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World 1 Scene 5: Shinobi of Winx
"Ah Miss Griselda? We were wondering when we'd be allowed to use our powers again?" Flora asked as the winx club was in her office.
Anko giggled with a mirthful glee. "Someone's in trouble~." She sang.
Tsunade sighed. "Well they did sneak into Cloud Tower without permission. So punishment is necessary." She said. Sakura flinched, hoping her counterpart's friends won't be in too much trouble.
"You girls are still in trouble, your trip to Cloud Tower is unacceptable. I say you should have been turned into jumping bean and sold to an inter-realm circus." Miss Griselda said.
Ino winced. "Wow, she's even stricter than Iruka-sensei when it comes to punishment." Naruto and the other Rookies minus Lee and Neji, nodded in agreement. If punished, the worse Iruka would do is make you clean the whole classroom ‒ except Naruto, who would be forced to clean the Monument after his pranks and writing graffiti on the stone faces.
"You must be really pissed," Sakura said as she entered the room. "You don't usually threaten to transform someone unless it's a second offense."
"Why are you here Sakura?" Miss Griselda asked, "You aren't part of this group to be punished."
Sakura shrugged, "Only because I was on a mission, if I wasn't then there's no doubt I would have joined them. Like Kakashi sensei said; those who break the rules are trash, but those who would abandon their allies and friends are worst then that."
Sakura nodded firmly in agreement. Kakashi smiled. His students have taken his lesson seriously, good. That made his very proud.
Miss Griselda felt like she agreed with him somewhat, but she would seal her powers away before she say that out loud. "Very well, I can't take your powers away, as you did nothing wrong, but you are not to use them when you are being punished with the others or I will take them away."
Sakura nodded, that seemed fair.
Sakura nodded seeing that was fair.
The pinkette snorted ‒ much to her embarrassment ‒ at how she and her counterpart came in sync.
Miss Griselda cleared her throat, "Now as I was saying none of you are allowed to leave campus for two days."
Stella said something about that being a light punishment and just them being coop up for the weekend.
Many facepalmed. Never temp karma, girly. Never, or you will regret it.
Sakura rolled her eyes; never say something like that when punishments were given out. Miss Griselda made several brooms mops buckets and other cleaning supplies. "You won't be 'vegging out', but you will be cleaning the school from belfry to basement. Meet your new best friend." She said before she handed Stella a broom.
Genin winced. To clean the whole school? Now that was cruel punishment.
Techna look at the mops and broom and looked at her database for a manual. But Miss Griselda closed it and told her she didn't need a manual. This did not go well with Techna. "I think the oldest thing she ever had to manually use is a door knob or a pencil." Sakura muttered, getting giggles from the girls.
Anko snorted a laughter. That Techna girl looked to be the type who focused too much on technology, so it would be trouble for her when she had to work with something 'old style'. 'She needs to adapt, and not focus on just one thing.'
"The only manual we will be using is manual labor" joke one of the girls, but it went way over Techna's head, and who went on saying that a manual would make thing go more smoothly. The girls laughed before Miss Griselda sent them out to get cleaning. Bloom, Stella, and Musa were cleaning a lecture hall. Well, Bloom and Musa were cleaning; Stella was just lounging around checking her make-up. Bloom rested on her knees to rest a bit, "Only ten more lecture halls to go." Musa stood up and looked at Stella and said, "Hey Stella, how about a little H to the E to the L to the P?"
"Yeah, this is kind of your fault," Bloom said as Stella closed her compact and put it in her purse, "My fault? How is this my fault?"
"If you hadn't opened up your big yap trap then we really could just be vegging out," Musa answered as she shook the rag she was holding.
"You both laughed didn't you?" She countered, but Musa started to get angry, "Come on Stell, just grab a scrub brush already!"
"Blisters are my enemy!"
"Then wear gloves."
"Gloves with a tank-top!?"
Kurenai sighed and rolled her eyes. She didn't like these type of girls, who only focus on their looks and clothes. As a kunoichi, a female warrior trained in combat since she was a kid, it was to be expected. Sure she herself liked to keep her looks nice and all, applying some lipstick and small face cream being the only thing she needed, but she wouldn't go over the limit. Being a kunoichi, there were times she had to go undercover and play a disguised role in order to get closer to a target to kill. Luckily, the worse parts, such as having to seduce and even go deeper, were either left to the ANBU, or weren't done at all.
The Shinobi world was a dark place, and if you're weak in will or strength, you'd die.
Bloom stopped the argument right there, "That's a really good point. I hadn't even thought of that." She was squeezing out some water in a sponge at the moment when Stella thanked Bloom before saying, "Getting dirty is simply not in my make up."
"You're not the only princess here," Musa stated, as she knew several princesses that were in Alfea.
"That may be true, but on Solaria, royalty and suds don't -" Stella screamed as she was cut off by Bloom, who had tossed a small part of her bucket of soap and water on Stella.
Naruto laughed. "Take that, Stella!"
"What were you saying Stella?" She asked rhetorically as Musa laughed at the now soaked Solarian princess. Bloom started to smile cheekily as she said, "I've got some for you too." She then tossed a small amount on Musa.
As his apprentice laughed, Jiraiya looked at the sight from a... different point of view.
"Hehehehe!" He giggled as he watched the water fight, a line of drool coming from the corner of his mouth. "Oh yes, baby. Like that. Splash her really nice." He muttered as he wrote down what he was seeing in his notebook.
Next to him, Tsunade's brow twitched with a throbbing vein, before she launched an uppercut at him sending him flying. "That's enough of that, you damn perv!"
Meanwhile, suspiciously enough, Kakashi's mask was slowly turning red as he looked at the scene.
Meanwhile, Flora, Sakura, and Techna were in a hallway with stairs to clean up. Techna was having a hard time understanding how to work a broom. "It is not that complicated Techna." Flora said holding a broom. "Here let me show you."
"No thanks, I am sure I can figure out the secrets to these strange object by myself." Techna said as she dumped a bucket out and looked at it.
"That's called a bucket." Flora said to be helpful.
Techna looked at it before placing it on her head, "That's one use for it," Flora said while Sakura giggle, Techna was acting like a kid to her.
"HAHAHA!" Naruto laughed, falling on his back. Oh man, she looked really weird with a bucket on her head! The others also chuckled at how Techna seemed to have trouble with the common cleaning materials.
