Author's Notes
It feels like forever since I first created this story, like a lifetime ago... But, it feels good to get back to your roots, ne? The long Hiatus is over! Time to get this show on the road after the pit stop!
Heeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo People! CrimsonKyuubiSage here! It's been so long since I last updated this story, and a lot has happened in that time (R.I.P. Monty, you were, and still are, an inspiration to us all). But I'm back!
And Now, Onto Reviewing Your Reviews:
Guest #2 (December 13, 2014)- Wrong! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is not limited to just Konoha? The proof? Omoi , Deidara, Mahiru, Darui, Hoki, and Nagato. All these are examples of people who used the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu according to the Naruto wiki page on Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. So suck it :P
a guy- Why don't you try writing a story, scratch that, try writing a good story, it's harder than you'd think. I admit, the RWBY transcripts did make it easier to write out the chapters, but the true reason I put the story on hiatus was due to my focuses being diverted to other stories, school, my social life, etcetera etcetera. And I do have everything planned out, there's no doubt about that. Neither you, nor anyone else will have a clue at what's to come.
OBSERVER01- Isn't it obvious? Both Minato and Hiruzen are the Shinigami's secretaries (Dictated on paper but are actually its bitches ^.^)
pedrofaria339- [Insert Sarcasm Here] Geez, was makes you think that? The fact that both Pyrrha and Naruto are Uzumakis? Or the fact that I purposely made Pyrrha's mother Kushina's older sister [End Sarcasm Here]. Yes, Naruto and Pyrrha are blood-related cousins.
And Now, Without Further Delay, I Bring You Chapter Twenty-Eight Of TMH! Read And Review!
Disclaimer, I do not own Naruto or RWBY.
"Hey" - Regular Speech
'Something' - Regular Thoughts/ Sarcastic Remarks
-Somewhere, 10:00 A.M.- -Statement of A Time/Place/Change of P.O.V.
"Hello" - Demon/ Grimm Speech
'I'm going to eat you' -Demon/ Grimm Thought
"Hello" - Flashbacks/Dream Text
(Encore by Jay Z) -Song Insert
Chapter - Chapter Start/ Chapter End
Chapter Start
Previously...
"To Team RWBY/RHFN. Your team has been selected to participate in the upcoming Vytal Festival tournament. To prepare you for such event, you and your team have been assigned a seasoned senior Huntsmen to train you in the coming month's time. Good luck."
"You've left us no choice. The Vytal Festival tournament cannot be broadcast, let alone held, if we are unable to ensure the safety of the citizens. Ahem... Therefore, we have reached out to the Atlas Council and together have decided that the best action is to appoint General Ironwood as head of security for the event."
"I'm going to give you one chance. Who's really behind all this?"
"He's like no one you've ever seen before. Where he's from - if they knew of his presence - they would call him a ghost. And I can fully agree with that."
"Konohagakure! He's a legend from Konohagakure! His name, infamous even today! Oh Dust, he's going to kill me either way!"
"I'm a dead man either way! I try to tell you who he is, and I'm dead in an instant! I stay silent and tell you nothing, he'll kill me himself! He doesn't accept failure from his lackeys!"
"Roman Torchick is dead, killed by some kind of restriction seal. Need to meet and discuss what was discovered."
"The representatives from Kumogakure are here."
"Welcome to Beacon Academy, you must be Kumogakure's representatives."
"Yo, back a few hours ago when me and my bro came here, there was an attack that was real near. Me and Eight-O saw and felt the presence of Four, Five, Seven, and Nine-O! And don't ya know, the best one to train those fou' to be great Jinchūriki be me! The rappin' and rhymin' Kirabi! Wheeeeee!"
"Those stupid kids really made a mess of things. A lot of Faunus didn't make it out of the tunnels. You still think the White Fang's gonna listen to you?"
"No, but they'll listen to me."
"Who are you?"
"Yang, we have a lot to talk about."
-Emerald Forest-
The clouds rolled across the dark night skies, shrouding the fragmented moon from the world. A rustling sound came from the bushes, and Sasuke emerged from the thick brush of vegetation.
"Sakura? Sakura, where are you?" Sasuke called out, glancing down at the pillar of light coming from his Scroll.
