SPark681 … Maybe.

Einjeru Hatake … This is The Noble One Eye Part 2 of 3.. I sowwy for the tease...

ShadowRealmComics … It's your fault/thanks to you this story got this chapter out. I had half the chapter written, BUT forgot since I got so few reviews, so I forgot to finish typing it out. I have an outline of the next chapter. ;) :D

AN: I don't know if I like the way Dai Shi looks better or Daishi. I have them mixed in the chapter. I will have a definitive next chapter.

Also, sorry for the wait. I have plenty of ideas of ideas left to write and I am finally inspired to write again, BUT... reason for me writing less is at the bottom.

Naruto: Dai Shi

The Noble One Eye Part 2 of 3

The aged Hokage sat in his office fighting the growing urge to rub his temples. The story he'd just heard could only be construed as madness, but he could not, would not be able to keep this quiet without a load of other headache from his former teammate and political rival, thus causing him to go into a semi-early grave... he decided to accept the new stranger as an official citizen of Konoha, and would protect Haku alongside Sasuke and Naruto.

Flashback:

Hatake Kakashi, Jonin captain, and sensei of Team 7 had just done the unthinkable. Everyone watched as a towering monolith of a phantom presented itself behind the 'one' eyed Jonin. Upon finishing the ritual, Kakashi felt not only his chakra running low, but his time as well. He turned and knelt down in respect. His mouth dry, but he could not let his few short remaining moments be wasted.

He raised his head and stated, "Shinigami-sama. I Kakashi of the Hatake clan, and potential heir apparent to the title of lord Hokage of the Hidden Leaf have made the request to summon you forth. A great and mighty evil has descended upon our world, and will upset the very balance of natural, vs unnatural. He is currently trapped in a small barrier between worlds, but I don't know how much longer I can hold him there. Even now he tries to break free."

The deity chosen to oversee the affairs concerning life and death sensed a powerful being and looked to his left and into the night sky. Small cracks of a sickening purple light flickered in and out, visible through the night fog.

"Dai Shi!" the ancient one roared. A quickly bubbling rage clearly present. He turned to the silver haired masked shinobi who had the audacity to summon him and demanded, "Why is this abomination in my domain?! Answer swiftly or I will destroy this very world to keep him from escaping my grasp once more!" A bluff to be sure as not even he had the authority to do so, despite having the power.

The downed Ranger shook off the blow to the back of his head. That voice sounded familiar. Extremely familiar. His eyes were blurry but he arose slowly, and steadily. The now demorphed, slightly bearded man's eyes began to clear. All of this over the course of a few seconds. Despite the massive power he felt, he knew he recognized at least part of that mighty feline spirit. He knelt and prepared to speak.

"I don't know what's happened to you in my absence master, but it's good to see you again Mau. We don't have long, but the long and short of the story is that Dai Shi somehow escaped destruction when Casey, Theo and Lily fought him last. They eradicated just enough of him to leave him alive, but he's returned, stronger than ever." RJ tried to explain, but was interrupted.

"Why are you in this World RJ? You do not belong here. This is not your time, or place?" The reaper having regained his calm asked, having recognized one of his school's former students, and now master level practitioners.

RJ sighed, but answered quickly. "I was in the greatest war the world had ever known against a space faring empire known as the Armada. It took the power of over one hundred rangers to push them back, but we did eventually succeed."

"One Hundred Rangers! One Hundred ACTIVE power rangers?!" Mau/ the Shinigami gasped in disbelief.

RJ nodded and continued, "We finished the battle and used a massive burst teleport to send us to where should have been home, but it turned out to 'where we were needed most.' I don't sense many animal spirits near... at least not in the way we knew them. But I came across one today and knew I had to intervene before this untrained cub accidentally unleashed." RJ pointed Naruto out.

The crack nearly completely unsealed caused an earth shaking tremor. Mau performed a few hand seals unrecognized by the Ninja present. The temperature dropped drastically at the last one. An unrecognizable letter or calligraphy appeared on Mau's now human like hand and began to glow. Mau's form had now become human. He wore a golden robe and ascended upon the clouds like a force of nature. Mau thrust the hand forward toward the crackling sky.

