Naruto: Shinobi Hunters

Digi-Destined Saga

Land of Sea Arc

Kurama no Kyubi: Due to the slow updates lately, I decided to give you guys a treat by uploading two chapters at once. Please enjoy.

"Digivolution." Normal speech

'Digivolution.' Normal thought

"Digivolution." Biju, Digital God, Legendary, transformed Laguz, Perfect speech

'Digivolution.' Biju, Digital God, Legendary, transformed Laguz, Perfect thought

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Chapter 38: Demon's Lair

"Hahahahahah! That sounds like Senny, all right!" The brown-haired girl, Norma Beatty said. Earlier she had fallen down from a ledge near where Sora and Hitomi were and the two of them had come over to check. Norma then recognized Sora's uniform as one a friend of hers – Senel Coolidge – wears, and Sora went on to reveal that he was the one who had taught Senel how to fight. Norma had also apparently come there from a boat named the "Legacy", though Hitomi was quite confused as Sora and Norma were talking as if the boat was an actual place like an island or a country rather than a seafaring vehicle.

"Well, I'm glad he finally got himself some friends. And especially someone as lively as you. So, any idea what he's up to now?" Sora asked.

"Well, he's kind of like the Assistant Sheriff, helping out Teach." Norma said. Wait, boats have Sheriffs? Hitomi wasn't really following this at all.

"Assistant Sheriff, huh? Well, it's good to hear that he's being more social. I remember him always going straight home every day after work and spent the rest of the evening with Shirley-chan. He never opened up to anyone else, not even me." Sora said.

"Well, it took some doing, but we finally did manage to get him to open up." Norma said.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversion, but Norma-san, what did you come all the way here for, anyway?" Hitomi asked.

"Oh, right. I'm a world-class treasure hunter, so I was looking for the Rainbow Crystal." Norma said.

"Rainbow Crystal?" Hitomi asked.

"It's known by many names, though that's the most common term for it nowadays. It's a mystical crystal glowing in all the colors of the rainbow. Pretty much every treasure hunter in the world wants to get their hands on it, though no one has ever found it. Most people would just write it off as a myth." Sora explained.

"I know it's real, though. Guaranteed." Norma said.

"How can you be so sure?" Hitomi asked.

"I just do, okay? Besides, I've already found another gemstone that everyone said didn't exist." Norma said.

"Really? Which one?" Sora asked.

"The Everlight. And I can prove it too. Look." Norma said as she fished out a fragment from her hand-bag and showed it to them.

"Oh, it's so pretty." Hitomi said.

"Yeah. The Everlight has the power to grant any wish, though it broke as soon as I made the wish, and this fragment is all I have left of it." Norma said as she put the fragment back in the hand-bag.

"What'd you wish for?" Sora asked.

"To cure an old fool's blindness." Norma said with a nonchalant expression on her face, causing Sora and Hitomi to sweatdrop.

Mother Island, Team Anko vs. Isaribi

As Isaribi was held tightly by the strings, the water around her suddenly bubbled before a geyser of water shot up, covering her body.

"What…?" Shino said as the water suddenly formed into a person, who was holding Isaribi at his side. They recognized him easily as one of the men that had attacked them earlier.

Sasuke and Anko came over to them with the latter clutching her curse mark tightly and the former said "Who are you?"

"Heh. Wouldn't you like to know?" The man said.

'Hmm? Where have I heard that man's voice before…?' Sasuke thought, recognizing the man's voice.

"Anyway, this girl's an important lab-rat. If we lose her, I'm the one who's gonna be held responsible." The man said before forming a one-handed hand-sign and a whirlpool appeared under his and Isaribi's feet as the two of them started being pulled down. As this was going on, Sasuke noticed a sad look in Isaribi's eyes.

"I'm not letting you get away!" Sasuke called out as he ran forward.

"Don't chase too far! Remember what happened to Akagami!" Anko yelled, causing Sasuke to stop short of the whirlpool.

"Tch!" He could only watch as the man and Isaribi sank into the water, the former laughing all the while. Once they were fully below the water, the whirlpool vanished.

"No question about it… that girl…" Anko said before she suddenly felt a throbbing pain running through her body from her curse mark and she fell down to her knees.

"Sensei!" Ino exclaimed as she got down on her knees by Anko's side as the Special Jonin collapsed.

"Now what?" Sasuke asked as Shino gasped.

Land of Earth, Digi-Destined Bunker entrance

Kurotsuchi stood before the two followers of Acnologia as she had a determined and confident look on her face.

"Heh. Look at that look in her eyes. She really thinks she can beat the two of us, huh?" The Jyogo Clan member said as she stepped forward "Stand back, Byaku. I've got a lot of pent up frustration right now that just can't wait to be set loose."

