I don't own Naruto or Red Vs. Blue.
"Oh God, I knew this place would suck." Naruto complained as he and Team Kakashi stood at the outskirts of the ruined city of Rōran.
"Hmm…don't let its appearances fool you Naruto. This place was a legend only a few decades ago." Kakashi informed.
"It doesn't change the fact that it looks like shit now." Naruto replied. "This place is worse than Sandtrap." He added.
"Sandtrap?" Kakashi inquired.
"Yeah it's a large desert area filled with sand and there's dozens of hidden traps. Mostly mines though." Naruto replied uncaringly, before he put his hands in his hoodie's pocket. With his left hand holding onto the case that contained Iota's data chip.
"Naruto why are you wearing your jacket, it's hot out here?" Sakura questioned, like he was an idiot.
"Well it's a desert. So it's to be expected." Naruto replied sarcastically. "And why not, I like my jacket. So who gives a fuck if it's hot?" He added. Honestly Maine's armor was hotter than this place. The only thing this place had on it was, it was dry and the sun was over bearing.
"Cut it out you two. We have a mission to complete." Kakashi ordered, getting an obedient nod from Sakura and a sigh from Naruto. The blond glanced at Sai, to see he was drawing.
The team headed deeper into the ruins. "Let's split up, if we can't find Mukade. We'll have to search deeper into the ruins." Kakashi informed, getting nods from the Nin.
Naruto walked by himself along a stone-like road. 'There so many resources here, it sucks that it's all destroyed. I could have used them.' The Freelancer leader thought with a sigh, before he felt the ground shake.
The blonde turned and saw something come out of the ground and charge at him. "Uh, Fuck." Naruto muttered, before he quickly twisted himself out of the objects direction. Naruto narrowed his eyes at it and noticed it looked like a puppet. "Hmm…" the teen sounded as he pulled the Brute Shot off his back.
Naruto watched as the puppet turn around and face him, while brandishing clawed hands. The Puppet charged at the blond again, but this time he was ready. Naruto ducked under the clawed hands, and channeled chakra into The Brute shots blade and cut the claws off. Naruto then jumped up and grabbed the head of the puppet, and used it to land on the back of the puppet. He then slammed the Brute Shot into the Puppet's back, causing the barrel of the grenade launcher to break through the puppets body.
"You've just been…Naruto'd." Naruto spoke a one-liner as he fired the grenade inside the Puppet, causing it to explode violently. Naruto landed on the ground, before he looked at the debris of the puppet.
"Really? Naruto'd?" Iota questioned as she materialized on his shoulder.
"What? I thought it was pretty good." Naruto replied.
"You would, it's just your name with 'D' at the end, idiot." Iota informed.
"I'm not an idiot." The blond said dryly.
"Coulda fooled me." Iota teased before she vanished. Naruto glared at nothing, before he noticed Kakashi, Sai and Sakura meeting up. The blond walked over to the forming group, with narrowed eyes as the wind picked up more sand.
"It seems Mukade is trying to go underground, to the Lay Line from the ruins of Rōran." Kakashi informed to the group.
"Uh crap." Naruto muttered.
"What?" Kakashi asked.
"Well a Lay Lines are natural streams of chakra running all over the world, but sometimes, there are focal points were someone can accesses that high amount of power. Now tell me, what would a criminal puppeteer want with unfathomable amount of power?" Naruto asked rhetorically. "If I were him, I'd use that power to create a large army of puppets, and with all the power. It'd be larger than Sasori's and more powerful." Naruto added seriously.
Kakashi nodded, he thought as much, while Sakura was surprised by Naruto's deductive reasoning. Sai knew his leader was smart so he wasn't surprised. The team entered a cavern made by the explosion of the Brute shot. The group eventually made it inside an underground tower.
"I think we should hurry, if Mukade does tamper with the fourth's seal. Then there will be trouble." Kakashi insisted, getting a nod form Naruto. Before the four Nin sped up.
The group arrived at a large room, with a bridge connecting to an Altair in the center of the large room. 'Alert, movement detected.' Delta announced inside Naruto's head.
"You!" Naruto announced, surprising his team by his sudden outburst. "Quit hiding you dumbass!" He yelled. After a few seconds a skinny man came of the covers and faced the Konoha Nin, while moving to the seal that held the Lay Line.
"Well it looks like you guys were a bit late." Mukade voiced.
"Don't be dumb, there four of us and one skinny piece of shit…oh wait, I meant you." Naruto said sarcastically.
"Don't talk down to me. As soon as I absorb the power of the Lay line, I will not only rule the five nations I will rule the World!" Mukade yelled.
"Uh-huh, you seriously are one fucked up weirdo." Naruto replied. "I've heard saner speeches from O'Malley." He added.
"You're insane Mukade. You don't know how to use the Fourth's seal." Kakashi announced.
"I'm not undoing the Seal. I'm absorbing the seal into myself." Mukade informed as he went through several hand-signs and placed his hands on the Seal. The gleaned as the wind rushed, before Mukade was incased in a pillar of light.