"Sasuke-kun, come out to the Emerald Forest. We need to talk." was what the message said. Of course, Sasuke was suspicious about the message being so vague. For all he knew, it could be a trap of some kind. Which is why Sasuke had decided to bring along his weapon, a chokutou by the name of Kusanagi no Tsurugi.
Sasuke immediately froze up, feeling another presence nearby. The last loyal Uchiha slowly drew his blade, getting into a fighting stance and activating his Sharingan.
"That Sharingan... How much can you actually see?" Itachi's voice echoed as he walked into the clearing.
"Itachi..." Sasuke muttered, his eyes narrowing as his grip on Kusanagi no Tsurugi tightened. He was about to charge forward at Itachi, but abruptly stopped when the older Uchiha began violently coughing, his hands covering his mouth as a combination of blood and saliva spat out of his mouth.
"It's been a while, otouto..." Itachi weakly stated, panting as he recovered from his coughing fit.
"What... Itachi... what happened to you?" Sasuke asked.
"..." Itachi said nothing, quickly rushing towards his younger brother and activating his Sharingan midway. He pulled out a tanto and slashed at Sasuke.
"Fine! If that's how it's going to be!" Sasuke exclaimed, blocking the strike from Itachi's tanto. "Kusanagi no Tsurugi: Chidorigatana (Grass-Mowing Sword: One Thousand Birds Katana)!" he yelled, channeling a Chidori through his chokutou. Itachi jumped back to avoid the electrifying attack.
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)!" Itachi yelled, creating a volley of small firebals that were sent flying in an unpredictable manner towards Sasuke, who used a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) to evade the incoming fireballs.
"Chidori Senbon (One Thousand Birds Senbon)!" Sasuke exclaimed, reappearing a few yards behind Itachi and firing off senbon needles made of lightning chakra at the older Uchiha.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" Itachi exclaimed, going through various handseals before firing off a large fireball at Sasuke.
"Chakura no Mesu (Chakra Scalpel)!" Sakura exclaimed, jumping out at a surprised Itachi, though his face conveyed no such emotions. The elder Uchiha strafed to the left to dodge the incoming attack, but was not able to move fast enough, his right shoulder being struck by the chakra blades.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan (Illusion Technique: Copy Wheel Eye)!" Itachi yelled, looking Sakura in the eyes and catching her in an illusion.
"Chidori Nagashi (One Thousand Birds Current)!" Sasuke yelled, striking Itachi in the back.
"Ngh!" Itachi grunted in pain, using the Shunshin no Jutsu to escape.
"Genjutsu: Kai (Illusion Technique: Release)!" Sasuke said, placing his hand on Sakura and releasing the illusion she was under.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed.
"What are you doing here?!" Sasuke yelled.
'I sort of was stalking you...' Sakura mentally said. "I saw you going into the forest and got curious. And now I'm going to help you!"
"I don't want your help! This is my fight!" Sasuke exclaimed, only to be grabbed by the scruff of his shirt by Sakura and given a glare that, up to now, had only been reserved for the days of the original Team 7 whenever Naruto did something stupid.
"You're going to accept my help, kami dammit! Whether you like it or not!" Sakura yelled, releasing her grip on Sasuke, who now had a slight tinge of red on his face.
'Why... am I attracted to this?' Sasuke mentally questioned himself.
"Mangekyou Sharingan." Itachi said, reappearing in front of Sasuke, his Sharingan having morphed into its pinwheel pattern. Faster than Sasuke could react, Itachi kicked him in the gut and sent him flying back into the nearest tree, creating a crater upon impact.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura yelled. Sasuke attempted to stand back up, forming a Chidori in one hand, but released the lightning jutsu when Itachi grabbed his wrist, stepped on his foot, and punched him in the gut.
"Forgive me, Sasuke... This... is my reality..." Itachi mumbled, placing his index and middle fingers at the top of Sasuke's left eye and his thumb just below Sasuke's eye. "Give me your light."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sasuke cried out, grabbing his now empty eye socket, blood dripping down onto the grass.
"I told you. You do not possess the Mangekyou Sharingan. You can never win against my eyes." Itachi stated, Sasuke shakily looking down at his now blood-covered hand. "I'll take the other one too."
"Oukashou (Cherry Blossom Impact)!" Sakura yelled, charging at Itachi, only to be intercepted by an Itachi clone.