There was nothing. No sound. Not a flicker of air...

Then after a few seconds all Tartarus broke loose. The sky exploded with energy. Kakashi felt a brief surge of chakra, more than he'd EVER felt. It threatened to overwhelm him. The dark force tore through Kakasahi's dimensional wall before he could try to trap him again, and give the Wolf ranger a chance to try something far more dangerous.

To his surprise, Daishi's now cloud like form froze in cold furious fury as he felt his one time captor Mau's presence. He subconsciously started forming into a physical form but felt his energy slowly being siphoned away. He glanced at Mau's hand and let loose an animal like growl.

"You won't escape my blades this time Mau. You even came back to the mortal world in that shell to honor me with the opportunity to drench the ground with your life blood... old friend."

Daishi materialized a new golden battle armor in the blink of an eye.

A territorial battle... Or so one would think. No one noticed the glowing Kakashi behind Mau/Shinigami-sama. Kakashi leaped over Mau, with a silent prayer of 'Please let this work.' Two energy surges in each hand growing larger as he closed his hands to within a foot of each other. He then focused his chakra on keeping the energy from destabilizing as he concentrated on making the now single energy field larger. Kakashi came before the now completely human sized mutant looking Dai shi, thrust the 4 foot ball of crackling lightning surrounding a spiraling sphere. He then let out a primal scream, "Raiton: Oodama Rasengan!"

Inside Naruto's seal, Minato got a small chill and glanced through Naruto's barely conscious eyes. Minato's jaw dropped out of annoyance, and pride.

Meanwhile:

Dai Shi, who was already loosing energy quickly screamed out in agony at the surprise attack. Mau, who was annoyed at being interrupted did not miss his opportunity either. He slid to the side and thrust his fist forward and a legion of small cat spirits appeared and shredded most of Daishi's new armor, hitting Daishi's side as soon as Kakashi fell to his knees from chakra exhaustion. Dai Shi Roared in pain.

RJ appeared in Daishi's path Daishi was launched and thrust his elbow into Dai Shi's face. Dai Shi was brought to his knees. His armor falling apart. Master Mau appeared again, but behind Daishi this time. "No mercy." Mau commanded. "We can take no chances."

Daishi knew that his existence was in danger. No taunting. No distractions. No chance to regain his strength. He had to do something quickly. He barely rolled out of the way, avoiding Mau's strike. Mau's hand still had that sigil.

The great evil sensed the one he wanted from the beginning. The one with a weak soul, filled with vengeance and easily manipulable. But... something had changed and quickly. He wanted nothing more than to protect those around him. That will make taking him over nearly impossible, especially with his current state. The last one he tried to take over has internal help in addition to those on the outside. That would be an act in futility. And as long as he was near infernal seal on Mau's hands. He didn't know if it would work, and he was already near death. He could feel it.

'How had Mau become so powerful? What deal did he make? How can I obtain this power?!' Daishi pondered as he ducked and dodged attacks from RJ and Mau. Kakashi too weak to move, barely alive due to his contract with Mau, and using an over powered Rasengan.

Daishi knew that if Mau touched him with that seal/sigil once more... he was done for. He did the only think he could. He gave up on any hope of winning this battle. Any hope of returning to his former glory. He would bide his time... and return when the time was right...

Daishi leaped into the night sky and calmly stated, "Mau is dead and cannot come to your aid on a whim. Even I am aware of such rules. I don't know how he acquired such power, but I shall learn, and I shall return... someday."

A certain blonde, having regained some of his chakra thanks to a new and beefed up Kurama Dragon (Hehe) leaped into the air and drew a kunai.

"I haven't had a lot of sensei who acted like they gave a darn about me, so I'll be damned if I let his sacrifice be in vain!" Naruto's small bladed weapon might have hit his mark had he not pronounced it to the world. Dai Shi vanished in a cloud of black smoke and Naruto fell toward the ground. Haku caught him, but noticed Mau stared angrily at him. Naruto paid him no attention, but ran over to his teacher and tried to give some of his chakra. RJ stepped in on his behalf as Mau was about to make himself known in a less than pleasant light.

