Blu: Phew! Sorry for being so late, guys! I finished Naruto X, but then I had Final Exams and I wrote up another story upon impulse (I'll probably delete it, though). I've been pretty busy.
Rozalin: I hope you'll finish this story soon. You want to get back to that Naruto story, don't you?
Blu: Of course I do! I've got so many ideas and I can't just break my promise to the readers!!
Naruto: Exactly how long are you expecting SiNful Rose to be, Blu?
Blu: Oh...maybe 10 0r 12 episodes. Maybe a bit more if I want to build up the plot a bit. Not too long, though... It may be difficult, though, if my new classes for the second semester pile me down with homework and projects...
Adell: Good luck with that.
Blu: Now, onto the disclaimer! Take it, Prinny!
Little Black Prinny: Hey, guys! I mean, doods! Blu Rose doesn't own Naruto, Disgaea, or anything that belongs to Nippon-Ichi or Masashi Kishimoto. But she does own this messed-up story and her crazy OCs. Now, get reading, doods!!
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There are actually humans born in the world who can match up to demons in terms of power. Of course, they're usually not all that human--they could be the descendants of the rare demon or angel who falls in love with a human and a child of both races is born as a result. Or perhaps the human was blessed, or cursed, by some higher power, a twist of fate, or just plain ol' bad luck. But either way, it's pretty rare to find powerful humans that can stand against demons...but it sure is entertaining when they start beating on each other!
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::Episode 6::
::Rozalin's Tournament, part 3: Blazing Ice::
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Naruto and Adell stood in their fighting stances for quite some time, waiting for the other to attack first. The crowd was sitting on the edge of their seats. Rozalin and the rest of her vassals got into their fighting stances.
"You obviously have no idea about who you're dealing with. I am an Overlord! You are simply a boy who has gotten a big head because he beat some lower-class demons. So, why don't you just give up now?" Rozalin asked Adell as she placed a hand on her hip.
"Never! I never run away from a fight! Besides, I've kinda been anxious to fight you. You're supposed to be the daughter of Overlord Zen--" The human teen ducked in time to avoid being hit by a hail of bullets. "H-hey! What did you do that for?!"
"Silence, you fool! I know not of what you're talking about! I am Rozalin! Overlord from another netherworld, here to seek revenge for my father, who was murdered by Overlord Zenon!! And you are in my way!" The blonde Overlord aimed her gun and began to channel energy in it until Naruto grabbed her wrist. "Naruto? What do you think you're doing? He's the one you should be grabbing, not me!"
"Well... I've been thinking..." Naruto looked out of the corner of his eye. "Seeing as how he likes a fair fight...why don't I fight him by myself?"
"...You're joking. The vassal of an Overlord should not have morals!"
"Why not?" The blonde ninja asked with an arched eyebrow.
Rozalin huffed and turned her back on him, folding her arms across her chest. "I-it... It would make me look bad!"
"Then...give him pity and make me fight him by myself to let him know how weak you think he is!"
"...Hmmm..." The blonde Overlord began to rub her chin in thought. "That sounds like a good idea, but considering that you want to do it--"
"What, do you want me to beg just to fight an interesting opponent?!" Naruto shouted as a vein throbbed quickly on his forehead.
"Just let him do it. I mean, it would give us a break from fighting," Said Daisuke with a shrug.
"Yeah, I could do with not having to participate in this fight," Said Morgan as she put away her staff.
Sakura arched an eyebrow and looked at her blonde teammate. "Do you honestly think that it's a good idea to fight someone you know nothing about all by yourself?"
Naruto grinned and pumped a fist in the air. "Well, maybe not before, but I'm no longer an ordinary shinobi! I am Uzumaki Naruto, Netherworld Shinobi!!"
"...Nice title, idiot."
"Funny. I don't remember giving you a title like that," Said Rozalin. "I thought your title related to your being my human pet."
(Naruto's gained the title "Rozalin's Pet"!)
"Huh? Hey, cut that out! I am not your pet!" The orange-clad ninja shouted.
Rozalin tapped her cheek in thought. "You're right. You're more of a servant or a bodyguard than a pet."
(Naruto gained the title "Rozalin's Servant"!)
Naruto sweatdropped. "...That's not nice. Give me a proper title this instant!"
"What are you talking about?"
"Change it back to something normal!"
The blonde Overlord blinked in confusion as she stared at her human pet. "What? What do you mean?"
"My damn title! Change it back to normal, Rozalin!" Naruto shouted as he shook a fist at her.
Rozalin remained silent and stared at him for a long time. "...What do you think this is, a video game? You could change your title on your own, if you want."
The blonde ninja folded his arms across his chest. "Really? Great! Then I want to be the Future Hokage!" He waited for a long time for something to happen. When it finally happened, he got:
(Naruto gained the title "Hokage's Son"!)
"WHAT THE HELL?! That's not what I asked for!!" Naruto began to muss up his hair in frustration. "Aw, forget it!" He turned around to face Adell and got into a fighting stance. "Let's just fight now!"
The redhead sweatdropped. "About time. I didn't think we'd ever start..." He got into his fighting stance again. "Let's get it on!" With blinding speed, Adell dashed towards Naruto. The blonde's eyes widened and he raised his arm to block any blow the redhead would give him. Adell disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared behind Naruto, kicking the ninja up into the air. The red-haired human jumped up into the air and was about to give him a knee in the back when Naruto suddenly turned around in mid-air and threw several kunai at him. Adell turned around in time to only get a small scratch on his arm.
'He's fast! He may even be faster than Rock Lee!' The orange-clad ninja thought as he narrowed his eyes. He drew his sword and started to channel his energy into it. "Here goes! Crescent Slash!" He swung the sword, and crescent-shaped red energy was sent towards his red-haired opponent. 'He can't move fast enough to dodge that attack!' The attack hit Adell head-on and struck him down onto the ground. Naruto landed a few feet away from the redhead. "That wasn't as hard as I thought."
