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"Obsidian! Hey, wait up!" Waterjet says and he slows as he turns his head to look over his shoulder to see the slender beast form of Waterjet come lopping towards him in his awkward gait that likely has to do with the fact that Waterjet only has two short, but powerful limbs.

"You have anything to report, Waterjet?" He asks his fellow Maximal and, oddly enough, subordinate. "Sir... Does sector nine really need you to check it out? Couldn't you send, say, Glidebot or Fourwinds?" Waterjet inquires and he smiles slightly.

"Who did you prank this time, Waterjet?" He asks with a slight smile and in a very amused tone. "Nobody yet... I mean, me, prank on a day like today?" Waterjet says and the reptilian face tries to look innocent.

Pretty amusing to see the puppy-dog look on a face that has three eyes... He muses as they stop walking. "Look, Waterjet. This day affects us all in different ways." He says to Waterjet as he sits down with his tail twitching every so often.

"Take Tusker, he usually heads off to tend to the flower patch that Fleetfoot and Petalstance planted." He says and Waterjet nods, flickering his muscular tail, likely getting impatient.

"I, myself, like to go off on my own for the solar cycle." He says and glances to the west where the horizon is slowly beginning to brighten up.

"Ah, but, who's going to be left in charge without you or Savage around? Remember last stellar cycle when Savage and you headed to check on that energon field to see how that fallen star effected it." Waterjet says, slapping the tip of his tail on the ground. "Ramtron almost slagged Petalstance while Snare and Glidebot's game program triggered a level blue alert."

"We would have left Fleetfoot in charge but he was in the CR chamber because someone used that experimental glue on Fleetfoot's bed the night before." He points out and Waterjet looks slightly ashamed of that. "But Ramtron and Petalstance have been eyeing each other for a rematch!" Waterjet says.

"Savage and I trust that Fleetfoot's more then capable of managing the situation until one of us returns. Just don't aggravate Fourwinds and things will go smoothly." He tells Waterjet as he stands.

"But... but..." Waterjet says and sighs. "If things get heated between you two, just hide in the lake until Savage or I get back." He tells Waterjet.

It didn't really surprise him that instead of returning to base, Waterjet heads for the lake. Was I acted like that when I was... He wonders but couldn't bring himself to finish that thought. Dwelling on that past will only drive me insane. After all, it's not like I can turn back the hands of time to undo that fight...

As he arrives at the boundary line of the sector nine, his sensors begins to notice some kind of energy occurrence that seems to be trying to engulf him. :Sir! There's some kind of energy perk around you!: Ramtron says and it seems that as Tusker begins to radio him, the signal is already beginning to break apart.

His internal sensors suddenly go offline and just before he blacks out, he watches as his surroundings break apart.

- = Sasuke = -

He couldn't help but scowl as nothing happens to the ash covered body at the center of the summoning diagram. None of them move and then, after at least two minutes, something seems to grab ahold of some internal part of him and he soon finds it difficult to breath as he falls to his knees.

He hears the others begin to have the same problem as his vision swims and he begins to shiver as a chill hits him. What feels like an eternity, the chill seems to retreat and the drain on his energy lets up, although he is having trouble from blacking out since the energy hadn't returned. "What the fuck is that?!" He hears one of his subordinates say from the door leading into the room.

He manages to sit up and finally glances at the center of the summoning diagram to find some kind of black large feline with dark purple mane, more like a horse's mane then a lion's, growing from the forehead and thins just before the butt. As the large feline begins to stir, the tail begins to flicker frequently.

He tries to stand but his legs keep giving out and from a quick look around, the rest of the group have the same problem. With a grunt, the feline raises its head and yawns, displaying a wicked set of fangs, before opening its eyes, revealing dark blue eyes. The pointed ears flicker about as the feline shifts its position.

"Ah slag it." A male voice growls as the feline's head turns to stare at him. The feline gets up and begins to test the seal diagram which seems to flash whenever the feline tries to get out of the circle.

A very beastly snarl echos through the room and winces at the sound. The feline stops pacing and before his eyes, everything about the feline moves, shifting until what's standing within the center of the seal diagram is some kind of being made of metal. In the thing's hand is a glowing sword since the edge of the strange sword were the source of the glowing.

"Aarg!" He cries out as he hurries to cover his eyes as the sword makes contact with the chakra that's forcing the thing to remain in the center of the diagram. "It's going to blow!" Somebody shouts from the doorway but he still couldn't find it within him to move out of the way.

Finally, something flings him backwards with a thunderous sound that echos through the room. Within seconds, he finds himself lifted in the air and finds the metal face of the thing they summoned holding with ease. "What am I doing here?" The thing demands.

