Naruto: Shinobi Hunters

Digi-Destined Saga

Land of Sea Arc

Kurama no Kyubi: Here's the final chapter of this arc, so after this, I'll be back to working on Dragon Ball Shippuden for the Muscle Tower Arc which is probably my favorite arc in the Red-Ribbon Army Saga. Oh, and also, there's a Mario Kart 8 reference in this chapter, see if you can find it.

"Digivolution." Normal speech

'Digivolution.' Normal thought

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

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

Norma: Ku-Kyu (Kurama no Kyubi) doesn't own anything other than his OCs.

Chapter 39: Open the gates of Hell

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

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

"Edo-Tensei?" Hitomi asked and Sora nodded.

"It is a Kuchiyose Ninjutsu in which the user sacrifices the body of a live Human to bring back someone from beyond the grave. The body gets covered in dirt and dust to form into the likeness of the one that is to be brought back, and then traps the person's Soul within the body. And since the body is made from dirt, they can't feel pain, and whatever wounds they take – no matter how severe – will repair themselves in a matter of seconds." Sora said.

"So you're saying that we can't kill them?" Norma asked.

"In that case we should find and kill the Summoner. He has to be somewhere around here, right?" Hitomi said.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. Even if we kill the Summoner, the Jutsu won't unravel. In fact, the only way to stop the Jutsu is for the Summoner to cancel it himself. And no, the Summoner does not need to be around, for as long as the Jutsu is cast, the Summoner can control the zombies from anywhere in the world, no matter the distance." Sora said.

"You're kidding, right?" Hitomi said.

"I'm afraid not." Sora said before thinking 'The question is though… just who were the ones that Summoned them? There's only a limited number of people in the world that even knows of the Edo-Tensei, and even amongst them, the number of people that can actually use it is extremely low. Orochimaru would be a possibility, but seeing as we are directly under one of his hideouts and that the goal of these three definitely has to do with the Torafusa Gate, he could've simply just come down here whenever he liked.'

"Enough talk, you three. We came here for what's behind that gate, and we're not leaving until we get it." Vaclav said.

"Right. Norma-san, you take the girl. Hitomi-san, I'll leave the Ninja to you." Sora said.

"Right/Understood." Hitomi and Norma said respectively as Sora and Vaclav stared at each other.

"You're really planning on defying us? How foolish can you get?" Vaclav asked with a smug smile.

"Underestimating ones opponent is the first step towards ones downfall." Sora said as he assumed a stance, one which reminded Vaclav of a certain silver-haired teen, causing him to grit his teeth.

"Well, we'll just have to see who's underestimating who." He said as they both charged at each other before aiming a punch at each other, though their fists impacted with each other, causing a shockwave.

Orochimaru's lair, Shino vs. Yoroi

Yoroi ran towards Shino as two streams of insects flew towards him, though he evaded them as he continued running and upon reaching the Aburame, he first attacked with his elbow which Shino dodged and then went for a roundhouse kick, causing Shino to jump backwards to avoid it.

"What's wrong? You can't fight by just running around in circles." Yoroi said before hitting the floor with a palm strike, sending out waves of his Chakra in all directions, causing Shino to slightly lose his balance as Yoroi jumped behind him a grabbed him from behind.

"Damn it!" Shino cursed.

Anko, Ino, and Akagami vs. Amachi and Isaribi

"Why are you protecting him, Isaribi? Isn't he the guy who did this to you?" Akagami asked, having heard everything from the earlier conversation.

"Yeah, but… But it can't be helped." Isaribi said as she stared down before looking fiercely back at Akagami as she said "This is the only person who can return my body back to normal. He promised." She then removed the bandages around her head, revealing her scales while saying "Look. People are judged solely on their appearance. People don't dare come near me because I'm covered in bandages. A Monster with these scales would be out of the question. I want to return to my former body! I want to be a Human! For that reason, I decided I'd do anything!"

"But you're still Human, Isaribi!" Akagami said, catching the girl's attention "Just look at me. I've got the ears and tails of a fox, yet I still have friends and people who count on me! What you look like doesn't matter; it's what you do with your life that counts! Look, I'm a Pirate, so I might not have any right to say this, but you shouldn't go around attacking and sinking ships just because some guys tell you to!"

"Stop it, shut up!" Isaribi cried as she continued "I don't want to hear anymore! Just shut up! Stop it! Are you bullying me, too?"

"Didn't you hear what I just said? You and I are the same." Akagami said.

"But you're an actual Demon, aren't you? You were born that way! You have no idea how it is, having your humanity ripped from you like this!" Isaribi cried as she fell to her knees and continued crying into her hands.

"Don't cry, Isaribi. I'll return you to normal." Amachi said.

'Now!' Akagami thought as Isaribi wasn't in the way any longer and he aimed the cannon at Amachi, though as he was beginning to charge it up, Anko noticed something and grabbed Ino just as the wall to their left blew up, knocking them all to the floor under the rubble.

"That explosive tag was right on the money." The glasses-wearing man said as he stood in the opening before turning to Isaribi and Amachi "Thanks to Isaribi for doing a good job of attracting your attention."

"Urgh." Akagami grunted, indicating that he was still alive and conscious.

"S-sensei…" Ino said from underneath Anko who had protected her from the blast with her own body.

"I'll leave the rest to you." Amachi said.

"Got it." The glasses-wearing man said.

"Let's go, Isaribi." Amachi said as he began walking and Isaribi rose to her feet and started following him.

"Wait!" Akagami said as he was now on his knees and using the cannon to support himself "Don't go, Isaribi! It's not too late." His voice just fell on flat ears however as Isaribi continued following after Amachi through the hole in the wall "Damn it!"

The glasses-wearing man then stepped up in front of them as he cracked his knuckles and said "We'd better take care of this right away."

Shino vs. Yoroi

"Give it up. It's over. We'll make you a guinea pig for Amachi, too." Yoroi said as he had Shino in a head-lock, before the pre-teen's body suddenly turned into a swarm of insects.

"Insect Clone?!" Yoroi said in surprise as he let go and stepped back "We're the same Chakra-eating colleagues after all. It won't be easy to finish a fight." He then threw a smoke bomb on the ground as Shino appeared from a swarm of insects.

'He disappeared?' He thought before adding 'What is he thinking?'

Akagami and Ino vs. Misumi

The glasses-wearing man – who Ino had recognized as Tsurugi Misumi from the Chunin Exams – was holding Akagami up by the collar of his t-shirt before throwing him to the ground and picking him up again as he wrapped his arms around him and started squeezing really hard.

"I'm going to strangle you to death like this." He said as his hold became tighter and tighter, though Akagami was doing a good job in suppressing his screams. Misumi's grip started loosening up however as his arms started to move on their own "What is this?"

Akagami fell to the floor as Misumi began yelling out in pain.

"Mind Shinranshin Jutsu, success!" Ino said as she made Misumi's arms stretch out and wrap around to of the wooden poles holding the place up. Akagami then picked up the cannon which had fallen to the floor earlier as he rose to his feet and put it on his back.

"Damn it! Let me go, let me go! That's dirty of you!" Misumi said as he was hanging off the floor.

"What are you talking about?" Akagami asked before saying something he never thought he'd ever say "We're Ninja, everything's fair."

"And you call yourself a Ninja?" Ino asked.

"Shut up!" Misumi yelled before the whole place suddenly started shaking.

"Huh? What the…?" Akagami said.

"This place is collapsing!" Ino said as she leaned down to help Anko up as she took one of Anko's arms over her shoulder.

"They're planning to take care of us along with the building." Anko said as she and Ino got to their feet, revealing that she was conscious.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me." Akagami said.

"Hurry, the entrance is already blocked." Shino said as he appeared in the hole.

"Crap!" Akagami cursed before grabbing Anko and Ino and charging towards Shino before saying "Space-Space: Warp!" And all four of them suddenly disappeared before the whole place came crashing down.

Amachi and Isaribi

Amachi and Isaribi were rowing away from the island with the boat Team Anko had used to get there with Isaribi being the one to row as Amachi just stood there.

"I thought this place would be traced soon. It's an old building, but a damn good tomb for the likes of them." He said as Isaribi stopped rowing and Yoroi came out of the water and grabbed onto the boat.

"One person didn't make it in time?" He asked.

"Oh well, that doesn't have much of an influence on attacking a collection ship." Amachi said.

Akagami's Dimension

Ino grunted slightly as she opened her eyes before asking "Wh-where are we?" The four of them were floating in a seemingly endless dark void with no sense of "up" and "down" as – from Ino's perspective at least – Shino was diagonally upside-down, Anko was facing downwards, and Akagami was standing diagonally with his back to them.

"It appears to be some other dimension." Shino said before turning towards Akagami "And he's the one who brought us here."

"This is my own private dimension. Where I go to whenever I wanna be alone." Akagami said as he turned around.

"But where is it, exactly?" Anko asked as she righted her body so that she was at eye-level with Akagami.

"Whoa, you sure got used to this space quickly." Akagami said with a hint of surprise in his tone before answering her question "As for where this is. I suppose the most accurate description would be; right here." He pointed at his head.

"We're inside your head?" Ino asked.

"Not exactly, but it would be the closest thing as this place doesn't exist on the physical plane." Akagami said before continuing "Anyway, it's about time we got out of here."

""Got out of here"? How? I don't see any doors or anything." Ino said before Akagami smirked and simply snapped his fingers, causing them all to vanish.

Mother Island

The next thing they knew was that they felt the ground beneath their feet as they appeared on an isolated hill on the outskirts of Mother Island, looking over a tall cliff and with a dense forest blocking it off from the rest of the island. There was also a single wooden house at the top of the hill, near the cliff.

"Aka-kun/Red-kun!" Came the sound of two oddly similar female voices as the owners of said voices ran into Akagami, glomping him as the three of them fell to the ground.

"Argh! Ari-chan! Aki-chan!" Akagami said as he attempted to push them off of him, the three Konoha Shinobi just looking on.

"Oh, hello there. Are you guys more of Akagami-kun's friends?" A new voice said, catching the three Konoha-nin's attention. The owner of the voice was a beautiful lady who appeared to be in her twenties. She had short shoulder-length brown hair, purple eyes with slitted pupils, dark red cat-like ears atop her head, and a dark red cat-like tail coming out of her back. Her attire consisted of a simple white dress and sandals.

