WELCOME BACK SAILOR AND SHINOBI JUNKIES! WELCOME BACK AFTER THREE MONTHS FOR A SURPRISE CHAPTER! FOUND A FEW PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTED THIS CONTINUED, AND WHO AM I TO LET DOWN MY AMAZING READERS! YEAH!
The cold air caused goosebumps to arise on the group, young man and woman alike. Hanabi wanted to join on in the battle as well, but was vetoed by Hinata and Neji immediately. Neji felt danger as the hairs on the back of his neck rose slightly. He moved to the front of the formation,
"Naruto, we could use a bit of light," Neji remembered Naruto's new form.
'What do you say partner?" Naruto asked permission much to Kurama's surprise, but sent the requisite chakra to activate Naruto's transformation. And it was a good thing he did right then as a green emerald sword swung, nearly taking off his and Neji's neck.
Neji caught the blade while Naruto slid under it kicked the elegant, curvy red haired woman in the stomach which sent her flying back into the row of abandoned cars.
"Why don't you guys have your special eyes active," Usagi asked. "Might have given us a bit of warning," she pointed out without accusation.
"To keep from going blind when Naruto-kun did that," Hinata pointed out Naruto's new form.
"I'd love to get a lesson on more ninja powers later, but for now, we've got work to do. Hyuuga Hinata, are you ready?" the acting leader of the sailor guardians asked.
"H..hai Hino-san. Let's do it." Hinata said as she summoned the courage to attempt this transformation.
"Are you sure about this lady Hinata?" Neji stepped in front of Hinata and asked with more than a slight concern.
"Would you deny me a new power to protect us and our new friends Neji nii-san?"
Neji stepped aside and the five young women moved forward in an 'A' formation with Rei in front as the gave the command, "From right to left, Henshin!"
All five girls held up their respective transformation talisman and called out
"Moon Crystal Power,"
"Mercury Power,"
"Mars Power,"
"Jupiter Power,"
"Venus Power!
United and as one the five then finished, "Make...Up!"
The red haired woman had placed a green field around her as five young women started glowing, and took to the sky and seemed to dance upon the very air. Massive amounts of pressure pushed anything near them away, which is likely what protected them during the transformation. Even the newly empowered Naruto had a hard time not being pushed back by their power. Five sailor clad warriors descended from the sky and landed in between Uzumaki Naruto and Neji on the side of of the newly transformed Hinata. On the opposite side stood Sakura, Immediately they went into fighting stances. The shinobi smirked at seeing the battle ready positions the non shinobi soldiers took. They seemed to be quite livid at one of their own being hurt despite only being together a very short time.
"So," Shikamaru said. "I don't know who you are, nor do I really give a damn. I could be home asleep, but you just disturbed a few friend's of ours, and just tried to take off a few friends of mine's heads. So... I'd say, you pretty much signed your own death warrant. Care to say anything before your sentence is carried out?"
The red haired woman sighed and conveyed her annoyance in on word, "Troublesome." to which Shikamaru nearly face faulted before she continued. "I am Kaorinite. I am a researcher for an esteemed doctor, however you are a new variable we did not anticipate. So we have the Dark Kingdom which was supposed to be defeated two years ago, but now they somehow have the power of ninja. Somebody has screwed with the time line and screwed up our plans, and a few other's plans throughout the future. I have been killed, and brought back to life, but I was not supposed to be brought back yet."
"Suppose we believe you, which we don't, why are you telling us this?" Sasuke interjected.
"Because, whether we win or not, it doesn't matter as someone has the power to play in the time stream. If they want, they can keep going back and messing with our plans. We are hoping you all are skilled enough to handle it, but not strong enough to stop us... thus the reason I am here. Prepare yourselves!" The woman warned as she took off forward at very fast shinobi speeds. The newly christened sailor Venus sped forward, her outfit identical to Minako's with the exception that it was a dark blue color wherever Venus's was orange. She ducked underneath the sword swing and did a spinning back kick into Kaorinite's back. She needed to test the benefits of her temporary gift and pushed herself to the physical limit as she flipped back over Kaorinite before she had a chance to recover and slammed her fist down on her head. The red haired woman's head was pushed down as she grunted in pain and Hinata did multiple flips back out of the way of her sword strike. Upon seeing an opening, to everyone's surprise, it was Sailor Moon who did a flying side kick which connected with their enemies arm and back flipped off of her arm as Sailor Mercury chopped at Kaorinite's exposed neck.
