{Some reviews would be nice! ;( Anyways, enjoy!}
{Also, really sorry for the long hiatus. School can be really bothersome. Anyways, I hope this chapter makes up for it somewhat!}
[Day 6 - Afternoon]
Gatō was a man of many things. Businessman. Mob boss. Criminal. CEO of Gatō Company (a powerful shipping business). Drug dealer. And finally, the King of Wave.
At least. He thought, looking in fascination at the construction going on in front of him. That's going to be my new title AFTER I get rid of...my problems.
Even with his small army of thugs and his team of missing-nins from the Mist Village, he was uncertain that he could be successful with stopping Tazuna. One man! One man dared to stand in his way of success, and yet, that one man was winning! His confidence really began to sink when he heard that one of the "Genins" turned out to be motherfucking Deathstroke the Terminator! He knew how dangerous he was, since at one point, he hired him to eliminate a rival criminal business. He thought it would've taken at least a week to do the job. The next morning after he hired him, he woke up to find Deathstroke in his room, sitting on the corpses of the rival group.
"Money, please." The armored mercenary asked coolly. Needless to say, Gatō paid him on the spot.
Knowing how dangerous Deathstroke was, he wondered why he didn't just hire him to do the job. Oh yeah, too pricy. Anyways, the moment he knew that Deathstroke was going to protect the bridge builder, he was secretly getting ready to haul ass when...what was his name? Oh yes, Ausar. When Ausar come along and offered his "droids", his confidence returned.
I also got a new toy. He thought, admiring the new "pistol", as they would call it, on his leg.
His thoughts were interrupted by the factory office door sliding open, prompting him to turn around. He was greeted with the sight of 3 battle droids, with the center droid having a yellow circle on its chest, marking it as the leader.
"Sir," The B1 Battle Droid said, its voice surprisingly deep, "Our factory has generated 60 B1 Battle Droids, and more is on its way."
"Good." The crime lord smiled.
"Unfortunately, we are rapidly running out of resources, and we also need the money to buy and or obtain more."
Gatō frowned at that. He scratched his chin in thought out of habit.
"Extract 450,304 yen from my account. Buy whatever you need with it. Then,"
He looked at his human bodyguards from inside of the office, who shuffled around nervously around the alien machines.
"Gather round all the mercenaries...and wipe them out."
"Roger roger."
[The Bridge]
Tazuna was amazed and overjoyed. Finally, the bridge was complete! What should've taken a few more days was reduced to a mere 1 day of work, and it was all thanks to the Toymaker's new machines.
Taken back at his work, he gazed at his creation. He watched in fascination as an AGE fiddled with a few controls in a mini control room just outside of the drawbridge, and his creation began to lift itself with steam power. Gears, water, oil, and parts that Tazuna never heard of moved simultaneously as the bridge split into two as it lifted itself up.
His train of thoughts stopped as one of his workers ran towards him.
"Tazuna! Tazuna! There's been an attack on the town!"
"What? Where's the ninjas that I hired?"
"They're dealing with it! But we need reinforcements! It's nothing we've seen before!"
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind, just gather the Ancient Gear things or whatever!"
[Outside of Tazuna's House]
While the battle in the town was going on, two mercenaries were running through the forest, slashing anything that got in their way. A poor boar happened to be in their way. Thirsty for blood, the two of them sliced the animal mercilessly, and left it to suffer.
"That's the house." One of the mercenaries said, scratching at his eyepatch.
"Any sign of ninjas or other guards?" His silver haired partner asked.
"None I can see with my one eye."
"You're hilarious."
And with that, they slashed open a wall with their katanas.
As expected, they heard a shout of fear from the hot lady. What was unexpected, however, was the sight of a big, muscular man in dirty clothing and a metal pyramid for a head. They also didn't expect the giant sword that cleaved through their bodies.
"AAARGH!" They both shouted as their bisected bodies fell onto the floor. The silver haired mercenary died instantly, the sword cutting through his heart and lungs. The light brown haired mercenary wasn't so lucky.
