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Chapter 14
DAYS LATER AT THE ANCIENT ALIEN TEMPLES
Currently Caboose was repeatedly walking through the hologram of Church greatly annoying him for each time he walks through him. As this was happening, Ohio was once again having stomach problems so he went out to find a bathroom somewhere so Arizona sadly went to go look for him. Florida, Uta, Nevada, California, Georgia, Virginia, Iowa, Alabama, and Colorado at that time were playing poker using rocks... They were bored as hell. Naruto was currently watching Caboose annoy the hell out of Church.
"Stop it... Stop it... Stop it... Stop-" Caboose finally stopped hearing coughing and the group turns to see Sarge coughing out in the open loudly.
"Attention blue team, we would like to propose a temporary truce, so that we can discuss our current situation... Do you accept?!" Sarge yelled at them while Tex appeared next to Naruto.
"He's kidding right...?" The reason why she asked that was because both thought they already had a truce...
"I don't get it, does he still think we're fighting?" Church asked the four and Caboose out of all of them was the one to answer.
"Maybe its a trap..." Caboose said to them while Tucker puts in his two cents.
"I doubt there smart enough to think of that, but then again neither are you..." Tucker told Caboose who responds.
"How do you know that, are you in with them?" He asked with Naruto putting in his words.
"Maybe you should unload a round in his foot to make sure he's not a robot spy..." Once he said that, it made absolutely no sense.
"You actually think-BLAM-AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU JUST SHOT ME IN THE FOOT!" Tucker yelled holding his foot in the air while Tex just laughs.
"Pay back a bitch!" Tex said already thinking about how Tucker unloaded a round into her ass.
"ARE YOU SERIOUSLY STILL PISSED AT ME!" Tucker yelled while limping back to the other freelancers to get his hole patched up.
"Fine we accept!" Naruto yelled at the group which Sarge, Grif, and Simons approached them.
"Its our-" he stopped now looking at Naruto.
"What?" After saying that, Sarge continues.
"Your girlfriend is crazy..." Once Grif said that he immediately hides behind Sarge.
"We aren't dating..." After saying that, Tex glances at Naruto while Simons continues.
"He means is we are all starting to get concerned about Carolina..." After saying that, Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"She's always been liked that... Always, very competitive and doesn't fool around much." After saying that, Church appeared next to the vehicle.
"Guys look, we need to focus now I realize that asking a lot of you, especially since we're all a little uneasy around Carolina-" he was cut off by Grif.
"No, uneasy is sitting next to a homeless dude on the bus." Grif told Church and Simons adds in "psychopath" Sarge added in "half-woman and half-shark, except the shark half has been given cybernetic powers and the woman half is also one-" Naruto decides to cut in.
"Ok... First off you three idiots don't repeat what you just said to Caroline or she'll kill you." After saying that Church decides to speak.
"Why aren't you with the freelancers?" After asking him that, he just looks at Church.
"I'm sticking with Caboose, since he's actually better then you guys." Once he said that, they were all looking at him as if he lost his mind but soon noticing this he continues.
"What...?" After saying that, Church asked what they were all thinking.
"Caboose... Our Caboose..." Once he said that, Naruto turns to Church.
"I'm not joking... Caboose is stronger then all of us, if he was smart you guys would have been dead by now." Once he said that, the group looks at Caboose.
"I LIKE KITTENS!" Caboose yelled out loud while everyone else just looks at Naruto.
"Are you sure your not-..." Grif stopped talking after having a gun pointing at his forehead.
"Keep talking... Just keep talking..." Naruto told Grif who just shuts up.
"Now if you'll excuse me I'll be going to see how the others are-" he stopped talking after a flash of light at the edge of the ruins.
"Yeah... I'll... Be right back..." After saying that he started heading for the direction of the hill, it took ten minutes for him to reach the top of the hill.
"Its gone... What was that?" Naruto thought to himself confused.
"Hello young one." When he heard that his eyes immediately widen and turned as fast as he could to now be looking at a Makulan sitting on the edge of the sand, he looked like the Makulan guardian but very, very, old.
"I've been awaiting for you Naruto, for thousands and thousands of years." After saying that, Naruto just stares at him in shock.
"Why..." After that one word he answered.
"Because I am here to help you understand what it truly means to be the Mandarin." Once he said that his eyes just widen, not hearing that word for so long but after the shock passed he could only look down.
"Come... Sit down." Once he said that, without a second thought he sat down cross legged in front of the Makulan.
"You see, the Mandarin is that of a guardian of the universe... He is a being who has many responsibilities but you do not know of the responsibilities of being the Mandarin... He must be balanced from within himself to truly weird the power of the rings, you must pass the seven tests which resemble what you humans call the seven chakras." After saying that he blinks in surprise at hearing that.
"You see, of all the tests of gaining the power of the Mandarin, these are the most difficult ones at having the right to be the Mandarin. The tone between tests will lengthen greatly for each test. The most difficult ones will lie at the end of the seven so be prepared... Now behold the first test, let go of all the thoughts that you will never see the ones you care about again, you may think that they aren't here but actually they are... Our love and bonds connect us, no matter how far we are." After saying that, Naruto just looks down thinking of Ava.
"... Ava..." After thinking her name he closed his eyes and from that he saw an image of White Tiger at the orphanage, she was older now, in her twenties while having a small scar over her left eye. Immediately his eyes open in shock at what he saw but seeing her caused an old emotion in his heart to stir that was a little different then the love he knows now.
"I saw her... I felt her emotions and sadness... I understand what it means to have bonds that transcend time and space." After saying that the Makulan just nods.
"That is right, bonds are a cosmic force that can never be broken; it connects everything and everyone... You have passed the first test." Once he said that, he was already gone with only a golden sword handle was left.
"What is this..." Naruto thought in confusion as he looks at it in confusion.
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