Ok, chapter eleven is ready to be released into the wild. In today's episode there are boats, ninja Heartless and a familiar face.

Enjoy.


Chapter 11

Hunter had been following Itachi and Kisame's trail for about an hour now and was occupying his mind by thinking of all the horrible things he'd do to them when he caught up. Mostly though he was just trying to blot out the memories of turning half Heartless and trying to eat Yugito, but the more he tried not to think about it the more it stuck in his mind. He'd truly wanted to kill her, eat her Heart. The idea that that monster was still inside him somewhere was disturbing to say the least.

After a further half hour of running Hunter arrived at a large town that was similar to the Hidden Leaf only it had no wall surrounding it. The place was absolutely bustling with people, all of them shopping, working, chatting some even performing.

"Fantastic." he mumbled as he walked down the main market street. "How am I supposed to find Captain Personality and Fish Face in all this? Ugh, it's gonna take ages!"

Hunter sat down on a bench and tapped his forehead a few times. Then he bolted upright and turned his head so fast it would have given him whiplash if he'd been human. "Or not. I sense...a great Darkness. That way!" he got up and dashed off in the direction he'd sensed the evil. For a moment he wondered if he was just imagining things, then something up ahead exploded, a large hole had been blown in the upper floor of a building not far away. Most people were just stopping and staring, some were running, one or two were ignoring it and carrying on as normal.

Hunter's Heartless vision let him see what was going on. Not only were Kisame and Itachi up there but so was Naruto, Jiriya and that Sasuke kid. Hunter was about to charge right in, then the thought of a better plan and teleported away. Better in this case meaning more complex than necessary and generally insane.

Five minutes later

Naruto had never felt more helpless in his life. Right now he was watching as Itachi beat the crap out of Sasuke and there was nothing he could do to help. Despite all his training, how far he'd come there was nothing he could do.

Sasuke himself wasn't feeling much better. All his training, all his dedication, all the effort he'd poured into his ambition, and when the time came to fulfil his dream he still was strong enough. Itachi currently had him by the throat and was holding him against the wall.

"You still don't have enough hate inside you." he said in that creepy steady voice of his "And you know something" he leaned in closer so he was right by Sasuke's ear "You never will."

Naruto was about to leap into action and do something stupid when they all heard some kind of commotion from outside, then someone yelled "INCOMING!".

Something large smashed into the side of the hotel, the stone walls buckled and a long pillar of wood broke through that would have impaled Itachi, if he hadn't have jumped out of the way. The whatever-it-was was still breaking through. Naruto saw his chance and dashed forwards, grabbing Sasuke and leaving the building through the hole that Sasuke's chidori had made earlier. Jiriya was right behind him, Kisame and Itachi weren't far behind. Now that all combatants were out on the street they could all see what had happened. Although, none of them could believe it.

A huge wooden ship, a man-o-war from the looks of it, had rammed into the side of the hotel. The top deck looked completely deserted and the higher level ninjas present couldn't sense any chakra signatures aboard.

"Ahoy, me hearties!" They all looked further up. There was a solitary figure up in the ships rigging. As they watched he jumped from his perch, grabbed hold of a rope and swung down, letting go at the last moment and landing nimbly on the deck.

"Oh, no" groaned Naruto "Not him again."

As the figure leapt up onto the side rail Naruto's worst fears were confirmed. It was Hunter. And he was wearing the most ridiculous, stereotypical, ostentatious pirate outfit ever. A large golden overcoat clung to his back covering a fine tunic and knee length black leather boots. Several straps crisscrossed his torso that were covered in holsters, which were in turn carrying flintlock pistols. Topping it all off was the massive brimmed hat he was wearing, which had a large red feather sticking up over the top.

"Is that...Hunter!" exclaimed Jiriya as he realised who it was.

"Hunter? Nar ye scurvy dog! I be Long John Hunter. Devil of the seven seas, five oceans and...erm hotels."

Kisame looked over at his partner "Itachi, did you put me in a Tsukuyomi again?"

The Uchiha shook his head. "No, this is very real."

Kisame looked back at Hunter and yelled "Where did you even get that boat from anyway!? We're miles in land!"

Hunter just shrugged and said "A wizard did it." then he turned his attention to Naruto and Jiriya "You know Naruto I'm surprised at you. This is what, the third time I've saved your ass. You think you'd be glad to see me."