Unimaginable pain shot through what was left of his body as he saw his own entrails spilling out of his upper and lower body. Using what little strength he had left, he tried to crawl away, abandoning his sword.
More pain flooded through his body as the monster stepped on his exposed spine, crushing it. Unable to hold it in, he screamed in agony as tears poured down his one good eye.
And suddenly he couldn't see anymore. With a chill, he realized that the monster had grabbed the roof of his mouth with his muscular, dirty arm, blocking his eye. He felt another hand grabbing the bottom of his mouth, and his final wish was for it to be over quickly.
[Wave Town]
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" A fisherman screamed as he was gunned down by plasma bolts. Seconds later, troops of Battle Droids uncaringly marched over his and countless other bodies, flesh and metal. Gunfire and blaster fire rang all over the town, destroying, deactivating, and killing anything that stood in its way.
"Eliminated." A battle droid said, before suddenly having its head blown off by gunfire. Disregarding its fallen member, the army of alien droids marched on, continuing to destroy everything in its path.
Civilians, children, and the Ancient Gear held their ground, working together to defend the town.
"What the hell are these things?" Kakashi asked an AGS as he snapped the neck of a "Battle Droid", as they called it.
"If our intel is correct," The mechanical soldier answered as it dodged a red plasma bolt. "These are the new battle droids that Gatō has ordered."
"From Naruto?"
It could've been his imagination, but the Ancient Gear seemed to give him a look of disbelief, despite it being nearly faceless.
"If our intel is correct, a man named Ausar the Vile has made the offer to the crimelord."
"Who is-"
Kakashi's words were interrupted when the AGS was hit by the laser blast. Stumbling back, it fell out of cover, and it was soon assaulted by more laser blasts, deactivating it.
"We shall explain later." Another AGS said, stepping in to take its fallen comrade's place. Unlike its fallen brethren, this AGS had a red, two inch long, vertical stripe on its chest, over the "heart". "Right now, it is the time to fight."
"R-right." He nodded. Just then, a townsperson approached Kakashi from behind, holding a piece of a table as a shield, and a stolen blaster from a fallen battle droid.
"Mr. Kakashi! Metal man! Gatō and his new metal men are attacking the bridge!"
At this, the AGS tapped on the side of its head, and an antennae rose out of its shoulder.
"All units fall back and defend the bridge. The bridge and the factory must not be destroyed. Take all civilians willing to fight. 100% destruction of the bridge and factory is a failure!"
"Sir yes sir!" All of the Ancient Gears said in union.
"But, what about the town?" The townsman asked. The Captain appeared to roll its glowing eye.
"I assume you have not heard me. All is lost if the bridge and the factory is gone. Besides," The Captain looked over at the burning town, which was quickly being destroyed now that the futile attempt to save it has stopped. "There's nothing worth saving anymore. It needs to be rebuilt."
The townsperson and Kakashi looked at the burning town, and realized that he-it-whatever, was right. Grudgingly, they turned and left, determined to save the bridge.
[Tazuna's House]
Even though his mother tried to get her son to look away, Inari stared at the carnage before them. The Pyramid-headed demon was in the process of cleaning up the mess, throwing away the bodies in a bag and mopping the floor.
Surprisingly, this didn't disturb Inari as much as it should've. Then again, the literal Hell that he went through not too long ago must've numbed him to a point. Or maybe it was just shock.
Either way, it got the young boy thinking. He thought about everything he went through, everything he lost. Everything he had. Everything he still had.
He then began to think about his mother. His grandpa. And Kaiza. How they continued to move on, even through everything. How Kaiza, he fought for their town till the very end. And suddenly, he didn't feel sad anymore. He didn't feel bitter.
A match was struck within his soul. An old fire that was long extinguished was beginning with roar with life. His fists clenched, as now anger began to fill his veins. He began to grow angry. Angry at Gatō, for taking his father away. Angry at Gatō for bullying his family. Angry at Gatō for destroying their town. And finally, angry at himself, for being foolish.
