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****** Chapter Four - First Stop, a village in the Shadow Country******
After the confrontation with the Moon Ninjas, four hours have passed and Team 7 has now arrived in a nearby village in the Shadow Country. Worn out by the first part of their journey Sasuke confirms to them that they should find a hotel to stay in for the night. As the team begins to search for a hotel they see many of the villagers and other travelers shopping in the marketplace where a lot of business is conducted. Following the path that led through the marketplace the three Genins could overhear tons of gossip and bargains that store clerks were trying to offer to the many customers that flourished the entire area. They searched the entire village for vacant hotels but many were all filled up. Soon after, they arrived at a hotel known as "The Garden Star" that had one last room. The room was fairly expensive since it was meant for the higher-class people such as Feudal Lords and Princesses. Since there was nowhere else that had available rooms the group accepted the expensive room. Sakura then asks Sasuke," Why did we accept such an expensive room?" Sasuke replies," Because the risk of us being attacked by the Moon Ninjas again would be lower and the manager told me we can stay here as long as we want for free, since we were the only people that purchased the room." Sakura says," I guess your right." Sasuke then informs the group," We're going to stay here for one extra day, since we're low on supplies." Sasuke continues," We'll do the shopping tomorrow so lets call it a night." In the gigantic room there laid three futons where each of them could sleep. Naruto slept on the left, Sakura slept in the middle and Sasuke slept on the right. During the night, what the three Genins didn't know was that outside were the three Moon Ninjas on the roof of another building looking observing the room where the three Leaf ninjas stayed at until the next day approached.
Early morning the three Genins awoke. Having there breakfast Naruto asks Sasuke," Hey Sasuke, what kind of supplies do we need?" Sasuke replies," We need to find some extra food and some medicine, just incase if the journey takes longer than we expect." The three then finish up their breakfast and stood in front of the hotel. Sasuke tells them," We'll split up to search for the supplies." Sasuke then hands out money to each of his teammates. He then adds," Naruto you will look for food, Sakura you will look for medicine, and I will look for information about the Shadow Country's area and to check where is the location of the Moon Village from all the gossip that is hovering around. As they depart, Sasuke says, "Don't let your guard down, there might be Moon Ninjas wandering around." He then adds, "If any of us are in danger use your Chakra to conjure some kind of signal." The three now have departed, and from the roof the three Moon Ninjas observe the three Leaf Ninjas separate. The Ninja with the blue mask says, " The Uchiha kid is mine." The Red Masked Ninja responds," How do you know he's from the Uchiha clan from the Leaf, Gesshoko Kurai?" Kurai answers," I've heard only the Uchiha clan can use the special eye known as the Sharingan and also the boy could see my movements, which are impossible to some people, but he saw my movements with ease, so there isn't a mistake about it that he is from the Uchiha Clan." The red masked ninja then says," Looks like I'm stuck with the blonde one." The red one says," He's a piece of cake." Kurai warns him," Don't underestimate him, Hibana Kogasu." Kogasu responds," Yeah, yeah." "It looks like I'm left with the girl", the Green masked ninja added. "The same goes for you Eien Yuko," Kurai added. "I know," Yuko said.
Meanwhile the three leaf Genins are now wandering the town for the supplies they need. Naruto was looking through every single store for some food. Naruto walks through the town ignoring some signs of food until he spots a store with a huge sign that read, Ramen King. Naruto's face grows into a huge smile. He then runs through the door and asks the Ramen Clerk, "How much are cups of Ramen?" The Ramen Clerk then says, " They are three yen each." Naruto immediately looks at his money and notices that Sasuke gave him one hundred eighty yen. Naruto thinks how much he can get. Naruto then says, " Hey old man, give me as much cups of ramen as you can with one hundred eighty yen." The Ramen Clerk then says," ok small fry here is sixty cups of ramen from the Ramen King shop, have a good day." Naruto exits the shop with a big smile. Naruto then begins to walk down the road and notices that there is an empty street that is a short cut to the hotel that the three Genins were staying at. Naruto immediately runs down the road until a person in a cloak sitting down on the side, puts his leg out and trips Naruto and the bag filled with sixty ramen cups falls to the floor. Naruto then yells out, "Hey what's the big idea." The cloaked figure then replies, " nothing much really. I just wanted to know if you would like to fight me here and now?" Naruto answers, "Who the hell are you?" The cloaked figure begins to burst in flames and the cloak is soon burned off, to reveal a figure wearing a red headband with a red mask, two crimson red beads over gloves on his forearms, wearing clothes similar to Sasuke, without the loose neck style (on Sasuke's shirt, near the neck his shirt is loose) on the shirt near the neck in the color of blood red and long black pants like Kakashi's without the sandals, but instead has ninja shoes. My name is Hibana Kogasu and you are?" Naruto replies," I am Uzumaki Naruto." He also adds," I except your challenge." Naruto then immediately yells," Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kogasu then takes one of his Tai-Jutsu stances and says, "Lets begin".