"Just what do you want this time!?" demanded Naruto, almost afraid to know the answer.

"Ar! I have come for the beast that took me leg and me ship! The Great White Fishstick!" he proclaimed, pointing at Kisame. He then grabbed a harpoon from somewhere behind him and threw it at the rouge ninja, who easily deflected it with his sword.

"Breach yer last Moby Kisame! Thy hour and thy harpoon are at hand!" moving at super human speeds Hunter began throwing more harpoons at both Kisame and Itachi, forcing the duo to either dodge or block the projectiles. After about a minute Hunter ran out of ammo, much to his annoyance.

"This kid is starting to bug me." said Kisame. "Come down here and fight like a man, you demented brat!"

"Why don't you and your husband come up here and fight like idiots!" Hunter shot back.

Now Kisame was genuinely angry "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!"

"Whoa, calm down, no one here's judging. I swap genders like other people swap shoes. And I know that Naruto swings that way too."

"W-what!" yelled Naruto, who instantly looked mortified "No! No I don't!"

"Then how come your first kiss was with Sasuke?"

It took everything, and I mean everything, Itachi had not to break his 'ice man' exterior and start rolling around laughing.

Naruto mean while turned several shades of red and started looking around franticly "What!? How do you know about that!? I-I mean, no! I...Arghhh! Just WHAT DO YOU WANT!"

"Alright, the real reason I'm here... Is to plunder all yer booty!" large sweat drops appeared behind the heads of all those present "And drink hearty grog." he then produce a bottle of the liquid from somewhere behind him and proceeded to drink it.

"Well, that explains a few things." muttered Jiriya.

Hunter finished the bottle, then he wobbled slightly before yelling at the top of his lungs "I am Captain James T. Kirk, negotiating the federation of GAY planets!" the sweat drops got even bigger "Now open up yer docking bays" Hunter pulled on a set of ropes and every cannon on the ship emerged from its hole "and prepare to be BOARDED!"

He pulled another set of ropes which caused several cannons to fire. Most of the cannon balls missed by very large margins, one was deflected by Kisame's sword, another one went straight for Naruto, who jumped over it at the last moment.

"Are you crazy!" yelled the blond ninja "You almost hit me with that one!"

Hunter ignored him and just set off another set of cannons while yelling "From hell's heart, I strike at thee!"

Itachi, Jiriya and Naruto (who was still carrying the unconscious Sasuke) had all wisely moved out of the cannons very limited firing arc. Kisame however stubbornly remained where he was, using the Shark Skin to whack away incoming cannon balls like they were oversized baseballs.

"I've had it with this kid. Water Shark Bomb Jutsu!" A large mass of shark shaped water formed above Kisame and launched itself at Hunter. He jumped out of the way just as it hit the deck, splintering the wood into matchsticks.

Hunter ditched the pirate ensemble mid jump and landed a few feet behind Kisame.

"Time to kick this up a notch." he said as he let a summon charm drop out of his sleeve. "I chose you, PIKACHU!"

There was a brief flash of white light and the small electric mouse appeared sitting on Hunter's head.

"Pika!"

"Ready Pikachu?"

"Pika pi!"

"Then let's go!" Hunter darted off to the left, while Pikachu ran to the right, both of them crackling with electric energy. Pikachu attempted to headbutt Kiasme but the giant stepped backwards out of the way. Which put him squarely in the path of a thunder bolt hurled by Hunter.

"Interesting." muttered Jiriya. He and Naruto had both taken cover at the back of the ship that Hunter had arrived in and were now both peaking out to watch the fight between him and Kisame.

"Hm. What do you mean Pervy Sage?" asked Naruto.

"Naruto, Kisame is a water style specialist. Hunter is using lightning style chakra and a lightning summon to counter him." As they watched Kisame swung his sword a Pikachu, but the tiny Pokémon nimbly jumped over his blade.

"And the two of them a focusing on speed to defend against Kisame's raw strength." Jiriya smiled to himself a little "I suspected that the whole 'psychotic prankster' routine was just an act. There is a canny strategist under all that crazy."

Hunter dodged another blow from Kisame's sword and threw another thunder bolt at him, all the while singing "Thunder cats are on the move. Thunder cats are lose!"

