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"Talking" Regular Speech
"Talking" Regular Thoughts
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"Talking" Demon/Boss Summoning/Inner Self Speech
"Talking" Demon/Boss Summoning/Inner Self Thought
Chapter 4
"Little Washu," said Naruto as looked at Washu typing away while he is next to Tenchi.
"Hmm, Yes Naruto," asked Washu as she keeps typing away.
"I know that you're trying to see why Tenchi can't generate the light hark wings," said Naruto as he sees Washu nod her head before getting an annoyed look, "so remind me why am I here and is it necessary for me and Tenchi to be in our boxers?"
Just as Naruto had asked Washu about being in his boxers. We find both Tenchi and Naruto in their boxers tired up in robotic arms with a headset with light bulbs around lined up. It was after the Masses incident that Washu had explained to the four shinobis about the light hark wings along with how Tenchi can generate them. Naruto seemed to able to understand everything that Washu told them and helped explained it better to Ino, Jiraiya, and Yamato. It was also the same day that Jiraiya got a scroll from Tsunade that contain the chakra papers and fabric made for shinobi. Jiraiya is still trying to figure out how the fox knew about the chakra paper since Kurama had refused to answer and told the sage to figure it out himself.
Jiraiya tested Naruto with the chakra paper while telling Ino that she would have to wait a year before to find our what her element is. Yamato helped explained the reaction to the paper could make with each element. Naruto channeled some chakra to the paper and watched as it split in half before both pieces turned saggy. Yamato then explained each of the elements' strengths and weaknesses. It also the same time that Jiraiya took back what he said about limiting how many clones that Naruto can make to fully abuse the hell out of the jutsu. Washu took full advantage of this speed up Naruto's teaching until he got stuck on learning the much more advanced things. It was only a week after all this happened before Naruto told Washu his idea of an experiment with Jiraiya being the guinea pig. His idea was to see if she could do the same thing she did with creating Ryoko but with Jiraiya's chakra. Washu was very intrigued by this idea and agreed to do it and had Ryoko unknowingly help her.
-Flashback: Washu's lab-
"Should we wake him up," asked Naruto as he wears a lab coat.
"Nah, I'm sure he'll wake up," answered Washu as she wears her nurse outfit as she gets everything ready, "just before I start extracting some of his chakra."
"You're just going along with this experiment of mine so you can study chakra aren't you," asked Naruto as he looked a Washu.
"Yep, it'll help me study people from your planet," answered Washu as she smirks, "after all not every day that a scientist gets to study and research people from planet Elem."
"Would that also include me," asked Kurama as he appears on a screen.
"Most definitely Kurama," answered Washu before getting starry-eyed, "there is so much to research to do for the next three years."
"Umm, remind me how did you get pervy-sage so drunk," asked Naruto as he helps Washu set everything up.
"Oh, I just had Ryoko have a drinking contest with him and Yamato," answered Washu as she simply waved it off.
Naruto and Kurama just sweatdrop at Washu's answer of getting Jiraiya to be passed out drunk. Just leave it to Ryoko to drink two adult male under the table just before passing out drunk. Unknown to them, Jiraiya had lost a bet to Ryoko and now the one having to give the ex-space pirate money to buy sake for the rest of the year. Sadly, Ryoko's love for sake is on the same level as Naruto's love for ramen and if wallets can show emotions, then Jiraiya's wallet would be whimpering. It wasn't until everything was set up when Jiraiya started to wake up from his drunk induced sleep. It did take a few minutes for the toad sage to realized that he's in Washu's lab, strapped onto a table and only in his boxers.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON," yelled Jiraiya as he struggles around the straps.
"Look who finally woken up," said Washu as she smirked and getting the sage to turn his head toward her.
"Wha, Washu whats going on here," asked Jiraiya with an annoyed look.
"I'll explain that pervy-sage," said Naruto as he walks next to Washu with Kurama next to him on a screen.
"This is you're doing Naruto," asked a now confused Jiraiya.
"Yep, I wanted to see if Little Washu here," answered Naruto as he gestured Washu in the nurse outfit, "can do the same thing to create Ryoko with your chakra."
Jiraiya was confused as to what Naruto is saying before Kurama gave him a quick explanation of the Masses and how Washu created Ryoko. The fox made everything very simple for the toad sage to understand and to say the least, Jiraiya isn't very much amused to be a guinea pig for this experiment. He tried to break the straps that are holding him down to the table so that he can get away. Washu giggled and told him that the straps were designed to hold him down, along with being able to handle chakra infused limbs.
"How come you're not doing this yourself Naruto," asked an angry Jiraiya.
"Oh don't worry I'll try the same with Naruto but on a smaller scale," said Washu with a smile on her face, "it'll be a mix of both Naruto and Kurama's chakra if this experiment works."
"You're going to make a special cabbit in mind aren't you," asked Kurama as he turns the screen to look at Washu.
The pink haired scientist smiled and nodded her head before putting on some goggles and handed a pair to Naruto. The spiky blond put the goggles on and gave Jiraiya a fox-like grin with Kurama giving him the same but more sinister in nature. Jiraiya could only shiver and quiver in fear before watching Washu get to work while giving Naruto instructions on things to do. That was when most painful experience Jiraiya started to feel started as the two or three if you count Kurama extracted some of his chakra from him. Jiraiya thinks he could hear Kurama laughing evilly while saying that it was payback for throwing Naruto off a cliff.
