Melody – Once again, it is another chapter in the Zabuza arc.
Naruto – You make that sound like a bad thing.
Sasuke – She's just mad that all of the guys that were in here before are gone.
Melody – That's not true... Yamcha is here!
Yamcha – Hey guys!
Sasuke – Oh come on!
Sakura – How do these people keep getting in here?
Yamcha – I flew up here!
Naruto – Hahahaha!
Yamcha – What?
Naruto – You think that you can fly!
Yamcha – I can also beat twelve year olds half to death.
Naruto – Uh oh...
Melody – Before you kill Naruto Yamcha, can you do the disclaimer?
Yamcha – Sure thing. We do not own Naruto. Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and all other related products are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo. Please support the official release. And support the 'Yamcha is going to kick the absolute crap out of this twelve year old blonde runt' Corp.
Melody – That's smarts...
Thanks to my reviewers:
SonomiTakashia – Well, here's more! Thanks for the review!
OathKeeper16 – Sasuke and Melody will have way more fights to come. I say around twenty at the minimum. I feel so sorry for Naruto. I feel guilty about writing about him like that, but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. I hope you enjoy the rest of the fight, even though it is extremely hard to think of new cheese to write about. Thanks for the review!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
Is This For Real?
Opening:
C'mon!
Running like a fugitive,
Being chased by something…
Inside my heart is pounding…
My throat is dry like it's withering.
For no single one,
To none does belong,
The time is ours, Right now…
Unraveling the pain,
Unraveling our hearts,
Unraveling shadows.
Stifling our breath,
Reaching for beyond,
Tearing through the dark.
In fighting and in love…
To the distant light above,
Yes, we are on the way!
I wanna rock…
Rockin' my heart…
Melody's POV:
Haku prepared his needles and soon began to throw them at us. Blood was splashing everywhere as we let out our screams of pain. And we somehow managed to land on our butts gracefully…
Naruto sat up. "Where is he?" He asked. "Where's the needle attack coming at us from? Are they clones?" He stood up. "We've got to find the real one. Which one is it?"
"Look into every mirror as hard as you like…" Haku said to us. "You'll never learn the secret."
"Oh yeah?" Naruto asked as he made a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Sasuke turned to him. "No don't!" He yelled.
"We can't stop him…" I sighed.
I could only see Haku leave the Ice Mirror, but after that it was just a blur. Sasuke and I heard the grunts of pain from all of the clones. Soon, all of the clones disappeared and the real Naruto was plummeting back to fell on his side.
"These mirrors only reflect my image." Haku told us. "Allowing myself to transport myself at light speed. Through my eyes… You appear to be moving in slow motion." Haku said.
"…I couldn't break through…" Naruto growled. Sasuke and I turned to him. "So what? He's not going to stop me!" Haku gasped. "I'm not giving up and I'm not going to die here! Because I have a dream and no one's going to take it away from me! Someday I will be respected in my village! To be the greatest Hokage – that's my dream!"
"This bridge will be the battlefield where our dreams collide. Now I must fight for my dream. Just as you fight for yours. Please do not blame me. I fight for someone who is precious to me. I live for him. And I'd face death for him. So then his dream may be become reality. That is my dream and for the sake of that dream, if I must, I will act as a Shinobi and take your lives!" Haku said as he took out a needle.
Episode Fifteen:
Zero visibility! The Sharingan Shatters!
We stared at Haku anxiously. I sighed and glanced over at the boys. Sure... Some things have been the same... But... There are some things that are different.
"Guys! For the love of Kami! Someone help me!" I screamed as the needles cut my skin.
The boys' heads shot up at me and they immediately shut up.
"Melody!" Naruto and Sasuke called out with concern.
For one thing, Sasuke seems a little more protective than he usually is. It's completely different. And... What about him and that pranking of his...?
"Give me that bowl of rice… Please…" I asked. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"Fine…" He said as he handed me a bowl.
"Thank you!" I looked into the bowl. "This isn't rice… It looks like rice that has been stomped into the dirt…" I complained.
"Well, it hasn't…" Sasuke replied. "Where did you even get that idea anyway…?"
I lowered my head. "No where… At all…" I replied as I gobbled on my rice. It really did taste like dirt though… I noticed a grin on Sasuke's face.
"It's been in the dog's business…" He corrected me. My eyes widened and I immediately did a spit-take. I then grabbed a hold of my glass of water and poured it in my mouth, and then I spat that water back into the cup.
"You jerk face!" I screamed at the Uchiha. "Why the hell did you do that for?"
"That's for calling me 'Duck Butt'…" Sasuke replied.
I bit my lip. Great... I must've done something to the universe. That is the last thing that I need on my conscious.
I mean... Things happen for a reason... Right? There's got to be some other reason that I'm here other than that wish that I made...
But, I had better think of that later. I need to concentrate on helping Naruto and Sasuke as much as I can. Hopefully, I don't mess up anything here... Or it could destroy the fabric of the universe.
"I didn't get to him..." Naruto growled. "Then I'll try it again! As many times as it takes!" He made a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Naruto!" He yelled. "Don't!" But it was already too late. Naruto had already activated the Jutsu and a load of Naruto's appeared that once again, charged at the Crystal Ice Mirrors.
So, I have to make sure that Sasuke learns the Sharingan here. And the only real way to beat this guy (Or at least get close) is if Naruto turns into the kyuubi mode. So here is the plan. I stand here completely still doing nothing at all! Much like a filler episode of Naruto.
Sasuke and I stared as the Naruto clones were taken down. My eyes widened.
"Sasuke!" I yelled at the Uchiha. Sasuke's eyes darted towards me. He then quickly dashed over to me. What's happening? Why is he running towards me? Unless...
