A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I had to do Bandicoot Within as well as completing Nintendo X Playstation. Anyway, Bandicoot Hearts 2, people is back! Now we reenter Naruto's world. Please enjoy.
Chapter 10: Trouble in the Naruto world:
We sees the sky at first but then a bad ninja was flying up in the sky and landed on the arena ground defeated. Opposite him was a blond spiky hair 15-year old boy who wore a black and orange jacket and orange pants. He also wore a black headband. The crowd cheered and chants "Naruto, Naruto, Naruto!"
Naruto smiled and waved to the crowd.
Meanwhile, in the other part of the forest, Crash, Shadow and Knuckles were standing in the middle of the forest.
"Huh?" Crash asked "This is Kohanoa, right?"
"And are you sure we are in the Land of Fire Tournament?" Knuckles added.
Shadow remained calm. "Don't worry you guys. It's over there." He pointed to a clearing in the forest.
"Oh… and I thought we were a little off" Crash chuckled. Then he heard a scream. "Who screamed like a girl?"
"Not me" Knuckles said.
"I think it must be her" Shadow said pointing to a pink haired girl running away from some heartless. She wore a red dress and headband and a black trousers. She trips and falls over and the heartless approached her.
"Leave her alone, heartless!" Crash shouted as they charged towards them. The heartless saw them and ran away. "Are you OK?" asked Crash as he offered the girl his hand.
"Thanks but… I am fine thank you" the girl said as she stood up and brushed off her dress. She looked at the trio "And who are you guys? You don't look like ninjas to me."
"My name is Crash Bandicoot and this is Shadow and Knuckles" Crash said "We came to see how Naruto was doing."
"Huh?" the girl asked "You know Naruto?"
"That's right because we are heroes too" Shadow boasted.
"Don't you mean 'Junior' heroes, Shadow?" Knuckles asked.
"KNUCKLES!" Shadow groaned. Crash laughed. He remembered being here. He has fought in tournaments, against Naruto, Kakashi, Link, Fox, Orochimaru, Ganondorf and Andross here. He became a champ, but he still a junior hero.
"Well" the girl chuckled "look like we got some friends in common. My name is Sakura Haruno, but call me Sakura."
"OK, Sakura" Crash said "So how's Naruto?"
"Well, he's fighting in the tournament every day. You know "A ninja's work is never done" and all. But bad ninjas came out to try to kill him. Naruto may have the strength, but he may drop soon but he kept fighting on. Those ninjas… send by Orochimaru and Itachi…"
"Orochimaru!?" The trio gasped.
"You know him?" asked Sakura.
"Long story. Please continue."
"Well… I was on my way to see him. Maybe I can tell Orochimaru to get Naruto a breather. If anything happened to him…" Sakura said.
"Hmm… I guess you must be more than just friends" Knuckles said.
"What? No… err… I mean…"
"Never mind. How about we go and talk to Orochimaru and Itachi" Crash said.
"You will?" asked Sakura.
"Yeah, if anything happened to you, I don't think Naruto would be so happy" Crash said.
"Thank you, Crash. It looked like you know what you are doing" Sakura said "But let's keep this chat-with-Orochimaru thing our little secret, OK?" asked Sakura.
"Our lips are sealed" Crash said "Come on, guys. Let give Orochimaru a little visit."
As the gang gone deeper into the forest, Crash and Shadow stopped.
"What is it?" asked Knuckles.
Then he saw it. A black hooded cloaked man running down the passageway.
"It's the Organization" Shadow said.
"Yeah. I wonder what he is doing here?" asked Crash.
They decided to follow them. At the near of the forest, Crash saw the cloaked man running towards him. Crash got his keyblade out to fight but the man passed him.
"Run! Run away!" he said and he disappeared.
At this, Crash looked confused. "Oooookkkk…?"
"What's his problem?" asked Shadow.
Meanwhile, in a deep underground room, Orochimaru, the villain who tried to kill Naruto and Crash last time, sat on his throne depressed. Opposite him was Dr. Eggman (figures) and Sasuke, who is now working for him to defeat Itaichi. Itaichi was in his chambers at the moment.
"Where do we get these guys?" Orochimaru snarled "No matter how many ninjas I bring up, that nine-tailed fox defeated them."