On another part of town, Sakura is walking through the market area and stops by a medicine shop. Sakura is waiting by the counter and over hears a ninja with bright green clothes talking to the store manager. The bright green colored ninja says," Do you know where I can find the sword of Heroes?" The manager says," I think it is overseas on another continent, so the rumors say." The bright green ninja then says in a puzzled tone of voice," hmmm.how unexpected." The green ninja then departs out of the medicine store back to his journey. The manager then says to Sakura," Can I help you young lady?" Sakura then says," Yes I need some ointment to treat wounds, bandages, some medicine to treat poison infected wounds. The clerk says," that will be ninety yen total." Sakura pays ninety yen, which was half of the money Sasuke gave her. Sakura walks out, towards the direction of the hotel until sees in front of her, the green masked ninja from the day before, wearing the forehead protector on her waist, with the same exact clothes as Sakura but with skirt below her waist, and a green ribbon to hold up her hair into a pony tail. A surprised Sakura then jumps back and draws a kunai from her kunai holster. "Who are you and what do you want from me?" Sakura asks. The green masked ninja replies," My name is Yuko and I want to see if you're a skilled ninja." Yuko then readies a hand seal and says," Here I come!"
In a local bar, Sasuke enters because a lot of rumors could be found and a place where a lot of people go to socialize could bring up many rumors about the Moon Village. Sasuke then approaches the first group of men at a table near the entrance. Sasuke then asks one of the men," Do you guys know where I can find a map of the Shadow Country and the whereabouts of the Hidden Moon Village?" One of the guys says," I'm not telling you anything unless you make a bet with me." Sasuke then asks," what kind of bet?" "You see I'm a gambler." The guy tells Sasuke. Sasuke says," so what about it?" "If you can beat me, I'll give you a map and tell you the location of the Moon Village?" Sasuke asks," how do you know where the Moon Village is? The gambler answers," I was there once and I escaped with my life as many ninjas tried to catch me." Sasuke then says," fine I'll except the bet." The gambler then tells Sasuke that if Sasuke loses then Sasuke would have to hand over all his money and if Sasuke wins then he gets the information he seeks. The gambler says that he'll put a marble underneath one of the three cups and he will slide the cups around and Sasuke will have to guess the right one. The gambler says," Let's begin." Sasuke thinks to himself," This sounds easy enough and too easy." Then all of a sudden the gambler moves his hands at great speed where the normal eye couldn't notice. Sasuke knew that the probability of him guessing the right cup would be hard if he just tried to concentrate. Sasuke didn't have time so he then says, "Sharingan." From another table a figure dressed in a dark blue cloak observes Sasuke using the Sharingan. While the gambler was shuffling the cups at great speed, the gambler had no idea that Sasuke could see the movements perfectly. When the gambler stopped Sasuke then picks the left cup and the gambler reveals the marble. The gambler could not believe that Sasuke could know where the marble was. The gamble then says," Well, I'm a man of my word so here is the map and the location of the Moon Village is." Sasuke was soon alarmed as a senbon (acupuncture needle) was struck through the gambler's neck. With everyone in the bar alarmed, Sasuke notices the cloaked figure was the one who killed the gambler. Sasuke begins to run towards the figure, until the figure jumps over Sasuke and the hoard of people and dashes outside with great speed. Sasuke then pursues the cloaked person after taking the map from the now dead gambler and runs into a park. Sasuke looks around until he feels a presence behind him. Sasuke then says," so you lured me all the way out here to fight." The cloaked figure then says," that is correct" Sasuke with an aggressive tone says," Who the hell are you and what do you want from me?" "My name is Gesshoko Kurai and I want to fight someone who is a member of the strongest clan of the Hidden Leaf Village." Kurai replies. Sasuke then says," Fine.take this." Sasuke uses a backhand attack at Kurai. Kurai jumps away and reveals himself. Kurai was wearing the forehead protector on his right arm, followed by the blue striped mask, with an Anbu glove/bracer on his right hand and a glove that Kakashi wears on his right hand, and wearing long black pants with ninja shoes, accompanied by a shirt that looks like sleeveless version of Kogasu shirt. Kurai says in a calm voice," Get ready." Sasuke then replies," Fine.Let's go." They then dash towards each other.
