"I own nothing!" I turn to Leon. "Okay, something's been really bugging me!" I punched the air. "I demand clarification!"
"Shoot." Leon said.
"Earlier you were fighting with a gunblade, how does that work? How does that not defy the laws of physics?"
"My sword shoots stuff."
"I saw, but how the heck does that even work?"
Disasré smirked, "Review."
-teehee-
"THE KEYS!" the duck and the dog shouted in union.
Naruto hastily got up, ready for anything, and asked in a threatening voice "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
The duck got up first, seeing as he was on the top of the pile, and turned to the blonde, obviously annoyed. "Who're you to talk to us that way, you…" the rest of what he said wasn't comprehendible due to the fact that whatever the duck said was a mix of quacking and yelling… but mostly quacking.
The dog… thing got up and looked down at Naruto, seeing as he was very tall. "Ahyuck… sorry 'bout that. The name's Goofy, captain of the royal guard and this is Donald Duck, the royal magician," he said holding down a now smoldering duck. "Nice tah meet'cha!"
Naruto fell to the ground, completely surprised. Okay, maybe he wasn't ready for anything. "Magic?" he sputtered out. By that time, Sora had snapped out of his daze and gotten up. He smiled at Donald and Goofy and pointed to himself. "My name's Sora and this is-!"
"Uzumaki Naruto," the blonde finished.
Goofy scratched his head. "That's a funny name… Uzumaki."
Naruto fumed at this, along with Donald. "No, you idiot! That's his last name! Just look at the way he's dressed!" At this both Naruto and Goofy looked at his orange jacket and pants.
"What's wrong with my clothes!" he yelled.
Donald just rolled his eyes. "He's obviously from another world. Probably a ninja, if the star says anything."
Naruto looked at his pouch, a throwing star was sticking out. But he glared at the duck anyways. "Shuriken," he said flatly. Jerk
Sora, feeling the tension in the air quickly broke it. "Yeah, well, as you can see, We're the keybearers. Naruto here is also the container of-," he broke off suddenly when he saw Naruto's pleading blue eyes. The Kyuubi host didn't want to share his secret just yet.
"Container of what?" Donald asked impatiently, eyeing the blonde with suspicion.
"… Of great skill!" Sora finished quickly, adding a grin he hoped was convincing.
The magician paused and glared at Naruto uncertainly. "Whatever," he muttered out. He'd have to keep an eye on the blonde brat. Something about him just wasn't right.
Naruto on the other hand, mentally sighed. The duck took the bait. But before anything else could be said, a series of large walls rose around them, blocking off any possible exit.
The group looked around in confusion. What was going on? It wasn't until a moment later that Naruto, with his heightened senses (due to ninja training and being the host of the Kyuubi) felt the unease you get right before a battle, followed closely by everyone else. Everyone quickly pulled out their weapon. Sora and Naruto held up the keyblades, a staff appeared in Donald's hand in a flash of light, Goofy took off the shield that was strapped to his back, and Naruto also got his chakra ready to put into hand seals lest he'd need to create jutsus.
No one was disappointed with their assumptions, for at that exact moment, a large heartless, made fully of armor that wasn't necessarily attached to it, jumped in front of them, making the ground quake underneath their feet.
They'd found the heartless boss.
-ke-chow!-
Everyone tensed as the giant heartless drew closer to the small group of four. Then, suddenly without warning, it attacked. Naruto brought his keyblade up to guard, while his new comrades did likewise.
Sora rushed the heartless, keyblade in hand, and did a series of hits and strikes. It was obvious that Sora was no stranger when it came to swordplay. Goofy threw his shield like a discus, leaving deep scratches against the heartless' armor before returning to its owner. A sudden shout at his side took Naruto's attention to the other two fighters. "THUNDER!" Just seconds after, lightning bolts rained down on their opponent.
It was at the moment that the blonde noticed something. Something very important. "HEY! I WANNA FIGHT, TOO!" He made a familiar hand seal and cried out, "Kage Bunshin Jutsu!" Four Narutos appeared and looked at the original expectantly, waiting for an order. "All right everyone! Basic procedure! Here we go!"
Two of the Naruto ran around to the other side of the heartless and ran for his legs, while the other two did the same on the opposite side, trying to kick their opponent in the air. The original Naruto jumped onto one of the clone's back and was airborne.
Donald and Goofy were speechless at the performance, but Sora, who had seen it already, hit the heartless again and again at his arm. If he could just get rid of the limbs, then it would be all the more easier to get to the head and finish it off. He looked up quickly to see Naruto coming down fast with his leg extended and a cocky grin plastered on his face.
Sora then noticed something that was different than last time he saw this move. The opponent wasn't in the air heading towards Naruto's expected kick and the clones had been hit when the big heartless swung his arms, making them disappear into puffs of smoke. Looking back up, Sora noticed that the blonde's smile was gone and replaced with a look on his face that just said, 'Oh crap' all over it. But unfortunately for the shinobi, he was falling too fast to change course and get out of the way.
Foot met head with a sickening bang. Naruto fell to the ground clutching his leg in pain, screaming out curses, which would have extremely comical if they weren't in the middle of a battle.
Naruto hissed in pain. "KUSO!"
'Just get up and fight, wimp!" a familiar voice growled in the back of his mind.
"Stupid kitsune," the ninja said, a little louder than before. Donald, being a bit closer to the blonde than anyone else, heard his peculiar statement, but shrugged it off for the moment. He had the other pressing matters.
