I don't own Naruto.
This is the last chapter!
"The Holy Grail?" Naruto rubs his head. "Doesn't that have something to do with King Arthur and knights and stuff?"
"Yes. This is the same Cup that is in all those stories."
"So are we going to have to fight the Knights of the Round Table, or something?"
"Heh." Ramielle said. "They don't even know about the Cup!" She looked at them disdainfully. "I can't believe that your little heroes are so stupid!"
Naruto kicked her in the face. "Shut up! No one asked you!"
"Naruto, I told you not to do that anymore!" Shikamaru says. "Kari, or whoever, what do you know about the Cup?"
Kari sat up. "My name is Ramielle! Anyway, the search for the Cup is the Impossible quest." She said. "People go looking for it and never come back."
"Never come back?" Naruto said. He turned on Granny. "You're sending us to die? Again?!"
"No! You won't die."
"Yeah right!" Naruto started pulling at his hair.
"You must defeat the three siblings." Kari said. "No one's ever done it."
"Three siblings?" Naruto turned back to Kari. "What three siblings?"
But Kari didn't answer. Her eyes had changed back to their normal light blue and she looked embarrassed to have everyone string at her. "Um, G-Granny, can you explain?"
"The three siblings guard the entrance to the cave that you must enter to get to the Cup."
"Another cave?" Kiba said.
"They each have their own way of fighting and you must defeat them one at a time, the cave entrance will move once you have defeated a sibling."
"Bring it on! I can beat anyone!" Naruto said. "Believe it!"
"Each sibling gets stronger as you go on. The third sibling has never been defeated."
"Well, if the other two have, then we've got some chance." Kiba said.
"Where are they at?" Shikamaru asked. He began to untie Kari.
Granny waved her hand and the map appeared again. She unrolled it and pointed directly north.
"That is where the cave is." She looked at them for a moment. "Once you've beaten all three of them, do you think you could bring them back here?"
"I guess. Let's go." He climbed onto Oroingi and the others followed.
Naruto was sitting on the ground with the little fairy in front of him. "Hey, have any of you guys noticed that this fairy looks like Hinata?"
The little fairy flew up and kissed him on the nose. "Chu"
"Aah!" He climbed onto Oroingi.
"North, Oroingi." Kari said after she sat in front of Shikamaru.
He leaped into the air and turned north. They hopped through the air for an hour before they were able to see the plateau up ahead that they were looking for.
"The cave entrance should be in the side of the cliff." Kari said.
"I think we should rest and wait for morning before we try to fight anyone." Shikamaru said. He pointed to a little clearing below. "Let's land there."
Oroingi dropped down into the clearing and they hopped off. Naruto and Kiba flopped down into the tall grass and were instantly asleep; Kiba curled up like a dog and Naruto with his mouth wide open.
Shikamaru pulled out the Unicorn hair rope. "Kari, I'm sorry, but Granny said we should tie you up whenever we stop."
"It's okay. I don't want to kill you guys." She let him tie her up and then settled down into the grass next to him.
They laid back and watched some dark clouds pass over the stars before falling asleep.
. . . . .
They woke up early and ate food that had been stored in Oroingi's saddlebags. They climbed onto his back and headed toward the cliff-face.
After five minutes of searching, Naruto spotted the cave entrance. "There!" He pointed at it. There was someone standing in front, dressed in all black.
"No way!" Naruto said "That's—"
"Kankuro." Kiba finished. "What's he doing here?"
"Well, the giants were people we knew too, so maybe there are other versions of us here." Naruto said.
"But if Kankuro is one of the siblings, then that means—"
"Gaara and Temari must be the other two." Shikamaru finished.
"Gaara?" Naruto looked down at Kankuro, waiting below. "He must be the third sibling, never defeated."
"We can't use any jutsu and all our weapons were used up on the dragon." Shikamaru looked at his friends. "Guys, I don't know how we're going to beat them."
"Well, maybe they can't use any jutsu either!" Naruto said.
"I doubt it. These aren't the Sand ninja we know. They're from this world, so they probably have some type of magic or something."
"Yeah, we need to be careful."
They landed a little ways off and snuck toward the cave entrance. Kankuro stood in front of the cave with his arms folded. His face was painted with purple lines and his black cowl had two points that looked like little cat ears.
"Kiba, you're the best a taijutsu, do you think you can beat this guy?" Shikamaru whispered.
"No sweat." Kiba stood up and walked out into the clearing.
"There's no way you're getting past me!" Kankuro smiled as Kiba walked up.
"You wanna bet?" Kiba crouched down and got ready to attack.
Kankuro just smiled and raised his arms. The wood of the trees began to crack and splinter.
"What's going on?" Naruto wondered.
