-Konoha's Bijumon Master
*don't own Naruto or Pokémon*
Chapter 3: Hot Battles and Steamy Victories
"We follow our heroes as they came up with a plan to sneak their way through town and head toward the mountains where Nekomata's vision of two more biju led them. Growing with excitement, Naruto didn't shut up, I mean, he expressed his joy in a talkative manner to the slight annoyance of his team mates. As the put the finishing touches of their plan, they would need quick thinking and a little luck to tackle the many obstacles along the way."
"…so what two are we going up against?" Shukaku asked, giving the blonde a weird look as he wondered how Kurama put up with him for so long. Nekomata sighed as her eyes went un-focus before they focused again and she answered.
"We're going up against Son Goku, the four tailed monkey and Kujira-ba, the five tailed whale-horse who are sealed in some stone nin named Roshi and Han in a cave about half way up the mountain."
"You got all of that from that little vision?" Kurama asked, feigning boredom but had a hint of curiosity in his voice. Nekomata nodded as she explained how she saw them meeting in the future and the battles ahead. Naruto grinned widely as he said he was ready while Hinata frowned and asked how they were getting there which brought them to their first obstacle.
"We can't ask anybody or the Tsuchikage will get suspicious so we will have to sneak out of the village. Our best choice is to go late at night when everybody is asleep" Gaara answered as Hinata nodded and Naruto grinned, saying it gave him more time to "train" Kyuubi while the other two relaxed. After a couple hours of "training", Naruto took a nap while Hinata and Gaara discussed their journey so far and why the hypnosis went wrong.
"It's strange that the rest of Konoha haven't found us yet" Hinata said as she absentmindedly stroked Nibi's fiery looking fire which earned her a purr while Gaara looked down at Shukaku who was drunk. He gave in and brought the annoying tanuki his sake and saw a whole new side to the demon raccoon-dog.
"Sake and sex, sake and sex, sake and sex are the best best best. Yes oh yes, yes oh yes, sake and sex is the best best best" the drunken tanuki sang while Hinata and Gaara sweat dropped at the scene whereas Nekomata and Kurama ignored him, used to seeing him like this.
"I've should've gain him sake earlier" Gaara mumbled as he looked outside and saw that night had fallen. "Alright it's time to get going" Gaara said as he stood up and recalled Shukaku as Hinata did the same with Nekomata before she went to wake up Naruto.
"Naruto-kun…wake up" Hinata said as she watched the blonde turn over in his sleep, muttering something about a ramen and pokemon, before settling again still asleep.
"Move over vixen, I got it" Kurama said as he went over to Naruto and used one of his long red tails, smacked Naruto upside the head, making him yelp and wake up instantly. "It's time to get going" Kurama said as he stood at the foot of the bed while Naruto grumbled about mean ninetales and their wake up calls. After they got Naruto to promise them that he would be quiet as they went through the town, the trio snuck out of the hotel, leaving clones behind just in case someone was looking for them. They quickly and quietly as possible made their way out of the village and out of sight before they summoned their biju, Shukaku sober enough to understand what was happening but drunk enough to do without complaint.
"I really should give him sake more often" Gaara muttered under his breath as Shukaku took off next to Kurama while Nibi flew just ahead, leading them in the right direction. After about a 20 minute run they made it to the base of the mountain before they realized how smooth it was that climbing it would be difficult.
"How are we supposed to get up the mountain?" Hinata asked while Naruto turned toward Shukaku and told him to use rock climb. Shukaku, thanks to the run, was a lot more sober and gave him a look, asking what the hell that was before the claws on his paws glowed and the new move came to him.
"You've got to be kidding me…fine climb on" Shukaku sighed as the trio jumped onto his back before Naruto recalled 9 tails as Shukaku took off up the mountain. "This is the most insane thing that has ever happened to me" Shukaku grumbled as Nekomata led him to where their destination where the ground leveled up and they could easily walk again.
"Thanks Shukaku/Nekomata" Gaara and Hinata said as they re-summoned the duo, Gaara first giving another bottle of sake to Shukaku who rejoiced before they walked to a manmade cave, on high alert.