"And the broom?" Flora asked.
"The broom in elongated to reach high places." Techna said as she picked it up.
"Good thing I do not need it," Sakura said. They looked up at her kneeling on the wall, dusting a picture.
"I thought you weren't to use magic like the rest of us." Techna pointed out.
Sakura smirked, "I'm not, it is just charka. She never said I couldn't use that."
Tsunade chuckled. "Looks like someone found a loophole."
Sakura chuckled as well. She felt sorry her counterpart had an easier time with her chakra, while the other girls weren't allowed to use their magic.
Techna humped at that loophole, "I don't suppose you have some kind of cleaning jutsu you can use."
"If only." All the shinobi muttered together. If such as thing as a "Clean Release" existed, it would make their lives so much better.
Sakura laughed but shook her head. Techna then tried to use the broom to dust a picture out of her reach. It seemed to be working till she brushed too hard, and the picture came loose and fell. It hit Techna bucket and crash to the floor, where it broke. "Good thing I figured out how to use the bucket." Said Techna seriously while the other two giggle.
"Lets go find Bloom," Flora suggested and they left to find their friends. They found the room they were cleaning to be all wet and the girls were soaked with suds and water. "What happened here?" Techna asked as she saw all three girls lying around in the sudsy water.
'Perverted thoughts...overload.' Jiraiya thought, his brain freezing as he looked at the wet, soap covered girls. While he wasn't a pedophile ‒ oh kami no! That was Orochimaru, not the Great Jiraiya! ‒ he could still appreciate the accidental, but sexual moments.
Naruto stood frozen, wide eyes staring at the scene, a burning blush on his whiskered.
Corrupted by the Pervert Side, he is.
Flora asked if they were okay as Stella spoke, "Bloom taught us a great Earth sport called water fight, and I won!"
'I like this game.' Most of the males thought. It sounded fun.
Bloom moved to her side and laughed as Musa said, "Please, you did not win. I did" Musa then sat up cross-legged as she pointed to herself. Sakura sighed before saying, "It's not that funny, and what if Griselda saw this?"
"Indeed. What if." Griselda was standing in the door as everyone saw this.
Cue winces. Trouble...
Musa pretty much called out 'busted' as she entered the room. Bloom, Stella, and Musa got up on their feet and wiped the suds off as Griselda spoke again, "I wanted to let you know that Charmed Life will be playing at the stadium, and all of Alfea will be there. Do you know this group?" Stella beamed at the question, "I've got all their cds!"
"Good thing, because since you have all this cleaning left to do you won't be attending the show. Perhaps one of your classmates will pick you up a T-shirt." The girls felt a small bit of disappointment and despair as Griselda left.
"Ah, what?!"
"Come on!"
"That's so unfair!" Ino said, crossing her arms. For the girl's to be forced to miss a concert ‒ not that she had ever been to one, so she didn't know what they were about, but sounded important either way ‒ was so uncool!
Meanwhile, at Cloud Tower, lunch was being eaten as Sasuke, Haku, Mirta, and Lucy were sitting at a table while Icy, Darcy, and Stormy were chatting. "Those pixie losers had the nerve to sneak onto our turf, and we just let them get away!" said Stormy as she pounded the table.
Many groaned at seeing the three witches again. "Great, those three." Anko scoffed.
Naruto shrugged. "I'm just glad Haku-chan's doing alright." He said, glad his friend's counterpart was safe and sound.
"A real witch wouldn't let an offense like this go unpunished." Darcy said.
"And neither shall we my dear Darcy," Icy said "Since the power of the Dragon Fire is not in the Solaria ring, we will go find the true of power and use it to destroy their entire school."
They raised a brow. "Dragon Fire? Wonder what that is." Jiraiya asked.
"It sounds like some sort of object. Or even a power." Shikamaru, the ever lazy genius, said, cupping his chin in thought.
Sasuke and Haku eyed them, wonder what they meant but power of the Dragon Fire. Mirta however stood up and said to the sisters, "Why do we hate the girls at Alfea so much?" Everyone in the room now was watching her, "I mean it seems kinda old school."
Naruto nodded in agreement, smiling. "So true! I like her."
"Me too!" Ino agreed.
"Who is this gangly freshman talking to me?" Icy asked.
"Oh so high and mighty now Icy, but you forgot who were made fools of when they failed to create misery at Alfea and were forced to flee from a single shinobi." Sasuke called out keeping an eye of the sisters, know that they won't let this go with Mirta.
"Burn!"
Sasuke smirked, looking at his 'sister'.
Mirta started again, feeling more confident that Sasuke has her back, "I'm just saying, in some ways Alfea is kinda rocking."
"Peace and Love!" cried Stormy pounding the table before laughing hard, the whole room started afterwards.
Anko tsked. "I really hate these bitches!" She stated angrily.
"Anko, language." Kurenai scolded her friend, but mentally agreed with her. These witch sisters were completely bad news and downright cruel.
"What are you all laughing about?" asked Sasuke to the room, getting annoyed. "Are you all so weak that you have to laugh at what they are laughing?"
Anko smirked. "I've got to say! I really like that girly Uchiha brat! Think we can switch her with this brat?" She asked Shin, pointing at Sasuke, who frowned, glaring at her. "I want to make her my apprentice!" She said with a wide grin.
Many, if not all, of the adults paled.
The thought of another Anko?
(Cue loud girly scream)
"No." Shin stated, making Anko pout in disappointment.
The other girls quite down, some blushing embarrassed some glaring at Sasuke. The sisters glared at both Sasuke and Mirth before Darcy did a spell to embarrass Mirta more. A bubble of purple goo formed and flew at Mirta. The ball froze suddenly and fell to the floor. Darcy looked at Icy, "What the hell Icy?"
"That wasn't me," she said before she felt three long cold needles at her neck.
"You are not the only one with powers over ice," Haku said from behind Icy.
"Yeah!" Naruto cheered. "Go Haku!"
Sasuke then appeared near their table. "I see Zabuza taught you more than just speed Haku."
The sisters were shocked that these two knew the demon of the hidden mist.
"Looks like shinobi was widely known in other realms as well." Kakashi said, with Asuma nodding.
Darcy glared at Sasuke, her eyes now red, and said "I'll teach you to mess with us." And formed another bubble and it hit Haku's face.