Adell got back on his feet and dusted himself off. "Whoa, that did more damage than I thought it would. You definitely aren't a normal guy."
"What?! He doesn't even look like he got hit!" Sakura exclaimed in shock.
"This Adell is obviously stronger than we thought," Said Sasuke as he activated his Sharingan. "Unless this is all natural, this has got to be some sort of trick."
"He doesn't look like the kind who knows enhancement magic," Said Rozalin as she tapped her cheek. "If he is truly that naturally strong, I'd like for him to become my vassal."
"That was... You're supposed to be down and out after that attack!" Naruto exclaimed as he put away his sword.
"I had to admit, that attack did hurt me, but an attack like that won't really affect me." Adell folded his arms across his chest. "If you want to see a real fire attack, then check this out!" The red-haired human's being suddenly became engulfed in flames. "Crimson Flame!!" The eyes of Rozalin and her vassals widened as Adell speedily charged into the blonde shinobi, sending him flying back until he crashed into a wall.
"Ugh...!" Naruto slid to the floor and held onto his shoulder. 'That hurt like hell!!' He reached into his back kunai pouch and pulled out a piece of strawberry shortcake. He took a bite of the cake and felt his energy return. 'You gotta love Netherworld food!' He thought as he jumped to his feet, licking the icing off of his fingers. "Okay, I admit that that caught me by surprise, seeing you suddenly explode into flame. Are you sure you're a normal human?" The blonde asked Adell with an arched eyebrow as he placed a hand on his hip.
"I'm human, alright." Adell cracked his knuckles before he got back into his fighting stance. "I'm just not normal."
"Well, that explains a lot..." Naruto muttered as he formed a familiar hand sign. Two kage bunshin appeared on his left and right and began to form hand signs. "But I'm not your average ninja!" The orange-clad blonde exclaimed as he formed hand signs himself. Naruto and his clones all took deep breaths. The clone on the left spat out oil while the clone on the right spat out fire, combining the two substances. Naruto blew out a large gust of wind, amplifying the attack and sending a large amount of flames towards the red-haired Demon Hunter.
Adell crossed his arms in front of his face and endured the intense flames. As they died down, the redhead was slightly burnt and had a few scorch marks on his skin, but he didn't look the least bit fazed from the attack. "Heh... Not gonna work!"
"He should have realized by now that fire doesn't hurt him," Daisuke spoke in a flat tone as he, Morgan and the little black Prinny sat around in a circle and played a game of Go Fish. Artia was pulling on the string of her bow, Ina was inspecting her sword, and Vicky was changing the needle on her syringe.
"What are you doing out there, Naruto?!" Rozalin shouted, suddenly red in the face. "If you do not win, then I will disown you as my vassal!!"
"If only some of us were so lucky..." Sakura mumbled with her eyes reduced to dots. Sasuke was standing beside the pink-haired kunoichi, nodding
'If that won't work, I'll just have to try something else!' The blonde shinobi dispelled his kage bunshin and drew his sword again. "Alright!! Here I come!!" He dashed towards Adell with blinding speed and circled the redhead repetitively until the wind began to pick up. A hurricane suddenly started to pick up in the arena.
"Oh, boy! What's he doing now?!" Vicky shouted now that she and the other vassals were now finally interested in the fight.
"MOOOOOOOO!!!" A cow bellowed as it circled the hurricane, causing many of the people to sweatdrop. A witch, a small trailer home, and a spirit tree were also caught in the hurricane's force.
"...Was that a cow just now?" Sasuke asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Yes, Sasuke," Sakura spoke flatly, her eyes wide with shock.
"How'd a cow come here? Or a witch? Or a tree?"
"Or a trailer home? ...Dood." The little black Prinny spoke, suddenly appearing between the two young ninja.
"I don't know. But after being in the Netherworld for so long, I'm not surprised by many things like that anymore."
Rozalin rubbed her chin in an intellectual manner. "...We don't have cows like that in the netherworld. Our cows are like our chicken--mutated by miasma."
"...I ate eggs and meat from a mutated chicken?" Sasuke asked, suddenly becoming blue in the face.
"It's not half-bad, dood! Plus, they can be used as a weapon!"
Meanwhile, inside of the hurricane, Adell couldn't get himself to move. 'The force of this hurricane's so strong! This can't be all he's going to do to me? How big is his attack gonna be?'
"MOOOOOOOO!!!" A cow suddenly flew past the redhead, causing his eyes to pop out.
"...Was that a cow?!" He suddenly hit his head on the back of the trailer home that was flying by. "Ow! What the hell?!"
After a while, Naruto, who was in the eye of the tornado, jumped up and sliced the hurricane in half. "Hurricane Slash!!" The hurricane was suddenly dispelled and Adell came falling down on his back with a bleeding gash on his back. Naruto landed on the ground safely and twirled his sword around a bit. "I did it!! I beat him!"
"Nnngghhh... I'm not...out yet!" Adell groaned as he managed to get back up. He stumbled back and held onto his stomach. "Ah...! I gotta admit, that was some attack... But I'm not gonna give up! I'm going to win this fight!!" The human teen shouted before he burst into flames yet again.
"Not again!" The blonde braced himself for another attack.
"Here I come!!!" The redhead dashed towards the blonde and began to deliver a flurry of burning blows to his opponent. After a minute or so of pounding, Adell punched Naruto up into the air. The blonde was suddenly stunned as electricity started to course around him. Adell turned his back on the blonde, who was still floating in midair, and clenched his fist. Naruto blew up as if he were dynamite. "Vulcan Blaze!!"
