Sonic and the Jinchuriki
Wave arc
Kurama no Kyubi: I know it's still some time yet, but it would be appreciated if you guys could help me with some of the characters that appears in the Chunin Exam arc. Note that I've already figured out most of them, though the ones I haven't are; Gaara, Kankuro, Shino, Guy, Hayate, team Dosu, Genma, Raido, Tayuya, and Sakon/Ukon.
ImaginBreaker7: Well this was interesting, I like your choices of characters so far. About the pairings what do you mean by making them canon? Do you mean treating the pairing as if they were sonic characters? Or as Naruto characters and if it's Naruto characters who do you plan to pair Naruto with? Since it can be either Sakura or Hinata. Also another question since the characters have the appearance of Sonic characters will they get any attributes corresponding the character? Like will Naruto become able to fly and will he one day become as smart as Tails? Just a few things I am wondering about. Anyways great chapter, I look forward to seeing how this story will be different from canon.
Kurama no Kyubi: Naruto has already shown the ability to fly in a previous chapter and Kakashi did become invisible last chapter. And Sakura will become able to summon Piko-Piko Hammers out of nowhere and Sasuke will gain Chaos powers. As for the pairings, well, I originally planned on having it be Naruto canon, but since then I rather decided on it being Sonic canon, so whoever looks like Mina will end up with Naruto.
Guest: I am going to take a wild guess at say that out masked friend's obito or Madara but how does he know about sonic and who the heck warned him about our blue hero and as for who pick it was doctor favintus wasn't it the mad man who seeks the power of the one and only master chaos emerald Am I right.
Kurama no Kyubi: You nailed it, he looks like Dr. Finetivus (did I spell it right?), all right. Also, he's Obito as Madara's been dead since the last Great Ninja War. As for how he knows about Sonic and who warned him, well you'll just have to wait and see.
MadMasters22: Not to critize but you forgot about kakashi's Chidori
Kurama no Kyubi: Not really. Only Sasuke calls the Jutsu Chidori, Kakashi calls it Raikiri.
"Chaos Emerald." Normal speech
'Chaos Emerald.' Normal thought
"Chaos Emerald." Biju and God speech
'Chaos Emerald.' Biju and God thought
Tazuna: Kurama no Kyubi doesn't own anything, and thank god for that.
Chapter 3: Momochi Zabuza
It had been a month since the bell test, and since then team 7 had been on many different missions which were nothing more than chores, really. What was strange though was that Sonic still didn't know why he had been drawn into this dimension. The last two times, he found out pretty quickly as the first time he had the Genie, Sarah there to explain things to him from the get-go, and the second time he had instantly found himself surrounded by Arthur's men, but this time however, there were no one to explain things to him, and he still hadn't seen any villains.
Right now, though, team 7 were in the mission assignment room as they had just finished a boring D-rank mission and was about to receive another boring D-rank mission until…
"No way! No thank you! Boring! Give us something different to do. Something important. Something amazing." Naruto yelled.
'… He's got a point.' Sasuke thought.
'Oh… He is such a pain!' Sakura thought.
'Sigh… Be grateful for what you can get.' Kakashi thought with a sigh.
'Heh… He reminds me of how Tails was before when he always wanted to come with us on the more dangerous missions.' Sonic thought.
"Don't be a fool! You're only a beginner!" Iruka yelled as he rose to his feet and slammed his hands down on the desk "Everyone starts out doing grunt work. It's where you get experience, so you can work your way up to the bigger things."
"We've done tons of small stuff! Can't we get some action?" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto, that's enough. Knock it off." Kakashi said as he bopped the two-tailed fox on the head before Hiruzen gave them an explanation of how shinobi missions worked. They divided missions into four ranks; D, C, B, and A, and the tougher a mission was, the closer to A it was. D missions were done by Genin, C by more experienced Genin and Chunin, B by more experienced Chunin, and A by Jonin.
"… Thus far, the four of you have only just attained the lowest rank. D-rank missions are the best you could aspire to." Hiruzen finished his explanation before noticing that Naruto wasn't paying attention at all.
"Hmm… I had pork ramen for lunch yesterday, so I think I'll have miso ramen today." The Tails look-alike said as he was sitting on the floor with his back turned to the Hokage.
"Are you listening?" Hiruzen yelled.
"I-I'm sorry." Kakashi said.
"I don't want to hear it! All the old fart ever does is apologize and then give me a lecture. But it's not fair! There's more to me than the trouble-making screw-up the old man thinks I am!" Naruto yelled, causing Iruka and Hiruzen to smile.
"With all due respect Hokage, I may just be a Genin, but I've been on more life-threatening missions than I can count. And I'm sure that whatever threats we run into, I can handle them." Sonic said as he stepped forward.
"Very well. Since you put it that way… I will permit you to attempt a C-ranked mission, usually reserved for shinobi of the Chunin level." Hiruzen said before thinking 'As I thought. He's seen plenty of battles in his short life.' He then said "The protection of a certain individual."
"All right!" Naruto exclaimed before asking "Who is it? Some great lord? The Daimyo? A Princess?"
"Compose yourself. I'll perform the introductions straightaway. Please invite him in." Hiruzen said before the door slid open and an old Lynx with a large back-pack on his back and a sake bottle in his right hand came in.
'Well that explains the weird scent I've been smelling.' Sonic thought as he took notice of the sake bottle.
"What's going on here? They look like a bunch of wet-nosed brats. Especially… the midget. He's got the face of an imbecile. It's a joke, right? You kids aren't really ninja, are you?" The Lynx said.
"Ha ha. Who'd you mean? Which midget? Which imbeci…?!" Naruto asked as he looked between Sonic, Sasuke, and Sakura until he realized that they were all taller than him.
"I'll kill him!" He yelled, but Kakashi held him back.
"Wrong. No killing the old Lynx you've been assigned to protect." The Chameleon said.
"I am Tazuna, a bridge builder of ultimate renown. Until I am safely back in my own country – where I'll be completing my next bridge – you'll all be expected to protect me… even if it costs you your lives." Tazuna said.
Later, village gates
"Yatta! Road trip!" Naruto exclaimed as he threw up his arms.
"What are you babbling about?" Sakura asked.
"This'll be the first time in my life I've ever been outside the village!" Naruto said excitedly as he looked around.
"Am I really expected to place my life in the hands of this fool?" Tazuna asked as he pointed at Naruto and looked at Kakashi, who sighed.
"There's no call for concern. I'm a Jonin, and I'll be along, too." Kakashi said.
