Naruto: Shinobi Hunters
Digi-Destined saga
Dahngrest arc
Kurama no Kyubi: Here's the next exciting chapter of this exciting story. And it also might be worth noting that with this chapter, this is now the longest out of my fanfics as it has passed my Naruto/Zelda crossover, the Legend of Naruto which has a total of 30 chapters so far (I don't count the prologue). Now then, let's go see how the battle against Acnologia goes.
Element-OverLord: So Will Naruto And The Others Eventually Face Acnologia?
GOOD LUCK!
Kurama no Kyubi: Yes. It's still a good while till then, but yes, they will eventually fight him. And they'll have a small army with them, in fact.
Guest: well Naruto's really got his work cut out for with his mission from arceous interms of the the fact that eventually he'll have to go on a witch for medusa after he pays death city a visit for one the orbs then maybe deal with some spelunking in a mine (which must've come from some game and anime I've forgotten or have yet to hear of) to dealing with a potential attack on marine headquarters by arcnolgias forces in order to reclaim the orbs which' re being guarded by a relative of Naruto on his mother's side at the very least. And before I forget then he'll have to travel through the pokemon leagues and face the trials of a Pokémon trainer in order to three more of they orbs which've yet to be claimed by arcnologia. and mongst arcnologia's force he has a clairvoyant who can visually see the immediate future a cat witch amongst the very first of arcnologia's force and they also seem to have power similar to orchimaru curse mark which've been granted to them by arcnolgia and we've yet to see what they're capable when they unleash this power other wise this really puts Naruto and company at a major disadvantage for the immediate future.
Kurama no Kyubi: The Morlia Mineshaft is actually a very deep mine from the game Tales of Phantasia which was originally on the SNES. It also contains the strongest Monsters from that game and is also where the strongest Spirit (powerful nearly God-like beings that you can make contracts with during the course of the game), Pluto/Brute can be found. And I never said anything about the Marines having one of the orbs, what Uzuryu has is the Rokukiri no Kiba, a cousin weapon to Naruto's own Kyukiri no Kiba. Also, Saina's ability to see into the future isn't perfect; what she sees is only one of many possible futures – granted, it's the most likely one for the moment, but the further into the future it is, the more possible it is to change it.
"Digivolution." Normal speech
'Digivolution.' Normal thought
"Digivolution." Biju, Digital God, Legendary, transformed Laguz, and Perfect speech
'Digivolution.' Biju, Digital God, Legendary, transformed Laguz, and Perfect thought
Kuroneko: Kurama no Kyubi-chan only owns his OCs and the plot of this story.
Kurama no Kyubi: What's with the "-chan"?
Chapter 31: Keiv Moc
It was a nice day in the village of Konohagakure no Sato as the sun stood high in the sky and there were hardly a cloud in the sky. Though, despite the nice weather, the village's Ninja still had to go on missions, even if they rather wanted to enjoy the warm weather.
As Sasuke walks out of his apartment and heads down the stairs to the main street to go to the Hokage Tower for his next mission. He pays no mind to whatever's happening around him. Reaching the street, he begins the trek towards his destination.
Upon reaching the Hokage Tower, he walks in, heading for the Hokage's office. However, as he walks through the hallways, he over-hears a couple of Chunin talking, instantly recognizing them as the gate-guards, Kotetsu and Izumo.
"Hey, did you hear? Apparently Uzushiogakure's been rebuilt." Izumo said, causing Sasuke to stop in his tracks. Ever since his first encounter with the Ninja of Uzushio, he had been rather intrigued by them, wanting to know any bit of information he could find out. While looking for information in the library, he had discovered that it was originally built by the Uzumaki clan which was close relatives of the Senju, but it – along with the clan that founded it – was destroyed in the Third Great Shinobi War. It seems though that someone has come upon the ruins and decided to rebuild it.
"No way." Kotetsu said before adding "Are you saying that there are still enough members of the Uzumaki clan to have rebuilt the village?"
"I don't know. But whoever has rebuilt it must be really powerful." Izumo said.
"What makes you say that?" Kotetsu asked.
"Well, rumor has it that they fought the full might of the Samurai… and won." Izumo said.
"No way. They beat the Samurai? But don't they have one of the ten strongest people in the world leading them?" Kotetsu asked, finding it hard to believe that such a small village could fend off such an immense foe.
"And that's the thing. Apparently Zorro just gave up." Izumo said.
"No way…" Kotetsu said for the third time in their conversation.
"Hey, don't you two have work to do? Hurry up and get to the south gate." A Jonin said as he showed up and Kotetsu and Izumo instantly headed for the gates, running past Sasuke.
'No way…! They actually beat the full force of the Samurai?' The Uchiha thought in shock as he had wide eyes before his lips twisted into a smirk 'Interesting. Now I wanna find out who their leader is even more than before.'
As he then continued walking, all he thought of was how much he wanted to fight and test his abilities against Uzushio's leader. Well, that is, that's what he thought until he entered the Hokage's office and found an unusual team assortment. Shino, Ino, and the Special Jonin, Anko. With him, that would be one from each of the Rookie 9 teams and the crazy proctor from the Chunin Exams to lead them. He didn't know what they're mission would entail, but whatever it was, it would definitely be one for the history books. As he closed the door behind him, he only wished it could've been Shikamaru instead of Ino as he could only handle that much fangirlism (yes, that's a word now).
Independent Digi-Destined vs. Acnologia
"Pyro Sphere!" Guilmon called out mid-jump as he fired a strong blast of heated oxygen at Acnologia, but the Semi-Perfect didn't even flinch from the attack. As Guilmon then landed, he found himself being on the receiving end of Acnologia's tail-swipe and was sent flying as a result.
"Guilmon!" Gildarts called after his partner.
"Gildarts, you should keep your guard up!" Rayleigh said before Acnologia's right fore-claw crashed down on the ground behind him, and he looked over his shoulder and quickly spun around to meet the Dragon's attack, head-on. The claws then came at him in the form of a Dragon Claw attack, but Gildarts defended himself, using his Crush Magic. The two clashing attacks resulting in a massive explosion.
