Maelstrom EXE.
"Normal speech"
"Tailed Beast speech"
[Talking from the PET]
Chapter 5: Round 1…Fight!
Naruto opened his eyes and sat up from his bed, he looked around to find himself in a room with numerous similarities to his apartment back in Konoha. He jumped off and stretched to work out the kinks in his body before doing a few warm-up exercises. Then he felt the connection to his PET being established and his clone called out to him.
"Hey boss, we just got a message!" said C-Naruto.
"Alright then, let's see what it is," Naruto waved a have before him for a holograph of a message icon to appear, then he tapped it to display the message.
"Too all the participants of the Moon Cell Tournament, please gather at the Sakura tree located at the side of the school," Naruto read through it "Well I better prep up and get going then,"
"All of the battlechips are good to go!" said C-Naruto.
"Gotcha!" Naruto then checked up on his Chakra Blade and the settings on his Aurum Blade before he left his room. He was walking along the aisle towards the stairs when he saw that strange girl whom he encountered back on the roof, she glanced to the side and saw him before quickly looking away "Kurama, it's that girl again,"
"I know, perhaps you should talk to her and find more," said Kurama.
Naruto walked to closer and calmly spoke up "Excuse me but didn't I see you before yesterday at the roof?"
The girl looked at Naruto with surprise before responding to him "Aren't you…afraid of me?"
This question caused Naruto to quirk an eyebrow, what does she mean by that? "Uh no, I don't see or know anything to be scared of you. Why do you ask?"
However, Naruto's answer seemed to have made the mysterious girl smile at him happily "Alice's so happy to hear that! Will you be Alice's friend, please?"
"Uh sure, if that's okay with you I don't mind. Alice-chan is it?" said Naruto, he was confused at first until he noted the tone of how she asked "She's lonely, isn't she?"
Alice beamed at him "That's right! Alice's name is Alice! Will you play with Alice?" Naruto was about to reply when he heard someone call out to him from behind.
"Hey Maelstrom!" he turned to see Caster running and waving cheerily towards him "Why are you standing in the middle of the hall?"
"Hey Caster, I was just talking to…huh?" Naruto had turned back to face Alice only to find her gone without a trace "Where did she go?"
"I didn't even sense her leave," said Kurama.
"Who?" Caster looked confused.
"I was just talking to a little girl just a moment ago before you showed up and now she's gone,"
"I didn't see anyone, anyway we should get going to the Sakura tree or we'll be late,"
"Okay then,"
Naruto followed after Caster, but unknown to them was that Alice reappeared in the halls with a melancholic smile.
"Alice guesses she'll have to wait a little until you can play with her," then she disappeared again.
By then, Naruto and Caster made their way out of the dormitory and arrived at the Sakura tree close to the school where they saw that the other competitors were already there along with BB. They all turned to look at the late arrivals much to their awkwardness.
"So you've arrived, so what pray tell was your reason for such tardiness?" asked Nero.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly before attempting to come up with an excuse "Uh sorry about that, we got a little sidetracked and before realizing it, got lost on the path of life,"
Everyone including Caster herself were looking at him like he had gone crazy with that statement.
"What on earth came upon you to use one of your sensei's lame excuses?" asked Kurama incredulously.
"I don't know Kurama, it just came out like that!"
"You could have come up with a better one, bud," said Lancer.
"That has to be the most piteous excuse I've ever heard, quite an audible annoyance to my ears," said Gilgamesh.
"Hmph, quite typical of a pig," said Elizabeth.
Some shook their heads in amusement while others were simply nonchalant at Naruto's extremely weak excuse and BB giggled silently before clapping her hands to attain their attention.