Sasuke turned to Shikamaru and took out a fifty ryo bill and handed it to him.
Naruto rolled his eyes as he realized what happened. "Ready to get in on the action Gentlemen?"
"Don't you think that's a bit overkill dobe?" Sasuke wondered. His question was answered when a loud roar erupted from the red haired woman and the sailor guardians were sent flying. Naruto vanished as did Neji as they caught the airborne warriors.
"Oi teme, I know you've been on vacation for a while, but do you remember the vector six maneuver?" Naruto teased/asked.
"Hn." was the only reply he got as Sasuke joined Naruto in a head on assault as they summoned their signature techniques.
Naruto and Sasuke joined their rasengan and Chidori respectively and slammed it into the ball of energy that now seemed to be protecting the antagonist.
The shield like structure shattered, but not before another monster pushed Kaorinite (Was undecided between Kaolinite and Kaorinite, but it will stay consistent from next chapter forward) out of the way and took the brunt of the attack, and laid dead on the ground bleeding out.
A powerfully masculine sounding female voice called out, "World Shaking!" from the opposite direction of where Kaorinite was pushed, thus she was slammed directly into the attack.
"Deep Submerge!" A melodious voice called a from a third direction. The sea green water based attack collided with her partner's own 'World Shaking' which caused the red haired woman to scream out. She screamed out loud, but would not give in and kept fighting. Sailor's Mars and Jupiter opted to go with Long range attacks as well.
"Fire Soul!," and "Supreme Thunder!" were heard as two bolts of energy, one made of fire, the other of lightning came together into one attack as it slammed into the woman who's red hair was now half burnt away, over fifty percent of her red dress burned away, and burns all over her skin.
She tried to move despite her pain, but found she could not as the pineapple haired man stated, "Shadow Possession Jutsu... Success." Shikamaru felt horrible for what he was about to do, but it had to be done. This was likely the first truly human looking enemy they had faced. "Usagi, it's time."
Sailor Moon sighed, almost with a tear as she said, "It's time to end this battle. We have to end someone's life... heaven have mercy on our souls..." Usagi drew her new scepter out and pointed it forward, "Moon Healing... Escalation!"
The woman screamed out the word, "LOVELY!" but instead of dying, she fell back down on her knees and screamed out, "This is a battle well fought sailor guardians... but it will take far more power and skill than that to defeat me." before she vanished into her own shadow, much to Shikamaru's dismay.
The senshi were about to transform back until Hinata said, "Hold on a second girls. We need to make sure the area is truly clear of enemies before going back into a more vulnerable form. Always look beyond what is right in front of you."
Mars walked over to Hinata and placed friendly hand on her shoulder and said, "Not bad for your first day."
Hinata smiled at knowing she did well as Minako's stand in. Sailor Moon was on the verge of crying, but didn't because she felt she needed to be strong for her new friends.
The newly arrived Uranis and Neptune stepped over to the group and Uranis bluntly stated, "A week did that for them?!"
Neptune face palmed good naturedly "I think we just might be able to learn a bit from each other. From you, how to increase our fighting potential. From us... How to blend in better here. We have heard from a few of our sources of some 'kids' wearing ancient clothing. So we will help you all better adjust here for however long you plan to stay and help us. And don't worry about finances. As long as you help us, we will take care of it as we are... kind of well off."
"Are all of you guardian guys rich?" Shikamaru asked jokingly. "Our stand in is an Sailor Guardian and heir to one of the most prestigious clans in our nation. The regular of the same name is a movie star and video game star. Another's mom is a doctor. One own's a massive shrine. Another has her own apartment, and now you two."