"Oi!"
Darcy then was blasted to the floor and saw Sasuke over her. She fired her own blast and knocked her back. The two glared at each other before they heard Icy gasped out, "WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING?"
Darcy looked to see Icy on the floor, wiping the last of the goo of her face. Darcy was confused, she was sure she hit Haku. She was even more confused to see Stormy across from her ready to attack, but looked confused as well.
Sasuke smirked, figuring out what happened. The jonin also figured it out, smirking at the witches being made a fool out of.
"You all must be weak minded to fall into a Genjutsu with just looking into my eyes." Sasuke said as she and Haku heading back to the table. Before the sister could do anything Griffin entered the room.
"Attention witches, the precious princesses of Alfea have booked Magix stadium for some wretched music concert. So our Money for Monsters charity will be moved to the Elementary School auditorium, so plan accordingly. Worthless do-gooding pixies." She huffed as she exited the room.
Kiba scratched the back of his head. "I can sorta understand the annoyance for that." He said, Naruto, Kakashi, and Choji nodding in agreement. If someone grabbed the last bone/ramen/Icha Icha/meat before them, they would be rightfully angry too.
Sakura frowned. "Still, given how sorta dark, even if only a bit, the witch students are, it might get some to seek revenge.
Hinata frowned in concern. "I hope people won't get hurt because of that." She said, pressing her fingers together.
Icy, Darcy, and Stormy started plotting the destruction and search of Alfea as Sasuke and Haku went back to lunch. Mirta looked at the two in admiration, "Thanks a lot. You saved me from them." Sasuke just 'hn'd' before continuing a few sips of her soup. Afterwards she took out her magicell and dialed a few numbers. Mirta noticed this and asked what she was doing. Sasuke smirked as she said, "Just making plans. I'm not staying at Cloud Tower tomorrow night. You can come if you want Haku." Haku nodded as Sasuke made a minor call.
Anko smirked. "I bet she's calling Naruto~." She teased, much to Sasuke's anger and disgust, and Naruto's embarrassment, as he blushed.
The two chose not to comment.
Naruto still couldn't completely wrap his mind at the fact that the teme's ‒ admittedly cute ‒ female counterpart might... like him.
Sasuke hated the whole thing. Didn't help that his counterpart looked like his MOTHER! The image of his own mother, and the dobe...
His eye twitched. 'Must...resist...urge...to kill...dobe...and...commit...suicide!'
Classes the next day had ended as the teachers and Alfea girls were getting on buses to head for the concert. Palladium walked on the bus with Wizgiz and Griselda following, making sure everyone except the punished girls were on. Sakura wasn't punished and could go, but she opted to stay with her friends.
Sakura nodded in agreement with her counterpart's choice. She didn't find it fair that the fairies should be punished into cleaning an entire school by themselves.
Though she wished her other was like Naruto and able to create clones of herself. Those things were very useful!
"It's just us, and you didn't have to stay Sakura." Bloom said as she looked at the pinkette. Sakura just smiled and said, "No worries. I won't abandon my friends, and if that means missing a concert then I'll miss it. It's not like there'll be other concerts."
"That band's bunk, but anything beats cleaning duty," Musa said as Stella thought of something, "I've got an idea! Let's call up the boys!"
"Party!" Kiba cheered. However, his excitement was ruined.
"I'm pretty sure it will mostly be helping them clean." Ino told him. "And you're not there, remember?"
Kiba crossed his arms with a grumble.
"I bet they'll flip at the prospect of helping us clean," Flora sighed, but Bloom seemed to like Stella's idea, "We could say that we need some heroics and bravery. They'll come to damsels in distress right?"
Naruto whined. "Aw! I don't want to clean!" It was so boring!
Sakura smirked at him. "Not even for me and Bloom, Naruto?" She asked sweetly, batting her eyes at him. Naruto froze, a heavy blush settling on his face, much to the pinkette's amusement.
"Won't Griselda be angry?" Bloom shook her head at Techna's question and answered, "Griselda said 'no magic' but she didn't say anything about getting help from our favorite heroes."
Anko chuckled. "Loopholes, got to love them." Kurenai rolled her eyes at the snake jonin.
"She has a point, and I'm expecting someone over later tonight." Sakura said as they made the call, but before they did Stella asked whom, but Sakura simply replied, "It's a surprise."
Ino raised a brow. "Wonder who she's expecting?" She asked Sakura, who shrugged.
"Could be either Naruto or Sasuke, since they are the only ones of our group that we've seen in Alfea. Or maybe another one of us will make a surprise appearance." She said. Ino thought about it, before shrugging and looked back at the scene. Guess they'll just have to wait and see.
The boys rode to the gate on their bikes, and the girls came and greeted them, "You guys didn't waste any time." Stella pointed out as the boys took of their helmets.
"So what kind of help do you guys need anyway?" Sky asked as Stella moved by them.
"Yeah why call them?" said Sasuke as she and Haku came into view.
Naruto smiled, glad to see Haku there.
Stella looked shocked before glaring at Sakura, seeing as this is her fault. "Why is she here and who is the other girl?"
Sasuke scoffed at the Sun fairy. That girl needed to learn her place and quit messing with his 'sister'/counterpart.
"I called her to hang out," Sakura said not at all bothered by the glare, "And this is Haku, the one I told you all about."
The girls and even the guys, except for team seven, looked at her in shock. "Wait the girl Naruto told us about, the one that traveled and trained with Zabuza Momochi, the demon of the hidden mist?" Timmy asked fixing his glasses to get a better look at her.
"The one that nearly killed Sasuke and Naruto?" Riven asked earning a slap to the head from Naruto.
Naruto nodded in approval of the slap. He had forgiven Haku for their battle long ago. Beside, at the time, they were enemies. Sorta friends, but enemies just the same, so it wasn't her fault.
Haku blushed, "I see you told them about me guys."
Bloom looked at Sakura, "Why didn't you tell us she was near here?"
She shrugged "I didn't see it as important. She's a new student at Cloud Tower, and our newest friend. Plus you guys didn't ask."
Naruto nodded, "Yeah what happened on the mission means nothing, and everyone's alright." He turned to the girls, "So again what did you girls call us for?"
"Yeah, what kind of heroics and bravery do you girls need?" Sky asked, but he soon found it wasn't that heroic or brave that was necessary. Musa explained the steps as music played in the background.