-Flashback end-
During the progress of doing the experiment, Washu has blocked anyway for anyone to come into her lab along with 'do not disturb' sign on the door. It didn't stop anyone from being curious as to what is going on inside there. It wasn't until it was time for dinner when the door to Washu's lab opened to show a fully dressed and pale looking Jiraiya walked out. Followed by Naruto and Washu as the two look perfectly fine compared to Jiraiya as he looks like he was about to pass out. Sasami was the one that asked Naruto and Washu on what happened as Jiraiya shakenly walked to the table with Yamato helping him. Naruto answered that he and Washu were doing an experiment that involved Jiraiya. Mihoshi being the more curious one asked what kind of experiment was it and got an excited response from Washu.
Ayeka, Sasami, Ino, Tenchi, and Yamato sweat dropped when Washu acted why too happy and hugged Ryoko's head to her chest while saying that she made a cute little half-brother for her. Naruto had to quickly explain that they used a similar progress when Washu created Ryoko but with Jiraiya's chakra with some Masses that were still in the lab. This still didn't stop Mihoshi from misunderstanding things like congratulating Jiraiya on having a son with Washu with the said scientist and Naruto sighing as it'll be awhile for them to get Mihoshi to understand everything.
Yamato did have to ask why does Jiraiya look so pale, Washu said that she needed to extract more chakra than needed after some trial and errors. Everyone besides Washu and Naruto felt bad for the perverted sage it doesn't seem he recovered enough yet from the experiment. Jiraiya weakly chuckled while saying that Naruto is next in line for Washu to have fun with. That made Naruto gulped as he's not looking forward to going through that mess and it didn't help that Washu is smiling at him and saying that little Ryo-Ohki is going to have a playmate soon after she makes sure that the progress goes smoother.
The day after, Washu introduced Jiraiya's new son Tomo to everyone that was shocked to see a six-year-old instead of a baby. Naruto did have to ask Washu why isn't he a baby like before. Washu explained that chakra is something she needs to study more on but did say that Tomo can do most of the things Ryoko can do while also have a chakra network. Tomo reminds Jiraiya almost like a mini version of himself but with grey tips in his hair and no red marks on his face. Everyone soon found out that Tomo can learn things the same way as Ryoko would when being taught before. Jiraiya would sometimes take Tomo with him to train with Naruto and Ino so that he can learn to use his chakra early since he's not sure what will happen.
This continued to the present where Washu, Tenchi, and Naruto is in Washu's lab. Washu smiled and told the spiky blond that she wanted to see if the light hark wings is similar to summoning Kurama chakra. She also told him that Yamato asked her to keep the real Naruto far from his clone to keep Kurama's chakra from going into the clones. Naruto reasked the question of him and Tenchi being undressed to which they got the answer of no they didn't. Naruto now sees that Washu likes to mess with the two guys sometimes but he can't blame her for it since he would do the same. But he did get embarrassed when Sasami came in and saw him and Tenchi in only their boxers and told them that dinner was ready. Unknown to everyone, back outside where Ryoko is being kidnapped and replaced by a very real lookalike of herself.
-Timeskip: Dinnertime-
"Hey pervy-sage why is Tomo in a wooden cage," asked Naruto as he looks at Jiraiya.
"Let's just say that he's being punished," answered Jiraiya as he lay sits on the cage.
"Come on it was an accident," pouted Tomo, "I didn't mean to shoot an energy shot at the wood guy."
Naruto looked at Yamato to notice the bandaged hand on him and sweatdrop at that. This was all he saw after walking out of Washu's lab along with getting the memories from his clones for the day. He was glad that Yamato told him to have them dispell in groups of 10 instead of all at once, saved him from a very painful headache from overloading. Naruto took his sit seat at the table as Ino, Sasami, and Mihoshi set the table. It was amusing to watch Ayeka ask Tenchi if he was alright after he walked out of Washu's lab before taking it back when the scientist asked what she said. Tenchi looked around and asked where Ryoko is with Sasami saying that she left to buy more sake after she came back into the room.
"Please don't tell me she drank it all again," asked Ino as this wasn't the first time, "and fell asleep."
"Seems like it," answered Ayeka as she looks outside as it getting dark.
"Can't she just save the sake for when I get older," said Tomo from inside his cage while pointing up at Jiraiya, "that is before I have to go with this old fart to Planet Elem."
"Why you little," said Jiraiya get frustrated at Tomo.
Tomo snickered from getting a rise out of Jiraiya before feeling his cage shaking and hitting is head against one of the bars. This knocked him out as Jiraiya was the one that was shaking the cage to get back at the six-year-old. Ino sweatdrop at that while hearing Sasami complaining that the rice getting cold. Tenchi, Sasami, and Naruto soon sweatdropped at Washu when she said to leave the leftovers for Ryoko. Tenchi said that he'll go look for Ryoko before heading to the door while everyone went to do their own thing to wait. Jiraiya took Tomo upstairs with Yamato following behind him, Ayeka when back to her and Sasami's room to go back to sawing, Ino reading her latest fashion magazine, Mihoshi went somewhere, and Naruto watched a show with Sasami and Washu. The last three are unaware of the fake Ryoko is right outside looking at Washu.
-Timeskip: Next day, Training field-
"Is it just me or does Ryoko seems off," asked Naruto as he does his physical exercise while his clones do the chakra exercises for his wind chakra and trying to make a Rasengan in just one hand.
"Why do you say that," asked Tomo before the leaf on his forehead shot off, "dang it!"
"Well, it looked like Ryoko is acting odd," answered Naruto as he finished his push-ups, "like she wasn't fully acting herself."
"Now that you say that," said Ino as she dodged another water balloon from Yamato and his clones, "she did seem nervous when Washu was checking something from us."
"She was checking our lifeform data from when we started living with Tenchi," said Naruto as he corrected Ino as he starts doing laps while dodging Jiraiya's blunt kunais.
"You been spending time with Washu way too much," said Jiraiya as he worked on Naruto's agility, "you already finished learning all the things you missed back in the academy with your clones."