"Bunshin Daibakuha (Clone Great Explosion)." the clone said, the ensuing explosion engulfing both itself and Sakura.
"Ahhh!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Sakura-chan!" Sasuke exclaimed, tears spilling down from his one good eye and blood tears from his other. It was then that Itachi began to notice Sasuke's eye change. His Sharingan pattern began to spread and converge along the edges of the irides, resulting in three intersecting ellipses that resembled an atom model.
"You... You've done it, otouto... You finally unlocked the Mangekyou Sharingan." Itachi stated, looking down at the eye in his hand, only to find the same pattern as Sasuke's eye.
"You bastard! You killed her!" Sasuke yelled, tackling Itachi down to the ground. "Grrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" he exclaimed, releasing his pent-up rage onto Itachi as his fists burrowed their way into the latter. Sasuke kept pounding his fists into Itachi for a minute, before his beatings began to slow down. They continued to slow down as Sasuke began to cry, mourning for Sakura.
"O... Otouto..." Itachi called out, shakily raising his hand up to his younger brother's head. With one swift movement, just as fast as he had pulled it out, Itachi had reimplanted Sasuke's Sharingan eye.
"W-Why?! Why nii-san?! WHY?!" Sasuke yelled.
"It... had to be d-done..." Itachi replied. "F-For the s... sake of the cl... an..."
"Is this what had to be paid for the ultimate power?!" Sasuke exclaimed. "I don't want it! Take these cursed eyes away! Give me back Sakura-chan!"
"T-That... is... the... price..." Itachi said.
"Is this what you wanted for me, nii-san? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!" Sasuke yelled.
"Yes..." Itachi replied, causing Sasuke's eyes to widen by a fraction. "For you to avenge... the clan... by... killing me."
"W-What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.
"S... She's still a... live..." Itachi stated, his voice becoming softer as he spoke, causing Sasuke's eyes to widen.
"Sakura-chan!" Sasuke called out, looking around for the pinkette and all but forgetting his previous question.
"S-Sasuke-kun..." Sakura weakly replied, her body leaned against a nearby tree.
"S-Sakura-chan!" Sasuke exclaimed, running towards his teammate and cradling her in his arms.
"Sasuke-kun, I-" Sakura started.
"It's okay." Sasuke said, shifting Sakura around so that he was hugging her. "I-I thought I lost you..."
"I'm not going anywhere, Sasuke-kun." Sakura said, a blush present on both teens' faces.
"Hn... In some way, I envy you, otouto... To have... someone who truly cares for... you..." Itachi said, breaking into another fit of violent coughs.
"How touching. Unfortunately, we'll have to interrupt this moment."a new voice called out.
"Z-Zetsu!" Itachi exclaimed, attempting to push himself up off the ground.
"Who's out there?! Show yourself!" Sasuke called out, fully prepared to defend Sakura.
"It's Z...etsu! The Akatsuki's top spy!" Itachi said.
"If you want me to show myself all you have to do is ask." Zetsu said, appearing out of the ground. Zetsu was a strange humanoid creature, split half black and half white wearing the Akatsuki cloak over a Venus Fly Trap-like extension.
"What do you want?" Sasuke questioned.
"Oh well, nothing much. Just his eyes..." Zetsu replied.
"O-Otouto! You can't... let him... take my eyes!" Itachi exclaimed.
" Don't worry, Itachi-kun, you won't be needing these eyes once you're dead." Zetsu said.
"Chidori Eisou (One Thousand Birds Sharp Spear)!" Sasuke yelled, firing off a thin spear of lightning at Zetsu.
"Mokuton: Chikarutsu no Jutsu (Wood Release: Underground Roots Technique)!" Zetsu exclaimed, causing large roots to shoot out at the duo.
"Sakura-chan, grab Itachi-niisan!" Sasuke exclaimed, the pinkette doing as told, quickly grabbing Itachi and evading the incoming roots. "Katon: Karyuudan (Fire Release: Dragon Flame Bullet)!" he said, exhaling a stream of flames from his mouth and burning the majority of the roots, only for the charred roots to be replaced by even more roots.