"Now that you have all assembled here, I would like to go over the rules of the tournament once more. Inside the Sakura Labyrinth are several levels with different environments, each possessing two floors. Your objective will be to find to halves of a key which will unlock a gateway to the next stage," BB held a hand out to display a hologram of what appears to be a gray stone tablet with the etchings of a blue moon which are split apart (AN Think of the Moon Tablet from Sonic Unleashed PS2 version) "These pieces of the keys could be found hidden inside a chest or acquired by defeating a ghost data of previous participants," the hologram disappears and BB turns her attention back to Naruto and the others "There's also the third option whereby the participants are allowed to battle for possession of the moon tablet pieces,"
"So to say that we have to collect these keys by all means and get to the bottom of the labyrinth with the first being the one to win the tournament, am I right?" asked Lancer.
"That is indeed correct," said BB.
"What happens to those defeated?" asked Caster.
"They will be sent to a cyberspace known as the Zero D where they will lie in wait until the end of the tournament," BB replied, the NetOps were surprised to hear that and responded as such.
"What?! We can understand our NetNavis being unable to jack out of the system but sending them elsewhere isn't what we agreed upon!" said Kuro angrily.
"There's no need for such anger, I assure you that your NetNavi shall remain unharmed and be returned immediately upon completion of the tourney," said BB.
"As long as no harm comes to the NetNavi, I would be willing to bear with this," said Bazett.
"Very well then, as of now…the Holy Moon Grail War is now underway," said BB.
Then the Sakura Tree suddenly rose up to the air and revealing a white swirling portal much to their surprise.
"This is the entrance to the labyrinth, know that upon gaining access to the next stage you would automatically be warped back to the academy to rest for the next day in order to advance to yet another level…I wish you all luck," before disappearing, BB took a lingering glance at Naruto and then she left.
"Well then, let's get this show on the road," Lancer said before being the first to step through the portal followed by Archer and Saber.
"I'm going to do my very best! I'll catch you guys later!" Caster was the next to jump through.
"Hmph, be sure assured that we'll be opponents should we encounter each other in the battlefield," said Nero before walking into the portal.
Gilgamesh simply huffed haughtily "Normally I would have been the first to enter, but as a king I must be generous to the lesser ones at times…now then I'll be on my way," then he walked through the portal with Naruto being the last.
"Well Kurama, are you ready?" thought Naruto.
"I've always been ready since the day I was sealed into you," Kurama replied.
"Alright then, let's go!" Naruto dashed into the portal and disappeared. Unknown to him, someone was watching him from the rooftop of the school who was none other than Kiara with a smile on her face.
"Fufufufufu, I finally get to see what made you so intriguing…Naruto," said Kiara.
Naruto emerged from the portal to find himself standing in the middle of a small clearing whilst surrounded by a thick forest with giant cubes, strings and elevated pathways made of data around him plus he could see a clear blue sky above him.
"So the first level is a forest huh? A perfect place for a Leaf Shinobi like me," said Naruto with a look of nostalgia.
"We'll need to start things out by scouting the area, I suggest that you not using your shadow clones to avoid being detected by the others during the search. After finding the first half of the key, then we'll make our way to the second floor to continue," said Kurama.
"I got ya," said Naruto, then he took off through the forest and ran up a tree trunk to land on the branch. He leapt from tree to tree all the while scouting the area for any signs of an enemy or pieces of the moon tablet. He flipped off the branch that he was on to slide down a rather slippery hill and was about to take a step forward when he heard a strange whirring sound nearby. Naruto immediately took cover in the bushes to hide before peeking out to see the source of the sound.
It was a large sphere the size of a beach ball with one half white while the other dark blue with circuits and a glowing magenta eye at the center of its now identified body.
"I guess that's an enemy of the labyrinth," said Naruto.
"Apparently, best you get rid of the thing before it might alert the others," said Kurama.
"Got it…Cyber Shuriken!" Naruto burst out from the bushes with said weapons appearing in his hands which he then threw at the enemy, inflicting damage upon it. The creature turned towards him with the eye glowing much brighter than before as a white beam of energy straight at him. Naruto reacted quickly by summoning the Aurum Blade in hand and dashed to the side whilst firing rapidly. The Spherical Eye darted to the side to avoid most of the shots before retaliating with more of the energy beams for Naruto to cartwheel to the side.
"Use this boss! Boomerang battle chip in, download!" C-Naruto inserted the chip into the PET.