'This guy has to be the worst client in the history of our village. And I'm not gonna let him give me any crap.' Naruto thought with his arms crossed over his chest before he turned to the Lynx and pointed an accusing finger at him while yelling "Listen, you old geezer! You don't mess with ninja. Ever! Especially not a really good one, like me! I am the cream of the elite. In fact, one day I'm gonna be the Hokage! So remember my name. It's Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Hokage, eh? The lord of your village? The best there is? I don't think someone like you has it in him." Tazuna said as he drank from his sake bottle.
"Well, you're old and stupid! I am doing all the right things, and I'm doing them fast. And when I become Hokage, you're gonna wish you were a lot more respectful to me right now!" Naruto yelled.
"Respect you? I don't think so. Not even if you did become Hokage." Tazuna said.
"You are dead!" Naruto yelled, but Kakashi held him back.
"I said no, you little dobe." He said.
What none of them noticed, however, was that there were two people watching them from the tree-tops.
Later
"Um, Tazuna-san…?" Sakura asked.
"What now?" Tazuna asked.
"You come from the Land of Waves, right?" The pink Hedgehog asked.
"What of it?" Tazuna replied.
"Um… Kakashi-sensei… Are there ninja in that country too?" Sakura asked as she looked at Kakashi.
"No. Not in the Land of Waves. But – as a general rule – even with all the differences that exist in local customs and cultures most other lands have their own Hidden Village where a ninja clan resides." Kakashi said before explaining about the Five Great Shinobi Nations and each land's respective Kage.
"There's nothing to worry about. You won't face any duels with ninja from other villages while you're handling C level duties." The Chameleon said as he patted Sakura on the head.
"So I don't have to worry about encountering any foreign shinobi…?" The pink Hedgehog asked.
"Of course not. Ha ha ha." Kakashi said, causing Tazuna to slightly flinch before looking down at the ground in what appeared to be regret, something that didn't go unnoticed by Sonic and Sasuke.
As they kept walking, Kakashi noticed a small puddle on the ground and after walking a little further, two people rose out of said puddle. One of them, one who appeared to have some kind of wheels for legs and drills for hands and nose, fired one of the drills with a metallic chain connecting it to the rest of his arm as the other one, who looked like an over-grown chicken jumped into the air, grabbed the drill and quickly wrapped the chain around Kakashi.
"Nanda…?!" Naruto said as he and the others turned around.
"One little piggy." The chicken said before both pulled on the chain, causing Kakashi to get shredded to bits.
'Scratch and Grounder?' Sonic thought in surprise as he didn't think that anyone could look like one of the robots from his world.
"K-Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled before the two robots suddenly appeared behind him.
"Two little piggies…" The Grounder look-alike said.
Before they could wrap the chain around the two-tailed fox, though, Sonic appeared knocked the two attackers away.
'Ni-ninja!' Tazuna thought.
The Scratch look-alike then let go of the drill he was holding as said drill returned to its owner. The Grounder look-alike then fired off both of the drills on his arms towards Sonic, but the Hedgehog easily dodged it by jumping into the air, and when he came down, he crashed his right heel into the Grounder look-alike's head, knocking him unconscious.
As he landed, Sonic looked around for the Scratch look-alike only to find that the chicken was heading towards the others, his target seeming to be Tazuna as he just ran past Naruto while Sasuke and Sakura stepped in front of the aging Lynx. The blue Hedgehog was about to intercept the robot chicken, but just then Kakashi appeared, taking the Scratch look-alike into a head-lock.
'Kakashi-sensei…! You're alive!' Sakura thought.
'I could've taken care of the other one without his help, but I still appreciate it.' Sonic thought.
'Kakashi-sensei used Kawarimi.' Naruto realized as he saw the logs that lay were Kakashi had seemingly been killed.
'I'm not sure how they did it, but it looks like I've been saved.' Tazuna thought.
"I'm impressed Sonic, you handled yourself better than I had expected." Kakashi said as he looked at Sonic.
"Ah, please. Does guys look like some bots I used to wreck a few years back." Sonic said like it was no big deal before Kakashi looked at Tazuna.
"Tazuna-san." He said.
"Wha… what is it?" The Lynx asked.
Soon after, they had tied the two bots to a tree as they stood before them.
"Our attackers appeared to be Chunin of Kirigakure. They are shinobi renowned for their willingness to fight until their goal is achieved, even at the cost of their own lives. Obviously, they were watching and waiting for us. The sun is out, and there hasn't rained for several days, so there shouldn't have been any puddles on the ground." Kakashi said.
"If you knew all that, why did you even let those creeps attack you?" Tazuna asked.
"I could have killed them at any time… but… I wanted to find out who their real target was." Kakashi said.
"So that's how it was. I thought you were just stupid to be caught in their trap." Sonic said.
"You knew they were watching too, Sonic?" Sakura asked.
"If you live through a war like I have, you will start developing a sixth sense about these sort of things." Sonic said.
"You've lived through a war?" Naruto asked.
"Sure have." Sonic replied.
As they were talking Tazuna looked at Kakashi and asked "What do you mean by that?"
"Were you really the one they were after? Or was it one of us ninja? There has been no word of any shinobi seeking to take your life. The request that was relayed to Hokage-sama was that you have an escort to protect you against any roving bands of thieves and brigands. In any case, it's clear that this is more than a B-rank mission. To protect you from ordinary dangers until you complete the bridge you're currently constructing would be a simple thing. But if you expected to be the target of a ninja assault, then it is beyond question that this would be classified – and priced – as a mission for Jonin. You may have had your reasons, but it's never a good idea to conceal facts when you are asking for help. As it is, this task falls far beyond the boundaries of the job we were assigned." Kakashi explained.
"We're not good enough yet to handle something like this… can we quit?" Sakura said.
"Quit? You can leave if you want to, but I'm staying. There's no way that I'd leave just when things start to get exciting. Besides, I once fought four whole ninja clans at the same time and still came out on top." Sonic said.
"There's no need to exaggerate." Kakashi said, causing Sonic to sweat-drop.
'How'd he know?' He asked himself. Sure, while it was true that he had thought four ninja clans, the majority of the ninja were in New Mobotropolis which had been taken over by the Iron Dominion, led by the Iron Queen, an Overlander named Regina. Sonic, in the meantime had gone with Tails, Sally, and Monkey Khan to the Dragon Kingdom in order to make the ninja clans break away from the Iron Dominion, one even dissolved itself as a clan altogether, though, another one later became part of Robotnik's Dark Egg Legion.
Secret hideout
"Failed? What the hell do you mean, you failed? If you weren't supposed to be the best, I wouldn't have paid top ryo for your skills!" A man yelled as he stood in a dark room, being hidden by the shadows, next to him was a robot which Sonic would recognize as a swat-bot. In front of them, on a coach was a large creature sitting, holding a large sword which he then swung down towards the smaller man, the tip just inches from his face.