Naruto chuckled before saying that Washu wanted to keep teaching him more things. Ino had to point out that Naruto could give Sakura and maybe Shikamaru a run for their money in term of intelligence. Naruto frowns and said it was all Washu's doing before getting hit by Jiraiya's blunt kunai. Jiraiya had to agree with Naruto about how Ryoko has been acting including when she blushes whenever she see or hear Tenchi talking to her. As far back as they can remember that Ryoko never blushed like that before, well maybe not Tomo since he's still new to everyone. Jiraiya smiled as he gotten an idea to help train both Naruto and Ino that could help then when would have to do spy missions. Jiraiya quickly stopped throwing blunt kunais at Naruto and told the spiky blond to make a clone that can last the whole day. Naruto did just that before hearing the toad sage tell him to have his clone keep eye on Ryoko without getting caught at all.
Naruto had to ask him what the point of doing that. Jiraiya explained that the clone would keep any on Ryoko to collect proof of her being a fake and not the real one. Naruto understood what his perverted mentor said and had his clone just that as he goes back to training with Jiraiya. The clone quickly made it way back to the house while turning into a kitten when he got near.
-Location change: Masaki Residence-
CNaruto made it to the house just in time to see Tenchi run out of the house so that he can work in the fields. He did have to have to sweatdrop as Washu came out and try to have Tenchi come back in so she can run more tests on him. It also didn't help that Washu said that Tenchi promised to be her guinea pig in a cute tone. CNaruto was pretty sure that the boy didn't have any kind of conversation like that. He soon shook his head when Washu rubbed her head up against Tenchi in a cute manner while what almost seems like she was begging the poor boy. It didn't work at all since Tenchi started to head runoff for the fields while he notices that Washu swiped Tenchi's gloves. CNaruto watched carefully at Washu as Ryoko appear above her and landed being the scientist. It looked like Ryoko was about to grab Washu before freezing up and blushing when Tenchi came back to ask Washu if she has seen his gloves.
"Hmm, so she is a fake," thought CNaruto as he followed Washu to the house and leaving the fake Ryoko outside, "but that doesn't explain why she would freeze up like that and blush afterward."
He quickly hides under the dining table and laid down and waited for the fake Ryoko to make her move again by keeping an eye on Washu's lab door. However, He didn't count on Washu to come out with a book in hand then processed to sit down near the table and start reading it. CNaruto did the waiting game as he is sure that F-Ryoko (fake Ryoko) is nearby and wouldn't do anything with Mihoshi is sleeping on the couch. As time passed on, CNaruto started to fall asleep from keeping watch on Washu and was about to go to sleep. If it wasn't for Washu closing her book and getting up that got him back up to watch her go into her lab. It wasn't very long for F-Ryoko to come into view and is in front of the door.
"So, her target is Washu," thought CNaruto as he hears Tenchi's voice.
"Ryoko isn't today the day for your turn to do the laundry," asked Tenchi as he had just got home.
CNaruto was amused to watch F-Ryoko is once again stopped from doing her mission and trying to control her blush. It worked and he continued to watch as F-Ryoko try to act like the real one around Tenchi. It almost worked until she grabbed Tenchi's arm and looked at his face, only for the blush to return to her face. It didn't stay on long since Mihoshi chose the right time to try to turn over but ended up falling off the couch. That was when her GXP alert bracelet started to beep to alert Mihoshi that its an emergency. CNaruto held his breath as he hopes that Mihoshi won't see him. He quietly sighed in relief as she didn't notice him under the table and went to Tenchi and F-Ryoko. She processed to tell Tenchi that she had received an emergency call and is going to be gone for awhile as she pulled out what seems like a pink cube from her ponytail and started to fiddle with it.
"What is that," thought a curious CNaruto before seeing Mihoshi's clothes instantly changed into a blue uniform, "wha?!"
CNaruto was so shocked to see the instant change of clothes that he missed hearing Mihoshi say that she would be back just before dinner. He did pay attention again as Mihoshi seemed to have disappeared before hearing a splash outside by the deck. CNaruto sweatdropped as he figures out that was Mihoshi before going back to keeping an eye on F-Ryoko. He would follow around while making sure that she doesn't see him at all. It wasn't long before it was almost dinner time that F-Ryoko went into Washu's lab with CNaruto followed her in. He watched as F-Ryoko got near Washu and thought that to mess with her by sneaky going to next to Washu. The pink haired scientist doesn't seem to be aware of what is going on behind her. CNaruto watched the door open to show Tenchi walked in and told Washu that dinner was ready then looked up at F-Ryoko to see her blushing while she was ready to grab Washu.
"It's so late already," said Washu as she looked over at Tenchi before looking at F-Ryoko, "and what do you want little Ryoko?"
"Oh..uh..um," said F-Ryoko as she tries to think of an excuse, "I just thought that you might need me for something."
"Oh all right," said Washu as she makes three more screens with data appear next to her computer, "put this and this and this data input in for me."
"Meow," meowed CNaruto as he's still a kitten and getting Washu and F-Ryoko's attention.
"Aww, how did a cutie like you get in here," asked Washu as she picked him up.
"Where did that creature come from," thought the confused F-Ryoko before doing what Washu wants her to do.
-Timeskip: After dinner, Naruto's room-
"Ok the sound barrier seals is up and active," said Jiraiya as he joined Naruto, Tomo, Yamato, and Ino with the cat clone Naruto in her arms.
"Does that mean no one can hear us in here," asked Tomo as he looked at Jiraiya and saw him nod, "cool"
"Alright let get started," said Yamato as everyone looked at the cat clone Naruto, "what did you find out?"
"Well it seemed like Ryoko that is in the house is a fake," answered CC-Naruto (Cat clone Naruto).