"Pika!"

Hunter jumped away from Kisame and looked over at Pikachu. "Hm. You want to what?"

"Pika, Pika pi Pika Pika, Pikachu!"

"Alright, I'll take your word for it. Let's go!" Hunter shot forwards, charging himself with electricity, a second later Pikachu did the same. The two began to run round Kisame at superhuman speeds, forming a electric ring around the man-fish hybrid.

'Impressive' thought Itachi as he looked on from his perch up on the ship's deck. 'They're moving so fast even my Sharingan can't keep up.'

"What are they up to now!?" Kisame yelled as he tried to spot either of his targets.

After a few more seconds Hunter yelled out "NOW!". In the blink of an eye he was below Kisame, and before the man had time to react Hunter had kicked him into the air. This was followed by Pikachu, who jumped up off the ground and head butted Kisame right in the gut. Both Hunter and the yellow Pokémon then disappeared in a flash of lightning and reappeared behind and above Kisame.

"Let's finish this!" declared Hunter as he did a overhead spinning kick at the same time Pikachu performed a tail smash. They both hit Kisame in the back at the exact same time, sending him racing towards the ground, but they weren't done yet. The pair began to spark with yet more electricity.

"Pikkkaaaaaa-!"

"Thundaaaa-!"

"-CHHUUUU!"

"-GGAAAAAAA!"

Two massive bolts of lightning struck Kisame, smashing him into the ground with so much force it made a small crater. As the lightning tapered off Hunter and Pikachu landed back on the ground between the ship and where Kisame had fallen.

Hunter surveyed the damage he'd caused and smiled to himself "Who says lightning never strikes twice?"

"Pika." responded the small Pokémon with a nod as it began to glow and change back into a summon charm.

"Wow." breathed Naruto, who was watching Hunter with a mix of awe and nervousness.

"I've never seen a thunder style jutsu like that before" commented Jiriya. "I wonder where he got his ninja training?"

"I didn't. I'm not a ninja!" said Hunter. "Yes, I can hear you over there." he added upon seeing the surprised looks on the two ninjas faces.

"Youuuuu...Brat...argh..." All three of them looked round and saw Kisame slowly getting to his feet. The former Kiri nin's cloak had been burned and torn in many places and there were minor wounds visible on his face and arms.

"You'll...pay for that!" he swore in between pants.

"Alright then. I'm gunna turn you into sushi you great-"

"Amertarasu!"

Before Hunter could finish his right arm suddenly burst into black flames. He started running round while waving his arm about and yelling "OuchOuchOuchOuch!"

Itachi ran past the still screaming Hunter and stopped by Kisame just long enough to say "We're leaving." then he looked back at Hunter, who'd plunged his arm into a pond that was part way through freezing over.

"That's twice you've got me with that black fire now!" said Hunter, angrily. "Itachi, when I get my claws on you you're..." Hunter trailed off and focused on an area of Itachi's head.

The Uchiha's eyes narrowed then his mouth twitched up into a ghost of a smile "Now you have my attention, Hunter." then both he and Kisame turned and ran.

Hunter had pulled his arm out of the ice just stared after the two of them. "God, I would go gay for that voice." he muttered just loud enough for Naruto and Jiriya to hear, who both fell over backwards.

Jiriya was the first one to get back up "I wish you'd stop doing things like that!"

"I like freaking people out. It's funny." said Hunter with an offended, almost childlike innocence.

"You still haven't told me why you're here! Are you following me?" asked Naruto, who was keeping his distance after what happened the last time he and Hunter met.

"No. I was following them" Hunter pointed at where Itachi and Kisame had been. "and they were following you. Now, I don't think they want you for your personality, or you intellect, or dress sense. So...they're after that great orange ball of fuzz."

Jiriya narrowed his eyes. He suspected that Hunter knew about the Nine Tails, but he hadn't known for certain until just now. "So you're after the Nine Tails to."

"No. Well, yes but...erm. Argh! It's more complicated than that, I-...pffft hahahaha." Hunter's sudden outburst of hysterical laughter was not a comforting sight to either Naruto or Jiriya. In fact it was kind of creepy.

"Ohhoho. 'It's more complicated than that'. Yeah, that just about sums up my whole life right about now."