"Hello, anybody in there?" Naruto cried out before the trio saw two shadows coming from the mouth of the cave and their ninja instincts told them to move. They moved in the nick of time to dodge lava rocks and a steam powered fist as Roshi and Han appeared from the cave, ready for a battle.
"Wait, we're not here attack you or fight" Hinata said quickly as Gaara sand started to react to the feel of battle in the air. Han and Roushi asked them what they wanted and before anybody could stop him, Naruto spoke up about his usual challenge.
"I'm going to be the next bijumon master and I challenge you two to a bijumon battle"
Hinata and Gaara just rubbed their temples while Roshi and Han stared at them then at Hinata and Gaara who sighed and explained the reason behind their visit. Of course they didn't believe them so summoned the three biju to hear from their own mouth…well at least from Kurama and Nekomata because Shukaku was drunk and dancing, shaking his tail as he sang about yummy sake. Roshi and Han looked in shock before they asked what they did with the biju in which Naruto answered in his usual way.
"We battle with them to win badges and ribbons."
"Ignore him" Gaara stated as they explained that they just kept them in the scroll until they figured out what to do with them. Roshi and Han asked how they got rid of them. "Naruto damages the seal then reseal the escaping biju in a scroll at your full control" Gaara explained as the Iwa ninja exchanged a look. In their heads they heard their biju tell them to go along with it in which they agreed to a spar which made Naruto happy.
"Alright then Coordinator Han will have a contest with Hinata-chan" Naruto said with a grin while Hinata blushed and Han asked what Gaara what he was talking about in which he said to just ignore him.
"Naruto, first we're going to have a little spar like last time" Gaara stated as Naruto nodded and asked he could change in the cave, which they said yes as that gave them enough time to get caught up on what Naruto meant. 10 minutes later, the blonde returned in his usual outfit, a grin on his face as he asked Gaara if he was ready in which the redhead nodded while Hinata and the three biju looked from the sidelines. The spar between Rōshi, Han, Naruto, and Gaara was intense as both were giving it their all as if a real battle until the battle turned serious when Gaara used his sand to hold Han and Naruto came at him with a big ball rasengan that sent him flying.
"Han are you okay?" Rōshi called out when he heard his fellow Iwa shinobi cry out in pain as he clutched his stomach.
"The seal has been hit" Han cried out as they watched as steam and chakra appeared from the seal to form the head of Kujira-ba, the five tailed whale-horse who was trying hard to escape. They all turned toward Naruto who had a blank look on his face but didn't move.
"Brat now is your chance" Kurama shouted as he knocked Naruto upside his head, knocking off his forehead protector and sending him flying toward Han. Hinata picked up the protector before she turned to look at Naruto who was in the process of sealing the gobi who let out a neigh-like sound before she disappeared into the scroll. Rōshi was in shock while Han expected his stomach then in his mind for the biju while Naruto summoned Kujira-ba who looked around in surprise.
"So you weren't joking…this is kind of nice" Kujira-ba said as she tapped the ground with her foot before walking around for some much needed exercise while Naruto handed the scroll to Han. Han shakily got to his feet before he looked at Kujira-ba, who turned toward him with a nod. Han handed Naruto the scroll who took it in surprise.
"You don't want her?" Naruto asked while Han stood up and patted the gobi before he turned toward Naruto.
"No, Kujira-ba sensed a kindness in you and we decided to let her go now I'm finally free to travel in peace" Han sighed in happiness while Rōshi had a faraway look as he talked with Son Goku about his decision. Son Gokū spent several minutes talking with the biju telepathically before he came to the same conclusion of wanting to be free.
"Oy, can you set Son Gokū free too" the redheaded Iwa shinobi asked as Naruto said sure and created a regular rasengan that he drove into Rōshi stomach. He grunted but managed to stay in place as he felt his seal crack and the four tails trying to escape. Rōshi watched close up as Son Gokū was removed from him and sealed inside the scroll then watched as Naruto summoned the red monkey who started jumping up and down in joy before he went over to Kurama and asked about Naruto while Rōshi told Naruto to keep Son Goku as he and Han went back inside the cave to get their things.
