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Chapter 86: Battle on Bridge!
(Land of Waves- The Great Naruto Bridge)
A pre-teen boy with spiky, black hair was leading some of his friends in their attempt to escape from Coola's men, who were chasing them for refusing to comply with their orders. The boy was wearing a grey, sleeveless shirt with work pants and from his shoulder hung a crossbow. He was several feet ahead of his friends as they ran.
Coola's men no longer had any intention of taking a prisoner as they chased the pre-teen boy and his group of friends. The intent to kill was reflected in the look of their eyes as they did so.
Needing to stop the group now, one of Coola's men took aim and fired a blast at the pre-teens, shouting, "You brats!" The blast hurdled past the group, only to strike beneath the feet of the henchman's true target, which was the boy leading his friends. The blast was not strong enough to kill, but it do damage as it knocked the boy off his feet while kicking up a cloud of dust.
Seeing their friend being blasted startled the other pre-teens as they skidded to a stop. One of the older boys with brown hair cried out, "Inari!"
Inari had already propped himself up as he grit his teeth from the stinging pain he felt from the blast. "I-it's okay…I'm alright," said the pre-teen as he slowly rose to his feet and began to glare with a tear-filled face at the henchman responsible for firing the blast. Damn it! Why are they so strong? It's not fair, and now because of them…Mom…and Grandpa are…
With his anger growing, Inari reached for his pre-strung crossbow and aimed it at the evil henchman.
"Hey! Inari! What're you doing? You can't fight them like that!" one of his friends yelled.
Inari snarled back at his concerned friend, "Shut up! T-They…" as more tears trickled down from Inari's eyes. "T-They…" he sniffed, "They killed my Grandpa and Mom!"
"What're you saying?! Put your crossbow down, and run away!" said his friend who, along with the other pre-teens, understood Inari's anger at losing his parents, but failed to comprehend the boy's resolve.
Inari scoffed, "Run away? Me? No way! Naruto-san taught me the most value lesson…" His friends raised their eyebrows in confusion; none of them ever knew Naruto personally like Inari did. "Never give up! I will not stand by as our homes are destroyed…Ever since Naruto-niisan defeated Zabuza and Haku… Even Gato… I trained myself harder enough to be strong so I can defend this town! It's not just him, either. My dad, grandpa and mom all died to protect us and the village. I am not going to let their sacrifice go to waste…" His friends widened their eyes in shock as the boy paused in the middle of his speech.
Inari glanced over his shoulder at his flabbergasted friends. "Don't you understand? If you don't…then I don't care if you abandon me or not! I'm going to defend this town with or without you!" Once done chewing out his friends, the boy turned back and faced his opponents once more.
Inari's friends did not understand him, and they exchanged quick glances with each other and nodded, coming to the silent conclusion that they were going to run.
Inari could hear his friends had turned to run as he thought to himself, it figures that they'd run. It's all up to me now… He continued to glare at the bug-eyed humanoid.
The alien henchman laughed, "All of your little friends abandoned you! HA! Oh, and you want to kill me with that pathetic cross-bow? PATHETIC! It won't do you any good against the likes of me, but if you insist…Go ahead…TRY ME!"
Inari had enough with the mouthy alien as he pulled the trigger, releasing the bolt to fly straight towards the middle of the henchman's forehead. The bolt whizzed through the air with a hiss as Inari smirked, thinking he had done it. The bolt was just about to hit its target when the alien's right had shot up in a blur, catching the bolt with inches to spare, as Inari's eyes widened at the display.
"Heh…" chuckled the alien as he snapped the wooden bolt in two, "I told you, amateur."
"W-what?!" choked out the astonished pre-teen. T-that's impossible…! He shouldn't have been able to catch the bolt like that…Why do these guys have to be so strong…? The boy trembled a little bit, which did not go unnoticed by the henchman.
"Heh-heh…I see you finally understand how overmatched you are…At least you should know the name of the person who'll kill you…" said the alien as he pointed his own thumb up to his face with an evil grin, "The name's Grape…and it's too bad you didn't get to say goodbye to your friends…Allow me to do that for you!"
Aiming his hand at the group of Inari's friends, who were now a decent ways off, the alien fired a red Ki blast at the fleeing pre-teens. "NOW WATCH AS YOUR FRIENDS DIE!"
"NO!" screamed Inari as he turned, only to watch in horror as the red blast hit his friends directly, creating a large explosion that forced the raven-haired pre-teen to shield his eyes from the light and debris of the blast. Once the blast had subsided, the boy looked up to find a good portion of the bridge obliterated, along with his friends. No…m-my friends…
Inari, filled with the pain of losing his friends, was unable to keep himself together as he fell to his knees and pounded the ground with his fists. "DAMN IT!" He was breaking down and it caused him to lose hope as Coola's men all began to chuckle at the boy.
Grape took pride in knowing he had stripped the boy of his will to fight, and it showed thanks to the smug look on his bug-eyed face. "Where was that fight you had a moment ago…?" said the henchman in a mocking and sarcastic tone, "Did they really mean that much to you? They abandoned you and they were trash!"
Grape had unknowingly snapped Inari out of his spiraling breakdown long enough for the boy to glare at the alien with angry, tear-filled eyes. The henchman saw this and saw there was still a little more demeaning to be done, "You are weak! Your whole race is a sad excuse of a species…You never stood a chance!"
That did it as the boy lowered his head, silently accepting defeat. I-I tried, b-but they're just too strong! What good is never giving up if I am too weak to begin with? Naruto-niisan…I'm sorry, but I tried.