Oh, they're nothing but trouble, the whole lot of 'em. So, uh...what're you going to do about Naruto? He's made mince meat outta every fighter you sent at him. Pretty soon the base's gonna be standing room only. Say, why don't you just pick somebody already dead and save him the trouble?" Eggman asked.
Orochimaru got very angry and slammed his fist on the chair making Eggman hid behind Sasuke. Then Orochimaru stopped and smirked.
"Dead… Dead is good! And I know just the warrior, or should I say, Pokemon Trainer." Orochimaru said.
At last the heroes were outside Orochimaru's underground base. It seemed a little creepy that Shadow and Knuckles got very scared.
Crash walked over to the stairs and yelled "Orochimaru! Show yourself!"
There was no reply.
"So what now, Crash?" asked Knuckles.
"We had no choice. Let's go down" Crash said.
And they went down the steps.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru showed Eggman a huge hole with a green spiral thing inside it.
"What is down there?" asked Eggman.
"Just my own deepest dungeon" Orochimaru said "I am bringing out the mother of all warriors!"
"You don't say" Eggman said "err… should I leave?"
"Oh no. Stay around for the party!" Orochimaru then cast some darkness down there. Just then a pillar of fire came causing Eggman and Sasuke to be shocked. Then smoke came and a figure landed in front of Orochimaru.
He is a 15-year old boy with black hair. He has a red and black hat with a green arch and dot on it. He wore a blue jacket with short white sleeves. He also wore blue jeans. He has 5 red and white balls to his belt. Orochimaru laughed at the new warrior.
"Welcome, my young warrior" Orochimaru said "Now down to the details. Here is the deal I am offering you. I let you out of your resting place—no strings—you be free as a bird." The boy looked around and listens to what Orochimaru said as he looked at Eggman and then back again. "On one occasion, fight and destroy Naruto!"
The boy scoffed a laugh.
"What is so funny?" asked Orochimaru.
"This is my story, and you're not part of it" the boy said as he grabbed one of his balls and threw it in the air. "Charizard, I choose you!"
Then a huge orange like dragon appeared from the ball. He has a flame on his tail.
"WHAT?!" Orochimaru was outraged "Did you forget who you are talking too? I am the the ninja of death!"
"Heh. No wonder no one wants to die" the boy smirked.
"Why you… YOU'RE FIRED!" Orochimaru fired some kunais at the boy.
"Charizard, block those knifes off with steal wing!" the boy called.
Charizard's wings turned white and got in front of the boy and fold his wings in front of him. The kunais was knocked away when it touched them.
But that point, Crash and the others came.
"Orochimaru!" Shadow called.
"WHAT? You again, Bandicoot?!" Orochimaru snapped.
"Charizard, Tackle!"
The Charizard tackled Orochimaru down. The boy turned to Crash.
"Fight!" he called to them "You have to help us!"
But then Orochimaru pushed Charizard back that knocked him and the boy over.
"You're dead again!" Orochimaru said as he was about to use his snake tounge to strike the fallen boy but Crash then jumped in and slashed him with the keyblade but the villain jumped back. "Darn you! You may beaten me last time, but this time is different."
"Hey" Crash said to the kid "Get up while we hold him off."
Crash charged and tried to slash Orochimaru but no matter how he tried, it did no effect. Knuckles and Shadow did as well but they didn't do anything. Just then, the heroes noticed a black aura around them.
"What's happening?" asked Crash.
"I feel funny…" Shadow said.
"What's going on here?" asked Knuckles.
"That's right, kids." Orochimaru said "See, there's a thing. In my base, all your powers and your strength has been zapped to zero, comes to the territory."
"Flamethrower!"
Charizard appeared again and blew some fire from his mouth but Orochimaru teleported away. The boy joined the gang. "That's good, Charizard. Now return!" The boy said as he held up his ball and the red beam hit Charizard and it returned into it. The boy turned to Crash. "Let's get out of here!"
"But… I got to Orochimaru!" Crash said.
Orochimaru has two fingers stuck into his ears "What was that?"
"I think the boy is right, Crash. We have to go!" Shadow said as he and Knuckles already ran. The boy grabbed Crash's arm.
"We have to go… NOW!" and he dragged Crash out of the base.
As soon as they were outside, Crash and Knuckles closed the door to the base and caught their breath.
"Hey, is he gone now?" asked Shadow.
"Don't count on it" the boy said as he got out another ball. "Bayleaf, Go!"
A green four-legged creature appeared this time. She has a leaf ontop of her head.
