"Pay attention, kids." Naruto paced in front of the students as they gathered in front of the flying ship. "You all know your respective teams and leaders. Each team will have one of us following, in case something unpredictable happens. Your first mission will be in a small town a few hundred miles from here. They make some of the best dango I've ever had." Everybody sweat dropped. "Which is also currently occupied by demons. Best I could gather, they were some low-level oni, but there could be more. Faraji, you and your team will secure the perimeter and, when I give the signal, move in and evacuate the civilians. Kon-Shisho will go with you. Leonardo, your team will meet the demons head on."
"Alright!" Raph pumped his hands u in the air, making Naruto chuckle.
"I will be with you. Chikara and Hisomi will be running interference and piloting the ship. Juto, you will hold the fort with Splinter and the Ancient One. Is everyone clear on their assignments?" Everybody nodded. "Gather your gear and say your goodbyes. We leave in an hour. Dismissed." Everybody scattered, leaving him and Chikara alone.
"Nice plan, love." She hugged him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Oh, you liked it, didn't you?" Naruto hugged her.
"But so help me, if you get hurt, I will kick your ass, and you'll never think of leaving me behind again. Got it?" She said with a sweet smile making him gulp. He nodded nervously. "Good." She kissed him and went to their room to prepare the armors.
"That woman's gonna be the death of me." Naruto muttered with a smile and followed her. "And I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Alright Leonardo, this will be your first mission after training. Are you ready?" Naruto asked his protégé as they watched the others board the ship.
"Yes Sensei." Leo's eyes hardened. "Thank you for all you've taught me."
"You are an exceptional student, and you have a lot of potential. You could do worse than listening to me and your father." He grasped his shoulder. "Make us proud today." He offered the turtle a smile and went to the control room.
"You alright Leo?" Donny came from behind him with the other two Turtles.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just…"
"Come on bro, you're our fearless leader." Raph clasped his shoulder. "Don't worry, we got your back."
"Do not fret Leonardo." Splinter came with the Ancient One to see them off. "You will do fine."
"Trust in yourself little turtle." The Ancient One muttered.
"Yeah. Let's go." Leonardo straightened his back and led the Turtles onto the flying ship.
"You've done well with him, love." Chikara wrapped her arms around Naruto's back as they and the other Dragons watched the exchange from a high point on the ship.
"She is right Naruto." Kon nodded beside them. "How good a student does is tribute to the Sensei."
"I'm not worried about him." Naruto smiled. "Or any of them. It's this whole situation. I have a very bad feeling about it."
"I feel it too." Juto said with Hisomi nodding in agreement. "Like the Flocks of Death circling above us."
"Death? Maybe not. Destruction." He looked at the skies. "A storm's coming, and I don't think the five of us are enough to stop it. We can only weather it. And we will be needing our students for it, and maybe even more. I'll need to talk to Splinter after we get back."
"Why?" Chikara asked him.
"Just in case."
The ship made no sound as it traveled through the skies to their destinations. Naruto stood at the bow, scanning the surroundings.
"We are approaching the first drop point. Acolytes prepare for departure." The teams gathered on the deck. "Fire a flare when you secure the perimeter." He told Kon before they jumped from the boat. "And watch for mine. Remember, if you see red, abort the mission." Kon nodded and he and the Acolytes jumped from the ship and landed deafly on the ground before spreading out.
"We wait for the signal." Naruto said when the ship stopped above the town. "After that, we move in and secure the town square. Then I'll light the second signal and we move outward." The Turtles nodded, drawing their weapons.
"There, Sensei." Leonardo pointed to a green light in the sky.
"Right. Move out." The five jumped from the ship and landed in the middle of the town, kicking up a lot of dust.
Naruto shot out from the cloud and slashed the nearest demon in half before the others could react. Leonardo jumped over his Sensei and parried a blow from another. Raphael stabbed two of them between the eyes while Mikey and Don launched another two in the wall, snapping their necks. Naruto then brought his sword around in an ark and eviscerated another two in one clean swipe.
"Spread out." Naruto went through a couple of hand seals and fired off a green light into the sky. In a moment the Acolytes and Kon jumped from the roofs of the surrounding houses and went inside.
"This one's empty."
"Same here."
"And here."
"They are all empty." Kon said. Naruto cursed and spat.
"Fall back. Leonardo, back to the square." Leonardo nodded and called his brothers back, slicking another demon.
"What's wrong Sensei?" He asked Naruto when they gathered near the fountain in the square back to back.
"I think we've been set up." Suddenly all the houses caught on fire. "Shit. Change of mission parameters. Spread out and kill every demon you find, then regroup at the lake. Teams of two. Leonardo, you're with me."
"Right. Don with Mikey, and Raph, you take Joi."
