Chapter 10
Finally, the first of the Sparrow-free chapters
Time skip: 3 months
Naruto's team is finally returning to the village, one month after schedule. They hear the sound of fighting in the distance and Naruto, as expected, dashes off to see what's going on, assuming someone is in trouble. When the team arrives at the scene, they see two ninjas clashing at incredible speed, swords in hand. The ninjas are to fast for any normal ninja to see what's happening and Kakashi overused his Sharingan on the last mission, so can't use it for awhile. Naruto turns to Kakashi and asks if they should help, but Kakashi explains that since they don't know what's going on, it's best for them to wait. As if interrupted by Naruto and Kakashi talking, the two black haired ninja stop fighting and turn toward the Leaf Ninja. The ninjas are dressed similar to the Anbu, wearing generic black ninja gear and white fox masks. The ninjas walk toward Naruto's group as one of them starts talking in a serious voice. "Please show yourselves and explain why you interrupted our training." The other ninja speaks as the Leaf Ninja reveal themselves. "Yay, now we get to start all over! You guys should join in too. This will be fun, brother..."
The Leaf Ninja introduce themselves and Kakashi tries to deny the request to join in the training. "Well, you see, we would love to join you but-" The female ninja interrupts. "Yay, you'll join us! That's great! I'll take the cute guy and the girl, brother. You take the old guy and the one in the ugly orange thing." Kakashi and Naruto seem disenchanted by the girl's remarks, especially Naruto, who at first thought he was the "Cute guy". The girl's brother turns to her and explains that Kakashi was trying to reject her offer, but the girl won't seem to accept it. "No, brother, that can't be right. The old guy said he would love to..." The girl turns to Kakashi and takes her mask off, only to give him the cutest little puppy dog look she could muster. "But you said you would join us right, Mr. Ninja? Please... My brother is like, sooo boring. He's no fun at all, won't you play with me?" As everyone knows, Kakashi can't refuse a request from a beautiful girl, so team Kakashi is essentially forced to battle these two ninjas, who agree not to use lethal force. The two ninja explain they need time to prepare for the battle and vanish into the forest, saying something about making it more fair.
The two ninja return roughly five minutes later wearing noticeably heavier clothes and with dull training swords. Kakashi stares at the male ninja. "What is the meaning of this, why would you put yourselves at such a disadvantage. How will you keep up with us in those weighted clothes?" The male ninja responds, calmly. "We have worn clothes like these for years, it's not like-" The girl interrupts "Don't tell them tha-" "Silence Asuna!Do not interrupt me!" "Sorry Asura, it's just been so long since we've had anyone to play with. You know how I hate waiting." Naruto butts into the conversation. "Your names are Asura and Asuna? Your parents weren't very creative were they?" Kakashi turns toward Naruto as if to scold him as Asuna speaks softly to her brother. "What do you say we start the battle now, I'll take the annoying one, you can handle the rest right?" Asura turns to the Leaf Nina. "Naruto was it? Watch out, it's never a good idea to make Asuna angry. I wish you the best of luck in this battle. "
Battle scene
The battle begins with Kakashi and Sakura rushing in to attack Asura while Sai supports from a distance with his Superbeast Scroll. Asuna rushes directly at Naruto, who uses his Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu to confuse his assailant. Asuna continues slashing away at the clones at surprising speed, considering the weighted gear she has on. Seemingly out of nowhere, a hand painted tiger springs out from behind a clone. Just as Asuna appears to be caught off guard, a cloud of dust surrounds her for a very short time. When the dust fades, Asuna is replaced with her brother, who easily dispatches the tiger. Naruto's clones are caught off guard by this change of opponents and most are defeated with little trouble. Noticing that Naruto is in trouble, Sakura rushes over to attack Asura from behind. About midway through Sakura's punch, Asura is again engulfed in dust. Before the punch could connect, Sakura takes a kick to the face, launching her into the air. The dust settles to reveal that the twins have switched places again, leaving the Leaf Ninja confused. Asuna follows Sakura into the air, landing over her with a sword pointed at her chest. "You're out Sakura, leave the field." With the battle now more even, the siblings close the gap between each other, presumably to fight together. With Sai still supporting from a distance, Naruto starts attacking relentlessly with his clones as Kakashi begins using more Ninjutsus. The twins fight off the clones with mostly Taijutsu at first, but as they begin to tire, they start relying on Ninjutsu. Although they are twins, their chakra types appear to differ, while Asura uses fire jutsu, his sister used mostly wind based techniques. After a short time, realizing that they are in over their heads with the seemingly endless number of clones and occasional jutsus from Sai and Kakashi, the twins decide to attempt to end the battle as soon as possible. "Are you ready sister?" "Of course, aren't I always?" The twins start running through separate one-handed hand signs, each with the hand farthest from their sibling. A smile crosses their faces as they begin their final hand sign. They each reach across their bodies to form a single hand sign, with Asuna's left hand and Asura's right hand forming a perfect Dragon. "Joint Technique; Heat Wave Jutsu!" The temperature rises drastically as the twins begin the half-hand signs again. The signs seem mostly the same as the first time, but with some of Asura's signs differing. They can't help but to laugh as they form the final sign, their hands form a perfect Bird this time. "Joint Technique; Cold Snap Jutsu!" The temperature drops from being unbearably hot to being below freezing in a matter of seconds, causing severe exhaustion from the Leaf Ninja. Asuna looks at Kakashi, who is struggling to fight off the effects of the sudden temperature change. "See old guy, I told you it would be fun. You guys look like you need rest, you should stay with us tonight, let's go."
Battle Scene End
The leaf Ninjas reluctantly follow the twins to a secluded spot in the forest, somehow different from its surroundings. The siblings start running through separate signs with each of their hands (That's four total, completely different sets of signs). Finally, the jutsu ends with their hands forming both normal and upside-down Birds. "Demon art; Dimensional Unsealing" A black energy collects between the Bird signs, as they separate their hands; the energy expands, causing the colors in the forest to become inverted. Asuna looks toward the Leaf Ninja. "Welcome to our comfy little home, Sensei made it for us. Well, actually I guess Sensei's mom made it, but he convinced her to... We joke that convincer her to do it was harder than learning how to do it ourselves, Sensei is so fun... I miss him." Asura takes the Leaf Ninja for a tour, which is basically "Hey, don't touch the black fire surrounding the area". Asuna sits alone as the Leaf Ninja decide where to sleep. As she looks up, a small white fox walks up to her and licks her face. A tear comes to Asuna's eye as she hugs the fox. "Where were you, Kotetsu.
[If you were wondering, Naruto's team was on an escort mission, Kakashi's Sharingan was needed to avoid the countless traps. Also, the Dimensional Unsealing Jutsu stops time in that area, and only the background color is inverted, not the people. It is called Unsealing for a reason I may explain later]