'Alert! Unknown energy spike detected...Processing…Naruto, stop him. The energy is similar to the Time Distortion Device.' Delta announced. Naruto took off in a full sprint towards the man. But before he could reach, Mukade broke the seal creating a large pillar of purple energy. The blond charged into the Pillar before everything went white.
A high pitched noise caused Naruto's eyes to open. After a few seconds the noise receded, allowing Naruto to hear a girl singing. The blonde blinked a few times and slowly stat up. Naruto turned at faced the direction the singing was coming from and saw a beautiful red head sitting on a pillar singing.
"Hey!" Naruto voiced, causing the red-head to look at him in surprise and fear. "Do you know where we are?" He questioned. The Red-head quickly ran off. "Why do they always run?" Naruto muttered to himself, before he went after the only person who could tell him what the hell was going on.
Naruto followed her, until she went down some stairs. As soon as he reached the door way, he noticed several puppets blocking his way. The puppets charged, but as soon as they passed the doorway they disassembled. The door sealed itself up, leaving Naruto by himself.
"Hmm…well that sucks." Naruto muttered to himself before he glanced up, before he frowned slightly. The blond jumped up and latched onto the wall and ran up until he reached the ceiling and broke through the glass. Naruto landed outside and glanced around and noticed he was surrounded by shrubbery and towers lots of towers.
"I am…I am lost." Naruto muttered. "I have no idea what the fuck is going on." He added.
"I believe I know what's going on." Delta said as he materialized on Naruto's left shoulder. "The energy that the Lay Line gave off was similar to The Time Distortion unit. I believe we were sent into the past." Delta theorized.
"{Yes Delta is correct. We have traveled into the past. About twenty years, I believe.}" The synthetic voice of Gamma informed as he materialized on Naruto's right shoulder.
"This is bad, what if a make a shit ton of copies of myself like Church did?" Naruto asked fearfully.
"That is highly unlikely." Delta replied. "However if we traveled to the past, logic would dictate that Mukade did as well. We have to be alert." The Logic A.I. voiced.
"{Two A.I. and a lone Human, go up against a Dirty Shisno…sounds like a bad joke.}" Gamma commented, getting a look from Naruto.
"Whatever, how will we get back?" Naruto asked curiously.
"[I'm still working on it.}" Gamma replied before he vanished.
"Alert, several enemies approaching!" Delta announced. Naruto glanced around and noticed several puppets flying towards him. The blonde pulled the Brute Shot off his back, only for Delta to protest. "If we are in a city, then there will be civilians as well. I think using the Brute shot, could more harm than good." Delta said, getting a nod from Naruto.
"Of course." The blond agreed, as he put the grenade launcher back on his back. Naruto channeled chakra into his ring fingers, before two puffs of smoke enveloped his hands. The smoke cleared revealing he was duel wielding two M7S Submachine Guns, or Silenced SMGs. Naruto formed a cross out of his hands, while still holding his SMGs, creating a clone of himself. And then put a SMG on his thigh and channeled Chakra into his middle finger, before his hand was enveloped in smoke again.
Naruto tossed the object in his hands up, only for it to be caught be the clone. The clone landed by Naruto's side, revealing it was holding a BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, or a Battle Rife.
Three large puppets enclosed the two. Naruto leveled his SMGs at two of the Puppets, while the clone aimed the BR at a puppet. The puppets prepared for an attack, but as soon as they moved. Naruto unloaded 48 bullets into each puppet that tore through the material the puppets were composed of. The clone fired burst of high caliber rounds into his puppet target.
The two Narutos reloaded their weapons, when the Puppets collapsed on themselves. While he was clear Naruto sealed his Brute Shot for now, before his clone tossed him his BR. After the clone dispelled, Naruto put the BR on his back to replace his Brute Shot, and then attached the silenced SMGs on his thighs.
"Hmm…What are the odds these are Mukade's." Naruto said to himself as he glanced around, before he crouched down and launched himself up. The teen landed on the side of a building and used his chakra to stick to the surface.
"Delta, is it possible to track Mukade?" Naruto asked as the scoped the city.
"It…it is difficult." Delta admitted as he materialized on Naruto's shoulder. "His energy is spread out…ever were. I can't find the origin." He voiced as he glanced around erratically.
"Whoa, calm down. Delta, don't overdo yourself. If his Chakra is spread everywhere it could be because of his puppets." The teen theorized.
"Excellent analysis." Delta said. "Yes, trying to track him, when his energy his speared out is difficult."
"Maybe we can triangulate his position." Church suggested as he materialized on Naruto's other shoulder. Naruto and Delta looked at Church, before they looked away.
"We're only one's tracking, which means we're only one point. We need three points to triangulate his position." Naruto replied.
"Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot!" Church ordered.
"Then don't be an idiot!" Naruto yelled.