"How do you know that," asked a confused Tomo.
"The real Ryoko doesn't blush or freeze up when around Tenchi," answered CC-Naruto, "plus she normally drinks sake before dinner."
"Is there anything else you found out," asked Jiraiya as he knows that there got to be more.
"It seems like that fake is targeting Washu," answered CC-Naruto as he yawns, "it almost seems like her mission is to kidnap her."
Naruto dispelled his clone so that he can get all its memory. Tomo looked at Jiraiya if he could learn the clone jutsu with the toad sage laughing and saying when he gets more chakra for it. Tomo pouted at that while Yamato tries to figure out what's the fake's true identity is. Ino is confused as to why the fake would blush like that around Tenchi if this is the first time seeing him. Naruto was thumped by that fact as well before realizing that he was like he was back on planet Elem and could be in an outer space answer. Naruto told everyone that he would go and look at Washu's computer to see if there is some answer to what the identity would be. Yamato nodded at that since they won't be able to figure it out from their point of view and have a better chance of looking at Washu's case.
Jiraiya deactivated the seals and got up and processed to go into his, Yamato, and now Tomo's room while dragging the pouting Tomo as the youngest complained about having to room with an old fart and a wood grower. This earned him two lumps in the head from the two guys he just insulted as Ino left to go take a bath with Sasami and Ayeka. Naruto got up and went to Washu's lab and tried to be quiet about it so that Washu wouldn't know about it.
-Location change, Washu's lab-
"Alright, it seemed that Washu went to the baths," thought Naruto as he went to the cushion that Washu is always sitting on.
Naruto sat down and brought up Washu's computer so that he can look up the information. He started off being careful as he's not used to anything like this before since Washu very rarely taught him how to use her computer. Naruto just hopes that Ino can stall Washu in the baths long enough until he can find the information he's looking for. Naruto soon found out that it's going to be more difficult since be can't really understand the language that would appear on the screen. He was getting very frustrated about all of this and didn't notice someone had come in and is now standing behind him.
"Grr, why can't this be in Japanese," growled Naruto as he grabs his hair and starts pulling his hair out.
"You could change the language setting," said the person behind Naruto.
"Oh really," asked Naruto before doing just that and watch the language turn to the one he can read, "wow that'll help a lot thanks."
"No problem Naruto," said the person that now sounds very familiar, "but what are you looking for on my computer?"
Naruto soon turned stiff before slowly turning toward the person behind him, only to see that the person is none other that Washu herself while smiling at him. Naruto soon screamed and fell off the cushion. When he fell off the cushion, he somehow hit his head on the ground and was knocked out from the hit. Washu blinked at him before smiling as she can now do that experiment on Naruto that she always wanted. She picked grabbed his arms and dragged his unconscious body deeper into her lab while humming a tone as she drags him.
-Timeskip: Next day, lunchtime-
"Uh ow why does it feel like my head was just been punched by granny-Tsunade," asked a now awake Naruto as he sits up and hold his head, "or been through a couple of rounds of being Sakura-chan's punching bag?"
"Oh good you're awake," said Washu's voice nearby.
Naruto blinked his eyes and examined his surrounds as he last remembered that he was in Washu's lab. Naruto soon realized that he's in the same part of the lab where he and Washu experimented on Jiraiya. He started to feel the worse as he checked his body and feel along his head before sighing in relief as there is nothing that indicates that Washu didn't anything. That was until he finally noticed that he's only in his boxers that he start fearing what the scientist did to him and looked to his right to see Washu in her regular clothes.
"Little Washu what did you do to me," asked a nervous Naruto.
"Hmm, do you really want me to answer," asked Washu as she smiled, "or do you want Kurama to tell you?"
"I much rather hear it from the horse's mouth," answered Naruto with a deadpanned tone.
"Well, then I didn't do much," said Washu as she watched breath in relief, "I just attached a special undetectable and indestructible chip to your brain so that you can now fully understand what I teach you."
"...WHAT?!"
Washu nervously chuckled as Naruto growled at her for doing something without his permission. It wasn't long before Washu started running away from an angry Naruto that is on her heel. Naruto fully forgot that he's still wearing his boxers as she chased Washu around her lab. Washu finally ran out of her lab and saw everyone is already sitting at that everyone except for Tenchi is sitting at the table for lunch and quickly hid behind Jiraiya. Everyone was confused as to why Washu just ran out of her lab before seeing a boxer-clad Naruto running out like a mad bull. Sasami and Ino blushed up a storm at seeing Naruto just in his boxers Ayeka yelled at Naruto for being indecent in front of women. However, Naruto seemed to ignore Ayeka's yelling as he scanned the room.
"Where is Washu," asked the angry Naruto he looked at everyone at the table.
"What did Washu do this time Naruto," asked Yamato.
"SHE PUT A DAMN CHIP INTO MY HEAD," yelled Naruto as he didn't care that F-Ryoko knows.
"In my defense," said Washu from behind Jiraiya, "I wanted to make you almost as smart as me."
"NEXT TIME ASK ME BEFORE YOU DO IT," yelled Naruto before going back to Washu's lab to get his clothes on.
"Well, this explained where Naruto was during the night and morning," said Yamato as Washu moved to her spot.
-Timeskip: Two hours later-
"Damn that Washu," mumbled Naruto as he tapped away at Washu's computer with a language that he can read, "putting a chip into my head."
"At least its only a chip," said Kurama as he appears on a screen next to the computer screen, "she could have made part of your brain a computer."
"She could have asked me first," said Naruto continued his search.
