Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter.
I have gotten some suggestions and ideas from the reviews and decided to try something a little exciting.
Anyway enjoy!
Two Days Later Sunday Echo Creek Mall 12:30 PM
Marco was almost crying at the damage done to his wallet. For the past 3 hours his friends had milked him for everything since Janna wanted him to buy for her. Not only that, but had put him embarrassing situations. Like making him walk up to the cashier lady in a lingerie store alone and buy a pair of pink lace panties and bra. Apparently she is a 38C and now he has to live the rest of his life knowing that another girl had told him her bust size and made a spectacle about it when looked at strangely by the women in line.
Definitely not his proudest moment.
His suffering didn't end there as he had to pay for the clothes, the food, and Janna's strange paranormal shit. He was pretty sure the eyeballs in a jar blink at him. Him, Alfonzo, and Furgesion had to carry all of the stuff Janna had him buy. At least he wouldn't suffer alone.
Even with all of that going on Marco didn't drop any of the stuff nor deny the request of doing all of this stuff. He was used to difficult tasks and after training with Madara he didn't have nearly as much trouble lifting the shopping items.
Speaking of Madara, Marco had looked into the box he had given him and it had information on sealing basic items. Marco had sealed himself some weapons for today. Better safe than sorry. He had sealed 3 shurikens on wraps he put on his left forearm, a kunai on wrapping around his left leg, and his katana from Hekapoo's dimension on his lower back right next to his spine. All he had to do was channel some chakra into it and it *poofs* into existence.
The funny thing is, Marco expected Janna to make him take them to another dimension by now. "She must be planning to ask soon or planning something." Marco thought. He has spent way to much time around her not to pick up some things.
Right now they were leaving the mall with tons of stuff which Marco helped put in Janna's mom's car. Marco had met Janna's mom before and she is really nice. She had long ago accepted her daughters interests, which makes sense since she dropped her off at a graveyard for a seance with Glossaryk and Star.
When they had dropped off Janna's stuff at her house Janna then said aloud. "Alright now that we are done with that, Diaz if you would." Janna motioned to the lawn, but Marco knew what she meant.
"You want me to take you to another dimension don't you?" He asked rhetorically rolling his eyes. His only response was a smirk and excited looks on his other friends faces.
"Alright! But not the fairy one or the one where we went on that field trip." Said Alfonzo getting a nod from Furgesion an questionable looks from Jackie and Starfan13.
Janna just shrugged and elbowed Marco's side. "Come on Diaz, do it for the birthday girl." She said with a smirk and Marco sighed.
"Fine." Was all he said and pulled out his scissors. "I have one condition though. You all stay close to me, you don't have as much experience with other dimensions as I do. I don't want you all to get lost or be in danger." He said waiting for them to agree looking at Janna specifically. Everyone agreed. Marco still looked at Janna still not moving.
Janna looked at him."What? Since when have I ever sneak off on something like this?" She said innocently. Everyone gave her a half lidded look. "Fair enough. Fine. I promise." Janna said reluctantly.
Marco then cut a portal to a random dimension that he hoped Janna could enjoy and not have everyone horribly murdered. Though chances of finding one dimension that does both are slim to none.
Another Dimension 12:45 PM
As they walked out of the portal they noticed the place was pretty mediocre. It was a small town with a blacksmith, a library, and other basics of a common village. Everything seemed pretty normal, apart from the environment around the village. There was chunks of Earth(ground) and rock floating all over the place (some with trees or large vines attached), the sky was red with a black glowing Sun, a forest of trees with dark bark and no leaves surrounded the town, and and a dragon made of bones just flew past the town. This world seemed chaotic to say the least. Janna sure seemed to like it and the others thought it looked cool.
Marco began to lead the group away from the from the crazy looking store with red smoke pouring from all the exits and try to find something interesting looking around the flea mart. At least Marco thought it was a flea mart, though a few of these weapons looked like illegal cursed weapons.
Marco then turned around and noticed two guys in some light armor (what ANBU wear but they aren't ANBU and without masks) and each had a headband with a hourglass looking symbol scratched out looking at his group. One was more muscular than the other and taller to with curly black hair and green eyes. While the other one was more skinny has lightly tanned skin with short brown hair and amber eyes. Marco instantly got a bad feeling and was getting nervous. They were missing ninja. This dimension is for illegal operations. If that's the case, why hasn't anyone stopped them yet?
