As promised, here's Chapter 2. So far, so good. I still should be updating weekly.
Optimus and his friends walked around Konoha, not really sure of what to do. Optimus looked around, noticing all sorts of people, though none matched the description Bumblebee had given. He had never seen anywhere quite like this "Konoha" when he was on the different Earth. The people were all busy going from place to place or working at a few different shops. He noticed that all of them were nice to each other. After an hour of walking aimlessly, Bumblebee noticed the same boy he had seen earlier.
"Guys look! That's the kid I saw!" he exclaimed. Bumblebee looked triumphant.
"Probably a good place to start, seeing as we don't have any other plan" Arcee said.
Optimus walked over to the boy and said, "Excuse me?"
Naruto turned around. "Huh?" he asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Optimus, and these are my friends, Arcee, Smokescreen, and Bumblebee. We are new to the village, and I was wondering if you could show us around," he replied.
"Sure I can! But I need to meet up with some friends of mine. My name is Naruto, by the way," he said. "Wait here. I'll be back in an hour."
They found a bench and began to wait. While the Autobots waited, Optimus finally told them about his unnerving dream. "So Unicron is here too? Just when I thought things might be looking up," Arcee sighed.
"Maybe it was just a dream that didn't mean anything," Smokescreen muttered half-heartedly.
Optimus was still looking around after they had finished their discussion. He noticed a man wearing silver. The man had his face cloaked from view. An ominous wind blew in at that moment. He had glanced away for a split second and when he looked back, the man in silver was gone.
Naruto came back a little over an hour since he had left. "Before I can show you around, I have this test I need to take. You're welcome to come with me," he said, smiling. Optimus and the others got up and followed Naruto.
When they arrived at the destination they saw a man with silver hair and a mask and a girl with pink hair. Optimus took note of his surroundings, deciding that their destination had been a training ground. He wondered why the masked man, clearly in a military of some sort, had any connection to these children.
"This is my teacher, Kakashi and my friend, Sakura," Naruto said.
Kakashi studied the Autobots before asking for their names. He kept a close eye on all of them, looking for signs of nervousness.
The one in called Optimus appeared to be doing the exact same thing. 'So you don't trust anyone, hm? And Bumblebee and Smokescreen sound more like codenames than regular names.' After introductions were made, Kakashi gave the bell test to his students once more. When they had succeeded, he asked Optimus and the others if they wanted to take the test.
"I want to see if you are formidable in a fight, since you don't seem like civilians," he said. 'More importantly, I want to know if you are a serious threat,' Kakashi thought to himself.
"Fine. We'll take your test," Optimus said.
They needed to see what they were capable of in human form. He already noted that the body was agile and fast, but he needed to see how it fared in battle. Especially if Megatron and Unicron were here. His mind drifted to the man he saw earlier momentarily.
"Ok. Begin!" Kakashi said.
Optimus had already figured that it would take teamwork from watching the first time around. He instantly rushed at Kakashi, aiming to punch him. Kakashi used both his arms to block the punch. 'He's fast. And strong. This might be tougher than I thought.' Bumblebee and Smokescreen ran on either side of him, throwing knives as they did so. Kakashi deflected the knives with his own kunai, and threw a few shuriken at Optimus, who avoided all of them. Arcee jumped and flipped off the side of a tree landing behind him. Optimus drew two knives and lunged at Kakashi. While they clashed with kunai, Arcee tried to sneak up and steal the bells. "I don't think so!" Kakashi said as he spun and kicked Arcee. Doing this distracted him for a moment, allowing Smokescreen and Bumblebee to attack him from both sides. Kakashi dodged and countered. Optimus lunged at him again, this time pretending to punch him, but actually aiming to grab the bells. He went to do so, but Kakashi noticed and spun away. "Too slow" Kakashi said in a mocking tone. Optimus than started circling, as did Kakashi. Bumblebee and Arcee threw kunai at the ninja sensei, who jumped. While this was going on, Smokescreen threw a kunai at Optimus, who caught it and threw at the bells. The knife impaled the bells and continued its trajectory into a tree, pinning the bells. Arcee than began to run at the tree, but Kakashi cloned himself and sent it after her. 'They have very impressive teamwork skills. And the one in red, Optimus, had extreme precision with a kunai. He was able to hit the bells while I was flipping,' Kakashi thought. Optimus had owed that precision to Megatron, who taught him how to throw a knife. The last Prime also decided it was time for a distraction. He drew the Star Saber and spun, sending a wave of blue energy at Kakashi. "What the-?" Kakashi said as he jumped to avoid it. While the real Kakashi and his clone were distracted by Arcee and Optimus, Bumblebee sneaked over and retrieved the bells. "Looks like we win," Smokescreen said, smirking. Kakashi was completely dumbfounded. How had these random people managed to pass? It just didn't seem possible. Naruto and Sakura ran back over.
