The Dragon Has Landed.
Chapter 3 : The Change
REPLIES FOR REVIEWERS:
Arachnid : T.T I alreaady made the re-write for A Dragon From Above so....it's still that bad? Okay so another re-write then....But thanks for the review, I think I'll focus on this one then.
None : Sorry I found out about that hehehe...... anyway I was lazy to change them so please forgive my lazyness.The rest of the Chap will be Zabuza ....I promise.
I can't use Italics since I use wordpad and notepad to write my fics and I saved them in txt format.
Asphixia : Wow thanks, I happy to have a fan like you.I'll reply three times then.
Asphixia :Yeah many like the chestnut training.
Asphixia :Family thing? Maybe it's because they are slowly becoming one? The next chap will be on Haku and Zabuza after they left the Mist.
Daniel de los Santos :My favourite reviewer other than Zysch(Wonder were is he) !! It's gonna be an AU since I have changed some of the things with the appearing of Ranma and Max.Tune in the next chap ok?.
"Blah" :Speech
#Thoughts#
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One day Kisame brought a man clad in black to Zabuza's house for cover.It was raining outside and the three Kids were training on their Ki control at the fire place while Zabuza was filling out a report of a mission.Kisame arrived and the kids was told to go ups stairs.Max saw the man and shuddered when he looked at him, those eyes...those cold lifeless eyes were scary and it sends shivers through Max's spine.They went ups stairs and landed their ears on the floor in hope to hear the meeting downstairs.
"Zabuza, this is the one I told you about.The one that killed his clan.Uchiha Itachi." said Kisame in a low enough voice but was heard by the three from their Ki enhanced hearing and the help of a glass cup by the ears.
"So you're the last of the Uchiha clan then." said Zabuza.
"Yes, I must say as the Demon of the Mist you sure are soft enough to have three kids running around the house.It looks like they are your...own children?" said Itachi in an emotionless voice but a little hint of mocking could be heard.
Zabuza glared at the missing nin in front of him and replied " They are the best Ninjas their age in this whole village and they could surpass me in a few years.What do you want with me?"
"I must ask of a place to stay for the time being because I am considered a missing nin in most Village and I need to lay low.Kisame told me that no one would bother looking here since you are...." he left the sentence hanging and Zabuza noded.
"In return we would offer you money.My clan is rich and ..." but Zabuza lifted his hands and called out.
"Come down you three!! I know what tricks you are pulling."
The three teleported down stairs and bowed in front of the guests.Zabuza smirked and gestured at the three.
"In return I want you to train them. I know you are a powerful fighter in Ninjutsu ,Taijutsu and Genjutsu. Unfortunately I can't teach them all they need to know since I will be busy on a three months Mission by the Mizukage." said Zabuza,the three kids were startled to hear this and stared at Itachi.
Kisame winced when Itachi activated his Sharingan and glared at Zabuza."You expect ME to baby-sit your children? Ask Kisame here to do it.I will only pay money."
"That or I'll call off the deal." said Zabuza and he crossed his arms around his chest.
Itachi was quiet for a moment then he sighed while deactivating his Sharingan "Very well,I am tired from running all the way from the Leaf to here all night so I will need to rest.Tomorrow I will start teaching them."
"Good.It's a deal then,I must remind you not to underestimate them." said Zabuza then he told the three to prepare two futons and heat the furo for their 'Guests'.Kisame asked Zabuza about joining their new group,the Akatsuki but Zabuza declined the offer and said that he have bigger fish to catch.
The next day Itachi told them to wait for him at the mountains after their mission.They learned about creating their own explosion wards and the many usage of the soldier pill, mercenary pill and worker pills.The soldier pills give you the protein you need to stay alert for 3 days while mercenary pill lets you stay for 5 days and worker pill stays up to a week but the after affect of the last pill is high metabolism and considering the amount of food Ranma could eat it was very...um...unadvisable for him to take it.They each took one soldier pill and skipped lunch to wait for Itachi in the mountains.
Once they entered they could feel that someone was watching them and they fill their senses with Ki to sense the one watching them.Suddenly their eye sight was filled with Technicolor images then the world around them went spinning around like a disco ball and they started to feel dizzy. They knew it was a Genjutsu but they couldn't break it even though they were trained to break almost every Genjutsu known in the mist.This one was different, it had a mixture of a killing intent so thick and deadly that even the calm Haku throw up.Max and Ranma tried to break the Jutsu with Ki and meditation but they failed because the lights was making them loose concentration. Ranma also threw up.Max was angry about his situation, he was not going to give up.He pumped more chakra into his counter spell but the more chakra he inserted the faster the world spins and finally he passed out after throwing up beside his brothers.
Itachi appeared behind them and smiled for the first time.They won't disappoint him after all.The three awoke to the splashing of water by Itachi.Ranma glared at him and shouted "You, you're the one that made that damn Genjutsu on us.Why did you?"
Itachi vanished and held Ranma by the neck and replied him in the same emotionless tone "I do what I need to do to make you strong. Remember that Zabuza told me to teach you but he didn't say anything about not hurting you.Do what I say and you will be stronger than any Genin your age."
Ranma spatted despite the hands around his neck "We are already STRONGER than Genins our AGE !! Katchu Tenshin Amaguri Ken!"then he unleashed a barrage of punches to Itachi's face but then Itachi disappeared with a puff of ninja smoke.