"Where are you going?" Hinata asked as she and the rest noticed a bag slung over their shoulders and a smile on their faces.
"Now that the biju is out of us, there is no need for Iwa to hold us anymore so we're going to travel" Han explained as he and Rōshi said their final goodbyes to their former biju before they started to walk off to start their own adventure.
"...what about my badges?" Naruto yelled out that had everybody falling anime style before they turned to look at the frowning blonde.
"Is he serious?" they asked after they picked themselves up and watched as Hinata and Gaara nodded before they sighed and went back into the cave where they created two "badges" using lava rocks which they called the lava and steam badge.
"Alright, I got the lava and steam badge" Naruto said in his signature pose which had Hinata looking at Kurama who sensed her stare.
"What?" he asked before she realized what she was doing and quickly looked away, muttering nothing, as she imagined all the biju around jumping up and posing like in the pokemon cartoons.
After that was done, the duo Iwa shinobi waved as they started to leave again, thinking of the adventure that was waiting for them.
"…what about the contest?" Naruto yelled this time which resulted in the duo falling again and the rest face palming at Naruto's horrible timing.
"Naruto, can I talk to you?" Gaara sighed as he dragged the blonde to the side and asked him if he had anything else he needed to ask them while Hinata apologized to the duo before she handed a ribbon to Han. She then asked him to put a rock symbol on it in which Rōshi did quickly before handing it back to Han as Naruto turned back to them with a sheepish look. Han called to Kujira-ba the gobi while Hinata asked Nekomata to come over and they did a comparison.
"They both beautiful but Hinata has been training longer so she wins" Han said quickly which Shukaku, Kurama, and Son Gokū chuckling under their breath was Naruto muttered about a quick contest. Han handed Hinata the ribbon with a wink before he nodded to the rest of them and joined Rōshi for their trip, hopefully without further interruptions.
"What about-"
"NARUTO!" everybody screamed as the blonde held up his hands in surrender, a sweat drop on the back of his head at all the evil glares.
"I was just going to ask about their things in the cave" Naruto said backing up a bit at the looks before they all calmed down and looked at the duo, who glanced at each other, and said that they could have it before they took off. Naruto yelled thanks as he went to the cave with Hinata and Gaara in tow while the biju outside got acquainted with each other after so long.
"Whoa" Naruto said surprised as they looked at all the scrolls, weapons, medicine, and other useful things around that they started to claim. Gaara picked up a book about useful plants while Hinata checked out the different medicines and Naruto stocked up on empty scrolls and weapons. After they took what they could carry and sealed the rest, they went back outside to the biju before Naruto called for Son and Kujira-ba.
"What you need?" they asked as Naruto explained that he was giving Kujira-ba, the whale-horse, to Hinata because he believed she earned her and give Gaara Son who he felt was better for him. The biju nodded as Naruto handed the scrolls to Hinata and Gaara before he turned when he saw light and they realized that the sun was rising. They all yawned except Gaara, having stayed up all night, and said they should get a little sleep before sneaking back into town. Gaara agreed and said the biju could stay out as long as they didn't do anything destructive, which they were happy about, before Naruto and Hinata went inside the cave to sleep while Gaara tried for a catnap, still not used to being able to sleep. Gaara used his sand to shield the door from the rising sun's light before getting some much needed sleep. Gaara woke up a couple hours later and let the duo sleep until the late afternoon before he woke them up, saying it was time to go.
"How are we going to sneak back into town now?" Hinata asked as she and Gaara went back outside to give Naruto some privacy to change back into his "trainer" clothes, forehead protector still in her hand.
"You've got bigger problems to worry about. The Tsuchikage is waiting at the base of the mountain for you three" Nekomata stated, having used her new psychic abilities to see their future. The duo muttered 'great' as they watched as Naruto came out of the cave and made their way to them. Hinata handed him back his protector and explained to them his problem in which he said to tell them they were battling which they figured they could twist to mean sparring.
