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A/N: This story takes place after the Sasuke retrieval arc and after the events of Metroid Prime.
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Thank you to Helcion Pheonix, Shining Pheonix, g 52 goodman, BOM333, Super Goat Grl and PerrinUzumaki for reviewing!!I really appreciate your comments. As for Ridley's position of 'leader'…I did some research (through the games and online) and found that Ridley is simply a high-ranking officer (like general), but not the leader. The Space Pirate HQ will come into play later in the story, but as far as Samus's comment from the last chapter, let's just say she paraphrased for 'leader of the SP army' which is a position I think he holds. Nice Catch. Thanks again!!
Also, Sorry for the late late late update. My life went hectic and is finally settling down. Also, I'm working with Dail-up and cursed Parental Controls that conveniently blocks my logging on, but THAT IS NO EXCUSE!!! I WILL KEEP ON UPDATING, EVEN IF IT MEANS KILLING MYSELF!!!!!! (Ok, maybe not that…) So, Anyway there may be a few grammar errors, so bear with me. I did the best I could.
Warning: Language in this chapter is slightly more sailor (worse); you have been warned.
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Blood of the Chozo
VI: Reinforcements
-Naruto-
I get back on my feet as fast as I can. I see Samus firing like crazy at the beast. He had just pushed us away from Ridley's first attack, once again saving my life. The Dragon doesn't even seem to care about me, as all of his ferocious attacks are focused on Samus. Samus deftly dodges each attack and fires round after round of energy shots. These shots don't seem to do much damage though, as Ridley doesn't even slow down when hit.
I finally notice why; his body is armored…but the armor seemed flexible as well, judging by the speed of its attacks.
Suddenly, four missiles come out of the thing's back and fly toward Samus. He fires a few plasma shots into the air. Halfway through their flight, the missiles redirect toward the shots, eventually running into them and blowing up. How did he know they'd do that?
Ridley charges at Samus as the missiles explode. Samus leaps into the air, firing a combination of a charged shot and a missile. That actually phased Ridley for a second, but it still didn't do any damage! What can stop this guy? Ridley takes to the skies as Samus lands on a tree branch. He jumps just as Ridley chops the tree in half.
Now Ridley is right above Samus in mid-air. He swipes a claw but it doesn't hit; Samus had quickly converted into the ball from earlier. I see the same beeping bomb come out and lodge itself in a chink in Ridley's armor, between its chest and shoulder. He then reverts back and jumps off of Ridley toward the ground before it can strike back. Ridley tries to catch up to Samus.
BOOM!!
I feel the burst of wind rush past me as a cloud of smoke shields my vision. I see Ridley fall to the ground, and for the smallest fraction of a second, I thought Samus had won. As the smoke clears, Ridley gets back upright without much trouble, the attack only catching it by surprise if anything.
Ridley stands menacingly still, moving his head ever so slightly. Samus was nowhere to be found. Ridley seemed to chuckle.
"Hiding, are we? That's unlike you Samus…" It said in a deep, growling, extremely unpleasant voice, but otherwise clear speech. "You should know by now…not to hide from ME!!" At the end of this sentence, a stream of plasma erupted out of its mouth. Ridley turned 360 degrees, incinerating all the trees in the immediate area. Thankfully, I was far enough away not to get fried.
Before I could even worry about if Samus survived the attack or not, he lands in front of Ridley and fires another combination shot. Ridley charges yet again, and I notice that the fight is moving closer to my position, so I jump a few wary yards back.
Samus fires another few shots, and was driving Ridley back! At least that was what I thought, if I had been paying more attention I would've seen the things it was dropping while stepping back. Then it stopped…and grinned.
Five pillars of plasma erupted from the ground, surrounding Samus. I could see him about to jump when a falling, spinning plasma disk closed off that route. That left only one opening; and Ridley charged claw-first to block that entrance, primed to skewer Samus in the process. Myself and some clones were already trying to make it there to help him in time…but I knew we wouldn't make it.
The next moment I see Samus twirl out of the burning trap, only grazing by Ridley's claw to escape. And by 'grazing', I mean completely ripping through the side of his armor. Ridley then swats him into a nearby tree. He wasn't getting up. I finally notice…the blood gushing out of his left side. Ridley is closing in, I have to DO something!!
-Samus-
I scream at my body to move as Ridley steps closer, but nothing's responding. Could this actually be the end?
"Your head will make a fine trophy…" Ridley says; drawing back his claw for the final blow.