In the meantime Guilmon was caught in mid-air by one of MarineAngemon's hearts before said heart popped, causing him to fall back down to the ground where he landed on his feet.
Merlin flew up into the air as he looked down at Acnologia before holding out his arms and thrusting them forward, towards the large Dragon as black flames appeared around him.
"Amaterasu!" He called out and the flames shot forth before impacting with the Semi-Perfect's body, one after the other. However, Acnologia simply let out a roar towards Merlin as a Whirlwind attack blew out the flames as well as Merlin, as he was sent flying.
"Bullet Hammer!" Puppetmon called out as he came down and crashed his hammer down on Acnologia's head, causing it to reel down a bit as an explosion was produced from the hammer. However, the Dragon simply threw his head back up, causing Puppetmon to be sent flying into the air.
"Claw of Doom!" Jijimon called out as he came up next to Acnologia's neck and swiped his cane downwards, causing four deep claw-marks to appear on the Dragon's neck as blood gushed out.
"Blazing Ice!" Lopmon called out as she spat out several shots of super-cooled air, all of which hit Acnologia's cheek, causing him to look down at her before letting off a powerful roar which generated a Gust attack, causing Lopmon to fall onto her back.
"Hey, big and ugly! Over here!" Kanali yelled and Acnologia looked towards her as she finished with a series of hand-signs "Katon: Goukaendan!" She then fired off a large blast of fire from here mouth, hitting Acnologia's head, though the Dragon easily broke through the attack with a roar, blowing the girl away.
"Nikukyu Punch!" Mikemon called out as he punched Acnologia's side, but the Dragon didn't even flinch from the attack as he brought his clawed right hand down on Rayleigh who easily dodged it.
Acnologia then looked towards Tom as he let out what sounded like a snort before speaking up.
*Heh. Well, if it isn't a Nekomimi. A rare sight these days. That foolish Black Dragon, Armageddon almost exterminated the lot of you, didn't he? I suppose he wouldn't mind… if I finished the job!* He then raised his right hand and brought it down on Tom.
"Tom!" Brendan called out before holding out his X-Loader "Greymon!" The large T-Rex-like Digimon appeared in a flash of light in front of Tom as he caught the hand with his head, his feet digging into the ground as he gritted his teeth while fighting against the over-whelming force of the Semi-Perfect. Then the Perfect's hand was suddenly lifted up a little as Puppetmon had appeared on Greymon's head and held the hand up with his hammer.
"Bullet Hammer!" He called out, causing an explosion as Acnologia's arm was thrown up from the force, the Dragon coming temporarily off-balance.
"Hanabi-chan, now!" Gildarts called out.
"Right!" Hanabi said as she turned to her partner "MarineAngemon!"
"Kahuna Waves!" The miniature Mega called out as she generated a large heart which she then sent towards Acnologia, trapping him.
"Good. We caught him." Merlin said as he hovered down close to the ground while adding "Kahuna Waves causes everyone it hits to lose their fighting spirit. Even a Perfect – no matter how powerful they might be – won't be able to stand up to it."
*Don't mess with me!* Acnologia roared as the heart was suddenly popped from the inside-out *Raaaaar! I might be greatly weakened, but I'm still one of the Perfect! Your puny efforts are meaningless!*
"Gah! He managed to break out of it?" Merlin said in shock.
"Impossible!" Rayleigh said.
*Now, die!* Acnologia said before charging up for a powerful blast from his mouth.
"That's…!" Brendan started, recognizing the move "Everyone, move it! He's about to fire a Dragon Breath attack!" The others looked back at him in shock.
"Dragon Breath? But that's the move that he…" Gildarts said before looking back at Acnologia as he continued "It's the move he used to destroy Tenroujima."
North Blue, Tolbyccia, Keiv Moc
"So this is Keiv Moc?" Naruto asked as they entered the forest. He noted that the trees were quite large, pretty similar to the Forest of Death actually, complete with the trees' roots being mostly above ground.
"I had no idea trees this big existed…" Estelle said.
"Yeah, but it doesn't exactly look healthy for them to be this over-grown." Yuri said.
"Keiv Moc is a very old forest, in fact it may be the oldest forest in Tolbyccia, hence why the trees are so big." Patty said as she stepped forward before adding "There are also quite a few treasures hidden around the forest."
"Umm… What's Tolbyccia?" Naruto asked as he looked at his fellow blond.
"It's the name of this continent." The girl replied.
"It's just like Karol and Patty said…" Rita started before saying "It's like what happened at Heliord when the Blastia went berserk." Just then, Karol spotted something.
"Be careful… there's somebody here." He said, causing everyone to get on guard as they turned towards a nearby bush just before Raven came out from behind it.
"Hey, what a coincidence." He said as they lowered their guard.
"What the hell are you doing in a place like this?" Yuri asked.
"Ya know; out for a forest stroll, takin' in the nature…" Raven said.
"Something smells fishy." Karol said.
"Huh? You know him?" Naruto asked as he looked up at Yuri.
"You could say that." The raven-head said.
"What? Where's my welcome?" Raven asked as he walked closer towards them.
"You didn't think we'd honestly be glad to see you, right?" Rita asked with her arms folded over her chest.
"Aw, ya don't mean that. I can come in handy, ya know." Raven said.
"… You're not seriously thinking of coming with us, right?" Karol asked.
"Of course! It's lovely bein' out here all by my lonesome." Raven said as he put his hands on the back of his head, but when he noticed the still suspicious looks on Yuri, Karol, and Rita's faces he asked "What, no dice?"
"I don't see any problem in letting him come." Naruto said.
"You've got to be kidding me." Rita said as she looked at the blond before turning her head towards Raven "But all right. However, you'd better watch your back. If you try anything funny, you're dead." She then turned around and started walking further into the forest.