Grape chuckled menacingly for a few moments. "I guess it's time my friends and I finished you off…" said the alien as he gestured to the rest of Coola's men behind him.
The other henchmen chuckled as they closed in around the boy before Grape began charging a blast similar to the one he used to kill the pre-teen's friends. "Go ahead and cry for help if you want to…That "superhero" you keep talking about won't be here to save you…So, just GO AHEAD AND DIE!"
The bug-eyed humanoid fired another red blast towards the boy, who had lifted his head to see it coming. This is it…I'm coming, Mom, Grandpa…Dad. With that thought the boy's eyes closed, just waiting for everything to go dark and for him to be dead.
Just as the blast was about to hit the pre-teen, something, in an almost invisible blur, deflected the blast out into the water, where it detonated, sending a large amount of water into the sky and creating several large waves.
Grape stared at the results of the explosion in shock and confusion. "W-what? H-how?" The alien then turned back to see what had knocked his blast away from his intended target, and was stunned at what he saw.
Am I dead? Inari thought as he opened an eye to see the boy standing in front of him. He could see that the black-haired boy was at least three years younger than he was, and that he was absolutely livid the boy glared at Grape, who seemed to finally get over his initial shock.
"Who do you think you are, little boy? No one as young as you should be able to deflect on of my blasts," said Grape as he pointed a finger at the boy. "At least not an Elementian child…So I ask again! Who are you, and where are you from?"
Inari was speechless after hearing the henchman's words, as he gawked at the younger boy in front of him. T-this kid saved me! N-no way!
Then the boy turned enough to look at him through the corner of his eye and asked, "Are you alright?"
Realizing he had been staring, Inari chuckled nervously a second before answering, "Y-yeah…thanks to you, kid."
"Gohan!" Both Inari's and the younger boy's heads shot up after hearing the voice call out for what Inari assumed was the boy in front of him.
Inari had to search a moment before seeing a short bald man flying towards them. He watched as the man landed before running up to Gohan and asking, "Is everything all right?"
Inari at first thought that the bald midget was referring to him, and nodded, still in disbelief at the recent turn of events.
"Yeah, Kuririn-san…" said Gohan as he kept his glare on Grape, "I managed to deflect the bug-eyed guy's blast from hitting the guy behind me. I barely made it too…" The half-Saiyan grit his teeth and balled up his fists before continuing, "He was going to be dead if I didn't…"
Inari gulped realizing how close he had actually been to being obliterated.
Kuririn sighed with relief, and chuckled, "Thank goodness you did manage to deflect it. For a second there, I thought I was going to have to tell your parents some horrible news…" Chi-Chi would literally kill me… He glanced over his shoulder at Inari, and grinned.
"Hi there," Said the bald midget as he waved to Inari who just had a bewildered look on his face. "Don't worry, we'll take care of those guys up there. Just give us some room to fight, okay?"
Inari thought about saying that Grape was just too tough, but the confidence in Kuririn's grin did enough to make him have at least a little faith. "O-okay…" Inari just barely managed to choke out before getting to his feet to move.
Just as Inari was about to turn around and move back a little bit, everyone heard what sounded like a woman's voice coming from behind them on the bridge. "Huh?"
"Gohan-kun! Kuririn!" The other voice cried as Inari turned to look behind him, spotting a blue-haired woman who ran towards them. She had to run for another second or two before she got there, but when she did, the blue-haired woman put her hands on her knees and panted heavily. "Y-you guys…never… wait up…for me," she manged to squeeze out between quick shallow breaths.
Kuririn lowered his head and kicked the dirt, "I know…But Bulma, we needed to hurry and save this kid here."
Bulma looked towards Inari with an eyebrow raised in a questioning manner before turning back to Kuririn. "Hmph…fine!" she said as she crossed her arms, "Just don't leave me alone like you all did back on Namek!" She shuddered at the memories of being alone and nearly eaten by local wildlife, something she did not care to repeat anytime soon.
"Did you say Namek?" asked Grape as he got their attention as they turned back to face him. "I see, so that's who you are…"
"EWWWWWW!" shrieked Bulma as she became freaked out by the bug-eyed humanoid's appearance. "What's up with its eyes? They make it look like a nasty bug!" She took her eyes off his face and saw the armor and realized/stated, "Hey…T-that's one of Coola's men." Gohan and Kuririn sighed, having already come to that conclusion themselves.
Grape ignored her remark as he crossed his arms and smirked before he continued on with his assumption, "You two must have been part of the group that defeated Freeza back on Namek… I can see now where you get your looks, boy. I can't believe I didn't pick up on the Saiyan in you. I guess it was because of your human DNA masking it a little. So, you've come to help save your friend's planet have you!?"
Gohan snarled back at the evil, bug-like humanoid, "Get off of my friend's planet now!" The air swirled around the young half-Saiyan as he displayed some of his power to Grape.
Grape scoffed, "Who's your friend? Maybe I can help you find him if we didn't kill him already." The alien unleashed a twisted evil laugh as he finished.
Gohan clenched his fists tightly, and growled, "Shut up! You all just leave Naruto-san's planet alone!"
Inari's eyes widened as Gohan's words hit him. N-Naruto-niisan!? How does this kid know him?
"Sorry, we can't do that…Coola-Sama wants revenge for his brother's demise…I aim to help him see that through!" The alien signaled the rest of Coola's men behind him to prepare them to begin fighting by lifting up his right hand. "Men…Finish them! Don't leave anything left of them to find!"