"Be my guest. But make sure not to kill her, we still need her to help us find the Orb." The Kaguya Clan member, Byaku said.

"Yeah, yeah." The Jyogo Clan member said nonchalantly as she waved her white-haired companion off and stepped up in front of Kurotsuchi as she said "The name's Jyogo Jigi, by the way. And remember it well, because it's the last name you're gonna hear."

"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure 'bout that. I'm not as weak as I look." Kurotsuchi said confidently.

"So you admit to looking weak? Man, you really need to bolster your self-esteem." Jigi said.

"Th-that's not what I meant!" Kurotsuchi said.

"Heh. Well, whatever." Jigi said as she held her right hand before her chest as she said "I should warn you though. I'm really bad at holding back." And she clutched her hand into a fist, causing a great majority of her body to get covered in a bulky greyish skin, the only places that weren't covered in the greyish skin being her face, the front of her neck, the area between her neck and chest, her chest around the cleavage, and a little of her stomach. Long spike-like protrusions with blood-red tips came out of her elbows, a long tail with a blood-red tip came out of her back, and a pair of devil-like horns with blood-red tips came out of the sides of her head.

"Heh. This might get a little harder than I thought it'd be…" Kurotsuchi said nervously.

"Te…" Tepig – who was standing by Kurotsuchi's feet – said.

"Well, it's too late to worry about that." Kurotsuchi said as she grabbed her X-Loader and held it before her as she said "Reload Coronamon!"

Flashback

Kurotsuchi was standing before Giovanni in the lab as Virtua was on the screen on the wall behind him.

"Before you go out there, there's something you should know." Giovanni said.

"Oh? And what's that?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Even if you've obtained Over-Limit; at your present Level, you'll die if you attempt a Mystic Arte." Giovanni said.

"What? And you're telling me this now?" Kurotsuchi yelled.

"Calm down. You may not be able to use a Mystic Arte, but there is an alternative." Giovanni said.

"An alternative?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Here." Giovanni said as he held out Kurotsuchi's X-Loader "I believe this is yours."

"Ah! My X-Loader! How'd you?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"You dropped it in your earlier battle. And I merely picked it up." Giovanni said.

"Why didn't you give it to me earlier?!" Kurotsuchi asked before she grabbed the X-Loader and started hugging it as if it was her favorite toy.

"Because some modifications had to be made to your Digimon." Virtua said.

"I'm sorry for loosing you. It'll never happen again, I promise." Kurotsuchi said before her brain registered what the AI had said "Wait, modifications? What modifications?"

"In order to make your Digimon stronger to help you in your coming battle, I had Virtua make some changes to their Digital Make-up similar to the X-Antibody virus. And if you have one of them out while in Over-Limit, not only will your Over-Limit stats increase, but you can remain in Over-Limit for a longer period of time." Giovanni said.

Flashback end

In a flash of light, Coronamon appeared, though while his appearance was the same, he had a couple differences. His right arm was covered in a metallic layer, making it look like a cybernetic arm except for the palm which just had a round cyan-colored plate with strings attaching it to the metal layer covering his fingers and before his right eye he had a scouter-like device.

"Leave it to me, Kuro!" Coronamon said before he noticed something as numbers appeared on the glass of the scouter-like device "Hmm?"

"What is it?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"According to the scouter, her Level is 531." Coronamon said nervously.

"Na-nani?!" Kurotsuchi exclaimed as she looked at her partner in shock.

"Heh. I told you I was bad at holding back, didn't I?" Jigi said as she stepped closer while continuing "Now then, I wonder what I should do first. Should I start by tearing off your arms or should I crush the tendons in your legs so you won't be able to escape? Oh! Or maybe I should just crush that pretty little face of yours!"

'Wh-what's with this chick? She's crazy!' Kurotsuchi thought.

"Or rather, I think I'll do all of them." Jigi said before she was about to charge at Kurotsuchi, however, she was stopped by Byaku as he spoke up, catching her attention.

"Jigi! We need to keep her alive." He said as he looked at Jigi with eyes that promised death.

"Hmm?" Coronamon's scouter picked up Byaku's Level "The guy's current Level is only 5, but he's hiding his true power, and it shows here that – unless he's got another form as well – his true Level is 700."

"Eh?! What about the girl? What's her true Level?" Kurotsuchi asked.

"Just like I said; 531." Coronamon said.

"Hmph! Well, guess I'll just beat you up to within an inch of your life then. But there's no one saying I can't do whatever I want to your little pets there." Jigi said before charging forward.

"Kh! No choice then!" Kurotsuchi said before closing her eyes and focusing on releasing all of her energy at once. As she opened her eyes, she released a shockwave strong enough to send Jigi flying backwards, though she flipped in mid-air and landed back on her feet as the Iwa Kunoichi had small flames dancing around her. Jigi just smiled however before charging forward, after all, Over-Limit only meant that she could use more force behind her attacks.