Marco then noticed a tower near them open at the top and a crystal exactly like the one from St. Olga's Reform School For Wayward Princesses had came out. Marco's bad feeling increased when he tried to cut a portal except it didn't work. It looked like the others noticed to so they got concerned and looked around to see men of several ages back into the buildings and lock their doors. "This is a trap!" Marco thought in alarm.
"What is going on?!" Marco thought in alarm as he felt movement behind him and instinctively move his head to the side as a kunai passed his head and struck the wall next to Furgesion where he yelped and jumped away from it. Marco looked behind him and saw one of the missing ninja (the skinny one) looking at him with a cocky smirk.
"Hey kid. Yeah since I'm in such a good mood with the progress me and Alex have made with our delivery jobs this week, I'll give you a choice." He said turning his attention to the females of the group. "I got an order to bring in some girls for a large amount of cash. Don't worry we won't touch'em. Our client said he liked to break them himself." He finished with a wicked grin that made Marco feel sick to his stomach.
"This sick bastard!" Marco thought. He then realized something. Where was the other guy at?! Marco quickly turned around picked up a knife from the weapons table and threw it at the other man apparently called Alex(the pale muscular one) who tried to sneak up on Starfan13.
The man jumped back to avoid and looked at Marco in surprise. "I think we should try something else, Damien." Alex said looking straight at Marco.
Damien scoffed. "Caught off guard by a kid? Jeez, are you losing your edge Alex?" He said with a smirk then charged at Marco.
Marco turned his attention back to Damien and quickly unsealed his katana and blocked the short sword blades wrapped around his forearms that emerged from his long coat sleeves. Marco didn't want things to be revealed this way, but it was do or die now. Marco shifted his weight back a little and threw his foot out nailing Damien right in the chest pushing back a little bit then slashed at his shoulder, but it was blocked with the blade from his other arm. Both pushed each other back and stood at a standstill.
Until a cry came from behind Marco. He quickly looked back eyes wide and saw Alex holding a resisting Janna and Jackie on his shoulders while Starfan13, Alfonzo, and Furgesion hid behind the tables holding each other in fear. Marco had never seen any of his friends this terrified before, especially not Janna. Marco seen a taser and pepper spray on the ground alongside Janna's bag. She had tried to fight back and failed.
Marco shouldn't have let this happen. His friends weren't in danger because of the dimension, but because HE brought them here. Guilt and anger flowed through Marco like a blazing forest fire. He had to save them, he had to.
Alex jumped away with them and Damien used a smoke bomb to cover their escape. When it cleared they were gone. Urgency surged through Marco. Who knew how long he had to save them before something bad happens? Marco gritted his teeth and gripped his sword handle tightly. He looked up at the crystal and flashed through hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
As he finished rushing through the hand signs a large fireball launched out of his mouth and rushed at the crystal at high speed then completely obliterating it upon contact, thus deactivating the scissor shield. Marco turned back to his friends that remained who looked at him in shock. Marco quickly cut open a portal and turned away.
"You all should leave. I have to go save them. I should be able to catch up if I go at full speed." Marco said starting to focus chakra and feel around him.
Alfonzo spoke up. "But Marco, we want to help. Isn't there anything we can do?" He asked in concern.
Marco turned back to them. "No. I can't put the rest of you at risk to. I'm the only one with a fighting chance. Star isn't around to solve all our problems anymore, this is up to me right now." He looked at them pleadingly. "Please just wait for us to come back on Earth. The more time we argue the less time left there is to save them." Marco said desperately.
His friends reluctantly gave in. They didn't want to leave them, but right now there was not really any other option. As they entered the portal Ferguson couldn't help but think about that Star comment.
When the portal vanished Marco dashed into the forest on the right. He was happy he thought ahead in this situation and even happier he took the time to learn some seals.
Short Flashback
Marco shifted his weight back a little and threw his foot out nailing Damien right in the chest pushing him back a little bit, but didn't notice a few black lines crawl around where Marco's foot had slammed into him then disappeared like invisible ink.
Back to Present
Marco had to admit tracking seals are pretty useful since it can be applied to something through your hands, feet, or weapon as long as you can channel chakra through it. Marco soon arrived at a run down temple with small lights visible from the outside. He jumped up to the next floor and got in through a hole in the wall.