Sasuke quickly pushed me out of the way, causing me to land on my back and for him to be attacked by the throwing needles instead. His grunts of pain left his mouth and he landed back onto the ground.
"Sasuke! Are you okay?" I yelled.
"Yeah..." Sasuke grunted. "I'm fine...!"
Meanwhile, Naruto's Shadow Clones were being taken down, one after the other and eventually the real Naruto was hit and he came plummeting to the ground and landed with a loud thud. I growled at Haku as I stood back up.
"How is he doing that?" Naruto screamed as Sasuke's eyes narrowed. He stood up and smirked. I blinked. Has he got a plan? What is he thinking? It is killing me by not knowing!
Naruto stood up. "I'm going to give it one more time!" He announced. I sighed. I can't stop him... Sasuke turned to him.
"Are you up for another round?" He asked.
Naruto nodded. "Of course I am! Believe it!" Sasuke smirk grew.
"Good." He said, pleased.
I stared at the two in confusion. What are they doing? They never had a conversation like this before... And what's with Sasuke. What is up with him?
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he made his hand sign. Once again, all of the Naruto's poofed back and charged into action.
"What are you planning, Sasuke?" I asked the raven-haired Uchiha. Sasuke turned to me. I raised an eyebrow.
"Do you think that Kakashi is the only one with a Visual Jutsu?" He asked with a smile. My eyes widened.
"What?" I screamed. "You mean you know it too?" Sasuke's smile remained.
I don't get it... He's not supposed to know it yet... How is this possible. Sasuke isn't supposed to know the Sharingan until later in this fight. But... Then again... It's probably not a bad thing... But... This also means that even I can't predict what will happen in this fight.
I couldn't see Sasuke's face for a moment, but soon after Sasuke's head shot up. He wasn't kidding. He really does know the Sharingan! The red eyes aren't just for a unique character design...
"Don't you see that it's useless?" Haku asked, sounding a little annoyed. Soon, he began his attacks on the Shadow Clones.
Sasuke quickly went back to his hand signs and prepared his Fire Ball Jutsu.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled out and then a large flame was gushing out of his mouth. By this moment, all of the Shadow Clones were defeated and Naruto landed back down on his butt and Sasuke had the chance to attack Haku without hurting Naruto. The flame managed to get almost half of Haku's left arm. Haku let out a small grunt of pain and flew back into the mirror, reflecting his image back into the other mirrors.
"You burnt my arm..." Haku said as he looked down at his burnt arm. He looked down at Sasuke. "It must be coincidence... But..." Haku trailed off, staring down at the Uchiha. "You have the Sharingan ability... That means that you are an Uchiha."
Sasuke smiled. "That's right... Took you long enough to figure it out, though..."
Naruto stared up at Sasuke for a moment then his eyes widened in shock. "W-What?" He screamed as loud as he could. "You have the same eye as Kakashi! Only you have two!"
"Yeah, that's a tree, that's a dead bird, this is a bridge... Anything else you want to point out the obvious about, Naruto?" I asked smartly.
"But when did this happen?" Naruto asked, loudly I might want to add.
"For once, I agree with Naruto. When did you learn the Sharingan?" I asked.
"Yeah! Wait... Am I supposed to be offended?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. Now, Sasuke can you please answer the question?" I asked with my arms folded.
"I learned it years ago. Happy?" Sasuke answered.
"Years ago..." I mumbled to myself softly. "Years ago?" I yelled loudly. "If you learned this years ago then why didn't you use it against Zabuza before? Or even on Kakashi Sensei?"
"Are you really asking me this now?" Sasuke yelled back to me. "We kind of have an opponent to face here!"
"Excuse me... Princess! Next thing you know is that Naruto is going to win a match because of a fart!" I yelled back. Oh wait a minute...
"Compared to this guy, my Sharingan news is insignificant!" Sasuke yelled back.
"Your Sharingan is not insignificant! Next time I learn a new move and you ask questions, don't expect me to explain!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Uh... Guys..."
"WHAT?"
"We still have an enemy to face here..." Naruto informed me and Sasuke.
"I knew that!" I yelled back at the blonde, blushing from embarrassment, while Sasuke huffed and turned t face one of the mirrors, muttering something under his breath. He is a dead man...!
"Well..." Haku began. "It seems that you are an Uchiha and you are able to use the Sharingan against me. No matter... Because seeing speed and matching speed are two completely different things in battle..."
Damn it... Haku's right... We need to lure him out of those mirrors. If Naruto goes, he's just going to get hurt. If I go then try my Ice Fist Jutsu, I might be too slow to dodge. If I try to go in with my Ice Clones then the Ice might not even work on him... I scratched my head in deep thought. If only Shikamaru were with us... We could've thought of a great plan. But... Instead we got... Naruto's brain... It's not that he's dumb or anything, it's just that he isn't the sharpest knife in the draw... Yeah... That's it...
At this point Haku began talking to himself about Zabuza.
"I know that you need me, Zabuza... I'll finish them off quickly." He said to himself. He gasped and was caught off guard when Naruto came charging in with his Shadow Clones again. Haku grabbed a throwing needle and said, "He just won't give up...!"
Meanwhile, Sasuke prepared the hand signs for another Fire Ball Jutsu. I made a some hand signs for one of my Jutsu's. After all it's better than doing nothing at all...
"Ice Style: Ice Clone Jutsu...!" I whispered to myself so then Haku wouldn't be able to hear me. A large puff of smoke appeared around me and once it cleared, my Ice Clones were now visible.
I flicked the hair away from my face with a grin. Most of my clones charged along with the Naruto Shadow Clones while my one remaining Ice Clone quickly raced off to Sasuke. While Haku was destroying most of the Shadow Clones and Ice Clones were being destroyed, my lonely Ice Clone jumped up in front of Sasuke and gave him a thumbs up. Sasuke smiled and it looked like he got the message that I was giving him.