Meanwhile Kogasu and Naruto begin their fight, and the group of five Kage- Bunshins including Naruto which makes, six try to jump Kogasu. Kogasu then counters by smashing the floor with his fist and yells," Moeru-Bakuha!" All of Naruto's Kage-Bunshins were now destroyed and Naruto is blasted into midair air and Kogasu follows through with Zankoku Tekken into Naruto's stomach sending Naruto straight into the ground. Deriving in pain Naruto was unable to move after he hit the ground at a very strong impact. Kogasu then says, " Your not worth anything." As Kogasu was about to walk away he hears, "If you don't acknowledge me as an opponent then your making a big mistake." Kogasu then turns around in amazement and Naruto continues, " Because I'm going to kick your ass." Kogasu then says," Fine then, show me what you got."
Now as each of the Leaf Genins and the Moon Ninjas has there one on one battle the only thing to wonder is, what will happen during these intense battles? As Naruto battles Kogasu, Sasuke and Sakura begin their fight with the remaining Moon Ninjas. The only way to see what happens in these exciting battles is to be prepared for the next chapter.
Jutsu Meanings
Moeru-Bakuha- Burning Explosion
Zankoku Tekken- Brutal Iron Fist
****** Chapter Four - First Stop, a village in the Shadow Country******
After the confrontation with the Moon Ninjas, four hours have passed and Team 7 has now arrived in a nearby village in the Shadow Country. Worn out by the first part of their journey Sasuke confirms to them that they should find a hotel to stay in for the night. As the team begins to search for a hotel they see many of the villagers and other travelers shopping in the marketplace where a lot of business is conducted. Following the path that led through the marketplace the three Genins could overhear tons of gossip and bargains that store clerks were trying to offer to the many customers that flourished the entire area. They searched the entire village for vacant hotels but many were all filled up. Soon after, they arrived at a hotel known as "The Garden Star" that had one last room. The room was fairly expensive since it was meant for the higher-class people such as Feudal Lords and Princesses. Since there was nowhere else that had available rooms the group accepted the expensive room. Sakura then asks Sasuke," Why did we accept such an expensive room?" Sasuke replies," Because the risk of us being attacked by the Moon Ninjas again would be lower and the manager told me we can stay here as long as we want for free, since we were the only people that purchased the room." Sakura says," I guess your right." Sasuke then informs the group," We're going to stay here for one extra day, since we're low on supplies." Sasuke continues," We'll do the shopping tomorrow so lets call it a night." In the gigantic room there laid three futons where each of them could sleep. Naruto slept on the left, Sakura slept in the middle and Sasuke slept on the right. During the night, what the three Genins didn't know was that outside were the three Moon Ninjas on the roof of another building looking observing the room where the three Leaf ninjas stayed at until the next day approached.