When he got there most of the second floor was missing... well... a floor so he just looked down and seen Jackie and Janna tied up, but otherwise unharmed. Damien and Alex were standing in front of them. Damien had a miniature mirror phone he just hung up and walked up to the rest of them.
"Our employer will be here in a few hours to collect you. Shame we aren't aloud to do anything with you. I could teach you things you would never forget." He smiled disgustingly at them placing his hand underneath Janna's chin. Her response was spit in his face. Boy, he looked pissed! "You little bitch!" He said as he raised his right fist to punch her.
Until a shuriken pierced the back of his right hand. Damien screamed in pain and pulled the shuriken out to where it clattered on the floor along with his blood. Alex turned around just in time to block a strike from Marco's katana with a tanto (the sword ANBU use in Naruto).
Damien looked as pissed as he was shocked. "How the hell did that kid find us?!" He shouted while Janna and Jackie had relieved looks on their faces. Marco smirked at him and used his head to motion downward.
"Tracking seals, can't leave home without'em." He said as black markings appeared on Damien's stomach making him scowl. Marco then used Alex's strength he was pushing into him in their blade lock to circle throw him a few feet behind him. Alex landed on his stomach and when Marco went to stab him Damien blocked it with his good arm with a blade wrapped around his wrist and forearm. Damien used Marco's shock to slam his knee into him sending him back in front of the girls. "Are you two okay?" Marco asked not taking his eyes away from the enemy.
Jackie nodded. "Yeah, we're okay. But Marco how did you-?" She was cut off when he raised up a hand.
"Jackie I promise I will explain after we are out of here. Okay?" He said looking back at her. She sat silent before nodding. He nodded back and looked back at his opponents.
Janna leaned over to her friend and whispered. "Hey, is it just me or does Marco seem hotter than usual?" She asked. The serious look in his eye made her feel a little hot under the collar. Jackie raised an eyebrow, but didn't deny what she said. A shy Marco was cute, but a confidant Marco is alluring.
Damien stood up alongside Alex. "He's pretty tough for a kid. I think I had better join you Alex just in case." He said getting into a fighting stance alongside his fellow missing ninja.
Marco used his foot to throw his shuriken off the ground and to his hand where he threw it at Alex then unsealed the rest of his shurikens and threw them at Damien who dodged one and blocked two. Alex just decided to slip to the side and avoid it when Marco smirked and disappeared and a shuriken was in his place.
Alex's eyes widened. "A substitution?!" Before he could turn around he felt Marco's katana cut through most of the vest and into his back. If he wasn't wearing that vest he surely would have a sliced spinal cord.
Damien quickly turned around after the barrage of shuriken and socked Marco in the gut sending him back. "Alex stop playing games otherwise you'll end up dead." Damien said annoyed. Alex stood up straight despite the slash on his back.
"Alright. Camouflage Jutsu!" He shouted and vanished from sight. This shocked Marco, Jackie, and Janna. Marco tensed how would he fight someone he can't see? Before Marco could think on it further his instinct made him turn right where he received a punch to the gut and a kick to the ribs that sent him rolling, but he steadied himself to slide on his hands and knees.
Alex appeared again where Marco was previously standing. Damien lunged at Marco's right side which was exposed the first attack. Marco however, countered by rolling backwards then pushed chakra into his feet blasting forward and slamming his fist into the left side of his jaw sending him to the other side of the room from the additional force behind the punch.
Marco then flashed through hand signs an sucked in some air. "Wind Style: Breakthrough!" He said before releasing a massive gust of wind blasting Alex into the wall. After Damien had rolled across the ground a few times he ended up planting his feet down and stopping just before hitting the wall. Alex on the other hand hit the wooden wall, but from the blast of wind it felt like stone.
Damien rubbed his jaw. "The little brat is really tough." He thought before narrowing his eyes and looking at Alex who nodded throwing around seven kunai at Marco who deflected most of them and jumping back to dodge the others not noticing that Damien had vanished. He knew Marco payed most attention to Alex after learning of his jutsu.
The girls looked at Marco worried. He noticed their looks. "I'm fine, don't worry about it." Marco assured to soon as Damien jumped behind him from above and slash at him. Marco noticed and turned around, leaned back a little, and tried to bring up his katana in an attempt to block. His form was to quick and sloppy as it only threw his blade off course a little which narrowly cut his eye upwards (Remember adult Marco's scar on the left eye? It's that).