"Do stop whining. There's nothing to worry about. I, with this neck-cleaving knife will take the hit by myself." The large Mobian said in a deep voice.
"… Yessir… But are you sure you really want to? The enemy has hired ninja of tremendous skill. And besides, now that the Oni Brothers have tried and failed, they'll be on guard against further attempts." The man said.
"Remember to whom you are speaking. I am Momochi Zabuza, the Demon of Kirigakure!" The Mobian said.
Ocean, near the Land of Waves
The Konoha shinobi and Tazuna had been picked up at the shore of the Land of Fire by a Lynx who were to bring them to the island with his boat.
"Wow, this is some fog. I can barely see a thing." Kakashi said as the area was surrounded by thick fog.
'Says the guy who can turn himself invisible…' Sonic thought with a sweat-drop.
"We'll be able to see the bridge in a minute. On the other side of it is the Land of Waves." The Lynx who steered the boat said, and sure enough, soon the bridge could be seen through the fog.
"Whoa! It's HUGE!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hey! Keep it down! This mist'll keep us hidden. But from this point on, we have to turn off our engines and row. We'd be in big trouble if Gato found us." The Lynx said.
The four Genin then looked at him as Kakashi thought back to a conversation he had had with Tazuna earlier. Apparently, the Land of Waves had been under the tyrannical rule of an evil business man named Gato for about a year. Though, his rule over the country was mostly thanks to him controlling all marine transportation, however, if the bridge could be finished, then Gato would start to lose his control.
"Hey, don't worry. If Gato shows up, then I'll beat him up." Sonic said in a carefree tone.
"You sure like to brag, don't you?" Sakura asked.
"It's all part of the job." Sonic said.
"We'll be there soon." The Lynx said before looking down at Tazuna "Tazuna… so far it looks like we've been overlooked… Just to be on the safe side, we'll take an inland waterway through town to a point where we can make landfall under the cover of mangroves."
"Thank you." Tazuna said.
Soon after, they had found a proper place a bit inland to make landfall, and the shinobi and Tazuna all walked out of the boat.
"This is as far as I go. Take care of yourself." The Lynx said.
"Thanks for taking such a risk. I shouldn't have asked it." Tazuna said as he looked back at his fellow Lynx who then turn on the engine and drove away.
"Ok! Now, if I can just make it back home in one piece…" Tazuna said as they started walking.
"Yeah, yeah." Kakashi said before thinking 'There's bound to be another attack… And next time, they won't send Chunin. We'll probably face Jonin. Could this be any worse?'
As they walked, Naruto – who seemed to try and be a little more observant than before – noticed some rustling in the bushes and he threw a shuriken towards where the rustling came from.
Kakashi then went to look to find an unconscious rabbit as the shuriken had hit the trunk of a tree that was behind it.
"Naruto! Look what you did!" Sakura yelled.
"It was an accident. Snap out of it, bunny! Please!" Naruto said as he hugged the rabbit.
"Just a rabbit?" Tazuna said.
'Strange. That's a snow hare with its winter pelt, but it's spring.' Sonic thought.
'That's a snow hare… it's spring-time… so why is it still wearing its winter pelt? That hare is obviously a decoy that's been kept like a pet, indoors, where there isn't a lot of sunshine… This is it!' Kakashi thought.
What none of them realized, however, was that someone was watching them from one of the branches of the trees.
'From what I see, this group is not equal in skill to the Oni Brothers. Yet, their leader is a shinobi of Konohagakure no Sato, and not just any shinobi. It's Sharingan no Kakashi.' He thought before looking over at the blue-furred Hedgehog 'And that blue Hedgehog – while he's rather young – the way he stands – like he's anticipating an incoming attack – depicts a great deal of experience, though it's strange that I've never heard of him.' He then leapt into action.
Kakashi and Sonic were both quick to notice that something was off as the Chameleon yelled "Everyone take cover!"
Kakashi then quickly ducked as Sasuke pulled Tazuna to the ground, and Sakura pulled Naruto to the ground while Sonic jumped up into the air just as a large blade came in over their heads like a boomerang, and imbedded itself into a tree. As someone then landed on the blade Kakashi looked up to see that it was a large Lion.
'That looks like…' The Chameleon thought.
Sonic then shot towards the Lion in the form of a ball from the air, but was quickly knocked away before crashing into the ground behind Kakashi.
"Well, well… If it isn't Momochi Zabuza, the kid who ran off and left Kirigakure." Kakashi said as Sonic looked up the guy, and his eyes widened as this was the first time he had gotten a good look at the guy.
'You've got to be kidding me! Warlord Kodos? That's it, this mission is now officially an A-rank!' He thought. Sonic had of course a right to be panicking as Kodos was one of five people that he was never able to beat without help from his friends. (Kurama no Kyubi: I might be wrong, but it's a long time since I read through the comics, and those five are the only ones that I can think of right now.)
Naruto was then about to move in, but Kakashi stopped him before saying "Don't interfere. Give me room. This one is on a different plane from our previous opponents." He then started reaching for his Hitai-ate as he thought 'And if I have to face him, it had better be…' He then put his hand over the left side of the Hitai-ate as he prepared to pull it up and saying "… Like this… This may be a little rough."
"Let me help you out here." Sonic said as he stepped up to beside Kakashi, causing him to look at the Hedgehog out of the corner of his eye "This guy looks just like someone I know, and if my hunch is correct, then you're gonna need all the help you can get."
"Sharingan no Kakashi, I presume? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you surrender the old man?" Zabuza asked.
'… "Sharingan"? What the heck does that mean?' Naruto thought.
'The Sharingan?' Sasuke thought in surprise as his eyes widened.
'What's a "Sharingan"?' Sonic thought as he looked at Kakashi out of the corner of his eyes.
"Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, assume the manji battle. Protect Tazuna-san. The three of you, stay out of the fight. That's the kind of teamwork this situation demands. Sonic, you'll provide back-up." Kakashi said as he pulled up his Hitai-ate "… And now… Zabuza…" He then pulled the Hitai-ate up fully to reveal a red eye with three black tomoe "Shall we?"
'That's one freaky eye, right there.' Sonic thought.
"Ahh… To face the legendary Sharingan so early in our acquaintance… This is an honor…" Zabuza said.
"You keep calling it a Sharingan… What the heck is it?" Naruto yelled.
"Shinobi who have the Sharingan have mastered a form of ocular Ninjutsu. It enables them to penetrate and see the reality behind any illusion or spell, and to reflect the power of the Jutsu they penetrate back at those who cast them. A Sharingan eye is one of several types used by the masters… And there's more" Sasuke explained.