"Brrr… Man, she can be scary." Naruto said nervously as he watched after the girl.
"Hey, ya don't think my story stinks that bad, do ya?" Raven asked.
"Yeah, the stench is sort of coming off you in waves." Yuri said.
"Really?" Raven asked as he brought his arms back down before bringing his right arm to his face and sniffing on it.
"I can't take responsibility for what I'll do if you make any sudden moves. Don't forget that." Yuri said before he – along with the others except for Patty – followed after Rita.
"Ya believe my story, don'tcha Patty-chan?" Raven asked as he looked at the blond Pirate who then turned around.
"If you try anything, I'll tell jiji." She said before following the others, causing him to lower his head as he followed them as well.
Skit – Really really fishy
Naruto, Yuri, Karol, Rita, Estelle, Patty, and Raven are present.
Rita "I know there's not much point in bringing it up again, but this guy's really fishy."
Karol "Yeah, how long's he planning to stick with us, anyway?"
Estelle "Does he really have a good reason for being in Keiv Moc?"
Yuri (looks at Raven) "You heard 'em, old man. Spit it out."
Raven "Huh? I'm gonna stick with ya guys as long as need be. And as for my reasons, I thought I told ya – I'm on a mission of self-discovery."
Naruto "But I thought you said you were out for a forest stroll."
Raven "Oh, I did?"
Patty (has a dumbfounded expression on her face) "Yeah, you did."
Yuri "If I had a memory that bad, I'd want to find myself, too."
Raven "There you go."
Karol "Really fishy. Really really really fishy."
Skit end
As they continued walking, Naruto remembered how when he had told Robin about his Soul Perception ability, she had told him that those good enough with that ability could even get a clear understanding of a person's personality. So slowing his steps, he let the others get ahead of him as he closed his eyes before opening them again, a soft blue glow emitting from them as he did so.
Looking at Raven, he saw the man's Soul appear around him. It was blue like all other Souls, though it also had a strange diagonal grey line going across it and there was also a glowing red light in the middle of the line on the front of the Soul. On the Soul's top left there was also the mark of Altosk jutting out of it, while a mark Naruto didn't recognize was jutting out of the lower right side of the Soul.
Naruto then tried to concentrate to see if he could get an understanding of the man's personality, but he found that no matter how much he tried, he simply wasn't able to, and was eventually forced to give up. Apparently he wasn't good enough with Soul Perception yet. However, that's when his eyes caught sight of something strange; namely, Rita's Soul. He could instantly see that it was different from any other Souls as it had a sash wrapped around it in the same pattern as the markings she drew with her sash for an advanced spell, almost as though she was trying to hide her Soul.
"Hmm? Something wrong, Naruto-kun?" Patty asked as she stopped walking while looking at him over her shoulder.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing." Naruto said as he looked at her, having been brought out of his trail of thoughts before increasing the pace in his steps as he added "C'mon, let's get this over with."
"Umm… Okay." Patty said as she looked after the boy before continuing to walk.
Skit – Rita's Soul
Naruto is present.
Naruto (in thought) "Hmm, strange. I wonder why Rita-chan's got her Soul covered by all those sashes."
Dorumon arrives.
Dorumon "What is it, Naruto?"
Naruto "Oh, nothing. It's just that when I was checking Raven-san's Soul, I noticed Rita-chan's as well, and it was wrapped up in a lot of sashes, like the one she uses for her spells."
Dorumon "Well, maybe that's just what her Soul looks like."
Naruto "Maybe, but then wouldn't the sashes be a part of the Soul? From what I could tell they weren't in contact with it at all, just floating around it."
Dorumon "Well, I got nothing. Maybe you should ask her about it?"
Naruto "Maybe." 'How shall I tell her that I can see her Soul without sounding crazy?'
Skit end
As the group walked they spotted several Monsters roaming through the forest and wisely decided to keep their distance from the Monsters so they wouldn't get into more trouble than they could handle. After all, if they made too much noise, it might draw in more Monsters to their location.
Sneaking past the first group of Monsters (which consisted of a couple of plant-like Monsters) they came to a large root which stuck out of the ground, forming a bridge over the foliage. As they walked across the root, Naruto noticed a few small bird-like Monsters that flew over-head before one of them were suddenly hit by some kind of plant-like tentacle before falling into the awaiting mouth of a large plant-like Monster.
"Man, what's with this place?" The blond asked himself nervously.
"Hey, why are you stopping? Get a move on." Rita said as she stopped next to him before Naruto started walking, the Mage following after him.
Shortly after, as they walked across the root with Yuri and Repede in the lead, Estelle and Patty behind him, Karol and Naruto behind them, and Rita in the back, the group stopped so Raven – who was a little further behind – could catch up. They all then turned towards the suspicious Altosk member who also turned around, looking at them over his shoulder.
"Aww, don't mind me. Do whatever you came to do." He said and Estelle turned to Yuri.
"What should we do about him?" She asked.
"Hey, old man, do you know any tricks that'll convince us you're worth keeping around?" Yuri asked as he put his right hand on his hip.
"Do I look like some kinda street magician ta you?" Raven asked as he scratched his ear before putting his hand under his chin in thought. He then ran down over some big mushroom heads over to another root and turned around, looking at Karol "Hey, you. C'mere a second."
Karol then looked around as everyone else looked at him before he looked back at Raven and asked "What? M-me…?"
Karol then came down to him before he suddenly ran off, the kid following after him and everyone except Repede looked after them in confusion. Soon after, Raven returned, though Karol wasn't with him.
"Huh? What did you want with Karol?" Yuri asked before they heard a scream.
"Aaah! Don't just leave me here!" Karol yelled before coming back to them as a large stag-beetle Monster was following him and as he had almost reached them, he turned around, holding his large axe at the ready.
"Show 'im what for, kid." Raven said.