Marco yelled in pain and the girls gasped in horror. Marco knew that they would use this against him so he took out a smoke bomb and slammed on the ground between him and Damien while also covering Alex's view of him. Marco jumped back and landed between Janna and Jackie who looked at him with tears in their eyes. Marco was covering his left eye in pain, he could also feel the blood coming from his wound and running down his face. He looked at the terrified, worried, and tear stained faces of his girlfriend and oldest friend.
Marco knew they were scared of what's happening to him, but he is scared of what will happen to THEM if he fails. They will be slaves, an old perverts plaything, broken and defenseless. Marco tightened his fist and stood up. He couldn't let that happen! He wouldn't let that happen!
Alex and Damien regrouped in the smoke. "I can use this to our advantage. I will finish him now!" He said to Damien while making a hand sign. "Camouflage Jutsu!" Alex thought as to not alert the boy.
Marco wiped away his eye's blood and opened it slowly. "It hurts like hell, but it still works!" He thought as he felt as if something was moving behind him. As it got closer Marco turned around faster than earlier and rammed his katana through an invisible object. As Alex became visible again he was holding the Tanto like he was about to strike but wasn't moving. He looked down and saw Marco's katana piercing the dead center of his rib-cage straight through the vest. He looked at Marco, eyes widening at the sight of a pair of glowing red eyes with two tomoes instead of a familiar chocolate brown (Obito unlocked his with two tomoes out of the will of protecting those close to him before).
"Y-your... eyes!" He said in pure horror before dropping onto his knees and his blade then dead on his face in front of Marco's feet not moving or breathing. The smoke cleared giving everyone a view of what happened. The girls were shocked that Marco killed someone, but for now deemed it necessary for this situation. Damien on the other hand was blown away by the fact a kid had killed Alex.
Marco stood up straight with blood still coming out of the cut over his left eye. "I... will protect my friends!" He said while turning his head to meet the eyes of Damien, whose jaw dropped and pupils shrunk at the sight of the Sharingan.
"Whoa, whoa seriously?!" He shouted in utter disbelief of how quickly the tables had turned. Marco's expression didn't change as he just entered a sword fighting stance. Damien took that as a challenge and ran up the wall and threw lots of kunai at him, all of which he blocked or dodged easily.
Damien then pushed himself off the wall by putting chakra in his legs, crossed his arms across his chest as to use the blades in an executing motion. Marco jumped to the side and uppercut him then held his katana in a reverse grip as Damien got back to his feet slower than last time.
"What the hell is going on? The kid is moving completely different than before." Damien thought to himself before he was rushed at. He blocked a swift strike from Marco's katana with his left handed blade, then Marco tried to leap over him so he flipped on his hands to send a kick at him which he blocked with his forearm and landed back on his feet, Damien then lunged at Marco at point blank with a chakra enhanced dash with his blades held out. Marco seeing this widened his eyes and narrowly ducked in time, but hen noticed Damien grin and look forward and noticed a few more feet and it will stab Jackie.
Marco's eyes flared a brighter red and Marco put his left hand on the ground below him then used his left leg and right arm to spread his arms out breaking his guard and losing his path. Marco saw the surprise on his face in slow motion then slammed his right foot into his face and removing his right arm from its spot mid air and made a quick slash across his chest making him go flying and spit out blood. He slowly rose to his feet and noticed the slash had rendered his right arm useless having hit a pressure point.
Damien growled in anger. "You... little... shit!" He shouted as he charged at the girls hoping to make the young Uchiha suffer. Marco saw this and made a single hand sign and poured chakra into his lungs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Marco shouted Sharingan flaring and launching a fire ball the size of the one Madara showed him at the missing ninja. It struck him in the back pushing him forward and burning his spine but not killing him and Marco ran up to him katana drawn again.
Damien spun around and tried to stab Marco in the face but Marco used his katana to move it sideways while rushing down it. However when he redirected the blade, it stabbed him in the rib. He unsealed the one kunai he brought and unintentionally channeled Lightning Chakra through it and making tear straight through Damien's vest and out the other side of where his heart would be. Damien puked out a good amount of blood and muttered. "G-God d-dammit." Were his final words before Marco pulled the kunai and his blood soaked hand out of the now lifeless body letting it fall to the ground in a bloody heap.
