was a Hyuuga and the other was a boy wearing green spandex.

"Tenten! You are so youthful with weapons!" The boy with spandex chimed as the Gennin wondered if his eyebrows were alive and how bad his bowl cut was.

"Lee…" The Hyuuga glared at his annoying teammate and sighed. "Excuse my teammates. I am Hyuuga Neji."

"What is there to be excused?" The girl known as Tenten chimed. "The craftsmanship of the armor is superb! I haven't seen a crossbow like this as well!"

"It's a bowgun." All the Gennin looked at Naruto. "You could say some work on the basics of a crossbow, but most use an explosive power to fire off projectiles."

"So, who is the one who made it?" Tenten chimed, her eyes burning as she wanted to find the blacksmith and get the specs of this bowgun.

"I did. I also made Sasuke's weapon and both their armor." Naruto said while pointing at herself with one hand as her helmet was in another. "They asked me to make armor similar to what I make that work better for stealth and the needs a ninja needs while retaining the strength in defense of my usual armors as well as add some personal flare they asked for. I have a feeling a lot of bowgun, bow, and others who rely on speed with really like these armors once I get back to my home." Naruto chimed, proud of her work.

"I see, the daydreamer is-Eek." Kiba shrank as Sakura glared at him.

"Naruto is not a daydreamer or liar!" Sakura growled, very protective of her only female friend as she didn't want to lose her like she did Ino. Sure, Naruto would be returning to her world, but she rather say goodbye that way than any other way.

"How could anyone with such skill in smithing be a lair? What is the materials do you use?" Tenten chimed, in heaven.

"Monster parts," Everyone sweated at Naruto except Sasuke and Sakura. "The iron here is actually pretty good, but nothing beats using the bones, scales, furs, and fangs of monsters which hides are far stronger than the blades here of normal iron and such."

"Uh… What do you mean by monsters?" Tenten laughed, wondering if the kid was psycho.

"They are beasts larger than your normal animals except for a few. I am from a world where technically the monsters are animals in a sense. However, somehow a connection to my world and this one has formed and monsters have been appearing here and while hunting a very dangerous one, I also happened to got teleported here. Though, only the Hokage and my teammates believe me." Naruto sighed in annoyance. "But, I am kind of psyche on this mission. From what I heard of this so-called mission, this sounds like an interesting hunt."

"A hunt? Please! This is a mission to hunt down some thugs." Ino sighed before their sensei appeared.

"Huh? Sasuke, Sakura? Where you got that armor?" Kakashi asked while blinking.

"Naruto just finished them for us." Sasuke sighed, just ready to go. Since he began doing the hunting missions with Naruto and Sakura, he began to wonder if getting revenge was worth it as he sort of found a new thrill in life. In fact, he has felt better than the past four years combine since begin to hunt. 'But, maybe later, I will at least kill him to keep him from harming other people when I am strong enough.'

"Yeah. Naruto is quite good at making all sorts of things." Sakura chimed. "This armor barely weighs me down and it is quite comfortable!" She also has found hunting quite thrilling. There was actually quite a bit of strategy at it and all, but she had a whole lot of fun with it thanks to her big brain.

"Oh, well, let's go if you are ready." Kakashi sighed, noticing Gai's team as he wanted to get away before-

"Ah! My youthful team has met yours, Kakashi!"

"…Holy crap… Who the heck wears just a green body suit to protect himself?" Naruto said as Kakashi swore in his head. It was too late for him to save them from Gai. He wanted to save their eyes from Gai's style till after this test… Sadly, it did not happen.


"Man… This is stupid." Kankuro groaned as his siblings Gaara and Temari also frowned after all the Gennin heard the exact details of the mission. "It is probably just some thugs using powerful jutsu to kill and destroy caravans to steal stuff."

"…Kankuro, it may seem like that, but many Suna has also disappeared without a trace trying to find these thugs." The Sand siblings' sensei Baki sighed. "However, even though the Jonin are not supposed to help, I am going to watch you three as I am curious as to what is causing this mess."

"…" All three noticed Gaara looking to the side and they looked to see three Gennin from Konoha walking towards them.

"…You can use sand, can't you?" All three gapped as the blond smirked at Gaara who confirmed it by wrapping sand around the red whiskered kid's throat. "Then, we should work together."

