Episode 42: Nozarashi
Kenpachi was walking with his squad.
"Can you tell us where we're going?" Asked Yumichika.
"Do you remember when you three all got those Zanpakuto?"
"Yes..." Replied Ikkaku.
"I'm going to get one."
Ikkaku's eyes widened.
"Wow, Kenny!" Yachiru said. "That's really cool!"
"I'm going to tell them to make it look exactly like this one."
A teenaged boy was standing in front of Tsunade. He had blond hair, and he wore orange and black. He had a brown headband, with a leaf on it. He had blue eyes, and he had three whiskers on each side of his face.
"Naruto. The Akatsuki have shown that they're capable of entering our Village, killing people, and then leaving."
"Why are you telling this to me?"
"Because the Akatsuki are after Jinchuriki. Hosts of Tailed Beasts. Like yourself. They've already gotten Gaara's, and the host of the Two Tails. But they could come here and take you away any time they please. It won't matter how many guards we have."
"What... can I do...?"
"I'm going to send you to the Steel Village. There is so much protection there that you won't even be at risk from the Akatsuki."
Naruto nodded. "But I don't know the way..."
"Team Guy will escort you once the Steel approves."
Tsunade wrote them a letter, and then sent it to them.
The next day she received a response, saying that they'd have Naruto in their Village.
Team Guy walked into the room.
Naruto nodded to them, and stepped forwards.
"Be safe, Naruto." Sakura told him.
Naruto smiled. "Don't worry about me, Sakura! I'll be fine!"
Sakura forced a smile back, and then Team Guy and Naruto left for the Steel.
"Naruto doesn't know how much trouble he's in..." Mumbled Sakura.
"Wait here." Kenpachi ordered to his squad as he walked into the temple.
"It's strange how he could find his way here... he would have likely gotten lost..." Said Ikkaku.
"When the Sensei puts his mind to something, he does it. He doesn't matter how dangerous or unlikely it is. He'll get it done."
Kenpachi looked around.
A monk walked up to him. "You were here a while back... you helped escort me here."
"Hmm. I need a favor. I want one of your Zanpakuto. But I would like you to create that looks like this sword."
"Well we could just enchant this sword."
"Fine. Do that."
"It will only take a minute."
Team Guy was running to the other Village.
"There's a group of people coming our way." Said a black haired man with white eyes. His veins around his eyes were bulging. He was wearing a caramel colored jacket.
"Are they ninja?" Asked a girl wearing white and red.
"They aren't wearing headbands. There's four of them. A big guy with an eye patch... a bald man... a small girl, and another man with black hair. All of them with swords. The girl is riding on the guy with the eye patch's back."
"They could be Akatsuki..." Said Guy. "Hide."
Kenpachi was running along with his squad. He suddenly stopped.
"What is it, Sensei?" Asked Ikkaku.
"Shut up." Kenpachi went for his sword. "I can sense you! Come out!"
"You maybe able to sense them, but you will never know exactly where they are!" Yachiru laughed. She jumped off his back, and then ran over to a tree with some birds in it. She ran up the side of the tree, and then swung her sheathed swung at the birds.
Instantly the birds flew away.
"Oops. I was wrong..." Yachiru jumped down from the tree, and landed in a bush.
"OW!" Cried the bush.
"Aha! Kenny, the bush is talking!" She instantly ran over to Kenpachi and jumped back on his shoulder.
"Come out!" Growled Kenpachi. "Show yourself!"
Naruto slowly stood up.
Instantly Team Guy teleported in front of him as if they would use themselves as body shields for him.
"Are you Akatsuki?" Asked Neji, the boy with white eyes.
"I should be asking you the same thing." Said Kenpachi. "Identify yourselves."
"Oh no..." Mumbled Guy. "I know I've heard of this man before... He could be a dangerous Akatsuki."
"Sensei-" Ikkaku was about to say.
"Shut up Ikkaku. "I'll handle this."
"But Sensei they're-"
Guy flew at Kenpachi with a kick. Kenpachi dodged to the side, and drew his sword. He slashed him across the side.
Guy punched Kenpachi in the face, and sent him flying several yards backwards.
"I've been wanting to try this out..." Kenpachi took a deep breath. "Drink. Nozarashi!"*
His blade suddenly transformed into a rather large battle axe/war cleaver hybrid. It was easily three times as big as Kenpachi.
Yachiru suddenly jumped on Kenpachi's head, and started to pull his hair.
"Kenny! They're Leaf Ninja! They're our allies!"
"Stop that!" Growled the swordsman, trying to swing the girl off of his head.
He flicked his blade out, and it turned back into it's sealed state. He sheathed his blade, and Yachiru jumped off of his head and ran over to Guy. She pulled on his sleeve.