"Wh-why me?" Karol stuttered as his legs were shaking. He then lifted up his axe before swinging it at the beetle, only for said beetle's blade-like horn to deflect it. Raven then readied his bow before aiming at the Monster and fired an arrow at it, though it didn't seem to hurt it as Karol turned around and ran back towards the others while yelling "Okay! This isn't funny anymore!"
"Should be any minute now…" Raven said – his bow now gone – as he put his hands on the back of his head in a relaxed state. Suddenly the beetle blew up from the inside-out, causing Karol to fall onto his back in surprise as its green blood and body parts got scattered across the area.
"Wow." Naruto uttered.
"It exploded from the inside?" Rita asked as Karol slowly got back up on his feet before turning to the others.
"What did you do?" Estelle asked as she turned to Raven, who then turned to look back at her.
"Ya just wait for 'em to let their guard down, give 'em a little poke and then… bam!" Raven said.
"Jeez… I bet you're great at parties." Rita said, sarcastically.
"Well, I've always wondered how you got to be jiji's right hand." Patty said.
"And now ya know, right?" Raven asked as he looked at her.
"Nope." She stated simply, causing the Altosk member to lower his head as a cloud of despair appeared above him.
"I suppose that was good enough." Estelle said with a smile.
"Really?" Yuri asked and Estelle turned towards him.
"Yes." She said.
"All right…" Yuri said and Raven turned towards him.
"Hey, ya mean I passed? I can stay?" He asked.
"A-are you kidding…?" Karol asked.
"It'll be much easier to do things to him if we keep him nearby." Yuri said.
"Whaddya mean, "things"…?" Raven asked.
"… Hadn't thought about that." Rita said.
"Okay, I just got a little chill up my spine." Raven said.
Estelle then bowed slightly as she said "Well then, Raven, after you."
"Heh… right." Raven said before walking ahead as the others followed him.
"What are you smiling for?" Naruto asked as he noticed the sadistic grin on Rita's face.
"Ah. Oh, nothing. C'mon, let's go." She said as she started walking as Karol stepped up next to Naruto.
"I think it's best to keep our distance from her right now." He whispered.
"Heheh… Yeah, I think you're right." Naruto said with a nervous laugh.
"Hey, what are you two standing there, dawdling about? Hurry up or we'll leave you behind!" Rita yelled as she pointed at them.
"AH! Coming!" Naruto and Karol both yelled as they ran after the others.
Independent Digi-Destined vs. Acnologia
As the smoke the smoke settled, it revealed that all the members of the Independent Digi-Destined along with their Digimon were assembled as a large white entity was surrounding them like a shield. Surprisingly, though, the ground around them hadn't suffered any damage from Acnologia's Dragon Breath.
"Thanks, Merlin-san. I thought we goners there for a second." Brendan said with a sigh of relief as the white entity around them vanished.
"Don't thank me yet. My Susano'o takes a lot of chakra out of me; I don't think I'll be able to call it back after having absorbed a blast like that." Merlin said as he lowered his arms, having held them out when he brought out the Susano'o.
"Either way, if it hadn't been for you, none of us would've been here now." Gildarts said as he stepped forward as he held out his X-Loader "Guilmon, ready?"
"Bring it." His partner Digimon said as he stepped up next to him.
"Guilmon Mega-Digivolve to…"
His body suddenly grew to an enormous size as his legs fused together to form what appeared to be a snake-like tail with a sharp spiky golden tip. His arms were covered in Chrome Digizoid armor with some kind of blades protruding from the sides, extending from the shoulders to the wrists. Two large fire-red dragon wings grew from his back, and finally, on his head appeared a red helmet which looked similar to a Guilmon head, except that it also had a pair of horns protruding out of it. His belly and the underside of his tail was white as the Digital Hazard symbol was on his chest.
"… Megidramon!"
As Rayleigh stepped up next to Gildarts, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the cave entrance behind Acnologia and he said "We need to get Acnologia out of the way so we can get into that cave."
"I agree." Gildarts said.
"Then this is what we'll do; Me, Rayleigh, Gildarts, and Brendan will distract him. In the meantime, Kanali, Tom, and Hanabi will sneak into the cave and take what we came here for." Merlin said as Brendan stepped up next to him, so that the four of them were standing single-file "Now then, IKUZO!"
The four of them then charged (flew in Merlin's case) at Acnologia along with their Digimon. As they approached the Dragon, Brendan's Greymon fired up a Nova Blast at him, which was then followed by Puppetmon's Bullet Hammer, forcing the Semi-Perfect to take a few steps backwards before letting out a powerful roar.
Megidramon came up before him, blocking the shockwaves from the roar with his body as he then started gathering flames in his maw.
"Megiddo Flame!" He called out as he fired forth a stream of red-hot flames, though while they would normally reduce anything they touched to ashes, Acnologia only got slight burns from it.
Acnologia then bit into Megidramon's neck with a Bite attack, causing the unstable Mega form of Guilmon to fall onto his back as Acnologia's teeth tore straight through his Chrome Digizoid scales.
"Megidramon!" Gildarts called out before holding out his X-Loader "Reload! Andromon!"
A tall humanoid robotic Digimon then appeared in a flash of white light before jumping onto Megidramon's neck where he then proceeded to grab a hold of Acnologia's bottom jaw with his right hand and upper jaw with his left before pulling the jaws apart, freeing his fellow Digimon before throwing Acnologia in the direction of the river. However, the Dragon stopped himself in mid-air, using his powerful wings before charging up for another Dragon Breath attack.
"Well, if that's the way you want it!" Brendan said before grabbing one of his Great-Balls and throwing it "Go, Gardevoir!"
In a flash of white light, a humanoid-looking Pokémon who appeared to wear a green and white dress, had what looked like green hair, and she had a red thing sticking out of her chest. This was the Embrace Pokémon, Gardevoir – a Psychic/Fairy-Type Pokémon.
As Gardevoir looked up at Acnologia, Brendan said "Gardevoir, use your psychic power to create a Black Hole to shield us from his attack.