"Fucking Bunshin...wait..it's a Kage Bunshin? How? I never sensed that." said Ranma then he was hit over the head from behind and fell flat on his face.He turned and glared at Itachi."If I were to be detected by the likes of you I wouldn't be here ALIVE." Ranma charged at Itachi again and threw his kunai at his chest but he was kicked in the chest by Itachi,sending him backwards towards Haku who caught him but was also forced a few feet behind from the force of the kick.
"Damn....you're fast..." said Ranma as he wiped the blood from his mouth and stood up into a stance.Itachi lifeted an eyebrow surprised that Ranma could still stand after his kick.Sure he reduced his strengh behind that kick but a kid this size shouldn't be able stand up from it.Then he heard a shout "Kuchiyose (Summoning) no Jutsu !!" and a gaint Dragon appeared hovering above him breathing hot flames at him.Itachi lifeted his hands to block the fire but then he was attacked from all sides by water needles.
#This is a Genjutsu.....# thought Itachi, then he jumped up to the dragon and countered the image of the dragon and find Max hiding behind a tree with a handseal he know all too well,the Gold Binding Jutsu.
#Looks like I got my work cut out for me......one uses Taijutsu,the younger one has a Blood line limit even though it's a weak one but he knows how to use it and the last one with Genjutsu.........what a cute team.#
Itachi somersaulted in the air and threw three Kunais at Max's direction and watch him block it with a Kunai therefore canceling his Jutsu.Then he dodged a few Senbons heading his way by tilting his head and a roll to the left.........only to be attacked by a shout "Suiton : Suigeki no Jutsu !!" a medium sized hammer made of water slammed on his shoulder.He chided himself for being so careless but shrugged it off, all the hammer did was just forced him back a few feet which was not a normal feat to do considering the one doing it was a 10 year old. He made a handseal lazily without his super fast speed and blew a gout of flames at the incoming Ranma "Katon : Gokakyuu no Jutsu ."
"Whoa ! A fire Jutsu, I never get to do that before." Said Ranma as he tried to dodge the hot flames, he was used to the heat courtesy of the Chestnut fist. Then he tried to mimic the jutsu but was unable to do it because it required a different type of chakra molding.Itachi saw this and was amused by Ranma's ability of copying his handseal.He give out another two Gokakyuu at Ranma and Haku just to test out Ranma's memory and he blocked the combined attacks from Haku and Max from behind.
Ranma was standing there thinking about this new technique he learned."Damn...I got the handseals correct but I still couldn't get it,this is different with all my water jutsu,fire...I got it !!" he made the handseals and ran to help his two brothers.
Max used his two kunais and slashed Itachi with Chestnut speed while Haku give him back up by throwing senbons in order to distract Itachi.Suddenly a loud shout of "Katon : Gokakyuu no Jutsu !!" filled their ears and a huge gout of flame headed towards Itachi's way from behind.Haku leaped away and Max choose this opportunity to throw his kunais at Itachi when he was looking back at the source of the shout.Itachi was busy blocking the Kunais that Max threw and made a quick hand seal to summon up a Kawarimi.All was left of Itachi was a burned log which turned into ash after Ranma's flames burned through.
Itachi appeared right in front of Ranma when he finished his jutsu and slammed his knee at Ranma's chest sending him backwards smashing to the tree.The air from Ranma's lungs were almost finished when he did the fire attack but the kick from Itachi made him gasping for air and he almost fainted from the lack of air and the pain in his chest.Max and Haku made their hand seals and attacked together.
"Suiton : Suigeki no Jutsu !"
"Suiton : Sui Senbon No Jutsu !"
The water hammer and needles were outmatched by Itachi's Karyuu Endan and the whole place was filled with water vapors and the hard breathing sound of Max and Haku.They never used this much Jutsu in their missions.All they did was the basic jutsus and occasionally some big jutsus but this time they were out matched by a Fire elemental user.Haku still have some chakra in him and he made his last jutsu.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu !!" it was a Leaf secret Jutsu that Zabuza taught them when he was in the Leaf last time. Instead of creating an illusion like the normal Bunshin,The Kage Bunshin creates real life copies that could attack. Five Bunshins of Haku surrounded Itachi.Max nodded and made three Kage Bunshin to help out and they each took out a Kunai to make Itachi a human pincushion.Each Bunshin used Chestnut speed to stab,slash,cut,strike and poke Itachi but he dodged every strike and when he stopped at the last two, which was the original, what they saw shocked them......the Sharingan was activated and every Bunshin turned back into ninja smoke....they didn't even see how he killed all the Bunshin.Max had only one thought in his mind #Shit...he's fast.#Then everything when black......again.
"Ow......anyone got the number of that Star Destroyer?"
"Damn Tomboy must be back......"
"Zabuza-san...where are you?"