It took an hour for Naruto so calm down from being mad at Washu. That was also the same amount of time for Naruto to eat lunch but he did notice that Sasami and Ino wouldn't look straight at him for the duration of the meal. Jiraiya had Naruto and Ino stay to keep an eye on F-Ryoko under a disguised as a day off from training. Jiraiya and Yamato took Tomo to the training ground. Ino decided to wait in the baths since she would have to come in at some point while Naruto went into Washu's lab to do research. Naruto has been looking for an hour since Washu had left to take a quick bath.
"Come on I keep thing back to what kind of being can't control their emotions," said Naruto as he is getting frustrated.
"Gaki what if it's not a being you should be looking for," said Kurama as he looks at his container.
"Wait, that's it thanks Kurama," said Naruto as he started to type away at the computer.
"Should I be worried that you're almost becoming like Washu," asked Kurama as he watched Naruto typing.
"I won't do anything without someone's permission Kurama," answered Naruto as he stopped at what he was looking for, "that also includes making people guinea pigs."
Kurama moved to look over Naruto's shoulder to also read. Naruto was reading up a person name Clay as he tried to compete against Washu but always failed to do so. He also found information about Clay having a machine that can copy data on a being and become that person. Naruto did have to sweatdrop as there also seem to be info about Clay having a mark of some kind place on some things to show that they are his. Naruto then checked over some of Washu's notes from when she did the lifeform data check and found that there was some info that F-Ryoko was really a fake.
"So Washu knew that she was a fake," said Naruto as he makes Washu's computer disappear, "but didn't reveal her just to not avoid her becoming desperate."
"That makes senses for Washu to do that," said Kurama, "but I have a feeling that this Clay guy won't wait long for her to get Washu."
"Then we'll just have to trick them at the right time," said Naruto as he starts to grin as he has a prank in mind.
"Don't get ahead of yourself brat," said Kurama as he deflates Naruto's head, "after all you still need to find out if she really is sent by that Clay."
"I'm sure Ino will be able to tell us," said Naruto before making his way out of Washu's lab.
Naruto walked out of Washu's lab and headed to his room for a quick nap since he still feels his head hurting. Naruto wouldn't tell Kurama some hidden notes about Washu that he found and read quickly so he wouldn't know. Naruto was already thing up a plan in case it really is Clay's doing as he made it to his room. However, when he opened his door to go to sleep, Naruto found Ino sitting on his bed looking at him. Naruto sighed and walked into his room and closed the door before going to his desk to get his chair so he can sit down in front of Ino.
"I guess the fake went to the baths," asked Naruto as he looked at Ino who refuse to look at Naruto.
"Yeah, she did with Washu," answered Ino while looking anyway but him, "how is your head Naruto?"
"It still hurt but I think I'll manage after we tell each other what we found," answered Naruto sighing, "did you leave Washu with her?"
"Yeah, but only after she managed to trick the fake Ryoko into washing the toilet," answered Ino as she giggled at that.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh at that himself since they both know that it's Washu's turn today. After the two were done laughing, Ino told Naruto that she found look like a mark one the F-Ryoko's left butt cheek. Naruto couldn't help but blush lightly at that before shaking his head and asked Ino what the mark looked like. She told him the exact mark that he has found on Clay. Naruto quickly made a clone and had it secretly go to Jiraiya and Yamato to relay everything to them. Naruto filled Ino in on what he found from looking through Washu's computer. Naruto also told her the plan he has in mind as he's sure that Washu will confront the fake tonight. The spiky blond trust his clone to tell Jiraiya and Yamato his plan.
-Timeskip: That night-
During the time that Naruto told his plan to the others, Ino acts out everything she did during her day off. Naruto had taken a nap so that Kurama can take care of the headache of his. Naruto did wake up in time for dinner and joined everyone to eat Sasami's cooking. After everyone finished eating, all the shinobi including Tomo went to Naruto's room to make a plan since Jiraiya and Yamato completely rejected the spiky blond's plan. Jiraiya told everyone that he, Ino, and Naruto would be downstairs using the shadows to hide and wait for the fake to make her move to capture Washu. Tomo had to ask Jiraiya what he and Yamato going to do; the toad sage told him that he and Yamato will be sleeping. Before Tomo could complain, Yamato knocked him out with a quick chop to the neck. Naruto made a clone to sleep in his bed while he turned into a black cat so that he can hide in the shadows.
Jiraiya, Ino, and Naruto managed to sneak downstairs without F-Ryoko noticing them at all. Naruto position himself under the table thanks to turning into a cat, Ino hides inside the kitchen, while Jiraiya hides by the stairs under a genjutsu to blend in. Naruto and Jiraiya watched as Washu walked out of her lab and processed to go upstairs without noticing Jiraiya's genjutsu. All three could hear Washu's voice from upstairs before hearing what sound like someone jumping down the stairs. Ino opened the door to the kitchen a little bit and just in time to see F-Ryoko appear on the wooden beams with what seem to be Washu in her arms. That was until Washu somehow appeared across from her leaning against the wall. The Washu in F-Ryoko's out arms turns out to be doll version of her, Jiraiya was amused by that tactic since Washu somehow did a substitution.
"Are you going to bring that little dolly to Dr. Clay," asked Washu in a cutesy tone.
"If you are bringing that dolly to that Dr. Clay fellow," said Jiraiya's voice getting a shocked expression from F-Ryoko, "then you can't forget to put a bow on it."
"I agree with that," said Naruto's voice next before be and appearing on the right of F-Ryoko, "but I didn't think a guy like him would be interested in something like a doll."
Jiraiya soon appeared on the far back of F-Ryoko while she confused as to how the toad sage and Naruto know about Dr. Clay. Naruto smiled a foxy grin at the confused F-Ryoko and asked her if she's confused as to how he and Jiraiya know about Dr. Clay. Jiraiya simply said that gathering information is part of being a shinobi with a grin before getting serious. F-Ryoko growled as it seemed that Washu and the people from planet Elem figured out that she isn't the real Ryoko. Before she could make a break for Washu, she was stopped by hearing Ayeka's voice telling her to stop.