"I don't know, but it can't be good." Shikamaru answered.
The trees split apart into hundreds of wooden puppets.
Kankuro raised his arms and they all prepared to attack. "I am Kankuro, the puppet-master!"
Kiba began attacking the puppets while Kankuro just stood in front of the cave entrance, controlling them from a distance.
"He just makes more whenever Kiba destroys one!" Naruto said.
"We'll have to take him out if we want to get past the puppets." Shikamaru said. He looked at the cliff-face and then back towards where they had left Oroingi.
He put his hands together like he always did when he was thinking. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes.
"Naruto, I want you to get on Kankuro's left and start throwing rocks at him. Get him distracted."
"Got it."
"Kari, I want you to take Oroingi and get on top that cliff. Drop the biggest rocks you can over the edge, try to knock him out."
"'Kay" They all took off in different directions, Shikamaru going toward Kankuro's right.
Kari climbed on Oroingi and they hopped silently onto the cliff. Kari looked over the edge and could see Kankuro below and Kiba fighting the endless wooden puppets.
She looked around for the biggest rocks she could find that she could carry to the edge. She waited until Naruto distracted him and then dropped the biggest one. It landed right next to him, missing by inches.
"Huh?" Kankuro looked up and saw another rock coming. He jumped out of the way but another was falling and he only missed it by seconds, falling in his face as he did so.
Shikamaru jumped out of the trees and kicked him as hard as he could. He wrapped a rope around his hands, keeping him from controlling his puppets.
All the wooden puppets dropped to the ground. Kari and Oroingi joined the others.
"The only way he could control his puppets was if he could use his hands. So when the rocks weren't hitting him, I decided to try to tie up his hands." Shikamaru said.
"All right! You're a genius, Shikamaru!" Naruto said.
"Whatever."
The ground began to shake and the cave entrance slid away to their left.
"What?!" Naruto yelled. "That's totally not fair!"
"C'mon, Granny said this was going to happen. At least we know the direction that it's going in and we can follow it." Shikamaru jumped up onto Oroingi and the others followed after tying Kankuro to one of the saddle-bags.
They followed the cliff-face for ten minutes before they saw Temari standing in front of the now-still cave entrance. They landed in the forest a little ways off and Shikamaru came up with a plan.
"Kankuro had control over puppets; it was almost the same as his chakra-controlled puppet, Crow, that he has in our world. I'm guessing that Temari has something to do with wind since she has that fan in our world."
"So how're we gonna beat her?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru smiled. "Simple."
. . . . .
Naruto walked out to meet Temari.
"You little runt, you'll never get past me!" She said.
"I can beat anyone!" Naruto said confidently.
"Why don't you try?" Temari got into a fighting stance and whipped her arms across her body. A blast of wind knocked into Naruto and tossed him backwards.
He stood up. "Is that all you've got?"
She began tossing wind at him as hard as she could.
"C'mon, Shikamaru, where are you?"
Suddenly, Temari screamed. The wind stopped and Naruto looked at her. Oroingi was sitting on top of her with Kiba, Shikamaru, and Kari all sitting in the saddle.
"Get this horrid thing off me!" She yelled. Kiba jumped down and tied up her hands. "I'm going to kill you! That's totally cheating; you're supposed to fight us head-on!"
"But then we'd lose." Shikamaru said as Oroingi hopped off her.
"Exactly!" Temari said as she was tied next to Kankuro.
"Hey sis." He sounded bored.
"Hi." She said angrily.
The cave entrance moved to the left again and they followed it. They spotted Gaara standing in front of it within five minutes.
"Hmph, you'll never beat Gaara!" Temari said.
"Wanna bet?!" Kari yelled. Her eyes had changed back to Ramielle's. "I'll destroy him right now!" She jumped from Oroingi's back, her grin evil and her claws sharp.
"Kari!" Naruto yelled.
Oroingi stopped and sat in midair, watching what happened.
Kari landed on her feet and ran toward Gaara, one clawed hand back, ready to strike.
Gaara wasn't ready for her until she was just a few feet away. But then something happened that made him hesitate.
"Huh? Her eyes changed?" Kari's eyes had changed to an alluring purple. Her evil grin vanished and her claws disappeared.
She flung her arms around Gaara's neck. "Ooh, you're cute!" She kissed him.
From up above, everyone's mouth dropped open.
Gaara blushed and Kari flung him to the ground. She climbed on top of him.
"Get her off of him!" Naruto yelled.
"Gaara's got a girlfriend!" Kankuro teased.
Oroingi dropped to the ground and Kiba came running with the rope. He tied Gaara up.
