EXT-Street-Day
(In the middle of the sidewalk, a furious Sakura is walking her way to Barret's Clubhouse with Tails flying right by her with his...tails.)
(We get a short flashback of Naruto's clone at the diner seated in front of Tails on the table, as he poofs away about 3 seconds afterward, which finally gets Sakura's attention away from the pinball machine when she whips her head in the background.)
(The clone poofed away due to Ibuki yanking Naruto's face to the ground from the last chapter.)
Sakura: (Angry) I can't believe he ditched us!
Sakura: Just wait until I get down there, the rematch is so on!
Tails: He is the impatient type from what I gathered.
Sakura: Yeah, well me too, he could've at least snuck me out with him.
Tails: (Wry) (So basically what she's saying is she would've left me too?)
Meanwhile…
INT-Barret's Office-Day
(Inside Barret's office, it looks pretty fancy, yet militaristic with camo colors on the walls, old school guns on the walls for decoration, and a family photo of Barret and the party of Final Fantasy 7 at the Golden Saucer.)
(Drake is seated in front of the desk drinking a glass of ginger ale.)
(Barret standing up taking in a nice view from his window outside.)
Drake: Thanks for the ale, I don't have a weak stomach, but the rhino almost made me puke.
Barret: Sorry for not notifying my new guards, they came in at the last minute when I needed more men.
Drake: For what, exactly, you didn't get caught up in the middle of a war, have you?
Barrett: Heh, of course not, I've been trying to avoid that type of heat as much as possible nowadays.
Barrett: It's just that we've been having issues with some robots lately.
(Barret walks over to the desk and tosses a couple of photos to Drake.)
Barret: This town was full of machines meant to serve the public, but one of them went rogue, a battle bot meant to protect.
(Drake sorts through the photos, showing a bulky robot that looks to be friendly wreaking havoc.)
Drake: Jesus…Was there no way to shut this thing off?
Barret: From what I heard, they did and locked it away, but later it somehow got loose and developed a mind of its own.
Barret: That's mainly why hired the Chaotix, they're experts at robot slaying and they've dealt with corrupted machines like this before.
Barret: They informed me that it was the work of Henry Ivo Robotik, AKA .
(Barret tosses a photo of Eggman.)
Drake: Huh, the years haven't done poor Humpty Dumpty any favors.
(Barret chuckles)
Barret: Now regarding the fact why you're here, I'm telling you this because it pertains to your little supply problem.
(Drake isn't too surprised, making a sarcastic smirk.)
Drake: (Smirks) Yeah, I figured... (Sips drink.)
Drake: OK, hit me with the bad news.
Meanwhile…
INT-GARDEN-Day
(The area is full of awkwardness with Naruto seated on a wooden park bench while the Chaotix are standing around staring at him.)
Charmy- seating by Vector on the grass
Espio- Standing with his back leaned against a tree.
Ibuki-standing a couple of steps from Naruto, guarding the back door with her hands behind her back.
Naruto: So… uh, what village are you guys from?
(Ibuki is at first reluctant to say, but remembers that she can trust him now.)
Ibuki: I'm...I'm from the Shinobi Village hidden in the mountains.
Espio: ...
Naruto: Oh, never heard of it.
Ibuki: Well it's a "hidden" village for a reason.
Ibuki: What about you, do all ninja dress like that where you're from?
Naruto: No, these are just clothes I'm borrowing, my main jumpsuit got totaled from a fight I had a few days ago.
Ibuki: (Shocked) Jumpsuit!?
Ibuki: (Confused) Are you sure you're a ninja?
(Naruto is quite offended.)
Naruto: Of course I'm ninja, hidden in the leaf!
Naruto: And you should talk, are you supposed to be a ninja with those baggy sacks you're wearing?
Naruto: And where's your sandals, doesn't it hurt walking on the ground barefoot like that?
(Now Ibuki is offended.)
Ibuki: Ugh, I'll have you know this is the best type of clothing made for stealth AND combat!
Charmy: (Wry) Guys…
Vector: Nah, let em' argue, it's getting entertaining…
Naruto: Well, it didn't work when I had you beat in both those categories.
(Now furious, Ibuki pulls out 6 kunai.)
Ibuki: (Angered) Are you asking for a rematch!?
Naruto: (Frantic) Just kidding-just kidding, ya' know!?
Espio: Ibuki, calm down!
Espio: And you, read the atmosphere before you speak, no one's in a mood for wisecracks.
(Naruto & Ibuki glance at each other, sharing pouty looks and look away.)
Naruto: Just trying to lighten the mood, ya know? (Puts hands behind back)
(Naruto looks back at Espio then Charmy and Vector, checking out their character designs and notices something quite similar about them.)
Naruto: Hey, are you guys from Morbius?
(Espio, Vector, and Charmy are surprised by Naruto's question.)
Charmy: You mean "Mobius"?
Vector: Ye-yeah, originally...How'd you know you that?
Charmy: (Whispers) He does sorta look like a fox, he must be half-human, half-Mobian.
(Vector swats Charmy away.)
Vector: Gross.
Naruto: I'm a friend of a fox that's from there, you guys look sorta like him.
Vector: Wait, are-are talking about Ta-
Sakura: (Off-Screen) HADOUKEN!
(Out of the blue, Vector and Charmy are sent flying in midair after the wall they were sitting behind explodes into chunks of debris flying everywhere.)
(Ibuki, Naruto, and Ibuki take cover, then get into battle positions.)
(Charmy and Vector land hard on the ground.)
(The dazed Vector slowly sits up with cartoony dollar signs circling up the top of his head.)
Vector: (Woozy) Doesn't anyone know to use the dang front door!?
(As the smoke clears up, Sakura rolls through and strikes a bending battle pose.)
Naruto: (Dumbfounded) Sakura...
Ibuki: (Shocked) Sakura!?
(Sakura finally looks up with a surprised look.)
Sakura: (Surprised) Ibuki!?
Tails: (Offscreen) Espio!
(Espio looks up and spots Tails hovering down.)
Espio: (Confused) Tails!?
Vector & Charmy: Tails!
Tails: Vector!
Marlene: MARLENE!
(Barret's 6-year-old daughter pops up out of nowhere.)
*Awkard Silence*
(Though everyone is silent, Marlene just stands there in front them smiling.)
Marlene: (Nonchalant) Daddy, we have more guests in the garden!
To Be Continued...
Deleted Scene:
Tails: Vector!
Naruto: SASUKE!
*Awkard Silence*
Naruto: (Embarrassed) Sorry...had some bad flashbacks.
Note: I'm heavy on the comedy when it comes to this fanfic, but it just didn't fit in well to me.