This was not a part of the job Mau enjoyed, but Kakashi DID invoke his contract, and that is a debt that must be paid.

Kakashi did feel the strange warmth of new life fill his body slightly, but it also felt as if something was pulling him toward the darkness as well. It was not pleasant.

"Master," RJ started.

"Stop Robert. When I took on this responsibility, I had to acknowledge some hard truths that I didn't want to, and one of them was that this job... this responsibility can be hard, but it must be done, and it was going to either go to me or someone who would more than likely use these... gifts for less than honorable means. These powers are not meant for personal gain and using them for such could cause destruction on a scale the likes of which... Well, maybe you do know from this war you came from. I heard of a ranger war many years ago, but I thought it was just a few teams reactivated. So you know why I can not be lax in my duties.

RJ took a moment to take in what Mau just said and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding, then asked: "Master... I know Kakashi made a deal, but please let him have a few weeks. Just long enough to get his affairs in order. He took on one of OUR enemies from OUR world. If nothing else, he should be given that honor."

Naruto cried, Sakura, Haku and Sasuke who were all out of sight for the most part joined Naruto, and being nearly out of chakra didn't really know what they could do in the fight or even if they could help in this situation.

Mau's eyebrow rose and he called out, "You, blonde boy. I see that you wear the symbol of the Village hidden in the leaves. And since this whole mess seemed to surround you, I want YOU to inform Sarutobi Hiruzen that I am NOT pleased a Non – active Hokage knows my jutsu, and if he does not believe you, Inform him of the keywords phantom breaker. Your friends cannot hear me. I respect the fact that you stood up to me... but do so again boy, and I will take you to meet your parents personally... permanently. And I will take the spirit fragments of theirs that you currently hold and shove them in my gut while making you wait a year or three in a desert, not letting you die before returning to reclaim your soul. And yes I can sense them hiding behind... what is that... a dragon... you know what, I don't even care right now. Am I Clear?"

While Mau was not actually that much of an ass, his title had certain requirements, one being, people feared the 'freaking shinigami!' So when Naruto nearly wet his pants, he was satisfied.

As for Kakashi, Mau raised his arm toward Kakashi. Kakashi's body raised and a seal appeared on the back of his neck. It burned a bit, and work Kakashi from his very restless slelep. Mau spoke aloud, "You have 2 weeks to get your affairs in order. You all will keep this silent with the exception to Hiruzen or there will be consequences. At the end of those fourteen days, you will leave your body, no matter where you are, so I'd recommend being in a hospital bed, or at home with plans for a visitor etc to be found. No one should know WHEN they die. It goes against the natural order of things. Even I don't peak at that list unless I really need to. I will meet you to take you to the next phase of your existence then Hatake Kakashi. Do you understand?"

Kakashi was lowered his strength and chakra generously restored. He knelt and stated, "Thank you Shinigami-sama. How may I repay your once in ten lifetimes generosity?"

Mau did not expect that question, but gave it a fair consideration. Finally he said, "Make sure my student is accepted into the hidden leaf. I doubt he will become a shinobi unless there is no other choice, but he will need a way to... start a restaurant," he said with surprising humor. Then he continued, "And pehaps have him take over for the orange one's training. He and possible others will need special training if the ancient spirit animals have been awakened in this world."

While Kakashi didn't know what spirit animals were, he did have a general idea of what he could do for Naruto and RJ now. He stood up and looked at Sakura, Sasuke, and Haku. Haku was not even a member of his team, or member of his village... yet. It might Just be possible to leave behind his own will of fire... Kakashi turned back to Mau and said, "It shall be done."

RJ walked over to Mau and hugged him, sensing it was time for Mau to depart. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke started to get a full grasp of what was happening and their hearts ached. Tears fell bit by bit, especially after Kakashi promised not to let anything happen to them in his fight against the demon of the hidden mist. Haku's respect for the man soared as she realized the type of man her master truly faced.

Mau's appearance melted away and grew as he took on his ethereal form once again. In a blinding light, he was gone faster than he appeared.

