Chapter 25: The Silver Crystal Sword
Prince Ash couldn't help but to stare at the sword… it was strange… however he was the only one staring at something… he saw Sailor Ceres, Sailor Juno, Sailor Pallas and Sailor Vesta all staring at him.
"Okay… why is Ash wearing that outfit?" asked Sailor Vesta.
"And where did that outfit come from?" asked Sailor Pallas.
"It's Ash's prince form… Ash takes the form whenever he needs to…" said Kakashi.
This made all the asteroid senshi sigh…
"Lucky him…" muttered Sailor Juno.
"Well he is the leader…" said Sailor Pallas.
Prince Ash continued to stare at his sword…
"How… am I supposed to use this?" asked Ash.
Everyone including the 8 Wonders and Arashi anime fell.
"Of all times… for something to not chemo to him… it involves a life saving sword…" said Sailor Mercury.
"But it might be the like the Talismans and the Silence Glaive…" said Sailor Saturn.
"What do you mean?" asked Sailor Ceres.
"The Space Sword, the Deep Aqua Mirror and the Silence Glaive… they weren't exactly easy to use at first…" said Kakashi.
This earned glares from his fellow outer senshi…
"Um… okay… it was easy for me… because I knew how to use a sword…" said Kakashi.
"Lucky you…" muttered Sailor Saturn.
"But as I was saying… Ash might not be able to use the sword right away…" said Kakashi.
"This is going to be a train wreck…" sighed Sailor Juno.
Arashi smirked he knew that Prince Ash couldn't handle swords. Arashi took out a sword from nowhere…
"Oh man…" sighed Prince Ash.
The two began to fight… with swords… Prince Ash could only clumsily block…
"Where did that sword come from?" asked Sailor Mars.
"I think it's a form of the Silver Crystal's power…it took that form to protect Ash…" said Setsuna.
"Too bad Ash doesn't know a thing about sword fighting…" said Sailor Juno.
"No kidding…" said Kakashi.
Prince Ash grabbed the sword and ran towards Arashi and was about swipe him when Arashi just merely sidestepped and Prince Ash landed face first in a tree.
"Ow…" said Prince Ash.
Sailor Venus managed to crawl to Prince Ash.
"Ash you okay?" asked Sailor Venus.
"Look at all the pretty stars…" said Prince Ash in a daze.
Sailor Venus began to shake Prince Ash to his senses.
"Naruto!" whined Prince Ash, "Why did you do that?"
"I don't know… maybe it's because right now everyone else is tied up in someway… and I'm injured so you're the only one that can fight the 4th Hokage… and if you're knocked out you…" said Sailor Venus sarcastically.
"You didn't need to say it like that…" said Prince Ash with a sweat drop.
"Well…" said Sailor Venus.
That's when Arashi appeared in-between the two and kicked Prince Ash in the face.
"Hey Naruto…" said Sailor Vesta, "Maybe you can untie us while Ash is fighting…"
"He's right… I'm fine…" said Prince Ash.
Sailor Venus nodded and ran over to where everyone was either tired up or trapped… However she was tied up by wires.
"Sorry… but right now we can't let you let them go…" said Tech.
"Oh man!" said Sailor Venus.
Prince Ash continued to fight as best he could with the sword… but was failing horribly at it... that's when… Arashi knocked him into a tree.
"Oh man… I can't get used to this…" said Prince Ash.
That's when sword began to glow and an image of Neo Queen Serenity appeared from the Sword.
"Don't worry Ash…" said Neo Queen Serenity.
"Neo Queen Serenity…" whispered Prince Ash.
"You can beat him… even if he is very strong…" said Neo Queen Serenity.
"I know…" said Prince Ash, "But where did this sword come from?"
"It comes from the power of the Silver Crystal…" said Neo Queen Serenity.
"Oh…" said Ash.
"This tis the form that it's power took for you…" said Neo Queen Serenity.
"But…" said Prince Ash, "I don't even know how to use a sword…" said Prince Ash.
Neo Queen Serenity sweatdroped, "But you can always learn right…"
"And it's pretty heavily… I can barely use it…" said Prince Ash.
"Maybe if you focus your power you can sure it weighs less…" said Neo Queen Serenity.
"And I barely know how to fight…" said Prince Ash.
"Don't worry about that…" said Neo Queen Serenity with a sweat drop.
"And he can always regenerate a missing limb…" said Prince Ash.
"It's not my fault your power took the form of a sword… that's just what happened!" yelled Neo Queen Serenity.
Prince Ash sweatdroped… and so did Neo Queen Serenity… it was awkwardly silent.
"Now… as I was saying…" said Neo Queen Serenity, "this will be called the Silver Crystal Sword… it will appear to you whenever you need it…"
"Okay…" said Prince Ash, "Thanks…"
"Ash don't worry…" said Neo Queen Serenity, "You can beat him…"
"Right…" said Prince Ash.
The image of Neo Queen Serenity disappeared and the sword stopped glowing…
"I can beat him… for Naruto, Kakashi and the others…" thought Prince Ash as he got up.