"Like what?" Naruto asked.
"Heh heh… Exactly. There is indeed more. Most formidable of all is the acuity with which the Sharingan can discern and then duplicate its opponent's greatest skill. When I was an assassin for Kirigakure, I possessed the usual Bingo Book. It had the extensive write-up on you, including a mention of your impressive record; the man who had penetrated and copied over a thousand different Jutsu, Kakashi, the Copy Ninja." Zabuza explained.
'… But… does it mean… The Sharingan is… supposed to be unique to the Uchiha clan.' Sasuke thought as he looked at Kakashi 'Could he be…'
"Enough. Pleasant as this conversation has been, the time for talk is over. I'm on a very tight schedule to polish off the old man." Zabuza said.
"Not gonna happen, pal!" Sonic said as Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura got into a manji formation in front of Tazuna to defend him.
"Of course, it seems that I've got to get rid the two of you first." Zabuza said before shunshining away while pulling his sword out of the tree. He then appeared on the surface of a nearby lake, Kakashi and Sonic being the only ones that were able to follow his movements.
"Over there!" Naruto exclaimed when he noticed the Lion.
"Is he… walking on water?" Sakura asked in surprise.
'Clever… He's built up a pretty fair concentration of chakra.' Kakashi thought as thick fog started covering the area.
"Ninpou: Kirigakure no Jutsu!" Zabuza said as the mist got even thicker.
"He's gone." Sonic stated.
"He will come after me first. Momochi Zabuza of the Kirigakure assassin corps is a famous master of Sairento Kiringu. Letting your guard down around him buys you a direct trip to heaven. I haven't necessarily mastered every aspect of the Sharingan, so all of you stay on your toes." Kakashi said.
"What's with all this fog?" Naruto asked as the fog covered them.
"There are eight targets." Zabuza's voice could be heard.
"Nanda? Wha-what was that?" Sakura asked.
"Throat, spinal column, lungs, liver, the jugular vein, the subclavian artery, kidney, heart. So many choices. What vital, vulnerable place shall I choose?" The Lion said.
Kakashi then noticed something as he made a hand sign just before a wave of Killing-Intent hit them, though it didn't have any effect on either Kakashi or Sonic.
'This terrible blood-thirst… If I draw his attention by even blinking, he'll kill me. I can feel it. I can't stay like this for long. I'm going to lose it. A master ninja, determined to make a kill. Knowing my life is in his hands…. I hate it! You start wanting to die, just to end the suspense…' Sasuke thought before Kakashi caught his attention.
"Sasuke. Calm down. Even if he gets me, I'll still protect you. I will never let my comrades die." He said before Zabuza's voice could once again be heard.
"I wouldn't bet on that…" He said before appearing in the exact middle of the formation "Game over." When he was about to swing his sword, however, Sonic suddenly shot straight through him in the form of a ball, causing the Lion to explode into water just before Sonic uncurled himself and landed on the ground.
"Nanda?" Sonic said in surprise as Zabuza appeared behind him.
"Sonic! Behind you!" Naruto yelled.
Sonic then looked over his shoulder just in time to see the Kodos look-alike swinging his sword, but before said sword could make contact, the blue Hedgehog sped off towards the tree-line, barely managing to dodge the blade.
'He's fast… very fast.' Zabuza thought just before he found a kunai at his throat.
"Don't move…" Kakashi said from behind him "Game over."
"So you have one of your subordinates fight me, and then come at me from my blind-spot?" Zabuza said before suddenly splattering into water "I can't believe you'd underestimate me like that." The real Zabuza said from behind the Chameleon as he swung his sword.
As the large sword cut straight through Kakashi, the Espio look-alike suddenly splattered into water himself, causing Zabuza's eyes to widen.
'He copied me in that mist?' The Lion thought in surprise.
"Hey, Pant-Stripes! Over here!" Zabuza looked towards the voice to see Sonic in a crouching position with a slight green glow emanating from his body before he suddenly shot at the Lion at speeds too fast for the untrained eye.
"Light-Speed Dash!" Zabuza barely managed to block using his massive sword, but the blue-furred Hedgehog then jumped up over the blade before making his feet spin in a way that made everything beneath his knee-caps look like a drill.
"Sonic Screw-Driver!" Zabuza then jumped back just in time to dodge Sonic as he came down.
Kakashi then appeared out of nowhere directly in front of the Lion and attempted to stab him with a kunai, but Zabuza blocked it with his sword before hitting Kakashi with the sword's flat side, sending him flying towards a nearby lake.
'And now…' Zabuza thought as he ran after the Chameleon, but he skidded to a halt when noticing something on the ground 'Caltrops…!'
"Foolishness." He stated before shunshining away just as Kakashi impacted with the water's surface.
"Sensei!" Naruto yelled.
'Uh… Was Kakashi-sensei… really sent flying all that way…?' Sakura thought.
'His physical skills are fantastic.' Sasuke thought.
'Well, one thing's for certain; that guy's strength is definitely on par with Kodos'.' Sonic thought.
Kakashi then emerged from beneath the surface, but he seemed to have slight trouble moving.
'This water… Why is it so heavy…?' He thought just before Zabuza appeared behind him, weaving a series of hand signs.
"Hah! Gullible fool." He said before finishing the hand sign sequence "Suiro no Jutsu!" Then a sphere of water suddenly engulfed the Chameleon as Zabuza held his right hand in the sphere.
'I thought I could go underwater and regroup, but it was a tactical error.' Kakashi thought.
"Heh heh heh… That prison is inescapable. You're trapped." Zabuza said before looking into the sphere at Kakashi "You running around free makes it too hard for me to do my job." He then made a one-handed hand sign "I'll finish you later, after I've dealt with all the others. Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!"
'I knew he was good, but not this good…!' Kakashi thought as a clone of Zabuza rose up from the water that was on the ground.
"Heh heh heh… Little ninja wannabe. Trying so hard to fit in, you even wear a Hitai-ate. But a true ninja is one who has crossed and recrossed the barrier between the lands of the living and the dead." The clone said as he made a one-handed hand sign "Clothes don't make a shinobi. You need skills good enough to rate a listing in my Bingo Book before you deserve to be called "ninja". We don't call your kind "ninja", we call them…" He then vanished.
'He vanished again!' Naruto thought before the clone suddenly appeared right in front of him and kicked him away so hard that the Hitai-ate got knocked off of him before landing on the ground as the clone put his foot on it.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled.
"… brats." The real Zabuza said.
"Everyone, listen! Take Tazuna-san and go! It's a fight you can't win! If he wants to hold me in this water prison, he can't leave this place. If his Mizu Bunshin gets more than a certain distance away from his real body, he loses control of it. So get out of here!" Kakashi yelled.