"Well if you didn't lose, the skinny insane fucker, I wouldn't have suggested anything!" The Alpha argued.
Before the arguing could continue Delta interrupted them. "Alert! Enemy detected!" the A.I. of logic announced. Naruto glanced around and noticed several Puppets heading towards him. The teen pulled the BR off his back and aimed down the sight. While looking through the scope, Naruto noticed the puppet's had lens-like eyes.
'Since Mukade is not physically here. Maybe he can see through the puppets.' The blond mused, before in a quick succession he fired several bursts of high caliber bullets into the heads of puppets. Naruto watched with a smirk as the puppets fell apart.
"Alert! Enemy Detected!" Delta announced again, causing the blond to jump up just as several kunai impaled the area where he stood. Naruto landed on another building, and saw dozens of puppets surrounding him.
"Where the fuck did they come from?" Naruto asked to himself, before he glanced up to see a Puppet above him. The puppet's face opened revealing a barrel, before a pure chakra shot at him. Naruto pulled out a combat knife and held it in a reverse grip, and used it to block the energy beam. The force of the chakra sent Naruto through the building, and then into the ground.
"Oh God, ow Fuck." Naruto complained as he slowly pulled himself up, before he glanced up to see several large pillars holding up a large ceiling. The teen noticed a hole above him. "I was sent through the ground, this is just like when everyone discovered there was an underground cave in Blood Gulch." He commented with a sigh as he slowly stood up.
The teen looked up and saw several puppets descending from the hole he made. "Eh, how many puppets does this asshole have?" Naruto asked himself.
"Logically, since Mukade was at the epicenter of the Energy fluctuation that sent you two back in time. Odds are he could have been sent further into the past. Giving him weeks if not years to prepare for our arrival." Delta theorized.
"That makes sense." Naruto admitted before he un-holstered both of his silenced SMGs and leveled them at the several puppets, but he took a step back when they launched dozens of kunai at him. "Theta, a little help here." Naruto voiced.
'I'm ready.' Theta's said. As the dozens of Kunai rained at Naruto, the blond didn't react. Naruto watched at the kunai descended, but everything for him slowed down dramatically as Theta enhanced his neural receptors and optic nerves. Allowing Naruto to perceive things over a longer period of him, something he called Bullet Time. This ability gave Naruto enough time to aim better. This was one of the reasons why Theta was paired with North Dakota who was an expert marksman.
While in Bullet Time, Naruto with precision shot the individual Kunai out of the air. When all the kunai were deflected Naruto reloaded his SMGs before he put them back on his thighs. The blond rubbed his eyes to get rid of the irritation in them, before he focused back on the Puppets.
The Puppets grew blade-like claws and approached the blond slowly. "Fine you wanna play rough, I play." Naruto voiced as he begun to do a Ram hand seal. "Rele…" He began only to feel someone grab onto him, and then felt a rush vertigo hit him.
Naruto felt the vertigo subside, before he realized he wasn't inside the large hole anymore, he was on one of the towers. He glanced to his sides to see a masked man next to him. "Who the hell are you?" Naruto asked with narrowed eyes as he took a step back from the man.
"You're a Konoha shinobi, right?" The Masked man asked as he motioned to Naruto's belt, which was his headband originally.
"And if I am?" Naruto replied angrily as he had his hand over one of his SMGs.
"There'll be no need for that." The Masked man said as he moved his mask slightly, revealing the Leaf symbol.
'Hmm…so these are past Shinobi.' Naruto thought to himself.
"Come on, I we have to meet up with my unit." The masked Shinobi voiced, getting a sigh from Naruto.
"Fine, sure whatever." He muttered and followed the ANBU. 'I need to find Mukade, kill him and get back to my time…' The blonde thought with a sigh. 'Why do I always have such…interesting missions?' Naruto asked himself internally.
After a few minutes Naruto followed the masked man, to two other masked men. Naruto looked at the three ANBU, or what he suspected was ANBU. "So, are we all going to stand around and stare at each other like idiots or do something?" Naruto asked angrily, after the ANNU exchanged about ten looks. "Okay, how about you tell me the reason you brought me to your…associates?" He asked, when the ANBU didn't answer him.
"We are Konoha Shinobi, too. And we have a mission in Rōran, so can you leave this city, we have a mission to complete?" The Blond masked man asked. "But, we can talk after it." He added.
"I can leave the City." Naruto stated with a nod. 'Doesn't mean I'm going to though.' He thought.
"Okay, so we agree then." The Masked man voiced, before the three ANBU vanished.
"You're not going to leave, right? You still have to capture the insane asshole." Iota voiced as she materialized on the blond's shoulder.
"Of course not." Naruto replied, before he glanced to Iota and smirked. "It looks like you'll get your wish though." He added as he reached into his ninja pouch and pulled out a scroll.
"You mean?" She asked with some excitement.