Naruto's free arm transformed into an armament with a V-shaped boomerang attached to it, he swung his arm to launch the boomerang at the Spherical Eye but it dodged the incoming projectile and fired another energy beam, the cyber ninja had already charged up a shot with the Aurum Blade and fired at the beam to cancel it out. The enemy was about to attack again before a white blur sliced through, revealing that it was the boomerang which was thrown earlier. Naruto raised the armament to catch it before fading away altogether as he watched his opponent disappear in pixels.
"Well that takes care of it," said Naruto with a smile.
"Well don't get cocky, we just got started. Now resume the search for the Moon tablet pieces before the others do," said Kurama.
"Roger that," Naruto leapt up to a tree branch and was once again on the move to check out the current level of the first stage. He encountered several more of those spherical eyes but were able to take them on without use of battlechips as he now knows of their battle style. Naruto was running through the forest when he saw something from the corner and stopped to investigate what is was. It turned out to be some sort of tunnel leading downwards to who knows where "I'm guessing that this tunnel leads to the second level,"
"Maybe so, but we'll come back to it later since we have yet to find the relic on this current level,"
Naruto nodded in agreement before leaving the area, he was moving along when he heard the now familiar whirring sound of the Spherical Eyes and it appears to be a group of them too. Naruto thought deeply for a few moments before coming up with an idea. A couple minutes later, a squad of clones rushed out of the bushes towards the Spherical Eyes who immediately turned and proceeded to fire energy beams, the clones brandished their Chakra Blades to deflect the incoming projectiles and continued with the assault. Suddenly, a shadow burst from above the trees and dove towards, revealing it to be the original Naruto.
"Here goes, Multiple MiniBomb battle chip in, and download!" C-Naruto held many battlechips in between his fingers and proceeded to rapidly insert in them into the PET, a pair of blue spheres with a green stripe materialized in each of his hand every time he flings one towards the enemies below, causing consecutive explosions until he landed on the ground filled with craters and there was no trace of the enemy.
"Well that takes cares of them…hmm?" Naruto noticed something glinting from the corner of his eye and turned to see that was coming from a small hole in a nearby tree, he cautiously approached the hole before placing a hand inside when he felt something "I wonder if…it is!" Naruto pulled the item out to see that it was the first half of the relic that he was looking for "I found the piece of the Moon Tablet!"
"Good going, but we're just getting started. Return to tunnel earlier so that we can get to the next level," said Kurama.
Naruto retraced his steps back to where he found the tunnel and went inside, it was a bit dark within the passage but he finally made it to the other side and found himself in another part of the forest which appears much thicker than before. He took to the trees once more to scope out the area all the while taking down any Spherical Eye that make an appearance. He continued to search for the second half of the relic but had yet to find it.
"So far there's no sign of the second half Kurama, maybe I'm searching in the wrong places?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"That depends on the way you look, but be careful as I've been sensing strange energy fluctuations ever since we entered this level,"
"Got it,"
The blond ninja then wandered into a rather large clearing in the forest and was halfway through when suddenly some sort of holographic sphere emblazoned with the image of a lance appeared before him. Naruto immediately jumped backwards and conjured a cyber-kunai in a defensive stance.
"What's that?! An enemy?" asked Naruto confusedly.
"I don't know, but be on your guard!" said Kurama.
The sphere pulsed for a moment before a column of data appeared around it before dissipating to reveal a very handsome man with quirky long black hair which is combed backwards in a rough fashion that has a strand hanging down his face, he wears a dark teal sleeveless outfit similar to that of Lancer. Naruto took note that he held a pair of spears with a scarlet long spear in his right hand and a golden short spear in his left with both wrapped up with purple linen cloth.
"Who is this guy? Could he be one of the ghost data we were told about?" thought Naruto.