With a little bit of Kyuubi's healing power, Naruto stood up. He was mad. Very mad. He grabbed a kunai out of his pouch and attached an exploding note to it. "Sora! Get out of the way!" he yelled.
Sora, seeing the boy wrap a piece of paper around his kunai, quickly complied. The blonde ninja threw the knife and hopped back. Donald and Goofy, seeing Sora jump away, followed his example, just seconds before the heartless blew apart, its armor in different parts of the battlefield.
"That was awesome Naruto!" Sora exclaimed. The blonde just grinned and rubbed his finger under his nose in response.
But the victory was short lived. As Sora, Donald, and Naruto started walking away, Goofy took a quick glance back to see all the damage. And that was when he saw it.
"Uh, guys?" he said tentatively, "We have a problem." The trio turned back to see what Goofy wanted and froze. The heartless had started to reassemble itself.
Sora looked at it with shock and weariness. Donald scowled, and Naruto voiced everyone's thoughts. "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!"
-Awww….-
The Heartless armor floated for a moment, then the arms and legs rotated into place closely followed by the quickly spinning head. It stood there for a moment, seeming to wait on its opponents. But just as the group was getting ready for a quick attack, it stomped its foot, almost impatiently it seemed, sending shocking waves through the ground, knocking everyone down.
Naruto, being most short tempered, jumped to his feet and charged it, but just as he was closing in for a solid hit, the heartless spun in a circle, flailing its arms, hitting anything in its path. And unfortunately for the young ninja, that's just where he was. Goofy and Donald followed the blonde's flight down to the ground.
Sora meanwhile waited until the heartless stopped spinning and started a string of well-aimed hits with his keyblade. When the heartless went to try and stomp on the older keyblade master, the spiky haired boy just jumped higher and aimed for the head. "Take that!" he yelled when the armor took a step back and reached for its head.
Hearing a groan behind him, Sora saw Naruto dragging himself to his feet. Huh! This guy's got guts! he silently complimented.
Donald snickered as he watched the blonde stumble a couple times, dizzy. Finally he relented and yelled out, "HEAL!"
Naruto just looked in awe as little leaves floated around him, giving the same feeling he felt when Kyuubi healed him, only this felt more… gentle. The look of awe was replaced with one of annoyance. "WHY COULDN'T YAH DO THAT BEFORE!" he yelled.
"Ungrateful brat," the duck wizard muttered under his breath. "C'mon Goofy!"
"Okay, Donald!" the captain of the guard said, saluting. The duck and dog ran together, step for step, weapons in hand. Goofy held the shield to his face and charged the big heartless, ramming into its leg, shattering it to pieces. Donald brought his staff up and quacked, "THUNDER!" Sending blasting lightning bolts at one of the arms.
With one leg and one arm, the heartless seemed unable to fight. But any who thought that were sorely mistaken. The armored head flew off the shoulders and spun around the whole body, knocking its opponents to the ground, following shortly after with a large jumping stomp.
Getting back up Naruto growled. This was getting annoying. "He's dead, believe it," he muttered, bringing up a familiar hand seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Instantly, ten Narutos filled up the empty space around him.
"Alright guys," Sora said, a wave of command emitting from his voice. "Let's bring this guy down! Naruto, you and your clones go on either side and try to get him the air again. One of his arms are missing so it should be easier."
"Right!" the shinobi saluted.
Sora continued. "Donald you blast him with your lightning to make him lose control for a couple minutes."
"Alright," the duck quacked.
"Goofy, you fly your shield like a boomerang and try to take out the arm or leg."
"Okie dokie, Sora!" he grinned.
The keybearer smirked. "As for me, I'm gonna go for the head. Ready!" he yelled. "Go!"
Naruto, whose job was first, ran at him from all angles, allowing no escape. When the heartless tried to swat its annoying opponent, the clones jump back to avoid getting hit. "Now!" The real Naruto yelled. All ten clones rushed the armor heartless, tripping the leg, and then sending him flying upwards with a good kick to the bottom.
Donald, seeing the blonde finish his part, brought his mage staff up and quacked out, "THUNDER!" Lightning bolts rained on the heartless, making it smoke, seemingly numbing it.
With a mighty swing, Goofy let his shield fly, hitting the arm, flying by, and hitting it again on the way back, destroying it.
Sora, seeing his chance as the heartless fell, jumped up, keyblade ready to strike, and, putting all his strength into that one swing, hit the heartless in the head, cracking over the helmet.
The now dead heartless fell to ground in front of four panting fighters. What was left of the armor dissolved, leaving nothing behind, but a freaked out Naruto. "Wha- what the heck was that!"
"You four just killed the boss," a monotone voice said from above. The group looked up to see Leon and Yuffie watching them.
"So what are we gonna do now?" Sora asked.
"Now you guys have to travel to different worlds and lock them so the heartless can no longer get in and destroy them," Yuffie said, giggling.
"Yosh!" Naruto yelled, jumping up and down.
Leon rolled his eyes while Yuffie simply giggled.
-he-
Disasré waved bye.
"NO FLAMES!" I yelled as I continued with my serious gunblade explanation.
BTW: Naruto introduces himself as "Uzumaki Naruto" for that is the proper way to introduce yourself in Japan, family name first, then your given Name. And really—on Goofy's part, it was right of him to call Naruto by his last name, because if you aren't necessarily close to the person, you refer to them by their last name with a respectable suffix. Yosh means Alright! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu means Shadow Clone Technique.
Next Time: Full Circle!
"All for one and one for all, believe it!"