"Yep." Naruto responded as he opened the scroll and channeled charka into the paper. A poof of smoke later and Iota's robot body was unsealed. Naruto pulled a small black case out of his jacket pocket, and opened it revealing Iota's Data crystal chip. The blond inserted the chip into the back of the body, causing it to spring to life.
"Finally." Iota announced as she moved around.
"Now I sorta enhanced your body, Iota. I removed the Adaptive Camouflage Maine's armor had and installed it into armor. Sense I already have Active Camouflage, I'd be redundant to have both." Naruto informed. "Also since you have the attribute of mimicry, I think you'd be best to use it." He added.
"So the fact that Agent Carolina used it as well has nothing to do with it." Iota said sarcastically.
"Well she was the one who best utilized it, so it probably does." Naruto muttered.
"And you think that I will, too?" Iota asked with annoyance.
"Um…yeah, there's also the fact that this is a Ninja world. Hiding is imperative and I like Active Camouflage more than the Adaptive Camo." Naruto replied. Iota sighed slightly, before she accepted Naruto's reasoning. "Anyways what weapons do you want?" He asked, while she was strong without them, which was an understatement. She would need them against the Puppets and possible Shinobi.
Naruto knelt down and took out another Scroll and opened it up. The Scroll had different Symbols representing different weapons, and certain symbols representing Ammo. While he could summon different weapons from the small seals in his fingertips, those were outfitted for him. The Scroll weapons were for anyone with him.
"Eh…" Iota sounded as she looked through the symbols. "A Sniper…Two Pistols…and the grappling hook." Iota said.
"Huh…that's an interesting combination." Naruto said, getting a cross armed, tilted helmet glare.
"The Sniper is to watch your pretty little ass, the two pistols are for when I engage an enemy in close combat and the Grappling hook is to keep up with you. You know I can't run up walls." Iota snapped back.
"Don't be a bitch I was just curious." Naruto replied.
"Don't call me a bitch, you dickhead!" Iota responded as she took a step towards the blonde.
"Then quit acting like one! And don't call me a Dick!" Naruto yelled as he took step towards the cyan armored being.
"You're this close to me kicking your ass." Iota threatened as her helmet was touching Naruto's forehead.
"Then do somethin' about it." Naruto said with narrowed eyes. The two stared at each other for a few seconds, before the blond smirked. "You know you're hot when you get all angry." He commented.
"And you're hot when you're aggressive." Iota replied as she leaned back, and Naruto was sure if he seen her face, she'd be smirking.
"Hmm…angry sex after all this?" The blond asked.
"Definitely." Iota replied, getting an excited look from the blond, before he knelt down and unsealed a sniper rifle and tossed it to the cyan armored being. Iota caught it and inspected the Anti-material Rifle, before she caught the Magazine holding four 14.5x114mm Armor piercing Kinetic Energy Penetrator bullets. The A.I. loaded the Sniper before she attached it onto her back.
Naruto unsealed two silenced pistols, and casually tossed them to Iota, who attached them to her thighs holsters. The blond rolled up the scroll and put hit back in his ninja pouch, before he pulled back the sleeve of his jacket, revealing another seal. Naruto unsealed a small pistol like device, and then handed it to Iota.
"Hmm…" Iota sounded as she inspected the grappling gun, before she put it on her lower back.
"Oh and here you go." Naruto muttered as he handed the A.I. some Ammo Clips for her weapons. He watched as she took them, and they disappeared. If he were to be honest with himself he wanted to know where she put them, but he knew it was probably a compartment in the armor.
"You ready, honey?" Naruto questioned.
"Honey?" Iota asked incredulously.
"Yeah, it's ironic, because you're anything but sweet." The blond replied as he walked through the large city.
"You little…" Iota was about reprimand the teen.
"But, even I have to admit you have a…sweet taste." Naruto added as he licked his lip, the cyan armored being tripped slightly, when she caught the innuendo. The sound of several explosions grabbed their attentions. Naruto crouched down and jumped up.
Iota watched Naruto jump off with an annoyed sigh. Before she pulled out her grappling gun and fired it to pull herself on top of the closest tower.
Naruto landed on the rim on one of the buildings. He glanced around to see hundreds upon hundreds of chanting and waving at a single tower. "Huh, this is weird." Naruto said to himself, before he pulled out a small device from his Ninja pouch, and put it into his ear. "Hey ah, Iota, do you know that they hell's going on?" He asked into the communicator.
"It looks like a parade." Naruto heard Iota sarcastically say into his ear piece.
"No shit Sherlock, I meant…What the fuck, are they parading for?!" Naruto yelled into the device.
"You know, I do have a sniper right here…and I can unload a round right into your pretty little ass." Iota threatened slowly over the COM.
"Bow-Chicka-Bow-Wow!" Naruto replied instinctively.
'Oh, God Dammit!' Church yelled in the blond's head, which the teen ignored.
"It seems there chanting for some red-head." Iota informed as she watched Naruto from a distance with a Sniper.
"Hmm…" Naruto sounded before he got in to get a closer look. "She looks familiar." The blond muttered as he narrowed his eyes. "…and she's hot, too." He added.