"Ooooohhhh!" The vassals gasped in awe, holding popcorn and soda as they saw Naruto fall to the ground, a burnt black crisp.
"Killer move...!" Daisuke spoke before taking a sip of his soda.
"Can I see a replay? I left to go get some Choco-Prinnies," Said Ina as she suddenly appeared in a poof of smoke.
The sound of a gun firing made them all flinch and turn to see an angry Rozalin holding her gun to the sky. "Does this look like a day at the movies? You're making me look bad!"
"Sorry," The vassals mumbled as they hung their heads in shame.
"You should be rooting for your superior soldier! At least he volunteered to fight on his own--unlike you fools!"
"That is because we're basic demons. We prefer to attack people in big hoards since we can't blow up big areas like any Overlords or Demon Lords..." Daisuke mumbled. "If this were an anime, we'd be the cannon fodder!!"
"C-cannon fodder?" Artia and Morgan shook in fear at the word.
Naruto slowly stood up and shook off the crispy black ash, though the scorch marks on his face and clothing were still apparent. "That was really good...! I'm almost starting to regret challenging you by myself..." He took a deep breath and sighed. "Oh well. I got myself into this, so I'll get myself out." The orange-clad shinobi drew his sword and pointed the tip at Adell. "The next strike is gonna be the one that ends this fight!"
"Sounds good to me. This fight is getting too long for my tastes," Said Adell as he balled his fist.
The blonde shinobi dashed towards the red-haired Demon Hunter. Naruto quickly swung his sword, unseen by the mortal eye, and Adell boxed him in the chest with such strength that one could swear that his fist was pushing against Naruto's spine. The blonde's eyes widened and his pupils shrunk as his world faded to black.
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"Someone wake him up!!"
"But he's still injured! It's not a good idea to have him moving around in his state!"
"So? Use some healing magic and get him back on his feet! The match is almost over and we're about to called next!"
At that moment, Naruto's eyes opened slowly and he found himself looking up at the waiting room's stone ceiling. "Huh...? Where am I?"
"Oh, goodie! He's alive!" Vicky exclaimed. She suddenly began to pout. "Aw, but I won't get to use my special concoction on him...!" The Demon Nurse suddenly whipped out a huge syringe with a mysterious purple liquid within.
"Y-you were going to poke that in my arm?!" The blonde shouted, his eyes bugging out of his head.
"Of course not, silly! This was going in the back door."
"The back door...? Wait, that thing was going in my a--?!"
"Hey there!" A voice called from the doorway. Naruto sat up and saw Adell walking into the room. "Glad to see you're finally up. I was kinda worried that I may have...you know."
"Adell?" The blonde's eyes suddenly widened. "The match!!" He snapped his head in Rozalin's direction. "Rozalin, did we win?!"
"Of course we won, fool. The rest of us were still awake by the time you were knocked out," Said the Overlord as she folded her arms across her chest. "I also got some...business done while you were sleeping."
"...Huh?" The orange-clad shinobi asked, his eyes reduced to little blue dots. "What kind of business can you do in this place? Did you go shopping or something...?"
"Actually, I got a new vassal."
"Really? Cool! When do I get to meet 'em?"
"You already have met him. In fact..." Rozalin smirked and pointed at Adell. "He's right here!"
"...SAY WHAT?!" Both Naruto and Adell shouted loudly.
"I placed my seal on him while he was unconscious. It was nothing."
"It's not nothing! It's a big...something!! I never agreed to be your vassal!!" The red-haired Demon Hunter shouted as he held up a fist.
"Yeah, that's not funny, Rozalin!" The orange-clad shinobi told the blonde demoness. "Besides, why would you want Adell when you've got me? I did beat him, after all..."
"Excuse me? I knocked you out before I even felt your attack!" Said Adell as he folded his arms across his chest. "I only fainted out of exhaustion."
"I thought you fainted from blood loss," Said Vicky, her eyes reduced to little dots as she sweatdropped.
Adell blushed from embarrassment and Naruto held back a snicker. "Heh-heh! Exhaustion, huh? Hahaha!"
"Shut up! I'll take you on for a rematch any time you want!"
"Alright! How about right now?" Naruto stood up and looked at the redhead with a crooked grin. "Unless you're afraid of suffering from blood loss again!" In a matter of seconds, he was lying facedown on the cold, stone floor. Behind him stood Rozalin, her Noble Rose in her hand. Its ornate design was apparent even under the dim lighting of the waiting room.
"Don't be such an idiot, Naruto! You can't fight now when we're about to fight in the next match!"
Just then, the little black Prinny walked into the room. "Happy to see you're alive...dood! I hope you're well-prepared for the next match."
The blonde Overlord looked at the Prinny. "Hm? Did they announce our next opponent already?"
"Yes, Master Rozalin!" The black Prinny stated as it gave her a salute with his flipper.
"Well, spit it out! Who is it?"
"It's that kunoichi Yukimaru and her Yukinin Gumi!"
Rozalin sweatdropped. "You-key-nin...Goo-me?" She pronounced slowly, not being very fluent with Japanese.
"Yukinin Gumi means 'Snow Ninja Group' in Japanese." Naruto explained.
"Ah. Well, how was I to know that? I'm not Japanese."
"I know." The orange-clad ninja looked down at the Prinny. "How do you know Japanese? I haven't met any demons so far who know how to speak any other human language aside from English."
The black Prinny began to sweat and took a step back. "Uh... The Internet? ...Dood? Y-yeah, the Internet! Online Japanese lessons and ordered Japanese dictionaries have made me a Japanophile! ...Dood." It pulled out a book...which was actually a copy of Icha-Icha Hell. "Oops. Wrong book."
"...Is that porn?" Adell gagged, all the color draining from his face.
"Hey, I may be a human soul inside of a penguin doll, but I've still got my needs."