Itachi gave out a sigh as his new student woke up from his 'treatment' he was surprised that they managed to actually get him to use his Sharingan and the fact that they woke up about two hours from his knock out was also alarming to him.He taught them about the stealthy tricks to attacking and how to mask your chakra when using Genjutsu and some Katon Jutsus plus a few Earth and lighting Jutsus he copied over the years. He was amazed by Ranma when he mastered the Gokakyuu after a few pushes to the correct way of using the Katon technique. They have mastered the three Katon jutsus he taught them.The Gokakyuu,the Housenka and the Kasen (Fire Arrow) Jutsu.He also told them about summons and summon combo attacks.Ranma and Max asked about the method to acquire a Summon but he said that it was either passed down by a clan,master to pupil or if you meet an animal spirit and actually get it to have a contract with you.In short it's based on one's luck.They asked if he had any summons and he told them that he rarely used it.He fought a Salamander user and used the animal to make a contract or he'll kill it's master.He used the Salamander once to test it's usage and never used it again.The excuse was that they didn't obey him for he had threatened their master before.The kids asked him to let them try the summons but he told them that they must complete his training first of they'll never be able to control a summon.Ranma said that he will be able to control a stupid lizard better than Itachi and that earned him another whack on the head and a free trip to la-la land.
Max was trying his best to do the Gokakyuu but all he did was level a bush of low growth.Itachi told him that because of his lack in Chakra he will need to be patient and so he learned the Genjutsu Itachi taught him.Ranma was able to make a Gokakyuu similar to the one Itachi made the day that he used against the Max and Haku while Haku preferred the Katon Kasen Jutsu which is like miniature fire senbons......only it's made of fire and it's more powerful and bigger to make.The lightning jutsu Itachi taught them was a hybrid of Ninjutsu and Taijutsu where the user converts his chakra into electricity and slammed it into the body part of the enemy and paralyzing the enemy. Then he taught them some Earth Element (Doton) Jutsus that could help them in emergency situations.A shield of earth from the ground would come to their aid and block off any Physical or Water based attacks.Lightning and Fire attacks will also be rendered useless to this shield and the only weakness is that if the Physical attack is strong enough or if the enemy is a Taijutsu master then they will not be able to make the shield quick enough.Itachi also rarely use this Jutsu because his enemies often died before they could use any powerful attacks.Ranma told them about the Baksai Tenketsu training and asked Itachi if he could help them train in it.
"This is the most idiotic training method I have ever heard in my entire life and you expect me to help you do it? What if you broke your spinal cord?" asked Itachi but the kids were determined to learn this."Fine,but I will only allow you to do this after you guys finish my training." with that the three tripled their efforts on the training Itachi gave them.
Even though they tried their best to finish the training which Itachi secretly added some of his own ideas in them they were left with only two weeks for themselves and they knew that the Breaking Point Training wouldn't be finished in that short time so they gave up and did some practice on their own weaker techniques.For some reasons unknown, Ranma seems to be attracted to Fire and Lightning elemental Jutsus so Itachi gave him the handseals on the most powerful Katon Jutsus known,The Karyuu Endan .Since Ranma was occupied with that Jutsu Haku focused on his Bloodline limit. Max didn't learn the Karyuu Endan because of the massive usage of Chakra needed for the technique so he asked Itachi about Genjutsu.He learned a weakened version of the Menge Sharingan and was ecstatic in learning it,when they asked about why Itachi taught them all these special techniques to some unknown Genins,his reply was that they were his payment and that he will fulfill his word on that.The second thing was that they were better than his brother Sasuke and from the times he secretly spied on him, he found out that Sasuke was a weakling compared to the three.This made Ranma overconfident again and therefore earned him a lesson on ego over boost by Max and Itachi's Genjutsu.
Zabuza came back and he was pleased by the result Itachi made and said that he would let him train them whenever he like but Itachi told him that he would only be here for another month then he and Kisame will be away for a long long time in the Akatsuki .Max asked Zabuza and Kisame about the other five of the Greatest swords Ninja of the mist and would like them to teach him the art of swordsmanship. They laughed at this and said that the other three were missing nins and if he was lucky enough he could get some lessons by the other two.
Zabuza introduced Max to one of the two. A Ninja named Takedakeshii Shiro from the Takedakeshii clan.He was in his mid fifties but looked as though he was at Zabuza's age (Which he refused to tell the three) and has that knowledgeable look in his eyes that screamed 'I have killed over a thousand man and loved it'.Max gulped the first time he saw him and bowed all the way down never tried to look up to his face until he was asked to stand up and test his skill with a sword. Needless to say Max was 'Killed' over ten times and they finally stopped for a break.
"Your skills in the Art (Swordsmanship) is considered good for your age.I must say that Zabuza and Kisame did a good job on you.I would like you to bring me the sword I made for you."
Max was blinking in surprise when he heard this. Takedakeshii made my sword? I thought Kisame made it.
"Kisame helped me made it by sacrificing the secrets in his sword.The gills were interesting to remake and I promised him not to make one for anyone else.I will teach you the technique on using the sword although I know that Kisame already taught you the method.I doubt that Zabuza knew anything about guiding Chakra into the sword and reusing it." Said Takedakeshii, all Max could do was nod dumbly at the reply. Six months later, Max was skilled enough to bring his sword around the village and he tried sucking Ranma and Haku's Chakra while sparing with them.He could do the Gokakyuu and even the Karyuu Endan easily with the added Chakra from his sword.They continued like that until Ranma and Haku finally get him to stop using his sword because it was considered 'cheating'.He learned the art of swordsmanship and countering from Takedakeshii.Soon he was allowed to call him Shiro-sensei since he passed the test to learn the Takedakeshii style. Takedakeshii means ferocious and the style is exactly like what the name described attack fast and quick.The defense is almost nonexistent because from the way Max use is sword the enemy would need to rely on his/her self defense otherwise Max would either suck up their Chakra and use a jutsu to attack them with his combo or use his Genjutsu along with the Sword technique.He could do a Genjutsu while fighting with his sword because it acted like a medium like a handseal and the Jutsu will be activated whenever he puts chakra in it but he could only do minor Genjutsu at the moment since larger scale jutsu will cause him to be affected as well if not controlled properly.