Naruto grumbled about abusement and being made to clean up, as the others laughed.
"We skipped a concert for this?" Riven asked as Bloom brought some mops to the others, "Oh come on, it'll be a blast. Now take your weapons boys!" She tossed the mops to them and all of the boys, except Riven, caught them. Even Sasuke and Haku grabbed a mop, "If she can make a D-rank chore like this fun, I'll give it a shot." Sasuke said as they all moped in a dancing fashion, cleaning up the place faster.
"If only D-Rank missions were fun like that." Ino muttered, with Sakura nodding in agreement.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Kiba groaned. 'D-ranks will never be fun.' They unknowingly thought together.
As they moped Naruto decided to ask a question, "Which village do you think will be hosting the chuunin exams this year?" It was mainly to Sakura or Sasuke as they continued to mop. Sakura took a moment to think about it, "I can't really give a clear answer as to where it's held, but Kakashi-sensei'll probably nominate us for it."
There were mixed reactions on the topic of the Chunin Exams. Some smirked in excitement, others frowned at how hectic it was and the losses suffered from the invasion, while other showed no expression.
Bloom was confused once more as she asked, "Chuunin exams?" Sasuke decided to explain it, "It's a series of exams for gennin. It's a rule that chuunin or those that take the test can't tell you what it's about, but everyone in the realms knows about the final exam. Sometimes it's even televised on the interealm networks."
Jiraiya whistled. "Damn. The exams televised to different realms? Wish we could have done that." He said, with Tsunade nodding. It sounded interesting. The chance to show the exams across different realms...
Bloom was unsure what it was until Naruto clarified, "The chuunin exams is one of the ways to get promoted, but the final exam is a fighting competition between shinobi of various villages. I've been watching them for as long as I've been in Red Fountain."
"So why do they show the fights?" Bloom asked, "If it's to get a new rank, why have everyone see it."
"To show the strength of the village." Seeing their confused looks Naruto added, "A villages' strength is from its shinobi, so if they show how strong their shinobi are they, it'll show how strong they are, and more than likely get more clients and missions which help the village."
"So in the fighting tournament in the final exam it's one on one with only one winner in the end." Said Bloom hoping she got it right. At his nod she added, "So does that mean that only one person gets to be chunin?"
Naruto shook his head. "No, winning a fight means you get another chance to show your skills. Judges watch you and determine if you have what it take to be chunin. You can lose and still get promoted. The more fights you have, the more chances you have to show you have what it takes. That means that several fighters can be promoted from everyone to no one at all."
"I'm surprised Naruto knows so much about the exams, considering genin aren't allowed to know about the rules or stages before taking them." Tsunade said.
"Maybe someone told him." Shizune suggested. As one, the jonin looked at Anko, who was having an argument with Naruto on what was better, ramen, or dango.
Yep, if it's not dangerous or top secret, Anko would be quite the gossiper.
"Wow, that seems like a lot of pressure in these fights." Bloom said.
Timmy grinned, "Hey Naruto, when you get to the final exam can we go and see you fight?"
Naruto actually looked forward and hoped his counterpart's friends would come to see his fight.
Riven snorted, "He doesn't even know if he'll make it to the finals."
"Oi! I so would!"
"Calm down, Naruto."
Sky gave him a deadpan look, "Please if anyone can do it, it'll be this guy."
Kakashi chuckled. "They sure have a lot of confidence in you, Naruto."
Naruto nodded with a smile.
Sakura grinned, "Yeah you guys can all come, I would love for you all to cheer us on."
Bloom could picture her cheering in the stand as Naruto fought some faceless opponent. She grinned and could not wait.
Naruto blushed at that, while getting some cat calls and comments from the guys. Though he had a small smile. The thought of someone cheering for him...
Not because he was a Leaf shinobi, but for him, Naruto Uzumaki...
He wished he had that, and was slightly jealous of his counterparts. They all seemed to have someone very special in their lives.
He wondered, did he have someone that special?
Meanwhile, across the world, space, and even other dimensions, several girls sneezed.
"Lets hurry up and finish so we can have some fun." The mopping was done and Musa started a party with some tunes for all the wings of the school, but it was held in a single location with everyone dancing.
"Go Stella!" Bloom said as she danced near Stella. Naruto and the rest of the Red Fountain boys were enjoying themselves as well. The only one that had a sour face was Riven.
Ino scoffed, crossing her arms. "That Riven guy's a major party-pooper." Everyone agreed, even Sasuke. At least the Uchiha knew how to have fun... sometimes.
"Go Bloom! Hey, why are you dancing with me? You should go for Naruto," Stella said as she guessed Bloom had some feelings for the whiskered blonde. Bloom herself noticed that Naruto was dancing with Sakura, Sasuke, and Haku.
Kiba nudged Naruto, who rolled his eyes, whiskers lightly tinted pink in embarrassment.
"I don't know Stella, he seems a little busy." Stella just nudged her towards him while saying, "Don't be afraid to go after what you want."
Meanwhile, the Trix had teleported into the courtyard of Alfea.
"Oh come one!"
Ino scowled. "Great, party crashers."
"Ugh," Darcy started, "What may I ask is that hideous noise?"
"It's coming from up there," Icy said pointing to a window that was light up.
"I thought this place was supposed to be empty," Stormy growl.
Darcy sighed, "Let's check it out."
They then floated till they were peeking over the edge of the railing and saw the party inside. They were shocked to see Sasuke and Haku, not knowing why a witch would come and hang out with pixies. Tommy was talking to Techna and Riven was making fun of him, which earn him a half empty cup hitting his head. Musa was dancing with great skill with everyone else cheering. Even Bloom's pet was dancing and spinning like crazy before it crashed into a wall. After a minute Riven went outside for some air and the sisters moved back to where they were.
"That was close," muttered Icy.
"Should we go?" Darcy asked.
"Because of those twits? I want the Dragon Fires' power and I would burn before some pixies get in my way."
"Me too." Darcy said.
"Besides, I want pay back on that one shinobi that made fools of us and those two traitorous witches." Icy said. "Yeah, and when we get the Dragon Fire we'll be so powerful that they'll be naming entire realms after us!" Icy nodded at Stormy's comment before giving a command, "Let's conjure the Wispirian Crystals. They will lead us straight to the source of the Dragon's Fire."