"…Why should we work together?" Gaara asked, glaring at the kid who hadn't flinched at all.

"Simple, I have an idea of what possibly is happening to those caravans, but I will need someone who can use sand to pin point a good rock base in the sands to make a base and then possibly trap our target around that base so we can kill it." The kid sighed while wiping the sand away which shocked all four as Gaara knew he had the sand pretty hard. "There are possibly three beasts I know that could be doing this and it is better to tackle them with a team, the larger the better."

"So, you really do know what is going on, Naruto." Both teams saw three more groups of Konoha Gennin came up. "You seem pretty knowledgeable of these 'monsters,' so what are the three you think we are after?" The Sand team looked at Shikamaru with shock.

"Two are sub species of the others. They are Monoblos and Diablos. They are nasty hard-shelled wyverns, but they don't eat much meat even though being very territorial. Since they like deserts, this is a perfect place for them to be roaming around with a bunch of scavengers following them to pick off any meat or people they kill. However, we could be also possibly facing the hunter's dream of hunting, Jhen Mohran."

"Jhen Mohran?" Kiba asked with a snort.

"Yeah, they swim through the sands and eat large amounts of stuff which forms into rare minerals that form on its back. Usually, it is only once in a year at the Festival of Fear where one comes too close to comfort for the village of Loc Lac back where I live. It is one of the only hunts where more than four hunts can join onto for the hunt."

"You sound like you really know you stuff." Everyone saw two more teams come up. One had a music note symbol on their headbands for Oto village wearing camouflage pants and similar clothing to each other. The other was another team from Konoha with the leader wearing glasses and had silver hair. "My name is Yakushi Kabuto. I'm interested in this team-up deal. I haven't passed the Chunin exams my last tries, so my team and I really want to pass this time."

"Hmph. We're just interested by these so-called monsters. Are they strong?" The bandaged Oto nin asked.

"Both the Dlos species rank a five on the usual meter of danger while the Jhen Mohran is ranked s four, but is actually up to seven thanks to the fact we won't have the usual supplies to hunt one. Most monsters are ranks from one to five with five being the dangerous and any higher are even worse." Naruto sighed as the Oto smirked.

"Then we are in. We want to test our strength." Everyone noticed Naruto's ears flinched when the bandaged on lightly slapped his arm.

"…Wait… Is that a weapon that uses sound on your arms?" Naruto asked as the bandaged ninja raised an eyebrow.

"…How could you tell?"Kinuta Dosu asked as his teammates Tsuchi Kin and Abumi Zaku glared at Naruto.

"My hearing is a lot higher than normal people. But, that weapon's skills will be very useful as all three of these beasts bury themselves under the sand and you need someone like a sonic boom to get them up." Dosu nodded at Naruto who smirked. "Let's go then. The faster we find a base to set up, the faster we can begin!"

-Two Days Later-

"Are you sure this?" Kiba suspiciously looked at the armor and weapons Naruto had lain out. Now, he was wondering exactly if the blond was trying to make them look stupid or not.

"Yes. If I am right with any three, then you will need better protection than just clothes." Naruto snapped in annoyance. "Now, since we have a large team, we need to make smaller ones for various jobs need to be done and that also we relate to who gets what."

"Smaller teams?" Kankuro suspiciously looked at Naruto as they were standing atop a large rock bed that had a flat top at the top of being four stories high with a lower portion at ground level with the desert.

"Yes." Naruto sighed while pulling out a scroll out of her larger scroll and unsealed what appeared like a cannon and managed to bolt it to the ground with crystal spikes from her wrist. She pulled out some more-each different looking-from the scrolls and bolted them down as well. "We need a team above for ranged attacks and a close to mid range below. The purpose to keep the range attacks to keep going even under attack whiles the bottom slab as all three are burrowers, so if we keep on solid ground, it will be harder to surprise us."

"So, which team would you be on?" Dosu asked, a bit suspicious of Naruto.

"I will be down below as well as bait." Everyone sweated as Naruto frowned at them. "I was planning to go hunt a Jhen Mohran for my honey moon by buying a sand ship. I have all the weapons on a hunting ship, just not the ship except a skimmer used to draw out a Jhen Mohran."