Later, the Konoha Shinobi were sitting at a table outside the house as the cat-eared woman was sitting across from them and Zoe was leaning against the wall as J.P was lying on the ground, watching the clouds. And in the distance were Akagami talking with the girls.

It seemed that after Akagami had defeated Agunimon, he collapsed due to having exerted too much power in his final attack, but that's when the woman, Miya Kano appeared and brought the three of them to her house. It also seemed that she – as well as her daughters, Arisa and Akisa – were old acquaintances of Akagami.

"Were you surprised?" Kano asked before explaining "Me and Akagami-kun's father are childhood friends. We were even on the same team after graduating from the Academy."

"So you're saying that you were once a Ninja?" Ino asked and Kano nodded before Ino asked "What happened?"

"Well, you see, our village was feared in times of war due to our great knowledge and expertise on Fuinjutsu. So, one year during the Third Great Ninja War, I guess someone decided they'd had enough and Suna, Iwa, Kumo, and Kiri all banded together to try and wipe us out." Kano said.

"So I'm guessing your village was Uzushio, then?" Anko guessed.

"That is correct. The village was destroyed during the attack, and our leader died in battle against the Kage of the other villages. However, many people – including myself and Akagami-kun's father – managed to escape. That was also when Akagami-kun's father decided he wanted to become a Pirate. He wanted to change the world, to make it so that no one would have to needlessly die again. And he felt that the best way to do that would be to find the legendary One Piece. And of course, I wanted to come with him as I was madly in love with him at the time, but he rejected me in probably the cruelest way he could think of. Now that I think back on it, however, he probably did that to protect me as the life of a Pirate can be extremely dangerous. Especially if they're looking for the One Piece." Kano said.

"So you moved to the Land of Sea, instead?" Shino asked, though Kano shook her head.

"No. First I went around, traveling across the Elemental Nations. I didn't settle down here until I found someone else who I eventually married." Kano said.

"Hey, now that I think about it, where's Hitomi?" Ino asked, suddenly realizing that Hitomi wasn't around.

"Hmm? Now that you mention it, I haven't seen her since we were on the boat." Zoe said.

"And the last time I saw her, she was with Sora-san." Shino said.

"Well, if she's with him, I'm sure she's all right." J.P said.

"Hmm… Hey, Kano-san, do you know anything about a gate to the Demon world under Demon Island?" Anko asked.

"Huh? Sensei?" Ino asked.

"I've been thinking. There have been legends of Demons coming from Demon Island for generations. Definitely since long before Orochimaru set up base there, and it's also where the island got its name from." Anko said.

"I see. So you're saying that there's an entrance to the Demon world beneath Demon Island?" Zoe asked as she stepped away from the wall and J.P sat up as he turned around.

"Exactly." Anko said as she looked at Kano.

"Heh. Well, I don't know much about it myself, but there are rumors." Kano said.

"What kind of rumors?" Anko asked.

"Only that Demons used to periodically come from Demon Island a long time ago in the past and demand sacrifices." Kano said.

"I see." Anko said.

"Of course, there are the rumors that the Demon of the Ocean came from the same place as those Demons and is angry at the Humans for stopping with the sacrifices." Kano said.

"But this Isaribi girl's the Demon of the Ocean, isn't she?" Zoe said.

"True. But tell me, where do you think Isaribi-chan's parents are?" Kano asked.

"Her… parents?" Zoe asked.

"Don't you think it's strange? Even though everyone rejected and feared her when she returned, shouldn't her parents at least still have welcomed her with open arms?" Kano asked.

"So you're saying that she doesn't have parents?" Shino asked.

"No, it's not just that she doesn't have them." Anko said in thought before looking at Kano as she finished "From what you're saying it sounds more like she never had them to begin with."

"Right. I don't know all the details, but from what I could gather, Isaribi-chan was found on the shore of Demon Island back when she was still a baby." Kano said, causing everyone's eyes to widen.

Collection ships

"You've had no contact from the Konoha Ninja?" Hitode, the man who Anko and the others had spoken to earlier said as he stared off over the ocean "They were told to accompany the ship. What in the world happened?"

"Captain! We just received communication." A man said as he came over with a scroll and gave it to Hitode.

"Hmm…" The man looked through the scroll before looking up as he said "I see!" And he laughed as he showed the scroll to his men while saying "That's what I expected from elite Ninja! It seems they finished the suppression of the Demon of the Ocean last night."

"Excellent. So now the ships are safe?" One of the men said.

"Of course! Men, take your positions! We'll depart!" Hitode said and everyone did as they were told as they raised the sails and the ships went out into the still-dangerous waters.

Mother Island, Kano's house

"Ah!" Kano slammed her hands down on the table as she rose to her feet with a loud gasp.

"Kano-san, what is it?" Ino asked.

"It's the collection ships. They're about to be attacked." Kano said.

"Huh? Shouldn't the ships still be at port?" J.P asked as he walked over to them.

"What I'm wondering is how you can know that they're going to be attacked." Zoe said.

"They say that since disaster follows the Nekomimi race, they've developed a sixth sense for danger." Anko said.

'"Disaster follows the Nekomimi race"?' Shino thought.

"Anyway, if those ships have left port and are about to be attacked, we have to hurry!" Ino said as she stood up.

"Right!" Anko said as she and Shino stood up as well before she looked towards Zoe "And what'll you do?"

"Heh. I guess we can help out." Zoe replied before turning towards Akagami who was still playing with the twins and she yelled "Hey, Akagami! We have to be leaving now!"

Collection ships

"C-Captain Hitode…" A man said through the radio, sounding to be in distress.

"What happened?" Hitode asked.

"There's something there! The bottom of the ship…!" The man said before screaming as communication was cut off.

"Confirm the enemy!" Hitode said.

"R-roger!" The man steering the ship he was on said as he turned the wheel.

"It can't be…!" Hitode said before saying "Full towards port!" However when the man at the helm attempted to turn the wheel, it turned out to be jammed.

"I can't steer!" The man said.

"What?" Hitode asked.

What they didn't know was that Isaribi was swimming around below them and she had wrapped cords around the ships, making it impossible for them to steer as the ship Hitode was on headed towards one of the other ships.

"It's no good. It won't move." The man steering the ship said.

"We're going to hit. All hands, brace for impact!" Hitode said before the ship crashed into the port side of the other one.

"The Demon of the Ocean must have made this attack." Hitode said.

"Heheheh. Thank you for working hard to transport the funds." The man who had given him the scroll earlier said.

"I saw you a while ago!" Hitode said, recognizing the man who then burst into smoke, revealing Amachi "Identify yourself!"

"If you hand these ships over without resistance, I will spare your life." Amachi said.

"Don't mess with me!" Hitode said as one of his man then ran at Amachi with his katana at the ready, however, he was quickly taken out with a gush of water, and everyone looked towards where the water came from to see Isaribi hanging off the ship's railing.

"It's the Demon of the Ocean!" One of the men said.

"A Monster!" Another one said.

As Isaribi had climbed onto the ship and was walking forwards while growling, Amachi looked off to his side and nodded. Yoroi then stepped out from his hiding place on a rock sticking out of the ocean as he went through a series of hand-signs.

"Magen: Jigoku Koka no Jutsu!" He said, causing the illusion of a huge ball of fire appearing in the sky and descending down upon the two ships.

"N-nani?" Hitode said.

"It's coming right at us!" One of the men said.

As the ball of flames hit the ship, everything caught fire, forcing all of the men to abandon ship – including Hitode – as they all jumped into the water.

The illusion then faded as Amachi said "Yoroi, take care of the rest." And Yoroi nodded before going through another series of hand-signs before lowering his right hand to the water's surface.

"Not so fast." An eerily familiar voice said before Sasuke suddenly appeared behind him, still in his second stage form.

"Y-you're…" Yoroi said as he looked over his shoulder, but before he could continue, the Uchiha simply knocked him away.

"Who's that?" Isaribi asked.

Amachi then smirked as he said "A Monster."

Sasuke then leapt towards them as he went through a series of one-handed hand-signs… with each hand.

"Katon: Taienka no Jutsu!" He called out as he brought both hands to his mouth a several balls of blue flames were shout out of his mouth in quick succession. Both Amachi and Isaribi dodged out of the way before either of them could be hit however.

"Isaribi. I'll leave him to you." Amachi said before shunshining away.

Sasuke then landed on the deck, surrounded by the blue flames which didn't seem to be doing any damage to the wood as his Sharingan eyes stared towards the Demon of the Ocean.

"So, you're name's Isaribi, is it? I'm Uchiha Sasuke of Konoha." He said, causing Isaribi to remember what Akagami had said about the Konoha-nins' goals.

The two simply stared at each other for a while before Isaribi – tired of waiting – charged forward. However, Sasuke blocked the punch she was aiming at him with his arm before grabbing her wrist and he threw her through the air before going through a series of one-handed hand-signs as he spun around and looked towards her "Katon Housenka no Jutsu!"

A series of small blue fire balls were then fired from his mouth as they headed towards "Demon", who then gathered up a bunch of water in her lungs.

"Suiton: Taihodan!" She called out as she fired a gushing stream of water out of her mouth, effectively putting an end to the fire Jutsu, and even the shuriken that were hidden within the flames were knocked out of the air.

Isaribi then landed on the ship's knocked-over mast before Sasuke suddenly appeared in the air before her and swung the kunai in his left hand downwards. She dodged it before he set his feet down on the mast and continued swinging the kunai as Isaribi kept on dodging, all the while moving backwards over the mast. However, when they had reached the mast's half-way point between the two ships, Sasuke's left hand went through a couple of one-handed hand-signs and the kunai was blown to shreds as the hand was covered in black lightning. He then jabbed it into the mast, causing it to break in two as Isaribi could feel the half she was standing on, tilting backwards as it was extending straight across the deck of the other ship and far beyond. As she began losing balance, Sasuke came flying through the mast, using his Lament Chidori to pierce through it and forcing Isaribi to jump down into the water below, and as she landed in the water, she noticed that she had a trail of blood going down her right cheek.

Isaribi then gritted her teeth before ducking down beneath the surface as Sasuke took to the skies before going through a series of one-handed hand-signs with each hand.