"Heh! Not gonna happen." Sonic said as he took a step forward.
"Nanda? Are you crazy? There's no way you can win on your own!" Kakashi yelled.
"I was wrong before." Sonic said, causing everyone to look at him, wondering what he meant "This guy is identical to someone else I've fought in nearly every aspect, so I thought he was as strong as that guy as well, but I was wrong. This one's a lot weaker."
He then Looked at the Zabuza clone "And about what you said before about crossing and recrossing the border between life and death; oh, you have no idea."
He then shot at the clone at an inconceivable speed before destroying it as he grabbed Naruto's Hitai-ate.
"Oi, Naruto! Catch!" He then threw it into the air, and Naruto instinctively flew up into the air using his twin-tails before grabbing the Hitai-ate and putting it back on.
"Wait, Naruto can fly?" Sakura asked.
Naruto's eyes then bugged out as he realized how high up he was and he thought 'Wow. This is the first time I've been this far into the air.'
"Nice catch there, li'l buddy. Now I'll leave you to figure out what to do." Sonic said before thinking 'If he's anything like Tails, then he should at least be able to come up with a plan.'
As Zabuza made another clone, the Tails look-alike examined the area, trying to think of something. Then he remembered something that Kakashi had said earlier.
"If he wants to hold me in this water prison, he can't leave this place."
'That's it!' Naruto thought before pulling out a kunai, an explosive tag, and a pen. He then started scribbling something down on the tag before putting the pen back and attaching the tag to the kunai "Hey, Sonic! Catch!"
He then threw the kunai towards Sonic, who caught it and quickly read what was written on the tag before zooming towards the real Zabuza. However, the clone swung his sword at the Hedgehog, causing said Mobian to jump into the air as he threw the kunai at the clone. But the clone then caught the kunai with his free hand and threw it towards Naruto, who was flying towards the real Zabuza.
As he saw the kunai coming towards him out of the corner of his eye, he smirked before his tails suddenly stopped spinning and he spun his entire body around, hitting the kunai with his tails, sending it flying down towards Zabuza and Kakashi before landing in the water between them, and that's when the tag blew, forcing Zabuza to release his hold on the water prison and freeing Kakashi as he leapt out of the way.
"Hey, I've got a new listing for your Bingo Book right here!" Naruto said, catching the Lion's attention "The one who's going to be the next Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto!"
Sonic then jumped back before moving his feet at an incredible speed as he ran in-place, his feet – instead of going into that normal wheel-like shape – took the shape of the infinity symbol as the blue Hedgehog ran towards the clone.
"Figure 8!" He then jumped into the air and kicked the clone in the face while still moving his feet in the Figure 8 pattern, making it so that what looked like just a single kick was actually more like a gazillion kicks. The clone splattered into water as Sonic landed.
"Hmm… You're better than I had expected, rodent." Zabuza said before looking at Kakashi out of the corner of his eyes "But…" He then drew his massive sword and swung it at the Chameleon who skillfully dodged before jumping back to land.
"YOSH! Now let's get that guy!" Naruto exclaimed, causing Zabuza to chuckle.
"Playing to be a ninja like a child's game… I, however…" Zabuza said as he directed his gaze at Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura "By the time I was your age had already dyed these hands in my enemies' blood…" This caused Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna to gulp as their eyes widened while Sonic's eyes narrowed.
"The demon… Zabuza." Kakashi said as he stared at the Lion.
"It would seem my reputation has preceded me." Zabuza said.
"Long ago in Kirigakure no Sato, the final step toward becoming a full-fledged ninja was the most inhumanely difficult test imaginable." Kakashi said.
"So… you've heard about our little graduation exercise." Zabuza said.
"… "Graduation exercise"…?" Sonic asked and when Zabuza started laughing he asked again "What "graduation exercise"?"
"Heh heh heh… It's a kind of "killing spree"… among classmates." Zabuza said, causing everyone's but Kakashi's eyes to widen.
'Say what…?' Naruto yelled in his mind.
"That's insane!" Sonic yelled.
"Students who'd been friends, eating from the same dish, as undergrads were divided into pairs who were forced to fight against each other… to the death. Think of it. Comrades who had trained together, lived together, shared each other's every hope and dream…" Zabuza said.
"… That's terrible…" Sakura said.
"Ten years ago, the elders of Kirigakure were forced to enact a sweeping reform of their barbaric graduation ritual because of the appearance, during the previous year… of a Mobian fiend who made reform essential." Kakashi explained.
"What kind of reform" Sakura asked, but when there was no reply, she asked "What are you talking about? What did the fiend you're talking about do?"
"Without a moment's hesitation… without any hint of qualm… a boy who hadn't even qualified yet as a ninja butchered over a hundred members of that year's graduating class." Kakashi said.
"I think I've got an idea of who you're talking about…" Sonic said as he glared at Zabuza.
"Ah, yes. Good times… I used to have such fun." Zabuza said as he looked the Konoha ninja with a sadistic grin and an evil look in his eyes that promised death, causing Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to twitch, and seeing as Naruto was still in the air, he fell down and landed in the water, not many meters in front of the large Lion.
"Naruto, watch out!" Sakura yelled, but it was already too late as when Naruto looked up, Zabuza was standing over him, ready to swing his blade.
"Oh, no, you don't!" Sonic said before zooming towards Naruto and Zabuza, and he got there and saved the Tails look-alike just in time to avoid the Lion's sword.
"Hey, watch were you swing that thing! Someone could get hurt!" Sonic said as he put a dazed-out Naruto on the ground next to Kakashi.
"That was the general idea." Zabuza said.
"Sonic, watch over Naruto. I'll take care of the rest." Kakashi said before walking towards Zabuza while saying "Just so you know, the same trick won't work on me twice." (Kurama no Kyubi: I'm skipping the rest of the fight for two reasons, one is because the rest of it is basically 90% canon, and the other reason is because I'm lazy and want to get this chapter over with so I can move on to the next one.)
At the end of the battle was Zabuza knocked into a tree as Kakashi landed on a branch, holding a kunai in his hand.
"That's that…" He said.
"… Nanda… Can you see the future…?" Zabuza asked as he looked at the Chameleon from the corner of his eyes.
"I foresee… your death." Kakashi said before a pair of senbon suddenly came in and penetrated Zabuza's neck. Kakashi and Sonic then looked towards where the senbon had come from to see someone wearing a mask standing on a branch.
"Heh heh… Your prediction came true." The person said in a feminine voice, indicating that it was a female, and she appeared to be a Fox as well as she had a red fox tail coming out from her back.
