Chapter 46: The Search Begins! Trapped in the Earth Dome!
Ganondorf opens his eyes and yawns. "Ah… That was a good sleep. Eh? Why is it so dark?"
He hears a voice saying to him, "Do you remember your wicked past?"
"Uh? Who's speaking?"
"Do you remember the evilness of your past?"
"So?"
And then a bright light engulfs him. "Whoa! What the!"
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Sasuke and the Sound 4 are walking through the forest, but then they stop. "We forgot to tell you this, Sasuke," says Sakon. "Master Orochimaru said that in order for you to get the power you want, you must go through some sort of a process first."
"What sort of process?" asks Sasuke.
Jirobou takes off the coffin-like box that is strapped to his back all along and places it on the ground. "Simple! All you have to do is lie down in here and we'll put you into a coma-like state."
"So I get the power I want afterwards?"
"Yes. Just close your eyes and everything will be fine!"
They open the box and strange purplish smoke comes out and surrounds Sasuke. When he breathes in the smoke, his mind becomes unclear and woozy, and then he 'passes out'. The purple smoke lifts him into the air and places him inside the box, and they close it. The Sound 4 quickly stick paper talisman all over the box and then chant some unknown stuff. Purple smoke churns out from the coffin for a while, and then it stops.
"Good, everything is done!" says Sakon. "Now we just have to bring him back to Master Orochimaru."
Unknown to them, two Leaf ninjas have been watching them from a tree. "Did you see that? Isn't that Sasuke they put into the box?" says one of them.
"He sure is! There is a report saying that Sasuke got taken away by Orochimaru's henchmen!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's rescue him!" The two ninjas jump down from their hiding places and confront the four. "We know who you are and what you have done! Surrender immediately!"
"Oh great… We are confronted by two jounins," says Kidoumaru.
"Then we have no choice but to use it," says Sakon. Immediately, strange black markings start to appear all over the Sound 4's body.
"A curse seal!" gasps the ninja. "But do not underestimate us Leaf ninjas! We won't lose so easily!"
And they all charge at each other and ensue a fight.
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The Smashers and Naruto are moving as fast as they can through the forests. Naruto, Sheik, and Bowser are hopping from branch to branch. DK is swinging from vine to vine and Mewtwo is flying through the air. The others are stuck with running after them on the ground. "If only the warp star isn't broken, then we wouldn't have to waste so much energy running," says Kirby.
"And I never thought Bowser is the kind to learn new things so fast," says Link.
Suddenly, Mewtwo shouts out loud, "STOP!" So they all stop and ask him what happened. Mewtwo points to a paper taped onto a tree not far from them. "Look at that!"
"It's an exploding tag!" says Naruto. "The enemies must've put it there as a trap!"
"That's not all," says Mewtwo. "If you look closely ahead of you, you can see thin strings all over the place." The Smashers look closely and they did see the strings.
"They must be triggers to some kind of a trap," says Bowser. "But come to think of it, the enemies are supposed to be in a hurry to leave this country, so why should they place traps? Can't they just keep on moving to prevent us from catching up?"
"Perhaps this means that they are resting at the moment!" says Link. "That is why they put traps all over the place to warn them of intruders!"
"Okay, then we should walk on the ground," suggests Mewtwo. "This way, we can be more cautious of any exploding tags or strings."
The idea sounds good to them, so they walk together along the path, looking out for any traps.
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The Sound 4 are resting in a forest clearing, exhausted from the previous battle. "We're supposed to be in a hurry… But here we are, almost out of energy…" says Sakon.
"It's because of those two dirty rats… Using this cursing cursed seal takes away a hell lot of energy," says Tayuya.
Kidoumaru has several strings tied to his fingers. As you can see, the strings that the Smashers saw are the ones he made and every single one of them leads to his fingers
Popo and Nana poke their head out of a nearby bush. "That must be them," says Popo. "But I don't see Sasuke."
"Maybe he's in that box?" points out Nana.
"Maybe… Okay, we will quietly sneak up to the nearest person and whack him in the head with our hammer." So the Ice Climbers got out from their hiding place and tiptoe towards the four. Unknown to them, there is a string next to the bush, and they accidentally touched it when they left the bush. This made one of the strings tied onto Kidoumaru's finger jerk a bit, and it brought his attention.
The Ice Climbers move nearer and nearer to them, and they plan on hammering Sakon in the head. Suddenly, Sakon turns around and throws a kunai at them. Popo quickly uses his hammer to block it. The kunai falls to the ground and they see an exploding tag attached to it! The Ice Climbers scream and run away just before it explodes. The explosion is pretty big, and the force pushed them onto the ground. "Oh no! Our plan failed!" says Popo.
"Looks like we are being followed," says Sakon. "But they sent only two little Eskimos?"
All of a sudden, Sheik, Bowser, DK, and Naruto jump out from the tree above the 4 and readies to strike them from above. The four notice them and got out of the way, so the 4 heroes crash onto the ground. "Damn it! Our plan failed!" curses Naruto.
An arrow shoots out from a bush and towards Sakon, but he grabs it with his hand and throws it back to the bush. Link quickly jumps out from the bush to avoid the homecoming arrow.
