BATTLE ROYAL – BUNSHIN STYLE – PART 2
Here is part 2 of my story, where the adventure continues.
Disclaimer... no I don't own Naruto... however Reiji and Keisuke are my own characters.
ChristopherChaos
Reiji walked at a steady pace, hopping over puddles, leaping over fallen trees. The forest was dark but Reiji had good eye sight which allowed him to see where he was going. Naruto however was tripping on logs, slipping in puddles as he charged after Reiji. Naruto continued running then he collided with something, Naruto fell to the ground, adjusted his position and then looked up to see Reiji glaring down at him.
"What you staring at" Naruto said with a loud sharp voice.
"Shut up dobe, I'd rather we didn't attract any unwanted attention" Reiji was looking around him.
"Pfft..." Naruto got up and dusted himself off. He began to walk in a random direction; he just wanted to get away from Reiji.
"Naruto, wait" Naruto turned around. Reiji was motioning him with his hand to stop.
"Huh?" Naruto was clueless.
"Can you hear that?" Reiji turned to look at Naruto.
"Hear what?" Naruto just looked at Reiji when he began to hear something. Footsteps in the distance... no, what ever it was it was running. Naruto looked around to see where it was coming from but it as to dark.
"Prepare yourself, I doubt it's a friendly welcoming party" Reiji said taking his fighting stance.
Naruto reached into his small travel bag hanging at his waist an drew two shuriken and adopted a posed stance.
"What direction is it coming in, can you tell?" Reiji looking around.
"No, the forest is echoing the footsteps" Naruto said trying to focus on its location.
The footsteps began to get closer, Reiji shifted a little. Naruto kept still. There was a rustle n one of the bushes, Naruto spun around.
"REIJI, BEHIND YOU!" Naruto shouted.
Reiji leaped into the air and drew his kunai from his leg holster and threw it. It struck the beast perfectly in one of its hind legs and the beast collapsed, skidding to a halt. The beast tried to get up even Naruto launched his shuriken into the beast's throat. The beast collapsed once again, its legs where giving one last push, then it died. Naruto collapsed to the ground and began to wipe the sweat from his head then there was another rustle in the bushes, due to the action they never heard other footsteps. This time a larger beast came charging from the bushes, Reiji spun around and began to make seals at lightning speed.
"GRAND FIREBALL NO JUTSU" Reiji roared and a large stream of fire burst from his mouth engulfing the beast. The beast began to sway and went off in a different direction, running around on fire it crashed into a tree and collapsed. The two of them looked at the blazing corpse as the flames began to die down. Once they had Reiji walked up to it and inspected it.
"Looks like its well cooked" Reiji said turning to Naruto.
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"I wonder how it's going" Keisuke said sitting in a tea house.
"They should be fine, they are chunnins after all" Kakashi said still reading his book.
"True, true" Keisuke took a sip of his tea.
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Twenty minutes later, Naruto and Reiji where sitting around a small fire.
"Mmmmm, this is pretty good" Naruto said with a full mouth. "I wonder what it was"
"By the looks of it, it was a grand boar. Head of its pack I think" Reiji said taking another bite out of the large leg.
The two of them ate for a bit and drank some water, they didn't have much, only what Reiji had brought with him from the river. After putting out the fire they set off again, Naruto determined the direction they came in and they went in the opposite direction. After a fun filled hour of dodging spiked trap holes, large spike logs swinging down from trees, kunai launching traps they came to a large gorge like area. Naruto looked down.
"Long way down I guess" Reiji said looking at Naruto.
"Yup, kinda reminds me when the perverted hermit pushed me down into that mega pit, it was so dark I couldn't see the bottom of it" Naruto said looking up with a smile.
"Perverted hermit?" Reiji looked at Naruto with a raised eye-brow.
"Haha," Naruto just laughed.
"We better do something about this" Reiji said turning his attention back to the gorge.
"Naruto come here" Reiji said.
"Okay..." Naruto walked over to Reiji.
"You'll have to take a large run at the gorge and jump, I'll provide you with assistance to get over the gorge" Reiji took out a scroll from within his pocket.
"Wha?" Naruto said in shock.
"Don't worry, trust me, I know what I'm doing" Reiji opened the scroll and looked at Naruto.
"Okay, you better not let me die" Naruto said walking off giving him some running distance.
Reiji spun the scroll around him and he began to glow a light blue. The scroll spun faster as Naruto charged towards the gorge. Naruto leaped of the gorge into the air when Reiji gripped the scroll and banged it against the ground emitting a large wave of chakra. Naruto began to fall when all of a sudden a large gust of wind came up from the gorge lifting Naruto higher into the air. Naruto quickly undone his jacket and used it as a parachute allowing him to float over to the other side. He landed safely and then he sat and caught his breath then turned around.
"HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROSS" Naruto shouted over to Reiji.
"I'M GOING TO USE THE BRIDGE" Reiji shouted pointing in the direction of a large wooden bridge.
"WHA!" Naruto's jaw dropped and his blood began to boil. He turned and looked at Reiji who was rolling on the ground laughing at the other side of the gorge. After 5 minutes Reiji had crossed over to the other side, he said sorry and Naruto began to calm down. They continued to walk through the forest in silence. 3/4 of an hour they walked, nothing being said or heard. Eventually Reiji spoke.
"So... Naruto, what kind of things do you like?" Reiji said trying to start a conversation.
"Naruto?" Reiji stopped and turned around. Naruto was standing still in a puddle looking up into the trees. Reiji raised an eye-brow then looked up also. His eyes widened with fear as he looked at a giant snake hissing down at Naruto. Naruto just stood there, unable to move when suddenly the snake pounced swallowing Naruto whole. Reiji charged forward and drew his Kunai and threw it, it hit the snake but did nothing in to hurt it. The snakes ail came out of no where, scelping Reiji who crashed into a tree. Reiji got up and began to make seals once again at lightning speed.
"PHEONIX FIRE FLOWER" Reiji roared launching multiple fire balls at the snake. The snake turned around hissing at Reiji when he heard a strange muffled voice from within the snake.
"SHADOW REPLICATION" Naruto shouted even though no one would hear him.
The snake stopped hissing and it began to bulge, Reiji just looked on as it got fatter and fatter. And eventually it popped with about fifty replications of Naruto flying out in different directions exploding into a puff of smoke. Reiji walked up to the last remaining Naruto and laughed.
"Heh heh, what did you think" Naruto said with a big mile on his face. Reiji couldn't stop laughing but he managed to put out his hand and help him up.
They continued walking, with a large echoing laughter through out the forest. Both of them began laughing at the previous events and at jokes they were telling each other. They stooped once they got o a clearing. The two of them looked on to see a small alter lifting off the ground with a small number of steps. On top of the alter was a large chest, Naruto looked at Reiji... Reiji looked at Naruto. They both shot off towards the chest, Reiji being slightly faster got up the stairs to the chest first. But Naruto was right behind him and began pushing him out of the way. Reiji swung round and wacked Naruto right in the face with his fist and Naruto rolled down the stairs. Reiji began to lift the lid as Naruto got up and dusted himself off. Naruto ran up the stairs again and peered over Reiji's shoulder. Together they looked into the chest when there eyes began to widen.
What was in that chest... Find out in part three.
Ah well, that's part 2 complete and I'll begin writing part 3 as soon as. Sorry about the cliff hanger but I wanted to create a nice effect for the start off part 3.