"What?" The sound of Iota asked over the COM.
"Nothing." Naruto quickly responded as he gazed the red-head. "So she's a Queen…Nice." He mumbled with a smirk.
"I have movement." Iota informed, when she saw a shadowy figure approaching the red-head. "What should I do?" She questioned. Naruto focused on the figure.
"I'll take care of it." Naruto informed. "With such a high caliber weapon, the sniper bullets could go right through the assailant and penetrate the building, and it could hit anyone." He replied as he began to run, but as soon as he did that the woman fell off the tower.
Naruto jumped off the ledge and in one motion summoned his Brute Shot, while also grabbing onto the Red-head. The blond stabbed the large blade of the Brute Shot into the wall, stopping their descent. The Red-head opened her eyes. Naruto swung his legs back, before he swung forward, the momentum pulled the Brute Shot out of the wall. Allowing the two to fall, but at a destination of Naruto's choosing, which was a nearby road.
"Phew, that was really close." Naruto said to himself as he put the woman down. The Red-head looked at Naruto with wide eyes, first she was falling to her death, only for him to catch her, and then he jumps almost scaring her to death again.
"W-what?" the woman asked unsure what was going on.
"Some asshole pushed you off your balcony. I came in and saved you…like a boss if I may add." Naruto informed as he stood up, and help her stand.
"Such vulgar language." The red-head voiced with narrowed eyes.
"Eh? Sorry, it's how I was raised." Naruto commented with a shrug. "But, enough about me. Are you alright?" He asked.
"I was pushed off the balcony, while I was tending to my subjects. Of course I'm not alright!" The Red-head announced.
"Whoa, whoa calm down." Naruto said as he raised his hands in peaceful manner, before he glanced at the balcony on the tower. 'Hmm…is it possible? If Mukade was sent further into the past. He could have integrated himself into the government. With access to more resources, he could have made more puppets.' Naruto mused to himself before he faced The Red-head.
"So, what's your name?" The blond asked to the Queen. "All I know is that you're a Queen, so unless you want me to call you Queeny or something really annoying, could I know your name?" Naruto questioned.
"I'm Sāra, the Queen of Rōran." Sāra informed.
"I'm just going to go out and say it…but ah, aren't you a bit…young to be a Queen?" Naruto asked curiously. Only to get a glare from the woman, before a melancholic look formed on her face. "Forget I asked anything." He added. "I'm Naruto, by the way." The blond informed.
"So is there any reason why someone would try to kill you?" Naruto asked seriously.
"There can't possibly be anyone who would want that." Sāra insisted. "Surely you heard the people welcome me with enthusiasm." She added.
"Oh, I did. But all of that is irrelevant. I saw someone trying to kill you, you felt someone push you. So odds are you are a target by someone. And of course being the guy that I'm will help you." Naruto said as he glanced around.
"You would?" Sāra asked with surprise.
"Yeah, of course." Naruto replied this could possibly lead him to Mukade, so he could kill the skinny fuck. Then he'd be able to return to his time. Naruto looked at his Brute Shot, before he sighed and placed it on his back. So the Brute Shot and the Battle Rifle were cross on his back. "Come on, it's best not to stay in the same area for too long, especially with an assassin around." Naruto commented as he began to walk. Sāra looked at Naruto with a glare, before she looked down in thought, and then quickly went after the blond that saved her.
The two stopped when three figures appeared in front of them. Instinctively Naruto upholstered his SMGs and leveled them at two of the three Nin. Upon closer investigation, the blond noticed the three figures were the ANBU he encountered earlier.
"It seems you didn't do as we agreed, did you?" the blond masked man asked rhetorically.
"Well technically we didn't agree to anything, you assumed." Naruto replied. "You asked if I could leave, and I told you 'Yes' because I have the ability to do so. You just agreed to yourself after that." He added with a shrug, but didn't lower his SMGs. "Now tell me, what's your business here, ANBU?" He asked.
"Who are they, what's going on?" Sāra demanded from behind the blond.
"They're Shinobi, and fined it a bit…strange, that we're confronted be these Shinobi right after a failed assassination attempt." Naruto commented with narrowed eyes.
"You think they're trying to kill me?" Sāra asked, getting a nod from the blond, causing the red-head to take a step behind the teen. 'Even if Mukade has dozens of puppets here, it was a human that pushed her off. So it could have been him or it could be these assholes, I should never let my guard down.' The blond thought.
"I could say the same thing." The masked replied evenly.
"Yes you could, but you'd look like an idiot. If I was trying to kill her, why would I go out of my way to save her…idiot?" Naruto sarcastically responded. "Now tell me, what's your business here?" He asked.
"I can't answer that." The Masked blond man informed.
"Hmm…such a shame, too." Naruto replied with no regret, before he aimed both the SMGs at the Masked ANBU, surprising him. "Take 'em out." He ordered.