Six months later Shiro brought him to see the second sword ninja in the Mist. Tsumeato Ookami was known as the 'Scared Wolf' when he was in his Anbu days and he uses his Seven Star Blade to cut of his opponents vital points and muscle tissue to see them suffer a slow and agonizing death.Max was frightened the whole time he was training with Ookami. He never felt such a strong killing intent from just a sparring match. He was taught about using his killing intent on his opponents to immobilize their movement. The training was a staring contest.At first he thought that it was a Genjutsu but when he tried to counter it he noticed that all Ookami-sensei was doing was only looking at him.His breathing and heart rate went sky high and he finally vomited from the strain.Even Zabuza or Shiro sensei's killing wasn't this strong.The only time he felt this was when Itachi used his Sharingan Genjutsu combo on him...but that was a Genjutsu...this was plain killing intent.
He went on a one trip mission with Ookami to kill some bandits. Whenever Max and his brother's went on a Hunting mission they only wounded the enemy bad enough and tied them back to HQ but this time Max was ordered to KILL a bandit.Needless to say Max failed until the bandit attacked him from behind. Max uses his reflexes to defend himself only to be splattered by the blood from the bandit.His Arainami spilled the first blood that day and Max was returned home. Ranma and Haku tried to comfort him but he locked himself in the room until Ranma broke down the door and found him passed out from hunger.
Soon Ookami asked him to kill other bandits and some missing nins to give him the killing experients. Then came the hardest part.The training to increase his own killing intent,he was not allowed to live with his brothers for 3 whole months and only allowed to do simple C ranked missions solo or accompanied by Ookami himself.The final day of the three months came and Max was completely different from his former self.They could see the death in his eyes and he had killed almost twenty person on his missions. A true ninja is to never show their true feelings outside or inside of battle and he tried to find back his humanity. Ranma and Haku told him that they also received a similar training from Zabuza when he was not around.
One day they heard the news of Kisame defecting while trying to kill a Water Country Ambassador.They were told that he was listed as a S-class missing nin now and was ordered to be killed on sight. Zabuza was quiet that day and the three children was shocked when they heard this. Max looked thoughtful for a moment and told them that maybe Kisame joined that Akatsuki or something.Shiro and Ookami-sensei told him that the Seven Swords of the Mist are going to be known as he Seven Missing Swords if this goes on.He told them that he and Ookami will always be loyal to the Mist and they must also do the same.
The day the three dreaded finally came when Zabuza wanted to assassinate the Mizukage.The three tried to stop him but they failed when Zabuza suddenly slammed his sword handle on Ranma and Max's head while leaving Haku standing there looking at him with a pleading look. He snorted and said that they were useless tools and should kill them before they wake up and cause more trouble. He raised his large sword over their heads when Haku's needles stopped him. Haku cried and told him that he could use him as a ninja tool only if he spared the life of his two brothers. Zabuza nodded and they went to continue his plan.
When Ranma and Max woke up they were in a hospital surrounded by Anbus and Jounins. They told them that Zabuza and Haku has become Missing nins and the two were to be put on house arrest because they feared that they would become like their master and turn on the Mist. The two kids were too shocked to say anything and were striped from their Anbu ranks and be put into normal Genin.The house arrest was for a month and when Zabuza or Haku didn't contact them they were released but was not allowed to be Anbu or Hunter nin forever.Shiro sensei took them in and asked them to be in his clan for he sees high potential in both Max and Ranma for his kind of style. They agreed and soon started their training.That was what happened two years ago and each day they prayed for the safety of Haku and Zabuza...well mostly Haku since they blamed Zabuza for his foolish way of thinking but because he had raised them they seemed to be unable to forget him somehow .
Present day...
"Alright Ranma-kun show me the staff technique I taught you last week." Said Shiro as he and Max watched form the side.
Ranma stood up and gave them a bow then he took out his staff and wielded it gracefully. The staff skill of the Takedakeshii clan was in par with the sword style and it includes the ferociousness of both style and grace. Ranma even combined it into his own School of Anything Goes and Shiro was stunned by the beauty of the flow.It was like a dance...a deadly dance and he countered every strike the other clan members throw at him, only Shiro himself or other elders of the clan could defeat Ranma in skill but the numbers were getting lower and lower since Shiro had taught Ranma the Ultimate Technique of the Takedakeshii clan , Takedakeshii Ryu : Ousatsu Sa Ti Mu ( Ferocious Clan : 36 dead strike).This is a hybrid of the Hake strike of the Hyuuga and the Ying Yang Dao technique of the Kawariyaku Subeta clan which excels in knife and katana techniques. Max learned the Takedakeshii Ryu : Chanbara no Kenbu (Sword fight Dance) and some Heijin (Sword Blade) techniques. He combined it with the teachings of Ookami,Zabuza, Itachi and Kiasme's plus a little Anything Goes to make it swift and powerful enough to fend of any Ninjutsu or Taijutsu user.