Jiraiya rubbed his chin. "This 'Dragon Fire' must be pretty powerful."
Tsunade scowled, crossing her arms. "All the more reason why those three shouldn't get their hands on it." She said, with her teammate nodding in agreement.
"What about the pixies and those traitor bitches? Are we just going to let them party like they're all that?" Stormy asked, but Darcy suggested an idea, "I say we summon a Grecian Minotaur to crash their little party, and with any luck those traitors will be maimed." Icy smiled at that idea, "Yes, an excellent idea Darcy, but first the Wispirian Crystals." They then channeled their individual magics and formed three strange crystals with stings that appeared as bottles.
"What is that?" Tenten asked.
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the crystals, along with Shikamaru. "They said they were looking for the Dragon Fire. So perhaps some sort of locator?" The Nara suggested.
"Energies of chaos unite! Form the Wispirian Triangle!" Icy said as the three crystals took a position and connected with each other. Purple lightning formed between them as they made a triangle. Icy then added, "Let the three cease to be, and bear one power unto me!" The crystals seemed to become as light and flew off towards the school.
"So whatever this 'Dragon Fire' is, it looks like it might be in the school." Shizune said.
Tsunade narrowed her eyes. "Yeah, and the students are there too."
The genin of team 7 frowned, hoping their counterparts and friends would be alright.
"It's going right through the walls," Stormy said as Icy mentioned it wouldn't be a problem, and with a spell they passed through the walls of Alfea. They were in the main hall, as they made sure that all were ready. After the confirmation Icy told them to complete the chain.
"She said she was going to summon something called a 'Minotraur'... just what is that exactly?" Shikamaru asked. Unfortunately, no one had an answer that that.
"Creature lost in the maze of mayhem, rise from the void!" Icy said as a giant Minotaur, with four arms appeared from a dark rift in the floor. Icy commented on how cute it was as it gave a snort.
"This can't be good." Asuma said what everyone was thinking as they looked at the large creature in shock and caution.
Back at the party, the boys were telling the girls about one of their missions, "And at that point there were ten frost giants left."
The genin blinked at that. "I wonder what kind of mission they had, and what a 'Frost Giant' is."
Lee shot his head up, fire in his eyes. "YOSH! IT MUST BE A VERY YOUTHFULL MISSION! I ENVY THEIR YOUTHFULLNESS!"
Everyone sweatdropped at him... except Gai, who joined his student in shout. "YOOOOOUUUUUTH!"
"You guys must have been freaking out." Bloom exclaim.
"You should have seen these things; they got biceps the size of oak trees." Sky said flexing his arm to prove his point.
"Ooh!" Shikamaru and Choji rolled their eyes as Ino ogled the flexing Sky.
"Troublesome blonde." Shika muttered... which earned him a slap upside his head from said blonde, who had heard what he said.
"Frost giants are usually really gentle." Flora said.
'Not all of them.' Shin thought, recalling those usually fought by the warriors of Asguard.
"Yeah I think the bruises we got then would say otherwise." Naruto said.
Stella giggled and offered Sky the last sandwich, which he declined but ask for another drink. As Stella poured the drink, the room shook, causing Stella to spill. After the shaking stop and everyone made sure they were okay Bloom asked, "What was that?"
"Trouble." Was the unison reply.
"Maybe a dragon got loose," suggested Flora.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The group blinked. "... Did she say... Dragon?!" Tsunade asked, shocked. She, along with everyone else in her world, thought of dragon as mythological creatures, even in a world with Biju and humongous summoned, talking animals.
Naruto blinked at the scene, before looking at his teammates. "I really like this world."
They nodded in agreement.
"I'll check outside," Stella volunteered.
Some of them followed and they saw nothing, "I don't see anything. It must have been a mini quake. Oh well, no bigy." Stella said.
Just then a desk flew out of a high story window and broke when it hit the ground. "Let's go!" shouted Sky while Riven whistled. The hover bikes flew to them and the boy, except Naruto, got on and flew to the main hall. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Haku ninja jump next to them. The girl ran down after them.
The main hall was a mess, "Half the wall's gone," Brandon said.
"See anything?" Musa asked as they ran inside. They were shocked at the damage.
"This kind of damage was caused by a creature." Timmy said as he looked at the damage.
Techna looked at a wall with claw marks and bits knocked out. "A very big creature."
"Really, tell us something we don't know." Riven said in his usual tone.
Ino scowled. "Okay, that guy's really getting on my nerves." Everyone nodded with her.
"It is three meters tall and weighs close to a ton." Techna started very fast as she told them what she thought. "Its fur is bristly not soft, it walks on upright has horns in addition to multiple clawed limbs and it has a musky odor."
The group chuckled. "Well, he did ask for that." Shizune said.
Stella laughed, "She told Ahhhh!" she did not finish as the place shook again. "It's coming from that way." Brandon said, pointing down a path of broken walls.
"Phantom Blades out," Brandon said as they began to walk, each one getting their swords ready.
"We're coming too." Bloom said, and while Naruto was willing, Riven declined them. Naruto would have said something, but he was already far in the lead.
"Haku and myself are going whether you like it or not hero wannabe." Sasuke said as she and Haku followed. Sasuke grabbed an object that turned out to be a phantom blade with a dark purple ninja blade. Riven was the last to leave as he said, "You girls just go find some place to hide. You'll only get in the way." He seemed to start a brief glare off with Musa before he followed the rest.
That statement angered the kunoichi as they glared at Riven. "Oh, he did not just say such a sexist thing!" Ino shouted in anger.
"Is it bad to wish something terrible happens to him?" Tenten asked, as she fingered a kunai in her grasp. Beside her, Lee and Neji slowly edged away from her.
"Whatever," Musa said as Sakura started to lead the girls, minus Haku and Sasuke. They didn't know that right behind them were the Trix, looking for something. "It's accelerating, we must be getting closer." Icy said as the sisters followed the light, floating in the air.
Shikamaru raised a brow, before narrowing his eyes in thought. 'Could it be...?'
Then the light stopped, "Why did it stop?" Darcy asked.
Then Icy shiver at a sound she learned to hate more than any other. Her sister heard it too, "Someone's here."
They looked down as the little duck come into view quacking, "Mommy, mommy." Before it hugged her leg.