Wordlessly, he began to walk towards the closet, grabbing the attention of both his mother and the demon.
"Inari?"
The young boy didn't say anything as he rummaging through his closet. He came back out with a helmet and a crossbow.
"I'm going to fight, Mom." He declared, making Tsunami's eyes widen.
"B-but wait! You're just a little boy!"
"...I might be little." He said, smiling weakly at his mother. "But I know how to fight. Cause I'm my Daddy's son!"
And with that, he opened his door, to be greeted by the sight of the townspeople and the Ancient Gears.
"You coming?" Kaito, one of his elder neighbors, asked.
Inari smile grew.
[The Bridge]
"Well," Deathstroke sighed. "This was disappointing."
He got up from a fallen battle droid that he was sitting on. He gazed at the damaged bridge, craters still smoking. An AGS's head twitched, before it finally deactivated. A battle droid was groaning, a part of its head destroyed by gunfire.
"W-wait!" It pleaded, before it was decapitated by Deathstroke's ninjato in a single stroke.
Perhaps Gatō's fleshy goons would provide more entertainment. He wondered. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a familiar presence, followed by a mist engulfing the bridge.
"I see you've been quite busy." Zabuza said, his voice echoing around him.
"Indeed I have." Deathstroke then jumped up, barely dodging a deadly swing. His feet connected with a pole, and with a chakra enhanced jump, dodged another swing from Kubikiribōchō.
"I see you've fixed your blade." Deathstroke commented. "Who's the poor bloke that fed it?"
"Correction, blokes." Zabuza said, his expression unreadable under his bandages. "And they were already dead when I found them."
"So who killed them?" Deathstroke asked, throwing a Tesla grenade.
"If I"m not wrong," Zabuza jumped out of the way, throwing some shuriken at the orange assassin. "I'd say it's Gatō's new battle droids that did the job. Guess he figured he didn't need them anymore, now that he's got me and his new toys."
Deathstroke deflected the shurikens with his small sword, before he pulled out his pistol.
POW POW POW POW!
Zabuza's sword blocked the bullets, while Deathstroke aimed his right arm at the assassin.
FWOOOM!
A burst of fire flew out of his mechanical vambrace, and Zabuza's eyes widened as the flames consumed him.
"Toasty." Deathstroke commented, and he sheathed his ninjato. His eyes narrowing behind the visor, his right hand glowed, seals unlocking, until Ribbon materialized into his hand. He spun around, and his blade clashed against Zabuza's blade.
The Water Clone collapsed behind him, and the real Zabuza in front of him smirked, before pulling his sword back. With deadly speed, he swung his cleaver, his sword clashing against Ribbon. Sparks, metal, and wind scattered as each deadly blow struck one another, the two warriors locked in battle.
Zabuza roared as he swung Kubikiribōchō, intending to decapitate his foe. Deathstroke leapt back, the sword taking out a light post instead. Zabuza's eyes widened as Deathstroke pulled out his pistol. He quickly sank the sword into the floor, before quickly flipping through hand signs.
Mist began to fill their environment, and before long, Deathstroke's bullets stopped hitting blood metal.
Time to test IT out. Deathstroke thought, tapping the right side of his helmet. His rangefinder lowered itself, and it began to scan the area.
"Relying on your toys to save you?" Zabuza's voice echoed throughout the bridge.
"Nah," Deathstroke replied. "Just field testing."
He then threw some shuriken to his left, and the sound of flesh and metal being hit reached his ears. He then fired two rounds behind him, and the same sound echoed. He then ducked, barely dodging a flying sword, before he grabbed Kubikiribōchō, flinging it back to its user.
THUNK!
The thrown sword sank into a pillar, which was retrieved by its master.
"Impressive." Zabuza said. "When I take your head off, I think I'll take the helmet as well."
"Shocking."
Zabuza's eyes widened at this, and he looked at his sword. To his horror, a Tesla grenade was attached to it.
KRRTZZZZZ!
The bomb exploded, sending arcs of electricity everywhere. He screamed as he was again fried by the grenade, and he collapsed, his sword still crackling with electricity.