"Garde." Gardevoir said as she held her hands in front of her chest, her palms pointing towards each other as psychic energies started gathering in the area between them. Soon, a pink ball of pure psychic energies was formed and she extended her arms out just as Acnologia got done charging his attack before firing it.
"Gardevoir, hurry!" Brendan called out as the Dragon's attack got closer, but that's when a round black space appeared above them, sucking everything nearby into it, though Gardevoir used her Psychic powers to prevent herself, her Trainer, and her Trainer's friends and Digimon to get sucked in. Acnologia's attack just hit the Black Hole before getting sucked into it and once the attack was fully inside, Gardevoir closed the hole again. The effects of the hole were rather obvious, though, as all the nearby grass had been sucked into it along with much of the dirt under said grass.
Jijimon, Piximon, and Puppetmon then jumped up towards Acnologia (flew up in Piximon's case) and as they approached the Dragon, Piximon and Jijimon launched their respective explosive attacks.
"Pixi Bomb/Energy Grenade!" They yelled as Piximon threw a powerful bomb at Acnologia while Jijimon threw an energy grenade. The two explosives hit Acnologia in the chest, causing a massive explosion, nearly covering the Dragon's whole body, and due to him being in mid-air, he was pushed backwards by the resulting shockwave.
Then Puppetmon suddenly came out through the smoke from the explosion before hitting Acnologia in the chest with his hammer as he called out "Bullet Hammer!" Causing another explosion which sent Acnologia a little further back while at the same time bringing him closer to the ground.
"Now, Gardevoir, use Fairy Wind!" Brendan commanded and Gardevoir held out her arms as a strong wind swept through the place. As it hit the still airborne form of Acnologia, they could clearly hear him scream in pain as he was pushed back as his feet and hands touched the ground and he skidded backwards, stopping just before the river.
Kanali, Tom, Hanabi
"Hey, I definitely heard Acnologia screaming in pain there. But he didn't do so at all with any of the other attacks we hit him with." Tom said.
"Well, just think in Pokémon terms." Kanali said as she folded her hands over her chest as Tom, Hanabi, and their Digimon turned to her "Acnologia's currently a Dragon/Dark/Flying-Type while Gardevoir is a Psychic/Fairy-Type, and Fairy Wind is obviously a Fairy-Type move."
"So…?" Tom said as he looked at her confused before she elaborated.
"Both Dragon and Dark-Types are weak against Fairy-Types, meaning that any Fairy-Type move would be exceptionally powerful against Acnologia as he is now. And he is well aware of that which is probably why he came to Tenroujima seven years ago – to look for the Fairy-Type orb which should be protected by the Magic Guild Fairy Tail." She explained.
"And did he find it?" Mikemon asked.
"That's one of the reasons why we're here, remember? To find out if he did. The other reason is to get our hands on any of the other orbs that he's managed to get his filthy claws on over the years." Kanali said before looking towards the cave entrance which was now completely unguarded "Come on, this is our chance." The two Humans and one Nekomimi then started running with Lopmon staying on Kanali's shoulder, Mikemon running on all fours along-side Tom, and MarineAngemon flying next to Hanabi.
Merlin, Rayleigh, Gildarts, Brendan
"Good, we managed to get Acnologia out of the way. Now let's make sure that he stays busy." Gildarts said as they ran towards the apocalyptic Dragon.
North Blue, Tolbyccia, Keiv Moc
As the group came down the root and stepped onto the ground in a small clearing, they stopped in their tracks as they saw a huge Monster standing there.
"Aaaaaaahhhh! Wh-what's that?" Karol screamed as he noticed the Monster. It was a gigantic bear-like creature that was standing on two legs. Its head was mostly hidden under its fur, and what could be seen of it was a black face with sharp teeth in the mouth and glowing yellow eyes. The rest of its body was covered in very thick fur; its head, shoulders, and the top of its chest being covered in very dark green fur with blood-red tips. The rest of its chest and arms being covered in light green fur while the fur over its wrists ended in yellow fur. Its back, sides, and most of its legs was covered in green fur which was darker than what covered the lower portion of its chest and arms, but not quite as dark as what covered its head, shoulders, and upper portion of its chest. Its torso and inner thighs were covered in thinner black fur, with the torso portion having a lighter tone to it. Its hands and feet though wasn't in fur, but instead had dark purple skin with blood-red claws on the tip of its fingers and bright purple claws on the tip of its toes. And finally it had a small black tail coming from its butt.
"This is definitely no regular Monster… Sometimes it's better to run when it gets too much." Yuri said.
"Heh. Sorry, but I promised myself a while back that I would never again run from a fight." Naruto said as he stepped up next to the raven-head with a confident look on his face.
"Eh? But I thought we were here to investigate the Aer, not to fight a giant Monster." Karol said.
"This Monster could be the one behind the Monster attack on Dahngrest, so it would be best to take it out now before it could launch another attack." Rita said as she stepped forward.
"Rita?" Karol said, getting a little nervous now as everyone else seemed to want to fight it.
"Hey, if you don't want to join in on the fun, then stay back, okay? Nanojiya!" Patty said as she pulled out her pistol and took aim at the Monster.
The Monster then looked down at them before letting out a bestial roar and it started walking towards them. It was just as Yuri came up to the Monster that he noticed truly how big it was; it was so large in fact that he himself only reached up to its knee. The Monster then swiped its left arm at him, sending him crashing into a tree, causing him to cough up blood as he hit it. Then Naruto came up before the Monster, creating a dozen Kage Bunshins, but they were all destroyed as the Monster swiped its right arm at them, and while Naruto himself wasn't hit, he was sent flying backwards from the shockwave before crashing into the ground and skidding across it on his back.
"First Aid!" Estelle called out as she finished charging said spell and Naruto was covered in a soft light as his injuries from crashing into the ground was healed.
Yuri jumped into the air and flipped around in mid-air before striking his sword down at the Monster's head.