"And Faraji is with me while Adam and Tora will team up." The Acolytes nodded and they all went in different directions. Naruto went through more seals and a white dove appeared.
"What was that, Sensei?"
"A special jutsu I invented. The dove will transform into letters when it reaches Chikara."
"You didn't teach me that."
"Yeah, I didn't think we'd need it so soon. I was going to when we got back." Leonardo nodded as they jumped into a group of demons, taking three out as they landed.
"What the hell are these things anyway?"
"Red Oni." Naruto said. "Mindless beasts that work best in tandem with Blue Oni. We were very luck that none of them are here." He spun around, slashing appendages. "They mostly rely on brute strength while the blue ones have some magic in them." He stabbed the last on through the head. "Come on, before they fire it."
"Fire what?" As he said that a large round object fell from the sky in the middle of the town, turning into a blazing inferno. "Was that napalm?"
"What's napalm?"
"Never mind, I'll tell you later." Naruto nodded, jumping over a fire.
"Come on, pick up the pace. Just like I taught you." A nearby house creaked and collapsed under the strain, falling into their path. "Shit. Turn left." Leonardo jumped behind a stone continuing on their way.
"I see the lake up ahead Sensei." They sprinted the last leg of the way. The other teams were already there, their weapons drawn and scanning the surroundings. There were a few explosions behind them, but they were too far away to be affected.
"You sent for the Dragon's Breath?" Kon commented when they got to the others.
"The whole blasted town is full of demons. They ambushed us."
"Ambushed? But those were Red Oni." Kon asked puzzled.
"I've noticed. It was far too organized for them. And there were no Blue Oni present."
"I see where you're going." Kon nodded in thought. "Is it what we talked about earlier?"
"Probably."
"Shisho, not to interrupt, but we got a problem coming." Raph turned the two's attention back to the town.
"Aw fuck." Naruto spat and Kon muttered something illegible when they saw a large Minotaur with a two headed axe charging at them. "Just what we needed. A Minotaur." He grabbed his katana in both hands, bringing it in front of him, edge down. He sent his chakra into the blade and made a large ark in the direction of the charging beast. "Fatal Slash!" A white crescent beam fired from the sword and straight into the beast. The Minotaur however didn't flinch and just kept charging. "Dammit, he's enhanced. Stand back!"
"Naruto, what are you…?"
"I said stand back Kon!" Naruto turned to the others and Kon gasped when he saw his eyes.
"Naruto, you..."
"Yeah, I'm gonna activate it."
"Activate what?" Leonardo asked Kon.
"Naruto's eyes have a special ability." The Acolytes looked into their Shisho's eyes. His irises turned completely white, mirroring the sclera, and the pupil shrunk until it was a little dot. A dozen or so consecutive circles formed around and started spinning.
Naruto narrowed his at the bull monster, bringing his hand palm forward towards it. He waited until it was just a few feet from his before smirking. "Should've stopped. Shinra Tensei!" An invisible force impacted the Minotaur and sent him flying backwards and into one of the burning houses. Everybody tensed when it burst out of the fiery wreckage, but it started flaying and screaming, before being burnt to a crisp. Naruto turned to the rest with a smirk on the face while their ship descended from the skies.
"And done." He bowed a little, making a few of the Acolytes snicker, and earning a slap on the face from Chikara.
"What did I tell you about being reckless?"
"Sorry dear."
"Hehe, whipped." Raph chuckled, earning a slap on the back of the head from Chikara for the trouble.
"Shut it."
"Yes mam."
The Turtles
Leonardo
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Hair Color: None
Eye Color: Brown
Avatar: Dragon
Avatar Color: Blue
Elements: Wind/Water
Clothes: See Profile
Original Weapon: Two Katana
New Weapon: Meiyo & Chusei-Shin (Honor & Loyalty in Japanese) – Two Katana
Master: Naruto
Donatello
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Hair Color: None
Eye Color: Brown
Avatar: Dragon
Avatar Color: Purple
Elements: Water
Clothes: See Profile
Original Weapon: Bo Staff
New Weapon: Chishiki (Knowledge in Japanese) – Bladed Staff
Master: Kon
Raphael
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Hair Color: None
Eye Color: Black
Avatar: Dragon
Avatar Color: Red
Elements: Fire
Clothes: See Profile
Original Weapon: Two Sai
New Weapon: Fukushu & Honoo (Vengeance & Flame in Japanese) – Two Sai
Master: Hisomi
Michelangelo
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Hair Color: None
Eye Color: Blue
Avatar: Dragon
Avatar Color: Orange
Elements: Lightning
Clothes: See Profile
Original Weapon: Two Nunchucks
New Weapon: Warai (Laughter in Japanese) – Triple-Staff
Master: Juto