"I think he's completely lost it Pervy Sage." Naruto said quietly to Jiriya.

"Heard that!" Hunter snapped. "I'm not insane. I'm bubbly. And Dashing. And...hang on."

"What?" asked Naruto.

"I sense a great disturbance in the force." Hunter saw the looks on their faces then added "No, really I can sense something-whoa!"

Hunter ducked down just in time to avoid...

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"

Might Guy shot past where Hunter had just been and landed a flying kick on Jiriya's face. The look on his face when he realised he'd not only missed his target but hit one of the sanin was a mix of embarrassed, nervous and apologetic. A second later a very angry Jiriya was staring at him with a murderous look that was slightly ruined by the piece of tissue paper that had been plugged up the Toad sage's left nostril.

"S-sorry Master Jiriya" Guy stuttered while rubbing the back of his head "I w-wasn't aiming for you."

Jiriya managed and angry "U-huh."

Guy gave another nervous laugh, then he spun round, pointed at Hunter accusingly and said in his most authoritative voice "Hunter! As a jonin of the Hidden Leaf I am placing you under..."

Whatever Guy was about to say died in his throat. Hunter wasn't paying attention to him, in fact the teen was focusing on ignoring Naruto, who was buzzing around him and chattering like a hyper hummingbird.

"So you can just sense everything happening around you? You don't even need to look? That is so cool! Pervy sage says that you have an affinity for thunder style chakra, is that how you can throw all those lightning bolts? And that summon you used, that was the strangest and cutest thing I've ever seen! What summon contract did you sign? Can you summon a whole race of mice that can use different elements? I can summon toads, just like Pervy sage can. I can even summon this really big boss toad call Gama-"

"Woah! Slow down there. So, to answer your questions in reverse order: No. I didn't sign any contract. I can throw lightning bolts because I can. No, I don't need to look and yes I can 'just sense' everything happening around me."

A slight groan from Sasuke drew Naruto's attention back to his injured friend, who was still laying prone on the ground not far away. Guy was already by the young Uchiha's side, checking his injures when Naruto ran over to them.

"Is he okay?" he asked.

"Physically yes." said Jiriya. "Nothing a lot of rest won't heal. I'm more concerned about his mind."

"Yeah. You should be." muttered Hunter.

Everyone looked back at him. His smile had vanished and his eyes were glowing an eerie yellow. He was looking right at Sasuke.

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.

Hunter said nothing for a moment, then he looked at Naruto and said "Take my advice. Find a new friend."

That made Naruto angry. "What!? No way! I don't ever abandon my friends. Believe it!"

"He can't stand up to his Darkness Naruto. Eventually he'll give in completely and then he won't be your friend anymore. He won't be anyone's friend."

Naruto started clenching his fists. "Don't talk about Sasuke like you know him. You don't! You say he can't stand up to Darkness on his own, then I'll help him fight it. Sasuke is my best friend. And that is never going to change so long as I can help it!"

"Wrong on all counts. I do know Sasuke. Same way I know everyone I look at. You wanna know why my eyes are like this? What my 'kekkei genkai' is?" At this point Jiriya and Guy listening very carefully. "I can see who people are. The good, the bad, the lies, the hate, the greed. The pure unfiltered cold truth. And I can't ever shut it off!" Hunter closed his eyes and took a deep breath as though to calm himself down. When he opened them again his eyes had become normal once more. "I can see into everyone's soul. So believe me when I say that if you keep Sasuke close he will betray you. Each time worse than the last."

'If what he's saying is true' thought Jiriya 'it would explain his erratic personality. All that information going through his head at once. It's a miracle he's even remotely sane at all.'

"No way!" yelled Naruto "I don't care what you say Hunter! I'm never going to abandon my friends. That's my Ninja Way!"

"Arrgh! You are so...ah, fine. Fine. Your funeral." Hunter tuned and started marching off. "When he does finally turn on you I will be there to say 'I told you so'."

"Hold it right there!" yelled Guy. "Hunter, you are still under arrest. The only place you're going is straight back to the Leaf for questioning."

Hunter stared blankly at him for a moment then he gave a simple "No." as a response and carried on walking, leaving Guy looking utterly deflated.

"Good like finding that Tsunade lady!" he added.

Jiriya looked dumbfounded "H-how do you know about that!?"