"I don't want to know anymore about this..." Rozalin mumbled as her cheeks became tinted with blue. "Come! Let us dispose of our next opponent!" 'Before I start to wonder what a Prinny does with porn...'
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"Welcome to the Semi-Finals of our tournament! This is Usagi of Netherworld News and my co-anchor, Plenair." Usagi announced. As usual, Plenair remained as silent and cute-looking as before. "The semi-final match is between Overlord Rozalin and her Motley Gang of Flunkies--"
"WE'RE NOT FLUNKIES!!!" Naruto, Morgan, Adell, Daisuke, and Sakura shouted loudly while Sasuke, Ina and Artia looked insulted.
"You may as well be flunkies. It's not like any of you are above me in class!" Rozalin spoke with a smirk.
"--And Yukimaru and the Snow Ninja!" Usagi finished announcing, completely ignoring the sounds of the verbal argument that Rozalin and her vassals were having.
"I am honored to have the chance to fight you, Naruto-san. You are truly a powerful ninja, zam!" Yukimaru spoke as she bowed to the group. Behind her stood a group of 3 male and 4 female snow ninja and kunoichi. The males had short black hair and ice blue eyes, wearing sleeveless white gis and loose ice blue pants with steel armguards, ninja tabi, and metal headbands tied around their heads, wielding katanas and knives. The females had long black hair tied in ponytails, long-sleeved white kimono shirts with their ample breasts tightly bound by bandages underneath, tight ice blue pants with red rope belts wrapped in a bow behind their back, steel armguards and blue ninja tabi, wielding staves and katanas.
The orange-clad shinobi began to blush and grinned, scratching the back of his head. "Awww, you're too nice! You guys are pretty tough, too, you know!"
"However, I cannot lose match at any cost! I must win this tournament and kill the Overlord for my people, zam!"
"...Eh? Kill the Overlord?" Naruto blinked, his eyes reduced to dots.
Rozalin arched an eyebrow. "You wish to kill the new Overlord, do you? If I may ask, why is that so?"
"Overlord Zennon was supposed to be killed by the ninja of Snow Melody. The new Overlord has stolen our revenge!" Yukimaru shouted as flames burned in her eyes as well as those of the Snow Ninja.
"A story of revenge. How cliché," The blonde Overlord spoke as she checked her nails in boredom. "Please, don't go on. These vengeance stories are always so long and depressing..."
"In order to maintain our honor, we of the Snow Clan must kill the new Overlord! There is no other way!" The Snow Clan kunoichi drew one of the swords on her back and got into a fighting stance. "Failure is not an option!"
"Geez...! I'd have never guessed that's what you were here for," Naruto spoke with a solemn look on his face.
"However, we can't lose here, either." Rozalin she drew her Noble Rose. "You're not the only one with vengeance to take. Overlord Zennon killed my parents, so in return, I must kill him! Although, since he's already been killed, I'll have to kill Zennon's murderer in his place," She acted out, remembering her role.
Naruto had question marks floating over his head and suddenly smiled in realization. "O-oh! Right! And I'm supposed to serve Rozalin until she does just that! So we really can't lose!"
Adell blinked in confusion, several red question marks floating over his head. "Huh? What are you guys talking about?"
"It's part of our cover," Sakura whispered to the red-haired Demon Hunter. "For the tournament, at least."
"Why would she need a cover?"
"Just to prove that she's the Overlord of the entire Netherworld," Said Ina, folding her arms across her chest, "and that she actually exists. Nobody knew Overlord Zennon had a child, so most people think she's pretending."
"So...nobody thinks she exists?" Adell asked with an arched eyebrow. "Wow. That's gotta be tough. I can't help but wonder, though, why her father didn't say anything."
"It was for her own safety," Said Vicky, nearly shoving her breasts into Adell's face. "Overlord Zennon was the God of All Overlords. If anyone knew he had a child, they'd take that as a weakness and use it against him." She didn't notice that the red-head was turning a vivid shade of red. "If no one knew Rozalin existed, then she would be safe. I'm sure he didn't mean anything by that..."
"H-hey! Could you please step back?! ...I don't like girls." the Demon Hunter mumbled as he rubbed his cheek. His face was still red, but was gradually returning to its normal color.
"Hm? Are you serious?" Sakura asked with an arched eyebrow. "What, are you afraid of big breasts?"
"N-no! I mean, I just don't like girls!"
"Wha? What are you, a Eunuch?" Morgan asked as she popped up between the pink-haired kunoichi and the red-haired Demon Hunter.
"NO!! Just...stop asking questions, would ya?!"
"Ahem." Rozalin had cleared her throat, gaining her vassals' attention. "In case you've forgotten, we're in battle. Meaning that you should stop the chit-chat and begin the fighting!!" She exclaimed upon firing a shot at Yukimaru.
The dark-haired Kunoichi deflected the shot with her sword and jumped back. The three male Yukinin landed in front of Yukimaru and got into their fighting stances as the female Yukinin began to form hand signs and chant words in another language. The air suddenly began to get colder every second until finally, Rozalin and her entire group was encased in a large chunk of ice that had multiple spikes sticking out. The ice was soon melted from the inside out, though, by a quick fire spell from Morgan.
Naruto and Rozalin both spat out some water and pouted. "...I'm wet." The blonde Overlord muttered with her eyes half-open.
"No duh." Sasuke muttered as he rang out his kimono shirt's sleeve.
"This was my favorite dress and it's completely soaked now!" She shouted, dark energy suddenly radiating from her being. "Naruto! Sasuke! Sakura! Ina! Come here!!" The four ninja gulped before doing as their master said. They jumped in front of her and got their weapons ready. "Now kneel before me!"
"...What?" The four ninja asked in confusion.