Just then, Orochimaru appeared before them. "Leaving so soon." Then he called out some heartless. "I leave these powerful heartless to deal with you." And he disappeared again.
"Darn it!" Knuckles said.
Thanks to Bayleaf's help, the gang managed to fight off the heartless. But more came. As soon as the 5th round of heartless is destroyed, the gang decided to catch their breaths. The boy returned Bayleaf back into the ball.
Crash looked up at the boy. "Thanks. Those are some powerful creatures you got there and you're pretty good. Are you some kind of hero or something?"
The boy looked sad. "I am no hero. In fact, I forgotten everything. Orochimaru may have given me life again, but I can't remember my past. All I know is my Pokemon."
"Pokemon?" asked Knuckles.
"Charizard and Bayleaf you just saw" the boy said "me? I am a Pokemon Trainer. If you want to know my name, it's Ash. Ash Ketchum."
"I'm Crash Bandicoot" Crash said.
Shadow got ontop of Crash. "I'm Shadow the Hedgehog."
And Knuckles got onto him. "Knuckles the Echidna." And Crash couldn't hold them up, fell down with Shadow and Knuckles on top of him.
"Heh. Well, I see you more better than those clowns, Team Rocket" Ash smirked. "And it seemed we were fated to meet. Maybe you need an guardian."
Crash managed to push Shadow and Knuckles off them. "Guardian? Thanks for the offer, but no thanks."
Ash chuckled "Heh, so it seemed. Anyway, we should leave before Orochimaru comes back."
They ran into the forest.
Meanwhile, Eggman was talking with Sasuke.
"How come their attacks don't affect Orochimaru?" asked Sasuke.
"Well, in Orochimaru's forest and base, their magic has been sealed" Eggman said "But you do know, they had gotten a lot stronger since you last fought him."
"Orochimaru" Sasuke said as he saw Orochimaru comes in "Did you get them?"
"No! They got away!" Orochimaru snarled.
"Don't worry. I had the heartless all around the forest and the base" Eggman said "You can leave those kids to me. In the mean time, you must keep working on turning Naruto into a heartless. Then he shall be mine to control."
"THIS IS MY FOREST, YOU IDIOT!!!" Orochimaru roared at Eggman "I'LL HANDLE THIS MYSELF!!!" He turned to Sasuke "Sasuke, go and kill them!"
"Fine" Sasuke said as he picked up his swords and walked away.
As they reached for the gates from the forest when they first met Sakura, it was closed.
"Hey, why did it shut us out?" asked Shadow.
"There's a keyhole in these chains" Knuckles said.
Crash took out the keyblade.
"Hey, Crash. Are you sure it's gonna work?" Ash asked.
"It has to try" Crash said as he held his keyblade at the lock. Then he heard a cackle. "Huh? That cackle."
"It's been a while, Crash Bandicoot" Sasuke said as he walked to them.
"Sasuke?" asked Crash.
"Don't tell us you're now working for Orochimaru?" asked Shadow.
"That's right. This way I can become more stronger to defeat Itachi" Sasuke said.
"That's insane. So you abandon Naruto for this!" Knuckles asked.
"Never mention that name! But I will kill you no matter what."
Suddenly, a green reptile appeared. He has a green stomach and has leaf shapes around his wrists. Ash just called him of course.
"If you want to kill them, you had to get pass me and Sceptile first" Ash said "Right, Sceptile?"
"Sceptile!"
"So you want to die first, Pokemon Trainer?" Sasuke said as he got out his swords "That's fine by me."
"Well, hurry up and open it" Ash shouted.
"R…Right!" Crash said as he used his keyblade to unlock the gate. Shadow and Knuckles pushed it opened.
Sasuke ran towards Sceptile with his swords ready to strike. Ash calls Sceptile to use Leaf Blade, which he did to clash with Sasuke's swords. Sceptile pushed Sasuke back.
"That's good, Sceptile. Now use Pound!" Ash called.
Sceptile used his bushy green tail to knock Sasuke back. Sasuke got onto his feet and smirked.
"Very good, kid. I see you're a lot stronger than I thought" Sasuke said "But let's see what you can do when I use the Cursed Seal Lv. 3 Chakra."
Hearing this, Crash stops by the gate and runs back to help Ash.
"Crash, no!" Shadow called.
"You may need my help, Ash. That is Sasuke's strongest form" Crash said to Ash.