As she approached Kurotsuchi, she lashed out with a right hook which the Iwa-nin barely managed to dodge, however, the sheer force of the punch was so strong that it caused a shockwave around Jigi's arm which hit Kurotsuchi and sent her flying through several trees.

"Kuro!" Coronamon yelled before staring at Jigi "You…!" Electricity then began forming in the palm of his right hand as he leapt towards Jigi, aiming a palm-strike for her stomach. He successfully managed to hit her, however, she didn't even do as much as flinch, in fact, it felt more like the attack had been absorbed by her skin.

She then looked down at him and smiled like a psychopath before bringing her right palm down on his head and crushing him into the ground before kicking him so that he flew into the wall of the ruins and the last thing he saw before falling down on the ground was that her Level had increased by one.

Tepig then charged at her, however, he just bumped into her leg, causing no damage whatsoever, even as he kept on pushing.

"Hmph. Such an annoying little pig." Jigi said as she looked down at him and raised her foot to crush him under it, but was stopped as Kurotsuchi rose to her feet while speaking up.

"Don't harm him, you hear?" She said as Tepig ran off.

"Huh? Sorry, did you say something?" Jigi asked as she looked towards the Iwa-nin.

"I told you not to harm him." Kurotsuchi said.

"I can't hear you. You're gonna have to speak louder." Jigi said.

"Leave him the fuck alone!" Kurotsuchi yelled as the flames surrounding her suddenly flared up as if responding to her emotions. She then jumped up into the air before spitting out a gallon of quicklime, covering Jigi's entire body except for the head, and following up with a gush of water and then finishing off with a torrent of flames to make the quicklime stickier and then hardening it before she landed.

"You think this is enough to hold me down?" Jigi asked with a smug smile.

"What?!" Kurotsuchi said in surprise as the Jyogo effortlessly broke through the hardened quicklime with her left arm before charging forward, easily breaking through the quicklime.

As Jigi was about to punch Kurotsuchi straight in the face, however, someone came down in front of her, blocking her punch with their palm.

"Who…?" Jigi asked as she looked up at the one who had blocked her attack and her eyes widened. Standing before her was none other than Bakuto Masaki.

"Ugh." Coronamon managed to get up on his knees as he looked towards the new arrival and his eyes widened as he saw his Level 'That guy's only showing himself to be Level 450, but his true Level is 1.000.'

"It's been a long time, Bakuto-san." Byaku said as he came up next to Jigi who took a step back.

"Have you stooped so low as to attack a practically defenseless woman, now? Even for servants of Acnologia, I thought you'd be better than that." Bakuto said.

"Jigi. Let's leave for now." Byaku said before turning around and walking away.

"Eh? What…?" Jigi asked as she looked after him.

"If Bakuto-san's with her, we won't stand a chance. You should know that." Byaku said as he continued walking.

Jigi then took one last look back at Kurotsuchi and Bakuto before running after her comrade "Hey, Byaku! Wait up!"

As Bakuto followed them with his eyes, he didn't expect Kurotsuchi to punch him, causing him to fall down on the ground.

"Hey, what was that for?" He asked as he rubbed where she'd hit him.

"For calling me "defenseless"." Kurotsuchi said as the Masaki rose to his feet.

"But compared to people like them, you are defenseless. Didn't you find it strange that when that girl punched you while you were in Over-Limit, you were still sent flying, even though you weren't even hit directly? That's because the difference in your power is so vast that Over-Limit won't provide any protection, and even a Mystic Arte wouldn't have been able to do any significant damage." Bakuto explained.

"So… who are you, anyway?" Kurotsuchi asked after letting all the information sink in, causing Bakuto to sweatdrop.

"I'm Bakuto Masaki. A friend." Bakuto said before turning to leave and he walked away as Coronamon and Tepig came over to Kurotsuchi.

"Bakuto…" Kurotsuchi repeated.

Digi-Destined bunker, lab

"A Masaki, huh?" Giovanni said as he looked at the screen.

"Well, isn't that a surprise. So there are still Masaki roaming around, I see." Virtua said as she went full-screen.

"Hmm… The Masaki have always been a prosperous family with a long line dating back all the way to the Stone Age, 100.000 years ago. And since then there have been multiple Masaki that have carved their names into legends; Miruku Masaki of the Legendary Generation, the Great Sage of Space/Time, Murashi Masaki, Hikari Masaki the Shinigami, the Black Mage, Zeref Masaki, and Aryû Masaki, the man who nearly destroyed all of existence at the end of the Stone Age for just a few examples. The question is though, whose side is this Bakuto Masaki on? The Digi-Destines'? The Council of 5's? The Perfect's? Or could it be that he isn't on anyone's side but his own?" Giovanni said.