With that, Grape lowered his hand, and all of his comrades jumped towards Gohan, Kuririn, Bulma, and Inari.
"Here they come!" shouted Kuririn, stating the obvious as he and Gohan dropped down into their defensive stances.
(Land of Earth- With Coola and others)
As soon as the large village appeared in front of Coola and his men, Paradox could not help but assume that it was Iwakagure. With his assumption made, he began to dance and tiptoe around Fye, who did his best to keep his cohort from annoying him.
"Oh yeah," declared Paradox as he kept up his boisterous display, "We're early, we're early!" Turning to face Fye, he began to tease the man, "You were so…W-R-O-N-G!" The alien then turned and skipped across the ground, twirling every once in a while as he danced to his own musings. "YEEEAAAAH! I WON! La-La-la-la-la!"
Unable to take his comrade's celebration any longer, Fye scowled at Paradox, "Shut up! I know I'm early!" The other henchman stopped his skipping and turned to face Fye with a smug grin plastered on his face. "Hn…" grunted the scientist as he recalled an earlier thought, " If I recall correctly…You predicted that it would take about three days for our arrival from Kumogakure…correct…?"
Paradox jogged back to fall back into his comrade's walking pace. As he positioned himself near Fye's side, he put his hands behind his head and shrugged. "I guess so…what of it?"
"You haven't realized that you're wrong too? You're late according to your calculations," reminded Fye as he raised his index finger like he was pointing something out as Paradox looked at him with a clueless look on his face. "Well, it has been more than three days. In fact, it is the fifth day since we left Kumo…"
Fye's reminder managed to burst Paradox's ego as he became flustered for a brief moment, before collecting himself enough to make a comeback.
"Is that so…?" said Paradox before he gave a slight shrug and continued, "Eh…Doesn't matter…It's close enough to three days, so it counts…"
"No it doesn't count, dumbass," claimed Fye as he fanned the flames of their dispute once again, "Late is late and early is early…early wins. Late always loses, no matter how close it is!"
"Aw, c'mon! It's not fair!" Paradox pointed at Fye angrily. "Haven't you ever heard the famous quote, 'Better late than never!'? I doubt that there's any such quote for 'Better to be early than be late!' Who would honestly say that!?"
Fye shouted back angrily at his cohort, "THERE IS A SAYING LIKE THAT! I quoted it too!"
"Both of your quotes are invalid..." Fye and Paradox stopped fighting and glared over their shoulder at Guure, who continued "It's better to be on time. Time is lost when you're late and it is wasted with being early. I hate it when time is lost or wasted. I hate waiting…I hate long battles. All of those put together are only some of the reasons why I can't stand either of you..." said Guure bluntly while he crossed his arms and stared down with disgust towards his comrades.
Fye and Paradox seemed to be on the same page as they shouted back in unison, "SHUT UP, YOU BITCH CUNT!"
"Move aside," Guure demanded while staring past the two as if they weren't there, "You are holding everyone up..."
"Huh?" Fye and Paradox were confused at Guure's command. They had not noticed that they had stopped walking during their squabble and were now holding up Coola and his other men. They both became a little embarrassed at their denseness as annoyed and impatient faces glared back at them.
"We're here," said Coola, interrupting the duo's shared moment of shame. Fye and Paradox looked at him in confusion as their leader continued, "We arrived here about five minutes ago…"
Fye and Paradox turned around after Coola's words and saw the gate to the village tower above them. Whoops… was their shared thought. Both of their gazes descended down to the ground, where they saw a small hovering old man accompanied by two guards, one a large and rotund man, the other a petite raven-haired girl. All three sweat dropped at their opponents in unison.
"Now that you two idiots have finished sightseeing, would you please move out of the way…?" asked Guure with a mixture of politeness and rudeness. Paradox and Fye muttered something about Guure being a frog bastard while glaring daggers at the man, and shifted aside to allow Guure to walk through and face the old man and his guards.
Old man put his hand on his back, and cried out as his face contorted with apparent pain, "Ow, ow, ow! My back! It hurts!"
The guy was a very short, old man with a triangular beard and a mustache that had angular corners, a big red nose, and thick eyebrows. The old man was balding as evidenced by the top of his head being bald, while also having long white hair on the sides and back of his head styled in a traditional chomage hair cut tied in place with a yellow ribbon using a topknot. He wore a green a yellow coat with a red collar, while underneath he wore the traditional Iwagakure outfit consistent of a light green version of Iwagakure's flak jacket and mesh armor. He also had both his sleeves of his shirt, but kept the single lapel on his right side while he wore sandals on his feet as well.
The Raven-haired girl rolled her eyes and sighed, "This is not the time for that, Grandpa! We need to deal with these outsiders trying to enter our village!" She then shifted her face into a slightly mischievous grin as she continued, "Aside from that, you should be retired as Tsuchikage and let someone young like me be in charge!"
The raven-haired girl had black eyes to match her hair, which was cut short. She wore the red Iwagakure uniform, only it was missing her right sleeve, and it had a lapel over her right leg. In addition, she also wore the brown flak jacket typical of Iwa shinobi, fishnet tights with a skirt overtop them, as well as a pair of gloves and sandals. Of course, on her forehead was her Iwakagure hitai'ate.
Guure could have sworn that he just heard the girl utter the word 'Tsuchikage' "Hmph," he muttered, "I guess that old man must be him…" With his assumption confirmed, the frog-like man began walking over to the shinobi.
"Onoki-sama! He's coming!" said the big guy as he got into a defensive stance while Gurre walked closer to the Iwa trio.