Minato quickly looked back, when he heard something. He saw something attacking his subordinates, Shibi and Choza. But what confused him was the fact the being that was attacking them wore the same colored uniform they all wore.
Iota got in-between the two Nin, before she punched them both the back of the neck. The two Nin fell, but Iota didn't stop she sent several devastating blows to Choza's chest and stomach, before she sent a kick to his chest sending him back. Iota turned around and hit Shibi in the lower back, then she jump up and sent a kick to his face. Knocking both of the Nin out cold.
Before Minato could intervene he was forced to dodge several projectiles, he'd never seen before. Minato faced the apathetic blond, as he pulled out two tri-pronged Kunai. Naruto charged at Minato with surprisingly fast speeds, but the Jonin was able to follow them.
Naruto sent a kick to Minato's knee, but the Masked man dodged the kick and jumped up. Minato jumped back from Naruto, before he threw one of his Kunai at the apathetic blond. Naruto tilted his head out of the way, as soon as the blade passed by him. He looked forward to see Minato had disappeared.
Minato grabbed onto the Kunai as he appeared behind Naruto, with an orb of swirling chakra in his hand. But before the Rasengan made contact with Naruto's exposed back, Minato felt a tremendous force on the side of his head. Minato was knocked from the apathetic blond.
Iota landed by Naruto's side, as her Adaptive Camo shifted her armor back to its Cyan color. Naruto glanced back to see, Sāra was more or less stunned by the violence that was happening. But she was glad they were protecting her at least. Naruto and Iota got into combat stances when Minato stood up.
The blond Jonin narrowed his eyes at the two. First he was incredibly suspicious about the similarities he had with the teen. If anything he looked like he could be his son, or a relative. Then there's the armored being, he'd heard of the prototypes in the Land of Snow about the Chakra armor, but it was still in the planning stage. It wasn't even known yet.
Minato summoned two tri-pronged Kunai and threw them at the two hostiles. Naruto caught the two Kunai, not falling for that attack, while Iota charged. As soon as she sent an attack towards Minato, he vanished.
'Alert! Enemy Detected!' Delta announced, causing Naruto to turn and block a kunai strike from Minato, before he vanished again.
'Alert! Enemy Detected!' Delta announced again. Naruto jumped back, just as Minato slammed a Rasengan into the ground. The blond spin the Kunai around and held them in a backwards, before he charged at Minato. Naruto slashed at Minato, but the Jonin jumped back, only to feel something hit his lower back.
Minato turned to see the Cyan armored being behind him. The Jonin blocked a hit from her, before he sent a fist to her face. Only to flinch when his fist hit her helmet, 'What is that made out off?' Minato asked himself. He was pretty strong, but whatever that armor was made out of, it was incredibly dense. He glanced back to Naruto, before he vanished again.
'Alert! Enemy Detected!' Delta announced. Naruto did a back hand spring, just as Minato appeared under him. The blond charged forward and slashed one of the Tri-pronged Kunai at the Masked Nin, before threw the other one. Minato twisted himself to avoid the blade, but in doing so left him open. As Iota kicked him in the center of his back, before she sent a punch to his lower spine, and then a combo of hits to his shoulders. Naruto used his free hand to un-holster one of his SMGs, before he fired a barrage of shots at Minato, only for the man to vanish.
"Alert! Enemy Detected!' Delta warned. Naruto turned and used the Tri-prong Kunai to block Minato's. The blonds held each other's blades back, but Naruto aimed his SMG at Minato, before he fired. Minato vanished, just as Iota tried to hit him from behind, but her shields flared when Naruto's bullets hit her.
"Are you alright?" Naruto asked to his A.I. lover.
"Fine, just aim next time, idiot." Iota snapped back, getting an annoyed sigh from the blond. The two looked around and saw Minato a good distance away.
"How do you wanna do this?" Naruto asked to the A.I.
Iota reached back and pulled her Sniper off her back. "You'll have to trust me." She voiced as she prepared the rifle.
"You know I do." Naruto replied as he tossed the tri-pronged Kunai aside, and then pulled out both of his two SMGs. "So how are we doing this. Am I going high or low?" He asked.
"Low." Iota informed, getting a smirk from Naruto, before he charged at Minato.
Naruto ran at Minato and slid, just as he leveled SMGs at the masked man. He then fired a barrage of bullets. Minato jumped into the air to avoid the extremely fast projectiles, but as soon as he was in the air, Iota looked down her sights.
"Gotcha, Cockbite." Iota muttered as she pulled the trigger. As she fired the Sniper, the bullet was already to Minato. But just before the deadly projectile could hit Minato's chest, he vanished. "Damn it!" Iota cursed to herself.
The A.I. heard something behind her, causing her to quickly turn. Iota fired another shot at Minato, only for the Jonin to vanish. The A.I. quickly turned again, when she felt something touch her. She fired another high caliber round at Minato, but he disappeared again.