"There's also the possibility that he could be under the command of a fourth party." Virtua suggested.

"Right. But that begs the question; is this fourth party good? Or bad?" Giovanni said before standing up as he said "But anyway, there's no use worrying about that now. Those guys were after the Orb. Do you still have it safe?"

"Oh, this?" Virtua asked as she held up a glass Orb with a sharp rock in it "Yes, it's safe. As you can see, I've still got it broken down digitally and downloaded into the computer so that no one can steal it, even if they were to somehow manage to get in here."

With Byaku and Jigi

"And what do we do now? We can't return empty-handed, can we?" Jigi said.

"We don't really have much choice as long as Bakuto-san is here." Byaku said before adding "Or have you already forgotten what happened the last time you tried to fight him?"

"Ugh. Don't remind me." Jigi said as she crossed her arms under her bust before both of their heads suddenly jerked up.

"I see. Very well, we'll be there." Byaku said after a while.

"Hey, where is this "Ethra Cave Hideout", anyway?" Jigi asked.

"Right, you've never been there before, have you? It's one of our seven hideouts spread across the world. Since the Four Element Hideout has been discovered we're going to be regrouping there instead." Byaku said.

Land of Sea, Mother Island, Zephyrmon vs. Agunimon+

"You're… as strong as a Mega?" Zephyrmon struggled to ask.

"That's right! And now, I'll show you my power by killing the both of you in one go!" Agunimon said as he held his hands before him with the palms facing each other as a blue flame with a white center formed between them "Hahahah! Now die! BLUE NOVA!" He then held out his arms and the ball of blue and white flames exploded into a massive wave of flames which tore through the ground, destroying everything in their path.

However, when the smoke from the flames cleared, Agunimon's eyes widened as standing with his back to him was a boy that looked like Naruto, holding an unconscious Zoe in his arms and standing like a shield before Beetlemon. He then put Zoe down on the ground before turning around the come face-to-face with Agunimon, revealing the most surprising thing yet, the boy was completely unscathed by the attack.

'How's that… possible?' Agunimon thought.

"I don't know who you are, but I don't forgive anyone who lays a hand on my friends." Akagami said before Agunimon started chuckling, said chuckling soon turning into full-blown laughter.

"Hahahahah! If I keep going like this, then by the time I reach Super Ultimate, I'll be as strong as a Perfect! So how do you think you're going to beat me?" He said.

"Just you wait, and I'll beat that stupid smirk right off your face!" Akagami said as he gritted his teeth before charging forward.

"Heh. Die!" Agunimon said as he punched a blue fire ball towards Akagami, however, the former Pirate just ran unfazed through the attack, causing Agunimon to look on shocked as Akagami approached him before delivering a punch to his chest, though it didn't seem to do anything.

"That all you can do?" Agunimon asked as his right arm erupted into blue flames and he aimed a punch at Akagami, but the young teen in question redirected the attack with his left arm before jumping up and delivering a kick to Agunimon's lower jaw, and this time he felt it.

'What…?' Agunimon thought as he reeled back before forming a ball of blue flames in the palm of his left hand "Blue Fire!" He then thrust the ball of flames into Akagami's abdomen, but again – while the actual palm-strike did yield the expected results – the flames themselves didn't do crap, causing Agunimon's eyes to widen.

Demon Island, Orochimaru's lair

Orochimaru was sitting on his throne inside the hideout as he suddenly looked towards one of the walls, something that caught the attention of Kabuto, who was also present.

"Something wrong, Orochimaru-sama?" He asked.

"Can you sense that, Kabuto-kun?" Orochimaru asked.

"Sense what?" Kabuto asked.

"Close your eyes. Concentrate." Orochimaru said and Kabuto did as he was told before his eyes widened as he almost thought he saw some kind of Demon looming over him, sweat rolling down his face as a result.

"What… was that?" He asked.

"Just Agunimon getting in way over his head. What you felt was a Demon's Youkai." Orochimaru said.

"Youkai?" Kabuto asked.

"Hmm. It's sort of like Chakra, though it also acts as a secondary life force so that the Demons don't have to rely solely on Miasma to survive." Orochimaru said before continuing "Did you know, Kabuto-kun, that Demons are more in-tune with the elements than everything else? Maybe except for the Spirits, of course."

"More in-tune with the elements?" Kabuto asked.

"Yes. Every Demon can be assigned to a specific element. And if they're attacked by that same element then it'll be absorbed into their bodies and they themselves grow stronger. And the best part to this is that the more power put into the attack, the stronger they become." Orochimaru explained before smirking evilly.