"You heard me! I said 'kneel'!!" Rozalin shouted, her eyes glowing bright red as she suddenly held a machine gun in her hands.
"Okay, okay! We're kneeling!!" Naruto shouted as he dropped on his knee. 'What's her problem?!'
'This is weird...! But I should be used to stuff like this by now, shouldn't I?' Sakura thought as she got on her knee.
"Hn..." Sasuke kneeled as well.
Ina wordlessly did as her master commanded.
"Stop them!!" Yukimaru exclaimed, causing the male Yukinin to spring towards the Overlord and her ninja vassals.
"The rest of you! Make sure they don't attack me!" Rozalin told the other vassals before she began to chant in some arcane words. A glowing purple pentagram appeared beneath her and the shinobi as she continued to speak.
"Right!" Adell exclaimed as he and the rest of the vassals ran in front of them. "You guys aren't getting past us!"
Artia took aim with her bow and formed an arrow of pure energy. "Raiden Missile!!" Once she released the arrow, it zoomed towards one of the Yukinin and struck him right in the chest, shocking him and causing the Snow Ninja to drop, paralyzed from the attack. However, one of the ninja suddenly appeared before her and took a clean swipe at her with his katana.
"Mega Heal," Vicky whispered as she held up her hands. A green aura surrounded her being and in a matter of seconds, Artia's sword wound had vanished.
Daisuke dashed through the sword-wielding Snow Ninja and quickly spun around to deliver a slash in the ninja's back. The male Yukinin stumbled forward, only to have Adell's fist make contact with his face. The Demon Hunter then grabbed a fistful of the ninja's clothes and threw him over, causing the Yukinin to land on his stomach.
Vicky then gave a wicked grin as she pulled out her syringe. She aimed for the Yukinin's butt and...well, it would be too horrible to describe, but let's say that it was horrible and painful enough to knock out the poor Snow Ninja and scar him for life. "I love my job!" The busty Demon Nurse spoke with a fanged grin as she held her syringe in her arms. Adell, Artia, and Daisuke sweatdropped and inched slowly away from her.
"HEEEEELLLLLP!!" Morgan shouted as she narrowingly ducked being hacked into pieces by the axe of the remaining Snow Shinobi. The purple-haired Mage fell to her knees and held up her staff in an attempt to block the attack, but the Nin's axe easily managed to chop it in half, and also a few strands of hair that hung in front of her face. "Eep!"
"Hang on, Morgan!!" Daisuke shouted as he dropped his sword and grabbed onto Adell. "Hope you don't mind!"
"Wh-what?! What're you--? Let me go!!" The human teen asked as he began to squirm in the Warrior's grasp.
"Take this!!" Daisuke hurled the redhead at the male ninja and made him crash into the Snow Ninja headfirst. One could swear they heard something crunch, but it was unknown if it was Adell or the unconscious ninja, who were both lying on the ground with swirls in their eyes and large bumps on their heads. "STRIKE!!!" The Warrior exclaimed as he pumped a fist in the air, a grin spreading out on his face.
"Um... Is he still alive?" Morgan asked as she poked the unconscious Adell with a piece of her staff.
"Lemme check." Artia walked over to the Demon Hunter and poked him in the side with one of her arrows.
"OUCH!! Are you nuts?! That could've hurt me!"
"He's alive," The Archer stated as Adell sat up and rubbed his side.
'These guys are nuts! I gotta find a way to get out of being a vassal, or living with them will kill me The redhead thought as he narrowed his eyes slightly at Artia, who was bowing and quickly spilling out apologies.
"They managed to get through the first line! Now is the time for the second attack, zam!!" Yukimaru exclaimed as she pointed her sword at their opponents. The female kunoichi jumped back as the other female Snow Ninja jumped forward. The two wielding staffs raised their weapons and with a quick cast of Brave Heart and Shield spells, the two katana wielders began to radiate with some form of battle aura and the staff wielders had some sort of semi-visible shield surrounding them.
"Um, I don't like the looks of this, doods!" The black Prinny exclaimed as it waved its flippers about in the air. "Now they're twice as strong as they were before!"
"They could be a hundred times stronger! They're still gonna lose!" Adell exclaimed just before one of the female kunoichi appeared before him and attempted to strike him. The redhead blocked the attack with the back of his hand--and silently thanked that demon at the weapon shop for telling him to get those magically enhanced gloves--before he noticed that the Snow Kunoichi had struck him with the sheath of her katana. With a swift movement and a short battle cry, the Snow Kunoichi attempted to really slash the Demon Hunter, but she was immediately pulled back by Daisuke and thrown to the ground.
Before she could get back up, the Prinny jumped on top of her and pulled out a piece of paper with words written in Japanese kanji. If you could read Japanese, you'd know the words read 'bomb note'. "To you, from me, with love." The undead penguin winked cutely as a heart floated over its head before slamming the piece of paper onto the Snow Kunoichi's bandage-bound breasts. In less than a second, the bomb note exploded. The Kunoichi was roasted well-done and the Prinny was sent flying. "Guess it was too earlyyyyyy-- OOF!!" It soon hit the coliseum wall, and then slid down slowly before it rolled onto the ground.
"Um, are you guys gonna finish any time soon?!" Daisuke shouted before falling backwards in an attempt to avoid having his head chopped off by a katana. "Like today?!"
"Take my strength!!" Rozalin shouted as a blinding light surrounded her and her ninja vassals. Once the light faded, the ninja blinked in confusion. "Now, go win one for your master!" The blonde Overlord shouted as she pointed a finger at the remaining kunoichi.
"Wait a minute, what just happened?" Sasuke asked with an arched eyebrow as he stood up and tried to find some form of physical defect. "What did you do to us?"
"They got a power boost, didn't they? Well, now so do you. Now...go!" The blonde waved her hand, trying to shoo them away.