"I knew it, he's been stalking both of us!" declared Naruto.

"No. I've just been following the things that have been following you!" Hunter retorted.

Now they were really confused.

"Things following me?" Naruto repeated quietly, then he started looking all around like a frightened child convinced that there were monsters out to get him.

Jiriya let out a sign at how easily Naruto believed what he'd been told "Naruto, he's just messing with you. Isn't that right Hun..." When the toad sage turned to face Hunter he was surprised to find that he had vanished. "...ter."

"Huh? Where'd he go?" asked Naruto.

Hunter hadn't gone far, in fact he was still in the village. Well, on the outskirts of it anyway. Close enough to still be in sensing range of Naruto. Having realised that the Nobodies had taken an interest in the blonde Hunter had decided to wait and watch for when the next spy would show up then he'd catch it and hopefully get some answers.

Minutes passed into hours and the sun began to edge closer to the horizon. Hunter had to get up and move a few times to keep in range of Naruto and Jiriya but other than that he hadn't moved much. He was currently leaning up against a tree counting the leaves that fell when he felt something inside, a...pang. At first he dismissed it as just boredom but then he felt it again. When the third one hit he couldn't ignore it any longer. He refocused his senses away from Naruto and out into the wilderness.

He could sense...people...and...Darkness. Powerful Darkness.

Hunter ran as fast as he could, heading in the direction of the darkness. He knew leaving Naruto was a risk but he couldn't ignore someone possibly using Darkness in this world either.

He burst through a dense hedge and came upon the source of the disturbance. There were about eight ninjas in front of him, Stone ninjas from their headbands. They were in a sorry state, five were out cold and lying strewn about the ground the three left standing were grouped together back to back trying to hold off their attackers.

Their opponents were what really drew Hunter's attention. Outwardly they looked like...well, what most people think ninjas should look like, six beings dressed in black carrying blades that were similar to samurai swords. The similarities ended though when you looked at their faces. They were jet black and featureless save for two bright glowing yellow eyes.

Heartless.

The Heartless had surrounded the remaining Stone ninjas and were beginning to close in when they seemed to sense Hunters presence. They forgot their previous quarry and turned to face him.

"Hey! Why'd ya stop!"

The man who'd spoken was..."What the heck!"

Ok, it wasn't a man. Well, not exactly, it was defiantly male but not human. The 'it' in question was a black furred, obese, anthropomorphic cat, or dog, one or the other. It had a large square face with large white eyes that held black oval shaped pupils, a wide mouth that had only four visible rectangular teeth, two small curved ears on the top of its head that were vaguely reminiscent of devil horns. The weirdest part was its outfit. It was wearing a short sleeve red shirt, navy blue and white sneakers and navy blue pants with purple legs, two enormous pouches on either front side and a comically large zipper going down the front and reaching round to the backside of the pants. The pants were seemingly held up by two navy blue suspenders that crossed over its chest and connected to two blue pauldrons on his shoulders. It was also wearing a pair of fingerless gauntlets, the wrists of which were light blue with a pale yellow semicircle on top while the gloves were a light purple with a large bump on each knuckle.

"You nimrods are supposed to be turnin' them into more Heartless! So stop standin' round and get to it!"

Hunter had seen some weird things lately but this took the biscuit. "Hey!" Hunter's yell made the large anthropomorph turned round.

"Huh? Just who are you!?" he demanded.

"You first!" replied Hunter.

Now the man-cat was getting angry, then he saw the symbol on Hunter's shirt. "Hehe. Well would ya look at that. You're a Heartless to."

Hunter shifted uncomfortably. His first thought was 'He knows what I am!?' which was followed by 'This ball of lard just pegged in two seconds what the Leaf ninjas still haven't figured out after a month. He's not as thick as he looks.'

"That means you gotta do whatever I say." he continued. Then he turned back to the ninjas who were still surrounded by the Heartless. "Now, get those-ouch!" he was cut off when something hit him in the head. The cat-man turned angrily and saw his new 'recruit' twirling another stone in his hand.

"What's wrong with you!? I said get them, not me-ow!" Hunter threw the stone and hit his target on the forehead. "Oh you are gunna pay for that. Nobody, and I do mean nobody, messes with the mighty Pete! Heatless squad! Sick 'em!"

