Chapter X: Battle on the Iceberg
Nightshroud: Like only two people reviewed last chapter. Did no one catch my update e-mail? Oh well. Okay, take a good guess at which world this is. 8D Hehe well you'll get to see more about the villains of the story, a little teaser if you will. So I'm sure you want me to stop babbling and get on with it.
"Mr. Makito! We have a problem!"
"What is that?" the old director, Mr. Makito, asked as he and his assistant stood at the front of the ship, staring at the ominous iceberg that the ship had crashed into.
"When I woke up this morning I found this waiting for me. We can't get through! What are we going to do?"
The old man stood silently for a moment. Suddenly his eyes widened in shock.
"This is it! We're changing everything!"
When his assistant didn't seem to catch on, the old man turned toward him.
"You moron! We're standing on the perfect spot to shoot! It's practically begging us to film here!"
"Waah?"
"Cherish this moment! The movie gods are smiling down on us! Everyone prepare to embark!"
"What's the big idea of interrupting me while I was having a performance?" Rolan said angrily to Vesper.
"Calm down. She wanted us all here," Vesper responded.
"Yeah, so shut the hell up, clown."
"Iselia, as sweet as always," Marsilio said.
"I thought you said all of us. I don't see Karashi," Rolan stated.
"He's on a mission on my orders, so he won't be here," a woman said from the throne above them. She had waist-long pink hair, a floor length black dress with a black mask covering her lower face and nose, with a silver wing sticking out on the left side, extending above her left ear. Around her neck she wore a silver choker with a red jewel. The four of them bowed down as a figure moved next to her.
"It's about time the little brat did a mission on his own," Marsilio mumbled from the floor.
"Something unexpected has happened. Things are happening more quickly than I expected. If we don't hurry, this may ruin everything. It's time to step things up. Now don't disappoint me."
"Understood, Queen Diana."
"Okay, scene 36, cut 22. Action!"
An old man dressed as a sorcerer stood on top of the ridge in front of the movie crew, looking down at the heroes of the film.
"So princess, you've arrived!"
"It's you, Mao!" the princess said, drawing her sword.
"Please, stay back, princess," one of the male actors said on her right.
"We'll take care of him for you," the other male actor said.
"Did you honestly believe these meager fools would be a match for me, princess?"
The old actor raised his hands for an attack, when the mountain behind him suddenly exploded. The old actor turned around, surprised.
"Is this in the scene?"
Suddenly a ninja with spiky silver hair jumped in front of the actors.
"Everyone get back!" he shouted. The cliff above let off a cloud of black and white smoke. Out of the snow suddenly emerged a ninja dressed mostly in white with silvery-white hair.
"Welcome, friends, to the Land of Snow."
The silver haired ninja by the actors suddenly gasped in surprise.
"You!"
Another ninja appeared nearby, this one a female with pink hair in two short pigtails.
"Greetings, Princess Koyuki. I do hope you still have the Hex Crystal," she said.
"Kakashi-sensei, what's going on?" one of the other ninja that were with him shouted. Kakashi didn't pay any attention to him. Something else had caught his attention.
"Princess Koyuki?" he asked, turning towards the lead actress. Another ninja appeared on their right, this one a large man with purple hair.
"You're as good as they say, Kakashi. But fortunately, it's not good enough."
Kakashi turned to his squad of three ninja and shouted orders.
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura! Protect Yukie! Everyone else, get back to the ship!"
The crew seemed confused and reluctant. The leader of the three ninjas turned to someone who had appeared next to him.
"Are you going to help?" he asked the new arrival.
"Oh," the person, a young man of about nineteen, said. "I- uh….I think I'll wait here."
The lead ninja snorted in disgust before turning to his subordinates.
"Fubuki, Mizore, I'll leave the princess to you."
"Very well then," the female, Fubuki, said before jumping down. Kakashi ran up the cliff at the lead ninja.
"It's been a long time, Kakashi. I hope you don't plan to run, like last time."
"Nadare Rouga."