A year later...
The two became young stars of the Mist and many Jounin instructors wanted them in their team. Some even volunteered to teach them personally and be their seisei for free since they could also get a glimpse of the new Anything Goes style that Ranma and Max uses. Shiro asked Ranma to show him some style and Ranma gave him some pointers on the Anything Goes which Shiro make it the third most powerful style of the Clan. Many clans were envious of Shiro and some says that he knew this all along and wanted the style for his own until he was forced to make Ranma and Max out of his care.He even burned the original copy of the Anything Goes that Ranma gave him and forbid anyone to use it to proove his rights. The two said that they understand and went to Ookami who gladly accepted them. He didn't want anything for return and no one bothered Ookami since he had retired from the Anbu after he took in the two. Max was glad that Ranma learned some lessons to be polite by Shiro sensei or else Ookami would slice of Ranma's head if he had known the Ranma before that. Shiro visits them sometimes but he didn't stay long enough...he only left them some pocket money and some daily requirements for them to survive but they didn't complain. Finally after the reports that Mizukage received from the Takedakeshii clan he made the two temporary Chunins and gave them some missions.On one such mission is the journey to the Sand...
The two was under orders to go the Sand to collect information on a band of Missings Nins. The two was accompanied by fife other Chunins and two Jounins. They would receive some back up three days later by a squad of Anbu and one Hunter nin by the Mizukage. The Kazekage agreed to give them shelter and some help if the trouble gets too out of hand. The group arrived late at night and was very tired by the long journey so they slept in the nice hotel the Kazekage offered.
"What the hell? This place is called a hotel? " asked a Chunin from the corner. He was from a rich clan and would probably be angered by such small detail. The rest of the team ignored him since he would complain about minor stuff from time to time.
#I wonder why he even bothered to become a Ninja in the first place.# though Max as he placed his Arainame beside him and fell into deep slumber.
That night he was awoken by the snoring sound of the Chunin earlier.
"Damn...I wonder how Ranma and the other's were able to stand that noise? Oh well..." Max started meditating to recover his lost sleep.He found out that Ookami sensei also uses meditation to rest his body and it required minimal amount of time.A few hours of meditating could refresh and rest his body like a full nights sleep. Ranma had also taught him on using ki to heal himself and use Ki as projectiles ...yes he had learned the Mokou Takabisha. He took out his outfit and Arainami and jump out the window for a late night stroll.
The nights in the Sand country was cold but not as cold as the Mist but he wore his Wind Blocker to keep himself warm and clear from the small sands that the wind sends his way. Then he saw a young boy almost Haku's age by now walking lonely at the streets.He was puzzled and went after the boy.
"Hey kid you lost? " asked Max quietly.
The kid turned and faced him teary eyed and back off as though he was some sort of monster.
"Go...GO AWAY. Don't hurt me I didn't do anything!!"
Max was dumb founded and stared at the boy,then he remembered about his large sword behind him. "Don't worry kid.I won't hurt you. I'm new here and I was puzzled at why a young kid such as yourself would walk around here alone."
"You...you're not gonna hurt me?" asked the young boy.
"No...why would I do that to a kid? I have a brother just like you and you kinda reminded me of him.What's your name? I'm Max." and he took out his hand for a shake.
The boy looked at Max and reluctantly shook it. "I...I'm Gaara......Gaara of the Sand." Then he closed his eyes waiting for the screaming and hated glare he got from the villagers...just like everybody else.But strangely all he got was Max asking him about if his eyes were hurt because he shut his eyes like that.
"Aren't you gonna hit me?"
"Now for the last time why would I...Hey..." then the name finally clicked in his head.He pictured the one infront of him a little grown up with a 'Love' tattooed on his forehead then a Big gourd behind him...the is the Gaara in Naruto...
When the young Gaara notices the stunned feature on Max's face he took a few steps back. #Oh no...he knew about the...thing inside of me.#
"So, Gaara want me to walk ya home?" asked Max while he scratched his head like Ranma.
"Huh?"
"I mean ...um...want me to walk you home?"
"But...you also knew the thing inside of me right?"
"Yeah so? I know another guy like you but he didn't give up.His name is Naruto."
"Huh? Another like me? Then you are not afraid?"
"Nope.It's not your fault at all."
Gaara was shocked another person like Yashamaru who cared for him...
"Thank you...yes I would like you to meet Yashamaru !! I'm sure he would be happy to meet you."
"Yasha...maru?Oh you mean your care taker huh?" #Hmm... that means that this is before Gaara become the 'Monster' everyone hated.#
"Sure."
Gaara introduced Max to Yashamaru and they talked about Gaara and his life then Max excused himself for he wasn't allowed to leave the hotel this long.
When he arrived Ranma was already up on the roof doing his Kata. Max grinned and joined him for a light spar,no weapons of course.
The few days consisted on the team having patrols and small encounters of bandits of the sand. Max and Ranma visited Gaara as much as they can and Max told Ranma about Gaara's case they played with Gaara.They made Kaga bunshins and played soccer with him.It was the most happiest days of Gaara's life and they were also joined by some of the kids when Ranma and Max performed some Ki moves.