"Alright, everybody back in their scrolls" Naruto said as he recalled the 5 biju before giving them to their respectful owner which they hid away in their pockets. "So how are we going to get down the mountain?" Naruto asked as they had used Shukaku to get up the mountain while Gaara activated his sand and used Desert Suspension to create three "pillows" of sand for them to float them on.
"Why didn't we just ride on the sand to go up?" Hinata asked curiously as Gaara shrugged and said he wanted to see what Naruto was going to do about the situation. She giggled at his mischief before the trio rode on the sand down to the base of the mountain where, sure enough, the Tsuchikage was waiting. "Let Gaara-san explain" Hinata whispered to Naruto who nodded slightly as the landed in front of the short Kage who was glaring at them.
"Exactly what are you three doing up on the mountain? I thought you were supposed to be hiding, not snopping around in my country" the Tsuchikage said as Gaara didn't even blink at the anger in his voice.
"We went up there to train, seeing as my bodyguard hates to sit down and do nothing" Gaara explained while the Tsuchikage raised a brow and noticed the slight bounce in Naruto's stationary form which made him grumble before he turned toward Hinata and asked if they had seen anybody in which she answered no, keeping her face as blank as possible. The Tsuchikage frowned before he turned to Naruto which made Hinata and Gaara mentally tense as they watched him ask Naruto what happened.
'Oh no, please don't tell him the truth' they thought as they watched Naruto smile, open his mouth, and say-
"It was awesome, I caught an Infernape and shiny Rapidash which Hinata-chan had a contest with her Espeon and won before she received a ribbon and the shiny Rapidash while I received two badges" Naruto said happily. Everybody was quiet after that statement, while Hinata and Gaara were mentally thanking Naruto while Kurama snorted in his cage, muttering about Naruto and his obsession with pokemon and the strange things he say. The Tsuchikage just stared at Naruto before he turned toward Gaara who still had that blank look on his face as Hinata smiled softly and apologized for Naruto.
"I'm sorry Tsuchikage if he said something that offended you but he tends to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. He was talking about a pokemon battle we had after our training" Hinata said bowing, knowing her face would give her away as her lips were twitching at the humor behind it.
"He may not look like it but he's really powerful and the only reason why I put up with his random and unusual sayings and usually Hinata here keeps him in line" Gaara calmly said as the Tsuchikage nodded, sending a quick glance at Naruto's forehead protector to see he was from leaf before he asked if they were staying any longer. Gaara shook his head no.
"I don't want to put your nation in danger besides I think it's time I returned my bodyguards" Gaara said as he followed the Tsuchikage back to Iwa then to the opening of the stone village. "Come Naruto, Hinata" Gaara said as they waved bye to the earth Kage as they headed southeast in the direction of the bird country, saying they would cut through to get to Konoha and avoid the Akatsuki if he was still in Suna. After they had walked for about an hour and was out of sight of Iwa they summoned all the biju, who was happy for the exercise before they asked where they were going next.
"5 biju down, 4 to go, Kurama where are we off to next?" Naruto asked while Kurama stretched and said that there was a biju in lightning country and another one nearby but not sure where. Naruto frowned and sighed, saying that lightning country was going to be a long trip and that he wished they could just fly there as the trio hopped onto Kurama, Shukaku, and Nekomata while Son and Kujira-ba ran alongside them, enjoying the fresh air.
Unknown to Naruto, his wish was soon to be granted as our heroes, now accompanied with two new biju, run across the stony land that was giving way to lush grass and trees. We watch as the sun sets on another glories day for our heroes as they make their way toward waterfall country and another surprising discovery.
*in Suna*
"What do you mean Gaara went with them?" Tsunade asked hysterically as she and the rest of the Leaf 13 looked at the sheepish looking Sand siblings who chuckled nervously.