"..." Neji squinted as he saw dust in the distance. "Byakugan!" Neji activated his Byakugan and his eyes widen. "Uh… Naruto… Are those over there what you were talking about?" Both Hyuuga were pale as Hinata also activated her Byakugan. Naruto unsealed a scope and looked at where the dust was coming from and saw several single and multi-horn sandy to dark color brown wyverns battle each other.

"Yeah. Monoblos and Diablos…. But, these must have just gotten here." Naruto sighed. "If we had one or two been here for a while, they would have set up a territory, but there's too many here at once and they are fighting over territory. They ain't our targets… But their fighting are drawing the attention to what we are after. Alright, if you are a long range type, stay above! Close and mid specialists get below quickly after getting some armor on. Gaara-san, stay above. We need your sand ability and you'll need the high point to see." Gaara nodded as Naruto put the scope up.

"Hey, I'm a puppeteer, so what would I be?" Kankuro sighed while showing of his puppet.

"…Wait. How much recoil can your puppet take?" Naruto smirked, pulling out a large lance with a barrel from the pile.

"A lot. Why?" Kankuro asked while Naruto held out the lance.

"Then we got ourselves a gunlance user now. You have to pull the trigger to fire the ice element shot in it. You only got few shots, but since you can pull it back since you will be using a puppet and reload easily." Naruto smirked while handing over the lance. "Let's go." Naruto chimed while hopping off the rock and unsealing hand cannon and landed on the lower bed and fired off a small bomb which exploded with a shock wave.

"Those dragons are heading this way." Neji sighed, getting some armor he believed looked good for his fighting style as all the others were close combat got down with Naruto as Hinata stayed above with the cannons and other weapons Naruto had put up there.

"Yes. And drawing what we are after as well." Naruto smirked, pulling out her two yo-yo weapons as now the ninja could see the stampede of dragons which were large and had long tails with spikes on their bodies.

"Whoa? We have to face those?" Kiba shouted in shock as Chouji was also full of shock at the sheer size of the dragons as they got bigger and bigger as they got large.

"No… It's about to blow!" Naruto smirked as the ninja watched as the sand behind the beasts began to bulge up as what appeared to be swordfish hopping above.

"WWWOOOOOOAGH!" The dragons got thrown up into the air by a large alligator like whale creature that also ate three of the dragons while spearing two others with its tusks.

"What the heck?" Baki shouted as everyone but Naruto was shocked.

"Fire the cannons!" Naruto shouted, snapping Kabuto's teammates and those above who got to the cannons Naruto had bolted to the top and fire off several cannon balls at beast which flinched and moaned in pain before heading towards the rock, leaping in the air for it to go over the rock and giving everyone a full scope of the beast's size.

"Gaara! Trap it by making a cage of sand around the rock and underground!" Naruto shouted for Gaara to summoning up the sand to form a large wall and then compressed it for the whale monster to hit it and turn around. "Get it out of the ground! Fire at it!" Naruto shouted as the long rangers fired back at the dragon which charged forward the Naruto ran around the rock and launched her yo-yo's at it and swung herself at the beast that was above ground. "Time to hunt!" Naruto shouted while slamming her fists into the whale for spikes to launch into its rock like hide and made the whale wail in pain as it hit the rock.

"This is crazy!" Tenten shouted as the rock shook.

"Not really since we are ninja." Sasuke shouted before running on the walk with chakra on his feet to get around and get to the monster and unshealth his sword and jumped onto the beasts back for Naruto to grab him to keep him from falling off as he slashed into the beast's back.

"Wooooarh!" Sasuke and Naruto jumped off it's back as it did a roll and drove back into the sand.

"Get ready! It's coming back!" Naruto shouted as Sasuke and she got back on the solid rock and the beast surfaced again and charged towards the fighters.

-To Be Continued-


Endnote... Alright, here is the vote I need to know from you guys and gals. I need to know what important event should happen next in the next chapter.

1. Naruto and Kushala Daora-the monster Naruto was hunting before ending back in Konoha-face off again.

2. A different monster, but not as powerful to attack.

3. Naruto's mystery fiance ends up in Suna and the Teostra he was hunting also comes into the world to play.

Now, depending on the choice leads to what will happen with the Jhen Mohran fight. So, review and let me know!