"That was amazing!" Naruto said. Optimus admired the boy's energy. He wondered how it was possible. The fight had drained him completely. He noted that his new body tired quickly.
"What can I say? Everyone else's amazing is my average," Smokescreen said.
"Just ignore him. He has quite the ego," Arcee stated, smirking.
"Yeah, but how did you do that thing with the sword?" asked Sakura.
'I was hoping to avoid that question! It was foolish to do such a thing. What do I do?' Optimus wondered. He mentally cursed himself for even using the Star Saber.
Before he could answer, a man in a silver overcoat walked out, in front of them. The man grinned revealing disturbingly sharp teeth. He had a sword strapped to his back and his hands in his pockets. Optimus recognized him as the man he saw earlier.
"You shouldn't have made friends, Prime. Now I just have to kill them and you," the man said, sneering. Megatron examined Optimus' friends. 'What a weak bunch. I could kill them all, easily. But I need a plan. Rushing in blindly like some sort of foolish beast is excellent way to die today. Megatron had no intention of dying anytime soon. This world would be his soon. He stared foward tentatively.
"Who's the freak?" Naruto wondered aloud.
Megatron averted his piercing gaze at the boy that dared to insult him. It just made his smile widen.
"Where are my manners? I am Megatron," he said. He continued studying his opponents further. The girl was frail, as was the boy. He had watched them defeat there master in an insanely stupid way. They hadn't actually fought it out, their master had just abruptly closed as eyes and covered his ears. Megatron suspected that their master pitied them and let them win the fight.
"Get ready for a fight," Smokescreen whispered. He couldn't believe Megatron had just decided to stroll on out in front of them.
Megatron's grin widened again, somehow. "I wonder if anyone noticed," he chuckled. Optimus narrowed his eyes, staring into Megatron's.
"What did you do now, Megatron?"
The warlord started laughing. "Heh. Hehehheh. Hahahahahha! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
This guy's completely insane. How does he know Optimus? Why did he call him "Prime"? Why is the sword on his back purple? Or humming strangely? There's too many questions,' Kakashi thought. "Why, my handiwork, of course. I had to get in here somehow, you know." Optimus instantly knew what he meant. Dread filled his soul.
"No...", Optimus said. "What is he talking about?" asked Sakura.
"He killed the guards," Optimus said, anger boiling up inside. Those people were innocent. They didn't even know Megatron was, let alone were they an immediate threat to him. It was then that Optimus realized how far his friend had truly fallen.
'How?" Kakashi thought, 'They weren't exactly pushovers. Then again, if he's anything like Optimus...'
Yes, I did. And I enjoyed doing so," he said, laughing.
"You jerk! What did they ever do to you?" Naruto yelled. Megatron shrugged. "They were in my way," he stated. Naruto growled. "You're a monster!" Megatron's expression changed to that of faked shock. Then he smiled again.
"I like to think of myself as a warrior, boy. A revolutionist," Megatron said. "But you aren't wrong. I suppose since I enjoy killing that makes me a monster. However, if I were to hate what you love, I would call you a monster. There is no good or evil. Sane or insane. It all varies on your point of view."
Optimus prepared to charge, but Megatron wasn't finished. His look had changed to one you would wear when you told a friend you couldn't be anymore. Optimus knew he was just changing his emotions to mock hi opponents.
"I suppose it wouldn't help if I told you I killed a child's parents on my way here, you know just for the fun of it," Megatron sneered, "I love seeing the look on someone's face as the life leaves their body. But you want to know what satisfied me more? The look on the poor child's face as he realized he'd never see his parents alive and well again!"
"You heartless bastard!" Naruto yelled. Naruto began trembling with rage. Megatron started laughing again.
"Naruto wait!"Optimus commanded, but it was too late. Naruto had already ran at Megatron. The tyrant hadn't expected the boy to have any experience in fighting whatsoever, so he was rather suprised at the streak of orange that barreled toward him.
Megatron had succeeded in pissing off the boy, which is what he wanted. He was going to need a hostage if he wanted to win. The other masked man was roughly Prime's level based on the information he had gathered by watching their fight and he was outnumbered seven to one. He hadn't expected the boy to be so fast, though. Naruto succeeded in landing several blows, including a kunai to the chest.