"He's Kenny! He's the strongest ninja from the Steel Village. We're his Squad. Squad Eleven."
Guy jumped backwards, assuming that Yachiru was lying to him.
"Guy-sensei!" Cried the girl, Tenten. "They're not lying! He's Kenpachi Zaraki! Look at his jacket!"
Guy walked over to Kenpachi. "Sorry for the confusion..." Guy mumbled.
"Not a big deal. Though, you are pretty strong. That blow almost broke my nose."
"If it didn't you must be extremely durable."
"Yeah." Kenpachi nodded. "Maybe some day we'll be able to fight again."
"So where are you guys headed?" Asked Neji.
"We were just headed back to the Steel." Said Kenpachi.
"The Steel's that way..." Neji pointed forwards.
"Damn. I got lost again." Kenpachi groaned.
Ikkaku finally walked over, along side Yumichika.
"Let's go back together. No point in splitting up now." They all went back to the Steel.
The second Kinkage looked up at the motly group. "Alright. Naruto Uzumaki, you're going to have to go to Kenpachi's house."
"Why me?" Kenpachi growled.
"Because. You're the strongest one here, right? Than you should train him."
"I work with a sword. This kid doesn't."
"Than have Tatsuzo train him."
"Why not just have him live with Tatsuzo?"
"Because Tatsuzo doesn't have any spare rooms."
"What about Rinji?"
"Rinji lives with his Clan. He doesn't have any spare rooms."
"What about that bitch Machiko?"
"She's currently on a mission. Just take him, Kenpachi."
"Damn." Kenpachi looked at the blond.
Team Guy walked out, and then went back to the Leaf.
Kenpachi took Naruto to his house.
"Your name's Naruto, right?" Kenpachi growled.
"Yeah-"
"I don't care."
"Why did you ask if you didn't care?"
Kenpachi glared at him, getting Naruto to shut up.
Kenpachi showed Naruto around the house. "Wake me up during my nap and I'll kill you. Talk to me, and I'll kill you. Eat any of my food-"
"And you'll kill me."
Naruto went over, and he lied down in the guest room's bed. He looked around. It was still bright outside. What the heck am I supposed to do all day? It'll take hours for the sun to set... He thought.
Kenpachi lied down on his bed, and fell asleep.
Yachiru walked over to Naruto.
"Hey, what was your name again?"
"Yachiru Kusajishi." She smiled. "Thanks for asking!"
"What's up?"
"I'm going to show you around the Village. Let's go!"
"Don't yell... you'll wake up Kenpachi!"
"Nah, Kenny will never wake up! See, KENNNY! WAKKKKKKE UPPPPP!"
Kenpachi rolled over on his side.
"See? Nothing."
Naruto stood up, and then Yachiru jumped up on his back.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked.
"Ah, come on! Kenny always let me ride on his back! Pleasee...?"
"Fine..." Naruto walked out. "If you fall it's your fault."
"I know!" Yachiru called.
As Yachiru was showing Naruto the sites, they came across Tatsuzo, Rinji, and Machiko.
"Hey, Yachiru. Who's this guy? Did Kenpachi learn the Transformation Jutsu or something?" Asked Rinji.
"No, this is Whiskers."
"My name's Naruto Uzumaki."
"Kenny's sleeping. But he was supposed to babysit Whiskers because he's wanted from the Akatsuki, and... yeah."
"Oh, you're that guy." Tatsuzo nodded. "We were just heading out to eat some ramen, wanna come?"
"YES!" Naruto grinned.
"Great. I'll pay for you."
At the ramen shop, Yachiru ran across the table and she ran up to Machiko. "Why is she here? Did she join the group?"
"Well, we went on that one mission together. So we figured that we mi'as** well just invite her to join us at ramen." Tatsuzo was eating rather quickly, Naruto trying to keep up with him but finding himself unable to.
"Oh." Yachiru went back to her seat, and started eating again.
"I finished!" Cried Tatsuzo.
"Dang it... I thought I was fast..." Naruto said.
"If you guys continue to race while eating then you're going to choke." Machiko pointedo ut.
"She breaks her silence, finally!" Cried Rinji, as if this was a ground breaking thing.
Machiko's face turned red.
"Don't worry about us, Machiko." Said Tatsuzo. "It's all just fun and games."
"I didn't catch your name." Naruto told them.
"Tatsuzo Tekkan."
"Can you train me? Right now... I'm pretty weak. I'm only a Genin..."
"Yeah, I can train you. Right now my squad's taking the Chunin Exams."
"Yeah, mine too." Rinji put in. "But I won't be able to train you."
Notes: *Depending on your translation, he might have said swallow. But I prefer drink.
**This is a shortened version of might as.
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