"Katon: Taienka no Jutsu!" He called out firing down several blue balls of super-heated oxygen, causing the entire surrounding area to be set on fire. This way, no matter where Isaribi would resurface, he'd still have the advantage.

Nearby

"Whooo… That guy's a lot tougher than when I fought him." Yoroi said from a nearby rock poking out of the water, keeping his distance. However, then a kunai suddenly hit him in the left arm as he said "Nani?" And he looked towards where it had come from to see none other than Shino along with a swarm of bugs.

"I'm your opponent." He said.

Ino, Kano, and the twins

Elsewhere where Ino, Kano, and the twins, Arisa and Akisa in a sail-boat as they helped the men from the collector ships onto the boat. Kano had also changed into a different attire, now wearing a purple shirt with a brown breast-plate over her left breast and brown pants. She also wore black finger-less gloves on her hands with metal plates on the back showing the Uzushio insignia.

"Everyone, hang in there." Ino said.

"You're quite enthusiastic about helping them." Kano said.

"I have to be. I'm a Ninja, so helping people's my job." Ino said, causing Kano to smile.

"I'm glad that there are still young people like you in this world." She said.

"Huh?" Ino looked at her in confusion before Kano got a rather sad expression on her face as she continued to help the people on board the boat, something that didn't go unnoticed by the Yamanaka.

Amachi

The new arrivals didn't go unnoticed by Amachi as he stared slightly surprised at them from the deck of one of the ships.

"Man, that's really low." He heard Anko's voice as he turned towards her to see not only her, but Akagami, Zoe, and J.P as well "We meet again, weirdo."

Amachi smirked upon seeing her as she continued "Excuse me, but I still have something to ask you."

"Hey, what happened to him?" Akagami asked as he looked towards Sasuke.

"It's the second stage of Orochimaru's curse mark. It would seem our little Uchiha boy's learnt to control it well." Anko said.

"Curse mark…?" Akagami asked before thinking 'I've got a feeling I've seen something like it before.' And a memory from long ago resurfaced to his mind.

Flashback

"Jyogo Clan…?" A young Akagami, probably around 4 or 3 years old asked.

"Yes. They were once a Clan of Demons that were cast out of Daemonium, and so they had to take on the form of Humans. Over the centuries of course, there's been a lot of confusing amongst the members of the Clan about which form was their true form. Their Human form? Or their Demon form?" A woman who he didn't quite remember told him as she was holding a book.

"Why were they cast out? Did they do something bad?" Akagami asked, causing the woman to smile.

"Yes. They did something very bad. Something that Demons like us should never do." The woman said.

"What did they do?" Akagami asked and the woman opened her mouth to speak, but Akagami couldn't remember what she said and then the memory ended.

Flashback end

'Could it be that that Sasuke guy's a descendent of the Jyogo Clan, despite being an Uchiha?' Akagami wondered in thought.

"Now then, for my question. You said that Orochimaru left that research facility half a month ago. Where did he go?" Anko said.

"I have no idea." Amachi simply stated before adding "Now that you mention it, Orochimaru had a kid in tow."

'A kid? There were someone besides Sasuke?' Anko thought.

"Something about you just wasn't enough. That's why you were abandoned, I guess." Amachi said.

"You mean, just like he tossed aside your research lab?" Zoe asked, causing Amachi to grit his teeth.

"You guys stand back. I'll take care of Amachi. I've got a personal score to settle with him." Anko said as she stepped forward.

"Heh. You think you can so easily beat me by yourself?" Amachi asked.

"I never said I could. I've just got to hold out till the others have taken out Isaribi and your other henchman." Anko said as Amachi smiled.

"Akagami." Zoe said, catching the red-head's attention "You go help Sasuke-san with Isaribi."

"Huh?" Akagami uttered.

"We'll stay here and provide back-up for Anko-san if it turns out she needs it. Now, go!" Zoe said and Akagami shunshined away.

Sasuke vs. Isaribi

Isaribi emerged from the water to find herself surrounded by blue flames and she grunted before fiving back into the waters just in time to avoid another blue fire ball from Sasuke.

As the young Uchiha stared down towards his handiwork, though, he suddenly felt a stinging pain in his neck.

"Dammit!" He said as he clutched his neck "I've already reached my limit." He then hovered down to the water surface before going out of his curse mark form as he landed on the water and thought as he panted slightly 'Seems five minutes is still the limit in which I can maintain the form.' (Kurama no Kyubi: Yes, I remember well that he transformed last night, but who's to say he didn't revert back to his normal form and then transformed back later.)

His eyes then widened as Isaribi leapt out of the water like a fish and attempted to scratch at him, but thanks to his good eyes and quick reflexes, he managed to dodge it as she went back into the water before coming out again from a different angle, but Sasuke dodged again. She then went back into the water and again leapt out from a different angle only for Sasuke to dodge again and she repeated the process one more time and this time the Uchiha dodged by going into a back-flip. As Isaribi went back into the water and Sasuke landed, it became quiet for a while before the fish-girl came out of the water again, this time aiming for the Uchiha's back, and Sasuke wasn't able to dodge in time.

However, just then, Akagami showed up and punched Isaribi away, causing her to fall back into the water.

"You." Sasuke said, having for a moment thought it was Naruto.

"Me." Akagami stated before he positioned himself so that he and Sasuke were standing back-to-back.

"What are you doing here? Don't you guys have your own mission?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah, we do. But it seems like it's gotten tied to yours seeing as the so-called "Demon of the Ocean" is working for some of Orochimaru's henchmen." Akagami explained.

"Very well. Let's see if you can keep up then, dobe." Sasuke said.

"Heh. You're the one who's got to keep up, teme." Akagami said, unknowingly using Naruto's nickname for the Uchiha.

As Isaribi then resurfaced, Akagami and Sasuke both immediately separated as they both went through a series of hand-signs.

"Katon: Goukakyo no Jutsu/Hyoton: Reito-Imochi!" As Sasuke fired forth a ball of red-hot flames from his mouth, Akagami blew out a stream of freezing wind which then exploded outwards, turning the fire ball into a chunk of ice. Isaribi reacted quickly and spat out a gush of water at the ice, changing its trajectory slightly as well as pushing herself out of the way, however, when landed in the water, she saw the chunk of ice hit the water as well and covered an area five times as wide as it in a thick sheet of ice.

Akagami and Sasuke then jumped over to the sheet of ice as Isaribi wouldn't be able to get to them as easily there.

"That's a convenient Jutsu to have in a place like this. Too bad I can't copy it." Sasuke said.

"Hey, don't feel so down about it. We can't all be born gifted." Akagami said smugly.

"Who said anything about feeling down?" Sasuke asked before Akagami noticed Isaribi's head poking out of the water, looking at them.

"Isaribi…" He said, catching the girl's attention as well as making Sasuke look towards him before looking towards Isaribi "I bet you still understand what I've been saying to you, Isaribi. Don't you care a bit after tormenting everyone this much?"

"No." Isaribi simply stated, causing Akagami to look at her in confusion "They're lives means nothing to me… yours means nothing to me."

"That's a lie!" Akagami exclaimed before4 Isaribi fired a gush of water at him, sending him flying back before crashing back into the sheet of ice.

"Akagami!" Sasuke yelled before turning towards Isaribi as he brought his hands into the tora sign.

"Wait, Sasuke." Akagami said as he sat up before climbing to his feet, Sasuke looking at him over his shoulder in surprise.

"Akagami…?" He asked before noticing Isaribi jumping into the air before landing on the sheet of ice.

"It doesn't matter to me who gets injured… or who drowns. I'm satisfied as long as I can return to being Human!" Isaribi said.

"It's about time somebody woke you up!" Akagami yelled as he ran towards her before slapping her across the face so hard that she fell down on her back and as she sat up, she noticed a sad look on his face as he looked at his hand.

"I understand painfully enough how you feel. But still… It doesn't make it right to hurt others!" Akagami said as he lowered his hand to look at Isaribi as he recalled when she had saved him earlier "Isaribi, you saved me. You have a kind heart!"

Anko vs. Amachi

"Pretty good for a medical Ninja." Anko said as she parried away a strike from Amachi with her kunai, her opponent using three scalpels that he had between the fingers of his left hand.

"So glad you approve." Amachi said before noticing what was going on with Isaribi, Sasuke, and Akagami through the still-burning blue flames.

"I'm a little surprised that you had enough time to take your eyes off…" Anko said before Amachi turned back to her and threw the scalpels at her, though she blocked them with her kunai before charging forward. Amachi then threw a bottle containing a grey liquid at her, and she smashed it with her kunai, however, a cloud of pinkish smoke then engulfed her body.

"D-damn it!" She said before falling unconscious.

"Hmph. Someone was overconfident." Amachi said before he attempted to shunshin away, but that's when Zoe appeared before him and J.P appeared behind him, both ready to attack.

Zoe then made a downwards swipe with a kunai, however Amachi managed to dodge in time before landing back on the deck.

"You're not getting away." Zoe said.

"Heh. Like I've got time to play around with you kids." Amachi said before bringing his fingers to his mouth and blew into them, creating a high-pitched whistle sound and soon after the ship suddenly started rocking violently.

"Wh-what's going on?" J.P asked before his eyes widened as a large sea serpent shot out of the water "Th-that's…!"

"It's a MetalSeadramon!" Zoe exclaimed.

"I'll just let this guy take care of you for me." Amachi said before shunshining away.

"Ah! Get back here, you!" Zoe yelled as she was about to run after him, but was stopped as the MetalSeadramon's tail crashed down on the deck before her.

"Kh! Looks like we've got no choice but to fight this thing!" She said as she turned towards the Mega Digimon.

"Yeah." J.P agreed before both of them got ready to transform.

Akagami & Sasuke vs. Isaribi

"But… You are a Demon, aren't you? There's no way you could possibly understand how I, a Human could feel!" Isaribi said.

"Actually, that's not entirely accurate." A new voice cut in and everyone looked towards it to see Kano standing there on the edge of the ice sheet.

"Kano-san?" Akagami said, wondering what the woman he saw as a mother figure was doing there.