Early morning the three Genins awoke. Having there breakfast Naruto asks Sasuke," Hey Sasuke, what kind of supplies do we need?" Sasuke replies," We need to find some extra food and some medicine, just incase if the journey takes longer than we expect." The three then finish up their breakfast and stood in front of the hotel. Sasuke tells them," We'll split up to search for the supplies." Sasuke then hands out money to each of his teammates. He then adds," Naruto you will look for food, Sakura you will look for medicine, and I will look for information about the Shadow Country's area and to check where is the location of the Moon Village from all the gossip that is hovering around. As they depart, Sasuke says, "Don't let your guard down, there might be Moon Ninjas wandering around." He then adds, "If any of us are in danger use your Chakra to conjure some kind of signal." The three now have departed, and from the roof the three Moon Ninjas observe the three Leaf Ninjas separate. The Ninja with the blue mask says, " The Uchiha kid is mine." The Red Masked Ninja responds," How do you know he's from the Uchiha clan from the Leaf, Gesshoko Kurai?" Kurai answers," I've heard only the Uchiha clan can use the special eye known as the Sharingan and also the boy could see my movements, which are impossible to some people, but he saw my movements with ease, so there isn't a mistake about it that he is from the Uchiha Clan." The red masked ninja then says," Looks like I'm stuck with the blonde one." The red one says," He's a piece of cake." Kurai warns him," Don't underestimate him, Hibana Kogasu." Kogasu responds," Yeah, yeah." "It looks like I'm left with the girl", the Green masked ninja added. "The same goes for you Eien Yuko," Kurai added. "I know," Yuko said.
Meanwhile the three leaf Genins are now wandering the town for the supplies they need. Naruto was looking through every single store for some food. Naruto walks through the town ignoring some signs of food until he spots a store with a huge sign that read, Ramen King. Naruto's face grows into a huge smile. He then runs through the door and asks the Ramen Clerk, "How much are cups of Ramen?" The Ramen Clerk then says, " They are three yen each." Naruto immediately looks at his money and notices that Sasuke gave him one hundred eighty yen. Naruto thinks how much he can get. Naruto then says, " Hey old man, give me as much cups of ramen as you can with one hundred eighty yen." The Ramen Clerk then says," ok small fry here is sixty cups of ramen from the Ramen King shop, have a good day." Naruto exits the shop with a big smile. Naruto then begins to walk down the road and notices that there is an empty street that is a short cut to the hotel that the three Genins were staying at. Naruto immediately runs down the road until a person in a cloak sitting down on the side, puts his leg out and trips Naruto and the bag filled with sixty ramen cups falls to the floor. Naruto then yells out, "Hey what's the big idea." The cloaked figure then replies, " nothing much really. I just wanted to know if you would like to fight me here and now?" Naruto answers, "Who the hell are you?" The cloaked figure begins to burst in flames and the cloak is soon burned off, to reveal a figure wearing a red headband with a red mask, two crimson red beads over gloves on his forearms, wearing clothes similar to Sasuke, without the loose neck style (on Sasuke's shirt, near the neck his shirt is loose) on the shirt near the neck in the color of blood red and long black pants like Kakashi's without the sandals, but instead has ninja shoes. My name is Hibana Kogasu and you are?" Naruto replies," I am Uzumaki Naruto." He also adds," I except your challenge." Naruto then immediately yells," Kage-Bunshin no Jutsu!" Kogasu then takes one of his Tai-Jutsu stances and says, "Lets begin".
On another part of town, Sakura is walking through the market area and stops by a medicine shop. Sakura is waiting by the counter and over hears a ninja with bright green clothes talking to the store manager. The bright green colored ninja says," Do you know where I can find the sword of Heroes?" The manager says," I think it is overseas on another continent, so the rumors say." The bright green ninja then says in a puzzled tone of voice," hmmm.how unexpected." The green ninja then departs out of the medicine store back to his journey. The manager then says to Sakura," Can I help you young lady?" Sakura then says," Yes I need some ointment to treat wounds, bandages, some medicine to treat poison infected wounds. The clerk says," that will be ninety yen total." Sakura pays ninety yen, which was half of the money Sasuke gave her. Sakura walks out, towards the direction of the hotel until sees in front of her, the green masked ninja from the day before, wearing the forehead protector on her waist, with the same exact clothes as Sakura but with skirt below her waist, and a green ribbon to hold up her hair into a pony tail. A surprised Sakura then jumps back and draws a kunai from her kunai holster. "Who are you and what do you want from me?" Sakura asks. The green masked ninja replies," My name is Yuko and I want to see if you're a skilled ninja." Yuko then readies a hand seal and says," Here I come!"