Before Minato could attack Iota from behind, he felt one of his legs give out. Naruto kicked the back of Minato's knee, before he wrapped an arm around his neck. "Now tell us, why are you here? Is it to kill Sāra?" Naruto asked to the trapped ANBU.
"T-this is a misunderstanding." Minato forced out, as Naruto held him in a head-lock.
"Mm-hmm, that's what they all say." Naruto sarcastically replied.
"Our mission was to ensure her highness' safety." Minato informed.
"Ah." Naruto sounded before he looked to Sāra. "Good job with that." He added sarcastically.
"Wait." Sāra voiced as she moved next to the two. "I believe him."
Naruto gave her a look, before he looked down to the trapped Jonin. "And you trust a word of a masked man?" He asked cynically.
"I trust him as much as I trust you…which is none." Sāra replied evenly, getting smirk from the blond.
"Heh, I like you." Naruto commented.
"Hmph." Iota sounded in annoyance and disapproval, as she tossed both Shibi and Choza at Minato's feet. Naruto let go of Minato, before he took a step back. Naruto looked around and noticed several puppets approaching from the distance.
"I think we should take this…conversation, elsewhere." Naruto suggested, getting a nod from Minato. Before he grabbed onto his subordinates then vanished. The apathetic blond grabbed onto Sāra's shoulder, before Iota grabbed onto his, and then they too vanished.
After a few minutes the two groups met up. Naruto glanced around the large hallway inside a tower, while Sāra pulled herself out of his grip and sat by herself. The blond looked forward, to see the three masked ANBU in front of him.
"Now that were away from anything that could disrupt us, I think its best we talk." Naruto said uncaringly.
"Where's your partner?" The blond masked man asked curiously.
"Oh, Iota? She doesn't trust you, so she's around, waiting." Naruto replied with a shrug. She was a few towers away hiding, using her Adaptive Camo and used her Sniper to watch the conversation. As soon as things headed south, she'd eliminate the three ANBU, before they could react.
"I see. Then can you tell us where you're from then? I know you're not from around here." The blond masked man stated.
"Hmm, and how would you know? I could be an upstanding citizen of Rōran." Naruto said sarcastically.
"Those weapons and your partner's armor say differently." Minato replied evenly.
"Oh, you've seen right through me." Naruto voiced sarcastically as he raised his hands in fake surrender.
"I'm serious. Those weapons are incredible advance, there are only a few Kunai launchers and flintlock guns, but your weapons knock them out of the water. There only a few possibilities on where you come from, and I'm sure you where you came from too?" The blond masked man said. "You came from the future." He clarified.
"Ah, you got me." Naruto responded with a smirk, causing Sāra to look at him in disbelief. "Now that we're all on relatively close pages, what are you doing here?" The apathetic blond questioned.
"I guess it can't be avoided." The blond masked man voiced as he reached up to his mask. "I didn't want to talk about it, however I'll explain it as much as I can." He added as he took off his mask.
"Holy Shit!" Naruto announced as he saw the person's face. "I have to admit, I kinda saw this coming." He admitted, who else uses the Rasengan.
Minato gave Naruto a raised eyebrow. He deduced what the apathetic blond was talking about. He could see the similarities he had with the teen, odds were they were related somehow, possibly father and son.
"We're on a top secret mission from Konoha." Minato informed. "And it the reason I didn't want to talk before was because you were from the future. If a person from the future were to become involved, then the flow of time would be drastically changed." He inputted.
"Nah." Naruto sounded.
"What?" Minato asked confused.
"In all my travels of time, I've realized that the whole 'flow of time' is utter bullshit." Naruto said uncaringly.
"Wait, Travels of time?" Minato questioned curiously.
"Yeah, I've developed a space-time Nin-jutsu that allows me to travel into the future, past or sideways in time." Naruto lied. "That's how I know most of the laws of time are bullshit. Odds are I'm supposed to come here and help you. Or else I wouldn't be here. I mean whatever's accomplished here is because of my help, making me have to come here in the first place to place to do it." Naruto ranted to himself.
"That doesn't make any sense." Minato said.
"Fine, I'll give you an example. I have a friend who traveled in the past. He had a commanding officer who had a heart attack. So he tried to save him, by giving him an insulin shot. But it turns out the officer was allergic to insulin and resulted in a heart attack. So my friend tried to save him, but that resulted in his death." Naruto explained.
"I see, so you believe that sense you're here, trying not to change the past will result in changing the past. Along with not interfering with our mission will put you in a position that will be vital to the mission in general." Minato replied, getting a nod from the apathetic blond.
"Yep! The best thing to do when time travel is involved is to just go with the flow." Naruto informed. "Now why are you so…open about my whole 'from the future' thing?" He asked.
"Because you're not the only one from the future, six years ago, a man appeared her similar to you. A man named Mukade." Minato said.
"Hmm…it seems Delta's theory was correct…" Naruto mumbled to himself. "So it seems like the skinny insane guy's here too." He said with a sigh.