When Haku destroyed all of the other clones and knocked Naruto down, he was charging towards my Ice Clone in front of Sasuke and destroyed it and thanks to the ice that was left behind, Haku was slowed down and Sasuke released his Fire Ball Jutsu at him. Haku had no time to dodge, but unfortunately, he was only burnt on his right leg. Haku landed back on his feet and went back into the mirror. Coward...
Well, at least that did something. I don't want to kill Haku, but we can't die either. The village will still need us. Well, at least the original Team Seven of course. I'm not quite sure what I have to do to be honest but I think I enjoy the idea of living...
Naruto stood back up. "D-Did we get him?" He panted.
"Yeah..." I said, panting. "Sasuke burnt his leg... We're getting there..." I said reassuringly. Sasuke smirked with pride. I raised an eyebrow.
"What are you so happy about, Prince of all Uchiha? W-We are still fighting this guy you know..." I asked him.
"This is good..." Sasuke replied. "I think we're starting to get him!"
"Okay... You think...? Or you know...?" I asked him.
"Are you serious?" Sasuke asked me.
"No. I'm just messing with you." I replied. Sasuke raised an eyebrow and looked at me like I was crazy. Naruto did the same. "What? I can't have any fun? Well, that's just annoying..." I said as I folded my arms.
"Naruto, are you okay there?" I asked with concern in my voice. "You look a little worn out."
"Yeah... I'm fine... I have just used a bit of Chakra up... T-That's all..." Naruto replied. I blinked. Yeah... This is troublesome. Hey! Shikamaru is here! I'm so clever! Okay Melody... That's enough of complimenting yourself! The battle still rages on!
"Sasuke..." I whispered so then Haku couldn't hear me. "What do you want us to do?"
"We just need to wait for the correct timing..." Sasuke answered me softly.
The Crystal Ice Mirrors shone brightly and Sasuke quickly made his hand signs.
"Both of you, Melody, Naruto, both of you try to get out of here!" He ordered. "If either one of you can get out then we can attack him from the inside and out with no problem!"
I smiled. Leave it to Sasuke to make a great plan! I nodded with no questions to his order. It's not that I think that it's going to work or anything, but he's already learned the Sharingan, so other things could change.
"Uh... Alright! Got it!" Naruto answered and we both ran towards the outside.
"You cannot escape!" Haku said to us, but we ignored him and kept on running.
I turned to Naruto. "Naruto, we have to hurry and go faster!" I told him. He nodded.
"Yeah! I know that already!" He replied. I pouted. He's being a jerk face to me right now.
The mirrors shone brightly to make Naruto and I lose our focus and threw some more throwing needles at us and knocked us back down again. Naruto quickly got back up and grabbed onto my wrist and began running again.
"If you think that you can keep us in here then you can just forget it!" Naruto screamed at Haku.
"Naruto, you can make the heroic catchphrases after you let go of my wrist and after we get the math out of here!" I yelled at the blonde.
"No time for that!" Naruto yelled back at me. I narrowed my eyes at him. Once this adventure is over, Naruto is going to have to face my big bang...! Kind of attack...? Shut up! It makes cheese loads of sense.
Haku flew out of the mirror again and Sasuke smirked.
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" He shouted and a large ball of fire was released from his mouth and was hurtling towards Haku. Haku turned to the flame and quickly turned away from it, but Sasuke quickly shot another fire ball at Haku and hit the bottom of his pants. Sasuke growled in anger.
"Naruto, I think you would be running a whole lot faster if you weren't dragging me by my wrist!" I yelled at him.
"I couldn't just wait for you to get up!" He yelled back at me. "You would have taken way too long! Believe it!"
"I don't believe it!"
"Believe me!"
"I'm never going to believe you!"
"You need to believe me like I believe in my ramen!"
I raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Naruto asked me. "It's true you know. Believe it!" I sighed. Here we go again... Wait, I totally forgot about Haku.
"Naruto, you keep running while I try to distract Haku." I explained. Naruto stared at me for a while but he soon smiled with a chuckle.
"Okay!" He said and then he let go of my wrist, dropping me to the ground without a second thought.
"Whoa!" I screamed as I fell down on my face. Yeah. He's going to be an ice sculpture when we get back!
I stood back up with clenched teeth. I made a few quick hand signs with a smirk. Time for my hard training to finally pay off – just like I hoped it would since I made it here.
-Flashback-
I looked around the forest and found Naruto, who was standing in front of the tree and was getting prepared to try to climb it again.
"Hey Naruto!" I greeted as I walked over to him. He turned to me.
"Oh! Hey Melody, how's it going?" He asked me.
I shrugged with a small smile across my face. "Good." I answered.
"What do you need?" He asked me. His face lit up. "Are you going to give me more tips so then I can climb this stupid tree that I hate?"
I shook my head slowly. "No. I was actually going to ask you a favour." I corrected him.
"A favour?" He asked me. "Well, what is it exactly?"
"Just stand still." I replied.
"Okay. Why...?" He asked me suspiciously.
"It's not that big of a deal, I just want to punch you is all." I answered.
"Okay! Wait...WHAT?" He screamed.
I raised an eyebrow and just punched him in the shoulder. Sort of hard...
"Melody, what the hell?" Naruto screamed as he rubbed the shoulder that I had punched.
"I'm just training is all..." I replied as I shrugged my shoulders.
"Well, never do that on me again!" Naruto yelled. Wow. Now I know he's mad at me...
I sighed. "Fine..." I looked around and saw Sasuke heading this way. I smiled.