"Akagami-kun isn't full Demon. His father is Half-Demon and his mother was Human. That would make Akagami a Quarter-Demon, a Human with Demon blood. Because of it, he's often been ostracized, even by other members of his own crew. He's seen as an outcast by both Humans and Demons. So you see, he's not that different from you." Kano explained.

"You're useless. How long do you think you'll be doing this?" They heard Amachi's voice and everyone turned towards him to see him standing on a nearby rock.

"Amachi…" Isaribi said.

"They're just two kids and a civilian. Why can't you finish them off right away?" Amachi said.

"Sorry. But…" Isaribi started, but she was interrupted by Amachi.

"Be quiet. I'll do it." He said.

"Bring it on. I'll kill a damn Monster like you!" Akagami said.

"Monster? Me?" Amachi asked.

"That's right! You so easily injure and kill people. You're a Monster in Human skin!" Akagami said, causing Amachi to chuckle before it turned into full-blown laughter.

"What's so funny?" Sasuke asked.

"If so, then what? I'm not some Half-Monster like Isaribi." Amachi said, causing Akagami, Sasuke, and Isaribi to look at him in confusion while Kano narrowed her eyes.

"Well, you see…" Amachi said before suddenly transforming into a Fish-Man himself "I'm further refined than her and fully integrated for combat use."

"You…" Akagami said as he got ready to fight.

"Amachi." Isaribi said.

"Get out of my way! You're an almost-dead guinea pig." Amachi said before firing off a blast of pressurized water from his mouth which hit Isaribi in the chest, sending her backwards.

"Ah! Isaribi!" Akagami said before turning back to Amachi "What are you doing?"

"Even though we were supposed to dissect and use her as material for experiments, we took pity on her and kept her alive. But after all, she's terribly ungrateful and useless." Amachi said, causing Isaribi to gasp as Akagami and Sasuke both stepped forward.

"What's wrong, kids?" Amachi asked.

"You! You're not only a Monster in body and Soul!" Akagami yelled.

"He's right. In truth, you're lower than scum!" Sasuke said.

"Heh. How impolite. Come here and say that." Amachi said.

"You bet we will!" Akagami yelled as he leapt towards Amachi.

"So long!" Amachi said before punching Akagami out of the air causing him to fall down to the water, though he managed to flip himself around and land safely on the water's surface as Sasuke ran past him.

Upon reaching the Fish-Man, Sasuke aimed a punch for his face, though Amachi blocked it with his right scale-covered arm, causing Sasuke's knuckles to tear slightly at the hard scales before Amachi pushed against Sasuke, knocking him of balance and then firing off a burst of pressurized water, sending the Uchiha rolling across the water's surface.

"Ha! Amateurish." Amachi said.

"It's not over yet!" Akagami said as he got ready to attack again, however, just then, Kano stepped up in front of him and Sasuke "Kano-san?"

"You boys have done enough. Go get some rest, I'll take care of this guy." She said.

"You? What can a civilian like you possibly do to me?" Amachi asked, causing Kano to smirk.

"Tell me, have you ever heard of Nekomata, the ancient kingdom that all of today's Nekomimi hail from? Before it was destroyed, it was known as the most peaceful kingdom in the world, a utopia without war. Do you know why? Was it because the Nekomimi had friendly relations with all of their neighbors? Was it because they had more advanced technology? Because they had unbeatable strategies? Because they simply had better weapons? No, it was none of those things. It was because of their combat prowess alone. While the Nekomimi were a peace-loving and kind race, on the battlefield they were like wild beasts, no one could defeat them in battle. Even the surrounding nations felt like they were in a lion's den, they didn't dare get too close, lest they wake the beast." Kano said before charging forward and scratched across Amachi's chest with her claws, leaving very visible marks in both his clothes and scales "If you wanna defeat even a single Nekomimi, you ought to come at them with at least an army."

Zephyrmon & Beetlemon vs. MetalSeadramon

MetalSeadramon fired off a blast of pressurized water from the cannon on his nose as Zephyrmon and Beetlemon both flew out of the way to dodge it.

"Mjølnir Thunder!" Beetlemon called out as he was engulfed in lightning and flew towards MetalSeadramon before punching him, sending the lightning into his snake-like body, though it didn't seem to do much as the Mega then simply just knocked Beetlemon away with his tail.

"Hurricane Gale!" Zephyrmon called out as she threw a series of pink energy blades at the Mega Digimon, each one hitting him with the force of a tornado, causing him to grunt in pain.

"Ultimate Stream!" MetalSeadramon called out as he sent a blast of pressurized water towards Zephyrmon, this time hitting her as she was pushed far back.

"Hey, you! That's not how you should treat a lady!" Beetlemon called out as he appeared above MetalSeadramon's head with his arms clasped together, covered in yellow lightning.

"Thor Hammer!" He called out as he hit MetalSeadramon so hard that he fell down onto the ship.

"Heh. Would you look at that. I actually did some damage." Beetlemon said.

"J.P, look out!" He heard Ino's voice.

"Huh?" Beetlemon uttered as he looked down towards her before MetalSeadramon's tail suddenly wrapped itself around him. As he then looked up, he looked straight into the Mega's eyes, causing him to sweat heavily.

"Gilgamesh Slicer!" Zephyrmon called out before crashing her right fist into the side of MetalSeadramon's head, causing him to release Beetlemon who then fell down onto the water below as he lied there on his back, watching Zephyrmon slicing at the Mega with her hands and feet.

'I'm completely useless. I thought I could fight side-by-side with her this time, but I'm only getting in her way. There's no way I could take on a Mega.' Beetlemon thought as he closed his eyes before an unfamiliar yet strangely familiar voice sounded in his head.

"Are you giving up? I thought you were better than that." The voice said.

"Nani?" He said as his eyes snapped open to find himself in a black void in his Human form, before him was his Beetlemon form.

"When we first met, J.P, I saw that you were strong, someone who would stand by his ideals and protect the people precious to him." Beetlemon said.

"Yeah, but… Zoe-chan's and Ultimate, and she's taking on a Mega. A Champion like myself have no place in a battle like that." J.P said.

"So you're giving up?! If you're too weak because you're a Champion, then become an Ultimate yourself!" Beetlemon said, causing J.P's eyes to widen.

"Become… an Ultimate?" He said in surprise.

"Yes! Become an Ultimate and stop whining about being too weak!" Beetlemon said.

"But…" J.P said as he long down on his hand before clutching it as he looked fiercely at Beetlemon and yelled "How am I supposed to become an Ultimate just like that?!"

"Zoe did it, didn't she? If she can do it, then you should be able to as well. Now, stand up and fight!" Beetlemon yelled and J.P's eyes snapped open to find himself in his Beetlemon form, lying on the water and he looked up to see Zephyrmon having trouble against the Mega.

"Ah! Zoe-chan!" He called out as he sat up quickly before flinching from the pain in his right arm as that arm had gotten in a bad angle when MetalSeadramon had him in his grip earlier.

'Damn! As I am now, there's no way I'd be of any help, anyway!' He thought before remembering some of what Beetlemon had said.

"Then become an Ultimate yourself!"

'Become an Ultimate, huh? Yeah, that's easy for him to say. How's he expecting me to go Ultimate just like that?' He thought before remembering something else Beetlemon had said.

"Zoe did it, didn't she? If she could do it, then you should be able to as well."

'That's right! Zoe-chan did do it just like that.' He thought as he looked up at Zoe before thinking 'Now, how did she do it, again?'

Flashback

"O Spirits of the Winds the world over, Sylph, grant me your strength." Kazemon said before strong winds suddenly started blowing around her, forming an invisible cocoon of winds.

Flashback end

Beetlemon's eyes widened as he remembered 'Of course! She called upon the Wind Spirits to give her more power. Hmm… Let's see, was there a Spirit of Lightning as well? I think there was. What was his name again? Oh, right. I remember now.' He then looked towards the sky as he yelled out "Volt, give me your power!"

Then all of a sudden, even though there were hardly any clouds in the sky, a large purple lightning bolt shot down, engulfing Beetlemon.

"J.P!" Zephyrmon yelled, however, she shouldn't have taken her eyes off of her opponent as he then hit her with his tail, sending her crashing into the deck of the ship, however as she looked up towards MetalSeadramon, she noticed something in the sky, causing her eyes to widen.

"Wh-what the heck's that thing?" Ino asked as she saw it as well, and even Shino and Yoroi, and Kano, Akagami, Sasuke, Isaribi, and Amachi noticed it.

"What is that?" Akagami asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" Sasuke said.

High above MetalSeadramon was a ball of purple electricity with glowing red eyes. This was none4 other than the Great Spirit of Lightning himself, Volt.

"Ectrusia nasseu ralis." The ball of electricity spoke in an unknown language before a massive bolt of lightning struck down from his body and hit MetalSeadramon, causing him to writhe and scream in pain. As the bolt of lightning vanished, MetalSeadramon looked up towards the Spirit as he prepared to fire a burst of pressurized water, but just then…

"Beetlemon Digivolve to…"

His horn changed into the form of a cannon as his arms turns into guns themselves with three gun-ports on his left arm and three gun-ports on his right arm with a grenade launcher in the middle. He also got two smaller arms just beneath the arms and his legs turned into wheels similar to those of a tank.

"… MetalKabuterimon!"

The lightning surrounding him then vanished, revealing his tank-like form to everyone as he looked up at MetalSeadramon.

"Bolo Thunder!" He then fired a barrage of ammo from the gun-ports on his arms, causing MetalSeadramon to scream in pain as the attacks hit him, causing explosions along his long body.

"Arius sonha nissea." Volt said before disappearing.

MetalSeadramon then looked down at MetalKabuterimon before lunging forth as if to try and it him.

"Electron Cannon!" MetalKabuterimon called out, firing a blue laser from the cannon on his head, said laser going into MetalSeadramon's mouth and the Mega Digimon blew up into countless black data flakes.

"I… I did it…!" MetalKabuterimon said.

"Well, color me surprised." The now-awake Anko said as she walked up next to Zephyrmon.

"Oh? Anko-san, when did you wake up?" Zephyrmon asked.

"Just now, when that huge lightning bolt struck down, and I saw the Lightning Spirit in the sky." Anko said.

Kano vs. Amachi

"N-no…!" Amachi said as he saw his pet get destroyed.