"The roots are growing back!" Sakura exclaimed. Sasuke's left eye began to bleed, widening and further accentuating the Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Amaterasu (Heavenly Illumination)!" Sasuke yelled, black flames sprouting out of his left eye and burning the roots faster and more efficiently than any other fire jutsu could.
"Amaterasu... One of the ocular jutsus of the Sharingan..." Itachi muttered. "Sakura Haruno, was it?"
"Yeah?" Sakura said questionably.
"I... have a favor I need to... ask... of... you..." Itachi said.
"Ohohohoho! Sasuke-kun appears to have unlocked one of the Mangekyou's abilities!" Zetsu stated cheerfully as he evaded the unquenchable flames.
"Burn!" Sasuke exclaimed, more jets of black flames sprouting from his eye.
"Fufufufufufufufufufufu! I'd love to stay and play some more, but I have a tight schedule to keep up with." Zetsu said, sinking into the ground with a sinister laugh. "I'll also be taking this with me." he finished, popping out of the ground beside Sakura and Itachi, quickly grabbing the latter and pulling him under with him.
"No!" Sasuke yelled, running towards Sakura, but was too late.
"Oooh! A party! Can I join in?!" a new voice called out. Sasuke and Sakura quickly turned to find a strange white creature with a spiral-like face.
"Ah, Guruguru, so nice of you to finally join us. Despite the fact that you're three hours late. Don't tell me you were doing your 'research'." Zetsu stated, the black half gaining a tick mark.
"Ne, so mean Kuro-Zetsu! You know that my burning passion to discover the feeling of pooping outweighs your commands." the creature, now identified as Guruguru, stated.
"What should we do, Sakura-chan?" Sasuke whispered.
"I'll call for help." Sakura replied, pulling out her Scroll and sending a message for help out.
"You two do realize that we can hear you, right? Cause there's no need to whisper." Guruguru called out, causing the two Shinobi to freeze in place.
"Deal with them." Zetsu said, sinking back into the ground with Itachi in tow.
"Itachi!" Sasuke yelled.
"Hai, Kuro-Zetsu!" Guruguru exclaimed, giving a mock salute towards Zetsu before jumping down near Sakura and Sasuke. "Before you two die, would you mind telling me in vivid detail what the feeling of pooping is like?"
"How about no?" Sakura said, charging forward with a chakra enhanced punch at Guruguru, only to have the spiral-like creature catch her fist.
"Oooh! You can do super enhanced punches too?! Not as great as telling me what excretion feels like, but - hey! You wanna see my super punch?" Guruguru said, punching Sakura in the gut and sending her crashing into a tree.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" Sasuke exclaimed, expelling a massive orb of fire from his mouth at Guruguru.
"Wow, that was a close one, don't ya think?" Guruguru questioned, patting down the flames on its right arm.
"Chidori Senbon!" Sasuke yelled, firing off a volley of senbons formed from lightning chakra at the rather annoying creature. Guruguru just continued to dodge the incoming attacks, all the while mocking the young Uchiha.
"Yohoo - Missed me - Gonna have to try harder than that - Ooh, felt some oomph in that one!" Guruguru said. "Ara, ara - wait, that's someone else's catchphrase - you're going to have to try harder than that if you-" the spiral-like creature had to quickly jump out of the way as an explosion tore off the tree branch he was on.
"Oooh! Missed it by that much!" Nora said, all four members of Team JNPR walking into the clearing.
"You rang for help?" Jaune questioned, drawing his sword and giving it a twirl.
"More people to play with! Yaaaaaayyy! Can any of you tell me-" Guruguru started, but froze up when his gaze fell upon Jaune's sword. Everything seemed to move in slow motion, a strange feeling overcoming the white spiral-like creature. "What... What is this... feeling..." it muttered. Seconds later, a splintering sound shook Guruguru out of its trance. It tried to jump up, but was too late, falling to the ground with an audible 'Thud!'.
"I got him!" Pyrrha exclaimed, smoke coming out from the barrel of her weapon.
"Apprehend him!" Sasuke exclaimed, dashing towards Guruguru.
"Please, darling! Leave! Make haste and flee before my will succumbs!"
"I will not, my dear."
"Why! Why doth thou not flee whilst thou still hath the chance to?!"
"Because I love you, and I shalt not leaveth thine side until the very end."
"I can't... can't... GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!"