The two jumped at each other, kicking and punching. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura formed a defensive formation around Yukie, the lead actress.
"I don't know if this is in the script, but I always wanted to be in the movies. Don't you worry, princess. Naruto Uzumaki is here to save you!"
Mizore, the large man with the purple hair, pulled out an automatic snowboard and shot at Naruto. Suddenly they all stopped and looked up as a shadow passed over them.
"What is that?" Sakura said.
"Well, Sota, I actually think you're going to land successfully this time," Jax said.
"See? I told you I'd get the hang of it," Sota said, turning toward Jax.
"Yeah, yeah, just keep on eye on the controls," Mina said. Sota mumbled and turned back. As he did, his hand hit a button on the console near the steering wheel. A beeping noise suddenly went off.
"Uh oh…" Sota began. Jax sighed.
"Just great. You're finally able to land successfully, and you hit the eject buttooooooon!"
Mizore shot at Naruto on his snowboard and was about to hit him when he was suddenly blind-sided by someone. The two of them went crashing into the snow.
"What was that?" Naruto wondered. Suddenly Sota and Mina landed in the snow next to him.
"Huh? Who are you?" Naruto asked them. Jax suddenly emerged from the snow next to Mizore.
"No worries. I'm okay. Thanks for asking!"
Mizore grunted and shoved Jax to the side as he reached for his board. He got on it again and shot after Naruto. A handful of kunai were thrown at him, clashing into his armor. Mizore turned his head and saw Sasuke coming at him from the side. Sasuke threw a large shuriken at Mizore, but Mizore brought up his metal arm and broke the shuriken.
"Ice Style: Tsubame Blizzard!" Fubuki called. Swallow-shaped icicles flew at Sasuke, but he back flipped to the side as they passed by. They swooped around and aimed for him, but he made a few quick hand signs and shot a blast of fire from his mouth.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
The blast of fire melted the icicles aimed at him before they could reach him.
"Impressive," Jax said as he reached Mina and Sota.
"Quick! Everyone get back to the ship!" Sakura ordered. The other actors ran off, but Yukie stayed rooted to the spot.
"Yukie!" Sakura called.
"Hey, guys, I think they need help," Sota said.
"We're on it," Jax said.
Fubuki put her hand to the ground and called out another attack.
"Ice Style: Ice Prison!"
Blocks of ice erupted at Sasuke, who jumped back to avoid them all, then shot a blast of fire as a counterattack. Fubuki raised her hand as more ice blocks shot up to protect her from the fire blast. Fubuki unleashed another jutsu as more blocks of ice shot at Sasuke. He flipped out of the way as they came at him, but more shot out from behind him. He forced himself into the air, but they shot up after him, catching his foot. Suddenly a tri-pointed kunai whizzed past him and Mina appeared, grabbing him and teleporting before they ice encased them both. Fubuki frowned until she saw Mina's kunai fly at her.
"Instant Light!"
Mina appeared behind her, but Fubuki quickly used the wings attached to her armor to take to the air, out of Mina's reach.
Yukie watched with a fearful expression before collapsing to her knees. Naruto turned his head to see what was wrong, but Mizore used the opportunity to attack him. He threw a powerful punch at Naruto, but he jumped back in time to avoid it. He punched again, then swung his leg at Naruto. Naruto jumped in time to avoid it, but was left open for the next punch. As he crashed into the ice, Sota jumped in front of Naruto and swung Brave Soul, knocking Mizore back.
Nadare saw Kakashi distracted by Naruto and Sota's fight with Mizore and unleashed an attack at him.
"Ice Style: Piercing Dragon Fierce Tiger!"
Kakashi saw his jutsu and countered with one of his own.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
The two attacks clashed, but Nadare's proved stronger and shattered Kakashi's water dragon. Kakashi jumped back in time as the dragon-like ice tiger crashed into the ground in front of him.
Meanwhile Mizore used his metal arm to shoot a net at Yukie, but Sakura cut it before it could reach her.
"Get out of the way, little girl!"