"Power boost? Like one of those magic spells or something?" Sakura asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Hmmm, you can say that. Now...GO!!!" Rozalin shouted again, now red in the face. Just a second afterward, a knife came flying towards her. Before it could embed itself in her chest, Naruto grabbed the knife by the hilt and with a swift wrist movement sent it whizzing by the katana-wielding kunoichi's face.
"I think I'm gonna like this," Said the orange-clad shinobi with a fox-like grin before the four ninja disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ina appeared in mid-air, over the offensive Snow Kunoichi's head and began to form hand signs. "Miminmin!" Blossom petals began to whirl around the female Snow ninja. Her eyelids began to droop and eventually, she fell asleep standing up, katana still clutched in her hands. "Sakura!" the red-haired Kunoichi called out as she landed on the ground.
"Grrrrrr!!!" At the sound of her name, the pink-haired kunoichi had balled up her fist and delivered an uppercut to the Snow Kunoichi that was so powerful that the ninja was sent flying up into the air, still sleeping. Sakura quickly drew her axe--one that had her name personally engraved on its hilt--and held it out as her target began to fall. Closer and closer the Snow Kunoichi fell, and Sakura's grip on her axe's hilt tightened. As soon as she was close enough, a familiar battle cry was heard. "SHANNAROOOO!!!" The axe blade soon found its mark in the Snow Kunoichi's back and the Medic Nin threw her down to the ground, causing a bit of blood to fly.
"...Well, she's dead." Ina muttered with half-lidded eyes as a large sweatdrop ran down the side of her head.
"...Oh...my...God... What have I done?" Sakura gasped as she immediately pulled her axe out of the Snow Kunoichi's back. The dark-haired ninja began to move slightly. "Eh?"
"Oh, I guess she's not dead. I'll take care of that." The red-haired Kunoichi stated just seconds before pulling out her Murasame-style katana.
"W-wait!! I-it's not like she can do anything in her state. Let's just...leave her alone and maybe she'll die on her own?"
"...Some kunoichi you are."
Meanwhile, Sasuke and Naruto were finishing off the staff-wielding Snow Kunoichi, who appeared to know more than average spells. The kunoichi, their shield gone and on their last legs, began to form hand signs. "Hiyoke!!" They cried, and a cloud of black smoke began to whirl around the two young shinobi's heads. The smoke soon dissipated, but Sasuke and Naruto's eyes seemed...lighter than before.
"I can't see!!" The orange-clad blonde shouted loudly, flailing his arms wildly in the air. He stumbled to the side and accidentally knocked into Sasuke, whose instinctive reflex at the moment told him to attack whoever walked into him, causing the Uchiha to use Chidori Nagashi. "GYAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Naruto fell over, looking as roasted as the little black Prinny had.
The Uchiha blinked in confusion. "Naruto?"
"Sasuke? Are you the one who shocked me...? You bastard!!!" Naruto shouted, immediately springing back to his feet. He was looking in the direction opposite of Sasuke, though. "I'm gonna kick the crap out of you!!"
"It's not my fault, moron. I can't see!" Sasuke hissed as he tightened his grip on his Kusanagi.
In the background, in a poof of smoke, Ina pulled out a large scroll with the words "Demon Ninja's Guide to Netherworld Ninjutsu--Guaranteed to make even a Loud, Stupid, Hyperactive Blonde a Number-1 Ninja!" scribbled on in small kanji. The red-haired kunoichi opened the scroll and began to read. "Hiyoke--it means 'blind' in Japanese. Basically, it takes away the target's sight."
"So now they're permanently blind?" Rozalin gasped with widened eyes.
"P-permanently?!" Naruto cried as Sasuke inwardly winced at going blind at the young age of 18.
"Oh, relax. Like all ninjutsu effects, the Hiyoke spell can easily be restored," Said Ina as the scroll disappeared in a poof of smoke. "It can also wear off in a certain amount of time."
"Oh. Well, if it's not permanent, I see no need in worrying," Rozalin stated, though she was still somewhat shaken at the thought of her servants going blind. She didn't know why she did, though...
Naruto, on the other hand, was still upset. "I hope you're going to bring back my sight!!"
"Hn."
"Oh. And Sasuke's, too!"
"Will you stop whining like some baby? It's only temporary blindness," Said Rozalin as she folded her arms across her chest. Meanwhile, as the Snow Kunoichi were just about to enjoy a break composed of strength-restoring Rice Balls and mana-restoring Saké, a familiar black Prinny was thrown at the two kunoichi, courtesy of Morgan, and exploded upon impact.
"How many times am I gonna get blown up in this episode?!" The Prinny shouted, obviously pissed at what was happening. It was about to land on Rozalin when the blonde Overlord caught it in midair with her bare hand. "Phew! Thank you, Master Rozalin...!" She soon tossed it over her shoulder and the Prinny exploded again. 'I hate my afterlife...!' It thought as it sat on the ground, smelling like a turkey dinner.
"You're skilled, zam. I see now... This battle shall not be won by who is stronger than who, but by whose will is stronger, zam!" Yukimaru held out her sword and pointed it at the blind blonde. "Naruto-san! We will see whose desire to win is stronger!!"
"Heh...!" Naruto smirked and tilted his head slightly. "You're on!"
"Um...I'm over here, Naruto-san," The Snow Kunoichi sweatdropped, her eyes reduced to little blue dots as Naruto attempted to find the location of Yukimaru's voice.
"K-keep talking!! I'll be able to find you easier!"
"Oh, for the Maggog's sake! Vicky!!" Rozalin shouted as she started to get red in the face. "Hurry up and heal him before he winds up killing himself!"