Mother Island, Akagami vs. Agunimon+

'H-how's this possible? Forget that my attacks are hardly doing anything, but by now the heat coming from my body should've fried him long ago!' Agunimon thought as he landed on the ground a few feet away from Akagami.

"Grrr! Enough of this!" The Warrior of Fire exclaimed before forming a ball of blue flames with a white center between his hands "BLUE NOVA!" The flame then exploded into a massive vortex of blue and white flames headed for Akagami. However, Agunimon's eyes widened once more when he saw the flames being sucked into his opponent's body.

"Wh-WHAT THE FUCK'S GOING ON HERE?!" Agunimon yelled.

As the flames had been absorbed into Akagami's body, his right hand was covered in red Demon-like skin as he reared it back before saying "And "Blue Nova" right back atcha!" He then swung his arm forward and a torrent of blue flames came out of it, tearing through the ground, as well as Agunimon. And once the smoke settled and Akagami's arm had returned to normal, it was revealed that the flames had torn a crevice straight through the side of Mother Island and Agunimon was nowhere to be seen.

"W-wow…" Was all the now-conscious Zoe could say.

"I had no idea he was this strong." Beetlemon said.

Demon Island, Sora, Hitomi, and Norma

Sora was looking in a seemingly random direction as he thought 'It's finally calmed down.'

"Hey, are you all right?" Hitomi asked.

"Hmm?" Sora looked towards her before scratching the back of his head sheepishly while his other hand was on his hip as he said "Nah, it's nothing. Don't worry about it, okay?" He then walked past the two girls.

"Putting it like that and you'll bet we'll worry." Norma said.

'It seems Akagami-kun defeated his opponent. Good. Now the guys from Konoha just have to do their part.' Sora thought.

Mother Island, Team Anko

Anko was lying unconscious on the sands of the beach as Ino put some wet cloth on her forehead.

"How is she?" Shino asked.

"I don't know why she suddenly collapsed." Ino said.

'Clutching her neck as if she was in pain… having difficulty breathing… and then finally collapsing. I've seen these symptoms before… in me.' Sasuke thought.

"I see." Shino said before continuing "The collection ships depart in the morning. We should get back to the inn."

"And what about that girl?" Sasuke asked.

"What do you mean?" Shino asked.

"Did you see her eyes?" Sasuke asked.

"Her eyes?" Ino asked with a confused look on her face.

"Those eyes were not the eyes of someone who was doing this willingly. Whoever those guys were, I'm willing to bet that they're somehow forcing her to do this." Sasuke said before thinking 'And I've got a pretty good idea about who their boss is.'

"Even so, our hands are tied here. Our mission is to protect the government's money and catch the Demon of the Ocean." Shino said.

"I know." Sasuke said before getting to his feet "And that's why I was going to suggest you guys to protect the government ships while I go and deal with this "Demon" personally."

"But do you even know where to look?" Ino asked.

"Actually, I might." Shino said.

"Really? How?" Ino asked.

"Remember what that woman told us? There's an island here that's played a key role in all the disappearances. Demon Island." Sasuke said as black marks started covering his body before turning into greyish skin and a pair of hand-looking wings came out of his back.

"Sa-Sasuke-kun…?" Ino said in shock as Sasuke flapped the wings once before taking to the skies, heading for Demon Island "SASUKE-KUN!"

"Let him go." Ino and Shino looked towards the voice to see that Anko had gotten up.

"Sensei, Sasuke-kun, he…!" Ino started.

"Yeah, I know. But forget about that for now, there's something I need to tell you about the Demon of the Ocean." Anko said, having regained her memories of the place.

"But shouldn't Sasuke-kun be here for that, too?" Ino asked.

"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure he's already figured it out." Anko said.

"Figured what out?" Shino asked.

"That this isn't some sea-creature we're dealing with, or even an actual Demon. This "Demon" was made in a lab. It used to be Human." Anko said.

"What?" Ino asked.

Demon Island, Orochimaru's lair, entrance

Isaribi and the man who had "saved" her from the Konoha-nins surfaced from a small pool of water inside the island before walking up on shore and the man removed his breathing mask as he turned towards the girl.

"Don't muck things up like that again." He said before walking off.

"Yes, sir." Isaribi said as she looked down on the ground.

The man then exited through a metal door as Isaribi transformed back into her Human form, though some of her scales still remained. She grunted in pain as she clutched the place where she'd been hit with a rock earlier before turning around and walked up to the water as she stared at her reflection in it as she recalled the kids that attacked her.

Mother Island, Team Anko

"A good number of people did mysteriously vanish in the Land of Sea ten years ago, but that was not the work of a Demon. Orochimaru kidnapped Humans to use as live subjects for his research at the time." Anko said.

"Wait a minute. Orochimaru and tests? Why are you suddenly saying such things?" Ino asked.

