CHAPTER 3

Naruto looked around at the bodies that lay strewn about. "So, these guys weren't working for Orochimaru?" Kakashi looked around as well.

"No. These were just some pissed off ninjas." Kakashi replied. "We're still pretty far away, so let's set up camp here." Everyone cheered and fell to the ground. Kakashi sighed and rubbed his head. "Not again..."

"Uhhh..." Was the common response...

The group finally got a good night's sleep...all 3 hours of it. "Wake up! We're moving out!" Gai yelled all of a sudden.

"Ossu!" Lee replied, saluting. He began helping Gai pack everyone up.Parker leaned over to Marissa.

"Kissass." He whispered into her ear. She started laughing, earning a confused look from fuzzy-brows, but he soon found something else to do.

Before long, everyone was packed up and "ready" to move out. It was a beautiful day for a walk. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the grass was green, the sun was shining, the sun was shining...

"MAN IT'S HOT!" Devin yelled. "Why can't i phase through uv radiation? That'd be awesome!" Parker turned around to look at his complaining friend.

"Nah, you're too white to not be able to tan, if you weren't able to...I don't wanna imagine how white you'd be..." Parker shuddered. Devin just looked at him threateningly, Parker chuckled and kept walking., turning his head just as he tripped. Marissa caught him.

"Three."

"You're setting these up, aren't you?" Marissa just chuckled, and didn't answer.

Eventually, they reached their destination...Akayama. It was a small, farming village. It's population was maybe 50 people. It was a perfect place for a hideout. No one would expect it there. After all, would you expecty the world's most dangerous criminal in Kansas? Probably not. Kakashi walked over to the mountain that was directly next to them and did a few seals before putting one hand on the wall. The wall then suddenly opened, revealing a long staircase. Parker looked down the dark hall.

"Well THAT'S not suspicious."

"I WANT ONE OF THOSE!" Everyone looked at Marissa who was hypervenilating at the sight of a dark staircase hidden in a mountain.

They went down in a single file line, Marissa lighting the way with a fireball, which she made dance in her hand. She was tempted to headbang to the beat...but thought it might look awkward on a ninja mission to headbang to dancing fire.

Eventuall, they reached a door. Shikamaru, who'd been quiet until now, spoke up. "This place is abandoned, or a trap, one of the two." Kakashi nodded.

"You're probably right, otherwise, wed've been attacked by now." Kakashi opened the door, ready for anything that might be on the other side. Well, he thought he was ready. Kakashi fell unconscious as he was hit with a powerful blast of lightning. Gai caught him and looked up to see the attacker. He was a short man, no older than 20. He wore a black, body contorting suit very similar to Gai's green one. He also wore a red mini-cloak that extended to his knees, unbuttoned. He had a large smile on his face, one that made him look like he couldn't hurt a fly. But if he can knock out an elite ninja with one shot...he can definitely hurt(or obliterate) a fly.

Gai dropped his comrade and ran at the man, kicking him. The man blocked the attack with one hand. Gai instantly shook and dropped out of consciousness, hitting the ground rather loudly.

"It's useless, even if you just touch me, you lose." Parker looked at the man and smiled. He charged him and tried to punch the man in the face. The man grabbed Parker's fist, surprised to see the boy just smile at him.

"Yeah...I can do that too." Parker stabbed the man's hand with a kunai and took his moment of shock to send his foot into his face. The man took the blow, and stepped back. He drew a katana from what seemed like out of nowhere.

"Not bad, not bad at all. But not good enough." The man charged Parker with the same smile. Parker dodged the man's attack with ease and attempted to throw a kunai. He dodged it and stabbed Parker, catching him in the shoulder. He smiled, but then frowned as the boy turned into smoke. He looked around to find his opponent, but his opponent found him. Parker landed on his opponent's shoulders, one foot on each and tried to stab downwards into the man's skull. He knocked the kunai out of the way and slashed upwards with his sword, he caught the edge of Parker's shoulder, this time, it wasn't a clone. Parker winced, but knew the wound wasn't serious, it just hurt a lot...

Parker jumped off of his shoulders and began forming seals. This confused both parties. Parker had no idea what he was doing, but wasn't complaining. He finished on Inu as electricity began to coil around his body. The electricity was wild at first, but moved closer to Parker and condensed to make a blue-white aura around Parker. The aura then began to mold into the shape of a wolf. Ears, a tail, and clawed limbs began visible.

"RAI OOKAMI NO JUTSU!" He yelled and got down in an animalistic pose, on all fours. He soon disappeared, moving so fast that he was nearly invisible. The man dodged at the last second as the electricity came within an inch of his face. Parker then spun around with his other hand to try again, but missed. He soon disappeared again and attacked. He continued disappearing and attacking. But the man kept dodging. Parker soon got an idea from watching Marissa's battle. He put one of his lightning hands underground and caught his enemy. He couldn't use his electricity just yet though. Keeping a tight grip, he charged the man and puched his hand into his chest and pushed all the electricity surrounding him into his enemy's body.

"You may be immune to electricity, but you're bound to overload eventually..." With that, the last of the blue aura entered the man's body, and he exploded. Pieces of him going everywhere. With that, Parker fell on all fours, suddenly too weak to stand. He then had a strange vision. The ground, the ground closer, blackness...

Chris ran over to Parker as he saw him fall. He picked him up and tried to wake him up.

"Parker? Parker? PARKER?" Nothing. Marissa watched in horror at Parker's lifeless body dangling in Chris' arms. Luckily, at that moment, Kakashi began to wake up. He was glad to see that the enemy was dead. But not glad to see that Marissa was crying, and Parker wasn't moving.

They were able to get Parker to the hospital quickly, but the doctors had no idea what was wrong with him. They put him in intensive care. Everyone went to find an inn, except Marissa, who insisted that she stay with Parker until he wakes up. She sat there watching his motionless body for twelve hours, he still hadn't moved at all. He was alive, but he didn't look like it. She was starting to think he'd never wake up. She laid her head down on the side of his bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

Parker woke up and looked around. 'Ok, I'm in a hospital bed, feeling very relaxed...and Marissa's sleeping on the side of my bed...wait...what?' He looked at the girl who was now asleep next to him. "Marissa?" He asked, poking her. She woke up and looked around, seeing that Parker was awake. He just waved.

"Hey, what are you doing here? And what hap-?" He was cutoff as Marissa threw her arms around him in a big hug.

"OH MY GOD YOU'RE OK!" He laughed and hugged her back.

"Yeah, but I'd be better if my lungs could get some air, hint hint." Marissa let go of him suddenly.

"Right! Sorry." He just laughed.

"No prob, anyway, what were you doing sleeping on my bed?"

"I was worried about you! You just collapsed after fighting that guy and didn't wake up for a whole day!" Parker looked surprised.

"Really? You were worried about me?" He grew a big smile, "Awww, Marissa, you're such a softie!" He said, pinching her cheeks. She laughed and slapped his hand away.

"Shutup!"

"NEVAH!...Oh, and by the way, it's only two now."