"He said that he was keeping an eye on him, oh and Hinata is with them too as to keep him out of trouble I guess" Temari explained while Kankuro was muttering about never being hypnotized and Matsuri was talking about how adorable Gaara looked when he pretending to be a pokemon trainer. That succeeded in making Temari giggle and Kankuro snicker, talking about how much he was going to torture Gaara later about his adventure.
"Thank you for trying though" Tsunade sighed as she walked out of the tower and toward her team who were waiting outside. They frowned when Tsunade shook her head and said that he had already left with Hinata and now Gaara which made them ask why. They watched as Kankuro and Temari appear and apologize which they wave away saying it wasn't their fault as she told her team to get ready to go back.
"Do you know where they were off to next?" Sakura asked.
"I think they were headed in the direction of earth country to find the rest of the biju" Matsuri stated while Tsunade stopped, turned, and asked why which made Temari, Kankuro, and Matsuri freeze as they realized that Tsunade didn't know about Naruto's "ability". They grew quiet as they exchanged a look before they asked Tsunade to follow them as they took her back to the office to tell her the news. The Leaf 13 and their sensei exchanged a look before they all jumped when they heard Tsunade scream, "NANI!", real loud for all of Suna to hear before they rushed up to learn of Naruto's newest ability. Unknown to all of them, there was a pair of hidden ears in the building that raised a blonde brow at what he heard.
"Well that's interesting news. I think I better report this to leader-sama, un" Deidara muttered as he slipped out of the building and flew out of Suna and to his partner who was waiting impatiently as ever.
"Did you gather information on the one tail?" Sasori asked while Deidara's visible eye glowed with excitement as he said he had better news and explained what he overheard along the way to the hidden base while Sasori was staring at him like he was crazy inside of Hiroku.
*switch views*
"Why, I haven't felt this good in a long time" Kujira-ba sighed as she splashed herself with water from a waterfall as they were taking a break from all the running and flying the biju had done. They decided to rest for the night and went to sleep, Gaara take a cat nap while the biju curled up next to each other before they too drifted off to sleep. The next morning they said they would walk for a bit and re-summoned the biju, seeing as they didn't want to draw too much attention since they were close to the hidden waterfall village.
"We really need the exercise anyway" Naruto muttered as he, Hinata, and Gaara walked through the forest for a while, taking in the scene before they jumped back in time to avoid a kunai aimed at them. They looked up to see a waterfall nin jump down from the trees, something bright and silvery coming from her mouth. Hinata activated her byakugan as Gaara created a sand sphere that shielded all three of them just as the powder escaped and lighted everything around them.
"Hey, we haven't even issued a challenge yet?" Naruto cried from inside the spear while Hinata and Gaara ignored him and tried to figure out what was going on outside. Gaara sent some of his sand underground as he watched the newcomer with his 3rd eye while Hinata used her byakugan, waiting for the next move.
"Brat, pay attention to me, I sense another biju nearby. It must be coming from that kunoichi attacking us" Kurama yelled from his cage, hoping Naruto would get the message and tail the others. Thankfully he did and relayed the message on to Hinata and Gaara who nodded before they heard the kunoichi outside cry out and Gaara dropped the sand shield.
"Let me go" the mint green haired kunoichi yelled, her orange eyes glaring at the trio who frowned and asked her why she attacked them. She stropped struggling to look at them as she heard the Kurama, who was talking with her biju, explain who they were and what they could do. "Really, you seriously have 5 biju with you?" the kunoichi asked as they nodded and summoned all 5 of them before she hissed and told them to return them quickly before they were caught. Wondering what she meant, they quickly returned the biju and asked her name.
"Oh, my name is Fū but enough about me. I want ask you for your help" Fū said as she started walk back in the direction they had just come from.
"What you need?" Naruto asked, ready to help anybody in need as they followed and listened to the waterfall kunoichi who told them she was the holder of Mushi, the 7 tailed horned beetle, and that her village was in a panic.
"There's a strong missing nin from my village nearby and he's been causing a scene. Although I hate the way my village treats me, it's still my village and I'm the only one who can protect them…also I can collect the reward money later for stopping him."