"Hey Sasuke! Could you do me a favour?" I called out to him. He immediately froze and stared at me for a moment and soon made a break for it. I quickly ran after him. "Get back here you Duck Butt!"
I could just tell that Naruto was left dumbfounded but he wanted to laugh his head off so bad. I have to admit that it is pretty funny... I'm a bad girl!
-End of Flashback-
Huh. I don't remember that happening. That was weird... I should probably lay off the sugar for a while...
"Ice Style: Ice Fist Jutsu..." I whispered softly. My hand lit up with bright ice surrounding it, along with my other hand. This is the first time since Mizuki that I have had to use this in a real fight. And we all know how that went... I ended up with a giant shuriken in my hand and blood was... Okay... I better stop looking back at that fight. It's no wonder why I have been having nightmares about a giant swarm of Staru's coming at me...
Anyway... Haku was fast approaching as I stood there waiting for him.
"Move out of the way!" He yelled at me.
"No way, Haku!" I yelled back as I raised my fist. "I am not letting you pass!"
Haku grabbed his throwing needles and threw them at me, but I quickly caught them and froze them. I threw them right back at Haku who grabbed another needle and deflected the needles that I had thrown at him. I growled at him with anger. Haku threw multiple needles at me. I held my hands out in front of me and a beam of ice rushed out and froze Haku's foot.
"Cool!" I cried, pleased with my work. "How the hell did I do that?" I wondered with confusion. I looked around. Crap! Where's Haku? I noticed the puddle in front of me. I growled angrily. A clone? That jerk!
I turned around to see Haku in front of Naruto. My eyes widened and I quickly ran towards them. I pushed Naruto out of the way, but I had no time to dodge Haku. Just when I thought that I was going to get hit, I was pushed out of the way and landed on my butt again. But the only person who would be able to move me in time is Sasuke! Sasuke was slapped across the face and was thrown onto his back.
"Melody, are you okay?" Naruto asked loudly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I answered.
"Good. What about Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know. I'll check." I replied and I rushed over to Sasuke's side. "Sasuke, are you okay?"
"Duh..." Sasuke replied.
I let out a soft sigh of relief. "That's good."
"You think that I would be beaten by that guy's hand?" The Uchiha asked me with a raised eyebrow.
I looked back over at Haku who had just gone back into the mirror and then I looked back at Sasuke. "I think that you just did."
Sasuke frowned at me. "I think I deserved that one..." He said as he shook his head and sat up along with Naruto. I stood up with Naruto and deactivated my Ice Fist Jutsu. Darn it...! I have lost all feeling in my left hand. Well, this is starting to suck badly...
"Damn it! We couldn't get past him!" Naruto growled angrily.
"That was good you two. Can you two give it another try?" Sasuke asked Naruto and I.
"Yeah! I can! Believe it!" Naruto answered. I looked down at my numb hand. My eyes narrowed. I can't use that Jutsu for too long otherwise I won't be able to feel or use any of my limbs. I looked back up at Sasuke who stared at me with a raised an eyebrow.
"Can you, Melody?" He asked me again.
"Yeah." I replied with a nod. I hate lying – no. Being sarcastic does not count at all – but I will also hate letting these two guys down. Sasuke's eyes narrowed with a frown across his face. I gave him a small smile so then he might stop staring. His eyes narrowed even more. Now he is starting to scare me... And I've seen Orochimaru as a woman!
Naruto ran off with a battle cry. My eyes widened. Uh oh... Sasuke also began to run and I quickly ran off towards his direction.
"I need to stop this now...!" Haku grunted as he grabbed another needle and left the ice mirror and jumped into the air. "This time you'll stay down!" He growled as he threw his needle towards Sasuke. I quickly ran in front of the Uchiha and the needles went in through my skin. Sasuke slid to halt and stared at me.
"Melody!" I heard Naruto yell out to me. That's right! I need to help Naruto as well! Despite the pain, I quickly ran in front of him and more needles struck my flesh. I grunted in pain and coughed up some blood.
"Melody, are you okay?" Naruto asked me with concern in his voice.
"Yeah..." I replied as I turned to look at him. "I'm fine, Naruto." I stared as blood dropped out from my hair, but I didn't feel sick nor did I feel like fainting or freezing up like I did before when we faced Zabuza for the first time. I ignored that feeling and stood up straight, carefully taking out some of the needles in my shoulders and arms. I smiled and looked at Sasuke and Naruto.
"Now..." I began, feeling way more confident than before. "Let's beat this guy and help save this bridge. What do you say guys?" I asked them. Naruto nodded.
"Yeah! Let's do this!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.
I looked over at Sasuke from the corner of my eye. "Well Sasuke...? Are you ready to do this...?" I asked him.
Sasuke stared at me for a while in thought. I narrowed my eyes.
"Well...?" I asked impatiently.
Sasuke smirked as he stared right at me and nodded. "Let's beat the crap out of this guy!" He agreed as he folded his arms. My smile grew.
"Good. I thought that you were going to drop out on me for a second there..." I said to him.
"As if I would drop out of a fight like this, Melody." Sasuke replied with a light chuckle. "Besides, I don't really have a choice in the matter, do I?"
"Unless you want to be killed." I added for him.
"Alright Melody and Sasuke! Let's beat this guy and protect the bridge builder and this bridge!" Naruto yelled out to us. Sasuke and I nodded in agreement and all three of us grabbed one kunai each out of our ninja tools' pocket's and held them up in the air, the three of them touching each other by their tips.
Wait... Who made Naruto the leader?
Our heads snapped to the direction where Kakashi, Zabuza, Sakura and the bridge builder were at when we all heard a loud scream escaping Sakura's mouth. My eyes narrowed.
This fight has only just begun... Haku and Zabuza...