"I have to explain it to you from when Orochimaru left the village. Over ten years ago, Orochimaru's desire to satisfy his own inquiring mind and further his power was such that he gradually exceeded the scope of a Shinobi and in the end, got involved in developing what are called Kinjutsu. The forbidden arts. Naturally, this soon became known to the village. But Orochimaru – who travelled in and out of the country on missions – had several other private facilities outside of Konoha." Anko explained.

"One of those is hidden on Demon Island, I take it." Shino assumed.

"So, the people who disappeared?" Ino asked.

"They were used for Human experiments." Shino said.

"What?" Ino yelled.

"So, what are we going to do?" Shino asked.

"Sasuke had a pretty good plan of us protecting the government ships while he confronts the "Demon", but I'm afraid he's underestimating Orochimaru." Anko said.

"So what are we gonna do?" Ino asked.

"What else? We're gonna follow Sasuke and pay the "Demon" a little visit." Anko said.

Later, the three of them were on a small wooden boat as they headed for Demon Island, with Shino being the one to steer the boat.

"Sensei, how long have you known about Demon Island?" Ino asked.

"It's because Orochimaru was the Jonin in charge of me." Anko replied, surprising both of the Genin "Tell me when we get close to the island." The curse mark then started acting up as she grunted in pain and thought 'The pain's gradually getting worse.'

Demon Island, Orochimaru's lair

"Somebody's coming." Orochimaru said.

"What shall we do?" The green-haired man in charge of the base asked.

"Do as you please." Orochimaru said.

"Yes." The green-haired man said before leaving and as he had walked out through the door he thought 'Hah! The arrogance… One day, I'll pay him back.'

"Orochimaru-sama, may I ask who it is? Your former student, or maybe Sasuke-kun perhaps?" Kabuto asked after the door had closed.

"Both." Orochimaru said with a smirk. Maybe this would be his chance of getting his hands on the Uchiha.

Sora, Hitomi, and Norma

"What's this?" Norma asked as the three of them stood in a big open area within the cave as before them was an enormous blue metal gate, or it appeared to be made from some kind of metal at least.

"This is Torafusa, the Water Gate. One of the Nine Demon Gates into Daemonium. Just behind here, lies one of the Sword Dancer Demons." Sora said.

"Sword Dancer Demons?" Hitomi asked.

"Sword Dancers are Triple-S-Rank Demons that act as the gate-keepers of the Demon Gates, stopping anyone from passing through from either side. However, if a Demon Gate were to be forcibly opened or destroyed, then the Sword Dancer would be the first Demon to come through." Sora explained.

"Gee, you're sure knowledgeable about all of this, Senny MK 2." Norma said.

'Senny MK 2?' Sora thought with a sweatdrop before stepping over to the gate.

"Huh? What're you doing?" Hitomi asked, though Sora ignored her as he put his hand on the gate.

'Good it doesn't seem to have been opened from either side.' He thought.

Team Anko

As the Ninja from Konoha had reached Demon Island, they left the boat and jumped across several large rocks before walking through a forest and eventually ending up at the entrance of a cave where Shino sent in a beetle to scout ahead.

"How does it look?" Anko asked.

"We're good." Shino replied and the three of them entered the cave were they walked down a flight of stairs.

Further down in the hideout

Isaribi was looking down at the floor as she was standing by the green-haired man and the glasses-wearing spiky-haired man.

"So, a collection ship is on the move, huh? Just the right time. Good work, I was right to send you back to Mother Island." The green-haired man said before noticing the sad look in the girl's eyes "What's wrong? You're pale."

"When will I return to normal? Like you said, I've gathered information about the ships from the market and the village, even pillaged them for you. So…" Isaribi said, though she was interrupted by the green-haired man.

"What are you bringing up, Isaribi? You can't possibly have forgotten your role as a prototype. As a converted body, your cooperation in generating data… that was one of the conditions of the promise. Don't worry, we'll soon be done getting data from you. I'll keep the promise… as long as I don't change my mind. You understand, right?" He said.

"Yes." Isaribi said.

"Well, if you understand, go and keep our guests company." The green-haired man said.

"I understand…" Isaribi said as she walked off down the hallway.

"You really are cruel, you know that?" The glasses-wearing man said as he looked at his superior, who then smirked evilly.

Team Anko

"Coast's clear." Shino said as he looked around a corner and the three of them then walked towards a slightly opened door before opening it fully as they stepped inside to find several tanks with some kind of weird creatures in them.

"What's this?" Ino asked as they walked into the room.

"Birds? No, fish?" Shino said.

Someone then pulled a rope, causing the floor beneath them to open up, and the two Genin fell down as Isaribi walked out of hiding while the trap-door closed itself. However, she then found a kunai at her throat.