The mysterious man opened his eyes and looked around before settling on a rather precautious Naruto, then he muttered out loud to himself "It appears that I've been chosen to be your opponent, but first allow me to introduce myself. I am Zero Lancer, the Loyal Knight of the Fianna,"
Naruto hesitated a bit before responding "And I am Maelstrom, a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village,"
"It is a pleasure to meet someone so young and yet appears to be quite strong to have been invited to this tournament. I've been given undeserving honor to take arms once more, and I will not let such a chance go to waste. Come forth and let us cross blades, young Maelstrom!" Zero Lancer slung the scarlet long spear over his shoulder while positioning the golden short spear a few meters away from his waist.
"Ready when you are, Zero Lancer!" Naruto took a fighting stance, ready to call on any of his weapons.
"Naruto, be very careful when facing him. Wielding two spears of varying lengths is a testament of how highly proficient he is in battle, not to mention that those spears could have special abilities if they were to be wrapped in cloth," said Kurama.
"Let's begin!" Zero Lancer charged forwards at Naruto.
"Okay!" Naruto charged right back at him to begin the battle.
Music Start: Sonic and the Black Knight OST; Fight the Knight
Naruto started off by drawing out the Chakra Blade from the sheath and launched a horizontal slash, Zero Lancer parried with the scarlet spear and thrust the golden spear forwards, and Naruto quickly summoned the Aurum Blade to deflect the attack before dashing backwards whilst firing several plasma shots in motion. The spearman darted left and right to evade the incoming projectiles and resumed his pursuit on the blond Shinobi and quickly caught up to him before swinging the long spear to attack like a whip.
Naruto raised both weapons in a cross position to block, however the swing's impact was powerful enough to knock him back a few meters much to his shock. He switched over to offense as he slashed at Zero Lancer with his Chakra Blade and Aurum Blade in blade mode, the opponent expertly deflected each and every one of the incoming attacks.
"Hang on boss, Airshot battlechip in, download!" C-Naruto slotted in a chip, the Aurum Blade disappeared before Naruto's arm transformed into a small cannon. He took aim and fired a rapid ball of air which slammed into Zero Lancer's chest faster than he could react, sending him skidding back several meters.
Naruto's hand reverted to normal as he focused on his chakra "Chakra Shuriken!" a couple of said tools appeared his hand before he flung them at Zero Lancer, the spearman brought his golden spear forward and twirled it rapidly like a propeller to deflect the projectiles . Naruto continued to throw shurikens while running in a zigzag fashion until finally drawing close which he performed a jumping roundhouse kick. Zero Lancer dashed backwards to avoid the hit and retaliated with a vertical swing of the scarlet spear, the blond ninja hastily twisted his body to turn and block the strike, knocking him to the ground and rolling back away from him to retake his battle stance.
"Most intriguing, you have no sense of style and yet your battle instincts as well as reflexes grant you an unorthodox way of fighting. Though I can tell that you're not fighting with all of your might," said Zero Lancer with a smirk.
Naruto frowned a little at being pointed out "I could say the same with you Zero Lancer-san, those purple cloths on your spears tells me that you aren't going all out on me either, so it's only right that I do the same until either of us decide to get serious,"
Zero Lancer chuckled "Quite true, I apologize for such behavior. If you wish for me to battle with all my might then I shall comply if only you do the same,"
"You got yourself a deal," said Naruto.
Zero Lancer gripped both spears as the purple cloth on both shredded into pieces to reveal them as they released a strong visible pulse of energy, which alone told Naruto that whatever abilities they possess has been fully activated.
"Here I come, Maelstrom!"
Zero Lancer dashed towards Naruto and began to unleash a flurry of stabs. Naruto hastily changed the grip of his Chakra Blade to reverse and formed a kunai in hand to deflect the incoming attacks for a few moments before finding the opportunity to create some distance. He tossed the Chakra Blade into the air before crossing the middle and index fingers of both hands together before calling out "Shadow Clone jutsu!" there was a large puff of smoke which soon faded away to reveal a group of duplicates much to Zero Lancer's shock before smirking once again.