Jackie and Janna were wide eyed at what they had just witnessed. Marco had just displayed superhuman feats, get slashed on the eye, protect them and save their lives, kill two men, and used some weird eye ability that made him react faster and take down his opponents in quick succession. Never in their life times would they have expected to see this from Marco Diaz of all people. After they got him bandaged up, he would have a lot of explaining to do and questions to answer.
Marco stayed their breathing heavily for a while before he lost the red color in his eyes and returned to their normal chocolate brown. He then grabbed his left eye and squeezed it shut in pain all the adrenaline from the fight faded. Marco removed the white wrapping, he used to seal his shuriken and kunai, and tied it around his head covering his left eye preventing it from bleeding more. He also used his hoodie to cover his bleeding rib.
Marco quickly made his way over to the girls and cut their bindings off. When he did so Jackie quickly latched onto him and held him as if her life depended on it. Janna was checking the makeshift bandage making sure it would hold then hugged him tightly as well.
Janna hugging him had thrown him for a loop realizing she didn't hug him often, so that said a lot if she was openly worrying about him. He felt the tears on his shoulders. Were they crying because of his condition or because of what could have happened had he not followed? They thought he was going to die, not that he could blame them for thinking so. Jackie wouldn't let go of him or loosen her grip, but Janna spoke up.
"We have to get Marco to a hospital. They can stop the bleeding and fix him up." Janna said with tears staining her cheeks and looking away from Marco as she released the hug. Jackie was silent before nodding and released him. The expression on both of their faces pulled Marco's heartstrings. They both looked traumatized by what happened. He felt his guilt return realizing this was his fault for taking them here. He won't take them into another dimension he doesn't know about. Marco Diaz doesn't make the same mistake twice.
They helped him up to his feet and he opened a portal to Earth. As they walked through Marco realized that after he was healed he would have to to find out more about this human, well sentient female teenagers anyway, trafficking system. Then he could pass it on to a certain red haired hot head seductress about this and let her look into now that the crystal was destroyed.
Earth/Echo Creek Hospital 7:17 PM
After Marco was rushed to the E.R. he was bandaged and stitched up. He was missing his blood soaked hoodie long since discarded for being unnecessary, ruined, and ripped up. Marco was currently wearing a spare white shirt since both his hoodie and grey shirt was covered in blood and cut through, his now clean baggy black pants, and a new pair of shoes after his old ones were trashed, bandages and gauze wrapped around his left eye, stitches and bandages wrapped around his wounded rib.
Marco hadn't looked back to before when he stabbed and killed two men. Sure, they deserved it but that didn't make it less horrifying to take two lives in one day. Marco looked at his hands which were clean, but he started flashing back and seeing the looks on their faces before he killed them He remembered the smell of blood and feeling not just on his hands but their blood as it soaked him and pilled all over the floor.
Marco began to feel sick and rushed to the trashcan and poured the contents of his stomach into it. He had never seen a dead person, much less be the cause of death for a person. Marco pulled his head away from the trashcan and used the paper towels on the sink to wipe his face.
After Marco waited a few minutes, the doctor walked in with a clipboard. He had well combed black hair, blue eyes, a doctor's coat (duh), a pair of blue jeans, wore a dark blue shirt underneath the coat, and a pair of shined black shoes. "Hello Mr. Diaz. My name is Dr. West and I will be running some tests on you to see how your bad condition is." Dr. West said taking a seat in the chair in front of the exam table and motioned Marco to sit.
Once Marco sat down the doctor did some basic stuff. Blood pressure, reflexes (which were above average because of training), heartbeat, etc. He then checked Marco's rib wound and his eye. Dr. West then stood up.
"Well the good news is your eye is still functional and will only take a few days to heal. Your rib wound could have been worse, luckily whatever blade struck you didn't go any deeper otherwise it would've hit a vital. Should take little over a week until you can move at 100% again. However your eye is something else. While not deep enough to render your eye useless it WAS deep enough for scarring. There was nothing we could do about it." He finished and got up to leave the room, bt then turned around. "Also, your friends and family are here. Do you feel well enough to have company?" He asked.
Marco slowly nodded just wanting to get this over with. Dr. West nodded and said they would be in soon. Marco looked blankly at the poster of body parts. He had a quick flash back to when he rammed a kunai through Damien's heart. Marco quickly shook his head to ward off these thoughts as a tear started to form in his eye. He hates feeling this way. "Maybe Madara can help me. He has been through wars before and killed hundreds. He could have some advice. I just hope the others don't think I'm a freak or a sociopath." God he hoped so. He couldn't imagine a life where everyone turned their backs on him.