The four shinobi and kunoichi jumped through the trees, back to the giant waterfall as Naruto turned to Fū with a grin.
"Don't worry, we'll help you defeat them or my name isn't Uzumaki Naruto, bijumon-"
Naruto didn't get to finish that because he was too busy looking at Fū and not ahead of him and smacked right into a branch, protector coming undone as he fell to the ground. Hinata sighed as she jumped down to help the blonde up.
"Please be more careful Naruto-kun, especially when we're going against a missing nin" Hinata said as she retied the protector tightly as to make sure it didn't come off again.
"Sure thing Hinata-chan, hey Fū, what can you tell us about the missing nin?" Naruto asked as when the kunoichi and Gaara jumped down to see if he was okay while Hinata gave him a confused look, noticing a pattern of a sort.
'Whenever the haiti-tai comes off and is then put back on Naruto reverts back to his old self but why does it only happens some of the time. How does his Haiti-tai deal with his changes?' Hinata thought as she turned toward Gaara who seemed to have come to the same conclusion that she did while Fu gave him a look before she explained what the village had told her.
"So he stole one of their forbidden scrolls and has 5 hearts to lengthen his life?" Gaara asked as Fu nodded and said that's what they told her. They rushed back to the waterfall where all was quiet, except for the sound of the rushing water on the cliff face.
"It's quiet…too quiet" Fū muttered as she gave a slight nod to the others which was the signal for Hinata to scout the area with her byakugan, seeing any danger.
"Fire north, wind northeast, lightning northwest, weapon above" Hinata said before they dodged the four attacks and turned to look at the two newcomers who jumped down from the trees.
"Impressive, not many can dodge my attacks" a green eyed mask weapon shinobi said who had a slashed mark through the waterfall symbol on his protector while his partner, whose wore a slashed hot spring protector around his neck. They frowned as they noticed the black cloaks with red clouds that belonged to Kakuzu and his partner who was grinning as he eyed them.
"Well what do you fucking now? We got ourselves a damn luck break, 3 biju for the 1 fucking deal" the hot spring nin said as he looked at Gaara, Fu, and Naruto before his eyes turned toward Hinata.
"Even fucking better, I get to sacrifice the dark haired bitch to my Jashin"
It would be an understatement to say that Naruto was pissed at what he said as he charged at the silver haired nin yelling that he would pay for disrespecting Hinata like that. The others, seeing as Naruto was hot-blooded as ever, got into battle as they took on Kakuzu and his three hearts that he had summoned, keeping one in his body.
"Hidan, remember not to kill the jinchūriki" Kakuzu said to his partner who yelled out, 'yea I know' before he turned back to Naruto who was fueling from the Kyuubi's chakra at an alarming rate. Naruto sent clones after Hidan, each wielding a large rasengan in their hand as they attacked Hidan. The hot spring nin dispersed majority of them with his scythe as he throw it to draw blood from the angry blonde. Gaara saw this however and used his sand to grab Naruto and tug him back, just as the weapon attacked his protector, yanking it off his head.
'Oh no, not now' Hinata though as she watched as Naruto change into his "trainer" mode as he frowned at Hidan who was tossing his forehead protector up and down in his hand.
"No so fucking tough now that you need your shithead for friends to save you" Hidan said with a smirk while Naruto said he would beat Team Akatsuki before he dug into his pockets and pulled out a familiar scroll. Hinata threw a kunai at Naruto's protector as it was in the air, sending it spiraling off course where she ran and grabbed it as Naruto threw the scroll in the air.
"Sorry Naruto-kun" Hinata whispered as she sealed off several chakra points to his hand, to stop him from making a sign as she placed the protector back onto his forehead and tightened it to the point of being painful. She then grabbed the scroll and placed it in her pocket while Naruto looked around dazed and confused for a second before he stood there, gathering in natural energy. Fu noticed and asked what was wrong with him, which gave Kakuzu enough time to have one of his hearts attack her and crack her seal.