The group blinked. "Hey, it's that duck again." Naruto stated the obvious. Hinata smiled at the innocent duckling, before frowning as she remembered how cruel Icy was to it. She hoped it will be safe.
"That duck," Icy said, "I hate ducks." She then glared before she screamed in anger and kicked it away and shot a spell at it, "Ice coffin!" she froze the duck in a cube of ice and it slid down the hall.
Hinata gasped, covering her mouth as everyone glared at Icy. How could anyone be so cruel to a baby animal?! Oh how they wished they could attack her!
The boys and two witches made it to the end of the path of broken wall but it was too dark to see, "Timmy give us a little light," said Naruto.
Timmy shot a flare up and the up was lit. It was a classroom and it was as trashed as they rest of the place. "This thing is a wrecking machine." Sky said as he looked at the damage.
"Look," Haku said as she pointed at the roof, which now had a big hole in it. The beast had moved to a new floor. "It's got some jump," Sky said. While the boys and two witches followed the creature's path, the Winx girls were looking around Alfea. Flora mentioned how quiet it was.
"That's never a good sign." Kiba said, only to be hushed by the others as they paid close attention to the scene. The Inuzuka rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Maybe it went away?" Bloom asked as Sakura shook her head, "I don't think so. Something doesn't feel right."
"Maybe it's from those sandwiches you made?" Stella said, causing the pinkette to blush, "I can make a potion, but I can't cook a simple meal."
"I'm not that bad!" Sakura said. Behind her, Naruto and Sasuke looked away nervously. They had the unfortunate satisfaction of eating sandwiches their pink-haired teammate brought them at one of their training sessions.
Needless to say, they spent hours in the bathrooms empting their stomachs, and not just through vomiting. Even Naruto, gifted with an iron stomach, didn't have iron taste buds to survive the horrid tastes.
"It's not that bad right?" Bloom asked as they walked around. Stella was the one that cringed, "You never tried any of her cooking catastrophes."
The depressed Haruno looked down with slumped shoulders, Ino patting her shoulder in comfort with an uneasy chuckle and sweatdrop.
"Shh, did you hear that?" Musa asked as they went up a flight of stairs and turned a corner. They were quiet for a minute before Stella said, "I can't hear a thing."
"If you had sonar ears like Musa you would," Musa bumped into something as Techna said that, "I think I just bumped the butt of our party crasher." The Minotaur turned and roared, getting some spit on Stella, "Bull snot! How rude, you are so going to pay for this!"
Ino and Sakura gagged, along with Anko, shivering in disgust.
She then had a small glaring contest as she was reminded that, outside Sakura, they didn't have their magic. Stella smiled nervously and jumped back to get some distance.
"Run!" After that they all ran away from the Minotaur with the beast chasing after them. Just as they were out of sight the Trix entered where they were following the light, "It's like the power keeps moving." Stormy said.
Shikamaru hummed. "Strange. Anytime the girls move, the source the witches are following seems to lead them toward the girls."
Naruto looked at him. "Huh? What do you mean?" He asked, rubbing the back of his head.
Asuma answered for his student. "It mean, that either this 'Dragon Fire' is following the girls... or it's with them somehow." The group looked at one another, before turning back to the scene. Hoping the answers to their questions would come soon.
The girls ran up the stairs trying to get away. Flora fell at the top but Sakura grabbed her hand as she ran pass. Techna was leading the way and she pushed open a door calling out, "This way!"
The beast roared before it slammed its hove foot causing the hall to shake, making the girl lose their balance. The Minotaur charged and nearly got Bloom, who rolled out of the way in time. It noticed Techna leaning against the wall nearby and charged at her. The girls shouted in warning. Techna reacted and jumped over its head causing its horns to get stuck. Stella thought he smelt bad and sprayed him with some of her perfume. It just made the Minotaur angry and once it was free the girl started running again.
"Why don't they use their magic?" Kiba asked.
Ino slapped him upside the head. "You idiot! Remember? Miss Griselda took their magic away as punishment." Kiba grumbled as he massaged his head. He was just asking!
"Yes, but remember, Sakura-san still has her chakra."
Naruto frowned in worry. He wondered where his other was as the girls might need help.
The Minotaur chased after them, getting closer and closer. Musa saw how close it was to her and she jumped off the wall and pushed off its head. The Minotaur slid to a stop when the boys showed up.
"Now this is my kind of party!" Riven said as the boys with Sasuke and Haku showed up.
The group sighed in relief at the back-up showing up in time. "Good, everyone's there." Shizune said.
"Nice job Musa," Brandon said as they readied for battle. Riven taunted the Minotaur and started to fight. Riven traded a few blows, but nothing that would equal a decisive victory.
"Need a hand there bro?" Brandon asked as Riven got up from being knocked down. Riven got up, "Just concentrate on protecting your prince, squire."
"Asshole." Naruto growled. Riven reminded him too much of when Sasuke went into his rare arrogant "I'm stronger than you, loser" moods. Oh how he hated arrogant temes!
"You're not getting all the fun Riven!" Sky said as he started to charge the beast. Brandon also charged with his shield and sword ready for battle, "Save some for us!"
"I can handle myself," As soon as Riven said that he was knocked much harder than the last hit and almost hit Naruto as he threw some phantom shuriken while Sasuke went through some hand signs and launched her fireball jutsu. The Minotaur dodged the phantom shuriken and held its arms in front of its face and let the fireball hit it. The Minotaur roared and showed it only had a little bit of his fur simply singed. The guys were shocked at how tough this monster was. Haku used her ice to grab its limbs and hold it in place. They did not last long as The Minotaur broke them easily. The others charged to try and stop it. Brandon and Timmy were knocked back into a wall.
"This thing's one tough beast." Asuma noted with Kurenai and Gai nodding. Kakashi was silent, merely watching his students' counterparts' battle the Minotaur.
Bloom watched as Naruto moved around The Minotaur dodging it blows while Haku tried more of her ice while Sasuke use another one of her fire jutsu. They had little effect on it. "We have to do something!" Bloom cried.
"They are getting pummeled to a pulp." Flora exclaimed afraid for them.
"If only we had our powers," Techna said before she turned to Sakura, "You still have your powers, why aren't you using them?"