"Keep your eyes on your opponent!" Kano said as she appeared before him and delivered a powerful palm-strike to his chest which sent him flying backwards before he rolled across the water and flipped onto his feet. He then fired out several bursts of pressurized water, however, Kano easily dodged them all.

"W-whoa…" Akagami said.

'She's moving so fast that not even my Sharingan can follow her properly… Is that even possible?' Sasuke thought.

As Kano approached Amachi again, she scratched across his face with her claws before scratching at his chest, stomach, arms, legs, and she even aimed for his crotch at one instance.

"Argh! Enough of this!" Amachi yelled before throwing his arms to his sides as a countless number of scales were fired from his body and Kano had to cover herself with her arms as she was forced to jump back.

"You should count yourself lucky; you've forced me to unleash my ultimate trump-card." Amachi said before biting his thumb and he slammed his hand down on the water's surface "Come on! Sea Monster!"

Suddenly a large glob of water rose up from the water in front of Amachi as it seemed to look down at Kano.

"Sea Monster, finish her off!" Amachi said and the Sea Monster suddenly formed an armed and attempted to grab Kano, however she managed to jump out of the way, but as she landed again she felt something wet wrapping around her leg and looking down, she saw what appeared to be a tentacle that came from the Sea Monster.

"What?" She said before the tentacle lifted her into the air and held her dangling in front of what she assumed to be its mouth "You know. If you're going to tentacle rape me, you're going to need a few more tentacles." She then pulled down her leg to raise her body so that she could swipe through the tentacle with her claws and she fell down towards the water.

However, another tentacle then grabbed her left wrist, but instead of cutting through it, she grabbed it and pulled herself towards the Sea Monster to swipe at it with her claws, only to find out that it didn't do jack shit.

"No damage, huh." She said, no surprise in her voice whatsoever as if she had expected that outcome. She then planted her feet on the Sea Monster's watery "skin" and pushed off, ripping off the water tentacle in the process.

"Hahah! The Sea Monster's body consists almost entirely of water. No matter what you do, it won't work." Amachi said.

Kano then ran over to Akagami as she said "Akagami-kun, bring out that cannon of yours."

"My cannon?" Akagami asked before realizing what she meant "Oh! All right." He then opened a hole in the space next to him as he took his arm into it and brought out his cannon.

"What the…?" Sasuke said in surprise as the hole closed itself and Akagami aimed the cannon at the Sea Monster as he activated it.

"You can try whatever you want, but nothing will help you defeat the Sea Monster! It is my ultimate creation!" Amachi said.

"Oh, yeah? We'll see about that!" Akagami said as a transparent red ball of energy formed inside the mouth of the cannon.

"Youkai MK II, FIRE!" Akagami called out as a red beam of pure Youkai, the energy used by Demons, was shot out towards the Sea Monster. The beam went straight into the Sea Monster before stopping as it formed into a ball of Youkai and it then started glowing brightly before it blew up in a red spherical explosion that covered the entire Sea Monster, the only things that could be heard being the Sea Monster's cries of pain as it disintegrated.

"Wh-what? How is this possible? Nothing can beat the Sea Monster!" Amachi said.

"Pure Youkai energy is destructive to anything of the mortal plane. Even water. And I just fired 200cc of the stuff." Akagami said.

"Cc?" Sasuke asked.

"I'm not quite sure what it stands for, but it's some kind of measurement used for energy by the Demons. By comparison, a normal non-Shinobi Human would have about 0.1cc of Chakra, and the average Genin would have 1cc." Akagami said.

As Isaribi stared at everything in shock, her eyes widened as she suddenly heard a voice inside her head "Isaribi."

Isaribi's mindscape

Isaribi found herself standing on the surface of a never-ending ocean with several small rocks jutting out here and there. Standing before her was a girl with green skin, full red eyes with black slits, and blue clothes. She also looked like some kind of Human-fish hybrid.

"Hi, there! Long time no see, Isaribi!" The girl said with a huge grin on her face.

"Who… are you?" Isaribi asked, causing the girl to giggle.

"I'm you, silly." She said.

"Huh?" Isaribi looked at her in confusion.

"To put it another way; you and I are the same. We are Isaribi, but at the same time, we are not. We are Ranamon of the Ten Legendary Warriors, the group of Digimon who defeated the evil Demon Lord Luce-teme when he arose to power 800 years ago." The girl, now identified as Ranamon said.

"Ranamon…" Isaribi muttered to herself.

"Yup. That's right. I suppose you could say you're kind of like my reincarnation. My Digi-Core was sealed within a statue and that statue has now been absorbed into your body." Ranamon said with a bright smile on her face.

"A statue? I don't remember anything like that." Isaribi said.

"I'm not surprised. It happened when you were still a baby after all. The ship you were on got in a storm and you fell overboard. By chance, as you sank, you passed by my statue and that's when your body absorbed it and I brought you to the shore of Demon Island where you were later found." Ranamon said before adding "However, it was not mere coincidence that you passed by my statue that day."

"It's not?" Isaribi asked.

"Heheh. Nope. As Lowee-kun would say, "It's fate that we met"." Ranamon said, using a manly tone on the quote.

"Fate?" Isaribi asked.

"Mm-hmm. It was no coincidence that we met. It was all predetermined before either of us were even born. You are my reincarnation, after all. We were destined to meet. And so, it is your fate to awaken the powers sleeping within you, within us. Come, let us show them the terrifying power of the ocean." Ranamon said as she held out her hand and Isaribi looked at her own hand before taking a few steps forward and she took Ranamon's hand.

Real World

Suddenly, a huge pillar of water shot up from underneath the sheet of ice, completely shattering it.

"Ah! Isaribi!" Akagami yelled as he had sent the cannon back to his pocket dimension and he started running towards the pillar of water, but was stopped as Sasuke put his hand on his shoulder.

"Hold it. You'll only end up getting sent skyward by the water current." He said.

"Kh. Then what am I supposed to do?" Akagami asked before a shining blue light came from within the pillar and as everyone looked towards it they could see the blue silhouette of a naked girl, rolled up into a ball. The light then expanded outwards at such a rapid pace that the pillar blew up, and standing on the water before them was Isaribi, now in the form of Ranamon.

"Wh-what the…? This is just like with Zoe and J.P." Akagami said before asking "Tell me. Are you… Isaribi?"

Ranamon smirked before saying "We are Ranamon. And we are Isaribi."

'Wh-what's going on here? How could Isaribi gain a new form like that?' Amachi thought in shock before smirking 'Well, either way, this makes things easier for me. I'll just have her take care of the meddlesome brats while I'll take care of the Nekomimi.'

"Isaribi. Take care of the kids for me, will you? If you do, I'll promise to have you back to normal by tomorrow morning." He said, causing Sasuke to get on guard.

"Wait, Sasuke." Akagami said before turning to Ranamon as he said "Isaribi, you're not going to attack us, are you? Please say you won't."

Ranamon stayed silent for several seconds before closing her eyes as she said "I won't."

"Ah! Then…!" Akagami said, hopeful as Ranamon turned towards Amachi.

"Amachi! You never planned on returning me to normal from the start, did you? I see right through you now. You were going to use me to test the battle potential of your underwater Ninja and then you would dispose of me." She said.

"Heh. And what of it? It's not like you can do anything about it. And in fact, I've already got all the data I need from you, so I'm just going to dispose of you RIGHT NOW!" Amachi said before charging forward and Akagami, Sasuke, and Kano moved in to protect Ranamon, but stopped as she spoke up.

"No. I'll take care of this." She said, causing them to look at her in confusion as she walked past them before looking determinedly at Amachi.

"Draining Rain!" She called out as she formed a rain cloud in her right hand and threw it into the air where it became bigger as rain started falling.

"Hah! Rain? Is that all you got?" Amachi asked before his eyes widened as he noticed himself getting weaker and his legs suddenly felt much heavier as he slowed down before collapsing onto the water and Ranamon walked up to him as she looked down at him.

"You've lost, Amachi." She said.

"Grah! I can't believe this! How can I be defeated by a bunch of kids?!" Amachi yelled in frustration as he struggled to get up, but failed.

"So, you're finally at your wit's end, huh?" A voice said and Amachi looked towards it to see Anko and Zoe standing there on the water.

"Where's J.P?" Akagami asked.

"He went to help Shino-san with that other guy." Zoe said.

"Hmph. Seems like you've lost, Amachi." Sasuke said as he came up to stand next to Isaribi.

"Grrr… NO! I won't stand for this!" Amachi said as he gritted his teeth.

Just then however, the rocks, ships, even the water started shaking violently as if there was an earthquake. It could also be felt on the four islands of the Land of Sea as trees fell down and buildings collapsed, the people themselves running around in a panic.

"Wh-what's happening?" Akagami asked.

Demon Island, Torafusa Gate (a few minutes earlier)

Norma and Hitomi had both been knocked unconscious by their respective opponents as Sora now fought against all three of them at once.

"Explode!" The girl, Melanie called out as a large ball of burning flames fell down towards Sora, though he jumped out of the way in time to avoid it as the ball crashed into the ground where he'd just been standing before exploding in a large explosion, covering both Vaclav and the Ninja-like guy, Cashel. As the smoke from the explosion cleared though, it revealed the scattered dust putting itself back on the two of them to repair the damage caused by Melanie's attack.

Cashel then went through a series of hand-signs as several clones faced into existence and all of the clones charged at Sora.

"Heh. You shouldn't mock your opponent in the middle of a battle." Sora said before he charged forward and called out "Impact!" And he hit the original Cashel in the face before stopping his fist mid-punch as all the clones vanished before he pushed his fist forward, causing the Ninja to fall to the ground.

Vaclav then moved in and attempted to punch Sora in the face, but the Alliance Marine simply caught his fist before pulling it towards himself and delivering a right knee to Vaclav's stomach and following up with a roundhouse kick with his left leg, sending the Edo-Tensei flying. Vaclav rolled across the ground before stopping next to Melanie who just finished charging for another spell.

"Eruption!" Cracks then formed in the ground under Sora's feet and he jumped out of the way just in time as a geyser of lava suddenly shot up. As he skidded to a halt, however, Cashel appeared in the air behind him as he swung a kunai at him. Sora managed to react in time and blocked it by grabbing Cashel's hand with his own, however, Vaclav then appeared behind him and delivered a blow strong enough to crush most people's bones.