With the other senshi…
"Does it feel like we just missed something really important?" asked Sailor Venus.
"Maybe…" said Sailor Jupiter.
Back with the fight Prince Ash stood across from Arashi… she focused on the sword which felt like it became like it became lighter. He ran towards Arashi and sliced his arm off… which of course regenerated…
Orochimaru who was still watched growled… he could sense a turn of events that would happen…
The two forgot evenly… causing most of the senshi to sweat drop.
"Okay… when did Ash learn to use a sword so quickly…" said Sailor Juno.
"My guess is that Neo Queen Serenity appeared to Ash… and that gave him the power to fight…" said Setsuna.
"Well that's good…" said Sailor Saturn, "I think…"
Wit the fight Arashi prepared another Spiraling Sphere, however Prince Ash used the sword similar to a baseball bat… and it was sent soaring…
Elsewhere… with Team Guy.
"Why did we have to do that mission again?" asked Tenten.
"Because we're the only team not immune to that Mission…" said Neji.
"Oh come now rescuing that youthful cat was not that bad!" said Lee.
He team mates stared at him… the glared at the poor cat named Tora… being hugged to death by his owner.
"I don't know whether to kill the cat or feel sorry for it…" said Tenten.
That's when Arashi's Spraining Sphere crashed nearby causing a huge explosion which caused the Lord's wife to let go of the cat.
"Meow!" meowed Tora (Translation: Freedom!)
All three members of Team Guy stood there gaping at what just happened.
"What caused that explosion?" asked Neji.
"I don't know… but whatever did is going to pay!" said Tenten.
"Well… look like we are going to rescue that youthful cat again…" said Lee.
The other two members sighed…
Back with the fight, Prince and Ash did his best to dodge Arashi blows… during this Setsuna got an idea…
"Ash!" said Setsuna.
"What? I'm a little busy…" said Prince Ash.
"I figure out something… maybe if you heal him wit the silver crystal… then maybe we can kill him…" said Setsuna.
"But…" said Prince Ash.
"Remember Ash… he's already dead… so it's fine…" said Kakashi.
Prince Ash sighed… they were right… he was dead…
Arashi was about to punch him when Prince Ash sliced his arm off… He then jumped back and focused his energy on the silver crystal which appeared.
"Silver Crystal Healing!" said Prince Ash.
The light came from the silver crystal which hit Arashi just when his arm came back… When the light was gone Arashi laid there and for some unknown reason Prince Ash was just plain Ash again… (meaning that he detransformed from both Prince Ash and Neo Sailor Moon forms).
"That was weird…" said Ash.
"Damn it!" yelled Sea.
"We will be back!" yelled Dude.
All 8 snapped their singers and they were gone.
All the restraints were gone… Kakashi walked up to Arashi's prone form and saw he was breathing… so he decided to check his pulse…
"He's still alive…" said Kakashi.
"What?" yelled Ash who collapsed to the ground.
"Ash just needs some rest…" said Gary who transformed back with the other senshi at the same time.
"Maybe that's why Ash changed back if he's still alive…" said Setsuna.
"But … I will need some help taking Naruto and Arashi to the hospital…" said Kakashi.
"I'll do it…" said Luffy.
Not too far away, Tech went to pick up Orochimaru…
"He's alive again…" growled Orochimaru.
"What do you mean?" asked Tech.
"He's actually alive as in his body is real… he's 100 percent alive again… it's as if he never died…" growled Orochimaru.
"Let's not worry about that… let's just go back…" said Tech who snapped his fingers.
Sometime later Arashi woke up to find Tsunade and Kakashi looking at him.
"Wow… I never thought I'd be seeing you here… again" said Arashi to Tsunade.
"Well I'm Hokage now… and in a way it's thanks to Naruto…" said Tsunade.
"Really…" said Arashi with a smirk.
Tsunade grinned an evil grin…
"I have to talk to the council about something…" said Tsunade.
"So what happened… I remembered that Snake Bastard revived me… then I don't remember… then again why should I? I didn't have my emotions then… and I probably hurt you, Naruto and those weird girls…" said Arashi.
"Well you see your alive again… truly alive again… you were cleansed from Orochimaru's control by the Silver Crystal… and not only that but it cleansed all the effects of the jutsu… your alive again... as if you never died…" said Kakashi, "Except for that whole… missing 12 years…"
Arashi chuckled… "So why do you and Naruto…" said Arashi.
"Cross-dressers?" said Kakashi.
"Yes…" said Arashi.
"It's a rather long and slightly humorous story" said Kakashi.
Kakashi told him about the story of the Sailor Senshi with Arashi found quite funny.
"You, Naruto and an Uchiha along with various other people from different worlds are reincarnated girls who have to fight evil?" said Arashi.
"Yes…" said Kakashi.
Arashi laughed and when he was done he asked, "So what important things have gone on in my absence?"
Kakashi began to tell him about the invasion and the Uchiha Massacre… this of course silenced Arashi laugher…
"Oh…" said Arashi, "So almost the all the Uchiha Clan… and the Old man…"
"I know..." said Kakashi.
"So what's been going with Naruto?" asked Arashi.