The others then noticed her as Kakashi knelt down by Zabuza's body to check his pulse.
'Way dead…' He thought before looking back up at the female Fox.
"Thank you for your help. I hope you don't mind my interfering, but I wanted the satisfaction of putting Zabuza out of his misery myself." The girl said.
"The mask is familiar… correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you a shinobi hunter from Kirigakure?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, aren't you the smart one?" The girl said.
"A shinobi hunter?" Sonic asked as he looked at Kakashi before looking at the girl when she spoke up again.
"I am, indeed, a member of the elite tracking unit from Kirigakure no Sato. It is our responsibility – and our art – to hunt down and deal with the rogues and outlaws…" The girl said.
"Hence the name, huh." Sonic said casually as he crossed his arms over his chest and thought 'I swear I've heard her voice somewhere before, but where?'
'… Judging by her size and the timbre of her voice… she couldn't be much older than Naruto or my other students, yet… she's already a full-fledged shinobi hunter. She's not your average kid, that's for sure.' Kakashi thought.
The girl then shunshined down and hoisted Zabuza onto her shoulders.
"… Your battle is over, for now… and the remains must be disposed of… lest they give up secrets to our foes." She said before making a one-handed hand sign "Well then, I must be off." Then she shunshined away in a swirl of leaves.
Kakashi then pulled his Hitai-ate down to once again cover his left eye as he turned towards the others and said "Now. We still have to escort Tazuna-san the rest of the way to his home. Let's put our best feet forward."
"Ha ha hah! You poor kids, you must be so humiliated! But never mind. You can lick your wounds at my house!" Tazuna said before Kakashi suddenly collapsed onto the ground.
"Nani? What's happening?" Sakura asked.
'I can't… budge… I… must've used the Sharingan too much…' Kakashi thought.
Tazuna's house
Kakashi was lying on a futon in Tazuna's house as Naruto was sleeping on another futon next to him, snoring loudly.
"Are you all right, sensei?" Tazuna's daughter, a Lynx named Tsunami asked.
"No, but I will be… in about a week…" Kakashi said.
"Ah, don't worry. If someone attacks I'll handle them." Sonic said.
"The Sharingan is an incredible power, but doesn't the strain it puts on your body make you wonder if it's worth it?" Sakura asked.
"This time, you took down your strongest foe yet, so we can probably relax for a while…" Tazuna said.
"I can't get my mind off that masked Fox girl…" Sakura said.
"That mask is worn by the most elite and secret ninja from Kirigakure, the shinobi hunters all wear them. Their unit is codenamed the "undertaker squad" because they dispose of corpses so thoroughly, it's as though they never existed. Even after death, a shinobi's corpse may yield up its secrets of the skills it had mastered, as well as retaining the aura of the chakra it was steeped in in the ninja's native lands, even the ingredients of any drugs of potions that body consumed become an open book. In the same way, when I die, if an enemy were to take possession of my remains, the corpse would reveal all of the anatomical idiosyncracies unique to possessors of the Sharingan. In the worst case, the enemy might gain enough information to be able to duplicate and master that power. Ninja corpses tell too many tales. Basically, shinobi hunters specialize in tracking down and eliminating missing-nin and obliterating their remains in order to protect the secrets of their home village from the rest of the world. Silently and without a trace. That's how ninja leave the world…" Kakashi explained.
"So, Zabuza's corpse will be dismembered and destroyed? That's so creepy." Sakura said.
Forest
Zabuza's body was lying on the ground as the masked Fox sat over it as she took a scissor from some tools that she had and brought it towards the Lion's head.
"First, I'll remove the wrappings around the mouth so the blood can drain out, and then…" She said as she brought the scissor closer to his face, but then his eyes suddenly opened and he grabbed the girl's wrist as he used his other hand to pull down the bandage that was covering his mouth.
"Enough. I'll do it myself…" He said.
"Well now…awake already?" The girl asked as Zabuza sat up.
"You have all the finesse… of a butcher…" Zabuza said as he pulled out the senbon which were still in his neck.
"Gently, please, Zabuza-sama. If you pull those out any which way, you really will kill yourself." The girl said.
"How long are you going to keep that ghoulish mask on? Take it off." Zabuza said.
"Old habits die hard. And it was useful for my monkey pantomime routine…" The girl said as she removed the mask, revealing her face. Had Sonic been there to see it, he would've gasped, the girl was identical to his ex-girlfriend, Fiona Fox.
"They'd have killed you if I hadn't intervened." The girl said.
"You needn't have targeted the vulnerable areas in the neck just to put me into a death-like trance… any number of other points on my body would have done. But you are such a sadistic little brat…" Zabuza said.
"Exactly." The Fiona look-alike said with a smile before saying "I didn't want to mar your perfect body, Zabuza-sama. And besides, the neck is so much less muscular then the rest of the body; I can more precisely target the points that will leave an ordinary target paralyzed and apparently dead for a full week. But of course, someone like you will recover much more quickly, right?"
"… You are so innocent, so guileless… no doubt, it's why I like you." Zabuza said.
"Heh… Well, I'm only a child." The Fox girl said before rising to her feet "Without us even noticing, the mist has lifted…" She then looked down at her master "Next time… will you be all right?"
"Next time… I'll break the Sharingan." The Lion replied.
Tazuna's house
Kakashi's visible eye suddenly snapped open, causing Sakura and a now-awake Naruto to scream as they fell backwards.
"Oh, Kakashi-san, are you awake?" Tsunami asked as she entered the room.
"You baka! Don't be such a klutz! We almost got to see what's under the mask!" The Amy look-alike silently yelled to Naruto.
'It's odd. I know that scumbag Zabuza is dead… but I still can't shake the strongest feeling there's something I've overlooked. Something big.' Kakashi thought.
"What's wrong, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Hmm… Of course…" Kakashi said before beginning to explain "… The shinobi hunters who manage corpse disposals are supposed to destroy the bodies of those they kill at once, right on the spot."
"So what?" Sakura asked.
"Don't you get it? How did the kid in the mask dispose of Zabuza's corpse?" Kakashi asked.
"Huh? How should I know? She took the body with her." Sakura said.
"Yes, she did… Even though all she needed to take home as proof she'd made the kill was the head." Kakashi said.
"I get it. There's no way that she could carry around that huge body on her own." Sonic said.
"Yes, and there is also a mystery surrounding the weapons that the hunter used to dispatch her prey…" Kakashi said.
'… Senbon…' Sasuke thought before his eyes widened in realization "No way…"
"Yes way." Kakashi said.
"What the hell nonsense are you all mumbling about…?" Tazuna asked.
"That it's likely Zabuza is still alive." Kakashi said, causing Naruto's, Sakura's, and Tazuna's eyes to widen.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto yelled.