One day Max and Ranma was called from their game with Gaara that they spotted the Hideout of the Missing Nins from the mist. They promised Gaara that they would continue the game some other day after they finished the mission and gave him their address if he would like to contact them by letter.
They encountered the Missinag nins and made short work out of them.There were about twenty Chunins and five jounins all together.Max took out his Arainami and focused his chakra in it then he used a powerful Genjutsu that binds the ones guarding the entrance to the cave. The two Jounins sliced their throats and entered.The battle was longer than expected because there was a new batch of Sand nins waiting inside the cave.
Ranma took out his staff that Shiro sensei made for him, it could extend to a maximum length of five feet and shrink to one foot with the input of chakra. Ranma slammed his staff in the gut of an unsuspected Chunin and gave a Housenka in his chest them knocked him on the wall. He turned to avoid a barrage of Kunais from a Sand Missing nin and launched his chestnut fist in the Chunin's body. The two Jounins and Anbu were squaring of with the five missing Jounins while the rest of the team plus a Hunter nin were busy killing of wounding the other Missing Nins. Max took out Arainami and sucked all off the chakra in the enemy chunins body then he left the Chunin in the mercy of his team mates.He still couldn't get the hang of killing someone that is weak and defenseless. He preferred killing when it is needed and as a last resort. Ranma only knocked the Chunin to la-la land or dislocates their bones.
"Katon : Gokakyuu no jutsu." A huge gout of flames burned three Chunins that came from the hallway. Max used his sword and slashed the Chunin he was facing, the cut from the gills plus the razor sharp blade made the poor chunin screamed out in pain then with a hard kick was sent through the ceiling and finally fell down unconscious. After that, Max and Ranma went to help out the Jounins who were having their hands full. One of the Jounin on their team was bleeding badly from a sword wound. Max took him to Ranma and faced the Jounin with the katana.
"So you use a sword too eh? Have you ever heard of my Arainami?" then Max an the Jounin clashed their swords together.The Jounin was shocked when he felt his chakra slowly decreased.Then Max smirked at him "Obviously you haven't."
The Jounin was furious and used something Max never seen before. "Don't be too cocky boy, Himitsu : Dance Of The Vines !!"
The enraged Jounin started to move in a strange way but the attacks from his sword were getting stronger and stronger. All Max could do was dodge and block with the broad surface of Arainami and waited for the Jounin's Chakra to be sucked dry.
#Huh? Some things not right...I can't suck his Chakra anymore.What gives?# thought Max as his left arm was slashed by the wind pressure from the Dance.
"Hah, finally noticed that you can't get my chakra anymore eh? This is my bloodline technique. The Spinning Vines will protect me from any Genjutsu or Ninjutsu my opponents throw at me.You were great with using that cheating sword of your and ninjutsu but I doubt it that you could handle real swordsmanship." Laughed the Jounin as he charged at Max again...
#So, he wants to play skills?# thought Max and he smirked.
"Alright buster,the kids gloves are off now. Takedakeshii Ryu......" he made a stance with his sword.
"WHAT? Takedakeshii ? You mean that you are from the Takedakeshii ?" shouted the Jounin but it was too late for him to back out. "I don't bloody care.Himisu : Ultimate Vine Dance." Vines appeared from the Jounin's hands and covered his arms and blade as the spikes from the vines produced purple fluids that Max assumed it was poison.
"Let's Dance. Takedakeshii Ryu : Chanbara no Kenbu !!" the two swords wielding ninjas attacked each other with various blows and styles.The poison from the Jounin's sword was splattered on Max's arm but because it was protected by his arm guard so he wasn't harmed. The Jounin was feeling the strain of the battle as he wasn't used to the long fight. He was a great swordsman but now he was facing a clan member of one of the greatest swords clan from his native village.
#But he is just a mere boy. I could kill him when he feels tired from the fight.# thought the Jounin as he made another dance "Poison Vines Senbon." The spikes from the vines suddenly burst out as small mini senbons at Max who dodged easily. The sparring sections with Haku paid off and the Jounin was getting sloppier by the minute. Although some of the poison spikes did hit Max's legs he was protected by his shin and knee guards by Shiro sensei.It was made of pure Mythril
(Which is some sort of Silver like Mattel) and it provides good heat resistance. Ranma had the same thing and he was hitting a Jounin over the head with his staff combined with the Lightning Jutsu Hybrid that Itachi taught him, therefore paralyzing his opponents. After a few minutes the Jounin attacking Max was showing some holes in his attack and Max could see through his attack patterns. He made a hand seal and shouted "Katon : Gokakyuu no Jutsu !" and burned the vines around the Jounins hands allowing him to slash his blade away from him. Max stepped on the Jounins knee and gave a hard kick to the Jounins face then did a full body back flip from the Jounins chest and hit his chin sending the Jounin crashing through some crates behind him. Max twisted in the air and let loose three shurikens that embedded themselves on the Jounins body.
By that time the missing nins were losing the battle and some of them used forbidden jutsus but was easily overwhelmed by the surviving Chunin and Jounins plus the help of Max and Ranma. The fact that some forbidden Jutsus require massive chakrac amount helped defeated them.