Just then the door opened. His parents, Janna, Jackie, Alfonzo, Ferguson, and Starfan13 walked in and most gasped visibly at Marco's condition. His mom and dad had tears in their eyes as they walked over to their son.
His mom reached out and gently held his left cheek. "Sweetheart, are you okay? Y-your eye... is it..." Marco shook his head and said that it would still work after a few days but he will have a scar. His dad walked up.
"What about your rib?" He asked softly. Marco said that nothing important was hit bet it would be a while before he's at 100% again. "Marco how did this even happen?" His dad asked.
All the teens in the room flinched. Although Ferguson, Alfonzo, and Starfan13 don't know what happened they knew it wasn't good and felt guilty for leaving. Janna blamed herself for telling Marco to take them to another dimension, while Marco blamed himself for even taking them into an unknown world.
Marco sighed and began to explain the events starting that morning. Angie and Raphael were horrified at hearing the events that took place in the other world from the pedophile teenage traffickers to the damage their son took and the part about their son taking two lives. Starfan13, Alfonzo, and Ferguson were also shocked and scared of what happened after they left.
Angie then asked. "But son how did you even DO all of that?" She asked her son.
"I... was training underneath a strong ninja from another dimension. I still technically am. He is the only reason I won or even put up a fight. I am supposed to get special training this week after Janna's birthday." Marco said honestly. His parents didn't look like they were going to allow that any time soon if at all. His friends suddenly realized why he was acting stranger the past week and a half. Also, Marco said he had the Sharingan which is a bloodline, meaning that one of his parents are related to a human from another dimension. This was strange.
Before his parents continued Janna spoke up. "I'm sorry." She said looking at the ground while everyone looked at her surprised. "It is my fault this happened. I told you to take us to another dimension and we ended up kidnapped and you had to save us. You could have died and-!" Before Janna could continue Marco got up and pulled her into a hug softly rubbing her back.
"It's not your fault Janna, I took us there so if anyone is to blame it's me." He said gently. "I should have taken you all to the Amethyst Arcade instead but I wanted to find a dimension you would enjoy more. So I thought the more mystical the better and the scissors took us there. I felt angry at myself for pulling you all into it. I'm sorry Janna, I ruined your birthday." He said as he felt her loosen her grip.
All of his friends looked at them. "Look, man, we don't blame you for what happened. It was all just a freak accident." Ferguson said looking his friend in the eye.
Alfonzo was next. "You couldn't have known what would happen. So don't put every problem on your shoulders, okay?" He said in a shockingly serious voice.
"Yeah! I mean if it wasn't for you, something much worse could've been done." Starfan13 said trying to cheer him up.
"You saved us while putting yourself on the line. You sent the others back to protect them. I don't think you deserve to be yelled at after what you've been through today." Jackie said placing a hand on his shoulder.
Janna decided to speak next. "Yeah. You're gift may not have been good at first, but it all worked out. It's not like you meant for that to happen." She said confusing Marco until his eye snapped wide open.
"Wait, you thought that was your present, raveling to another dimension?" He said as she nodded slowly. Marco then pulled out his scissors, cutting a small portal, reaching through, and pulling out a small box wrapped with a pink ribbon.
Janna looked confused. "That is the present I got you. It may not be a demonic hand or dark magic book or something, but I hope you like it." He said rubbing the back of his neck. Janna looked down and carefully undid the ribbon. Her eyes widened at what she saw.
In the box was a black bat necklace with pink jewels as the eyes. It looked expensive and the jewels were real. Rose Quartz from the look of it but a bit more clear. The necklace itself was made of onyx. Marco must have spent a fortune on this! Janna looked at everyone else and noticed they were in a similar state of shock and awe.
Janna smiled and put it on. She then looked at Marco. "Thank you Marco." While Marco was just happy she liked it. Suddenly the window opened and a figure came inside.
"Hello Marco." Said a voice. As everyone turned around they saw Madara Uchiha standing there looking at Marco. "I'm sorry for not showing up sooner. I was going to talk to you earlier, but I had to deal with that teenage girl trafficking system. If I had known you were in danger I would have assisted you. However, I will say I'm impressed you took down two ex-chunin on your own. Once again you exceed my expectations." Madara said grinning at his pupil. Marco lit up with the praise of his mentor.