Sakura then looked embarrassed and scratched the back of her head, "Umm, I kinda asked mom to take them away before she left." At their looks she added, "I felt it wasn't fair that I have my powers when you girls didn't."
The genin facepalmed at A-Sakura's choice. Sakura groaned, unable to believe what her counterpart had done.
Stella then walked up with the brooms and cleaning supplies. Bloom then got an idea.
Naruto tried his shadow clone but that did not work as they were easily killed and knocked away. Naruto sweated, a little worried, only Haku, Sasuke and himself were still standing as the other guys were all on the ground. Then the Minotaur heard a lot of noise behind him and he saw the girls using the cleaning supplies to draw his attention to them. It roared and charged at them. The girl dropped their stuff and ran. But this was what the girls wanted.
As they went down the hall Bloom asked, "Ready?" at Musa's nodded they grabbed the bottle of soap and dumped the liquid on the floor behind them, "Slippery when wet." Bloom joke before the girl moved to the side of the hall.
The Minotaur slipped on the soap and slid down the hall, right into the baby duck that was now unfrozen and looking for his 'momma'. It quacked in fear before it was bumped and landed on The Minotaur's head. The Minotaur slid right through the wall and landed several floors down into the main hall.
Asuma hummed. "That was quite a good plan."
Kurenai nodded. "Yeah. Even without their magic, they planned well and used materials around them to distract and trick the beast. Very well plan, I've got to say."
Sakura sighed in relief, glad her counterpart and friends were safe.
After the boys got back on their feet, they left for the main hall as Flora asked, "Where did this thing come from?"
"The creature preserve?" one of the boys asked, but Bloom dismissed the idea, "The creature preserve doesn't have any Minotaurs." It was right then that a small purple duckling crawled out from beneath the beast and cried, "mama."
"That duckling again." Choji noted as he ate a barbecue potato chip, the bag in his grasp.
"A duck, then that means." Naruto started as he was one of the first to notice it, but Sasuke knew what he was about to say, "The Trix sisters." That got the attention of the others before she said, "Haku and I overheard them at lunch yesterday about searching Alfea for the Dragon Fire. I did a bit of research and learned that some magic can be used to enhance others."
"So that's what the 'Dragon Fire' is. An enhancement." Jiraiya stated, writing that info down on his notebook for interest.
Sasuke scoffed. "Those witches would need anything they could get to be strong."
"I know the Trix talked about it, but how does this cute little duckling mean those three are here?" Haku asked as she bent down to pet the duck. It seemed to like her, but was still bent on looking for its 'momma'. Sakura decided to answer, "It's because they tried to steal Stella's ring during the beginning of the year dance, but Flora used a spell to enchant an egg to hatch into this cutie." Stella glared into Sasuke's eyes, "If you knew then why didn't you say anything?!"
Sasuke's brow twitch. 'What's the deal with that girl constantly blaming me- I mean, my 'sister'?!' He thought.
Denial is such an ugly color on him.
"I didn't think they'd summon a Minotuar, but I also think they weren't expecting us and would just sneak around looking." Sasuke answered, but Bloom thought of an idea, "We'll trap them. Sasuke and Haku still have magic, plus there're more of us. They'll head for Miss Faragonda's office to use the all-seeing crystal ball of Alfea to look for it." They marched to Faragonda's office as Flora hoped they didn't already.
Tsunade raised a brow. 'Faragonda has a crystal ball too, like Sarutobi-sensei?' She knew about the ball, having found it in a drawer in her desk when she first got registered as the Hokage. However, she rarely uses it, finding no point at the time.
"I think Faragonda taught Jiji how to use a crystal ball to see things. Hope he isn't using it to peek on fairies and women in the baths, but that's more Jiraiya's thing." Naruto said and caused the group to sweat drop.
The women glared at Jiraiya, who was giggling. Oh, if he had Sarutobi-sensei's crystal ball...
A line of blood began flowing down from his nostril. A fist belonging to Tsunade knocked him away from his thoughts, and into dreamland. Which unfortunately, only continued his thoughts.
On a side know, she and Kakashi noted how the A-Naruto seemed to know Jiraiya earlier on.
Sakura nodded, "Yeah I was there when she taught him how to use one, but I'm not sure what he uses it for."
'Probably to make sure Naruto isn't pulling any pranks.' The jonin and kage thought simultaneously.
Naruto, for some reason, had the urge to grin in pride.
They entered the office and found that the sisters were not there yet. They were making a plan to trap them when Riven said he heard them coming. "It'll be fine, everyone hide." They hid quickly at Bloom's command.
The Trix entered the room and the light shined brighter than ever, "The crystals are responding wildly, the Dragon Fire must be in this room." Icy said. They didn't see Riven come out of his hiding place and near the lights. "Guess we'll just have to trash this place and do a thorough search cause…"
"You aren't trashing anything," Bloom said as she appeared on the desk. "Hit the lights Riven."
The lights went on and they found themselves surrounded. "Busted," Naruto smirked.
Naruto smirked. "Yeah, they are!"
The sisters all glared, "What are you doing here?"
"You mean what are you doing here?" Bloom said.
"What are all of you doing here?" asked Faragonda as she entered her office.
"Crap! Trouble!" The genin muttered.
"Don't bother hiding Bloom I see everything. Just ask Sakura, I was a pain for her when we played hide and seek when she was younger."
Sakura smiled at that. She was glad her counterpart had such a kind woman for a mother. It brought back her own memories of the times she played with her own mother and father.
"I wasn't hiding, I was looking for something." Bloom said as she got from behind the desk. She blushed as she saw Naruto wink at her from behind Faragonda's back. The trix growled seeing as they were caught.
They were all out on the courtyard of Alfea as Bloom apologized for how the evening went, "I'm sorry you guys had to fight a Minotaur."
"It's never a dull moment around here with you Bloom, and don't worry about it," Naruto said as Stella got a kiss from Sky while he said goodbye. Timmy also said his goodbyes to Techna, while mentioning something about binary coupling transmitters.
"Next time you try to have a party, try to make sure there's some actual fun involved." Flora and Musa were pissed at Riven's rude comment. The heroes took off with the Minotaur.