"Let's get him, guys!" the original Naruto caught the Chakra Blade in his hands and pointed it at Zero Lancer with the clones drawing out their own Chakra Blades or kunai before running towards their target. Zero Lancer smirked in anticipation before charging right back at the small army, He constantly stabbed with every moment of twirling the scarlet spear to force any extra clones from overwhelming him and utilizing the golden spear for rapid counters all the while veering left and right to dodge any thrown shurikens and kunai. He suddenly heard an unfamiliar sound from above and looked up to see Naruto quickly diving towards him with a blue spiraling sphere in his hand.
"Rasengan!"
Naruto thrusts out the jutsu at Zero Lancer who immediately dashed to the side and out of range, the sphere crashed into the ground resulting in the creation of a large crater.
"Most impressive young warrior, your abilities must have earned quite some praise in your village," said Zero Lancer.
Naruto smiled sadly "Not at first, but they eventually came around. At least I hoped that they did," then he charged once more, parrying Zero Lancer's spear strikes with his Chakra Blade as fast as he could.
"Vulcan battle chip in, download!" C-Naruto slotted in a chip, then Naruto's free hand transformed into a firearm of multiple rotating barrels which started spinning before firing rapidly at the target. Zero Lancer jumped backwards and started running sideways, just keeping out of the line of fire. Naruto kept trying to keep a beat on him but the Vulcan eventually ran out of ammo. His opponent stopped in one place and positioned both spears on either side, telling that he was going to charge.
"Hey Kurama, I have an idea," thought Naruto.
"What's the plan then?" asked Kurama.
"When Zero Lancer and I charge at each other, I'll use a Rasengan on the long spear to disarm him whilst using the Chakra Blade to parry the golden spear. Afterwards, I'll overwhelm him with a Multi Shadow Clone jutsu before wrapping it up with an Uzumaki 2k barrage,"
Kurama nodded in approval on the plan "A plausible idea, it would reduce his ability to multitask,"
Naruto formed a shadow clone and began working on a Rasengan in his left hand while holding the Chakra Blade in a reverse grip on his right hand. Zero Lancer grinned in anticipation as he charged forwards with Naruto doing the same, both sides lashed out with their attacks…Naruto was able deflect the golden spear but he felt pain shoot through his wrist all the way to the elbow causing him to lose control on the Rasengan as it dissipated. What's worse was that his right arm slacked for Zero Lancer to capitalize on it and slash the side of the waist with the golden spear. Naruto tumbled to the ground and rolled away from Zero Lancer before getting up on one knee with a hand on the wound while blue data could be seen leaking from the wound on his left hand.
"What just happen?! I couldn't have missed with the Rasengan, it was spot on!" thought Naruto confusedly.
"You didn't miss the attack, I saw the spear actually phase through the Rasengan and cut your arm," said Kurama.
"Could it be an ability of the spear? Anyway I need to heal quickly…Naruto!" Naruto called out.
"Already on it! Recov80 battle chip in, download!" C-Naruto slotted the chip into the PET and a pillar of white light came upon Naruto for a moment before fading away…but only the wound on his arm was healed but not the one at the waist.
"What's going on now?! Why aren't all of my wounds healing?"
"Kit, we have a problem. Something is preventing my chakra from healing you!"
Zero Lancer was apparently amused by the look of confusion on his opponent's face and called out to him "I can see that you've realized your current situation, and I'm sure you've figured out by now that it was because of my spears,"
Naruto got to his feet and frowned at Zero Lancer "Those spears of yours have some sort of ability, don't they?"
"You're actually right about that," the spearman held the scarlet spear before him "My Gáe Dearg is a demonic spear capable of piercing through any projection made of energy…" then he held out the golden spear "…and my Gáe Buidhe inflicts wounds that cannot be healed naturally or with outside sources,"
"Damn, it's like fighting Neji during the Chuunin exams all over again. This wound is definitely going make it hard for me to defend against his strikes, I'd better take it from a distance," Naruto created another small army of shadow clones to attack.
Zero Lancer was at the ready and proceeded to attack them with fervor, he rapidly stabbed and parried with the clones and at times evaded any shurikens and kunai thrown at him.