"You said you had a space-time Nin-jutsu to travel time, but how would he have gotten here?" Minato questioned.
"Oh yeah, there was a seal on the Lay line, and Mukade absorbed it into himself." Naruto informed. "Pretty stupid if you asked me, one miscalculation and I'd have to be cleaning Mukade chunks off of me." He said with a grimace.
"So the chakra from the Lay line is what's working against the timeline? Even if he is forced to be here, can't you leave anytime you want?" Minato questioned curiously.
"Yeah, but traveling through time takes a lot of calculations. One wrong algorithm and I could arrive at the time the Sun collapses, or at the formation of the planet." Naruto commented. "So it'd be best to use my ability…as a plan B." He added.
"I see." Minato muttered. "At any rate we should defeat Mukade, before he does something that alters time greatly. While I'm sure what you said was true, we're talking about a full-scale puppet army." Minato said.
"I was already planning kicking his ass." Naruto said uncaringly, causing Minato to narrow his eyes slightly. 'If he is my son, why does he have such vulgar language?' Minato thought to himself.
"Silence, will all of you stop telling lies!" Sāra demanded. "The person who appeared six years ago wasn't a man named Mukade, but a splendid man named Anrokuzan." She insisted. "Anrokuzan currently serves as Minister and continues my mother's work for the benefit of the City." Sāra informed. 'It seems my theory about Mukade infiltrating the Government was right…but I didn't think it would stem this far.' Naruto thought grimly.
"It is unthinkable that such a peace-loving man would be developing weapons as you claim." Sāra said to Minato and Naruto.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry to say this, but you're being deceived by that man." Minato said calmly, but Naruto face palmed.
"Dude, she'd openly stated she doesn't trust us. Now you drop a bombshell like that…that's definitely not gonna work. Mukade has had six years to garner her trust, while we've had…ten-twenty minutes tops." Naruto stated with a sigh, before he looked to Sāra to see she was leaving. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" He asked to the red-head.
"I'm going to confront Anrokuzan directly. He'll tell me the truth." Sāra voiced as she left.
"Oh God, I knew she trusted Mukade, but I didn't think it was that much…Hmm, this is a dangerous game now." Naruto muttered to himself, before he looked out the window and did a 'come here' motion. After a few seconds, glass shattered as Iota jumped through the window and landed by Naruto's side, while also aiming her pistols at the ANBU, causing them to become defensive.
"It's alright Iota, we're on the same side." Naruto voiced, but Iota still aimed her pistols. After a few seconds she reluctantly lowered her pistols.
"Your already trusting strangers?" Iota asked with palpable annoyance. Minato himself was surprised. He didn't know the Cyan Armored being was a girl, while her build was feminine. Her fighting style was ruthless, hitting to hurt and disable.
"Don't be like that. We're in the past and could use some help. We've only seen the ruins of the City, not the City itself, so we have no idea how to navigate it." Naruto reasoned. "Odds are these guys can." He added, causing Iota to grudgingly agree. That was one of the things she inherited from Carolina, she wasn't that trusting. Iota only trusted a few people and they had to earn it.
"I think we should split up." Minato said. "I think you should watch over Sāra, while my team looks for Mukade. Like you said, we know the land better and it'd be easier for us to find him." He informed.
"Eh, fine whatever. Iota and I will make sure shit doesn't happen to the hot princess. While you look for the insane asshole...I like that plan." Naruto said with a nod, ignoring Iota's glare.
"Here, if you need any help, use this and I'll be there in a flash." Minato said as he handed Naruto, one of his Tri-pronged Kunai.
"Cool man." Naruto muttered as he pocketed the blade. 'If I keep this, it'll be so valuable in the future.' He thought to himself, before he began to walk away with Iota by his side.
"Are you really going to follow their orders?" Iota asked incredulously as they walked away from the ANBU.
"No not really. If Sāra is the target of an assassination and the Konoha Shinobi aren't the culprits, then it's Mukade. And odds are he's not going to stop after one assassination attempt. So all we have to do is wait and he'll show." Naruto commented.
"So you're using her as bait." Iota clarified.
"Not really, sense we're…well I'm going to right next to her, while you're watching over us." Naruto replied. "Mukade is probably…arrogant in his puppet's abilities and his own. Even if I'm next to Sāra he'll still attack. If he does attack, either by himself or by his puppets, I want you to take 'em out." He said as the two exited the tower. Iota gave the blond a slight nod before she pulled out her grappling hook and used it to pull her to another tower.
Naruto watched Iota leave, before he grabbed onto his SMGs and sealed them into his ring fingers. In the distance he saw an elevator moving, getting a raised eyebrow from him. 'Man this City is incredibly advanced for this day in age.' He thought to himself, before he pulled his Battle Rifle off his back and looked at the Elevator with his scope. 'Ah, there you are.' Naruto thought when he found Sāra, before he put the BR back on his back, then vanished in a blur of speed.
Here's the New Chapter, tell me if it was good or awful.