"Thanks Madara, but I would have lost if I hadn't unlocked my Sharingan at the time." Marco said before activating it and his right eye was turned into a red color with two tomoes in it. Madara was surprised. He unlocked his Sharingan through his first real fight. He didn't know if it was the stress from the fight, the danger he felt, or pure determination trying to protect his loved ones. In any case this could help him.
"That's quite remarkable Marco. Now you really are a genius. Most Uchiha have spent a lot of countless years trying to unlock their bloodline, but you unlocked it after just barely two weeks of training." Madara said shocking the occupants of the room. "By the way are you ready for the trip to Konoha or do you need some time?" He asked while the others looked shocked. He was leaving?! After all of that?!
Marco noticed the looks on his parent's and friend's faces. He interrupted them before they could refute. "Mom, dad I have to do this. I can get more training in Konoha. I can be prepared so that something like this..." He motioned to his eye and rib. "... won't happen again. I need this. Please, trust me." He said almost begging.
His parents looked at each other and sighed sadly. They didn't like this, but they always wanted Marco to follow his own path. They had to trust him to make decisions on his own. "Okay, mijo, we trust you. Just don't get to badly hurt, okay?" They relented and he nodded. They trusted him and Star when she stayed here even when things went crazy. It didn't put their worries to rest though, he is their only son.
Jackie put a hand on his shoulder. "We're coming to." She stated motioning her head to Janna.
"Someone has to keep an eye on you, Diaz. You can't get rid of us that easily." Janna said leaving no room for argument. Marco sighed but smiled. At least he could keep an eye on them, literally an eye. Janna looked at Madara. "How long will we be gone?"
Madara simply responded. "Almost two full months. Don't worry he can keep in touch." Madara reassured his other friends and parents. "Marco, we should leave tonight if we want to make good time." Marco nodded and went to go check out of the hospital. Janna and Jackie left to go pack their belongings. Madara looked at the rest of them. "For the record, Konoha's medic ninja can heal him completely in just a few minutes. Even if he gets hurt it won't last long. I assure you he will be safe in the village. It was also nice to meet another one of my descendants."He said glancing at Angie. "I will take my leave now." Madara then vanished in a swirl of leaves.
Everyone else decided to leave. It's been a long day. That last glance at Angie made her think, though.
"I guess there is the reason mom and dad never spoke about dad's family line." Angie sighed getting in the car with her husband as their son was lead to them with Jackie's help.
Earth/Echo Creek 9:01 PM
Marco, Jackie, and Marco were standing at the top of the hill looking at their hometown. Marco was happy that Madara had dealt with that operation so quickly.
(A/N I mean come on he is f#cking Madara Uchiha. The same guy who defeated all Five Kage and wiped out hundreds of ninja at once without much a scratch. [Except for that one time on purpose] If he can do that I am pretty sure he can handle an operation who's delivery boys are mere chunin.)
Marco was glad he could get more training in and be able to use his other eye sooner than expected and get his wound healed faster as well. Marco felt excited and also the weight of everything that had happened so far. He still would persevere, because he has a reason to. Well, several reasons to. Before Marco showed up here he had dropped by Sensei's place and told him he would be gone for a while and gave him a custom cape to remember him bye (the one from the end of Sophomore Slump).
Marco was filled with excitement, nervousness, anxiousness, but most of all resolve. He felt like this could change everything. He just hoped in a positive way.
Marco took a deep breath as he cut opened the portal to The Elemental Nations and walked through the portal. This would be his first real adventure. Not a Star and Marco adventure, but his own adventure where HE learns to control his skills. As Marco finished walking through the portal and his first step into his new life he had one thought.
"Let's see what Marco Diaz can do."
There we go, I guess I may have rushed the awakening Sharingan thing, but that is basically the whole point Marco exceeds the normality for every trial he faces. (Also I may have taken a few things from another fight and it was very similar, but you have to admit that this is a believable way of Marco getting his Sharingan.)
Also, to anyone wondering about the harem. We have to give that time, I want this to be a story about a protector who has an oversized heart and that isn't as easy to write as it sounds. Right now we are easing the harem thing in while adding to Marco's development over time and how the trials shape him as a person/ninja.
On an unrelated note: Does the "My Hero Academia Opening 2" and "The Day-My Hero Academia-English Dubbed Cover" seem appropriate for this version of Marco?
Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed it