"Don't move. Too bad, isn't it? Don't mess with Shinobi from Konoha." Anko said, however, Isaribi moved her neck closer to the kunai, causing it to cut through the bandages, however the scales behind said bandages were a different story as the kunai got pushed away.

She then brought her arm under the Special Jonin's arm and threw her over her shoulder before running off as Anko threw several kunai after her, though Isaribi closed the door behind her, causing the kunai to hit it instead.

Anko then heard a sound and she turned towards her right to see the wall rising up, revealing three large Chimera Monsters behind it. (Kurama no Kyubi: Imagine the Chimera Monsters from Tales of Symphonia.)

"Well, well, aren't these cute kitties?" Anko said before licking her kunai.

Shino and Ino

The two Konoha Genin fell down into a large open room held up by several pillars before they landed safely on the ground.

"Are you all right?" Shino asked.

"Yeah." Ino said as she rose to her feet as she had landed in a crouched position.

A laughter then caught their attention as they got on guard as the man who had rescued Isaribi from them earlier walked out from behind one of the pillars.

"As always, you people are addicted to peace." He said.

"You're the guy from last night." Ino observed.

"Your face looks familiar. The Chunin Exams, if I remember correctly." Shino said.

"That's right… As I recall, Sasuke-kun's adversary." Ino said.

"Bingo." The man, now revealed to be Akado Yoroi said.

"He used a Jutsu to suck up other's Chakra." Shino informed Ino.

"Well – both of you – come at me. I'm different than I was then." Yoroi said.

"All right, we'll take you on!" Ino said.

"Wait." Shino said as he stepped forward.

"Shino?" Ino asked.

"You go ahead. Seems like I'm the opponent for him. Besides, we can't have both of us stay here." Shino said.

"All right. Be careful." Ino said before running off.

"Not so–" Yoroi yelled as he was about to run after her, however, he was stopped as a swarm of bugs came up before him and he turned towards Shino to see the bugs coming from him "Parasitic insects, eh?"

Anko

The room was a total mess as the three Chimeras all lied dead on the floor, having been killed by Anko. Speaking of which, the woman in question was walking through a corridor as she felt more and more pain coming from her curse mark. As she continued walking, the pain became so great that she had to put her hand on the wall for support and as she looked before her she noticed a door.

Upon reaching the door, she opened it slightly to see the silhouettes of someone sitting on a throne-like stone chair and someone standing next to him.

'Found him!' She thought before walking into the room, however, as she got closer, she noticed that the one sitting on the chair was not the one she had expected "Who?"

The man sitting in the chair then rose to his feet before stepping into the light, revealing himself to be the green-haired leader of the hideout "Welcome, or should I say, haven't seen you in a while?"

"You're… Amachi?!" Anko said in surprise.

"I'm surprised. I can't believe you've come back after something like that happened." Amachi said.

"Like what?" Anko asked.

"You don't remember?" Amachi asked.

"Sorry, but I have no business with you. Where is Orochimaru?" Anko asked.

"Orochimaru-sama?" Amachi asked with a confused look on his face.

"Don't play dumb. He's here, isn't he?" Anko asked before she felt another wave of pain coming from her curse mark.

"A curse mark responds even though the operator isn't around. Stuff like that happens, huh?" Amachi said before adding "True, Orochimaru-sama was here, but that was over half a month ago."

"No way." Anko said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me." Amachi said.

"So the pain I felt so far has been the influence of Orochimaru's presence here, half a month ago?" Anko asked.

"Sensei!" Ino called out as she came into the room and ran up to Anko.

"Ino!" Anko said.

"Oh my, you brought Genin. Anko, you're all grown up." Amachi said.

"Who's that?" Ino asked.

"Amachi, a Medical Ninja who partnered with Orochimaru and ran experiments here. Orochimaru's not here. This whole incident was all his doing." Anko said.

"So he's the one behind this, huh?" Ino said before yelling "Hey you! How dare you ruin people's lives with those ridiculous experiments?"

"Ridiculous? This is no joke. I've devoted my life to this research." Amachi said before gesturing to Isaribi who was also standing in the room "Look! This one has the physical ability to adapt to water. She combines the ability to breathe underwater and the muscle strength to move freely and quickly. It's been a dream of mine for many years, to form a Ninja corps for underwater combat. This is the first step."

"A Ninja corps for underwater combat? It's just like Zoe and the others said." Ino said.

"That's right, a military corps able to move freely underwater, which the common person could not possibly match. When that happens, we can divide the land up and completely control marine shipping routes. Wonderful, isn't it? With this strength, I'll stand on top of the world. And I'll make Orochimaru-sama regret abandoning this research." Amachi said.