"Destruction Field!" He called out as its had reeled downwards a little from the force of the attack before it slammed its head back into Yuri, causing him the get sent upwards into the air before he did a back-flip and landed on his feet on the ground, skidding backwards a little.
"O incandescent lotus, annihilate the vulgar before me! Spiral Flare!" Rita called out as a glyph appeared in the air before her before shooting out a large ball of fire which headed straight for the Monster, hitting it in the chest. The force of the attack and its elemental attribute causing it to take a few steps backwards as it held its hand over where she had hit it, indicating that it did do some damage.
"Looks like I found your weakness." The genius Mage said.
"So fire's its weakness, huh?" Raven said before aiming his arrow at an area on the ground just in front of the Monster's feet "Serpent!" He then fired the arrow and as it hit the ground, a small red field appeared around it.
"Umm, Raven. I think your aim was a little off." Estelle said as she looked at him from where she was standing.
"Heh. Who said I was aimin' for the big guy." Raven said before the Monster stepped on the red field, causing a small explosion, which caused the Monster to freeze momentarily as the pain hit it.
Repede took this chance to charge towards the Monster and as he reached its right leg, did a make-shift spin-attack, cutting through its right foot with his dagger before jumping upwards and doing a back-flip in mid-air while using his dagger to make a vertical cut through the Monster's leg.
"Random Fall!" Patty called out as she threw a card up into the air and suddenly a large rock fell down and hit the Monster on the head. She then jumped back before glyph appeared on the ground beneath her as it went through several different colors "Risky Cast!"
However, instead of the Fire Ball spell she had intended, a blade of wind swooped by, hitting the Monster, though it didn't seem to do much damage, if any at all.
"Ah, oops. That wasn't quite the spell I wanted, Nanojiya!" She said with a sheepish look on her face.
"It doesn't matter. As long as we're at least getting some damage in on that thing." Naruto said as he stood next to her.
"Naruto." Naruto suddenly heard a male voice in his head, but it wasn't the Kyubi's.
"Huh? Who's there?" He asked as he looked around.
"Naruto-kun, are you all right?" Patty asked as she looked worriedly.
"The being you're up against is the Green Menace. He's one of the Giganto Monsters – a series of gigantic Monsters that all other Monsters both fear and serve. Killing one is nigh impossible for a normal person. I would highly recommend you flee." The voice said.
"Flee? I promised myself that I would never again run from a fight, and I never break my promises." Naruto said as he turned his gaze towards the Green Menace and said "C'mon, Patty-chan."
"Oh, right." Patty said and the two of them charged at the Monster. What neither of them, or anyone else for that matter realized was that someone was standing amongst the trees, observing the battle. It was none other than Bakuto Masaki who had – unbeknownst to Naruto – helped during the Battle of Uzushio.
He then turned away from the battle and started walking away; severing the telepathic link he had set up with the blond as he said "Very well." Just then a large mantis-looking Monster came up from the foliage besides him and attempted to attack him, but Bakuto quickly grabbed his hand around its neck without even looking before tightening his hold and completely crushed the Monster's neck to the point where it was basically decapitated as he let go of it and it fell to the ground "But I wonder what you would do if I had told you that the Giganto Monsters also worships the Perfects like Gods."
Acnologia's cave
Running into the cave, Kanali, Tom, and Hanabi stopped as they noticed three robed figures standing there.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Heh." She could practically feel the smirk coming from the one in the middle before the three figures threw off their robes.
In the middle was a girl who didn't look like she could be any older than 14 and she had short black hair that went down to her shoulders and her right eye was yellow with a black slit in it while her left eye was red with an equally black slit in it as well. Her clothing consisted of an open black leather jacket that went down to her waist with a black top underneath it which didn't really cover anything other than her C-cup breasts, and around her neck was a black collar similar to what one would put on a pet cat, though it didn't have any name-tags attached to it. On her legs, she wore black shorts that went halfway down to her knees and black leather boots which had a hole on the front similar to Shinobi sandals. On her back she also had a black bo-staff strapped to her which went diagonally from her right shoulder to her left hip. The most surprising thing about her though would have to be that she had black cat-ears atop her head, a black tail coming out of her back, a cat-like nose, claws instead of nails, a pair of fangs in her mouth, and fur on several places of her body.
To her right was another female who was obviously a few years older. She had long auburn red hair which went down to her mid-back, and green eyes, though she had an eye-patch over her right eye. Her clothing consisted of a purple top which only covered her E-cup breasts, though unlike with her female comrade, her top had a pair of straps that went over her shoulders and met behind her neck before going back down to her top as a single strap. On her legs, she wore a mini-skirt that only barely covered her crotch and on her feet were a pair of Shinobi sandals.
The third member of their group was a male who looked to be 18 or 19 years of age. He had spiky black hair in which the spikes were pointing backwards, and his eyes were a piercing yellow with black pupils. He wore a black Samurai kimono with baggy white pants and wooden sandals. He also had a katana in a sheathe on the left side of his waist. He had Samurai-like shoulder guards on his shoulders as well as four metal plates going down from his waist, two covering either hip, one covering his crotch, and the fourth one covering his butt.
All three of them also had black sclerae in their left eyes and a black tattoo of a Dragon on their left cheeks.
"Well, aren't you a pretty one." The Nekomimi said as she looked at Kanali – the fang poking out of her upper lip would've made her look cute if it wasn't for her sadistic smile.
"And you are?" Kanali asked as she tensed, getting ready for a battle.
"I believe proper etiquette states that one should tell one's own name when asking for someone else's." The male said.
"Kanali." Kanali answered simply.
"Tom." Tom said.
"Hanabi." Hanabi stated.
"Well, I'm Kuroneko, though you may call me; Kuroneko the Manipulator. And my friends here are…" She gestured to the other female "… Kalina the Annihilator, and…" She then gestured to the male "… Murakami the Samurai."