"Good fucking job Kakuzu. You fucking cracked the damn seal on the biju. Now we're in big ass trouble" Hidan cursed as Kakuzu told him to shut up before he recalled his hearts and reached for her with his extended arm but was blocked by Gaara who used his sand to shield her. Hinata ducked behind the shield to grab Fu and drag her back as she watched as Naruto, whose chakra point was reopened thanks to Kyuubi, go into sage mode and create a large Rasenshuriken that he threw at the Akatsuki duo. They jumped up to escape the attack but the blast from the attack sent them flying deep into the forest and out of sight.
"It looks like team Akatsuki is blasting off again" Hinata muttered under her breath before she shook her head of the thought and looked down at Fu who wasn't look good as she clutched her chest, pain written on her face. "Gaara-san, take Naruto's Haiti-tai off" Hinata asked as the redhead nodded and grabbed Naruto with his sand before he walked over to him and undid the knot on the protector.
"What are you two do-" Naruto started to ask before the protector was removed and he grew quiet, eyes unfocused before he shook his head and asked Gaara to let him go. He did and they watched as Naruto pulled out a new empty scroll before he touched the seal where Mushi the Shichibi was escaping. There was strange screech coming from the seal before they heard the beating of wings as the Shichibi was free and soon sealed into the empty scroll at the shock of three people.
"What did you do How did you do that?" Fu asked as Hinata helped her too her feet and supported her when since she was still weak.
"I helped beat the Akatsuki grunts and helped you capture a Heracross" Naruto said proudly while Gaara cut in and explained to Fu what was really wrong with Naruto and what he could do. Fu stared at him in shock and wonder as Naruto tried to hand her back the biju.
"No way, you keep her I mean you just saved my village. She was the reason why it was targeted in the first place. I will her but I think she would be better with you then with me. Besides, you got quite a collection going there but you better be careful because if those goons catch wind that you're collecting the biju they will come after you three next."
They nodded, saying they knew, before they started to head toward the forest when Fu stopped them, saying her village would want to thank them for what they done. They turned back around and followed Fu to a cave behind the waterfall where they saw pools of water everywhere. Gaara was hesitant as he looked at the water then at Fu, saying that he couldn't swim and that his sand would become useless when hit by water.
"I know a way, Gaara summon Kujira-ba real quick" Hinata said excitedly while everybody else looked confused.
"Kujira-ba?" Fuu whispered to Naruto who told her that was the five tailed whale-horse's name before she nodded and watched as he summoned the Gobi. Kujira-ba looked around before she turned toward Gaara and asked what he needed as he pointed to Hinata who asked her if she could use dive to carry them through the water.
"…I guess so" she said as the information as how to dive and resurface came to her and she smiled, which looked weird, as she nodded and said she could before she stepped into one of the pools.
"Just seal your sand Gaara-san and grab onto one of her tails" Hinata said as she jumped into the water, after putting everything in her backpack, and gently grasped onto one of the Gobi's 5 tails. Fu and Hinata soon followed before they looked at Gaara, who was still hesitant, sigh and do just that before he cautiously slipped into the water. He shivered a bit, not used to the cold water before he firmly grabbed onto the white tail in front of him.
"Hang on and hold your breath" Kujira-ba said as she dived under the water and started to swim through the water passage to the village at the end.
'This is incredible' Gaara thought as the water rush pass his sensitive skin while he looked at the others who seemed to be enjoying the ride too. All too soon, they had reach the end and soon started to swim upward and broke the surface of the lake that was in the center of the village. The town watched in shock and surprise as the group clung on to the tails of the Gobi who lifted them up and placed them on her back before she swam to shore.
"Fu, what is this, where is the Shichibi, and who are those people?" Shibuku asked as he looked up at the group before they jumped down and explained what had happened outside while Naruto re-summoned Kujira-ba back into her scroll at the amazement of the village.
