Yes, this is still alive! the second story I ever did still breathes with the first even if I have several unfinished projects running as well... Anyway, now we enter the forbidden forest. What can be found there? Who will transform into who? There was a filler character in there, seeing as I needed another to fill in the teams, so apologies about that. Anyway, let's go!
Super hero time!
Naruto: Takumi Yuu, fight with your daughters, your legends!
Takumi: And you should fight with rangers from times unknown! When will you call upon the Patorangers? The Lupinrangers?
Naruto: You'll just have to wait and find out, won't you? Makes the reveal more of a show!
Takumi: well, I guess you could say I understand. Then let's both go full force!
N + T: Showtime! The story begins!
"This is it guys. Now it's time to show off our stuff." Naruto declared as they casually strolled into the forest, any warnings of death accepted with only the needed amount of attention spent towards them. After all, with the majority of them living within Konoha, they couldn't ignore the warnings that had already spoken to them; the only real danger would come from ninja, and that truly was a given. "With the secrecy of the forest, we can selectively show off our skills or use them when necessary. For the third task that will come after this, we'll use our powers to the entirety, for you'll be showing off for the various Daimyo that will gather. Just remember that we need to get a heaven scroll to go with our earth one."
"Do you think we should immediately transform? That way, we can freak people out by making them think there's an extra party operating trying to beat all of the students." Tenten suggested, the silver Gokai Cellular held lazily within the weapons mistress' hand.
"If you wish to maximise the surprise that will come with the reveal of the powers during the third section of the Chunin Exams, then transforming now would add to that." Haku added, her tone cold and logical as she followed the line of thought. "If we fight within the suits, then people will associate the power with said suits and they will be feared. When we then reveal that we're the ones within the suits, that association will already be there. If we don't transform immediately, then the suits will have their surprise factor diminished and it will allow people to plan for fighting against them when we arrive to the next exam."
"Well then, it's just a case of choosing who we want to go as then. Any suggestions from you guys?" the red captain offered, his own mobirate quickly in hand as the others drew theirs with no hesitation. With the distance they had travelled from their initial stating point, there was little likelihood of people coming to find them early on without them actively hunting, meaning time to think and plan.
"Might I suggest something?" Hinata carefully asked, a small hand held close to her chest. "Perhaps we could choose a group that could be easily hidden? Then it could be like some sort of myth, of the group that were able to do things without even being seen, or too fast for the eye to follow. Maybe Jetman would be a little hard due to the amount of trees, but something like Magiranger of Kakuranger would be good."
"Or maybe add a combination of different teams in order to provide no real correlation! Then it would appear as if there are multiple groups, or at least, it wouldn't be as easy to predict the various forms." Tenten suggested in response, a thoughtful hum escaping Naruto as he looked to the phone in his hands.
"Right, well… maybe we should come up with some sort of super team that people won't be able to forget!" Lee energetically declared, a green key already open in his hand. "I shall take Go-onger!"
"… I shall assume the form of Magi-blue. 'Magic' is something that I can definitely say intrigues me, for it does not use chakra as its source." Haku stated, the aqua key making its way into the phone slot unturned. "What are you going to choose, Hinata?"
"I think I'll take Washi-pink. They will not be prepared for long distance shooting. Shuriken usually work mid-range at best and the techniques that would allow ninja to shoot from a long range will take a great amount of chakra. There won't be many who can shoot long range and discretely." The Hyuuga explained, the pink key turning within her fingers.
"Then I'll take… Beat five. We did some training with that, and I bet it would really screw with that guy from sound when we beat him with his own powers." Tenten chuckled, a black key finding its way into the cellular.
"And that leaves me with Go-busters." With all of the strange people around, I don't think I've seen anyone who could potentially fit the idea of a military spy." Naruto concluded, red buster's key falling into his Mobirate. "Well then, I suppose all that's left to do now is to Gokai change!"
GOOO-ONGER!
MAAAGIRANGER!
KYUUURANGER!
BEEEAT-FIVE!
GOOO-BUSTERS!
"Okay then, Go-on Green, I want you to go with Washi-pink and Black DJ and try to scout out the left side of the forest of death. Me and Magi-blue will be aiming towards the right side and ip into the middle when we can." Naruto, now clad in the Red buster suit, directed, the others giving solid nods as a great smirk burst onto the blond's hidden face. "Seems simple enough, right? If you can get a heaven scroll, do it; any extras can just be dumped to the side of a ditch or something for others to fight over."
"Right!"
A few seconds after they had split off into the dangerous depths of the forest of death, a figure blurred into life in the same space where Naruto had once stood, calculating golden eyes looking in the direction the genin had gone.