While the opponent was occupied, C-Naruto swung into action and slotted in the following chips "Sword, Widesword and Longsword battle chip in, download!" then Naruto merged all three sword chips into a single purple blade held over his head.
"Program advance; Beta Sword!" then he swung it forward to launch a large crescent wave that consumed both the shadow clones and Zero Lancer in a bright flash of light "That's should do it,"
"Indeed, if I had stayed long enough for the technique to strike me,"
Hearing a familiar voice from behind, Naruto quickly turned around only for Zero Lancer to use the butt end of the scarlet spear to slam him in the head to make him stumble before unleashing a combo of rapid stabs with the golden spear. Naruto used the Chakra Blade to quickly block as much as he could before dashing away to avoid any more of the onslaught.
"Dammit, at this rate I won't be able to fight properly at all," a soft glow caught his eye and he saw that the Konoha symbol on the Chakra Blade was glowing to signal the ready use of the Overflow State "It's fully charged, but how can I use it when that red spear could pierce through it? Hang on, there's something weird here…one of the clones used a cyber-kunai to attack but Zero Lancer blocked with the red spear but why didn't it get dispersed? Unless…I see, so that's how it works,"
"Heads up kit, Zero Lancer is attacking!" said Kurama.
"I believe it's time to end this battle," Zero Lancer held up his spears as they glowed in their respective colored auras before rushing forward to appear right in front of Naruto and stabbed him with the scarlet spear which made him fall to the ground, then the spearman on top of the spear and kicked off it to spin around and strike Naruto with the golden spear about three times before jumping up into the air and throwing it onto him "Tale of Tragic Love: Devotion to Grainne,"
Zero Lancer summoned the spears back to his side and bowed to his opponent as a form of respect when the body suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke much to his surprise, then the ground at his feet burst open and Naruto rose up with a flaming fist which he used to punch Zero Lancer in the face and sent him flying backwards. Zero Lancer got back up still looking surprised as well as impressed.
"Most impressive of you being able to dodge my most powerful attack, so pray tell how were you able to evade?" asked Zero Lancer.
"I had my NetOp use a double download of AntiDmg and Areasteal to evade and then Firehit to surprise you from underground. Now it's time for me to end this! Kurama, please lend me your chakra!"
"You got it!"
Red chakra burst out of Naruto's body and swirled around him in the form of tails before forming a layer around his body, his blue eyes changed to red and became slitted, and his hair became longer and spikier. Despite the chakra not being able to heal him like usual it was able to dull the pain enough to function more properly now. Naruto touched the Konoha symbol on the Chakra Blade to activate its Overflow State as blue chakra surged out of the blade and took shape of a longer variation before summoning the Aurum Blade to his other hand.
Naruto lowered himself close to the ground ready to sprint "Get ready Zero Lancer, cause here I come!" then he dashed forward at blurring speeds, Zero Lancer quickly crossed both spears just in time to block the double strike from Naruto, however the impact was unexpected as the blond ninja continued to push him back resulting in a long trench along the ground. Naruto suddenly broke away from the clash and proceed to run in circles around his opponent all the while firing with the Aurum Blade. Zero Lancer continuously twirled his spears to deflect the incoming shots as fast as he could although some of them managed to get.
"Such power and speed, he fights with the ferocity of a wild animal! Where did he attain such strength?" thought Zero Lancer.
Then Naruto came to a complete halt on the right Zero Lancer and started swinging the Chakra Blade in a flurry to launch a barrage of slash waves straight at him, the spearman took evasive action to avoid the swift incoming projectiles before hearing rapid footsteps and turned to Naruto a few meters away launch a punch in direction of the golden spear, generating a shockwave to knock it out of his hand
"Overslash!" he put away the Aurum Blade before gripping the chakra blade with both hands and rearing back then he swung it forward to launch a large wave of chakra that sliced through the golden spear which led to a yellow aura gushing out in a whirlwind before disappearing into nothingness, Naruto then felt his wounds heal and his body back in good condition "It's just like I thought, destroying the spear would forcefully deactivate its ability to forbid healing,"
"Most astute of you, Maelstrom. I am truly enjoying this battle, but it is far from over," Naruto noticed that the Konoha symbol was glowing again but this time with a red light, he touched it only for the Chakra Blade to surge once more with red chakra obviously belonging to Kurama. Naruto positioned the blade to his side and pointing behind while Zero Lancer held the scarlet spear ready to charge.