Ayeka stepped out and her log guardians appeared behind her as she commanded F-Ryoko to stop the violence. The Jurian princess continued to talk in a commanding tone before F-Ryoko lifts her left hand toward Ayeka and sent an unforeseen force to send the guardians flying backward. The two crashed into the wall that is next to Ayeka, Sasami, and Ino's room. F-Ryoko threatens Ayeka that if she doesn't anything, then she would kill her. That was before the situation took a confusing turn when Tenchi walked down from the third floor of the house. F-Ryoko tried to think up an excuse to tell Tenchi as what he is seeing isn't really what he think. When Tenchi took a step forward, Ayeka stopped him from going closer to F-Ryoko by going to him and hold him. This made things more confusing as F-Ryoko started to saying Tenchi's name over and over while tears leaked out before phasing out of the house.
"So, are we going after her Washu," asked Naruto as he looked over at Washu with a sleepy Ryo-Ohki in her hand, "how did you get Ryo-Ohki so quickly?"
"Oh I had her hidden in my clothes," said a smiling Washu as she gets a faint blush in the whiskered blond, "and we're going after her."
"Oh dear," said Ayeka as she gets Washu, Naruto, and Jiraiya's attention, "here we go again."
It was soon that Ayeka and Washu started to pick on Ryoko by comparing her with the copy while leaving Tenchi confused. Washu looked at the kitchen and asked if Ino also coming with them. Ino walked out of her hiding place and nervously laughed as to being found by Washu.
-Location change: Outer Space, Ryo-Ohki's ship interior-
"Did you just say that wasn't the real Ryoko," asked a shocked Tenchi.
We find Tenchi, Ayeka, Naruto, Ino, Jiraiya, and Washu inside Ryo-Ohki's ship form. Ayeka and Tenchi are dressed in their day clothes while Jiraiya and Ino are in their shinobi attire. Naruto had on his training clothes with his chuunin vest on while Washu is dressed in what looks like a flight attendance without the skirt and pants on. Jiraiya, Ino, and Naruto were looking around the interior and outside. This is the first time that the three shinobis are traveling on a spaceship and being in space. Washu is sitting in the captain chair while answering Tenchi's questions about the real Ryoko's location and well-being.
Everyone's attention was turned to a screen that Washu and Ryo-Ohki are using to track Ryoko. That was before Ryo-Ohki sensed an energy signature nearby coming from a battle. Washu had Ryo-Ohki zoomed on that location to see an image of a big spacecraft trying to shooting at something. They soon heard a familiar voice coming from that same location.
"It's Mihoshi," pointed out Tenchi as he keeps looking at the screen.
"Yes, I wonder how she managed to get there," said a confused Ayeka.
"She's a genius," said Washu as she closed her eyes and smiled a little, "I swear it."
"Well, at least we didn't have to look for Clay's ship for long," said Naruto as he sweatdropped at this.
Ino awkwardly laughed at this as Mihoshi somehow beat them to the ship and is now trying not get blown to bits. That was before Tenchi said that if it's where Ryoko is being kept then they should be storming the place with Naruto agreeing with him. Jiraiya shook his head as his student still think that way when it comes saving people that are close to him. Washu brought up a keyboard of some kind and started to type away at it trying to pinpoint Dr. Clay's exact location on the ship. It didn't help that Mihoshi is still being shot at and Tenchi telling Washu to hurry. It wasn't long for Mihoshi to start losing control of her ship while avoiding being shot that she crashed somewhere on Clay's ship. That was also when Washu found Clay's location. She was going to look at Tenchi that she found where Clay is located on the ship before seeing him and Ayeka are gone.
"Tenchi and Ayeka went to save Mihoshi after she crashed landed," said Jiraiya as he gets Washu's attention, "they also took Naruto with them."
"Well that explains where they went," said Washu before realizing that Jiraiya and Ino are still with her, "how come you two didn't go with them?"
"We don't have the same thing you made for Naruto," answered Ino as Washu nervously laughed, "but I do wish that Naruto and Tenchi thought things through first though.
"Same here," said both Jiraiya and Washu at the same time.
-Location change: Surface of Dr. Clay's ship, With Tenchi, Ayeka, and Naruto-
We find Tenchi, Ayeka, and Naruto on the surface of Clay's ship near where Mihoshi's ship crashed. The three of them were able to get there in a big crystal while changing into their battle suits. Naruto was surprised that all three of them are fine in space and able to walk on the ship's surface. Naruto is already planning to ask Washu about this when all of this is over. Naruto looked over at Tenchi and Ayeka as to see what to do besides finding Mihoshi.
"What do we do now Lord Tenchi," asked Ayeka as she looks Tenchi.
"Yeah, besides finding and saving Mihoshi," said Naruto as he too was looking at Tenchi.
Before Tenchi could answer what else he planned to do, all three of them heard Mihoshi's scream. They looked in the direction of where the scream came from and found Mihoshi in her orange and purple battle suit running from what appears to be little red octopus bots blasting at her. The three continued to watch this scene as Mihoshi started to shoot back and started to chase after them while wildly shooting at them.
"She looks fine I guess," said Tenchi as he and his companions sweatdrops.
"But I think we should get rid of them quickly and anything that shows up," said Naruto as he pulls out his gun, "and make our way inside to find Ryoko."
"Right," was all Tenchi said before all three of them went into action.