"Right. Sceptile, join forces with Crash to take down Sasuke!" Ash called.
Sceptile nodded and stood side-by-side with Crash. Sasuke's eyes turned red and he got black marks on his face and chest. He charged at the two warriors who leapt out of the way and landed on the tree on their feet.
"OK, Sceptile! Use bullet seed!" Ash called. Sceptile shot some red seeds out of his mouth but Sasuke dodged them and he leapt up to attack Sceptile but Crash jumped in and he and Sasuke clashed sword. Sasuke and Crash continued clashing blades. Sceptile joined in using his Leaf Blade. The three clashed until Sasuke leaped back and grasped his arm with one hand.
"Uh oh. I think he's gonna do his special move again. No choice." Crash said as he held his keyblade tight.
"What is he doing?" asked Ash.
"He's going to use that Chidori (One Thousand Bird) attack again" Crash said "I don't think I have enough time to prepare a Spirit Bomb."
"I got an idea. Sceptile, try to use Solar Beam. Crash, hold him off" Ash said.
"I'll try" Crash said as he held his keyblade into a defensive mode. "Hey, Sasuke!"
Sasuke looked at him confusedly. Then Crash pulls an eye lid on him and stuck his tongue out.
"Let see how well you taunt me after this" Sasuke snarled and he charged with his Chidori in his hand. Crash then brought some of his energy left inside him to do a one-hand Kamehameha.
"He's isn't planning to do a Kamehameha is he?" Knuckles asked.
Crash fired it as Sasuke brought his Chidori to him. There was an explosion.
"He did" Shadow said as they covered themselves from the dust.
The dust died down to see Crash and Sasuke hands still outstretched, panting.
"I don't get it. How are you able to bring out lots of energy?" Sasuke gasped.
"Crash! Jump out of the way! Sceptile! Finish it off with Solar Beam!" Ash called.
Crash leapt out of the way as Sceptile fired a huge white beam knocking into Sasuke and send flying into the wood.
"Come on!" Shadow said as he and Knuckles begins to close the gate.
Crash, Ash and Sceptile managed to get out. Sasuke saw them leave. Crash, Shadow and Knuckles pulled some stupid faces for the last time as the gate closed.
Sasuke snarled. "Darn it. I'll get them for this!"
Meanwhile in the lobby, Sakura was talking to Naruto, who was a bit tired.
"Come on, Naruto. Call it a day" Sakura said "you gonna get yourself tired. Rest, for old time shake."
"But they all came to see me" Naruto said "I am their hero now. I can't let them down." Sakura sighed seeing his tiredness. "Don't worry, Sakura. I'll be OK, Believe it. What a hero need rest for, Ha!"
Then he hears the crowd cheered.
"That's my cue. See ya, Sakura" and he walks back to the stadium.
Sakura looked in the sky. "Crash, please don't let me down."
Outside the gate on the other side, the heroes relaxed. Then Knuckles noticed something.
"Hey, where did Ash go?"
Ash and Sceptile were nowhere to be found.
"What happened to him?" asked Shadow.
"Don't worry. He'll be fine. He's a big kid" Crash said "OK. Let's go and find Sakura and then we'll try again. To the Land of Fire Tournament."
They made their way back.
But, back at the base, Eggman told Orochimaru about Crash's keyblade.
"Let me see I got this straight…" Orochimaru said "That bandicoot's keyblade works on any lock?"
"That's right. That was Bowser's report says" Eggman said.
"Bowser… I remember him. Too bad he got beaten by that bandicoot after he squashed Sephiroth."
"I wouldn't say that" Eggman smirked.
"Have I ever told you a killer tournament right here in my base?" Orochimaru said "It's called the OrochDome. It makes the one at the Land of Fire look like a kiddie pool."
"And that should put an end to Naruto's winning streak" Eggman said.
"But there was one problem" Orochimaru said "Naruto's father sealed it. So, if we steal the key and reopen the OrochDome!"
"Hate to tell you, but that keyblade is kinda peculiar. It won't work on anybody. If you snatch the keyblade, it returns to the holder. And that bandicoot ain't no pushover." Eggman said.
Orochimaru smirked and holds a doll which looked like Sakura. "I think this calls for a woman's touch."
To be continued…
A/N: OK, Part 2 will be up soon. Again, sorry for the delay. And it look like Orochimaru is up to no good again. Anyway, stayed tuned...