Author's Notes: Oh gosh! I'm sorry for not updating in a super long time! I ran out of ideas, as usual. Soo… I had to watch the Naruto series all over again, as well as the Ben 10 episodes on TV, so… It was sort of long, since I still have school and research to do. It's not my fault! I'm a graduating student!
So, without further ado, here comes the long-awaited(?) Chapter four of "A Summer Getaway", (Yes, I changed the title.) the first Ben 10 and Naruto crossover! (At least I think it's the first…)
Disclaimer: No. No. No. NO! Thank you.
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In a nearby bush from where Ben was, Gwen could feel the sweat starting to form on her forehead, as she clenched a kunai tightly in her right hand. She wasn't much of a Naruto fan, as almost everyone could see, and she wasn't sure of any of the basics in the said show.
'Damnit, I should've watched with Ben…' She thought, as her breathing started to get heavy. She then heard a faint rustling of leaves behind her, and she turned around, her kunai in front of her face. "Ah, seems like you found me, no?" Kakashi said, smiling under his navy blue mask. Gwen smirked. "Yeah, I did, old man," She replied, clenching the kunai tighter in her hand. "Old man? I feel hurt. The hair was from my dad, don't you know?" The Hatake said, pretending to look hurt. Gwen smiled, "Well, I'm sorry. But we can save the apologies for later."
The red-head jumped upward, still having faint memories of 'Lucky Girl'. She threw the kunai toward Kakashi, who dodged it easily. "You think you can beat me with a kunai, girl? You've underestimated your opponent. Minus points for you!" He said playfully. Gwen kept her eyes on the silver-haired man, biting her lower lip and standing in the stance that 'Lucky Girl' usually stood in. Alright, so it was normal standing, you can't blame the girl.
"So, you ready?" Kakashi asked, moving his right leg behind him and forcing his weight onto his left leg, holding his hand out in front of him as it twitched, mentally saying, 'Come and get me.'
Gwen pondered on this for a while, then smiled innocently.
"I was born ready."
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"Alright, Haru---"
"Ben."
Ben moved his wrists in a circular motion, after them being tied up, then looked at Iruka.
"Ben, well, there was this one man, Minato Namikaze, more popularly known as the Yondaime, who---"
"Sealed the Kyuubi into Naruto, I get it, alright?" Ben interrupted, crossing his arms and looking at Iruka in a weird way.
"---Yes, but, actually, he had a child, before Naruto came along, you see? That child was Haru Uzumaki," Iruka said, running his fingers through his dark brown hair. "Mmn, go on," complained Ben. Iruka dismissed it with a wave of his hand. "Wait, alright? Now, everyone knows the Copy Ninja, Kakashi Hatake, am I correct?" He inquired, and the adolescent nodded. "Although everyone knows him, nobody knew about his older sister, Kagami Hatake."
Ben's eyes widened at this, and he bit his lower lip.
"You see, Kagami was part of Minato's team, while they were young. Although Minato loved Kushina as much as a man could love his wife, he still felt an attraction to Kagami, his crush while he was young," Iruka explained. Ben nodded, not quite absorbing all this information told to him.
"So, while Kushina was away on a mission, Minato---"
"I get it," Ben mumbled, blushing at the reference to sex.
"Smart kid," Iruka muttered, then continued, "Since this was so, when Kushina returned, and found out about Minato's disgrace, she decided to take Kagami's baby when it was born. Kagami, being depressed that her first child would be taken away from her, decided to commit suicide after Haru was born." Ben nodded. "Kushina, after taking Haru, forgave Minato one night. They both then felt the burning passion of love and---"
"I FREAKIN' GET IT."
"Mm," Iruka nodded, "and sooner or later, Naruto was conceived inside Kushina's womb."
Ben cocked his left eyebrow upward. "What about Haru?" He asked. "Well, when Minato sealed the Kyuubi into Naruto, the Kyuubi asked that TWO people be sacrificed. Minato had agreed and chose himself, and Haru, who was barely a year old to be the sacrifice. The Kyuubi, however, felt sorry for Haru, for some reason, and decided, that instead of the child being killed, that child would be sent to another dimension. Another world. But, since Minato thought that perhaps Haru would forget his life here, he took his hitai-ate off and, using his kunai, engraved Haru's name on the side, so that he'd always have something from his true home," Iruka replied, breathing heavily after talking so long.
Ben's eyes widened at this, and you could've sworn that his the rate of his heart beats would've gone off the charts--- Well, not really.
He mumbled some silent curses to himself, and his watch glowed a dark red, indicating his period of transformation was over.
In a flash, his spiky, silver hair was returned to it's brown form, and his light cerulean eyes turned into it's normal emerald color. Ben moved his hands over his face and looked back at Iruka.
"Do you think… Maybe I'm Haru? And when I was sent to the world I call home, I was forbidden to use chakra and the chakra was stored in the Omnitrix? Then, maybe, the Omnitrix was sent into space to make sure I never get my chakra back… And the Konoha headband was the key… For me to return to Konoha…?" He mumbled, and Iruka smiled.
"Maybe. Time will tell, Haru-kun, time will tell," He said, and disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving Ben there, softly saying,
"It's Ben."
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"Aah…!"
Gwen was flung into a tree, and she slid downward, wincing in pain.
"I'd have to say, you're good for a newcomer, in fact, you're better than Sasuke-kun," Kakashi said, his visible eye curving upward, indicating he was smiling under his mask. Gwen smirked, "I had a little practice, Kakashi-san."
Kakashi's mask moved, and Gwen inferred that perhaps his smile grew wider.
"Well, let's see if your 'practice' is enough, Gwen," He said, running towards the adolescent. Gwen quickly skid to the side, and Kakashi ran up the tree that he was about to hit, performed a flip and fell behind Gwen, who ducked and slid under Kakashi's legs, falling on his shoulder and placing a kunai beside his neck. She slashed, and ended up slashing a log.
Gwen cursed loudly and Kakashi chuckled.
"Not so loud, you might scare the birds away, Gwen."
Gwen sighed, picked up a stick and blinked.
"Improvise," She softly muttered to herself and Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "A stick, huh? Let's see what you got," He said, grinning and running towards Gwen, raising his kunai.
Gwen raised her stick in an act of defending, as the kunai descended and---
Splat.
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Author's Notes: Not in the mood for writing. Sorry for the crappy chapter. Sweatdrop. Oh yeah, expect some Death Note fanfiction. :3 Most likely L x OC. :3