Ranma gave an open palm strike to a Chunin who stupidly used a forbidden technique that allowed the user to have a great boost of Chakra , unfortunately the poor Chunin didn't have the training that allows him to contain that much chakra and his speed slowed him down.This allowed Ranma to have a few free strikes to his body.
"Huh, that'll teach 'ya to never use forbidden jutsus again. Didn't you gave a thought about why it was a Forbidden Jutsu in the first place?" laughed Ranma as he gave the Chunin a taste of his chestnut fist.
Three Jounin and a Hunter Nin cornered the last Missing Nin Jounin. Finally he threw a smoke bomb and vanished from sight but was stopped by Max by the entrance. The Jounin was surprised to see that a mere Chunin stopped him.
"How the heck did you manage to get me?" asked the Jounin.
"Since it was a long battle I assumed that you are low on chakra and you couldn't teleport away from this cave fully so I placed a field Genjutsu around the entrance with my Sword Arainami.It eats Chakra and it will give you the illusion of the outside and you would appear here." Said Max as he released his Genjutsu and took out Arainami from the ground,he pointed the tip of the sword towards the Jounin and said "Give up now." The jounin had no choice and made a last Jutsu .Max recognized the jutsu as a suicide forbidden Jutsu and shouted for everyone to take cover and summoned a thick wall or earth to protect himself from the blast.Unfortunately five Chunin was unable to react in time and suffered major wounds but luckily no one died that day.Max released his earth shield and helped the rest to the hospital at the Sand.
Max and Ranma went to find Gaara and found him crying on a cliff.
"Hey Gaara-kun, what happened? " asked Max but he knew what had happened from the tattoo on Gaara's forehead.
"GET AWAY FROM ME !!! YOU ARE ALL THE SAME !!!" screamed Gaara as he remembered what Yashamaru told him a few minutes ago.
"No, Gaara I won't do anything to hurt you.I wanna be your friend. Honest." said Max.
Gaara didn't trust him and sand rushed up to cover Max.Ranma tensed and leaped away from the incoming sand and called out for Max to come but he just stood there looking at Gaara.The Sand was going up until Max's neck then it suddenly fell apart as Gaara held his head and screamed in agony.Max and Ranma inserted some Ki in him to help battle the Demon inside him.Then Gaara stopped shaking and cried on Max's shirt.
Gaara told them about Yashamaru and asked if he could stay with them but they told him that it was complicated and hard for them since he is the son of the Kazekage. The next day Gaara told them that he would be living with his siblings and a Jounin called Baki.He would be trained to be a Shinobi like them and he would try to visit them in the Mist some day. Max and Ranma gave him a picture of themselves and said that everything will be fine and to keep in touch.Because of the injuries from the recent fight, some Chunins and the Jounin will need to stay at the Sand Hospital so Max and Ranma are able to see Gaara and his siblings often. There was a boy with dark and even spikier hair than Max named Kankuro and he is Gaara's elder brother by a year. He seems to be afraid by Gaara somehow . Then there was a girl with a dark blond hair named Temari as Kankuro and Gaara's big sister.She seems to care more about Gaara than Kankuro. Baki was never around whenever Max and Ranma visits and that suited them well enough. Max and Ranma would teach Gaara to have inner peace with his demon by meditating and he could get enough rest by doing the technique Max and Ranma uses. Gaara's black circles from his eys were slowly disappearing and he was becoming more open and happy. Kankuro didn't seemed to be quite afraid of his younger sibling anymore and he was invited to play soccer with them. Max talked to Temari often when Gaara and Ranma were sparing together with Kankuro and his puppets. She told him about her life in Sand and her feelings about Gaara. She was shocked at first when Max knew about the 'thing' inside Gaara and still wants to be friends with him. For the first time in Max's life he felt full whenever Temari was with him...little did he know that Temari was feeling the same too. When Ranma, being the observing guy he was noticed about Max's behavior when talking to Temari he shouted and laughed at him.
"Max and Temari sitting under the tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G !!!" Gaara and Kankuro joined in and they made fun about the two blushing kids.
"Max-nichan had a crush !"
"Max-nichan likes Temari-neechan!"
Then Max stood up with his Arainami and Temari took out her fan and chased them around the block.When they lost the other three they sat down at a stall and ordered some drinks and talk about their feelings.
"Um...Temari-chan...I...um...well...it's just that I..." and for the first time in his life here Max was unable to make a full sentence.
#What the hell man. Calm down...Soul Of Ice, Soul Of Ice...breathe in, breathe out...# Then he continued.
"Temari-chan I wanted to say that I..." but before he could finish his sentence Temari beat him to it and said that she likes him and then she blushed a cute red shed on her cheeks. Max was stunned at the turn of events and couldn't say anything until Temari looked teary eyed at him and ask him if he thinks the same about her. At that Max snapped out of his crazy state and told her that he likes her ever since he saw her.He didn't tell her that he already likes her in his home wolrd in the manga though, that would be crazy. Temari smiled and they hold hands together then suddenly Ranma and the rest appeared behind them and made wolf whistles and then the chase was on again.