"I don't understand how anyone in their right mind could willingly work for a being like Acnologia." Kanali said as she looked over the three before her.
"Heh. You don't get it, do you? When the Perfects returns – and they will return – you will all die, but we – who serve them – will be allowed to live, even as the world burns around us." Kalina said with a smile as Hanabi noticed a weird glint in her eyes.
"Ha! Shows how much you know! After you've helped the Perfects destroy the world, they will just throw you aside like yesterday's trash and kill you!" Tom yelled as he pointed at the three of them.
"And that's where you are wrong. While it's true that some of the Perfect may treat their subordinates like that, it is not at all the case with Acnologia-sama. He considers each one of his subordinates as though they were his own flesh and blood." Murakami said.
"Hm-hm. Besides…" Kuroneko started as she began walking towards the three Independent Digi-Destined "… if he didn't, we would all be dead a long time ago as he doesn't have any real need of us." She came up before Kanali and grabbed the older girl's jaw as she said "Now, look into my eye, and see what awaits this world." She forced Kanali's left eye to look into her right one as a blur of images passed by her vision.
Vision
She saw a large rock wall collapsing and falling into the ocean before an army of Digimon the likes of which she had never seen covering the sky. Pokémon killing their own Trainers in cold blood and Monsters all around the world running amok, as they were led by the various Giganto Monsters and attacked towns across the globe. She then saw seven different-colored gemstones circling around a large green one before all of them suddenly shattered into trillions of pieces, and her view shifted to that of three golden triangles in a triangular formation as a woman with long blond hair was kneeling before them, praying before their light suddenly faded and they turned pitch black before shattering, sending out a large shockwave in all directions. She then saw the current generation of Digi-Destined (all adults) all lying dead along with their Digimon partners around a powerful opponent which was obviously one of the Perfect. She then saw the face of a Human, though said Human's right eye was currently closed while his left eye was completely gone, not even any eye-lids left as all that was there was a black round hole. He then opened his right eye, revealing a red eye with four circles centered on the pupil like a ripple pattern, the three innermost circles having three tomoes on them each. Kanali then found herself in space as she saw the world being completely covered in fire as it suddenly began to crack before blowing up in a tremendous explosion as her eyes snapped open.
Vision end
As Kanali came back to the real world, she panted heavily as if she had just woken from a nightmare as she looked down at Kuroneko.
"Hey, get away from Kanali!" Lopmon yelled before spitting out bullets of super-cooled air at Kuroneko's arm, causing her to let go and Jump back.
"Hey, are you all right?" Tom asked as he looked at Kanali, noticing that she was staggering.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She replied before glaring at Kuroneko.
"Hey, what's with the look? You should consider yourself lucky. After all, not many people will get to see what will happen to the world in just a couple of decades." Kuroneko said with a smirk.
"Tell me. Have you seen that vision yourself? Are you aware that it ends with the world blowing up?" Kanali asked.
"Of course we're aware." Kalina said, catching the Independent Digi-Destined and their Digimon partners' attention "Did you really think the Perfects even cares about this world at all? Enough to conquer it? Hell no! Their ambitions are far more complicated than that. In fact, even we don't know what their true intentions are."
"Then why are you helping them? What's in it for you?" Hanabi asked.
"Each of us has our own agenda. Me personally, I just joined them for the chance to see the world burn. I've always loved chaos, after all." Kalina said with a smile.
"And you two?" Kanali asked as she looked at Kuroneko and Murakami.
"Who can tell?" Murakami simply said with a shrug.
"You guys disgusts me!" Kanali said through gritted teeth as Tom, Hanabi, and their respective Digimon partners all nodded in agreement.
"So I take it our little chat is over then?" Kuroneko asked before her expression shifted to a serious one "Good, then let's start fighting." She then grabbed her bo-staff with her right hand and drew it out, holding it with both hands.
North Blue, Elemental Nations, Land of Whirlpools, Uzushio, Zoe's tent
Zoe was sitting on the floor of her tent as she looked through various documents that they had taken from the Oto base where she had been stationed before meeting Naruto and the others. As she put one of the documents in the stack of documents that she's finished looking through she accidently bumped her knee into the other stack, causing it to collapse.
"Shit…!" She cursed silently before starting to stack them up again, however, then she spotted a document that caught her eye "What's this?" She looked through it before her eyes widened.
Naruto's tent
Fu was sitting at the desk in Naruto's tent as she was in charge while he was gone. On the desk was a small green jelly-like creature as her Digi-Egg had hatched just a couple of days ago, revealing the Fresh Digimon, Pabumon.
"A fort?" Fu asked as she looked up at Ike who was standing before her.
"The Greil Mercenaries needs a place to use as a base. All we need is some building materials and tools and we can do it ourselves." Ike said.
"Hmm… All right. But I'll have to talk to Naruto-kun about it first." Fu said and Ike smiled before turning around and walking out of the tent. As he exited, he passed by Zoe who then entered.
"Zoe?" Fu said, noticing the blond.
"Take a look at this." Zoe said as she gave her the document and Fu read through it before her eyes widened.
"Is this even possible?" She asked.
"Apparently. It seems that Orochimaru's been doing research on under-water Ninja for a while now." Zoe said as she folded her arms over her chest.
"If this research turns out to be successful, we'll be in a lot of trouble. We have to stop it as soon as possible." Fu said before adding "Zoe, I want you to lead a team of your own choosing and head for the Land of Sea immediately."
"Very well." Zoe said before smirking as she added "And I think I've got just the perfect team in mind."
Uzushio gates
"Been a while since we worked together like this, hasn't it, Zoe-chan?" J.P said as he was standing by the gate.
"Back in Hoshi and while in the Akatsuki, I heard a lot about Orochimaru and his misdeeds. It'll be a pleasure to put a halt to his plans." Hitomi said as she punched her right fist into her left palm.