"Griselda, remind me to send Headmaster Saladin a glowing letter of gratitude for the help that his student heroes gave. It was so good of them to come when the girls told them there was a beast on campus, and one with praise for Sasuke and Haku's help for Miss Griffin at Cloud Tower." Faragonda then turned to the three Trix sisters, "As for you three, you took things too far this evening. I don't know what's going on between you and my girls, but it ends tonight. Do you hear me? I'm transporting you straight to Miss Griffin's office with an official letter of complaint. I'm sure she will discipline you accordingly. Once she has I'll be sure to send your powers back, have a nice trip." The Trix were silent the entire time and the duck was smooching up Icy's cheek as happy as can be. With a bit of magic, the Trix were sent back to Cloud Tower.
Sasuke smirked, feeling satisfied at the Trix Sisters being punished.
"I don't need a letter of praise, Faragonda-sama. I was just trying to preserve the reputation of Cloud Tower. Let's get back Haku." Sasuke said as the last part was towards Haku.
"Hai." With that said, Haku and Sasuke got on a hover bike, that had the Uchiha and Uzumaki symbols on it, and rode back to Cloud Tower.
Sasuke's eye twitched when he saw both his and the dobe's symbols on his counterpart/'sister's' bike. Kami, he hoped this world would end soon, so they could move on, and he could forget all of this insanity.
Miss Griselda looked at the girls and said, "Report to Faragonda's office first thing in the morning."
"Hope they don't get in trouble." Sakura muttered.
Ino nodded. "Yeah."
The morning came and the six girls were once again in Miss Faragonda's office. Faragonda looked at all of them from her desk, "I have watched what happened on crystal ball replay, and I am impressed. Your actions were brave and resourceful, but in the future you might want to party first and clean up after. At least that's how we did in my day, and I don't think that times have changed all that much. Well, I believe you have made amends." With a snap of her fingers, various lights entered the girls and they all felt the warmth of magic flowing through them once more.
"Your punishment is over." With that said, Faragonda dismissed the girls and they went back to class. "Oh and Sakura," Faragonda called out to her daughter before she left. "Next time you wish to help your friends out and seem fair about it, please don't make me take your powers away. While I might have to as the headmistress of this school if you get into trouble, it does not mean I like it."
Sakura nodded before she said, "You rock mom," then she closed the door and went to catch up with the girls.
Sakura smiled. Each time she saw her other and alternate mother, adopted or not, it made her happy she (A-Sakura) had someone special looking out for her.
She also made a note. After this, she was going to spend a lot of time with her own mother. It's been a while since she had a mother-daughter day.
Faragonda smiled as her daughter left before she went to think about what happen, "The Dragon Fire power is just a myth, or is it? Well, the witches said it was right here in this room but I know it was not in the Solaria ring. Is it possible they're right?" she got up. "It might be possible that they were reacting to the power Naruto has imprisoned inside him, the Kyuubi's power can match that of the Dragon Fire's power."
"So, looks like Faragonda knows something about the Dragon Fire." Jiraiya said, also taking note that she also knew about the Kyuubi in Naruto. It made him wonder if Sarutobi told her, or if it was something elf.
She remembered of the destruction the beast cause and how Griffin, Saladin and herself helped Naruto's father seal the beast inside his son, at the cost of his own life.
"Wait, WHAT?!"
Everyone's eyes widened, more so for a few people.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kakashi cursed in their minds. It was too son! Naruto shouldn't know about his father just yet!
For Naruto, everything came to a stop. His mind rewinded what he had heard over and over again. "how Griffin, Saladin and herself helped Naruto's father seal the beast inside his son, at the cost of his own life."
His...father?! No, that was impossible! It was the Fourth Hokage who sealed the Kyuubi in him! If that was true, that would mean...
His father...
The Fourth Hokage... was his father!
She knew that it was more powerful then the three witches her three friends face dand defeated long ago, but she shook her head at that thought, "If they are right, then how did it get here? And who's got it?" she was deep in thought as she looked out the window into her schoolyard.
The scene ended and faded away, but no one noticed, or even cared. Everyone looked at Naruto, who was beginning to hyperventilate. The sannin duo stepped toward him, hoping to handle the situation before it got bad.
However, before anyone could say anything, they all heard a sigh. Looking to the side, the saw Shin walking toward them, his arms crossed.
"Looks like the cat's out of the bag. Oh well, it was bound to come out sooner or later, and I think it is much better to get it out of the way before it become a headache."
"What do you mean?" Anko asked.
Shin didn't answer her, instead approached Naruto. Reachign up, he grabbed his head, and pulled it down, allowing everyone to see his appearance.
Shin was a young man, with short, spiky black hair, and dark grey eyes. On top of his head, were shades. He had a sharp face, but held a slight roundness. What was most noticeable, was the scar that ran from his left cheek to his chin.
Shin looked down at Naruto. "Naruto, I think it is time you learned just who you are." He said, making Naruto blink in confusion.
"Hey, wait a min-" Jiraiya and Tsunade made to stop him, but Shin raised a hand and snapped his fingers. Instantly, the two flinched, eyes widening when they found that they couldn't move their bodies. They tried to open their mouths, only to be unable to. As if their lips were sealed shut.
"If there is one thing I constantly disagree in all Naruto-worlds, it is how you two, as well as Sarutobi, believe you have full reign on whether or not Naruto deserves to know about his heritage. On whether or not an orphan, alone his whole life, should be allowed to know who his parents are. That is arrogance in my book, and will not have it. So, sit down, be quite, and allow me to handle this." He told them with a glare.
The two sweated nervously, as a heavy pressure slammed down on them. They fell down, the technique used to freeze them going away. They now knew, they weren't dealing with a man.
It is as he had said before. In this realm, he was a god.
Seeing that they weren't going to interrupt him, Shin nodded and turned to Naruto. Said blonde looked at him in confusion, as well as anticipation.
"Naruto, your whole life you believed and were told you were a nameless orphan, whose parents had died as regular ninja. That is farthest from the truth." Shin began, crossing his arms. "Naruto... Your full name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze."
Naruto's eyes widened, along with everyone else's.
"You are the last of the Uzumaki Clan, a clan that once lived in the now ruins of Uzushiogakure. Your clan was known for its unmatched expertise in seal and strength. And most of all, you are the son of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, and Kushina Uzumaki, the deadly S-Rank Hot Blooded Habanero."
End of Chapter 20, and end of chapter 5 out of 9 of "Shinobi of Winx".
So Naruto now knows who his parents are. Won't that make things interesting.