Finally Max and Ranma had to leave and Temari cried when he left. He gave her a small pendant with his picture in it and she gave him a small fan. Gaara was sad that they had to leave but they promised him that they could still keep in touch together.He promised them that he would become a great Shinobi like them and he would be able to visit them some day.Kankuro made three dolls indentical like the three Sand siblings and gave it to Max and Ranma so that they would be remembered.Before that they also took a picture together in a picture booth and each saved one picture for themselves.Temari gave Max a small peck on his cheek and she ran away with unshed tears.She just had this feeling that she would never see the two again for a long time...she was right......
As soon as the two brothers arrived at the Mist they started training on various Amazonian training. The Baksai Tenketsu was a painful training and Ookima would have to bring them to the Hospital every time they broken some bones on their body.They received letters from Gaara and his siblings every week and told them about their trainings. Max received a separate letter from Temari of course and Ranma would use that and get a rise out of him whenever they trained on the Hiryu Shoten Ha.
"Hahahaha look I'm gonna tell Temari about how many times you wrote her name on this note pad!!"
"Ohh, Temari-chan your Max was injured from a training and he couldn't get his 'member' to get up fully.I suggest you find another guy who can give you some..."
"Arrrggggghhhh RAAAAAANNNNMMMMAAAAA COME BACK HERE !!!!!"
Days become weeks...
"Baksai Tenketsu !!!"
"Max you are supposed to focus and clear your mind." Said Ranam.
"But I have cleared my mind." Replied Max that was tied on a tree with only his right arm and his index finger pointing out.
"Oh yeah? Then why do I see you making holes around the boulder that spells Te-ma-ri?"
"......"
Weeks become months...
"Ohh... Max look I have a picture of Temari with another guy making out in the... !!"
"WHAT?"
"GOTCHA !! Mokou Takabisha !!!"
"AARRRGGGHHHH DAMN YOU RANMA !!!"
Months become ...even more months...
"Baksai Tenketsu !!" screamed Max as he made another boulder explode with his finger tip. Ranma clapped his hands at his brother's attempt at the technique.
"Hey I guess I should tell Temari that you never think about her anymore on your trainings eh?"
"COME BACK HERE YOU!!"
A year passed and Ookima was surprised at the two brother's increase in skill. The two had grown a lot since their arrival and was stronger. He must admit that their training was a bit loud but the results were terrifying. Shiro sensei was happy about his two former students and helps to upgrade their weapons. Ranma's bo staff was more stable and harder that it could even stand a full charged Ki blast. Max's Arainami was now four and a half feet long and it was thicker and enforced with Mythril and those special gills that Shiro duplicate from Kisame's sword. The sword could hold more Chakra and even some amount of Ki in it. Max could access his Chakra in the sword much faster and smoother now with his training with Ookima to increase his Chakra supply.
Ranma was called the Wild Horse Of The Mist because of his unorthodox method of fighting style and great adapting abilities in battle that even in dangerous situation he could still complete the mission and surprise the enemy with his unique skills with Ki blasts and insane speed. The girls of the village followed him wherever he goes and formed a kind of Fan club (Sasuke was sneezing for a whole week) because of his fine looks and lean body,plus his cute pig tail made him looked 'cuter'. The name Wild Horse also showed his stamina on missions and sparing competitions .He could do laps around the village for 20 rounds and never break a sweat, this made him even more chased after and the girls wonder how wild can this horse get on their...ahem... 'Wedding Night' while riding him. (Don't ask me why coz these are hormone crazy girls.The fact that girls mature earlier than boys proved my point).
Max earned the title as The Eighth Swordsman of the Mist since he was taught by four of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist and he created his own swords skills.It was a combined hybrid of Zabuza's skills on wielding large swords, Kisame's special sword technique and insane strong sword skills ,the Takedekeshii clan's quick and swift strikes and Ookima's talent on killing intent and vital points recognition.He added them up with the help of the Anything Goes theory and it became one of the most feared sword skills ever created from the mist.However they were still the rank of a temporary Chunin and therefore must take the Chunin exam that was being held at the leaf a few months later to become a true Chunin. Shiro and Ookima told the Mizukage that the two brother's skill may have reached Jounin rank and they pleaded him to give them the rank of Chunin right away so that they could take the Jounin exam or at least enter the Anbu team again but the answer was still negative.The Mizukage was afraid that the two would flee like their guardian Zabuza and their brother Haku so they were kept from entering any exams until recently when they saved his daughter from a group of renegade Shinobis from the Cloud.
It was the day that Max was waiting for...the day Zabuza and Haku attacks Kakashi and Naruto. He didn't know the right date but sources say that the bridge builder Tazuna was working on a bridge to connect the mainland and the Wave country.The two took leave from the mist and went to the Wave Country in order to stop Kakashi from killing the two persons that were precious to them.The deal was that if they didn't return within two months they would be known as Missing Nins.
TBC...
(A/N : Thanks for the great reviews guys.I will do my best to continue the fic. This some sort of AU because Max and Ranma was two Nexus and they created some changes to the main story line.Hope you guys like it.If you read my PI then you'll know that I hate Yaoi/Yuri so don't worry.I know what you all are thinking,Itachi let Sasuke live right? But he didn't tell Kisame about it in the Manga and Zabuza also didn't know about it until he faught Sasuke remember Haku didn't have any visits from Kisame or Itachi in the Canon version I just made this all up.This chap is the longest so far so please give me a longe review.Strange thing happened, I wrote more than 7000 words but FF.Net I only wrote 4000 words.....weird. )