Sailor Moon then broken out of her stupor glanced around and then said, "No fair! I'm the main princess and I don't get to be a rich spoiled brat?!"
"You can still be a spoiled brat if you'd like," Mars teased lightheartedly.
"Hmph!" Usagi pouted slightly.
Shikamaru then shivered as he quickly turned to Sasuke and said, "Wait, if you're here, who's with Ino and the rest?"
Sasuke shrugged and said, "No worries. I wondered what happened to Rock Lee, Choji and Shino, so I borrowed Ino's radio to contact them. They have been patrolling the city as a Make shift squad while the rest of use trained. That way they can trade off with us, plus Rock Lee can train anywhere. They joined the guys at Minako's place once Ami-san gave them the coordinates. They are there now. By the way... who was the Itachi look alike and why is everyone so protective of him?"
Shikamaru felt his racing heart that slowly started to Normalize speed back up dangerously. 'I'm getting too old for this shit.'
Naruto walked over to Usagi and in an extremely serious tone warned her, "Continue training hard with Shikamaru, Sasuke and Neji... Because I am almost done with my own training. Once I am finished, I am going to take you under my wing and make you into the most fierce shinobi I can. I can feel your potential radiating like a beacon." Without waiting for a reply, he walked over to Hinata's Sailor Venus and said, "You Hime did an amazing job. You took a chance, and opted to help out those in need, despite it possibly being dangerous to you. You are pretty awesome. Meet me and Gamabunta tomorrow after your training with Sakura please." which made Hinata's heart flutter, but instead of reddening, her eyes hardened in determination and with nothing but a nod decided not to do anything but get stronger.
Naruto then walked off and vanished a a white flash of light.
Seventy Two Hours Later, hidden makeshift training field.
Rock Lee, Sasuke, Neji, Sailor's Neptune, Uranis, Moon, and Shikamaru.
Shikamaru, in between Moon, Uranis and Neptune.
"We don't believe you. You are too weak. Will not accept you as our princess."
"Why did you have to let that slip out after the fight Usagi?!" Sasuke asked exasperated.
"I didn't think it would cause this much drama. I am still in training you jerks. I didn't ask to be the reincarnated moon princess." Usagi groaned.
"Knock it off... Now!" Neji commanded. His tone made it clear he was the highest ranking officer in this group. Sasuke didn't like standing down, but didn't feel like dealing with the headache of a stubborn Hyuuga Jonin.
"We are here to train. If you all want to get stronger, transformations are gone now. Your transformations seem to boost your base power, which means training while transformed defeats the point. If you are worried about us knowing who you are, you in the blonde are Tenrou Haruka, and the girl with the green hair is Michiru something or other. I apologize, I left the paperwork in my bag on you both. We're ninja. Information gathering is what we do. If you are that anal on your name however, we could go grab the paperwork with it from inside the temple. Otherwise, we can get to work making you all as strong as possible so you can protect this world. Your choice. Waste time bitching about who is princess this or that, or say fuck it and become so deadly your enemies fear the very thought of your name crossing their paths?" Shikamaru asked pointedly.
Haruka and Michiru glanced at each other as if speaking telepathically. With a nod, they both dropped their transformations. Rock Lee covered his eyes in shock and out of respect for the women's virtue. Both were pleased and amused by his antics. The other guys sat open mouthed as the younger girls transformations were not quite so... transparent.
"I take it our younger counterparts haven't learned how not to be quite so shiny and shimering when transforming? The initial transformation is still a bit bright, but the powering down of the form is easier to make a bit more stealthy." Neptune explained.
"Stealthy. Now you're talking our language. Well, maybe with the exception of Naruto. I don't know how he's managed to stay alive all these years in that bright ass orange all the time." Shikamaru pointed out.