"... Trying to bring a dead person back." He finally says as he gets slammed into the wall a few times. "Who?" The being demands, he couldn't help but wonder if what they summoned is male since it's got that kind of voice.

"The dobe... *slam* Naruto Uzumaki, the container of the Kyuubi!" He answers and he hears a few metallic thuds. "Crap, now what do we do? It's make of metal, not flesh!" The swordsman of his team declares.

The metal being growls and he can't help but feel a bit relieved as he's not staring into its face. "Keep that up and I'll step on you after I'm done with this one." The metal being states with a hint of a growl.

"What are you?" The female member of his team asks and the being replied, "Maximal."

"Now then, how do I return from where you teleported me?" The self proclaimed Maximal demands as soon as the being once more focuses on him. "I don't know! Ask Madara!" He exclaims and he can't help but loath himself for his fear of this metallic thing that they summoned. A being who's suppose to be a servant, a chained and obedient to their wishes.

"And which one is Madara?" The Maximal snaps but before he could say anything, something hits him between the eyes. As his vision goes, the stranger has dropped him to deal with the assembling minions.

- = Obsidian = -

He mentally sighs as he drops the dying teen to deal with the assembling ninja. He swats the flat of his sword carefully, although it doesn't prevent the group from getting cut from the glowing edge. A few manage to switch out with something else but most try to use a jutsu on him.

Kunai click as they hit his metal body and since his body is made out of better metal, all of them drop to the floor. He tries to be gentle but it seems as if his just too powerful or they were too weak as they try their best to 'kill' him. To be fair... I wouldn't know how to take me down if I confronted myself as Naruto.

But in the end, they either retreated or they died. He ignores the wooden puppet and begins to visit the rest. "Madara?" He asks this girly guy, or masculine woman, he found a bit beyond the wooden puppet.

"Over there." The person says and as he turns, the person moves to cling to him. He turns his head to find some teeth coming out of the palm of the hand biting down on his lower foot. He shakes his head and moves off, dragging the guy along until he finds another Uchiha, he could tell because of the red eyes with those three dots positioned around the irises.

With a little shake of his foot, the blond person with teeth on the palm of their hand is sent flying. He puts the tip of his sword by the elder's head before asking, "How do I return to the place you teleported me out of?"

"... It'll wear off in a month's time." The elder Uchiha says weakly. His scanners show him that the elder's body is failing. "I hope you are right, but then, by then, you'll no longer be among the living." He says as he takes the point of his sword out of the ground.

As he turns away, he returns to his beast mode so he can at leave the room since the doorway wouldn't fit his robot form. Huh... I thought I would have at least felt something with his death...

+ { [Three Weeks Later] } +

Why can't they just leave me a lone? Its not as if their nets can hold me nor their ropes. He thinks as his scanners pick up another party coming to try their luck in capturing him to sell for a handsome price to some rich merchant or circus.

They come with ninja as scouts... He muses as his scanners pick up energy signatures among the humans. I wonder from which village they hired them from...

"Just one more week and then, hopefully, I'll return to my company." He mutters softly to himself as he remains sitting on the cliff. The mountain he's living on gives him a very good view of any incoming parties coming to try their luck in capturing him.

- = Sakura = -

"I don't see why we're here... If this is really a demon, why hasn't it attacked the local villages?" Ino mutters as they keep to their own fire, separate from their clients.

"Doesn't really matter, does it? It's not as if I have anything to look forward too." She says as she stares at the kettle resting on the grill of the fire.

"Oh lighten up, Sakura! You're just sulking because Sasuke is dead and it wasn't by your hand." Ino says and she sends a glare in the blond's direction.

"Naruto's been dead for little over three years, Sakura. Let his rest in peace." Choji says unexpectedly and she glances at the teen before returning to gazing into the fire as an image of Naruto's smile face flares up from her memory.

How can I let him rest? It's my fault for not being strong enough to stop Sasuke or to fight by Naruto's side to bring Sasuke back... She thinks as she recalls the state of Naruto's body.

Some villagers had tried to have a holiday declared and that marked the beginning of Lady Tsunade's true reign as a Hokage as she not only killed those council member who passed that announcement but stripped the council of the powers that the Third had granted it during his second reign.

Within three months, Tsunade not only updated the hospital but also installed a medical program plan to be taught at the ninja academe. At age ten, academe students can choice to attend medical training, which is a much surer way of becoming a ninja then the normal program. It's an aggressive and demanding program but it will grantee that there will be future medic ninja for out going teams sent beyond the village walls.

I would have thought Lady Tsunade would have left the village if it weren't for that day being declared a holiday. She thinks as the kettle boils and she takes the handle of the kettle and pours its contains into the tea pot.