"But, Kakashi-sensei, you checked to be sure Zabuza was dead, didn't you?" Sakura asked.
"I made sure of it… but… a death-like trance could have created a very convincing illusion of the real thing. Those senbon that shinobi hunter used can be deadly if they hit a vital spot. If not, the mortality rate is surprisingly low. And remember, they were originally designed as medical treatment tools. Shinobi hunters and all members of any village's corpse disposal squad must possess an intimate and thorough knowledge of all Mobian and Overlander physiology. It would be simple for one of them to place a person into a near-death state. First of all; the masked girl went to the trouble of lugging Zabuza's extremely heavy carcass, secondly; the senbon she used as weapons – while potentially deadly – can also be used to inflict non-mortal injury. These two points suggest that the kid's objective was to give the illusion of killing Zabuza while he rescued him. Things may be just the way they seemed… but we have to consider the other possibility." Kakashi explained.
"Aren't you just complicating things by over-thinking them? Shinobi hunters are supposed to hunt outlaw shinobi, right?" Tazuna said.
"Usually, but ignoring something that smells this fishy is a great first step to being caught completely unprepared. And preparation is a shinobi's most important skill. Oh well. Whether Zabuza is dead or alive, there may still be more and even deadlier ninja in the service of your enemy, Gato." Kakashi said before noticing that Naruto was shivering in excitement and he thought 'Interesting… Naruto seems excited at the possibility that Zabuza survived.'
"Sensei." Sakura said, catching the Chameleon's attention "You said, "preparation is a shinobi's most important skill", but right now you can't even move. What are you going to do?"
"Heh heh… I'm going to increase your training schedule." Kakashi said.
"Nanda? Training…?" Sakura asked before yelling "But Kakashi-sensei, what will a little a little extra training now matter with what we're up against? Our opponent is a ninja so powerful that even with your Sharingan, he almost defeated you!" And her inner self yelled "What are you trying to do? Get us all killed?"
"And when I was beleaguered, Sakura, think about who it was that rescued me. You three are all maturing, progressing rapidly, your powers growing exponentially, especially yours, Naruto. You've grown the most." Kakashi said.
'… Naruto…? Well, he seems a lot more grown-up than he used to, but…' Sakura thought as she looked at the two-tailed Fox.
"But that being said, the skills I teach you now will be an interim thing only, to tide us over until I recover enough to take over." Kakashi said.
"But, sensei. Even if Zabuza is alive, how can we just train without knowing when he may return and strike again?" Sakura asked.
"An excellent question… But once a person has been placed into a near-death trance… it is quite some time before their body returns to its previous state of health and readiness. So we'll train while we're waiting." Kakashi said.
"Could be fun!" Naruto exclaimed.
"It won't be fun for you." A small Lynx kid said as he entered the house. This was the first one in the family that Sonic recognized; he looked just like an old friend of Sonic's named Larry Lynx who had the unique ability to cause bad-luck to everyone around him. What Sonic didn't know, though, was that Larry was also part of a secret group of Freedom Fighters under the codename, Joker.
"Who the heck are you?" Naruto asked.
"Inari! Where have you been?" Tazuna yelled.
"Welcome home, Ojii-san." The Larry look-alike, now identified as Inari said as he removed his sandals.
"Inari, greet our guests properly. They're esteemed ninja who brought our grandfather safely home." Tsunami said.
"But Okaa-san, they're all gonna die." Inari said as he pointed at the ninja.
"Listen, you little twerp!" Naruto yelled.
"No one can beat Gato and his men." Inari said.
"You brat!" Naruto yelled as he was about to go and give the young Lynx a piece of his mind, but he was held back by Sonic.
"Whoa, whoa! Easy there, big guy!" The blue Hedgehog said.
"Hey, pay attention, little guy! I'm a super-hero who'll someday become the most extreme ninja. My name will be Hokage! Gato? "Gateau"? This guy's named "cake"! You can't seriously expect me to be afraid of that!" Naruto yelled, causing Inari to scoff.
""Hero"? You're dumb. There's no such thing." Inari said.
"Na-nani?!" Naruto yelled.
"If you don't wanna die, go home now…" Inari said before walking towards a door.
"Where are you off to, Inari?" Tazuna asked.
"I'm going to watch the ocean from my room…" Inari said as he slid the door open before walking through and slamming it shut.
"What's that kid's deal, anyway?" Sonic asked as he let go of Naruto.
"Please forgive him…" Tazuna said.
Shortly afterwards, Naruto walked up the stairs and through the corridor to Inari's room while mumbling to himself "Where'd that little brat go? I'm gonna give him such a hit!"
When he reached the door, however, he heard crying from the other side.
"Daddy…!" Inari cried and Naruto then walked back down with a somber expression on his face.
Next day, forest
"So, it's decided. The new training regimen begins today." Kakashi said as he was supporting himself with a pair of crickets.
"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed as he, Sonic, Sakura, and Sasuke were standing in front of the crippled Chameleon.
"But first let's discuss the basis of your ninja powers, the body energies known as chakra." Kakashi said.
"So, what's chakra, again?" Sonic asked.
"And you call yourself a ninja? Did you sleep through every class you took?" Sakura yelled as she pointed at him.
"I didn't take any classes." Sonic replied.
'I feared as much.' Kakashi thought before gesturing for Sakura to explain everything.
"That's correct." He said after she was done with the explanation.
"Yeah, well. I'm not really that good with lengthy explanations. Just show me how it's done, and I'll learn." Sonic said.
"Sonic's right. We all already employ the ninja arts and techniques." Sasuke said.
"Wrong. None of you yet has full mastery of your chakra." Kakashi said.
"Nani?!" Naruto yelled.
"Now, listen. As Sakura said, manipulation of chakra refers to summoning physical and mental energies and combing them with your own body. Depending on which Jutsu you wish to employ, the amount of energy you'd need to absorb would vary, as would the make-up of elements you'd need to combine. Right now, none of you are using your chakra effectively. No matter how great the amount of chakra you summon and manipulate, if you can't maintain your balance – whatever the Jutsu – not only will the effectiveness of your maneuver be cut in half, but you could blunder so badly the Jutsu may not be released at all. And because you end up squandering your chakra, you not only lack the stamina for a protracted fight, but you also develop significant vulnerabilities." Kakashi explained.
"So what do we do?" Sonic asked.
"You learn to control your body through the harshest training. Go out on a limb, and learn from the experience." Kakashi replied.
"How do we do that?" Sakura asked.
"How? We climb trees." Kakashi said.
"Climb trees?" Naruto and Sakura yelled.
"That's right…" Kakashi said.