Both sides stared at each other in silence as if waiting for a signal, then suddenly they moved at high-speed and passing each other before standing away in silence once more. There was a clattering meaning that a weapon has been dropped…the sound came from…Zero Lancer who collapsed to the ground.
Music End
The red chakra around Naruto faded away as he sheathed the now normal Chakra Blade before slowly approaching the defeated spearman. Zero Lancer rolled onto his back and smiled weakly upon setting eyes in the young blond.
"So…this battle ends in my loss and your victory. Regardless, it was a battle worth partaking and I am honored to have a battled a warrior such as yourself," said Zero Lancer.
"Yeah, but I'm sure you would have beaten me if you had a NetOp backing you up," said Naruto truthfully, without Kurama's help he would have lost in the end too.
"Even so, a loss is a loss. I can only wish you good fortune in the battles ahead. I bid you farewell, Maelstrom of the Hidden Leaf village,"
"You too, Zero Lancer of the Fianna," Naruto bowed his head in respect of his opponent as he watched the body break into small pieces of data and disperse into the sky. Then streaks of white light swirled around before fading away to reveal the second piece of the Moon Tablet "Looks like we got the second piece after that fight,"
"Well let's combine them, so that we can return to the academy for some rest. Today was a rather tough start," said Kurama.
Naruto nodded in affirmation and clicked both fragments together to form a single artifact which then released a beam of light towards the ground to form a small circular platform with a metallic outline and a glowing bright blue center with the symbol of a moon at a focal point. He stepped onto the portal and felt himself being transferred before opening his eyes to see that he is staying in front of the Sakura tree.
"Well, time to get some rest," Naruto barely took a step forward when he heard a whooshing sound and looked back to see Caster being transferred as well. The fox girl looked around confusedly before seeing Naruto to which she smiled happily and skipped over to him.
"Hiya Maelstrom, I see you passed the first stage of the labyrinth," said Caster.
Naruto nodded in affirmation "Yup, I found mine hidden in a hollow tree on the first level and ended up fighting a ghost data on the second level to get the second piece,"
Caster let out a gasp at what she just heard "I found both pieces in the second and fourth floor, was the ghost data that strong like BB said?"
"She wasn't joking about how tough they were, the one I fought was a spearman like Lancer except that he wielded two spears at the same time with scary abilities…," Naruto continued with his tale and Caster listened very attentively as both walked back to the dormitory.
The dark room, BB and the two unknown females were watching video of Naruto battling against Zero Lancer with looks of interest.
"So he possesses great power within himself and yet doesn't flaunt it like most males," said the girl with needlelike feet.
"Then it means that he wouldn't be mean if we met…I hope," said the girl with giant claws.
"Indeed, so far he along with the other participants have gone through the first stage, but the difficulty will continue to rise as they venture deeper into the labyrinth. I can hope that our cute yellow fox will survive till the end and we could grant his wish," said BB with a soft smile on her face but looking deep into her eye will you find traces of darkness.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, the tournament has finally began and Naruto was off on a good start acquiring the a first pair of the Moon Tablet after finding the first and getting the second after a tough battle with a ghost data. Apparently the other participants were also able to pass the first, not to mention several girls really have an eye out for our favorite blond hero, stay tuned to find out.
NetOps and NetNavis
Kuro =EMIYA
Kid Gil =Gilgamesh
Bazett =Saber Lily
C-Naruto =Naruto himself
Solo NetNavis
Nero (Red Saber)
Tamamo no Mae (Caster)
Elizabeth Bathory (Lancer)
Cu Chulainn (Lancer)
So read and review as always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana
Signing out.