"You fought well," Deathstroke said. "For a water clone."
The said water clone grinned, its body slowly dripping with water.
"Tell me, what was your purpose for fighting me with only clones?"
"Figure it out, brain boy." And with that, the final clone died, the body and the sword melting into a puddle.
Let's see, 20 battle droids that any C ranked ninja can beat up, with about 5 water clones, one of them being the strongest...oh shit.
Realizing that their battle was a diversion, he activated his jetpack, and flew towards Kakashi. He didn't had to go very far, as he heard the battle before he saw it. Gunfire, blaster fire, screams, and smoke filled the air as Ancient Gear, people, ninjas, and Battle Droids alike were fighting to death.
Good thing the ninjas were fighting in a separate place, otherwise the battle would've gotten more complicated.
Interesting. Deathstroke thought as he examined the scene from above. From what he saw, Sakura was "defending" the bridge builder, Kakashi was dealing with Zabuza, and Sasuke and Dr. Cipherous was battling Haku in what appeared to be a dome of ice mirrors.
Shall I intervene? He wondered, landed on a tree nearby. ...Nah. Let's just see where this goes.
And with that, the lone Mandalorian sat on the branch, taking care to record the battle.
[Haku vs Sasuke Uchiha and Dr. Cipherous]
"Young lady," The steampunk doctor pleaded, deflecting senbon with two scalpels. "I beg you to reconsider. This battle is pointless, and we can both walk away from this without unnecessary bloodshed."
The kunoichi didn't answer, her body a blur to the untrained eye. Sasuke yelped as a few senbon managed to dig into his skin.
"I'm sorry, kind doctor." Haku replied under her hunter-nin mask. "But I must fight for who is precious to me. I must fight to support his dream."
"And what about your dreams? What would happen if Zabuza were to pass away? Would you go with him?"
The descendant of the Yuki clan said nothing. She was either ignoring his words, or doing the opposite.
"Rrgh." Sasuke gritted his teeth in frustration. "Why are you talking to her? She's our enemy! We need to defeat her!"
"If I can befriend my enemy, I have defeated her, have I not?" Sasuke said nothing, his frustration growing bigger. "Besides, the best victory is the one with the least bloodshed. I, for one, do not enjoy fighting."
"Then why the hell are you here?"
"Because I do not enjoy fighting, I yearn to end it, one way or another."
Sasuke was going to say more, but had to leap to the side when Haku nearly skewed his face as she dashed toward him.
Undeterred, Haku kept on zipping through the mirrors, flinging senbon and occasionally kunai at the two males. Haku began to notice that Sasuke's movements were becoming more deliberate as he was dodging the projectiles, instinct turning to skill.
Suddenly, Sasuke's hand blurred through the air as his fist made contact with Haku's face, sending her flying back with a "oof!"
What happened? Sasuke wondered. I suddenly got a lot faster, and was able to see Haku better!
Dr. Cipherous looked at Sasuke, or rather, his eyes.
"Congratulations." He said. "Your eyes have finally awakened."
Those eyes! It can't be! Haku realized. The legendary Sharingan!
"...I see." She finally said. "You too, share the legacy of a kekkei genkai bloodline."
An amazing boy...a prodigy...still in the fledgling stages.. Haku thought. To find that ability within himself and force it to awaken, untutored, in the heat of battle! I can't let this fight go on!
Haku's eyes turned towards the doctor, and flung a senbon at him.
"AH!" The doctor cried out, and he fell to his knee, the senbon hitting a part of his left knee. The kunoichi had found a weak point in his armor, and the doctor became distracted. Haku then dove at the doctor, senbon in her hands.
No! Sasuke thought, running to intercept the kunoichi.
[Kakashi vs Zabuza]
"Rrgh," Kakashi grunted, his chest been clashed by Zabuza's cleaver.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said, worried.
"You were slow on your guard, Kakashi!" Zabuza mocked. "Your desire to save those brats caused the blood to rise to your head, obscuring your thoughts and vision as surely as the fog I've created does!"