"So, that was where the power of Washi-pink has gone… I can only assume that the powers held by the other Kyurangers are with them as well. As for those other powers… I feel as if they hold a familiarity. They are certainly super sentai, there is no doubt about that." The figure mused, a hand to a red mask. "Perhaps there is more to them than first meets the eyes. I shall have to gauge their abilities before I challenge the rest of this world; right now, they even as children hold the most danger of them all. After all, was there not one Stinger had come to see as a friend who was but a child when he was a Kyuranger?"
Taking to the tree tops, an easier feat with the wings of Washi-pink, Hinata scanned with bulging eyes, the surrounding trees perfect for hiding ninja to lay their traps and hide themselves for an ambush. Of course, they most likely could've also thought of trapping the treetops as well, but the assistance of some flight meant that unless they had done some incredibly advanced seal work that would activate in the mere presence of live chakra, an incredibly rare skill, she would be out of the various activators that would try to bring her death.
Upon the ground, flashes of green around the grass were only just visible as the green Go-onger dashed about in the shadows. With three sitting in their planning stages against the trees, they were ripe for the picking and considering just who it was, perhaps it was the best choice they could've gotten.
"I don't see why we're standing here. After all, we could be taking out the others." Sasuke stated lazily against the bark, his fingers already twitching as he closed his eyes. There was a perfect chance in front of him to go out and demonstrate his skills, and yet here he was forced to wait because of his bloody teammates, the ones who were meant to be helping him!
"Come on! We can't keep Sasuke waiting! Just pack all of your stuff away and let's go already!" Sakura by his side roared, a small wince escaping Lee as he hid. There was a special property of the helmets of Go-onger that allowed for the dampening of incredibly loud noises, normally generated through intense winds of high speed travel, but even that wasn't able to fully block out the pink haired screech.
"Ah, I'm sorry! But when we were hit by those grass ninja, my bag got cut when you pulled me into the way…" the brown haired girl whimpered, the tear within her backpack quickly being stitched. The girl hadn't wanted to be a ninja, but when her parents forced her in as last minute as possible so she wouldn't be able to pull out, she was in just the right place to be put into a group missing their third member. Of course, she had been incredibly happy when she heard she would be put with one of the Uchiha, but she certainly hadn't expect Sakura to be so… opposed to her arrival.
"Oh, really? Sorry about that. Now hurry up!" Sakura dismissively answered, returning to her admiration of the boy next to her, a small step towards him seemingly so little distance and yet so far away (though that was probably a result of him moving away every time she tried to come closer.)
"Sakura, do you still have the heaven scroll?" Sasuke questioned, the girl immediately pulling the paper out with the greatest speed she could possibly muster, a happy grin on her face as she triumphantly showed off her prized object to the one of her affections.
"Of course I do! I'm not like those others, who probably ended up losing theirs in the first seconds." The pink haired girl scoffed proudly, puffing her chest out with eyes closed, though a single one cracked open at Sasuke's growl, a moment spent looking to the empty space between her fingers before it truly connected in her mind.
"Hey, what the hell!?" But with Sakura's iron grip upon the twin tails of brown upon either side of her hair, there was little the new addition could do with an uncaring Sasuke watching as Sakura's face appeared right before her, the barely tolerable volume when afar certainly being more than suitable for breaking her ears up close.
"Chou Kobayashi, what happened to our scroll!?" she roared, a great thunderous thing that even Sasuke had to wince at; if any of the enemy ninja didn't think that there was anyone here, then they certainly were aware of their presence even more, though with no scroll in the starting moments, perhaps they would view them as no issue. "You were meant to be keeping watch for others! Can't you do one job properly!?"
"But I was fixing my bag… and there was only a green flash before the scroll was taken; it could've been any enemy ninja and they could be on the other side of the forest…" Chou objected, but as soon as the fist was raised, all three turned to where a sudden beat began pulsing through the air, a techno sound that didn't belong in this sort of time period, let alone the forest of death. A nod from Sasuke had the boy step forward, a kunai in hand that had him catch the second green flash purely from the light's reflection of its metal, Sakura letting out a squeal as Chou was taken from beneath the Haruno.
"Woah, woah, woah! This is way too simple, right?" a heavily synthesised voice declared, a scoff having the remaining two pulling out their strongest stances as the black suited figure came out from the shadows. Lined with blue, the chest had what appeared to be a mixing station upon it, a black yellow visor giving the image of great sunglasses. "I was expecting more from the great Uchiha of Konoha, but this has just been a joke. See you guys!"
"Hold it!" but the Uchiha's orders would not be heard as the black clad figure disappeared into the distance, no sign of their teammate in sight. A small kick to the earth had Sasuke growl, his new objective found.