"Aye-aye, Princess!" The busty Demon Nurse exclaimed as she threw two syringes at Sasuke and Naruto. The Uchiha was struck in the arm, whereas the unfortunate Uzumaki was struck in the back of his neck. "Oops. Hope I didn't puncture anything important..." Vicky mumbled as a sweatdrop ran down the back of her head.
"Gurk!" The orange-clad blonde clenched his teeth and resisted the urge to scream in pain. His sight slowly returned to him, and as soon as everything became clear, he grabbed the syringe in the back of his neck and pulled it out. It was only a small one...thank God. "...Ow." Naruto spoke flatly before throwing the syringe aside. "Alright, Yukimaru! I'll take you up on your challenge!" The blonde exclaimed, pointing a finger at the remaining Snow Ninja.
"That's funny. I thought I was the group leader, not you, Naruto," Rozalin asked with an arched eyebrow. "But, I do agree with you upon the challenge. My desires are more important than yours will ever be!" She narrowed her eyes as she gathered energy into the Noble Rose. "And I'm going to show that to you...Yukimaru!!" The demoness planted her feet firmly to the ground before firing off the tremendous shot. The shot hit Yukimaru, immediately electrocuting her.
"Dead on!" Morgan and Vicky exclaimed. "Go, Rozie, Go!!" The two demonesses shouted as they began to wave pompoms in the air.
"That wasn't very hard." Rozalin spoke smoothly as Yukimaru fell to the ground, unconscious.
"It's about to get harder!" Yukimaru exclaimed as she suddenly appeared above Rozalin. She swung her sword downward in an attempt to slice the blonde Overlord in half, but soon found herself being back by Naruto's sword.
"You wanna get to her, you'll have to kill me first!!" The orange-clad blonde exclaimed.
The Snow Kunoichi jumped off of his sword and skidded backwards, away from the party. She formed a single-handed hand sign and her sword was soon glowing bright blue. Yukimaru dashed forward and began to slash away at Naruto. The blonde tried to parry her blows, but a few attacks managed to get him once or twice. He was quickly surprised when she blew a cold wind in his face, causing the blonde to shield his eyes.
"Forgive me, Naruto-san!" Yukimaru exclaimed as she made a circular motion with her sword. With one swift stroke of the blade, Naruto was down on his knees, blood spilling onto the floor. The Snow Kunoichi raised her sword to strike, but was soon stopped as a fist of pure lightning chakra slammed into her stomach, sending waves of electricity through her body.
"How about fighting with me for a while?" Sasuke smirked as he drew his Kusanagi sword and got into a fighting stance. "Let me see if a Snow Ninja...can stand up to the might of an Uchiha!"
"It's going to be okay, Naruto! You hear?!" Sakura shouted as she rested her glowing green hands against his bleeding chest. "Right?!"
"I heard you, Sakura-chan! It's not that deep a wound, anyway!" The blonde exclaimed as he stroked his finger across the thing bleeding line. "It's almost as if...she hesitated at the last minute..." He thought aloud, the sounds of Sasuke and Yukimaru's swords clashing over each other. 'Could it be that she...?'
"Setsugetsuka!!" The blue-eyed Kunoichi exclaimed before she made a hand sign, holding her sword in her mouth. Before Sasuke could impale the blade of his sword into Yukimaru's chest, a pure blue icicle appeared around her with several spikes protruding from it. One of the spikes managed to go through Sasuke's right shoulder, causing an icy cold feeling to go through the Uchiha's entire body. His entire right arm was slowly being frozen, to his horror.
"Fire!!" Morgan shouted, pointing a finger up in the air. Sasuke's frozen arm caught aflame, but it didn't even cause it to melt slightly. "Uh-oh! Without my staff, my magic's not as strong as anymore!"
"Adell, do something!!" Rozalin shouted, her head snapping towards the red-haired Demon Hunter.
"What? Why me?"
"Um, aren't you the guy who can explode into flames?" Daisuke asked with an arched eyebrow. "You can do this!"
"Alright!" Adell ran over to Sasuke and slid to a halt, careful not to become impaled on one of the spikes of the Setsugetsuka. "Here goes!!" He held up a hand and it soon became covered in flames. The redhead held onto the Uchiha's frozen arm with his flaming hand and it soon began to melt.
"Ugh..." The raven-haired human moved his arm about a bit as it regained feeling. "Thanks," He mumbled to Adell.
"Hey, it's not my style to let my friends die," The redhead replied as he grabbed the spike and caused it to melt a bit before snapping the icicle in two.
The remaining icy spikes soon retracted and Yukimaru returned to normal. She jumped back and threw some tiny ice-blue balls at the two humans' feet. The balls exploded and soon their feet were frozen to the floor.
"Uh-oh! We've got trouble!" Artia exclaimed as she drew an arrow and jumped up into the air. She took aim at Yukimaru and shot the arrow. It pierced the exposed part of her arm and went deep into it. "A hit!"
"Next time, try aiming for her sword arm!" Rozalin exclaimed as her handgun channeled energy. "Tri-Burst!!" She shouted as she shot three, small sphere-shaped energy shots at the Snow Kunoichi. One hit her in the stomach, another hit her in the chest, and the final one hit her in her left kneecap. "See? Try it like that!"
"It looks like she can't move now! Now's our chance to strike!" Adell exclaimed, still frozen to the ground. Sasuke was still beside him, blowing a steady stream of fire down at his feet to melt off the ice.
"Just in case, though..." Ina formed a hand sign and closed her eyes in concentration. "Tougenkyo!!" As soon as those words came out of the red-haired Kunoichi's mouth, a seal appeared on Yukimaru's chest and the Snow Kunoichi's eyes became swirl.
"Zaaaammmmm..." Yukimaru moaned as she began to swagger a bit.
"Wh-what'd you do?" Sakura asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Depravity spell. Not sure why they call it that since it's more like putting them in a daze..."