Kakashi said nothing in return, glaring at the missing-nin.
"...even with your special eye and the formidable skills it comes with, you will never beat me!"
KRRTZZZ!
Zabuza suddenly screamed as his body was bent in an unnatural angle. Electricity ran through his body as something hit him from the side.
"Figured you could use a little help." Deathstroke flew down, his electric rifle still crackling.
"You...again?" Zabuza huffed, recovering from the surprise attack.
"You ran out of our duel. Therefore, I'm taking you back in. And now," He he replaced his weapon with his ninjato blade, the blade gleaming. "We end this."
The two deadly ninjas dashed at each other, and Zabuza, due to his literal shock, was barely able to block the much smaller blade with his huge sword.
With deadly speed and aggression, the orange mercenary was becoming too much for Zabuza. Zabuza could only block Deathstroke's assaults. Sparks, metal flew into the air, both blades slowly become damaged from the assault.
"AGH!" Zabuza roared, relinquishing his sword. When he looked at the hand he was clutching, he realized that his fingers were almost severed. The damned leaf ninja suddenly struck at his hand, and he began to realize that he fell into his trap! With him stunned, the orange ninja was able to get close enough where he couldn't attack him, and thus, he was forced to defend himself. He foolishly forgot, though, that defending yourself with a giant cleaver often leaves your hand exposed, and the damned Uzumaki took advantage of that.
"Yield." Zabuza's eyes widened as he saw Deathstroke aiming a pistol at him.
"...never." Zabuza closed his eyes.
Deathstroke pulled the trigger.
[5 minutes previous]
Sasuke stared blankly at the steampunk doctor, before collapsing, senbons in his neck. His eyes closed quickly, life fading from his eyes. The doctor looked at the Last Uchiha with interest.
"...you didn't kill him." Dr. Cipherous commented, yanking the senbon out of his knee. The doctor groaned as he placed his hand over his wound, and green chakra glowed from his palms. Within a second, the doctor stood up without any problems. "Why?"
Even with her mask on, Haku looked ashamed.
"I guess even all this time, I'm still too weak." She murmured sadly. "I could barely keep up with you, even when you held back."
"Kindness is not a weakness." Dr. Cipherous argued. "It is a virtue. A virtue that not many exercise these days."
"Nonetheless, my kindness cannot serve Zabuza." And with that, Haku got on her knees. "Therefore, I am no longer useful to him. Please, take my life."
Dr. Cipherous said nothing, the sound of gears and electricity filling the air. A stream of air hissed out of his respirator, the gas mask glowing with each breath.
"...very well."
A syringe slid out of his wrist. Grabbing the barrel in a reverse-grip, he charged at the medic-assassin.
Suddenly, her eyes shot open, and she grabbed the doctor's arm.
"No, not yet!" She exclaimed. She raised her hand with a tiger-seal sign, then vanished.
...where? The doctor questioned, before his eyes widened.
"...oh no."
[Deathstroke vs Zabuza]
Deathstroke pulled the trigger. Years of training kicked in, despite his heart beating. He checked which direction Zabuza might go when the trigger launches the bullet. He remembered to control his breathing, in spite of adrenaline pulsing through his veins. His breath was halfway gone when he finally squeezed the trigger.
POW!
The pistol fired, gunpowder exploding within the chamber, launching the bullet.
SNK!
The small, metal bullet sank into Zabuza's flesh.
Wait… Naruto's eyes widened underneath his visor. The bullet didn't hit Zabuza. No, it hit Haku!
Immediately, dozens of scenarios were being calculated into his head as he tried to figure out how Haku got there so fast. Then his eyes moved to the left.
A mirror of ice. Oh.
Haku's eyes widened underneath her mask, despite knowing that Death would claim her. She looked down at her left breast as a spot of blood slowly grew in size on where her heart should be. She gave a final, sad smile as she fell backwards into Zabuza's arms.
"..." Everyone grew silent in shock.
PUFF!
Everyone flinched as the Mandalorian armor vanished in a puff of smoke, and Naruto the Toymaker returned, his cane replacing his sword.