Kakashi looked at his team and the two new additions. The purple wearing warrior was again in his civilian attire, but something odd happened. The remaining machines started vanishing, but not before shinking and phasing through RJ. Each time they did, his clothes were repaired. A large duffel bag appeared, and seemed full. After all of the zords vanished, 2 and then a 3rd person appeared, all older and weathered. The third simply said, "Sorry I was a little late to the party, but it's best to be fashionably late for the hero."

The third voice was the voice of the Jungle fury Cheetah spirited ranger. She and the other two materialized and hugged RJ. "We can take you home... and return you to your time. We are together and even though we are no longer alive, I think we can pull off one last chosen one miracle." Theo suggested, low enough that only RJ and his former team could hear, so or he thought, not knowing about Kakashi's k-9 like hearing.

RJ shook his head and said, "I have work that needs to be done... and something tells me that my time in our former home has run it's course. I am where I am meant to be." They let go of each other. After separating they started to vanish.

Casey smiled and stated, "We are proud of you master," knowing how much RJ hated using his title, but had to get in one final tease as this might be their last time seeing each other, as RJ will fall under the pantheon of this universe. "And while this is not a part of the Phai Zhau it still fits. Keep your head up, hold on to the honor and courage you have inside. Know that we will always be with you, and 'may the power protect you,' always."

RJ teared up, as did his former students who reverted to the way they looked when he first met them. Young, and full of life despite having been long departed from the grip of life.

Casey, former leader of the Jungle Fury Phai Zhau team looked to Naruto and said, "I can feel it. A power much like our own, but massive. Young man," he caught Naruto's attention. Naruto who was still in shock at the thought of loosing Kakashi in less than 2 weeks managed to raise his head.

"Yeah?" He answered, trying to keep the bitterness out of his voice, having subconsciously blocked his parents.

"RJ is currently the only one on this world who should have access to the teachings of the Phai Zhau. If he is willing, hear him, his very heart. Know that he will help you to grow strong enough to protect those that you care for in the future. He will help to carry on the legacy of your current sensei." Casey encouraged.

After a moment, Naruto teared up slightly, but wiped his eyes, and nodded. "Yes sir," showing a rare moment of respect to an elder."

As the last wisp of the former ranger team vanished, RJ heard one last thing from the former dancer Lily. "I feel it. There will be a new team. Naruto will lead them well... but only when the time is right."

Before RJ could reply, they were gone.

Kakashi stepped forward and put a comforting hand on RJ's shoulder. "I don't know why, but even I feel it. You will do well by my team. I just hope lord hokage thinks the same."

RJ was about to object, but Kakashi cut him off immediately, "I am entrusting my sensei's son to you... a secret meant to be carried to my and very few others grave until he was much older and able to protect himself. He will need others to watch his back. I will need you to make sure that happens. Or perhaps I need to do something foolish and go against shinigami-sama? I am already on a tight leash before my time runs out, but I need your word. Will you honor my request? Because I will tear through heaven and hell to get back here to exact my revenge if you say you will and then don't follow through... and as you've just seen: Death is not always the end."

RJ's eyes harden to an equal amount as Kakashi's. Eyes meet and Kakashi had a distinct impression that the man in front of him would break an illusion faster than the sharingan could cast it. But to his surprise, RJ backed down with a smirk and said, "With a sensei willing to fight for his students like that: I would be honored to... stand in for you. I am not okay with assassinations but... being a member of the Order of the Claw, or the Phai Zhau, I can teach that as well. So rest assured... I will do my best to have your team bring honor to you and your home.

RJ held his hand out and after a few seconds, Kakashi shook it.

Naruto and the others grabbed RJ's bags and they all started the trek back to Tazuna's house.

To Be Continued...

AN: Typing hurts my wrist these days. If I had a coauthor, a lot of these stories would be done sooner, but most of my co-authors (I worked on 2 of my own and I ghost coauthored a few stories on this site) have stopped writing entirely. Sigh. So the reviews help a bit at least. Thank you to those who take the time out of your busy schedule to sign in and review. Means a lot.