"Geez… Why'd you have to drag me into this? I'm not even a Ninja." Akagami said from his crouching position, a smirk on his face as he added "Though, I can't really complain with two lovely ladies here. Even if one of them's an idiot." He glared at Hitomi from the corner of his eyes at the last sentence, causing her to look angrily at him from what he said.
"All right, you three, next stop; the Land of Sea." Zoe said, a determined look on her face.
Chapter preview
Kyubi "Pathetic! And you call yourself the Kyubi Jinchuriki!"
Kanali "I'm afraid that we cannot allow the three of you or any of Acnologia's other subordinates to roam free!"
Brendan "He may be a Perfect, but he's still the precursor to all the Pokémon!" (pulls out a Master-Ball) "Meaning that it should be possible to catch him with this."
Raven "Ah, so this is the end, huh? Farewell, all my dear fans the world over."
Yuri "I'll make sure your gravestone reads, "here lies the biggest sap"."
Naruto "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Aer Krene."
Duke "Do not go near the Aer Krene."
Character status
Naruto: Level: 126
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Soul Perception, Henge, Kawarimi, Oiroke, Harem, Kage Bunshin, Taju Kage Bunshin, Uzumaki Naruto Rendan, Uzumaki Naruto Rendan: Rasengan Edition, Katon: Goukakyo, Futon: Kamikaze, Shakuton: Moesakaru-Rendan, Ranton: Kumori, Kuchiyose, Rasengan, Over-Limit.
Weapons: Kyukiri no Kiba, bo-staff, kunai, shuriken.
Kekkei Genkai: Ranton, Shakuton.
Pokémon: Celebi (lvl 70).
Digimon: Dorumon, Cutemon, Spadamon, ChibiKamemon, Dorulumon, Drimogemon, Leomon.
Patty: Level: 498
Mana Level: Divine.
Techniques: Over-Limit, Clunky Bomb, Variable Trigger, Trick Trick, Random Fall, Falling Ice, Star of Dream, Risky Cast, Gamble Cast, Fatal Strike.
Weapons: knife, pistol, poker cards, binoculars, frying pan, bombs.
Mystic Arte: Summon Friends.
Devil Fruit: Gamble-Gamble Fruit.
Yuri: Level: 178
Chakra Level: Jonin.
Techniques: Azure Edge, Destruction Field, Raging Blast, Dragon Swarm, Shining Dragon Swarm.
Weapons: katana.
Estelle: Level: 116
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: First Aid, Barrier, Sharpness, Photon.
Weapons: sword, shield.
Repede: Level: 135
Techniques: Crescent Fang, Punishing Fang.
Weapons: dagger.
Karol: Level: 96
Chakra Level: Genin.
Techniques: Dragon Upper, Punishing Smash.
Weapons: large axe, large hammer, large bag.
Rita: Level: 124
Chakra Level: Kage.
Techniques: Fire Ball, Spiral Flare, Eruption, Stalagmite, Tractor Beam, Negative Gate.
Weapons: sash, book.
Raven: Level: 217
Chakra Level: ?
Techniques: Serpent.
Weapons: bow & arrow, dagger.
Green Menace: Level: 500
Techniques: unknown
Weapon: none
Merlin: Level: 569
Chakra Level: Divine.
Techniques: Amaterasu, Susano'o.
Weapon: none
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan?
Digimon: Jijimon.
Rayleigh: Level: 526
Chakra Level: Kage.
Techniques: unknown
Weapons: sword.
Digimon: Piximon.
Gildarts: Level: 537
Chakra Level: Divine.
Mana Level: Kage.
Techniques: unknown
Weapons: none
Magic: Crush.
Kekkei Genkai: Crush Magic.
Digimon: Guilmon, Andromon.
Brendan: Level: 518
Mana Level: Kage.
Techniques: unknown
Weapons: none
Pokémon: Gardevoir.
Digimon: Puppetmon, Greymon.
Acnologia: Level: 1267
Techniques: Metronome (can only use Dragon, Dark, and Flying-Type moves).
Weapons: none
Character information
Name: Rafiel.
Age: 48 (Kurama no Kyubi: It doesn't say anything about his age anywhere, so I'm just making it up myself.)
Affiliation: Serenes Forest, Uzushio.
Affinity: Singing.
Likes: His father and siblings, Queen Nailah, Serenes Forest.
Dislikes: Nothing.
Info: Rafiel was captured by slave traders before the massacre of Serenes, and sold at an auction to the Begnion councilor, Hetzel. He then became very ill, and was nursed back to health by Hetzel. Rafiel temporarily regained the use of his wings upon regaining his vigor, and attempted to embark on a flight towards Serenes. Sadly enough, he wound up flying off-course, resulting in him veering into the depths of the infamous "Desert of Death". He was later found, unconscious, by Queen Nailah, who brought him back to Hatari and did her best to nurse him back to health. As a result of both trauma and extreme exhaustion, Rafiel lost his ability to fly. He then made the decision to reside in Hatari for a while, before heading towards Daein with Nailah and her loyal subject Volug. That's when they ran into Micaiah and the Dawn Brigade and learned from Micaiah's surrogate brother, Sothe that his siblings, Reyson and Leanne as well as his father, Lorazieh were still alive, and so after helping free Daein from Begnion rule, they headed to the forest Kingdom of Gallia, though Volug stayed behind at Micaiah's side. Later when the Goddess of Order, Ashura awakened, Rafiel was amongst the few people that weren't turned into a stone statue and helped defeat the Goddess, even joining the hero, Ike all the way up to the top of the Goddess Tower. He was later captured and imprisoned by Orochimaru and then rescued by Naruto and has since resided in Uzushio.
Kurama no Kyubi: Sorry, it took as long as it did, but I'm finally done with this chapter. Also, in case you're wondering, yes that was the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic the Hedgehog and the Triforce from the Legend of Zelda that Kanali saw being shattered in her vision. Now just imagine how much power the Perfect must have for them to be able to destroy the Chaos Emeralds and the Triforce, some of the most powerful objects in all of fiction.