"NO WAY!!" I hear Naruto say as he jumps between me and Ridley. Ridley doesn't hesitate to skewer him and toss him aside…only when he stabbed, Naruto turned into smoke…what?
"What?!" Ridley voices my thoughts. He looks around to find Naruto, still not turning away from me. "Is that all? Pathetic…"
Naruto appears right in front of Ridley, "I'll show YOU pathetic!!" with a swirling blue orb in his hand, "RASENGAN!!" which he thrust at Ridley's chest. After a second of impact, Ridley is thrown back several yards, but still manages to stay on his feet.
"Interesting…but otherwise useless." Ridley taunts. I almost wish Naruto had just stayed out of this fight…I can only hope that he doesn't die.
-Dr. Burish-
There…all done.
I step over the shell of a Space Pirate to get to the screen in the front of the windshield. I push a few buttons, I have to speak…with him.
The screen flickers to life, showing a figure in orange and red slumped against a tree, and another orange figure who I know all too well…Naruto. I must be seeing what Ridley is seeing.
"What do you want Burish?" Ridley asks in the Space Pirate tongue.
"I simply want to recommend that you don't kill the boy in front of you." I state emotionlessly, it's my trademark…
"And why not?"
"Out of all the power sources we had, that boy had more energy then most of them combined. With him alive, we can bring him to Zebes and continue experimentation without the interference of the natives here."
"Again, Why?" Ridley is getting impatient…
"Space Pirate HQ shows interest in that boy and his potential. Kill him and you loose favor, capture him and you gain it, simple as that." Ridley growls.
"It seems that they have taken a liking to your species as of late, Burish…first you and now this kid. If it wasn't for their constant 'commands', I would've killed you on sight…now I have to let this kid live too? GAH! They're seriously cramping my style…"
"I'll pick him up when you're done, Burish out."
"Screw you."
He's so pleasant…
I open the window and jump out; don't need the others to see me…
-Tsunade-
Turns out that Gaara didn't like the Pirate's hospitality…he had broken out of his…container, just before we entered the room where he was being held. However, Gaara fell unconscious when Neji and I got to him; Soldier Pills wouldn't work here. After picking him up, Neji led the way out, no problem.
The problems started as soon as we ran out of the Pirate base.
"Report!" I hear Shikamaru in my ear. Sounds like he just finished fighting more Space Pirates. I hear the Snake in my ear, didn't know this was an open connection…
"Seems Jiraiya can't handle the bugs by himself, and now I've been dragged into this. They have us surrounded."
"Yeah, but if you had just listened to me in the first place, you wouldn't be stuck with me! How's that for irony?!" Jiraiya butts in, I swear he sounds just like Naruto…
"The me helping you part or the me not listening to you part?" Orichimaru stabs back. I hear Shikamaru's groan,
"How troublesome…"
"The Rescue is a success. Every ninja is out of the base, save for Kakashi and Guy. It sounds like more ninja are needed with the Snake and Perv."
"Send Neji and Sasuke over to help, otherwise continue with the plan."
"We'll be over shortly, we're almost done here." Kakashi adds.
"Good, let's finish this. Shikamaru out." I tell Neji his orders and he dashes off.
That's when I hear a roar…
-Samus-
Naruto sends in clones from all around, trying to get a hit off on Ridley. He simply roars and slices at any that get close.
"Is this the best you can do?!! This is CHILD'S PLAY!!" I hear a tree bend and begin to fall. Ridley turns to see a tree about to land on him, but he doesn't have to dodge. He grabs the tree and flings it back to where it came, knocking a few more clones out in the process. Ridley 'smiles', if you could call it that; the Naruto's are gone. All of them were clones.
"Where are you?" He unleashes a blast of plasma in his search. Ridley prepares to take flight when several Naruto appear under him.
"RIGHT HERE!! NA-" Ridley is kicked into the air, "RU-" again, "TO-" and again. A Naruto appears in the air above him, ready to kick him back down. "UZUMAAAhhhhh."
Ridley catches his leg and throws him back down to the ground instead. A small crater forms from the impact…and I still can't move!!
-Naruto-
"Grrr, I've hit him with everything! Kunai, Shadow clones, Taijutsu, even the Rasengan didn't work! If I'm even going to put a scratch on this guy, I need more power!"
I call on the fox to give me chakra…
Nothing happens.
I call again, watching the world around me in slow motion, particularly Ridley about to land on me…
Nothing.
What is wrong?!
"Your bird friend is really annoying. Get him out of your head so I can save your miserable hide!"