-Location change: Ship bridge-
This is where we find where Clay is hiding on his ship as he watched the fight go on a round screen. He tried to figure out why Washu is interested in Tenchi as a test subject instead of the spiky blond as he watched Naruto make a clone of himself help fight off his security bots. He started to chuckle as he thinks that they wouldn't be able to get to where he is. That was before he heard someone's voice coming from behind where he is sitting. He turned his chair around to find Washu standing a few feet from him and alone. Unknown to him, Jiraiya and Ino are hiding somewhere nearby and listening in on Washu and Clay's conversation.
"Gez, how old can this guy to be able to live for 20 thousand," whispered Jiraiya as he and Ino continued to listen from under the platform that Washu and Clay are on.
"I have a feeling that pretty soon Washu is going to mess with him," whispered Ino as she continued to listen to Clay talk.
The feeling that Ino got turned out to be true when Clay said that he wanted to bring Washu to somewhere so that someone could meet her. However, he couldn't finish as Washu was instantly next to him and saying that Clay was interested in little girls. Jiraiya had to hold onto Ino's waist as she was having trouble trying to not laugh while sticking upside down using her chakra. Jiraiya had a better time not laughing as Washu continued to mess with Clay as she added parts of him taking her to some club where he would take advantage of her young body. At least they had it better then Ryoko, who Clay brought into the room above them before all this mess that Washu started. Ryoko had to watch everything that Washu is doing.
Clay quickly rejected all of what Washu just said before insulting her about the size of her chest. That was when Jiraiya finally let go of Ino's waist as she had everything under control after hearing Clay's insulting Washu and raised a fist at that in anger. Before Washu could do anything drastic, Clay quickly told her that he much rather see someone named Tokimi. This seemed to have confused Washu as she tries to recall who Tokimi was and processed to try to get Clay to tell her. Something inside Jiraiya's mind was telling him that Washu knows who Tokimi is but not letting it be known.
-Location Change: Somewhere in Clay's ship-
"How big can this place be," asked Naruto as he runs with Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi.
The four of them had managed to get into Clay's ship and are trying to find where Ryoko being held while not knowing that she's where Washu, Jiraiya, and Ino are at. They finally ran into a hallway trying to figure out which way to go. That was before Ayeka pointed out that they had passed through there before. Tenchi was confused by that before hearing Mihoshi down the hall. Ayeka and Tenchi looked at Mihoshi as she points at the right path of a fork in the hallway. While all this was going on Naruto was for once started to use his brain as he was also sure that they went by her before. Naruto snapped out of it when Tenchi placed his hand on his left shoulder to get his attention. Tenchi told him that they were going down the path that Mihoshi pointed at. Naruto told them to go on ahead of him and said that he'll catch up to them. Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi hesitated for a second before nodded and went down the right path.
When they went down the right path, Naruto quickly made a clone and had it go down the other path to test something out. Naruto soon went the wall and leaned on it as he looked down the hall that he, Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi had run out of. Naruto had already had two things going through his head as he tests out two things to see which one is right. He didn't have to wait long as he can hear people running down the hall and he could see Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi coming toward him. When they finally reached him, they were very confused to see him since they were sure that he was far behind them.
"See, I told you I'll catch up to you guys," said Naruto as he smiled and waved his hand.
"Huh, wait whats going on here," asked a confused Ayeka try to figure out what is going on.
That was before they soon started to hear rumbling sound around them before seeing parts of the hall started to close up. This surprised them then as it left them less time to quickly escape all the ways out closed off. They were too late as the last way out was closed off, leaving them trapped in that one section. Mihoshi started to try to compare the ship's structure to the GXP academy's structure but was stopped by Naruto that they fell for one of Clay's traps. Mihoshi smiled nervously and laughed awkwardly as Naruto was able to tell that where she was thinking of. Naruto sighed before going to each the closed off passages and tap on the metal barrage.
"Naruto what are you doing," asked Mihoshi as she watched the spiky blond.
"I'm checking to see how thick these doors are," answered Naruto as he walked toward the next closed off section.
"I hope you're not planning on blasting those things open in this closed off space," asked Ayeka as she worried that he would do that.
"I wouldn't say blast them open," answered Naruto as he smiled at Ayeka, "more like bust them open."
-Back with Washu, Jiraiya, and Ino-
Jiraiya and Ino continued to stay hidden underneath Washu and Clay. Clay had Washu sit in a chair so that she can get conformable while telling him how she was able to get to him. Washu explained to him that he has a bad habit of marking all of his favorite things with his logo. Washu continued to explain that was how she knew that he was in the statue's head. To put more salt into the wound, Washu had somehow got a hold of one of his favorite things with a blue logo and is casually tossing it in one hand. It wasn't until Clay went over to a device that is disguised as a vase that is now open to show a panel and started to threaten to give it back to him or he'll hurt Ryoko, Naruto, Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi.
It didn't help that Washu missed caught it and made Clay panic as it falls toward the ground. But Washu seemed to have caught it before it hit the floor while Clay was relief that it didn't break, Washu didn't put him at ease with a devilish grin on her face. Taking as Washu has something that is his favorite thing, Clay moved away from the panel. It wasn't long that the panel started to move down and it's over started to close up. Clay soon smirked while the over completely closed up with four green small spheres lit up that made the chair that Washu was sitting to turn into a green slime like thing and caught her. As soon as the green slime substance encased Washu completely, Clay walked toward her so that he can retrieve what was his from her. When he went to grab it, he was stopped by an energy sword on his left. Clay turned toward where the sword is coming from to find Washu being the one holding it.
"Washu," growled Clay as he looked at her and back at the green slime substance to find a doll with a ribbon on it.
"I didn't forget to put the ribbon on it," said Washu with a smirked on her face.