The big guy was a large and somewhat imposing man with dark eyes and black hair that spiked out at the back from underneath his forehead protector which he wore like a bandanna. He also had large cheeks and a plump nose which gave him an overall look of constant joviality. He wore the red Iwagakure uniform which had both its sleeves, underneath his flak jacket in addition to a yellow scarf around his neck.
Ignoring the large man's comment, Onoki choose instead to make a comeback to his granddaughter's comment, "I'm still not too old to be outdone by you young ones…Tch…ah, that's better," he said while cracking his back and resetting it back into place, rubbing it a little even after he did so. "Now I can focus on the issue at hand…" The floating old man turned to face Guure, who continued to walk towards them.
"I'm sorry, but your visit will have to wait…" said Onoki, addressing Guure as well as Coola and his other men, "We were on our way out of Iwagakure to a meeting when we stumbled into you. I'm afraid that also, while I'm gone, you cannot enter the village. It's one of our rules for the village's protection. So unless it's urgent, I'm afraid you'll have to leave."
Guure sighed as he stopped about a dozen feet in front of the old man, "That's fine. It won't take long at all. My master, Coola-sama, put me in charge of asking you one simple question, and since you're already here, I'm going to ask you that question." He was polite, yet had a dark undertone to his voice as he said do.
Onoki looked at the frog-like man first and then Coola and his other men with suspicion. Hmm…There's something odd about these people… "What do you want to ask?" He mentally prepared to defend himself as he finished the question, uneasiness caused by the strange group in front of him putting him on edge. Sweat dripped down his temple as the tense situation was unfolding.
Guure smiled innocently as he responded to the Tsuchikage, "Okay…I simply ask that you tell us what you know of Uzumaki Naruto's whereabouts."
"Uzumaki Naruto?" wondered Onoki. The old man had never heard of him before this moment. Once again facing Guure, he responded, "I'm afraid that I do not know the one you are after sorry…" The old man clenched his teeth, knowing intuitively that they would not settle for that.
"Well…We are incline to believe that you do know where the brat is, which leads me to give you your options…" said Guure as he spread his arms in an open and non-threatening gesture, "Option A: you tell us where he is and no harm will come to any of you or your village, or…" The frog-like being put on a very serious face as he continued while curling his hands into fists, holding them up threateningly, "Option B: You don't tell us, and I kill you, but not before I make you watch as your village is destroyed…" he concluded with an smirk.
(The Great Naruto Bridge- Gohan and Kuririn vs Grape)
The large group of Grape's comrades dashed towards Gohan and Kuririn, who were concentrating hard to stay on their defense as timing their offensive strikes carefully with so many enemies. The first thing one of the henchman did was swing his sword down at Gohan, but the half-Saiyan sidestepped, dodging the sword to immediately follow with a roundhouse kick in the goon's face, knocking him to the ground, unconscious. As soon as Grape's goon passed out, his sword flew out of his hand, straight at the wide-eyed Inari, frozen in shock.
"Watch out!" cried Bulma as she tackled the pre-teen to the ground as the sword flew past them, dust billowing as they slid a foot or two. The blue-haired woman sighed with relief as she glanced down at the stunned pre-teen boy. "Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah..."replied Inari, still a little shaken from her tackling him, "I'm okay…"
Gohan and Kuririn continued to fight, knocking out Grape's goons with ease. They were apparently no match for the Earthling and the Half-Saiyan boy.
Gohan was still enraged, as he suddenly emitted an explosive aura around him, killing all of the enemies around him, almost harming Kuririn in his rage as well, who jumped back and covered his eyes to protect himself.
The half-Saiyan boy glared at Grape, as he was extremely pissed off at how they could threaten the innocent pre-teen boy. It was Freeza and Namek all over again! Something that Gohan did not want to ever witness again, but was forced to here, by none other than the men of the villain's brother. It figures that they're brothers! As far as I'm concerned, they are no different from each other. Killing innocent people like this is…UNFORGIVABLE…!" the boy thought as he continued his burning glare at the bug-eyed creature still in front of him.
Grape crossed his arms and smirked as he said, "I must say that I'm a little impressed by your performance. I honestly didn't expect you and the bald one to defeat all of my friends…" Gohan snarled at Grape, his anger only growing at the alien's snarky comment.
Kuririn eyes widened as he seemed to come upon a recent realization about something. "Gohan…!" the bald midget called to the boy, wanting to focus the young boy's rage and end things quickly. "If his friends are any indication, he mustn't be that strong…We could probably even take him out in one hit! Let's finish it here!"
Gohan nodded. "R-Right! Let's do it…!" shouted the boy as he and Kuririn simultaneously charged towards Grape in a full-frontal assault, having silently agreed to attack the bug-eyed alien in this manner, having trained and fought together for so long.
However, as they closed the distance between them, Grape put an evil smirk on his face as he shouted, "Fools!" While shouting, the bug-eyed alien extended his hand, and a swarm of flying bugs appeared in front of the henchman, shielding him from their combined attack.
Caught off guard, Gohan and Kuririn barely managed to stop just inches from the mass of bugs.
"What the!?" shouted Kuririn as the many bugs began to glow brightly shortly before exploding right in the two heroes' faces.
BOOM! The blast forced Bulma and Inari to shield their eyes as the bright light and dusty wind threatened to blind the two. The blue-haired woman cried out from under her arm, "Gohan-kun! Kuririn!" The often self-minded woman began having horrible flashbacks of Namek again. "DON'T LEAVE ME!"