- = Obsidian = -

He watches as a group of riders come thundering up the mountain path, a path he made sure to leave paw prints upon as he hides within a shallow cave that's got bushes before it. He sets his chin onto his paws, waiting for their screams to sound out as they trigger the simple log trap that will drive them back down the trail.

Horses scream and the yells of men ring out through the air but somebody surges up the path. "Choji!" He hears a young woman's voice calls out as something large and registers an energy signature charges pass. "On it!" A young man's voice says.

Choji? He wonders as he raises his head from his paws to try and get a look of who's on the path. He feels his jaws part slightly at the sight of familiar and yet unfamiliar women racing pass. Sakura? Ino?

He began to reconsider his decision to remain on this mountain side now that he's going to be facing off against people he knew while he was Naruto Uzumaki. Particularly if one of those had been somebody he had been crushing on. As he lies there, more and more people pass by his hiding spot.

He waits a good mega-cycle before leaving his hiding spot. He leaps over the trail and lands on the rocks on the other side. He then begins to climb down the side of the rocky slop, carefully trying not to disturb too many rocks. He pauses as a few rocks fall down the side.

A quick glance behind him reveals that those three ninja were trying to follow him. He snorts before continuing to leap and climb down the rocky face. A few kunai hit his side and bounce off his body. He hears Ino curse and then a few kunai hit him on the thigh of his leg once he's landed on the rock.

A bit of a shake later and the kunai dislodge themselves from his thigh. He finds that Sakura and the others were closing in quickly but then, they were likely using chakra to stick to the rock faces as well as to power their leaps. Choji calls out a war cry as he leaps high into the air.

Seconds later Choji is now rolling down hill in his direction. He waits for the last second before ducking as flat as he can on the stone's surface since he guesses, correctly, that they all expect him to try and leap over Choji once he's too close for comfort. As Choji comes out of the ball, the large built teen has difficulties trying to stop his descent.

"That just blows..." Ino growls as he turns to continue his descent before the pink haired teen and blond teen continue to pursue him. "I'll check on Choji." Ino says.

Sakura continues to try and slow him down using kunai but they just continue to bounce harmlessly off of his metal skin under his artificial black coat. He doesn't glance backwards since Sakura is close enough for his sensors and scanners to pick up her location. He manages to dodge out of the way of Sakura's attempts to land on his back.

"Damn it!" Sakura curses and he snorts as he slides down the last few miles of rock face. "What the hell are you?!" Sakura snarls as she tries to mimic his success with the rock face.

He leaps gracefully onto the grass and turns to watch Sakura land on her butt as she trips on a large stone. "Not what you think I am." He answers and she seems to freeze as she gives him a very startled look.

"You're tactics would have done well if I were what I appear to be, a primal beast. Now then, since I seem to worn out my welcome around this area, I think I'll try for a new area in which to wait out the remainder of this week." He informs Sakura as she sits there, gasping at him.

"If the one called Madara spoke truly then I shall return back from whence I was teleported from, leaving this world behind." He says before adding, "So, please, stop chasing me, I might find myself forced to truly defend myself, and I highly doubt you and your comrades will live through that experience."

Leaving her there, he heads in a western direction away from the mountain. He'll wait a solar cycle before heading south as well as continuing to travel in a western direction.

- = Sakura = -

She couldn't find her voice nor really control her thoughts as the beast they had been chasing not only proved to be intelligent but kind of peaceful. We should have realized it... he wasn't a demon from the moment we sighted him. After all, demons always radiate killing intent and he wasn't.

Must be a type of summon. She finally decides as Ino and Choji arrive. "Sakura? You alright?" Choji asks, shaking her out of her thoughts.

"That wasn't a demon..." She finally says as she finds her voice. "... Looked like a demon..." Ino admits.

"It... he spoke. Told me he'll be gone by the end of the week. I think he's actually a type of summon." She explains as she accepts Choji's help to stand.

"And you believe that?" Ino asks with her arms crossed. "Well... yea. After all, our spy did mention that something went wrong when the Akatsuki tried to resurrect Naruto. That they summoned some kind of metal being that first appeared in the form of a large lion like beast." She admits now that she's made a few mental connections.

"You mean that thing is actually made of metal?" Choji asks her and she blinks before frowning as she tries to figure out if the beast was or wasn't. "We could always go retrieve those kunai to see... After all, they kept bouncing off of him." She suggests.

- = Obsidian = -

"You're back, you're really back!" Waterjet cries out as soon as he arrives within the clearing of the base entrance. "Glad to see you're still online, sir." Savage says as most of the Maximals rash pass to come welcome him back.

He notices that pretty much all of the Maximals are here, which include those that prefer to range far from base. In total, forty some Maximals were ranged around him, all chattering excitedly about the fact that's he's back. Home sweet home.

The End