In a local bar, Sasuke enters because a lot of rumors could be found and a place where a lot of people go to socialize could bring up many rumors about the Moon Village. Sasuke then approaches the first group of men at a table near the entrance. Sasuke then asks one of the men," Do you guys know where I can find a map of the Shadow Country and the whereabouts of the Hidden Moon Village?" One of the guys says," I'm not telling you anything unless you make a bet with me." Sasuke then asks," what kind of bet?" "You see I'm a gambler." The guy tells Sasuke. Sasuke says," so what about it?" "If you can beat me, I'll give you a map and tell you the location of the Moon Village?" Sasuke asks," how do you know where the Moon Village is? The gambler answers," I was there once and I escaped with my life as many ninjas tried to catch me." Sasuke then says," fine I'll except the bet." The gambler then tells Sasuke that if Sasuke loses then Sasuke would have to hand over all his money and if Sasuke wins then he gets the information he seeks. The gambler says that he'll put a marble underneath one of the three cups and he will slide the cups around and Sasuke will have to guess the right one. The gambler says," Let's begin." Sasuke thinks to himself," This sounds easy enough and too easy." Then all of a sudden the gambler moves his hands at great speed where the normal eye couldn't notice. Sasuke knew that the probability of him guessing the right cup would be hard if he just tried to concentrate. Sasuke didn't have time so he then says, "Sharingan." From another table a figure dressed in a dark blue cloak observes Sasuke using the Sharingan. While the gambler was shuffling the cups at great speed, the gambler had no idea that Sasuke could see the movements perfectly. When the gambler stopped Sasuke then picks the left cup and the gambler reveals the marble. The gambler could not believe that Sasuke could know where the marble was. The gamble then says," Well, I'm a man of my word so here is the map and the location of the Moon Village is." Sasuke was soon alarmed as a senbon (acupuncture needle) was struck through the gambler's neck. With everyone in the bar alarmed, Sasuke notices the cloaked figure was the one who killed the gambler. Sasuke begins to run towards the figure, until the figure jumps over Sasuke and the hoard of people and dashes outside with great speed. Sasuke then pursues the cloaked person after taking the map from the now dead gambler and runs into a park. Sasuke looks around until he feels a presence behind him. Sasuke then says," so you lured me all the way out here to fight." The cloaked figure then says," that is correct" Sasuke with an aggressive tone says," Who the hell are you and what do you want from me?" "My name is Gesshoko Kurai and I want to fight someone who is a member of the strongest clan of the Hidden Leaf Village." Kurai replies. Sasuke then says," Fine.take this." Sasuke uses a backhand attack at Kurai. Kurai jumps away and reveals himself. Kurai was wearing the forehead protector on his right arm, followed by the blue striped mask, with an Anbu glove/bracer on his right hand and a glove that Kakashi wears on his right hand, and wearing long black pants with ninja shoes, accompanied by a shirt that looks like sleeveless version of Kogasu shirt. Kurai says in a calm voice," Get ready." Sasuke then replies," Fine.Let's go." They then dash towards each other.
Meanwhile Kogasu and Naruto begin their fight, and the group of five Kage- Bunshins including Naruto which makes, six try to jump Kogasu. Kogasu then counters by smashing the floor with his fist and yells," Moeru-Bakuha!" All of Naruto's Kage-Bunshins were now destroyed and Naruto is blasted into midair air and Kogasu follows through with Zankoku Tekken into Naruto's stomach sending Naruto straight into the ground. Deriving in pain Naruto was unable to move after he hit the ground at a very strong impact. Kogasu then says, " Your not worth anything." As Kogasu was about to walk away he hears, "If you don't acknowledge me as an opponent then your making a big mistake." Kogasu then turns around in amazement and Naruto continues, " Because I'm going to kick your ass." Kogasu then says," Fine then, show me what you got."
Now as each of the Leaf Genins and the Moon Ninjas has there one on one battle the only thing to wonder is, what will happen during these intense battles? As Naruto battles Kogasu, Sasuke and Sakura begin their fight with the remaining Moon Ninjas. The only way to see what happens in these exciting battles is to be prepared for the next chapter.
Jutsu Meanings
Moeru-Bakuha- Burning Explosion
Zankoku Tekken- Brutal Iron Fist