I find myself outside of his cage in my mind…
"Nice to see you well, Naruto." States White Eagle. I would be happy to see him under any other circumstance.
"Do you know what Ridley is about to do to me? You need to get out so I can get to the fox!!" White Eagle slight smirk from before vanishes for a serious look.
"I am here to warn you--"
"I don't have time for th--"
"YOU WILL MAKE TIME FOOLISH YOUNG CHOZO!" He suddenly seemed a lot more intimidating…he continued. "You cannot defeat evil with evil; using this demon's power in the way you plan will only backfire."
"But I was only planning on using enough to beat Ridley."
"Yes, those are your motives; but you forget that there are two minds that decide how much power is given."
"Huh?"
"This demon is shrewd, do not let him trick you out of your own soul."
"I've used his power enough times to know that."
"or your mind…"
"It's fine, now please move to I can save myself." I walk past him to the cage, ready to take the foxes power. I still feel the Chozo's gaze on me.
"Fine, do as you will. Perhaps then you will see what I am talking about. And the consequences that your decision holds." As the red chakra wraps around me, he says, "remember, your goal is to keep him occupied; not to beat him."
"Wait, why can't I beat him?"
"You can't…"
I'm thrown back into the real world before I have a chance to press further. That guy needs to work on his pep talks. Of Course I can beat this guy! And I WILL!
-Samus-
Ridley smashes into the ground where Naruto was milliseconds earlier. But he dodged. I don't need a scanner to tell me that his body is surging with newfound energy. Ridley can see it too…I can't tell if he's pleased or annoyed.
A clone appears and forms his Rasengan.
"This again? You need more moves if you hope to beat me!" Ridley charges. Naruto dodges at the last moment and slams the Rasengan into his chin in a ferocious uppercut. Ridley is clearly stunned and is sent airborne as Naruto pulls out two kunai. They begin to glow red as Ridley spreads his wings and releases a roar,
"Now you've done it!! I don't care if HQ wants you alive. THERE WON"T BE ANYTHING LEFT WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU!!!" Ridley fires several heat-seekers and charges him.
Naruto forms clones and splits up. A few run into a missile to destroy it harmlessly, others let it chase them until they are close to Ridley, then let it detonate. Ridley lands, his missiles destroyed, his metallic skin losing it's sheen. Naruto attacks, diving through one of Ridley's wings. Naruto lands, turns, and strikes again, slicing through Ridley's wings like paper. Ridley is too stunned to keep up and I'm too stunned to try and even move…
He's damaging Ridley…that is not easy to do. However, Naruto better stop his attack before…
"ENOUGH!" Ridley slams a claw into Naruto, pinning him to the ground. "Nice try." He drags his claw back, tearing through the ground and Naruto, before throwing him. Four huge gashes form on Naruto's torso as he flies straight through five trees, eventually slamming into the hull of the pirate base. My scanners showed that he fell unconscious AFTER hitting the wall.
Ridley readies himself to finish him off. I aim my cannon at his back…I can't let Naruto die.
"You, BASTARD!" I hear a woman call. Ridley looks up before his head is slammed into the ground from a massive kick, followed by a second kick that nearly buries his head under ground. She grabs his horns, pulls him up and punches him back into the ground. She then kicks him back a good fifty feet, which is quite a feat considering how heavy Ridley is.
I finally get a good look at Naruto's savior.
…
You know, I had wondered how she had achieved the top position in their village, but now it makes perfect sense.
Tsunade stands between Ridley and Naruto ready to fight.
She looks reaaally pissed.
-Dr. Burish-
I watch Ridley get creamed by Tsunade…and I almost find myself smiling. I look down at Naruto. He had a few minutes at most to live. I must save him, or everyone will lose. I radio to Ridley,
"Mission Complete." I lift Naruto back to the cockpit. I stop the bleeding the only way I can at the moment, pressure and sedatives to slow the blood flow.
…
Hm…
Seems one of my pets has been spotted.
I don't have much time.
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Do you think it was wise to save him?
Of Course, He will see to it that The Chosen One is safe. His control of his emotions makes him the perfect candidate.
It is not HIS emotions I am worried about…
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Next Time: Captured! Identity Revealed!
A/N: Please review and give feedback, what do you think? This chapter took forever and I'm not even sure if I did it well. The two and a half month break from writing really didn't help. The last part is just something that I want you (the reader) to know, but noone in the story can really say. Also, I know Samus' true identity, but no one else in the story does, but they will soon!