He charged at her, but Naruto threw himself into Mizore's side. Mizore got up and punched at Naruto, but Naruto caught both of Mizore's hands, his eyes glowing red.
"What is this chakra?" Mizore wondered to himself.
Naruto and Mizore were still locked in a struggle, so Sakura turned to Yukie.
"Yukie, hurry and get to the ship already!"
Yukie seemed frozen in place, living out some past memory.
"You have to go! Your life is-" Sota began.
"I don't care if I die!" she interrupted him. "I-I won't go back to the Land of Snow!" she cried, clutching her head.
"We don't have time for this!" Naruto said, before Mizore grabbed him and tossed him to the side. Mizore raised his metal arm and shot his hand at Yukie. Sakura jumped in front of it, and Mizore yanked her back, throwing her toward the ground. Jax caught her in midair, and the two fell safely to the ground. Sota quickly jumped in Mizore's way to keep him from advancing. Yukie suddenly collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"Yukie!" Naruto cried. Kakashi heard him and ran toward Yukie.
"Don't be in such a hurry! We're not through here," Nadare said. He lifted his hands and performed a series of handsigns.
"Ice Style: White Whale Jutsu!"
The ground in front of Kakashi suddenly erupted in front of Kakashi in the shape of a narwhal, splitting the iceberg in two. Kakashi landed safely with his back to Nadare.
"Okay, that was impressive. Now it's my turn!" he said, revealing his Sharingan.
"Naruto, get everyone out of here!" Kakashi called to him. Naruto nodded, and he, Sasuke, Sakura, Jax, Mina, and Sota all regrouped.
"Ice Style: White Whale Jutsu!" Kakashi called.
The ground behind him formed into a large narwhal, jumping out of the ground.
"Still copying my moves, eh? You're not going to settle this fight like that!" Nadare said, using the same jutsu.
"Settle the fight? That's not really what I was aiming for at the moment," Kakashi said. Nadare was suddenly shocked. Kakashi's narwhal crashed into Nadare's, knocking it back into the iceberg. The resulting crash caused the part they were on to sink. Kakashi, rejoined the others and they all quickly made it to the ship. The ship was propelled forward by the waves, pushing them safely away from the snow ninja.
"And cut!" the director called.
"Man, I really hope we got all that," his assistant mumbled.
"Hey, where are you going?" Marsilio asked Iselia as she opened a portal in hallway.
"Where does it look like, dumbass? Out of this castle."
"Don't think you can get away talking to me like that," he said, grabbing her face with his hand. "I'm not like the other rabble around here."
"Now now, mustn't fight among ourselves," Rolan said, dropping from the ceiling. Iselia wrenched free from Marsilio's grasp and stumbled back.
"Egotistic bastard," she mumbled.
"Foul-mouthed bitch," he responded sharply. Vesper stopped Iselia from launching herself at him.
"Don't get your panties in a bunch, Marsy. We got orders from Queen Diana to find a bounty hunter," Vesper said. Marsilio's temper flared, but he suddenly brushed them off and turned away.
"Hn. Go then," he said, walking away. Vesper glared at Marsilio's retreating figure and followed Iselia into the portal.
"I'm going with you guys!" Rolan said, jumping head-first after them.
The three snow ninjas dropped down on a chunk of ice, watching the ship sail out of view. The other figure appeared next to Nadare, folding his arms.
"Oh! You let her get away!" he whined.
"Maybe that wouldn't have happened if you had helped," Fubuki said irritated. Nadare frowned.
"Doto won't like this."
Nightshroud: Good fight? Hope so. Yes we're in Naruto's world if you hadn't noticed. Unlike the Avatar world, this one might be different than the original, but I'll try not to go too off hehe. Oh and Marsilio isn't in second commnand, FYI. He just thinks he's so much better than the rest of them. And yes, Rolan has severe bipolar disorder. He tends to be somewhat goofy when he's not fighting, but when he is, he becomes a psychotic killer. Well anyway, review and let me know what you think.
Next chapter: yeah gotta work on that hehe