"Come on Sakura, we need to go after them." The boy spat out, the pink haired brawler scrabbling to her feet at Sasuke's words. They were clearly good if they were able to literally take a girl and their scroll out from between their fingers without even a second passing by, meaning they were most likely a good fight. The moment he activated his sharingan though, there would be chance for them to defeat him in a proper battle. All it would take is trying to find the person and engaging them in a fight…
"Of course, they have Chou and I need to finish having my talk to her!" Sakura exclaimed, a fist tightly clenched as she looked into the distance. With a second's worth of visibility, it was probably clear that the green flash went to the left, so she would follow it to the ends of the earth if it meant getting Chou back so they could finish their conversation!
The pair set off, unaware of the softest beating of wings above them, a hand held over a mouth until Chou let out a small cry as she fell to the ground, Washi-pink landing far more gracefully next to her.
"Well, they certainly aren't looking in the right way." The pink clad ranger declared, the brown haired girl turning to her in silent curiosity. "You see, the speed my friend moved at means there's an after image left behind, due to going faster than the eye can recognise. He can use that to give the impression that he's going in one direction, but really go back he way he came and the after images will simply form a single line that stays a bit longer, misdirecting his opponents."
"That's so cool! But now we don't have a scroll to actually pass the exams…" Chou lamented, her head between her knees as she fell to the ground, uncaring for the fact that she was leaving herself exposed to what was potentially an enemy ninja that had literally just kidnapped her before her 'friends'' eyes. "I didn't think we would end up losing so easily… But I guess it makes sense considering that they're so unreasonable."
"Unreasonable?" Washi pink enquired, sitting herself beside her. With the synthesisers present in their helmets ensuring that their voices weren't the same, if not heavily altered, she would only sound potentially slightly similar to her normal self; there was little chance of a girl who had spent little to no time with her recognising the Hyuuga's voice.
"They're just both idiots!" Chou immediately answered in outrage, tugging at the bottom of her twin tails. "One refuses to acknowledge me as anything more than a pebble beneath my feet and the other's just waiting to blame me for anything that she can to try and look good in front of him! We ended up in a fight with some Grass ninja and I thought things would be going alright, until I literally feel a hand grab my bag, which should've been impossible seeing as Sakura's at my back. Well then, I end up being pulled to find out that Sakura was using me as a shield and it was only me twisting that had the knife break through my bag and not my rib cage! We managed to fight it off, but then they were trying to tell me off for fixing the bag they made me break!"
Watching the girl huff after her rant, all Hinata could do was rub a comforting hand upon her back. It was clear that the troubles had been building within her, but there was no one she could speak of it to, an understandable scenario. There were few who didn't think of the Uchiha as a brilliant prodigy and while a greater number would be more welcoming of the idea that Sakura used her as a shield, her mother's position made it difficult to do anything about it. As soon as Naruto caught sound of this, there would no telling how he would react; it was as if he left the terror, only to leave it to someone else to deal with.
"I don't hold hope for them getting better in the future, but I believe with all of my heart that there is something better waiting for you at the end of the line. Hinata softly replied, Chou turning to her with more than a little dismissal. "After all, you have the ability, I can see it flowing through you. There's a power that no one else can channel."
And it wasn't as if she was lying. There were many signs available to the Byakugan that could allow a user to determine whether a person had a special kekkei genkai or doujutsu. Whereas normal techniques took normal chakra and converted it into whatever they desired, bloodline abilities were literally a part of the user and their chakra had to be converted from that into what they wanted, meaning that a Hyuuga could interpret the 'feel' of the chakra.
"Didn't you know? There's a great… solidity to your chakra and many differences come from kekkei genkai. Maybe you'll find that power inside of you and be able to use it for your own. Now, I should probably go; my friends will be looking for me and I don't want to keep them waiting!" without another word, Washi-pink took to the skies, Chou watching with wide blue eyes as the small tufts upon her back became the full-fledged wings capable of carrying s person into the distance. There were very few she knew who would be able to do such a thing; actually, there was none she could come up with!
"Still, I need to find my way back to my team… we need to have the scroll and be all together, otherwise we won't be able to pass onto the next stage!" the girl declared, picking herself off of the ground. She was completely oblivious, however, to the shadows that gathered behind her, a figure moving out of the trees without a sound.
"I don't think you'll be making your way to your friends any time soon." A masculine corrected, Chou unable to voice a single question before her vision faded to black, the poison quick acting but not lethal; she still had some use left in her body as long as it was kept alive and well. "Or perhaps, you'll be going to your friends quicker than you think."
And it's anchors Aweigh! It's been quite some time since I last said that, it seems kind of weird , we've had a little meeting and things have been set up for a lovely match - what will happen? will it actually come before then end of 2018? Please, just keep an eye on this for the next chapter notification!
Super hero time! See you next time!