She failed to notice that Gohan and Kuririn were thrown down onto the ground by the blast, cringing a bit in pain but otherwise fine. The duo lifted their heads up, and stared in shock as many more bugs formed yet another swarm in front of their eyes.
In unison, they widened their eyes and shouted, "What?!"
Grape chuckled at their surprised faces as he mocked them, "Hehe! You two must really be idiots if you thought I was that weak and still led that group without some kind of trick up my sleeve! I can't believe how stupid you both are! HA! Now you understand that Coola's henchmen should not be underestimated like many of Freeza's weak underlings. I along with several others, were handpicked by Coola-Sama himself for our abilities …" Grape paused briefly before continuing, "You see…Coola-sama makes sure that we have enough power so he that he never has to get his hands dirty with garbage like you! I, on the other hand, WILL GLADLY EAT GARBAGE LIKE YOU FOR LUNCH!"
Kuririn got up on his feet as he stared back at the bug-eyed alien, reassessing the situation. "Gohan…" said the bald midget as he kept his eyes on Grape, "This guy is going to be tricky… Freeza's henchmen were not usually this clever…right?"
Gohan managed to get up on his feet as well, nodding in agreement with his bald friend. "Yeah, Freeza's henchmen were usually only either strong, fast or both. The only ones that had special powers if I remember correctly were Captain Ginyu and Ghurd from the Ginyu Force…"
Kuririn furrowed his brow in thought until his expression brightened a bit as he appeared to remember something important, "They did have their abilities, but there was always a weakness to the ability, like Ghurd having to hold his breath in order to freeze time, and having to adjust to new body with Ginyu's technique! We just have to find this technique's weakness as well…"
Gohan smirked, "Yeah, you're right Kuririn-san…Let's find that weakness!"
Grape broke up their conversation as he flung his head back and laughed before snapping his gaze back to the two warriors. "Fools! You dumbasses don't even know the specialty of my power," declared the bug-eyed alien, "There's a lot more to it than you might think," he hinted with a prideful tone to his voice.
Gohan and Kuririn raised their eyebrows, completely baffled. They couldn't believe they had underestimated this guy so much, and now he claimed to have even more tricks up his sleeve. Why did I actually have to think that this guy was going to be easy…? Thought Kuririn, as the alien began to elaborate on the difference between Freeza's and Coola's underlings.
"Like I said before, we, underlings as you called it, are quite different from that of Freeza's," Grape began as he used his hand to gesture during his 'lecture', "As you said so yourself, only a couple of them had special abilities like me, while the rest were utterly worthless pieces of trash! Even Ginyu's and Ghurd's powers weren't unique enough to be wanted by Coola-Sama! Like I said, he has high standards after all…"
"H-he rejected Ghurd and Ginyu…" mumbled Kuririn and Gohan as they remembered how tough and tricky those two had actually been for them specifically, "N-no way…"
"However, as for us," Grape continued as he failed to make out their mumbling and regained their attention, "Coola-sama only chooses those with a special or unique kind of ability to serve under him." The bug-eyed alien paused as he seemed to rethink something, "Well, I should say that not all of us have special powers. That was obvious based on the difference between me and my men. You see, only those with special powers are appointed the leader of a unit of Cooler's henchmen. I am the leader of one of nine groups that Coola-sama divided his henchmen into. All nine of us are considered to be Coola's elite, each of us with our own unique ability."
The wordy alien henchman barely paused enough to breath as he kept going, "For example, I'll begin with Coola-sama's three most trusted henchmen. Paradox has a very useful ability, as he can rewind time to fix any mistake during a fight! He is an adept Ki user as well. Next is Guure, who uses many different explosive techniques to fight, which is his ability. After him is Fye, though no one except Coola-sama has seen his ability, if he even has one. All we know is that he's an intelligent scientist and an Elementian to boot! It's thanks to that guy that we're able to find our way across this planet!" He smirked as the information sunk in for Kuririn and Gohan.
Gohan and Kuririn were angry to learn that one of the Elementian's own was betraying them. They couldn't wait to help their friends get their hands on that scumbag.
"Apart from Coola-sama's personal favorites, " continued Grape as the group was beginning to believe the bug-eyed alien just loved to hear himself talk, "Jin is our only swordsman, but he's indeed gifted with his brain and very few can rival his skill in swordsmanship, since he infuse his Ki into his sword to unleash powerful attacks. The guy calculates every last move of one of his fights before a single move is even made by either side. I can't say for sure that it's 100%, but I think Jin's predictions are correct 99% of the time, making him extremely lethal."
"Kokoro has the power to kill his opponent by piercing their heart with his heart attack technique while Hebimaru is an immortal, but only as long as one of his vital organs remains intact, for he can come back to life and regenerate around that vital organ!"
Kuririn and Gohan were still baffled about what Grape was telling them, almost as if they should already know who they are as well, since the alien gave no physical description of his comrades to go along with their abilities. Regardless, Kuririn and Gohan still kept paying attention as the talkative henchman kept giving them precious Intel about Coola and his other men. Kuririn thought to himself, Well that saves us the trouble of finding out when it's too late!
Suddenly, the duo realized that they were now surrounded by many spiders crawling and jumping towards them from the ground. They had been too focused on what Grape was saying to have noticed the creeping spiders the alien had released earlier now approaching. They began to blast at the spiders, trying their best to keep them away.