"Like I'll let that happen!" A new voice said before Akagami suddenly came down seemingly from nowhere, having what appeared to be a large metal blade on his right arm that extends up to his elbow. He also didn't have his cape-like jacket on.

"Akagami?" Ino said in surprise.

Akagami then pointed the blade at Amachi before it suddenly opened up from the tip to where his hand was revealing itself as some kind of cannon as a red light started glowing in it. However, Isaribi then jumped up in front of Amachi, causing him to smirk.

"Out of the way, Isaribi!" Akagami said.

"I'm not moving!" Isaribi said.

With Sora, Norma, and Hitomi

"Hmm… Sword Dancer… I've heard that somewhere before." Hitomi stated.

"You're probably thinking of Kumira the Sword Dancer. One of the five Samurai Generals." Sora said.

"Yes, that's it!" Hitomi said before turning to Sora as she asked "Is she a Demon or something? How come she's got the same name as the ones guarding the gates to Daemonium?"

"Umm, no. She's not a Demon. "Sword Dancer" is a titled bestowed upon someone who is so skilled with the sword that they appear to be dancing. Presently, there are three people alive with this title; Kumira the Sword Dancer, "Anchor" Seifer, and Himura Kenshin, the Hitokiri Battosai. Though there was a fourth one not too long ago." Sora said.

"Who? And what happened to him?" Norma asked, entering the conversation.

"Leon Magnus. And as for what happened to him, well, they say he drowned when a cave he was in got filled with water. Before his death, however, he was apparently so strong that only three swordsmen could match him in battle; the current strongest swordsman in the world, Roronoa Zorro, the thirteenth master of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu, Hiko Seijuro, and the former strongest swordsman, Arnold Alcott." Sora said.

"Well, well, well. Looks like someone else is already here." Sora, Hitomi, and Norma turned towards the voice to see the three people from the end of the last chapter, causing Norma's eyes to widen and Sora's to narrow.

"N-no way!" Norma said.

"Third Prince of the Crusand Empire, Vaclav Bolud, I presume." Sora said, causing the man now known as Vaclav to smirk evilly.

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Norma "Vaccy? But he's supposed to be dead. We killed him!"

Sora "Look at their eyes. Those are the eyes of someone who's been brought back from the world of the dead via Edo Tensei."

Isaribi "I want to return to my former body! I want to be a Human!"

Ino "This place is collapsing!"

Anko "They're planning to take care of us along with the building."

Sasuke "So, you're name's Isaribi, is it? I'm Uchiha Sasuke of Konoha."

Vaclav "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Open the gates of hell."

? "Come, let us show them the terrifying power of the ocean."

Character status

Akagami: Level: 123

Chakra Level: Divine.

Youkai Level: F.

Techniques: Shakuton: Sakka Shakunetsu, Shakuton: Yaketsuku Netsu, Hyoton: Daifubuki, Futton: Futto Jokidan, Fuinjutsu: Fuin Tate, Space-Space: Warp, Space-Space: Dispose, Space-Space: Retrieve, Red-Skin Modo: Arm, Red-Skin Modo: Blue Nova.

Weapons: too many to count.

Kekkei Genkai: Shakuton, Hyoton, Futton, Red-Skin.

Devil Fruit: Space-Space Fruit.

Series: Original Character.

Agunimon+: Level: 286

Data Level: Champion?

Chakra Level: unknown

Techniques: Blue Fire, Blue Pyro Punch, Blue Nova, Aoi-Shin-Enka.

Weapons: none

Series: Digimon.

Character information

Name: ChibiKamemon.

Age: 63

Affiliation: Wateropolis (former), Digital Rebel Forces, Uzushiogakure.

Affinity: Water.

Likes: Fish.

Dislikes: Baddies.

Info: ChibiKamemon grew up in the under-water capital of sea-dwelling Digimon, Wateropolis. However, one day, the city was attacked by a group of Digimon calling themselves the "Harbingers of Death" that by that time had already control of a large junk of the Digital World and whose goal was apparently to destroy the world that they lived in. ChibiKamemon survived the attack, however, he was captured before he could flee and – along with many others – were forced onto the battlefield unarmed in a battle against the Xross-Heart Kingdom's army to basically be used as meat shields, however, ChibiKamemon along with several others managed to get away thanks to the interference of a group calling themselves the "Digital Rebel Forces" that was formed solely for the purpose of defeating the Harbingers of Death. Years later, however, ChibiKamemon – who up till that point had worked for the Digital Rebel Forces – fell into a portal and suddenly found himself in the Digi-Quartz where he managed to survive for several days before being found by Orochimaru.

Kurama no Kyubi: And that's it for that chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. Oh, and by the way, if you don't like the idea of me giving Coronamon metal plates on his arm and a scouter, tell me in a review and I'll remove them through a plot point in a later arc.