Various images and, what were presumably, memories, projected themselves onto the clearing in the eyes of Guruguru, then all of a sudden, they stopped, brought back to reality by the approaching forms of Sasuke and Team JNPR.
"That... sword... AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Guruguru exclaimed, gripping his head as a searing pain coursed through his skull. Roots began sprouting out of its back erratically and crushing, slamming, and impaling everything around it. "Don't go! My dear! Don't go!" it yelled, thrashing around as it did so.
"Somebody knock it out!" Pyrrha yelled.
"On it!" Jaune exclaimed dashing forward.
"No, wait!" Pyrrha exclaimed, but was too late. The roots that had sprouted from Guruguru's body had coiled around the clearing, and one of the roots had shot out towards Jaune. The blond leader of Team JNPR turned to see the incoming root, his eyes widening as he tried to avoid his impending doom, but was unable to veer out of the path of the root, falling to the ground after tripping over another one of the roots. "Jaune!" Pyrrha yelled. Jaune closed his eyes, preparing himself for what would most likely be his death.
...
Only, it never came. Jaune quickly opened his eyes, only to find the root that had been rushing at him had stopped an inch before it could impale the blond.
"W-What?" Jaune questioned, standing back up, the root moving in sync with him. He hesitatingly raised up his sword hand to the root, only for the root to shrink back before it could come in contact with the weapon.
"What's going on?" Ren asked, voicing the question on everyone's mind at the moment.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please, my dear! Forgive me!" Guruguru yelled. Jaune quickly took advantage of this new opportunity, dashing towards Guruguru and slamming the butt of his sword on the side of Guruguru's neck, instantly knocking the creature out. The moment Guruguru became unconscious, the roots began to recede back into its body.
"He's K.O.'ed now." Jaune said, Pyrrha quickly coming up and hugging him.
"Why did you do that? You could have died!" Pyrrha exclaimed, crying into Jaune's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I don't know why I did..." Jaune apologized, fully embracing the red haired girl.
"What did happen anyways? The roots looked like they..." Ren started.
"Like they were avoiding him." Sasuke finished, walking into the clearing holding Sakura bridal style. "Look, we can interrogate him later. Right now, Sakura-chan needs medical attention."
"Right." Jaune replied, pulling Guruguru up with the help of Pyrrha.
-Team RHFN Dormroom-
"I'm serious, aren't any of you guys curious about what those explosions were?" Fu asked, having changed into her nightwear.
"I'm sure it was nothing. And if it isn't, we'll just deal with it in the morning." Roshi replied, flopping onto his bed in exhaustion.
"But-" Fu started.
"I'm tired, you're tired, Han's tired, Naruto's exhausted. We'll. Deal. With. It. In. The. Morning." Roshi stated.
"Speaking of which, where is Naruto?" Han asked.
-Beacon Academy Dormroom Rooftop-
Meanwhile, on top of the dorm's roof, Naruto and Ruby were sleeping together, the former having been awoken by the sounds of explosions, and the latter still asleep, her face buried into her boyfriend's neck as she held on to him in her sleep.
"Ruby." Naruto said.
"Mmhhhhhh..." Ruby mumbled, burying her head deeper into Naruto's neck.
"Ruby." Naruto repeated.
"Mmmmmmmmm..." Ruby mumbled a little louder.
"Ruby!" Naruto exclaimed, finally waking the girl up.
"I'm up!" Ruby exclaimed, shooting up and looking around frantically. "What's wrong?"
"Someone's coming!" Naruto said, his eyes narrowing when he saw who it was. "Who are you?"
Chapter End
Post Notes
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DONE! Guess who's back, back again? Shady's - errr, I mean CKS's back! And then the rest of the lyrics!
Cliffhanger! The start of a new arc and new mysteries. Who is it on the roof with Naruto and Ruby? What's happened to Itachi? What's wrong with Guruguru? Why am I asking you these questions? All will be revealed next time on TMH!
As for the new story I promised, don't worry, it's in the making as we speak. I just got back from a weekend in Philadelphia (Philllllllllaaaaaaaaayyy!) so I haven't had that much time to progress with the story. But in a few days time, you'll be able to read the new story!
Anyways, I'll see you guys next time! Read and Review!
-CrimsonKyuubiSage out!