Despite Gohan and Kuririn destroying multiple spiders, Grape ignored them as he seemed to be on his own separate wavelength while he looked up at the sky. "Speaking of Hebimaru, he's crazy as hell. Five days ago, that crazy bastard had tried to destroy the freaking planet. No one is capable of killing that immortal bastard, so he's reckless and just doesn't care how he wins. I'd bet Coola-sama ordered his top henchmen to annihilate the psycho completely."
"Masenko-Ha!" shouted Gohan as he fired a yellow Ki blast from his hands at the spider horde.
"Kamehameha!" shouted Kuririn as he did the same. Their blasts were killing many of the spiders, but for every one of the spiders they killed, there was always another to take its place. The duo panted heavily as they fought off the spiders while Grape was really only talking to himself at that point, not even looking at the two as he did so.
"Except Paradox, Guure, and Fye, all of the henchmen leaders that I mentioned are my friends. We're close and hang out with each other often…" babbled Grape before his train of thought derailed after one of Gohan's blasts detonated closer to him, catching his attention. "Hmm!?"
Inari was in utter shock at the scene, mesmerized by the power of Kuririn and Gohan as they fought, but also couldn't believe that Grape was acting nonchalant as he was while his bugs attacked the two warriors.
Grape looked at Gohan and Kuririn and raised an eyebrow in a question way while they desperately kept blasting the alien's bugs with seemingly no end in sight. He scoffed at the two, a little amused by how much trouble they were having, "Are you still doing that? Why didn't you try to attack me when I was talking or something? Geez, do I have to think of everything for you?"
Gohan growled, "Darn it!" Grape's sarcastic tone was really getting on his nerves on top of the endless swarm of bugs.
"Damn it! He talks too much!" Kuririn said as he fire another blast at the insects closing, "What makes it worse is that he's getting away with it!"
Gohan nodded as he searched for a way to get close enough to Grape, "Darn it! We can't get to him past all the bugs?" The half-Saiyan's frustration clearly outlined his face as quickly blasted a spider that jumped his way.
"No matter how many times you try to attack me," bragged Grape as he smiled confidently, "you can't get past my bugs! They're my pets, and they're very loyal to me since I treat them so well. They will continue to shield me from your attacks without the slightest hesitation! So just give up already!"
"Give up? HA! I'm the child of Son Goku, and I'll never give up!" Gohan scowled as he seemed to get a renewed burst of energy. "Father and Naruto-san taught me that I should never give up on a fight, no matter how bad I may be losing! SO THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M GIVING UP TO THE LIKES OF YOU!"
The half Saiyan launched himself towards Grape, only for several insects to immediately get between the two as he did so. Gohan was determined to shut up the bug-eyed henchman permanently, even if he would be blasted apart by the bugs in the process.
Kuririn and Bulma cried out simultaneously for the boy to stop, while Inari was thinking more about what Gohan had said.
"He's just like Naruto-niisan…He also has the guts to never give up…The similarities are so obvious…" said the raven-haired pre-teen as he marveled at Gohan's bravery while also picturing Naruto in his head as well, "Their endless determination, is exactly the same!"
"Gohan, stop! The bombs!" cried Kuririn as he skyrocketed himself towards the boy to stop him, but his pleas fell on deaf ears as Gohan was only focused on one thing, getting to Grape by and bashing his face in, by any means necessary. He soon reached the first wave of insects as they began to glow.
Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!
Gohan emerged from the debris, refusing to back down no matter how much the bombs wounded him. His returned his angry glare to Grape as he continued flying towards the henchman, too stubborn to change course now that he was so close.
Grape widened his eyes and grit his teeth angrily at the boy barreling his way to attack him, "What?! Is this kid freaking nuts!?"
Much to Grape's chagrin, Gohan finally managed to get past all bugs as he pulled his fist back, ready to land a powerful punch square into Grape's jaws. But as he unleashed his punch, the bug-eyed alien dashed to the side just in time to dodge the half-Saiyan's attack, which missed by only a few inches. The henchman's shocked expression was soon replaced by a smirk as he jumped past the boy, attempting to flank him, only for Gohan to immediately bounce off the ground, and jumpe up towards him.
"What?!" panicked Grape as Gohan's relentless pursuit of him had just seemed to pay off when the boy head butted Grape's jaw, creating a sickening cracking noise and knocking the henchman away. All the bugs suddenly dispelled with the landed attack, ending the swarm for at least that moment. Kuririn noticed that Gohan had knocked Grape right in his direction as he quickly dodged the alien as he flew by, before Grape finally slammed hard into the bridge concrete, creating a mini-crater of cracked concrete around the bug-eyed alien.
Grape slowly lifted his head up, blood dribbling down his chin as he glared at them, mostly Gohan. How can such a young child break through my pets like that! I also think the damned brat anticipated my move too! They are beginning to annoy me!
Gohan landed next to Kuririn, grinning at his most recent in the triumph in the fight. They prepared themselves for one last push, ready to finish off Grape now that the henchman was forced to defend himself.
(Iwagakure- With Coola and others)
Onoki hissed, "What?! You are just going to kill us of we don't tell you anything? This is nonsense! I told you that we don't know who this Naruto is!"
"I see…" Guure sighed, "Since you've refused to tell me, I'm just going have to kill you quickly, and destroy Iwagakure right now." He widened his eyes, as he powered up, causing the wind to bombard Onoki and the others.
"Kurotsuchi! Akatsuchi!" cried Onoki as he signaled them to his side.
The raven-haired kunoichi, and the big guy wasted no time getting to his side. Once there, Onoki touched them on their arms, and they began to float with the Tsuchikage as they elevated higher into the sky. Guure sighed, "They're only delaying the inevitable…" and took off into the sky after the iwa trio.