Four of the Heartless simply charged straight at him while the other three leapt into the air, soared over their comrades and tried to impale Hunter with their swords. He bashed the first two aside and swatted the last one with his tail. That still left four.

With a cry of "Savage claw mode!" Hunter's arm shifted into its black and purple claw form. In seconds Hunter had sliced through the remaining Heartless who disappeared in bursts of dark smoke.

Pete gave a few angry grunts then he charged at Hunter, pulling back his large fist back to deliver an earth shattering punch...that completely missed its target. Hunter had disappeared leaving a confused Pete looking around asking "Where'd he go?"

Hunter was now standing right behind Pete and after waiting for a moment he gave the overweight idiot a super strength kick to the backside. Pete was launched forwards and crashed face down a few feet from Hunter. He gave a moan of pain as he shifted so he was now on his back facing Hunter, then he made a sly grin as he reached round and produced a small orb from somewhere behind him.

"Here, catch!" he said sinisterly as he threw the orb at Hunter who, like an idiot, caught the dam thing.

"And just what it this suppo-"

BOOM!

Hunter was knocked to the ground by a powerful explosion. He laid where he was long enough for the smoke to clear then he bitterly muttered "Every bloody time." before rising to his feet. The first thing he saw was that Pete was back up as well and he was standing a good deal further away and looking very please with himself.

"Haha! Looks like ol' Pete's just too quick for ya!" Hunter gave him a murderous look but Pete ignored it. "Just you wait kid. I've got a whole Heartless army on the rise and when Maleficent gets back you're in for a world of hurt."

A black portal began to appear around Pete and by the time Hunter got to him he was gone. 'A Heartless army.' thought Hunter 'Oh that's bad. That is very very bad.'

From somewhere behind him he heard someone say "Hunter! By order of the Tsuchikage you aremmmrrpph-"

"Quiet you moron!" said a female voice in a hushed tone.

That was when Hunter remembered the three stone ninjas. He slowly turned towards them, while putting on an evil grin. The three of them were assembled a meter away on the edge of the tree line. The man who'd yelled at him was the one in the middle, and the one who'd shut him up was the woman to his left, who still had her hand over her comrades mouth.

"Hello." Hunter cracked his right knuckles "Misplaced." then the left "Aggression."

The fight, if it could be called that, lasted for about five minutes and was completely one sided. Hunter was now standing over a pile of unconscious Stone ninjas, dusting his hands off when he noticed something poking out of one of their jackets. Pulling it out he found that it was a thick black book with no title or any writing on the cover as far as he could see. His curiosity aroused he opened it to the first page.

"Users guide: How to use your Bingo Book. Bingo? why would a ninja have-" he turned the page "Oh, now I get it." the book was a list and information guide of other ninjas, some enemies, rouges, criminals or just those who are wicked powerful.

Hunter flicked through to a random page and found a familiar pair of eyes staring back at him "No surprise Itachi is in this thing. Uchiha Itachi : S-rank criminal. Former Special Jonin of the Hidden Leaf Village. Widely considered a prodigy, Itachi became and ANBU captain when he was thirteen years old. Like most Leaf ninja he has a fire chakra affinity combined with the Uchiha clans sharingan and its inherent abilities blahblahblah years of service Blahblah was declared a Rouge Nin after massacring his entire clan save for his younger brother Sasuke Uchiha. If spotted inform Tsuchikages office immediately. Do not approach. Wanted : Dead."

Hunter started walking back in the direction of the town, while flicking back to the 'H' section to see if he was in the book. He stopped when he found another familiar entry. "Ah, Fishface. Hoshigake Kisame. S-rank criminal. Former Special Jonin of the Hidden Mist Village. Kisame's vicious and sadistic nature have lead to him becoming known as the Monster of the Hidden Mist. Kisame is one of the legendary Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. His blade is the Shark Skin, a sentient sword that can absorb an opponent's chakra making Kisame dangerous even to Jinchuriki and Kage level ninja. Kisame has an almost superhuman chakra level earning him the nickname 'the tailless tailed beast'. Kisame was declared rouge after attempting to overthrow the government of the land of water. Wanted : Dead.

"Fun bunch." muttered Hunter. Final he found the entry he was looking for. His own. "Hunter. No known last name (possible alias?). B-rank criminal. "

"B rank!? B-RANK! Those jerks! I should be at least A rank. At Least!"