Washu continued to hold the sword to Clay's face and started to move it while forcing him to step back. She was about to release Ryoko and get the people that are trapped before something or someone shot at the sword, make it disputed. The shot also cost Clay to step back quickly and into his chair. Both Clay and Washu looked toward where the shot was from to find F-Ryoko standing at the bridge platform pointing her palm at Washu. Clay chuckled and called F-Ryoko as Zero and snapped his fingers to make more of those green substance surround Washu and stopped just before her head. He got out of his chair and was about to go and take his vase back before hearing Zero tell him that he can't move either.
He was shocked that Zero, his creation would rebel him but thought that the memories of Ryoko's was making her to not think right. He tried to reason with her while saying that he would take away the memories of her. However, this didn't sit well with her as she shot a warning near Clay's feet before telling him that she doesn't the memories to be erased and want to live as Ryoko. This didn't sit well with Clay as he doesn't like his creation betraying him and soon called Zero a puppet that he made. Zero disagreed and told him that she isn't his puppet and that she is Ryoko. Unknown to them, Jiraiya moved from his hiding place and clocked himself with a genjutsu and got close to Clay as he was arguing with Zero. Jiraiya took off a gold ring with a tiny blue logo on it off of Clay's hand before the unsuspected man pulled up his hand to do something.
When nothing happened at all, Clay looked at his hand to see that the ring that controls Zero is missing and wondered how it just disappeared. He didn't have to figure it out for long before hearing someone else's voice over to where his chair is. Clay and Zero quickly looked over to the doctor's chair to find Jiraiya sitting there looking at the ring that he stole from him. Unknown to Washu, Jiraiya had Ino go back to Ryo-Ohki just in case Clay try to anything.
"Wha," said the shocked Dr. Clay as he looked at Jiraiya, "w-who the hell are you and where did you come from?"
"Wait, Jiraiya," said the shocked Zero at seeing the toad sage.
"Yep that me Zero," said Jiraiya as he smiled and pocketed the ring, "as for where I came from, I been here the from when Washu showed herself to you."
"I-Impossible there isn't a place where you could have hid in here," said the angry Clay.
"But there is a place where you wouldn't notice me," said Jiraiya as he smiled and pointed down, "I was right under your nose and before you blow a blood vein it is possible for an Elemian like me to do."
"W-Wait, you're from Planet Elem," asked the now shocked and slightly frighten Clay as he's now facing an unknown factor.
Even Clay knows that there is very little information about that planet and the race that populate it. But Clay is more worried now that he doesn't have the ring to stop or hurt Zero at all since Jiraiya had stolen it from him that left him. It also didn't help that Zero grabbed him and throw him across the bridge as Jiraiya had gotten up and went to free Washu from her prison. Clay tried to recover and went to look at Zero, who by now has his chair lifted above her head and growled at him. Clay soon got frightened and was able to avoid being crashed into his chair when Zero throws it at him. Things didn't look too good for Clay as Jiraiya and Washu joined Zero to gang up and the doctor as he slowly stepped back toward a statue with no arms and tilted head.
When he was close to the statue, Clay hit the head of the statue down and watched the head turned counter-clockwise then pop back up, along with the eyes glowing yellow. Washu, Jiraiya, and Zero were about to grab him when they all felt the ship start to shake. They looked at Clay who was smirking at them as a big round screen appears on the left of them to show that the statue part of the ship is separating from the main body. Clay soon explained to them that as soon as the statue completely separated from the main body, that the main body's reactor would make it shrink and then explode. This made all three angry and was about to take a step forward to him but was stopped when Clay said that the panel to stop the reactor is in the statue behind them.
Washu growled at Clay before turning around and going to the statue while Jiraiya had to stop Zero from trying to phase out and try to rescue Tenchi. While all this happened, Clay took this chance to get his favorite vase before making his escape.
-Timeskip: A few minutes later-
"Aww man, I thought I was really was going to die," said Naruto as he breathed in relief.
"You got so lucky there Naruto," said Ino as she looked at Naruto.
We found everyone on the bridge after all that mess that Clay put them through. The main body of the ship shrunk on Naruto, Tenchi, Ayeka, and Mihoshi before exploding into a black hole. Naruto thought that he really was going to die before founding himself inside a blue sphere with a passed out Mioshi and Ayeka. He also saw that Tenchi was also with them but in different clothes and looked outside the sphere to see what Washu told him and everyone as light hark wings. Three to be exactly as it seems that Tenchi is taking them out of the black hole and went toward the statue part of the ship while missing a smaller ship trying to get away. That ship was being piloted by Clay as he tries to make his escape. Keyword being tries since Ryo-Ohki and Ino cut him off and processed to capture him.
Everyone met up at the statue where they waited for Mihoshi and Ayeka to wake up with Clay being trapped in what seems to be a block of ice. When the two ladies waked they were filled in on everything before Mihoshi had to leave to take Clay to GXP headquarters. Washu gives her something in a gift box said to keep her busy on her travel. Mihoshi seemed to understand what Washu mean and promised to return it to the proper owner, that was before she fell and broke whatever was inside it. It's a good thing that Washu had put a tube of glue inside the box so that Mihoshi can fix it.
"Now that Clay is taken care of," said Jiraiya as he looked at the trapped Ryoko trying to get out and toward Zero who is close to Tenchi, "what do we do with two Ryokos?"
"Yeah, we really can't have two Ryokos moving about Washu," said Naruto as he tries to ignore the naked Ryoko.
Washu smiled and explained that she was going combined the two together into one unit. Washu explained that she originally split Ryoko into two since she couldn't control a complete unit before. Soon it looked like Ryoko and Washu started to talk to each other through a mental link like Naruto and Kurama. Ino seemed to be very interested in this since it almost seems similar to what her father and her family do to contact people from far away. This also helps people have a private talk without people overhearing what is being said. It did take a few minutes before what seems to be Washu and Ryoko coming to an agreement of sometime before the pink hair scientist went to combine the two together to become one.