"It seems that they have the capability to fly without Ki. What's up with that Fye!? " Paradox asked the Elementian as Guure chased down the flying Iwa shinobi.
Coola was watching the aerial display as Onoki, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi flew away from Guure. Freeza's brother smirked devilishly as he said, "How very interesting."
"Only a few Elementians are capable of using Bukujutsu with only using their Chakra," commented Fye as he too watched the battle unfold.
Paradox looked at Fye and deadpanned, "What?" He sometimes wished the guy would quit being so complicated with his explanations.
"Yes, as I said," continued Fye as he lectured Paradox, "only a few among the Elementians can use Bukujutsu with just their Chakra. No Ki is needed in their case. I think that their version of the technique is mostly a Kekkei Genkai, since I've heard that the past three Tsuchikages could fly, including that old man," explained Fye.
Paradox, now satisfied with Fye's answer, glanced back up at Guure and the three Iwagakure Shinobi. "I see… It's too bad I can't fight them. Guure is going to finish them off in a few seconds. Damn that frog! He's the froggy impatient guy he is."
"Hn…" was all Fye could say, not willing to even comment on that statement.
Onoki, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi looked down at Guure, who was flying in pursuit of them, and gaining. No one else on Element knew how to fly, so they were even more deeply puzzled at seeing the frog-like man chase them down.
Kurotsuchi shouted, "Suiton: Mizurappa! (Water Release: Water Trumpet)" before a large water jet from her mouth towards Guure.
Guure widened his eyes and stopped his pursuit dead before immediately putting up his hand and firing an energy wave to dispel the water attack. The frog-like alien looked up at her calmly as he muttered to himself, "I hate water," before continuing his pursuit once again.
"What kind of jutsu was that just now…?" asked an astonished Kurotsuchi .
Onoki growled, "Damn it!" He thrust his hands forward toward Guure, and shouted, "Jinton: Genkai Hakuri no Jutsu! (Partcile Style: Boundary Dismantling Jutsu)" Forming a structure with a sphere located at its center between the palms of his hand, Onoki spread his arms, and the structure expanded rapidly into large cube, before he released it in Guure's direction.
To the Tsuchikage's surprise, Guure managed to fly through the cube as if it was literally nothing
"I-Impossible! He should have been disintegrated by that jutsu!"exclaimed an absolutely stunned Onoki.
Guure responded immediately by firing blast at the Iwa-nins, only for the old man to shield them with a golem. However, the trio was astonished as it was only a diversion for Guure to ambush them .
Finally stopping at their current level in mid-air, Guure stared calmly at the three before saying.,"It's over. Sorry, I don't have time to fight. I just want to end it quickly."
"What? How did you do that?" Onoki was astonished as he questioned Guure about his abilities.
"No time for idle chit-chat." Guure quietly commented. He put his hand into his armor to search for something. Then he finally found it, and picked up the small red ball.
Onoki raised his eyebrows. He had no idea what the frog-like alien was planning on doing. What could Guure do with just one small red ball?
"I only need to tell you what this ball is for…" sighed Guure, "This ball's created by Fye, and it is nuclear in design. It can blow an entire village without consuming any of my Ki at all, so I love this thing since I don't like to waste my Ki against weaklings. Explosion is my passion, and one of my hobbies!" He chucked the red ball towards the village.
As soon as the small red ball hit the ground, a very large and bright explosion erupted from where Iwagakure once stood.
KABOOOOOOM!
Onoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi had to shield their eyes to prevent from blinding them. However, as soon as they opened their eyes, the trio was unable say a single word with the horrifying scene before them. The entirety of Iwagakure, their home, was destroyed by just a single small red ball.
Onoki could not believe that he let all of his people down! He was ashamed that he could not defend his village against unreal opponents like that! The Old Man glared at Guure, who was still calm.
"What? How can he destroy this village effortlessly?!" asked a shocked Akatsuchi.
"I apologize to you, Elementians," began Guure, "I understand the loss of your fellow comrades, but it has to be that way. Perhaps, if you tell us where Naruto is, I will allow you to live. You shall have one more chance, and you shall have 10 seconds to consider my offer. Otherwise, I shall slay you where you stand. Float, to be specific." He got straight to the point, not wanting to waste any more time.
Kurotsuchi glared at him, and snarled, "You will pay for this!" She made several of hand seals. "Yoton: Sekkaigyo no Jutsu! (Corrosion Style: Quicklime Congealing Jutsu)" She expelled a large quantity of quicklime from her mouth towards her opponent.
However, Guure raised his hand, and released a Kiai Shout to dispel her attack with ease as he sighed once again having apparently just gotten an answer.
"What?!" exclaimed the Tsuchikage's granddaughter as she began to truly tremble in fear.
"It's understandable that you want to avenge your fellow shinobi," replied Guure softly, "However, I must now do what it takes to kill you, as I must follow Coola's order. I was amazed by your flight ability, Tsuchikage, however, unfortunately for you, I must now end this battle, since I know you don't want to tell me the whereabouts of Uzumaki Naruto. I bid you farewell."
With no change in his demeanor, Guure released three clones from his body, each a smaller version of himself. Each one of them shared his calm and composed expression.
"Let me introduce to my Medas," began Guure as he explained his technique, "It's a technique that I use to make clones out of portions of my own body. However, there's second part of my Medas which you will be seeing shortly."