-Line break-
Episode Sixteen:
The Broken Seal
"That was Sakura's scream...!" Sasuke gasped as we all pulled our kunai knives down as I clenched my teeth.
"Sakura! I have to save her!" Naruto screamed as loud as he could. "I have to get out of here to save her!" He added a little less loud. He smiled as he turned around."I'll fake him out...!" He whispered to Sasuke and I.
Naruto was going to get going – crazily I might want to add – but I quickly grabbed onto his arm while he was trying to run out of my grip.
"Hold on, Blondie! I know how you feel and if I were you, I would like to go check out what was going on too, but right now we need to stay calm and think of a plan to get out of here first." I said calmly.
"I AM CALM!" Naruto screamed at me. I raised an eyebrow.
"I believe that that is what that guy over here said last time and he went on a rampage in less than five minutes after that." I replied as I motioned my head towards Sasuke who just sent me a nasty glare. He looked like he wanted to argue but he just sighed and ignored me after that...
"But I'm not lying..." Naruto complained. "Let go of me!" I raised an eyebrow at him. "Please...?"
"No." I said as I shook my head slowly.
"Please?" Naruto asked again.
"No." I said, repeating the same thing as last time.
"Please?" Naruto said as he narrowed his eyebrows.
"No." I replied as I narrowed my eyebrows.
"Please?" Naruto said in a yell.
"No!" I yelled back.
"PLEASE?" Naruto screamed.
"NO!" I screamed back at him.
"I SAID PLEASE!" Naruto screamed louder.
"I SAID NO! DEAL WITH IT!" I screamed even louder.
"WELL I'M GOING!" Naruto yelled.
"DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU? N. O. NO!" I screamed right back at him.
"Cut it out you two..." Sasuke ordered us.
"Why do I have to do it because you said so, Sasuke?" Naruto yelled at the Uchiha.
"Maybe you should do what he says, Naruto...!" I said as I clenched my teeth. I turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke, aim for his face."
"HEY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Naruto screamed.
"I just did genius. Get. Over. It." I told him.
Naruto folded his arms and pouted like a child.
"Are you going to stop this now?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Yes..." He answered me.
"Good." I replied as I let go of his arm.
We stared at each other in complete silence for a while and it started to get a little bit awkward.
"So..." Sasuke began. "Now that that's over, are we going to beat this guy like we just said or-"
"AH!" Naruto screamed as he dashed away from me. I tried to make a hand sign, but my hand was still numb. I clenched my teeth in anger.
"Damn it...!" I growled. Iruka is not going to be happy that I broke the promise that I had made when I first made it to this world...
-Flashback-
"Um…" I said softly. They both looked at me. "May I come too please?" I asked. I motioned for Iruka to lower his head down and covered my mouth as I whispered into his ear.
"I'll keep Naruto under control." I promise. He looked at me and I looked back with a sincere look. He nodded slowly. I smiled on the outside, but it took all my will-power to not fist-pump the air. This is the best day ever!
-End of Flashback-
This is not good. Naruto made a hand sign and a huge amount of Chakra surrounded the blonde and he quickly dashed off towards the mirrors and quickly ran around the inside of the circle we were in with Haku following beside him inside the mirrors, making him look like Naruto's reflection.
"Naruto!" Sasuke yelled out to the blonde. "Behind you!"
I quickly dashed off in front of Naruto when Haku threw a bunch of his throwing needles at me. The needles went through my skin and one end of my body to the other. A couple of the needles even went through my numb hand. I gasped in pain and landed with a thud to the ground.
"Melody! Are you okay?" Naruto screamed as he raced over to my side. I looked up at him.
"My entire body is covered in needles and I'm bleeding worse than ever before. Yeah, I'm feeling great right now." I said sarcastically.
"Sorry for rushing off like that, Melody. I should have listened to you." Naruto apologized to me.
"You're damn right that you should have." I said jokingly.
"Melody, it's kind of hard to make this moment sad with you making jokes like that." Naruto said as he shook his head slowly.
I raised an eyebrow at him. "You want this to be sad, Naruto?"
"No. It's just that... Oh! Forget this, can you get up?" He asked me.
I tried to sit back up, but I couldn't move an inch. "Nope."
"You can't?" Naruto asked me.
"I can't." I replied.
"That's bad." Naruto said to me.
"Indeed it is young grasshopper." I agreed with a small nod.
"So you aren't able to fight?" Naruto asked me.
"Nope. If I can't move, then I'm practically useless from this point on." I replied with a frown.
"This is going to make things difficult..." Naruto mumbled as he rubbed his head.
The pain suddenly and finally caught up with me and my vision blurred and all I could see afterwards was black.
Naruto's POV:
Melody's eyes slowly closed and with that she was out cold. Damn it... Why did I go and do that...? I looked over at Sasuke who look furious. It was like someone stole his ramen or something... I looked back down at Melody's unconscious face. I should've been more cautious and listened to Melody, but I was just too worried about Sakura to think. Now Melody is out cold... Darn it...
-Flashback-
I laughed as I watched the guys chasing me run in the wrong direction. "That was too easy!" I said as I rubbed the back of my head.
"You know that you're going to get caught any second now, right?" A feminine voice said from behind me.
I looked at her with a confused look on my face and a raised eyebrow, but I soon smiled again. "No way! Why would you think that?" I asked her questionably .
"That's why." The girl said as she pointed to something – or in this case someone – behind me.
I turned around and jumped back when I saw Iruka Sensei right in front of me.
"Where'd you come from Iruka Sensei?" I yelled in shock. "What are you doing here?"