"Missing nin from an unknown village. Appeared in the Hidden Leaf for unknown reasons and has thus far eluded capture. He possesses an affinity for both wind and water chakra and has precise enough chakra control to combine the two to use ice style. Hunters chakra reserves are unknown but are presumed to be extremely large as he has been seen to use multiple high level jutsu repeatedly. His loyalties are uncertain however he was seen aiding the Leaf during the Sand-Sound invasion, although this was most likely just a by product of protecting himself. Has also demonstrated physical transformations making him a possible jinchuriki or pseudo-jinchuriki (see Gold and Silver brothers). Hunter appears to have a Kekkei genkai that manifests as glowing yellow eyes but its abilities are not known. He also has knowledge of a justsu that is able to halt the passage of time in a limited area for close to a minute (unconfirmed but unlikely to be false). Wanted : Alive."

"Ugh." Hunter groaned as he put the book away for later. "Thorn, Nobodies, Pete, a Heartless army and a whole planet out to get me. The fun just never ends."

Miles away. Hidden Cloud Village. Rikage's office.

The Third Rikage Ay was sitting at his desk, waiting. Saying that the Rikage was a strong man is like saying that a Dragon is a large lizard. Ay had a physique that most men would kill for, adding to that he had a chakra level of near tailed beast proportions making him one of the most powerful ninjas of his generation. And right now every ounce of his will power was focused on not using all his strength to smash his desk in frustration for the hundredth time.

"He should have been here half an hour ago." Ay snarled.

The person he was addressing was Yugito, one of the Clouds best ninjas who had returned from her failed mission and after having a few broken bones set had immediately gone straight to the Rikage's office and demanded to speak with the Villages other Jinchuriki. Yugito was about to speak when the door was suddenly kicked in and the reason for just about every headache that the Rikage had ever had walked in.

"Yoyoyo! You called, he answered. The amazing rapping Killer B is here!"

Ay's eyebrow twitched slightly. "Bee. What took you so long!?"

"Well I-"

"We don't have time!" Yugito interrupted. "Bee this is urgent! Matatabi needs to talk to the eight tails."

Bee was suppressed by Yugito's outburst but he did as he was told and contacted the eight tails, who up until now had been sleeping in an attempt to ignore it's hosts constant rapping.

"Mmmm. Matatabi? Did you have to wake me? I was having such a nice dream."

"Eight'o this is serious!" said the Two Tails "That missing Nin they sent us after, Hunter. He's a Dark One."

Bee looked confused while the Eight Tails just burst out laughing, then it noticed that Matatabi wasn't laughing to.

"You're...serious. It can't have been a Dark One. There just a tale, a ghost story."

"Well what we fought was no story." said Yugito.

Matatabi quickly went over the events of the battle with Hunter while the Eight Tails listened with growing concern. "That...does sound like the stories."

"Is anyone planning on telling me what's going on?" asked Ay who was the only one in the room who hadn't been privy to the beast's conversation.

"Yo, this Hunter be a mighty powerful foe, but what he is you do not know. Do not be fooled by his human disguise, for beneath the man a monster hides." Bee rapped.

"So he's another jinchuriki?"

"A Jinchuriki be a man with a Beast sealed within, but there's nothing in Hunter. The monster is him."

Ay took a moment to digest this information, then he looked up a Yugito. "You want to go after him again, don't you."

She nodded "Yes. Matatabi is very...insistent that we destroy him."

Ay closed his eyes for a moment. Sending away both his villages jinchuriki was not something he thought was wise, but if Hunter was powerful enough to make Tailed Beast's nervous that made him a threat he couldn't ignore.

"Alright. Both of you are free to peruse this 'mission' of yours. Use whatever methods you deem necessary."

"Alright!" yelled Bee. This was his first real mission in ages and he was absolutely rearing to go. "One Jinchuriki he may have defeated, but with two working together history won't be repeated!"


Not the longest chapter I know, but I think this may be one of the funnest imho.

On another note I've decided that I am going to bring back Danzo, so the next update will include some major tweaks to chapter two. He's just too good a villain to kill off so quickly.

Tune in next time for Hunter vs Tsunade, the biggest summon yet a face off with the sanin and Twilight Thorn's return.

TTFN