"Aw, why'd you tie him up? That's no fun." Kari was still on top of him with her arms around his neck. Her eyes suddenly changed back to their normal icy blue. She saw how close she was to Gaara and her face turned red and she jumped backward.
"That must've been the middle personality." Shikamaru observed. "I don't think I really like it."
Kiba dragged Gaara to Oroingi and tied him next to his sister.
"How could you let them beat you that easily?" Temari demanded.
Gaara blushed."It's not my fault!"
"He couldn't move while he was playing tonsil hockey." Kankuro laughed.
"Shut up!" Gaara told him.
Naruto ran over to Kari. "What was that?! You don't kiss the enemy!"
Kari's face turned red again and she looked at the ground.
"Naruto, she couldn't help it, that was the middle personality." Shikamaru said.
"I don't care which personality it is! That's not how you beat someone!"
Kiba turned around. "Hey, it worked, didn't it?"
Naruto stood, fuming.
"C'mon, let's go find this Cup." Shikamaru said and he led the way into the cave.
This cave was much brighter and colder than the giant's cave. They followed it for a long time before finally coming to the end.
The room (it was definitely man-made) that they entered was filled with treasures of all kinds. There were piles and piles of gold all around and stacks of gems that reached the ceiling. In the center of everything was the Cup.
Naruto looked at everything with wide, greedy eyes. "I'm going to be rich!" He laughed to himself.
Kiba stared around at all the gold, astounded at how much there was. He imagined spending all of it in his mind.
Shikamaru's eyes were wide but the only thing running through his mind was "O . . . M . . . G"
"Don't touch anything!" Kari said suddenly, bringing them all out of their fantasies.
"What?! Why not?" Naruto asked; he was just about to reach out for a giant golden crown he had seen.
"Because, haven't you ever heard stories of the Holy Grail? You have to be pure of heart to be able to get it."
"So?" Kiba had his eye on a ruby the size of his head.
"So, all this is here to trap us." Shikamaru said. "It may not even be real, it might be an illusion."
"Exactly." Kari agreed.
Shikamaru stepped forward and reached out for the Cup. He grasped its handle and lifted it from the pedestal. Immediately, the gold and jewels vanished.
Two people stood in front of them.
"So, you figured it out." Neiji said. He held a tall staff and wore long, dark robes.
"Good job!" Ten-Ten winked at them. She was wearing a silk dancer's dress of lavender and carnation pink.
"Neiji? Ten-Ten?" Naruto looked at them "This world is just getting weirder!"
"Before you can take the Cup, you must answer a riddle." Neiji said.
"Thank goodness we have Shikamaru with us, he's a genius!" Kiba said.
"Oh, but we want that one to answer it." Ten-Ten pointed at Naruto,
"What?!" Kiba's mouth dropped open. "We're doomed!" He sank to the floor.
"So what's this riddle?" Naruto asked. "I'm ready for anything!"
Neiji looked at him, and then asked: "what came first, the chicken or the egg?"
Everyone stared for a moment.
"You call that a riddle?" Naruto asked. "It's the egg, of course!"
Kiba punched him. "You, idiot, it's the chicken!"
Ten-Ten smiled. "You're right!"
"Ha! Told you!" Naruto said.
"The answer is that nobody really knows." She winked at them and then they both disappeared.
"More like nobody really cares," Shikamaru said. He led them out of the cave and back into the sunlight where they had left Oroingi and the three siblings.
Someone was there, waiting for them."
Naruto looked at the newcomer in disbelief. "Rock Lee? Man, everybody's popping up!"
"You are the ones that defeated the three siblings, correct?"
"Yeah." Kiba answered. "Why?"
"Because, I have also come, seeking the Cup. I will fight you for it."
"Bring it on, Bushy-Brow!" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto! We can't beat him!"Shikamaru yelled.
"All four of you may fight me at once, if you wish. I shall defeat you all."
"I'm gonna kick your butt! You can't defeat all of us!" Naruto ran at Lee with Kiba close behind.
"Guy's he's way too strong!" Shikamaru yelled, but they didn't listen and Lee sent them flying back with one kick.
"I'll rip him limb from limb!" Ramielle said. Kari shot forward and lunged at Lee.
He tried kicking her but she grabbed onto his leg and bit him.
"Ow! What are you doing?!"
She slashed at Lee's chest with her claws, tearing his shirt into a bloody mess.
The other three grabbed the Unicorn hair rope and tried to get it around her. The finally succeeded in getting her tied up when her eyes changed from red to purple.
"You don't really want to tie me up, do you Kiba?" Kiba was crouched above her, tying the knot. He looked into her eyes and blushed.
"Well, you were ripping Lee to pieces."
"I'm sorry, now will you untie me?" She had a perfect pout to her voice.