-Flashback-
"Mizuki Sensei…" Iruka started. "The other students created at least three effective replications. But Naruto could only create one, and look at it… It's pitiful." Iruka explained as he looked at my lifeless clone. "I can't pass him."My smile faded at Iruka's words. I felt so angry at my teacher and clenched my teeth hard together.
Melody gave me a small, sad look. "Come on, Naruto," she said sympathetically. "Let's go." I gave her a small nod, hardly noticeable, and with that we walked out of the testing room to go outside of the academy.
-Flashback-
Melody quickly ran in front of me with some sort of Jutsu activated as the speeding shuriken was hurtling towards us and the shuriken dug into her hands, blood dripping out of them. The shuriken then fell with a loud thud on the ground.
"Are you okay Naruto?" She asked me. "It didn't get you, did it?" She gave me a small smile. But I could tell that she was in pain.
"Why did you… Save me, Melody?" I asked with my eyes never for one second leaving her face as she continued to smile at me.
"Because you are my friend, Naruto." She explained to me. "You're my best friend. In fact you're the only kid my age who would actually talk to me. People thought that I was a freak, some sort of weird person, a clown, but not you Naruto. You actually talked to me and you let me stay with you. To be honest, I thought that this was a dream, but apparently it isn't. Thanks Naruto. Now you better run. Run as fast as you can. Take the scroll and don't look back." She told me.
-Flashback-
"Squad seven!" Iruka announced "Naruto Uzumaki!" My head popped up, hearing my name. "Sakura Haruno!" Sakura frowned as I felt great joy.
"Yay!" I screamed out as I stood up with my arms thrown up in the air.
"I'm doomed…" Sakura mumbled as her head flopped down.
"... Sasuke Uchiha!" WHAT? This sucks!
"AH!" Sakura screamed happily with her arms thrown up in the air.
"I'm doomed…" I mumbled as my head flopped down. Man... I'm on the same squad as Sakura and he has to be in it too! Melody isn't even in this squad, so that just makes things even worse!
"But…" Iruka said unexpectedly, making me have some more interest in what he was saying. "Since there is an uneven amount of graduates this time, I'm adding Melody Yakamashi to squad seven!" What... YES! VICTORY IS MINE!
"Yahoo!" Melody cheered with happiness.
-Flashback-
"My name is Melody Yakamashi." Melody introduced but then took a pause. "I like to have fun, learn new Jutsu, train, adventures and pie." She took another pause. "But I absolutely hate people who think that they are so cool and think that they are better than everyone else." She scratched her chin in thought. "Well, my dream for the future is to not become Hokage, but to be the best ninja I can be. My hobby is to do sketches of landscapes. Well, I'm done!" She announced.
-Flashback-
"Melody, what are you doing?" Sakura asked confused as Melody held a bar over my head. "We're not supposed to do that."
"Well, Kakashi isn't here, now is he? Besides, what kinds of friends would we be if we didn't? Didn't Kakashi just give us this big lecture about teamwork about five minutes ago? If Naruto is hungry then that could ruin the mission. And…" Melody took a small pause out of her speech.
"What if I didn't feed him? What if it just so happened to fall out of my hands and into his mouth?" I gave her a strange look, worried of what might happen.
"Look, do you want to starve or eat? It's your choice." Melody asked me. I was going to tell her something, but she gave me no time to reply and dropped the snack bar into my mouth. "Whoops!" She said in a sweet and innocent voice. When the bar dropped into my mouth, I began to chew happily at the great taste.
-End of Flashback-
Haku grabbed his throwing needles and was getting ready to throw them at us. I looked down at Melody and then over to Sasuke. He glanced at me.
"Naruto!" He called out to me, catching my full attention. "We need to make sure that Melody doesn't get hurt anymore than what she already has! So we'll need to work together in keeping her safe from this guy!" He told me.
I raised my eyebrows. "Yeah, yeah, Sasuke! I already know that! You don't have to tell me that! I know!" I yelled at him.
"Get Melody and if he shoots those needles at you, pass her over to me! Got that?" Sasuke asked me.
"I know that already! Believe it!" I told him as I picked up Melody bridal style. I glared at Haku, waiting for him to make his next move.
"You are exhausting my patience!" Haku growled at us. "I will take you down one by one!" He told us and threw the needles at me. I quickly jumped out of the way and looked around. Damn... There's no place to run or hide... At this rate, we won't be able to keep this up.
Haku threw some more needles at me, but I had no time to dodge and I quickly threw Melody over to Sasuke, who had caught her just before she had landed on the ground. As that was happening, I was being attacked by a rain of needles and I screamed in pain.
"You have to be careful with Melody you loser!" Sasuke yelled at me. "Do you want her to die?"
I raised an eyebrow at Sasuke. He's even more furious than usual. "Well, how else am I supposed to give her to you when we're so far apart?" I yelled back at him.
Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger and looked like he really wanted to kill me. "Just be careful with her next time you idiot!" He replied with anger in his voice.
He turned to face Haku who threw more of his needles at Sasuke. Sasuke quickly jumped back to avoid them and then glanced down at Melody. Something weird is going on with Sasuke. He has never paid much attention to any of the girls – even Sakura – and with Melody, it's like she is the only important thing in the entire world. I sure do hope that Melody doesn't get a crush on Sasuke, otherwise she might actually start to date him and that would be gross! I swear that Sasuke needs to seriously make up his mind...
Haku threw some more needles at m, but I easily dodged those. I wish I could do the Shadow Clone Jutsu right now, but I have almost used up all of my Chakra and if nothing good comes out of doing it, then it would just be another waste of my Chakra.
I jumped my way towards Sasuke.
"So Sasuke, what are we going to do?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't know." Sasuke replied with a small frown. "For the time being, our only option is to make sure that Melody is safe."
"But how are we supposed to attack him if we can't use our Jutsu?" I asked him.