"Okay!! Here I come!!" Naruto exclaimed as he dashed forward and kicked Yukimaru up into the air. With a hand sign, a Kage Bunshin appeared beside him and they began to form a familiar ball of chakra. As the dazed Yukimaru fell, the bunshin disappeared and the blonde thrusted the Rasengan upwards, striking the Snow Kunoichi in the back. "Rasengan!!"
"UWAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" The dark-haired Kunoichi cried before the spiraling ball of chakra faded and Naruto threw her down to the ground.
"And the winner is Overlord Rozalin!!" Usagi exclaimed, waving his plushie arms about in the air. Plenair...remained as cute and emotionless as usual.
"See that? I told you: my desires are far more important than your revenge will ever be!" Rozalin exclaimed as she approached Yukimaru, who was starting to stand up. "So why don't you go and run off and seek your revenge on me later, since I'm going to become the Overlord as soon as I kill Zennon's murderer."
"...I...! I have failed my mission...!" Yukimaru sobbed, her eyes welling up with tears. She drew the knife on her hip and held it up, blade aimed towards her chest. "My people... My brother...! I have failed you all...! A worthless ninja such as I doesn't deserve to exist, zam!!" She closed her eyes and was about to thrust the blade in her chest when she felt a pair of hands grabbing hers. 'What...?' She opened her eyes and saw Naruto staring at her, azure eyes staring directly at her.
"Don't say stupid things like that!! Just because you lost the fight doesn't mean you're worthless!" The blonde shouted angrily, suddenly reminded of Haku during his first C-rank mission as a genin. "So you lost... Big deal! You can train and become stronger! You don't have to kill yourself!!"
"But, I...!"
"But nothing!!" He shouted again, pulling the knife out of Yukimaru's hands. "If your mission means that much to you, you shouldn't just give up! If you want it to succeed, you have to live, Yukimaru!!"
The dark-haired kunoichi's eyes widened as a light red tint appeared on her cheeks. "Naruto-san...! You are right!" She bowed to the blonde, the blush on her face increasing. "You have persuaded me. In return, I give you myself..."
"...Huh?" Naruto blinked, eyes reduced to little blue dots. "Come again?" He didn't notice how Rozalin was sputtering in shock in the background, her face red with what appeared to be anger.
"Please, make me your apprentice, Naruto-san! I wish to become as strong as you and fulfill my mission!"
Naruto began to blush from embarrassment. "Aw, shucks! Well, I guess I could teach you a thing or two if you teach me!"
Yukimaru's eyes began to water with tears again and she began to hug the orange-clad shinobi, her arms wrapping around his waist. "Thank you, Naruto-sensei! Thank you! I will never fail you!!"
The blush on Naruto's face became darker. "C-come now! You don't have to do that!"
Rozalin bent over slightly and began to shake. 'Funny. What is this...this pain in my chest?' She thought as she continued to stare at the two ninja who were still embracing. 'It feels as though...someone drove a stake through my heart...' "Will you two stop that?! The fight is over and we must get ready for the next one."
"R-right..." Naruto chuckled softly to himself as he scratched the back of his head after Yukimaru released him.
The dark-haired Snow Kunoichi bowed in respect. "Sorry, Rozalin-sama, zam."
"And Yukimaru, since you are now Naruto's student, that makes you his vassal. And Naruto's vassals are my vassals, meaning that you work for me now. You had better not do anything to upset me...or else..."
Yukimaru sweatdropped as she felt a cold feeling running through her entire body. "Y-yes, Rozalin-sama..."
"You look pretty messed up, Yukimaru. Can you move?" The blonde shinobi asked as he observed his new apprentice.
"Not really..." Before she knew it, Yukimaru was hitching a piggyback ride on Naruto's back. "N-naruto-sensei?! Wh-what are you doing?!"
"I'm not gonna let my new apprentice walk while she's injured! Let's get you to the Dark Infirmary..." He spoke as he jogged off.
"It's like watching Rock Lee..." Sakura muttered.
"Although it's not as disturbing," Sasuke added with an arched eyebrow.
"I smell a love connection!" The black Prinny chirped as he popped up beside the two young ninja. "...Doods."
"Hmmm..." Vicky looked at the pouting Rozalin. "Are you alright, Rozalin?"
"I'm fine!!" The blonde Overlord snapped as she marched off, her cheeks tinted with red.
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Adell joins the party (without his consideration)!
Yukimaru has become Naruto's Apprentice (much to Rozalin's anger)!
Naruto's gained the title of Future Hokage!
Rozalin: Naruto!! Stop playing around with the laptop and messing with Blu's ending notes!!
Naruto: What? That's what it should be...
::Episode 6::
::End::
X-X-X
::Next Episode!::
Rozalin: At last, the end to this tournament is coming soon!! Just two more fights and all will know I am the rightful Overlord of the Netherworld! Ha ha!
Naruto: Uh, that may not be so easy... Look who we're supposed to be fighting next.
Laharl: HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rozalin: Not him again...! Didn't you see how we trounced your little vassal? That'll be you if you don't get out of my way!
Laharl: As if!! First you cheat and beat me, then you cheat and beat Etna! The only one allowed to kick the crap outta her is ME!! You're all gonna pay for this with your lives!
Etna: You tell ''em, Prince!!
Laharl: Can it, you!! Don't think I've forgotten that you ran off to gain the title of Overlord!
Rozalin: (Yawns) I'm shaking...
Naruto: Well, Etna did say that he's still not up to full strength. I think we can win this!
Rozalin: Next time of SiNful Rose, episode 7: "Rozalin's Tournament Pt. 4: The Return of Laharl"! Just wait until he sees how strong we've become!
Laharl: Bring it on, losers! HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