"...I will see that everyone in this trashfire of a village is killed for that, boy," Megatron growled. From those few blows, he had gathered that the child possessed absolutely no knowledge in fighting. He was just fast and strong, lacking any form of coherent style.
"SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled, going for another another punch on the crouching Decepticon. Megatron caught his fist and smiled. Naruto was so suprised by the fact his attacks had been cut off, he didn't even see what was coming next. "Let's see how much you like it, boy. "Stop calling me- AGGHH!" Naruto was cut off by Megatron stabbing the kunai into his stomach. Megatron then grabbed Naruto and threw him away.
"Naruto!" Kakashi yelled, preparing to lunge. Optimus grabbed his shoulder.
"Can't you see this is what he wants?! He is trying to pick us off one-by-one! Use your own teachings and work with me!" Optimus said.
"...You're right. But you have a lot of explaining to do after this."
Optimus sighed. "Fair enough." This was not going how he wanted it to. First the Star Saber, now this fiasco.
"We're not finished yet!" Naruto said, going in for Megatron again. The warlord began laughing, sidestepping punch after punch.
Megatron dodged the injured Naruto's attack. Naruto was so mad, he couldn't think. He felt Kurama taking over. Then Megatron's attacks stopped.
"Naruto! Stand down!" he heard Kakashi yell. "Huh?" he asked, regaining control. He looked to see Optimus and Kakashi fighting Megatron. "I'm ending this before it gets out of hand," Kakashi said, lifting up his hitae-ae.
'Megatron. Allow me to possess you. It is you only hope at survival,' Unicron spoke in his mind.
'Never!'
'Fool! You have no choice!' Megatron suddenly dropped on both of his knees, moaning. "ARRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" he screamed.
"What the hell?" Kakashi said. 'This is turning into a very odd day.'
Megatron was now covered in purple flames. When he spoke, it sounded like two were speaking, one being Megatron, and the other a deeper monotone voice. "Everyone will die, disciple of Primus. There is nothing you can do to stop me."
Optimus swung the Star Saber, which Megatron deflected effortlessly with his arm. He than laid a solid combo on Optimus that was so powerful it sent him across the training grounds. Kakashi stared right at Megatron. The Decepticon tyrant chose this moment to throw a kunai at Kakashi, who avoided it without a second thought. Kakashi was about to charge a Chidori, when he noticed Megatron had moved and was out of sight. 'I should have seen him. Where did he- "Huhh..." Kakashi looked down to see a jagged purple blade impaled in his stomach. Megatron kicked Kakashi off of his blade and sneered. He had resisted Unicron, who was no longer in control of his body.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!", he heard that irritable child yell. This time there wasn't even a moment to think. Naruto yelled and charged right at Megatron, glowing red. Meanwhile, Sakura and Arcee ran over to Kakashi.
"He's the only that can stop Naruto when he gets like this!" Sakura exclaimed.
"I'll make sure he doesn't come this way! You do whatever it is you're going to!" Arcee shouted.
Naruto had started pummeling Megatron, punching him so brutally, that Megatron now couldn't even stand. Naruto grabbed Megatron's neck and prepared to twist it. Megatron chuckled.
"...You aren't any better than me," Megatron said. "Go ahead and do it. It's better than living as one of you wretched humans, or on this insufferable world."
This statement confused Naruto enough for him to stop for second, long enough for Megatron to stab him with the Dark Star Saber. "Ahhh...", Naruto groaned. Megatron took this oppurtunity to limp away from the training grounds.
"We'll meet again, brat. Count on it." Megatron took one last sneering glance around the training grounds before finally trudging away.
Sakura had finished healing Kakashi, who sat up. He weakly glanced around, momentarily forgetting what had happened.
"Where's Naruto?" he asked. Arcee pointed. She noticed that Naruto had already healed. 'How did he heal? Hell, how did Sakura heal Kakashi?' Arcee wondered.
"What happened?" Kakashi asked, groaning. The sun had begun to tip away, causing the nearby trees to cast eerie shadows.
"You tell me. He went berserk but then just stopped after Megatron said something," Arcee said.
Bumblebee and Smokescreen then walked over, helping Optimus. Optimus wearily looked around. His eyes met Kakashi's. Kakashi glared seemingly into the last Prime's soul.
"You need to explain. Now."
There's chapter two everyone! I hoped you enjoyed it! I hope the fight scenes weren't cheesy. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Reviews and constructive criticism are appreciated!
Thanks for reading!
Caleb