"Anyway, down to business. As much as I hate to admit it... as far as pure unadulterated melee skills, you won't find one better in our group than Rock-Lee. He's been off training on his own for the last few days, seemingly taking our orders to an extreme. To become as strong as humanly possible within a short amount of time. But me being his superior officer, and his teammate, he came back to help us out. And It is very much appreciated Lee." Neji offered.
"It is no problem my friend. It would be most unyouthful to not help these beautiful heroines defend their realm."
"I want proof," was simultaneous from the two older senshi.
"Lee... I have looked forward to our rematch for over two years. Think you've got enough in the tank to give them a show they wont forget?" Sasuke asked, still annoyed at his first loss.
"I am honored you'd want that rematch Sasuke-san. But you should know... I am nowhere near the level I was back then. I am far stronger," Lee said with a smirk. Sasuke shared it. He was looking forward to it.
Shikamaru hated the fact that he needed to get stronger too, so he found the equivalent to training weights and started wearing them under his clothes, and he was doing pushups while making Usagi do the same. But asked her tactical questions while they worked out.
Usagi jumped when she felt a shock wave, but was surprised to see Shikamaru still doing push ups. "Um... Shikamaru-kun, why is it you aren't going all full alert like when we felt that thunderous roar last night?"
"Remenber those breathing exercises which helped you to start tapping into your chakra?" he waited until she nodded. "Well, a very advanced form of that is called sensing. I can sense that it is two comrades sparing full force. Most likely Rock Lee and either Neji or Sasuke. No you can't go over there and look. You have your own training to focus on if you want to get back to check on your Mamo-chan today,"
"Oh," she sighed.
A puff of smoke appeared to which Shikamaru jumped to his knee and began the process of his 'Kage Mane' technique. But stopped upon seeing a white and black cat stumbled out of the smoke, and Usagi placed a hand on his arm letting him know to hold.
"Luna?!" Usagi smiled as the one who gave her powers gave a surprised yelp as Usagi picked her up and gently hugged her.
"Shinobi-san, I am sorry to disturb you, but do you know where the other Sailors are? It's time We have come back to start their training." the white furred cat inquired much to his partner's surprise. But then she realized they just appeared in a puff of smoke.
"There is a lot you have missed Artemis-san. You might want to sit, you need to be brought up to date before joining with the guardians."
Shikamaru looked to Usagi who got the hint and pulled out her phone and pressed a few quick buttons to which a display of a bandaged Minako appeared. "Hey Buns," Minako teased lightheartedly.
"Hey Minako-chan. There's someone here who you might want to see." Usagi said as brightly as she could. "But before you do, how is Mamo-chan?"
Minako turned the phone around to show him still wrapped up and snoring lightly, but peacefully. Usagi gave a relieved sigh before placing the phone on the ground so that Artemis could see Minako, who thankfully had her bandages hidden underneath her blankets.
"Artemis, you're back?!" Minako exclaimed excitedly. "Quiet in there you!" the voice of Yamanaka Ino carried. "You still need to recover!"
Artemis's face animated into that of one of great concern quickly. "Stay put and watch over Usagi's training Artemis. I already see you want to let your concern override logic. I am protected where I am, and it would be better if you were brought up to date before we meet face to face again. I am not well, but I will be back at one hundred percent in a week. Maybe two. Usagi could explain it in full."
"Fine Minako. I will be in touch soon... and I...I'm sorry I wasn't there when you needed me."
"Don't be an idiot! Those dark kingdom bastards killed me! You couldn't have brought me back to life. I got very lucky. Meaning, you would not have made a difference in that fight. You were where you were needed, and that was helping Luna-san in unlocking her Chakra in the summoning plane, and helping to train her. I love you Artemis. But I had to learn to survive without you for a long time. I am not the same helpless girl from when I was younger. I need you to trust and believe in me."
"I'll always believe in you Aino Minako," the small cat said with a small tear he forced back. "I will meet up with you later after we have been debriefed."
"Good," Minako said with a genuine smile. "And now that you are home... we are back at full strength." which drew a small chuckle which was needed to break the tense situation.