Sora was sent to the ground from the blow, though he went with the momentum and flipped onto his feet as he skidded backwards and panted heavily as he came to a halt, crouched on one knee.

'Huff. Huff. Under normal circumstances, I would've wiped the floor with all three of them. But since their all Edo-Tensei and I don't have any sealing-type attacks or items, they can just keep going while I'll eventually tire.' Sora thought before he suddenly heard a footstep behind him, causing his eyes to widen.

"Hmm… I was wondering what was taking you so long. But I'm surprised that you're having trouble against such an insect." A deep voice spoke.

'Who's…?' Sora thought as he looked over his shoulder as the man walked past him. As he did so, Sora felt him caress his head.

"Bloody Lance!" The man said calmly as five ethereal dark purple, almost black lances appeared around Sora, four of them pointing diagonally down at him while the fifth one was above his head, pointing directly down.

'No… incantation…?' Sora thought before all of the lances suddenly pierced his body, causing him to collapse onto the ground as the lances vanished.

"Now then, let's get this show started." The man said as he walked over to the large gate, the three Edo-Tensei gathering behind him as he put his hand on the gate "Now, Torafusa! OPEN THE GATES OF HELL!" A shockwave was suddenly released from the gate as deep blue outlining light traveled across it.

"No… You… can't open that…!" Sora said weakly as he fiercely looked up at them.

"Oh…? You're still alive? You must have an incredibly strong will. But I'm afraid that won't be enough for you see, it's already too late to stop the opening of this gate which will result in the destruction of this Nation… no, the whole continent." The man said as Sora looked up at the gate to see large cracks appearing all over it with the blue light shining out of them as the ground started shaking violently.

Sora then looked over at Norma and Hitomi as he thought 'I can't go down here. Even if I can't stop that gate from opening, at least I've got to get these two out of here.' He then attempted to get to his feet as he moved towards Norma, but fell to the ground again due to his injuries.

"It's no use. You can't save them. You can't even save yourself." The man said before Sora's eyes widened as the gate suddenly blew up, revealing the blue light coming out of the opening as a powerful roar could be heard throughout the cave.

Ocean, Akagami & company

'What's this feeling of dread I'm getting?' Akagami thought as he felt all his hairs stand on edge and he was sweating heavily.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked as he looked at the Naruto look-alike before a loud boom could be heard coming from Demon Island and large waves were sent out in all directions.

"What was that?" Zoe asked.

"I don't know. And I'd rather not stick around to find out either." Anko said, but before they could do anything else, large cracks opened all over Demon Island as pieces of the island suddenly rose up before falling down into the water as if someone or something was pushing them up.

Then, an enormous skeletal head with a pair of large horns rose up from beneath the island, followed by an equally as skeletal body with a total of four arms, a pair of skeletal wings, a long tail, and finally two legs. In each hand it also held a different weapon, in the upper right hand was a jagged sword, in the upper left hand was a more normal-looking sword, in the lower right hand was what looked like an old gardening tool, and in the lower left hand was a sword with a bent tip pointing upwards. The creature was also gigantic, easily reaching up to the clouds, and on its head were none other than Vaclav, Melanie, and Cashel.

"Wh-what is that thing?!" One of the men from the collector ships yelled.

"This… this can't be real…!" Ino said as she looked up at the gigantic creature in fright, Arisa and Akisa cowering behind her.

"You-you've gotta be kidding me…! You guys had something like that?!" Beetlemon exclaimed.

"We're not the ones behind this…" Yoroi said.

"Either way, it seems to be trouble." Shino said.

"What is that thing?" Isaribi asked as she looked up at the monstrosity.

"You! What're you up to this time?" Sasuke asked as he looked at Amachi.

"This isn't my doing, I swear. I don't even know what that thing is!" Amachi said.

"Then explain how it came from your hideout?" Anko asked.

"He's telling the truth, Anko-san. This isn't his doing." Everyone turned to see Sora sitting on one knee on a nearby rock with Norma and Hitomi lying beside him.

"Sora-san, where did you come from?" Anko asked.

Flashback

Sora was lying helpless on the ground as everything was collapsing around him.

'Ugh. Norma-san. Hitomi-san.' He thought as he attempted to move to safe them, but found his strength failing him. Then it seemed as though time itself had stopped and someone appeared before him. He looked up to see it was a young woman wearing what appeared to be a variation of a Miko-dress, and she had long flowing silver hair, purple eyes, and black horns coming out from the sides of her head.

"Tell me, Child of Man, I have the power to save you, but I can only save two at a time. So who do you want me to save besides yourself? Choose widely, for I can only bring one other?" The woman said.

"You're saying that you can only save two of us? Then it's easy. Forget about me, take the girls and get them out of here!" Sora said, causing the woman to smile and Sora's eyes widened as three bright spherical lights appeared above the woman's head.

"That was the answer I wanted to hear." She said.

Flashback end

'My memory is pretty foggy. I wonder if that was just a dream.' Sora thought before looking over the two girls 'Either way, all three of us got out of there somehow.'

"Anyway, what did you mean when you said that this wasn't Amachi's doing?" Anko asked.

"I didn't get a good look at his face, but someone else… someone very powerful managed to open the Demon Gate of Water, located under Demon Island." Sora said.

"Demon Gate of Water?" Zoe asked in confusion.

"Torafusa." Akagami said, catching everyone's attention as he continued "It's one of nine Demon Gates that leads to the Demonic Realm of Daemonium." He then looked up at the Sword Dancer "And that thing is the guardian of that gate. The Sword Dancer."

"The Sword Dancer…?" Sasuke asked before Norma suddenly started coughing.

"Hey, Norma-san, are you all right?" Sora asked as he looked down on her before she sat up as the coughing stop.

"Yeah, I'm all right. You don't have to worry." She said before rising to her feet… and that's when she saw the Sword Dancer "Holy! What the heck is that thing?!"

"It's the Sword Dancer that I told you about." Sora said as he rose to his feet as well.

"That's the Sword Dancer…?" Norma asked as she took a couple steps backwards.

"So, what should we do now?" Kano asked before adding "I don't it'll let us get away."

"So you're saying we should fight it?" Sasuke asked and Zoe nodded.

"Whether it'd let us get away or not, the fact remains, if we allow it to get away, it could end up causing massive damage on a global scale." Zoe said.

"Hmm. Zoe-san's right. That thing carries enough destructive power to destroy the entirety of the Elemental Nations by itself." Sora said.

"Wait, you guys are going to fight that thing?" Amachi asked, looking at them as though they've gone crazy.

"We don't have a choice. It's either this, or the end of the world." Anko said.

"No… Amachi's right…!" Everyone then turned to look at Akagami "We don't stand a chance against that thing. It's way too powerful; we'd get crushed in less than a billionth of an instant."

"I've got to agree with Foxy here. There's no way that we could ever win this. And trust me, I've fought a Goddess before, so I kind of know these kinda things." Norma said.

"But…" This time everyone turned to Isaribi as she rose to her feet "If we can't let it get away, and we can't fight it, then what are we supposed to do?" However, everyone just silently looked down.

Sword Dancer's head

Vaclav took a couple steps forward before holding out his right arm towards the port town in the Land of Tea.

"Sword Dancer, show me your power by destroying that town." He said.

The Sword Dancer then crossed its arms in front of its ribs before swinging them outwards, sending a massive shockwave across the sea. The shockwave caused huge waves to appear and swallowed the collection ships as well as any other boats and ships between the Land of Sea and Land of Tea. The people were also either swallowed by the ocean or sent flying by the shockwave. As the shockwave hit the port town a few seconds later, the buildings were blown apart by the strong winds and people were lifted right off their feet, and even when the shockwave hit the cliff wall on the other side of the town, it dug into the earth and caused the cliff to come crumbling down over the back of the town.

"Hahahahahahahahahah! Splendid! Such magnificent power! Even the Nerifes Cannon couldn't compare to this!" Vaclav laughed maniacally.

Land of Tea, cliff

Standing on the same cliff as Team Anko had when they had first arrived was the young woman who had saved Sora, Hitomi, and Norma. Floating behind her were the three bright spherical lights.

"So I couldn't stop the opening of the gate in this world, either." She said.

"Oyashiro-sama…" A female voice came from one of the lights.

"Do not fret, Rem. They still won't be using the power of the Sword Dancer for a while yet, and even when they do, I have no doubt that there will be someone incredibly strong there to oppose them." The woman said before turning around as she began walking away "For now, let's return to Hinamizawa."

Land of Tea, port town ruins

The entire town had been destroyed, all of the buildings having been reduced to rubble and all of the inhabitants dead. Then some the rubble started moving as a figure pushed them out of the way as it rose to its feet.

"Ugh. What happened?" The figure, Akagami asked as he held his aching head.

"So you're awake." A voice said and Akagami turned towards it to see Anko sitting on some of the rubble.

"Anko-san. Where are the others?" Akagami asked.

"Don't worry, they're all fine. It seems that Isaribi were able to protect all of us, though the men from the collection ships didn't make it. Amachi and his henchman, Yoroi most likely died when that thing attacked us." Anko explained.

"Speaking of which. Where is the Sword Dancer?" Akagami asked as he looked towards where Demon Island once was, but the Sword Dancer was gone.

"Apparently after the attack, they just decided to up and leave." Anko said.

"So you're finally awake, huh?" Zoe said as she, J.P, and the now-awake Hitomi came up to them.

"Yeah. But whose idea was it to leave me in the rubble?" Akagami asked and both Zoe and J.P looked at Hitomi "I knew it!" And he charged at Hitomi, but she then kicked him in the balls, causing him to collapse onto the ground as J.P cringed and Hitomi turned around as she crossed her arms.

"You should've just stayed under there." She said.

"Ah! Aka-kun!" Arisa yelled as she and Akisa ran over and knelt down next to the red-head and Kano came up behind them.

"So, what're you guys going to do now?" Kano asked as Ino, Shino, Sasuke, and Norma also came over from different directions.

"We need to get back to Konoha and report our failure to the Hokage. We also need to inform her about the Sword Dancer." Anko said before turning to Zoe as she said "You should inform your leader as well."