Naruto and Shikamaru were busy helping Lee up and didn't notice that Kiba was being taken in by the second personality.
"Um—"
Kari leaned forward a little, almost enough for their lips to touch.
"Hey!" Temari shouted. "She's supposed to be Gaara's girlfriend, get away from her!"
Kiba looked up. Kankuro was laughing and Temari looked angry. Gaara was looking away, but Kiba was sure he could see his face reddening. When he looked down, he saw Kari's pleading purple eyes.
"Hey, Kiba!" Naruto yelled. "Wake up!"
Shikamaru was already seated at the front with a bandaged Lee in front of him. Naruto was sitting at the back, waiting for Kiba to get on.
"What about Kari?"
"Tie her up next to these guys." Naruto said, pointing to the siblings. "It's make the weight more balanced."
Kiba picked up Kari and tied her up next to Gaara. She smiled at him "Hey, cutie!" Gaara blushed again.
Kiba climbed into his spot, ignoring Naruto's whining about who he had tied Kari next to and Oroingi jumped into the air.
It took almost an extra half-hour to get back too Granny's because of the extra weight, but they made it before the sun began to set.
Granny took Lee into her hut immediately and began to work on his injuries, mumbling about him being lucky that Kari was only one-fourth dragon.
The three siblings were all set down on the ground so Oroingi could be unsaddled and Kari sat with them, still in her middle personality.
They had untied her, (although it probably wasn't a good idea) and she had pinned Gaara to the ground. After getting bored with kissing him, she just laid on top of him and picked flowers.
Kiba had gotten distracted when he saw a rabbit hop through the grass and was off searching for it and Shikamaru was lying on the roof, watching the clouds.
Naruto sat in the grass, stringing together clovers. He had gotten tired of trying to get Kari off of Gaara and his clover chain was now ten feet long.
Granny came out with a fully healed Lee.
"He's perfectly fine. Kari doesn't have enough dragon-blood in her to be able to burn him."
Shikamaru jumped down from the roof.
"Oh yeah, Granny, we've got your Cup" He pulled the Cup out of Oroingi's saddlebag and handed it to her.
"Oh! Why thank you! Maybe now I can control these three." She pointed to the three siblings who were still tied up.
"What?!" Naruto stood up. "You only wanted us to get these stupid things so that you could control them?!"
"Well, yes. You see, they are my actual grandkids and they tend to cause quite a lot of mischief if I can't control them."
"So Kabuto died so you could control your grandkids?!"
"Died?" Granny looked shocked. "Your friend didn't die."
"I'm right here." Kabuto walked out of the forest, carrying a basket of herbs. "You guys really scared me when you buried me, but I'm perfectly fine."
Shikamaru, Kiba, and Naruto all stared at him in disbelief. He laughed.
"You can't die in this world if you don't belong in it."
Naruto's face started to turn red in anger. "You mean to tell me, that all this time that we thought you were dead, you were just lazing about here at Granny's?!"
"Well, yeah."
"Aaargh!" Naruto and Kiba both chased him around until they were out of breath.
Granny untied the three siblings with a wave of her hand and they climbed to their feet (except Gaara who still had Kari on top of him).
"Hinata," The little black-haired fairy flew up to Granny. "Can you take Lee back home for me?" Hinata nodded and Lee followed her into the forest.
"All right, you four." She pointed to the four leaf ninja. "I think it's time for you to go home."
"Huh?"Naruto looked at her."Really?"
"Of course, you didn't think I was going to keep you here forever, did you?"
"What about Kari?" Kiba asked. "Are you going to send her back too?"
Granny looked at Kari who had her arms wrapped around a now standing Gaara.
"She belongs in this world now that she is part dragon. Besides, I think she's perfectly happy being here."
Kari turned and gave them all a dazzling smile (with just a hint of fang). "Yup."
"Well, good-bye then." Kabuto said.
"Good-bye." Granny and the other four all waved as Kabuto led the leaf shinobi down a little path. "Do come visit every so often."
"We will, Granny!" Naruto called back.
They took a few more steps and then everything went black.
They woke up where they had been earlier, before they had gone to Granny's world.
"Man, that was a weird dream." Naruto said, rubbing his head.
"You're telling me." Shikamaru stood up and looked around.
"So what do we have to do on this mission again?" Kiba asked. He yawned and stretched like a dog, Akumaru a little white and brown fur-ball on his head.
Kabuto pushed up his glasses and smiled at the other three. "We already finished it, let's go back."
He walked toward the leaf village, leaving the other three to stare at each other in bewilderment.
"There's no way—" Shikamaru began.
"That can't have actually happened!" Naruto looked at the others. "Can it?"
"I think it did." Kiba said.
Woah, kind of crazy . . .
0.o