"Usagi, what's happened? And where is Naruto. I thought he was the one who was going to train you?"
Usagi stopped her pull ups and started, "Well," but Shikamaru wasn't having that. "Keep those chin ups going Usagi. You can explain and train at the same time. It will help your mind learn how to multitask."
Luna was a bit taken aback, but was surprised when Usagi grunted in annoyance, but followed the instructions without complaint as she started. "We seem to be being attacked by three factions. One being the Dark Kingdom, or as I like to call it, the Negaverse. Then there's this group with this really mean lady with a LOT of power. It took all sailors on deck including two new ones. Sailor's Uranis and Neptune."
That sent shivers down the cats backs. As part of their training, their memories were unlocked, so they knew the consequences of having members of the outer solar system awakened.
Usagi caught this, but was reminded to switch up, "Okay, jumping jacks," she chose as it was the least strain for the time being. "Oh yeah," she continued. "V-chan got really hurt, and the silver crystal along with the powers of Venus, she selected Hinata chan to temporarily take up the mantle until she finishes healing."
"What?! That's not possible. Once a sailor has been chosen, they can't give up the power, even temporarily." Luna all but screamed.
Usagi did her best to give a quick shrug as she stated, "Got me. It might be that Hinata jumped in the way of an attack and managed to save her friends, Mamoru-chan, and V. Oh yeah. Mamoru is Tuxedo Kamen, the masked vigilante who put his own life energy on the line to save hers. Shikamaru-kun, please fill them in on the rest."
"Why, what's wrong?" He asked as Usagi who just fell down exhausted. "One, stop calling me Usagi. It's troublesome! Aside from being exhausted, I believe I am about to be whisked away by Naruto-kun to train anyway."
With all of the madness going on of late, Shikamaru wouldn't be surprised at all by Naruto showing up in a... 'Okay, maybe a new red cloak and pigmented eyelids and a diamond earing stud. Nice. Very cool looking.' "Okay, so what's with the new duds?"
Naruto appeared in a ultra fast Shunshin. So fast it sent out a small shock wave. He powered down from his new form, his jacket disappeared as well. He gave a quick grin and stated, "I promised I would train her when my own training was done. I found that forest help me train must faster... Don't call for us for the next three days unless it's the end of the world. I have food and shelter situated. As for Momaru, tell him his new girlfriend is safe, but being made strong, and quickly. Cool?"
"Hold it Naruto. You are the lowest ranking shinobi in our group outside of Hanabi and Sasuke if we are counting him as active again. Why am I taking orders from you?" Shikamaru asked,
"Getting in the practice?"
'Huh?" the rare comment that was lost on Shikamaru.
"Practicing taking orders from your future boss. The TRUE Rokudaime Hokage."
'Hmph!" Shikamaru smirked. "Well get to work hokage-sama. And who knows. Maybe we will elect you our official leader if you have changed as much as I believe you have. I don't know what you have been doing off the scenes, but you really have changed Naruto."
Naruto released a breath he didn't know he was holding and said, "You have no idea how much so bro."
Naruto powered up to his Tailed beast form which now shone even brighter than before. His three whiskers now silver. His pupils shared the same coloration. His hair red while in this form. His muscles slightly more defined. He offered his hand to Tsukino Usagi but warned, "There will be a jolt. It won't hurt, but it might be a bit disorienting."
She took his hand without hesitation. She was jolted to her feet, but after a quick few seconds of vertigo, she released his hand and did a few cartwheels. "Whoa! This is awesome! I am fully re-energized twice over. I feel a bit lighter too. What did you do?"
Naruto winked then vanished, but much to everyone's surprise, Bunny glanced around and proclaimed, "Oh no you don't!"
Bunny took off in the direction she believed Naruto to have gone.
In the opposite direction a very loud voice could be heard screaming, "Primary Lotus!"
To Be Continued. I don't know to be honest. I write when I am inspired. I was really inspired once I got started this chapter. If I write the next one any time soon... there's a treat coming. ;)