The Smashers all got together and got into offensive position. "Give back Sasuke and Ganondorf or suffer consequences!" says Link.
"Why should we? You sons of a bull crap bitch!" says Tayuya.
"Say something nicer, would you?" Jirobou tells her.
Mewtwo charges up a Shadow Ball and hurl it at them. Jirobou quickly slams his hand into the ground and a large wall appears in between the two groups and blocks the shot! "What a hard wall!" exclaims Mewtwo.
Jirobou slams the ground again. This time, the wall shatters and the ground around the Smashers and Naruto start to build up around them, until it finally forms into a shape of a round dome and traps them inside! "Oi! Let us out!" shouts Naruto inside!"
Jirobou sits next to the dome and places his palms against it and says to his comrades, "You go first. I am hungry, so I want to take all the chakra from them first."
"All right, you better catch up," says Kidoumaru. He takes the box containing Sasuke and hops off with the other two.
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Inside the earth dome, everyone is trying to get out. Bowser, with the Sharp Claws on, tries to slash a hole on the wall and DK is bashing the wall with his Giant Axe. Despite all their efforts, they only made small dents on the wall, which eventually recovered. Mewtwo took note of the dents as they recover.
"I'll try my ultimate attack!" says Naruto. He forms one hand into a cup and using the other hand, he moves it in a circular movement above the cupped hand. Blue energy starts to form in his hand, but then it dies down. "What!"
"It's useless!" says the sound of Jirobou from outside. "This Earth Dome will suck away all your chakra! Nothing can ever destroy it! Just stay inside until you die!"
"Argh! I'm beginning to feel weaker and weaker!" says Naruto.
"But how come we don't?" asks Kirby.
"It's because you guys aren't ninjas! What makes the ninjas of these places so special is we have a special kind of energy running through our veins. They are called chakra, and it is essential for using jutsus and keeping ninjas alive."
"I see… Good thing I'm not born in Fire Country."
"Why can't we bust through this wall!" says Bowser angrily. "Whirling Fortress!" He withdraws into his shell and spins rapidly, drilling against the wall and then bouncing all over the place. The others have to run around to avoid getting hit by him. Eventually, Bowser stops spinning and is tired and dizzy.
Mewtwo checks the dents that are recovering from the impacts just now. He quickly tells Naruto to mark a certain dent with his kunai, so Naruto did as he said. "Bowser and DK, concentrate your attacks on that part of the wall!"
"Why?" asks Bowser.
"I figured out that certain parts of the wall recover slower than the others. The ones that recover slower means it is weaker. Just concentrate all your attacks in that area and you'll surely bust through it!"
"You mean that we have to make a mustard go through it?" asks DK.
"Idiot! He says we must attack that area!" Bowser shouts into his ears.
"Oh…"
Bowser withdraws into his shell again and begins spinning against the section that Naruto marked. DK winds up his fist for a few seconds, and then he let loose a fully charged Giant Punch against the wall Bowser is drilling.
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Jirobou is outside the dome when he heard a loud crash, and then the entire dome collapses. He sees the Smashers and Naruto outside the dome and is very shocked. "Incredible! You guys made it out of my dome!"
"Yeah, we're cool!" says Naruto. "Now it's your turn!" He charges at Jirobou to attack him, but is instantly punched away.
Bowser charges at him next. He thrusts his sharp nails forward, but Jirobou steps aside and grabs his arm, and then throws him back the others. "You all are too weak!" jeers Jirobou. "The Leaf must be crazy to send strange people after us! What kind of a person would send little kids, turtles, monkeys, or even a pink puffball on a mission? Ha! This makes me laugh!"
This makes Bowser angry. "How dare you laugh at us!" He opens his mouth and breathes a large stream of fire. Jirobou quickly brings up a large wall of dirt and it blocks him from the fire.
When Bowser stops breathing fire, Jirobou lifts up the burning hot wall and hurls it at them! Kirby quickly jumps up and transforms into a spike ball, smashing the dirt wall into pieces upon contact. Kirby lands in front of Jirobou and says to his friends, "You guys go after the others! I'll handle this fatso!"
"Why do you say that, Kirby?" Nana asks him.
"Our mission is to claim back Ganondorf and that Sasuke kid, right? If we just waste our time fighting him, then all will come to naught! I'll handle him while you guys go catch up with the villains! I'll return to you after I'm done dealing with him!"
They all agree with Kirby, so they quickly head for the woods. "I won't let you go!" says Jirobou. He tries to get in front of them, but Kirby opens his mouth and begins sucking him in, preventing him from moving forward. "What!"
Sheik turns to look at Kirby one last time. "Be sure to catch up with us!" And they all disappear into the woods, leaving Kirby to deal with Jirobou.
"Let me go!" Jirobou shouts at Kirby. The pink puffball sucks harder and harder, until Jirobou can't fight against it anymore, and he gets sucked into his mouth.
Kirby swallows him in one gulp, and then spits him back out into a tree. "Ouch! What was that for!" says Jirobou angrily, and then he is surprised by Kirby's appearance! Kirby now has the same hairstyle as his!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Sure, it's extremely similar to the anime/manga, except Sasuke is placed in a coffin rather than a barrel. Don't worry; you can expect the fights to be different as they are the Smashers!