"I've already sent word back. We've got a very adept sensory Shinobi in our village who can communicate through her sensory abilities with people she's been in contact with before." Zoe said, referring to Karin.

"It's possible to do that with sensory abilities? I mean, without using some type of machine?" Ino asked.

"She's the only one who can. It's due to her Mind's Eye of the Kagura. A sensory Kekkei Genkai that she was born with." Zoe said.

As they were all talking, Isaribi was standing at the shore, looking out towards the Land of Sea with a sad expression on her face as Sora came up behind her.

"You all right?" He asked.

"Y-yeah." Isaribi said.

"You know, there's no point in returning to a country that treats you like garbage. You could instead come with me and join the Holy Alliance. There you wouldn't be treated as an outcast, and despite your looks no one would treat you badly as they did here. Plus, we could really use someone with your abilities." Sora said.

"Thanks for the offer, but…" Isaribi said as she looked at Sora and continued "This is my homeland. Even if I came from somewhere else, far away, this is where I grew up, and where I made all my memories."

Sora smiled as he said "I see. If that is your decision, then I will respect it."

Suddenly, however, the ground shook, though it only lasted for a second.

"What was that?" Sora asked before Isaribi noticed something.

"Look." She said as she pointed towards a nearby crack in the ground which had probably been opened by the earthquake, and some kind of purple gas started pouring out.

"Oh, no! This is…!" Sora said as he covered his mouth before grabbing Isaribi's hand as he started running.

"Ah! What's going on?" The girl asked.

With the others

"Cough, cough!" Ino coughed as she covered her mouth with her hands before falling onto her knees. The entire area around them were covered in the same kind of purple gas that had come out of the crack where Sora and Isaribi were.

"What's happening? What is this purple gas." Sasuke asked as he had his mouth covered by his hand, but he suddenly felt a reaction in his curse mark as it activated and he went straight into the second stage transformation 'Nani? Why'd I transform?'

"Cough, cough, cough, cough." J.P coughed as he was writhing on the ground, however, just then his head was covered in a bubble of air which kept the gas away from his head and he looked up to see Zoe form another air-bubble as she already had one on herself.

"Cough, cough. This is Miasma. It's a gas in Daemonium which the Demons thrive in, though it's highly poisonous to anything else." Kano said as she coughed, her daughters who were clinging to her, already having been given air-bubbles by Zoe who then threw the one she was just done making at Ino, though her fellow blonde had already fallen unconscious due to the Miasma.

Zoe then formed a new air-bubble and turned to give it to Anko, but the Special Jonin just said "Don't bother. I don't think I'll need that." And Zoe's eyes widened as she saw that Anko's skin had turned very snake-like, being white with black spots, and her eyes had turned yellow with black slits. Her fingers and toes had become longer and pointed as her nails had vanished, and when she spoke, it could be seen that she had snake-like fangs and a snake-like tongue.

"It looks like my curse mark reacted to the Miasma and turned me into this. You should rather give that to someone who needs it." Anko said and Zoe looked down at the air-bubble before looking around and she noticed that Hitomi was coughing heavily so she gave it to her instead.

"Hey, are all of you all right?" Sora asked as he and Isaribi came over.

"Do we look all right? Cough, cough, cough!" Norma coughed hard before she received an air-bubble from Zoe as well.

"Izumi-san, do you have any idea how long these will last?" Shino asked, already having received one himself.

"They should last a while as long as we don't start running." Zoe said before she gave one to Kano.

"Why's that?" Sasuke asked.

"Because when you run, the wind going against you will blow the air-bubbles off." Zoe said and she gave one to Isaribi before preparing one for Sora, but she stopped as she heard Akagami speak up.

"We have to get out of here." He said as he looked out towards the Land of Sea, catching everyone's attention.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Norma asked.

A huge rumble sound could then be heard and Akagami looked at everyone over his shoulder and yelled "We have to get out of here NOW!"

As he said this, a huge crack formed on the ocean-floor as the water started pouring down it.

"MOVE!" Akagami yelled as he started running towards the back of the town, and everyone followed after as the ground began shaking again, Anko picking up the unconscious Ino.

"Well, this makes my air-bubbles completely useless!" Zoe said.

"Don't worry! You should be fine as long as you don't get too much Miasma into your system! Now hurry up!" Akagami yelled.

As she ran, Isaribi suddenly got a feeling of dread as she stopped and then turned around before her eyes widened as she saw Mother Island, her home fall apart as it began sinking into the ocean.

Akagami looked over his shoulder to see Isaribi just standing there and so he turned around as he yelled "Isaribi!" As he reached her, he grabbed her hand and said "Come one!" And then started running while dragging her with him.

As he then looked over his shoulder his eyes widened slightly. The whole of Mother Island was crumbling. It wasn't just sinking into the ocean, it was falling into the Demonic Realm, Daemonium. Thanks to his Demon blood, Akagami's vision was really good, and even in this purple mist, he could even see the kids who had bullied Isaribi, fall into Daemonium.

He turned his head away as he said "Trust me. You don't wanna see it."

As they continued running, the town's port suddenly crumbled and fell into the ocean, soon followed by the ruined town as large cracks moved across the ground. Everyone managed to stay ahead of the cracks, however, well at least until they reached the cliff at the back of the town. They quickly began scaling up the collapsed cliff wall from the Sword Dancer's attack as they attempted to reach the top of the cliff. Even as they were in the middle of climbing, however, the pieces of the collapsed cliff started falling down, though everyone still managed to get to the top with Akagami and Isaribi being the last ones.

As everyone panted from the run and climb, they looked out over the ocean only to have their eyes widen.

"What the…?" Hitomi said.

"This is…!" Zoe said.

"… Impossible." J.P finished her sentence.

"You got to be kidding…" Norma said.

"My homeland… the Land of Sea is… gone." Isaribi said as where the Land of Sea once was there was now a gigantic hole filled with Miasma going down all the way to Daemonium and extending from just beneath the cliff they were on now and all the way till beyond where Mother Island once lied. The only part of the Land of Sea remaining being about half of Taro Island as it was just at the border of the hole.

Akagami then sensed something before some kind of creature suddenly shot out of the hole right in front of them. It was about half as tall as a normal full-grown Human and as wide as a jet-plane with a Draconic head which had a pair of round glowing red eyes. Coming out from the sides of its main body were what looked like the wings of a plane, though they were as bendable as a bird's and underneath the base of said wings were a pair of short arms which ended in a bulb and had three claws sticking out from them. Its entire body was also colored gold.

"What the heck is that thing?" Norma asked as the Demon flew down towards them and opened its mouth before a stream of red-hot flames was unleashed. Sora, however, jumped in the way of the flames as he used his own body as a shield to protect the others, using his arms to cover his face.

"You guys get out of here!" He said.

"What…?" Hitomi asked.

"No. We'll fight too!" Sasuke said as he, Akagami, Zoe, J.P, Anko, and Kano got ready to attack.

"Don't! This guy is stronger than a Kage! You'd get obliterated if you tried to fight it!" Sora said before throwing his arms to the side with such force that the flames were dispersed "I'll take this one on." Everyone then looked on as he yelled "Over-limit: Level 8!" His body was then covered from head-to-toe in a thick layer of water "Heh. If I'm up against a Fire Demon, then I'll just cover myself in water like this. NOW GO!"

The others flinched from the harsh tone of his voice at the two final words before they all turned around and began running as fast as they could muster.

"Well, then. Seems it's just you and me, little Demon." Sora said mockingly as he stood there, preparing for the Demon's attack as it flew towards him.

The Demons of Daemonium were classified in ranks by letters, ranging from F to Triple-S. The Demon who had appeared before them was – according to Sora – stronger than a Kage, yet it was only an F-rank Demon.

Land of Fire

In a forest somewhere in the Land of Fire, a small voice could be heard crying out, crying out for its master who had disappeared on it.

"Luu-sama! Where are you, Luu-sama!" The one the voice belonged to stumbled out through some bushes, revealing itself to be Salamon. The same Salamon who was always with Luu of the Council of 5, now lost and wandering about without knowing where to go.

"Where are you, Luu-sama? I'm scared…" She said quietly to herself.

Konoha

Tsunade was in her office, currently in the midst of writing a letter. On the desk besides the letter were five envelopes, each one designated for one of the other Kage, plus one for Naruto.

"Hmm… "As the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, I would like to ask you to attend a Gokage Summit"." A voice just next to Tsunade's ear read and she quickly looked to her side to see no one there, but when she looked towards the door, a man was standing there.

He bore a constant wide grin and narrow eyes with green irises and he had shoulder-length blonde hair. He also wore a cowboy-like hat with a white feather sticking out from it and a black jacket with a white shirt underneath as well as brown pants and matching shoes.

"Who… are you?" Tsunade asked.

"Who am I? Don't tell me you've already forgotten me, Tsunade." The man said, causing Tsunade's eyes to widen.

"It… can't be…! Don't tell me you're… Hiroshi?" Tsunade asked, causing the man's grin to widen.

"So you do remember me, Tsunade." The man now identified as Hiroshi said.

"Can you blame me for not recognizing you? You look nothing like the last time we met." Tsunade said, a vain popping on her head as Hiroshi's grin widened again "So, what are you here for?"

"I'm here… to give you a warning." Hiroshi said.

"A… warning? What kind of warning?" Tsunade asked, causing Hiroshi's grin to widen again.

Unknown location

Somewhere in the Elemental Nations during the night was a young girl who didn't look like she could be any older than 11-years old walking. She had long brown hair in a pony-tail which ended around her mid-back and she had a bang that went down over her right eye. Her attire consisted of red Ninja-like clothing with a fish-net shirt underneath and a yellow scarf. She also had a tanto strapped to her back.

Then a bunch of Ninjas covered from head-to-toe in navy-blue clothing appeared around her.

"Fujibayashi Suzu of the Ninja Village, Mizuho! Prepare to die!" One of the Ninja yelled before every-one of them charged at her as they drew their weapons. However, Suzu only let out a heavy sigh as she took a small ring with a ruby on it out of her pocket and put it on the ring-finger of her right hand. She then balled her hand into a face and extended her arm out in front of her as she closed her eyes and held her left hand in a one-handed hand-sign.