"Well he was the biggest Prankster the Village had ever seen…" said Kakashi.
"He outshined me?" said Arashi with pride.
"He certainly did… but recently he was out pranked by a new girl named Opal…" said Kakashi.
"Really?" said Arashi.
"But… Opal has become like a younger sister to Naruto… and I'm not surprised she did…" said Kakashi.
"Oh that's good..." said Arashi.
"He's also dating the Hyuga heiress, and I heard that Hiashi accepted their relationship…" said Kakashi.
"Really… lucky guy… wouldn't have excepted that to happen…" said Arashi chuckling, "So he is still a tight ass…"
"Oh yeah…" said Kakashi.
"But how… has the village treated him?" asked Arashi.
Kakashi became very quiet… "They treated him… like a monster…
Arashi's eyes were wide, "You're kidding…"
"I wish I was…" said Kakashi.
"Were there people that treated him like he was…" said Arashi.
"Well Sarutobi did of course…" said Kakashi, "And Jiraiya in a way… he trains him sometimes…"
Arashi grinned, "That's good at least… it's Ichiraku still around?"
Kakashi sweatdroped, "Yes…" he said.
"Maybe I could get a bite and surprise Old Man Teuchi…" said Arashi.
"Um… Arashi-Sensei… maybe you should talk to Naruto first before you got out to the ramen stand…" said Kakashi.
"Oh… right…" said Arashi.
"I'll go get him…" said Kakashi leaving the room with a sigh.
Elsewhere in the hospital…
"Ow!" yelled Naruto, "Not so hard…"
Sakura was cleaning some of Naruto's wounds… while Luffy watched…
"Well sorry…" she said sarcastically.
"Does it really hurt that badly?" asked Luffy.
"No really…" said Naruto... this of course earned him a punch in the face from Sakura, "Okay, I desired that…"
That's when Kakashi entered the room, "Arashi wants to talk to Naruto alone…" said Kakashi.
"Really… why?" said Naruto.
"My guess it's because of Fuzzy…" said Sakura.
"Probably…" said Luffy.
"Oh yeah…" said Naruto with a sweat drop.
Not too long later Naruto got to Arashi's room… he was looking out the window and to the Hokage Monument which was begging work on Tsunade's face…
"4th Hokage?" said Naruto.
"Oh Naruto… hey there…" said Arashi.
"So what did you want to talk about…" said Naruto, "It's about Fluffy isn't it…"
"You call him Fluffy…" said Arashi trying to not to laugh.
"Sometimes Fluffy, sometimes Fuzzy… sometimes Kubi-Chan…" said Naruto.
Arashi laughed… "Well sort of… I was wondering what your life was like… growing up…"
"Well…" said Naruto, "Almost everyone… hated me… always glaring… sometimes attacking… I was very lucky that I found people to care about me… if I hadn't… well I've seen what could have happened though Gaara…"
"Gaara?" asked Arashi.
"He's the new Kazekage… he had Shukaku in him…" said Naruto.
"Oh right… the crazy looking red head…" said Arashi.
"But I did have people who care for me… like Iruka, Sakura, Kakashi, Sasuke… and later a lot more people… it's been a struggle for me…" said Naruto.
"I see no one treated you like a hero like I wanted…" said Arashi, "There's something very important I need to ask you… what do you know about your birth parents?"
"Well… nothing…" said Naruto.
Arashi sighed… "Naruto… there's something very important I need to tell you…"
"What?" asked Naruto.
"Naruto…" said Arashi, "I'm… I'm… your father…"
Naruto was in shock… so many emotions swelled up in him… however there was one that swelled up the most… anger…
"You bastard!" he yelled as he socked Arashi in the face… "How could you do that to you own son…"
Naruto ran out of the room, past Sakura, Luffy and Kakashi…
"Naruto wait…" said Arashi nursing his cheek.
"You should have excepted that would happen…" said Kakashi.
"You're right…" sighed Arashi, "But what am I going to do?"
"Let him be for a while… he'll come back sooner than you think…" said Kakashi, "After all you're not the universe's worst father…"
"Father…" said Luffy
"Your Naruto's father?" said Sakura.
"Why yes…" said Arashi, "Haven't you noticed the resemblance…"
Sakura sweatdroped…
"Oh Arashi…" said Tsunade appearing, "We need to make a deal…"
"What?" said Arashi.
Tsunade began to drag him away by his collar…
"Help me! Help me! I don't want go back to the paper work" cried Arashi.
"Hey I can see the rebalance now…" said Luffy.
Sakura sweatdroped at this site and what Luffy said… "Kakashi…" said Sakura.
"Yes… Arashi is a bit of an idiot…" said Kakashi.
"Like father like son…" said Sakura with a sweat drop.
With that Arashi's identity was shown… but who would know what would happen next…
Next Time: With Naruto learning of his father's identity, he doesn't know how to feel... so Luffy, Ranma and Gaara try to cheer him up... meanwhile Tsunade is trying to get Arashi to pick up some of her load as Hokage... But Arashi doesn't want to have to do that paper work again... What will happen? Find out next time...