"I don't know that either, Naruto. You're just going to have to wait until I think of something." Sasuke replied harshly. "So far, the previous plans that we have came up with up to this point have been proven that all that they are going to do is give this guy a few burns. So just wait. I'll tell you if I think of something...!"
"I thought that you were the number one rookie." I said to Sasuke.
"That doesn't mean that I'm able to do everything!" Sasuke growled at me. "Just shut up until either one of us thinks up of a plan!"
"Fine... We'll have it your way!" I said with a sigh and we both jumped away from each other.
I'm still worried about Sakura though. Who knows what could've happened. We'll have to beat this guy real quick, otherwise we might not make it in time. I'M SERIOUSLY FREAKING OUT OVER HERE!
Haku's reflection was in every mirror and he grabbed some more throwing needles. It's like this guy has an endless supply of needles! It's insane! Haku threw a rain of needles down at us and Sasuke quickly handed Melody over to me.
"What are you doing, Sasuke?" I asked him, confused.
"Shut up loser...!" Sasuke growled at me and picked up a needle in each hand and began to deflect some of the needles. But with me carrying Melody, I can't afford to let her get hit!
"You have to be careful with Melody you loser!"
"Do you want her to die?"
"For the time being, our only option is to make sure that Melody is safe."
Like Sasuke said, I have to keep her safe at all costs!
I turned around so then my back would face where the needles were coming at me from and the needles went right through my skin. I let out a loud scream of pain. Melody owes me so much for this. Maybe she'll stop using me as her training dummy.
"Naruto," Sasuke began. "At least try to dodge you loser!"
I gritted my teeth at him. "Where do you expect me to go? There are no hiding places around here!" I yelled at him.
"You're the one getting attacked! You think of something, idiot!" Sasuke yelled back at me.
That jerk! Sasuke thinks he's so cool! He's not! He can't even help me! Now I really hope that Melody and Sakura don't decide to go on a date with him!
The needles stopped coming at us for a moment and I let a sigh of relief escape my mouth. Sasuke snatched Melody out of my grasp and held her under one arm. Duh! Why didn't I think of that before!
The needles began to rain down on us again and Sasuke clenched onto his throwing needle and quickly pushed me out of the way and began to deflect the needles once again. That Sharingan has to be cheating somehow. It's not cool at all!
"You are such a loser, Naruto! Try to defend yourself! I can't keep protecting the both of you for much longer!" He yelled at me.
I clenched my teeth in anger. "I know that, Sasuke!" I yelled back at him. "Besides, I don't remember asking for your help in the first place!"
Sasuke's eyes widened. "Naruto, look out behind you! It's him!" He called out to me.
I turned around and everything felt like it was going in slow-motion. Haku threw some more needles at me and I had no time to dodge again, and with all of the hits that I have taken so far, this could be tough to make it through. The needles stabbed me and I fell backwards onto the ground with a thud. I groaned in pain as the blood dribbled out of my body.
"See Sasuke?" I asked him as I coughed up some blood. "I can make it through this without your help..." And those were the last words that I was able to choke out until I blacked out with this annoying ringing sound buzzing in my ears.
Go on Sasuke. You're our last chance to survive...
Sasuke's POV:
"That loser..." I muttered as Naruto's eyes closed. I growled as I looked from him to Melody. It looks like I have to protect both of them now. I sighed as I picked up Naruto and held him under my other arm.
"Well," Haku began, catching my attention. "As I said before, I am taking you and your friends out one by one. You may have the Sharingan and the Uchiha blood, but you are still young and don't know have to control it properly in a real battle. Besides, defeating me is impossible. You will never be able to do it."
I growled at him and stared at Naruto and Melody. Now I have to keep them both safe and that will be difficult with this guy's experience. It's obvious that he is a killer and has defeated many opponents before.
I don't think that this is a C-Rank mission anymore. This is real. And we might not have a chance at beating this guy.
"You cannot defeat me. That is absolute." Haku told me. I glared at him as he chuckled at me. Well, both of my arms can't be used so this isn't working out as we planned. Haku threw a couple of needles at me, but I quickly dodged them.
"You're impressive... But everyone in this world has limits... You're beginning to slow down... And now you are finished!" Haku yelled.
Okay... Here he comes... All that I have to do is stay calm. It shouldn't be too much of a problem to protect Naruto and Melody. The problem is that I won't be able to counterattack or defend. And... Just because I have the Sharingan doesn't mean that I will be able to keep up with his speed. So I will have to be careful and make sure that I focus and don't lose sight of him. Wait... That's it! That training wasn't just for nothing...!
-Flashback-
I managed to make it a fair way up the tree, but when I used too much Chakra the tree broke and I quickly marked the tree with my kunai knife just before I fell down. I did a back-flip and landed down on the ground and glared up at the tree.
-End of Flashback-
Haku threw the needles at me but I quickly focused the Chakra to the bottoms of my feet and jumped up high into the air. Haku threw some more needles at me but luckily that only trimmed off some of my hair and I landed perfectly on the ground with Melody and Naruto still safe.
I set Naruto and Melody down. Maybe if I try my Fire Ball Jutsu one more time... At this point, I'm willing to try anything. I made some quick hand signs, but Haku threw his needles somewhere. He either has incredibly bad aim or...
"No!" I screamed as I rushed off towards Melody and Naruto at full speed. If I don't make it time...
"Nice to meet you Sasuke! My name's-"
I can't let them get hurt! Ever!
"Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" I screamed out and the fire went hurtling towards Haku.
-Is This for Real?-
I stood in front of Naruto and Melody blood dripping from my mouth. I grunted in pain and coughed up some more blood as I stared at our opponent lying hurt on the ground. I heard Naruto stirring from behind me.