Three clones moved quickly, leaving no time for the shinobi to react, as they clutched onto Onoki, Kurotsuchi, and Akatsuchi tightly. The three of them struggled mightily as they tried to break free of Guure's clones, but the little bastards wouldn't budge.
Akatsuchi groaned as he tried using his size to his advantage, but to no avail, "Even though I'm big, I can't break free from this little thing!"
Onoki glared at Guure, and hissed, "You bastard! You will get what's coming to you!"
"He's going to kill us, grandfather…!" cried out Kurotsuchi as she looked to Onoki for guidance on what to do.
Onoki lowered his head, for he knew that they were going to die in just a few moments! There was nothing they can do against ridiculous amount of power Guure had right now! With nothing to do to get out, the old man turned to his granddaughter, "I know…Kurotsuchi…just know that…I truly am proud of the kunoichi you have become…" Tears began to fall from the old man's face over his sad smile.
Kurotsuchi was shocked, but got the message as she began, "G-grandfather…I…Tha-"
"Medas: Bakuhatsu!" (Medas: Explosion) Guure muttered, not letting her finish as the smaller versions of himself exploded, killing the shinobi while leaving the trio's corpses intact.
With that, Guure landed next to Paradox, who was scowling, as well as Fye, and Coola. "I'm done, Coola-sama. The three of them are dead…"
Paradox scowled at his comrade, "How boring! You ended the battle too quickly! It was not even entertaining! It only took 30 seconds! I counted! Why can't you try to entertain us some more, huh!?"
"I don't like long battles like the ones you prefer, Paradox…" replied Guure, "I tend to prefer short battles that way. They don't waste any time. Besides, I don't like you at all, so therefore, couldn't give a damn whether you like it or not. It's my decision. I ended it in very short order, and it was still entertainment for me…"
Paradox scoffed at his remark, "Fine! In the next village I'm going to drag out the battle longer than the ones I had in Kumogakure and Kirigakure combined!"
"Do what you want to do," said Guure, "Like I said, I couldn't care less than I already do…"
"Nevertheless, good job…!" stated Coola as he praised Guure, wanting to get moving as well, "It's now time for us to move on, and head for next village which is Sunagakure, right? How long will it take us to arrive there, Fye?"
Fye sighed as he did some quick mental calculation and responded, "About four days."
Paradox scoffed, not forgetting what happened before the fight, "We're going to be there early, you know!"
Fye grunted, "Hn…" He was not in the mood to argue with Paradox again, because for some reason, he got anxious every time they moved to different village, especially now. For if they could not find Naruto in next village, they'd be going to his old village, Konohagakure! He secretly hoped Naruto would not be in Sunagakure, because he relished the chance to kill someone he wanted revenge on at Konohagakure!
Without any words at all, Coola and the others began moving on their way to Sunagakure.
(The Great Naruto Bridge- Gohan and Kuririn vs Grape)
Grape rose to his feet, rubbing his jaw as he did so. "Damn you! That really hurt, ya know…!" He spat out a piece of a cracked tooth while he paused, "You're going to pay for discovering my weakness like that, brat! Now you know that if you hit me, my pets are forced to be dispelled, and I can't let that become common knowledge…"
Gohan chuckled, "I did not know about that when I attacked you, but you're going to be the one to lose here, not us!"
Kuririn cheered, "Yes, way to go, Gohan! The way you tricked him was truly amazing! You have improved a lot!"
Gohan was so proud that he managed to trick Grape and nodded back, smiling as he did so, "Yeah…I guess I have improved, huh!?"
Suddenly, Grape chuckled, "Improved a lot, huh? I suppose you could say that to him. You think he's improved, huh? Yes, indeed. He improved! Hehehe…" Gohan and Kuririn were clueless what Grape was trying to tell them. "I found new friend!"
Kuririn had a confused look on his face as he questioned the bug-eyed henchman, "New friend? What're you talking abou—"
"Dodge…!" yelled a now fearful Gohan as he suddenly unleashed a punch at Kuririn, only to fail the warning as it hit the bald midget, sending him sprawling on the concrete bridge.
Bulma and Inari's faces said it all as they were shocked at the recent development, "What?! Why!?"
Kuririn immediately sat up, rubbing his cheek, and stared in shock at the trembling Gohan. "What in the world was that for, Gohan!? What's gotten into you!?"
Gohan's fist trembled with anxiety, and he could only reply. "I-I don't know! It was like I was being possessed!"
Grape began to smirk.
To be continued…
A/N: All right! Yes, bold in Author's Note is back! I changed this back to bold because I want to give it a shot. Last time I did this, everything in the chapter was bold for no reason. Now I hope it works! :D
Anyways, Guure doesn't like long battle, so he ended the fight quickly. Sorry, but you probably agreed with Paradox because it was not entertainment at all. It ended too quickly, even I'm not entertained either! :D
What's wrong with Gohan?! Why did he hit Kuririn?! What does he mean he's being possessed? Find it out next time on Team Z! :D
Yes, Gohan and Kuririn will meet Sakura again, but not Naruto and Sasuke yet. Naruto and Sasuke are still training outside of Konoha. Gohan and Kuririn vs Grape will end on next chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Please read and reviews! Any question? Ask right away! :D Please vote on my poll which do you want to end it? Element/Coola Saga or Cell Saga? Let you know that there will be another major saga right after Cell Saga. But I won't tell you which saga because it would be spoil. It's final Saga if you're going to vote on Cell Saga. Coola Saga is final saga if you're going to vote on Coola Saga. Choose wisely! :D
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I think I talk too much. I should go to sleep now. Good night. :)