"Yea, we also got a Zigzagoon, Espeon, Infernape, Rapidash, and Ninetales" Naruto said to Shibuku after Fu explained about giving up 7 tails at the slight disappointment of the village but they understood anyway. Shibuku thanked them and rewarded them with a festival that lasted two days with everybody, including the biju, enjoyed and some point in that time Fu had made a badge and called it the scale badge which Naruto took proudly. After the celebration, it was time to leave and the town set them off with food, money, medicine, and more useful things like maps and books of the area. Gaara summoned Kujira-ba once again as they waved bye to the town before diving through the water and returning to the cave behind the waterfall.
"It's fun hanging out with all of you" Kujira-ba said before she was re-summoned back into the scroll and Gaara turned to Naruto and Hinata.
"Now off to lightning country and cloud town" Naruto said, fist in the air, as he started to walk throw the forest which Gaara and Hinata hot on his tail. The two exchanged a look as they were both worried about the Akatsuki getting their hands on the biju.
"How can we avoid them here to lightning country?" Hinata whispered to Gaara who was thinking before he stopped when Naruto nearly shoved a scroll into his hands.
"Here Gaara" Naruto said happily as he handed the 7 tailed horn beetle to the redhead who took it, thinking of a plan as he motioned for Hinata to join them.
"Hinata, summon Nekomata" Gaara said as he summoned Moshi who looked around in confusion before Nekomata talked to her about their adventure in which she turned to Naruto, green tail wrapping around him. Naruto start laughing, talking about how it tickled as the biju picked him up before she placed him down again.
"Okay, I will trust him" Moshi said as she asked what they needed and Gaara asked if she could fly them to kumo in which she seemed surprise that he asked before she said sure. Seeing his plan, Hinata asked Nekomata and she said sure as she hopped on to the two tailed cat's back while Naruto rode on Moshi's back whereas Gaara decided to ride on his sand.
"Alright to another biju leader, badge, and ribbon in cloud town" Naruto stated loudly as Moshi and Nekomata took off through the sky, unaware of the pair of eyes that watched their amazing feat before they looked at each other.
"Did you just fucking see that? I can't fucking believe it. Hey should we tell that shithead you call a leader about this?" Hidan asked as Kakuzu nodded before he and Hidan took off toward their temporary base in rain country.
*in Suna*
"Oh my Kami, this is becoming too much" Tsunade sighed as she got the response back from earth country which she handed to Jiraiya who stared at it.
"What, what is it, where is he?" the rest of the Leaf 13 asked as they noticed the reaction of the two Sennin.
"Naruto, Hinata, and Gaara already left earth country, the Tsuchikage think all leaf nin are crazy, and Naruto still thinks he a pokemon trainer" Jiraiya paraphrased what the letter said.
"We got to find them and quick" Kankuro grumbled while Temari asked the group if they could guessed where he would go next. Everybody raised a brow when Sasuke spoke up, saying he would visit all the nations. "Why?" Kankuro asked as everybody gave the Uchiha a look.
"He will want to battle the other biju as "gym leaders" and collect the "badges" before he can finish his journey."
"…how do you know that?" Matsuri asked, grinning as she noticed how quiet Sasuke went before he said they should head back and quickly left the room, everybody's eyes on the back of his head.
"Next time we corner him and give the information from him" Kiba said lowly which had everybody agreeing before they grabbed their things and headed back to Konoha, the sand siblings and Matsuri joining them.
"What are you going to do now Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked as the busty Hokage grew quiet before she answered.
We need to get to word to the Raikage and Mizukage on looking out for Naruto, Hinata, and the Kazekage. The only good thing is speed is on our side and unless they grew wings or learn to fly the news will reach them before they get there" Tsunade said with a grin while Temari and Matsuri exchanged a look, thinking that things couldn't be that easy as they sped off over the desert and back to Konoha.
If only they knew how right they were as they make their way back to the leaf village while our heroes are taking to the skies toward their next destination. However what dangers are waiting for them as two Akatsuki members have seen and overheard their abilities and will things go smoothly for them as they try and take the biju from the most watched biju who also happens to have a strong connection with the Raikage. Tune in next week for another exciting chapter of Konoha's Bijumon Master.