"Getting stronger from climbing trees… sounds legit. Besides, I've heard – and seen – weirder things." Sonic said.
'What a waste of time…' Naruto thought.
"How would that qualify as training?" Sakura asked.
"Listen up, you four. This won't be any normal tree climbing. You're not allowed to use your hands." Kakashi said.
'That sounds like fun!' Naruto thought in excitement.
"How?" Sakura asked with narrowed eyes.
"Ah, please. I've been doing that for years!" Sonic stated.
"Or your speed." Kakashi said as he looked at the blue Hedgehog before forming a hand sing "Now, watch."
He then walked towards a tree and up along the side of it before walking out on the underside of one of the branches so that he was standing upside-down.
"He's climbing…" Naruto said.
"… With his legs… and feet… parallel to the ground." Sakura said.
"Okay, now that's way past cool." Sonic said.
"That's it, in a nutshell. Focus all of the chakra toward the soles of your feet and use that power to cling to the trunk. When you have full mastery over your own chakra, this is the kind of thing you can accomplish." Kakashi said.
"But… Kakashi-sensei… how will learning to climb trees make us any stronger?" Sakura asked.
"I'm just getting to that. Listen and learn." Kakashi said before explaining exactly how the tree-climbing exercise would help increase their individual powers.
"… Now, no more talk. It's time for action. The only way to learn is by doing." He said after the explanation before throwing four kunai down to the Genin "Use the kunai to score the bark at the highest point you can climb to. It will serve as a reminder for later. Your goal is to make a mark on a higher spot each time you climb. I don't expect any of you to reach the tree-top on your first try. A running start will probably give enough momentum for a good first effort. All right?"
"No sweat! I could do this one before breakfast!" Naruto said as he and the others picked up the kunai before he pointed at Kakashi "I'm the fastest-developing ninja on this team!"
"Less talk and more action. Choose your trees and up you go." Kakashi said before the four formed the same hand sign that he had formed earlier before running towards the trees, well that is, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura ran towards the trees, Sonic was still trying to call up chakra.
Naruto fell off as soon as he set foot on the trunk, Sasuke got a ways up, but was repelled by the tree's own energies as he had put too much force into it. Sakura, however, had managed to get all the way up to the three quarter point as she was sitting on a branch.
"Incredible! You go, Sakura-chan! That's my girl!" Naruto cheered.
'I wanted to impress Sasuke-kun, but the only one who cared was Naruto, just like always.' Sakura thought as she hung her head.
"Well… Understanding the use of one's chakra and manipulating them, successfully is quite an achievement so far. Sakura is probably the one closest to overtaking our leader, Hokage-sama… despite all of Naruto's boasts and aspirations. And the finest hope of clan Uchiha doesn't seem too impressive, either." Kakashi said.
"Kakashi-sensei, how could you?" Sakura yelled as she pointed at Kakashi while thinking 'Sasuke-kun's going to hate me!'
'On the other hand, within them, Naruto and Sasuke both harbor such massive, untapped reserves of chakra that Sakura's is nothing by comparison. If this lesson goes as planned, by the end, we should be able to tap those vast resources.' Kakashi thought before looking over at Sonic 'Hmm… Sonic on the other hand, seems to have trouble channeling his chakra.' He then noticed something.
A green light suddenly started emanating from Sonic's body as he tried to summon chakra, and while this was going on, in his mind he saw a bottom-less well of green energy suddenly come out of nowhere, causing his eyes to snap open and the green energy suddenly exploded in his face, sending him flying into a nearby tree that was behind him.
"Ah! Sonic, are you all right?" Naruto asked as he ran over to the Hedgehog.
"Yeah, don't worry about it." Sonic said as he rose to his feet.
'Hmm… Strange. What was that energy? It definitely wasn't chakra, and it wasn't natural energy either. Sonic, just what are you hiding?' Kakashi thought as he observed the Hedgehog.
What none of them noticed, however, was that Inari was spying on them from behind a tree before walking away while thinking 'Hah! They're wasting their time…'
Chapter preview
Inari "Why do you wear yourself out trying? No matter how hard you train, you'll never be a match for Gato's thugs! You act all cool, and you talk all tough, but big, strong guys like that are always too much for people weaker than they are. They'll destroy you!"
Tazuna "What happened? What could… have…?"
Bridge worker "M-monsters…"
Sonic "Next time on Sonic and the Jinchuriki: Battle on the Bridge with a spice of Bad Luck."
Zabuza "Well. My Mizu Bunshins were obviously no match for you. It seems the brats have matured quite a bit into worthy rivals… eh, Haku?"
Character status
Sonic: Level: 46
Chaos Energy Level: Kage.
Techniques: Spin Dash, Homing Attack, Figure 8, Sonic Screw-Driver, Light-Speed Dash, Sonic Whirlwind.
Weapons: none
Race: Hedgehog.
Naruto: Level: 4
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Oiroke, Harem, Kage Bunshin.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Fox.
Sasuke: Level: 5
Chakra Level: Jonin.
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Katon: Goukakyo.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Hedgehog.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan (not awakened yet).
Sakura: Level: 1
Chakra Level: Genin.
Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Hedgehog.
Kakashi: Level: 61
Chakra Level: Kage.
Techniques: Genjutsu: Sharingan, Sennen Goroshi, Mizu Bunshin, Kage Bunshin, Taju Kage Bunshin, Raiton: Kage Bunshin, Magen: Narakumi, Ninpou: Fukashi, Katon: Goukakyo, Doton: Moguragakure, Doton: Shinju zanshu, Doton: Doryuheki, Suiton: Daibakufu, Suiton: Suiryudan, Kuchiyose, Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga, Fuja Hoin, Raikiri.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Chameleon.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.
Zabuza: Level: 60
Chakra Level: Jonin.
Techniques: Kirigakure, Mizu Bunshin, Sairento Kiringu, Suiton: Suiro, Suiton: Daibakufu, Suiton: Suiryudan.
Weapons: Kubikiribocho.
Race: Lion.
Character information
Name: Uzumaki Naruto.
Age: 12
Affiliation: Konohagakure.
Affinity: Wind.
Likes: Ramen, Sakura-chan.
Dislikes: Those who doesn't respect him, Sasuke-teme.
Info: Having never known his parents, Naruto grew up by himself with almost everyone else in the village constantly scorning him, and he only recently found out why; the demon fox that had attacked the village 12 years ago was sealed inside him. He had also been born with two tails, and had discovered a few years back that if he spun them fast enough, he could use them to fly, though he hardly does so in public so not many knows about this ability.
Kurama no Kyubi: And that's it for this chapter, folks. Now I hope you enjoyed it, and please leave a review.