"I call upon the mighty earth of the west, the servant of Mother Earth!" She said before her eyes snapped open and her right arm shot skyward as she yelled out "I summon thee, come, GNOME!" A brown light then shot from the ring and into the sky, causing all of the enemy Ninja to stop in their tracks as they looked upwards.

"I'M HERE!" A loud, booming voice called out as a gigantic rocky arm shot up from the ground, soon followed by a second arm which then pulled up the rest of the body, revealing a huge stone golem which was about five times the size of a normal full-grown Human.

"Wh-what is that thing?!" One of the Ninja asked.

"My, there's quite a few insects around here. Hmm… Guess I'll just squash them!" The rock golem said before raising his right leg and slamming it down on the ground, causing ripples to go through the ground like when you'd throw a rock in the water. Once the ripples stopped, however, pointy rocks shot out of the ground, penetrating everyone that stood in their path, splattering their blood everywhere.

Suzu only stood there, watching the carnage take place with dead, uninterested eyes.

Once all of the enemy Ninja had been pierced by the rocks, Gnome vanished as Suzu started walking through the carnage before stopping as she looked into the horizon and said "We're almost there. Uzushiogakure no Sato."

Ethra Mountain Range

Byaku and Jigi were standing in a large forest with unusually tall trees which lay at the foot of a mountain which Jigi noticed gave off some unusual energy.

"What is this place? Why are the trees here so tall, and what's this energy I feel coming from the mountain?" Jigi asked before adding "It kinda feels like Nature Energy, but it's a lot thicker, and in far greater quantities."

"It's Ethra." Byaku stated.

"Ethra? What's that?" Jigi asked.

"I suppose you could say it's kind of like the parent energy of Natural Energy. It's a Nekomimian word which literally translates into "A Force of Life"." Byaku said before beginning to walk "Come on, let's go."

However, just then, a large tiger at least ten times the size of a normal one appeared from behind the bushes and aimed an attack for Byaku. Byaku then just spun around before the tiger fell to the ground, dead, as Jigi noticed a blood-stained bone retracting itself back into Byaku's palm.

"Hurry up. The others are waiting." He said before Jigi came to her senses from the surprise of the size of the tiger and followed after him.

Chapter preview

Salamon "A Town? Maybe the people here can help me."

Woman "EEEEK! PERVERT!"

Jiraiya "Aaaahhh!"

Salamon 'Hey, isn't that…?'

Jiraiya "Stop hiding yourself. I know you're there."

Salamon "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Salamon's adventure."

Hinata "Why, hello there, little doggy."

Salamon 'huh?'

Character status

Akagami: Level: 123

Chakra Level: Divine.

Youkai Level: F.

Techniques: Shakuton: Sakka Shakunetsu, Shakuton: Yaketsuku Netsu, Hyoton: Daifubuki, Hyoton: Reito-Imochi, Futton: Futto Jokidan, Fuinjutsu: Fuin Tate, Space-Space: Warp, Space-Space: Dispose, Space-Space: Retrieve, Space-Space: Youkai MK II, 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.

Zephyrmon: Level: 146

Data Level: Ultimate.

Chakra Level: Jonin.

Techniques: Hurricane Gale, Gilgamesh Slicer.

Weapons: none

Series: Digimon.

MetalKabuterimon: Level: 98

Data Level: Ultimate.

Chakra Level: Chunin.

Techniques: Bolo Thunder, Electron Cannon.

Weapons: none

Series: Digimon.

Sasuke (curse mark second stage): Level: 125

Chakra Level: Divine.

Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Katon: Goukakyo, Katon: Housenka, Katon: Ryuka, Katon: Taienka, Chidori.

Weapons: kunai, shuriken.

Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.

Series: Naruto.

Ranamon: Level: 136

Data Level: Ultimate.

Chakra Level: Jonin.

Techniques: Draining Rain, Dark Vapor, Whipping Waves.

Weapons: none

Series: Digimon.

Kano: Level: 437

Mana Level: Divine.

Techniques: none

Weapons: none

Series: Original Character.

Sora: Level: 625

Mana Level: Chunin.

Techniques: Impact, Swallow Dance.

Weapons: none

Series: Original Character.

MetalSeadramon: Level: 259

Data Level: Mega.

Techniques: Ultimate Stream, Hell Squeeze, Poseidon's Divide, Shimetsuke.

Weapons: none

Series: Digimon.

Amachi (Kaima): Level: 168

Chakra Level: Jonin.

Techniques: Scale Senbon, Suiton: Taihodan, Kuchiyose.

Weapons: scalpels.

Series: Naruto.

Melanie (Edo): Level: 174

Eres Level: Kage.

Techniques: Eruption, Explode.

Weapons: staff.

Series: Tales of… (Legendia).

Cashel (Edo): Level: 193

Eres Level: Kage.

Techniques: unknown

Weapons: kunai.

Series: Tales of… (Legendia).

Vaclav (Edo): Level: 236

Eres Level: Kage.

Techniques: unknown

Weapons: none

Series: Tales of… (Legendia).

Volt: Level: unknown

Mana Level: Off the charts.

Techniques: Lightning, Thunder Blade, Indignation.

Weapons: none

Series: Tales of Series.

Character information

Name: Isaribi.

Age: 34 (looks 14)

Affiliation: Land of Sea (former), Amachi (former).

Affinity: Water.

Likes: The Land of Sea.

Dislikes: Amachi.

Info: When she was a mere baby, Isaribi was found on the shore of Demon Island before being taken in by a kind and loving family in the Land of Sea. However, one day all three of them were captured by Orochimaru's subordinate, Amachi who began experimenting on them in order to create underwater soldiers, though in the end only Isaribi survived. Eventually, Amachi set her free though she had to do what they told her to do if she wanted to return to being a Human again. The people in the Land of Sea weren't only surprised that she returned, but she didn't look a day older from when she disappeared, this – along with the bandages and the fact that she returned – led them to think of her as a Monster and an outcast. Under Amachi's orders, Isaribi attacked and plundered the ships, giving herself a reputation as the "Demon of the Ocean" even if people didn't know that she was behind it. When she met Akagami however, she started to see the error of her ways, and thanks to him also realized that Amachi would just throw her away eventually without a second thought, and this allowed her psyche to finally reach out to the presence that had lived inside her, her entire life, Ranamon, and she became the Legendary Warrior of Water.

Kurama no Kyubi: And that's it for that chapter, and that arc. Now the next arc will just be four individual chapters which have nothing at all to do with one-another. The first one will be about Salamon and her journey which eventually leads her to Konoha and a certain someone, the second one will be about a Gokage Summit to discuss Uzushio's future as potentially one of the Great Shinobi Nations as well as what they're gonna do with that gaping hole where the Land of Sea once was, the third chapter's about Fujibayashi Suzu from Tales of Phantasia when she comes to Uzushio in search of a certain Spirit (guess which one), and the fourth chapter will be about Acnologia and his followers and will basically show what they're up to and what they're gonna do from now on. Now then, enough of that. I've actually come up with a new story idea which is also a multi-crossover, though it will only have a total of seven stories with the main two being Naruto and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Higurashi When They Cry).

Story preview

Rika "Even though I've broken through my cursed fate, it seems that there are still people after me. And this time, my friends can't help me."

Hanyu "Rika…"

Rika "So that's why, I've decided to go and find powerful allies who can help."…"This village… maybe I can find someone to help me break free of my destiny here."

Naruto ""Destiny" this, "destiny" that! Shut up about destiny! There's no one who can decide your future for you. That's something you make for yourself!"

Rika "He reminds me… of Keiichi."

Wendy "Let me show you the power of a true Dragon Slayer!"

Sabo "Stay behind me, Rika-chan, I won't let them get to you."

Rika "Sabo…!"

Yuzu (forms a bow from gathered Reishi) "Tell me; do you know where my brother, Kurosaki Ichigo is?"

Link "Sorry, but I can't come with you. I have to stay here to guard Zelda. I'd never be able to forgive myself if something happened to her while I was away."

Naruto "Hah! With all of us working together, there's no one who can beat us! Dattebayo!"

Orochimaru "That girl with the blue hair. She's quite… intriguing."

Mard Geer "My, my. A God, a Demon, and a Dragon working together. This is certainly one for the history books."

Rika "NARUTO!"

Naruto "Bastard! Give Rika-chan back!"

Doflamingo "Sorry kid, but there are quite a few people on the black-market who'd pay a high prize to get their hands on this girl. If you want her back, you'd better win that tournament."

Yhwach "So I see you go by "Hanyu" now, huh? Well, let's see if you've gotten any stronger since the last time we fought, 1.000 years ago."

Hanyu "Very well."

Rika "Hanyu, NO!"

Ganondorf "A Dragon Slayer, eh? Well then, let's see how you hold up to the great reputation of the Dragon Slayers." (Volvagia comes down in front of Wendy and looks down on her as she grits her teeth) "Sorry I couldn't find a Sky Dragon, so I hope this'll do."

Rika "I think Naruto was right. As long as we're together, no one can beat us."

Hanyu "Follow the thrilling story of Naruto no Naku Koro ni, nano-desu!"

Frederica Bernkastel "People were after me. So I fled to different worlds. People were still after me. So I went to my friends for help. People were after me. But me and my friends broke through our destiny. Even then, people were still after me. So I went and made new friends. People were after me. My new friends couldn't protect me."

Information: As you can see, six out of the seven franchises in this story are Naruto, Higurashi, Fairy Tail, One Piece, Bleach, and the Legend of Zelda and there will be one character from each series which joins Rika's group; Uzumaki Naruto, Furude Rika, Wendy Marvell, Sabo, Kurosaki Yuzu, and Link. Of course, Hanyu and Carla will be there as well, and there'll be another character who'll be an OC of mine. As for the seventh franchise, well I'll reveal that one in the next story preview. Now, as for a brief summary, Rika learns that a certain faction within the secret organization, "Tokyo" has gotten an interest in her. And realizing that there's too many for her and her friends to deal with, she decides to leave the village to find powerful allies that can help her. Also if some of you are wonder why Wendy instead of Natsu, or why Yuzu instead of Ichigo, there's actually a reason for that which I'll reveal later… much later when I'm actually writing the story.