Hey guys, Murayama Tsuru here. I have brought to you the ninth chapter, hooray! Now you guys will be able to learn what the blue blob is! I bet none of you guessed what it is! It's…Wait a second, you guys almost tricked me into revealing something before the story started. Well too bad, you have to wait for a few more words! So, without further ado, here's this chapter. I hope you guys enjoy
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, it's the property of Kishimoto Masashi-Sensei. Nor do I own Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo; it's the property of Sawai Yoshio-Sensei! Crap, I've just given you all a big hint!
As the blue blob unfolded into a large rectangle-like thing with arms and legs, Naruto's sweat-dropped. He hadn't really known what to expect when he first saw it, but it was definitely not this. The blob was now a living blue stick of Tokoroten. Naruto turned to Kouryu and asked, "Um…Why are you having me fight Jelly Jigg—?"
"Shhh," Kouryu interrupted frantically, "You can't say his name, it'd be in violation of the copyright."
"What are you talking about? This isn't Gintama. It won't matter if we do it a little, since we don't' usually bring in characters from other Shonen Jump series."
"No," Kouryu shook her head, "That's exactly why we can't do it. We shouldn't stoop to the level of that Samurai comedy."
Naruto rolled his eyes, but didn't really feel like arguing anymore, "Fine, whatever. Can I at least call him by his Japanese name?"
Kouryu thought about it for a second then nodded, "Yes that should be ok. I don't think there are many people who have watched that show in Japanese anyway."
That made no sense to Naruto, but instead of commenting, he asked his original question, "Why are you making me fight Tokoroten'nosuke, Kouryu?"
"Because," Kouryu said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "He's a lot easier to deal with than Don Patch. And, I thought it'd be good to start your training in the Dream World with someone who isn't too tough."
Naruto nodded, despite her choice of character, Kouryu's reasoning for having him train with Jelly Jiggler, made a certain amount of sense. "Hey," a voice interrupted Naruto's thoughts, "Are we going to get this fight started already? I'm being paid big time to make an appearance in this story; all I can eat jelly!"
"Um…" Naruto started hesitantly, "aren't you made out of jelly? Why would the author pay you in what you're made out of?"
When Jelly Jiggler heard this, it looked like he'd been struck by lightning, "You're right! I've been tricked! Can I have a minute to negotiate my contract with the author?"
"No," Naruto deadpanned, cracking his knuckles, "As you said it's time to get this fight started." And Naruto charged at the Jelly-man as he began screaming bloody murder.
Fighting with Jelly Jiggler proved a lot harder than Naruto had originally thought. Since the blue man was made out of a jelly-like substance, he was extremely resilient. So, every time Naruto thought he'd beat Jelly Jiggler, he'd just get right back up like nothing happened.
Naruto was just beginning to tire when Jelly Jiggler turned to Kouryu and asked, "Hey, Kouryu-san, can I stop now? Since I'm not actually being paid money, I just don't have the will to keep this going."
"Kouryu raised an eyebrow, "But what about Naruto-kun? Does he want to stop? This training is for him, y'know."
The jelly-man clicked his tongue, "Yes, I can see that. I was trying not to step on his pride by gracefully ducking out of this fight while he was still standing."
Kouryu chuckled and then looked over at Naruto who was panting and drenched in sweat, "Well, what do you say, Naruto-kun? Do you want to stop?"
Naruto shook his head vehemently, "No, I can still fight. So bring it Jelly-man, you're gonna be my midnight snack!"
Tokoten'nosuke tsk'd, "Fine, I try to be nice and this is the thanks I get. But I warn you I'm not going to go easy on you from here on out."
The blue man then started concentrating and a purple aura started to surround him. Naruto didn't like the look of that so he ran over and punched Jelly Jiggler, knocking him flat.
"Hey!" he said indignantly as he say up, "What'd you do that for? You didn't even let me start my attack!"
"Huh? But you looked like you were about to do some powerful move, and I thought I'd stop you before you could. What's wrong with that?"
Jelly Jiggler gave Naruto a look, "Everything is wrong with that. You're supposed to stand there while I power up for my attack. Don't you read Shonen Manga?"