"...HA HA HA!" Zabuza laughed, although Naruto and Kakashi can tell it was forced. "What a wonderful tool I picked up! She died in my place, and now-"
POW!
Everyone nearly jumped out of their skin as Naruto pulled out a revolver and fired it at Zabuza. He thought he missed completely until he realized that his left cheek was bleeding.
"Shut up." The steampunk ninja snorted. "I know you don't mean it. Besides, you've lost, in more ways than one. And also, do you seriously think that Gatō would pay you even if you somehow completed your mission. Look at you, you can barely fight back."
"He's right you know."
Everyone turned towards the factory, and to their horror, found 40 more battle droids outside of it. One of them was holding something in its hand, which made a blue holographic projection of the midget.
"Zabuza, Zabuza, what a disappointment. To think that even with my new reinforcements, you couldn't beat a group of teens. Ah well, looks like you can't do much anyways, so might as well dispose of you too."
Zabuza growled at this.
"But enough talk." Gatō chuckled. "Droids, kill them all!" And with that, the hologram disappeared.
"Open fire!" The leader of the droids commanded.
"Take cover!" Kakashi shouted, and they all ran for the trees. Zabuza glanced at Haku's body for a second, before Dr. Cipherous picked her up.
"I got her, go!"
Zabuza nodded gratefully, before lifting his sword with difficulty. He winced every time the sword took a hit, hearing the metal becoming damaged.
"What's the plan?!" Sakura asked in panic.
Naruto pointed at the factory.
"As long as that thing's still standing, more will be on its way. We're going to have to get past the droids and disable the factory."
"NO!" Sakura shrieked suddenly, which made everyone look. "SASUKE!"
She saw Sasuke's lifeless body, which was being gently laid down by the medic.
"Relax, young lady." The doctor said. "Haku just put him in the same death-like state she put Zabuza in. He should wake up soon."
And with that, he yanked out the last senbon.
"OW!" The Last Uchiha sat up with lightning-speed, grabbing onto his neck.
"SASUKE!" Sakura nearly sobbed as she grabbed onto the injured boy.
"Enough of that." Cipherous scolded, lightly slapping the girl's hands. "Listen to your superior while I tend to Zabuza and Haku."
While the medic did just that, Naruto began to explain his plan.
"Kakashi, you, Sasuke, and Sakura all lead in distracting the main army. I'll solo this and take out the factory myself."
"...ok." His team said.
Naruto raised his eyebrows at how accepting they were of the plan, but didn't think anything else of it.
"Toodles."
And with that, he seemingly disintegrated, vanishing from his current spot.
"...let's ask about that later." Kakashi said. They all nodded, before they turned towards the civilians.
20 ags, 20 age (beginning) - 40 ags, 25 age (before battle) - 30 ags, 20 age (battle in town) - 20 ags, 13 age (battle with water clone) - 20 ags, 13 age (final battle)
0 b1 battle droid (beginning) - 60 battle droid (before battle) - 60 battle droid (battle in town, 80 at first, 20 destroyed) - 35 battle droid (battle with water clone) - 75 battle droid (final battle)
Ancient Gear - Yugioh
AGD = Ancient Gear Drill
AGE = Ancient Gear Engineer
AGF = Ancient Gear Factory
AGS = Ancient Gear Soldier
Angela Blanc - Black Butler
Ash Landers - Black Butler
Battle Droid - Star Wars
Clone - Atelier Escha & Logy
Cenobites - Hellraiser
Doll - Bloodborne
Lament Configuration - Hellraiser
Metal Pyramid - ?
Pyramid Head - Silent Hill
Red Man - ?
Ribbon - Infinity Blade 3
Tesla Grenade - Warehouse 13
Ancient Gear Rank (vertical stripes)
(No stripes): Private
Red: Captain
Dr. Cipherous: art/Dr-Cipherous-Arcane-steampunk-plague-doctor-540223521
Naruto's Armor: art/Deathstroke-the-Mandalorian-415032481