"Always getting in the way... It never fails... It never changes..." I managed to choke out until I coughed up some more blood.
"AH! You beat him Sasuke!" Naruto said happily, but I could tell that he didn't take a second look at me. I don't feel so great after all...
I turned to face the idiot."You should see the look on your face, Naruto..." I choked out. "You-You look like a total loser...!" I joked.
Naruto sat back up. "Wait... W-Why did you..." Naruto began, unable to get the words out of that idiot mouth of his. "Save me...? Why did you do it?" He asked me.
I tried my best to keep my balance for as long as possible, though it was hard. I coughed up another round of blood. "Do you think I know why?" I asked him, curiously. "I just did... My body-" I began until I coughed up more of my blood. "Just moved...!" I looked away from him.
"From the moment that we met... I hated you..." I told him.
"Then why?" Naruto asked me. I could tell that he is now standing up. "It doesn't make any sense! Why did you protect me?" He asked. I smiled as Naruto growled. "I didn't ask for this! I didn't ask for you to save me!"
I felt some tears forming in my eyes but I couldn't wipe them away from the pain in both of my arms. "As I said before... I'm not sure why. My body moved on its own... I didn't get any time to think... I..." I couldn't choke out any more words before I fell backwards and Naruto quickly caught me.
"Sasuke!" He exclaimed.
"H-He's still out there..." I reminded myself. "...My Brother... I promised myself... I'd stay alive... Until I've... Killed him..." I looked up at Naruto. "Naruto... Promise me that you'll never... Let your dream die..." I told the loser as his eyes widened and my vision blurred and then I couldn't see anything... Everything went black.
Naruto's POV:
I stared as the life from Sasuke's eyes faded and when he passed out with a small grunt. I felt my eyes go watery. I placed my ear against Sasuke's chest to check for a heartbeat. It slowed down... And soon... Nothing... His heart had stopped. I took my ear off of his chest and noticed that Haku had gotten back up again.
"Is this the first time you have seen a friend die in battle?" He asked me.
...Anger...
"This is part of what it means to be a ninja..." He continued as he went back into the mirror.
...Rage...
"Shut up...!" I told him while sobbing. I placed Sasuke next to Melody and stared at them both.
...Hate...
"I-I hated you too Sasuke. And yet..." I said to Sasuke.
...Power...
"Melody, you might have made bad jokes. But..." I told Melody.
...Strength...
"You'll pay for this...!" I promised Haku.
...They all have a place...
I felt my Chakra coming back to me... Only, it didn't feel like mine. But it felt incredible. It was so strong... I feel like I can do almost anything! The rocks flew through the air as red Chakra surrounds me. I looked up.
"I'm going to kill you!" I told Haku with pure anger as I stood on my hands and feet like a fox.
Haku was taken aback by my sudden burst of anger and stared at me. I felt the needles leave my body and my cuts and bruises disappeared and were healing and I felt my nails grow into claws like a vicious animal. I felt my teeth turning into sharp fangs.
I looked back at Haku with anger and a growl, teeth clenched and claws digging into my skin.
I glared at Haku with an even louder growl as he grabbed more throwing needles and I began to charge at him on my hands and feet and ready to pounce on him.
He is going to die!
Closing:
Cultivate your hunger,
Before you idealize,
Motivate your anger,
To make them all realize,
Climbing the mountain,
Never coming down,
Break into the contents,
Never falling down.
My knee is still shakin'
Like I was twelve,
Sneaking out of the classroom,
By the back door,
A man railed at me twice though,
But I didn't care,
Waiting is wasting for people like me.
Don't try to live so wise,
Don't cry 'cause you're so right,
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…
Don't try to live so wise,
Don't cry 'cause you're so right,
Don't dry with fakes and fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…
Don't try to live so wise,
Don't cry 'cause you're so right,
Don't dry with fakes and fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end…
(Naruto Voice-over)
Sasuke's gone...! And you hurt Melody...! Look what you've done..! You're going to pay for this...!
Argh!
There's nothing you can do to stop me...! And there's no turning back...! You have destroyed their dreams...! Now I'm going to destroy you!
Argh!
Next time...
White Past: Hidden Ambition!
EXTRA: Sasuke's POV:
Melody looked over at me from the corner of her eye. "Well Sasuke...? Are you ready to do this...?" She asked me. Instead of answering, I stared at her. That's just like...
"Well Sasuke? Are you ready to do this?" She asked me.
I blinked at her. "You bet!" I answered.
She laughed happily. "Good! I'm not going to lose this time!"
"That's what you said the last thirty rounds!" I told her.
"You're a jerk! This time it's going to be completely different!" She pouted.
I shook my head and smiled. "You can try if you want to."
"GO!" We both yelled and threw our kunai.
I smiled. I'm ready alright...!
Authors' Notes:
SonicShaymin2: YAMCHA, WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT THE WORD COUNT?
Yamcha: IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!
SonicShaymin2: WHAT? NINE THOUSAND? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! IT MUST BE A MALFUNCTION!
Melody: We've done this joke already.
Yamcha: So has everyone on the internet.
Naruto: The what?
Melody: It's a computer thing.
Naruto: It's a what?
Sakura: Sorry that this has taken so long guys!
Sasuke: SOMEONE was just being lazy.
SonicShaymin2: I was busy!
Everyone else: Right...
Melody: I don't believe you!
Yamcha: Anyway... REVIEW, favourite and follow please! But please, review. The author is starting to go crazy from having the 'unlucky' number.
SonicShaymin2: It's why it took me forever to write this chapter.
Everyone else: Right...
Melody: I don't believe you!
P.S. I nearly cried when I typed up Sasuke when he was crying and when he was talking about his brother... Aww...