"Eh?" Naruto scratched the back of his head, confused, "Is that how it's supposed to be? I didn't know, I'm sorry Jelly Jigg…I mean Tokoroten'nosuke."
The jelly man then came over and patted Naruto on the shoulder soothingly, "It's ok. I forgive you, I've been reading your chapters every week and it's apparent to me that you have zero time to be reading Shonen Jump."
"Ah…Yeah, how true, we are in the middle of an intense fight in the real story."
"That's right," Jelly Jiggler nodded, "So, it's not your fault that you don't know the proper rules of a Shonen Jump fight…Not, you should know them if you're in an intense fight now!" Jelly yelled and made to punch Naruto from close range.
But, Naruto just blocked the punch, and said icily, "So that was your game, huh? Well that doesn't seem very Jump-esque either if you ask me. Now I think I'm going to have to try even harder to beat you."
At that, Jelly Jiggler's eyes became unrealistically wide. He then started to beg for mercy, and if he got it, he'd share his jelly with Naruto after their fight. But his kowtowing was cut short when both he and Naruto heard something like a wall crash down around them.
Naruto looked around to see that the fog that had been there when Naruto arrived in the dream world had gotten a lot thicker. Now, Naruto couldn't even see Kouryu's outline like he could before. Feeling a little worried, Naruto yelled, "Kouryu, is this your doing? If you're trying to play a joke on us it's not funny."
But there was no answer, which did not strike Naruto as a good thing. Jelly Jiggler didn't seem to like this turn of events either, as he was now shaking uncontrollably. After a few seconds, Naruto, thoroughly annoyed now half yelled, half asked "Are you just going to stand there and shake?"
Jelly Jiggler immediately stopped shaking. And after a considerable effort, he said to Naruto in an almost calm voice, "What are you talking about? Isn't shaking how you get rid of fog?"
Naruto rolled his eyes, "That's the first time I've heard that."
"Me too. I don't think shaking is going to help you out of this situation." A voice that was neither Naruto nor Jelly Jiggler said. Naruto and Jelly both turned in the direction of the voice, to try and discern who the newcomer was. And Naruto did not like what he found.
Behind Naruto was a white Zetsu. Naruto had no idea how he got there, but he wasn't about to ask; talking to enemies really didn't seem like a good idea. But then, to Naruto's immense annoyance, Jelly Jiggler spoke up, "Who are you. And why are you on our training ground?"
The white Zetsu chuckled, "Why should I tell you that? I'm you enemy, so clearly I'm here to stop you from training."
Jelly gasped, "But, but that's just so mean. Who would do such a ghastly thing?"
Naruto sighed, he hadn't known Jelly long, but his tendency to overreact at everything was starting to get annoying. The Zestu looked confused; like he thought just Naruto was going to be there. An awkward silence settled on the three of them then.
Eventually Naruto decided to break the silence by asking, "So, white Zetsu, did Uchiha Madara send you here?"
The white plant-thing looked shocked, "How did you know? I didn't tell anyone."
"Jelly Jiggler's stupidity must be affecting you," and ignoring said idiot's protests, Naruto continued, "I think it's pretty obvious. I mean, Madara or Tobi or Obito or whatever you want to call him seems to be the only one who uses you guys."
The white Zetsu paused, "that makes sense. Well know that you know it's time to say goodbye!" and he started waving hand-signs.
Naruto and Jelly Jiggler looked at each other and Jelly said enthusiastically, "C'mon Naruto, let's do this! I know we can beat him.
Naruto groaned inwardly and thought, 'Kouryu, where are you? Why did you leave me with this idiot?'
And that ends this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed the random appearance of Jelly Jiggler! Did anyone guess who it was before I basically revealed it in the disclaimer? Huh, huh, did you? I bet you didn't! But if you did, congratulations, you get an imaginary cookie. Here you go, it had Tokoroten in it! ...Wait why are you walking away? It was only a joke! I wanted try a comedy chapter this week because there wasn't nearly enough comedy in this story by my standarts! By the way, for those who want to know, Tokoroten is jelly noodles made out of agar. So, anyway if you'd like please review, I always love to know what you guys think. Until next week then!
-Murayama Tsuru
