Here's the next chapter for all of you readers! I also would like to thank all of you for reviewing. Don't worry everyone, every big character from Naruto and Inuyasha will make their big debute such as: Gaara and team, Sesshomaru and team, Totosai, Itachi, and much more! Just keep reading and I'll keep writing.
Chpt.3 Allies or Foes
"Take this!" Inuyasha cried punching the last ninja to the ground. He rolled next to a tree beside three other ninjas knocked out. "Heh, that wasn't much of a challenge."
One of the ninjas managed to stand but struggled a bit. He pulled out a kunai and cried, "Demon! We won't give up so easily."
"Please, we want no confrontation." Miroku assured, "All we want is to look for our friend."
"You'll have to go through me first!" cried a voice as a puff of smoke appeared.
"Not another one." Kagome didn't like where this was going.
As the smoke dispersed from the scene, a ninja appeared with silver hair. He also had a mask covering his mouth and his headband covered one of his eyes.
The struggling man stared at him with great joy. "Kakashi!" He cried.
"You, get as many as you can to safety." Kakashi commanded, "I'll take care of these four. Just warn the village."
The man nodded, grabbed his fellow ninja and disappeared.
"And as for you demons, you will learn that Konoha is one not to be messed with."
"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered, "This guy seems like trouble."
"Nothing that I can't handle." The dog demon snorted, "Just stay back there, this will only take a second."
"Oh, feeling cocky are we?" Kakashi asked.
"You should've received help from that guy when you had the chance. It almost seems unfair that you have to go at us alone."
Suddenly, a figure from the trees made a landing right beside Kakashi. "Then allow me to even the odds!" The man has a green jumpsuit on with the most ridiculous hairstyle to match. His teeth shined brightly as he made a triumphant smile.
"Who is this idiot?" Inuyasha laughed.
"I am the great and powerful Gai!" The man boomed out happily, "You will not defeat me so easily!"
"I see your as high spirited as ever Gai." Kakashi said to his friend.
"Kagome," Inuyasha silently called out, "You and Sango get in the village and go find Kirara and Shippo. Miroku and I will distract these two."
"But…"
"Don't worry about us Kagome." Miroku happily said, "We shall be fine."
"Good, now go." Inuyasha then turned his attention toward his opponents. "Let's find out who's behind that mask! IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inuyasha extended his claws at Kakashi.
"Come on Kagome." Sango motioned and with a slight nod they ran inside making sure they weren't watched.
"Ninety-six, Ninety-seven," Lee grunted doing his daily pushups while his teammates, Neji and Tenten, were busy with their workout as well.
"Isn't it weird?" Tenten asked.
"What's weird," Asked Neji.
"Isn't it wired that Gai sensei was called to important business right at the last minute?"
"…Ninety-eight… ninety-nine…one-hundred!" Lee announced as he took a break. "If Gai sensei says he has business, then we mustn't question him. We should get stronger while he's gone."
"Lee's right," Neji seconded, "It's probably nothing."
"But didn't you hear?" Tenten asked, "All the other student's teachers also have left for some odd reason. And don't you think it's odd that they won't let anyone out of the city?"
"KRIII!" shouted a woeful cry of an animal in the bushes.
"What was that?" Lee asked.
"Probably some animal." Neji assured.
The cry came again.
"It sounds big." Tenten mentioned getting ready for a fight.
Neji and Lee as well joined her with kunai in their hands.
The trees began to rustle as something jumped from the branches.
"It's coming this way!" Tenten informed but the other two already knew.
"Get ready…" Neji commanded.
WHOOSH
Out from the highest tree appeared a huge animal. It had creamy fur, big fangs, and its paws seemed to be on fire. It cocked its head in their direction and gave a growl.
"OH NO!" Something cried on the animal's back, "More of them!" This creature was like a child but instead of feet it had paws and a fuzzy tail.
"What are these things?" Lee asked in confusion, "These are some odd looking animals."
"There you two are," Cried a loud voice from the trees. It landed on the ground below revealing it to be Konoha's loudest ninja of all time. He was also accompanied by a variety of friends.
Tenten cried, "What are you guys doing here?
"Were here for those two," Kiba pointed to the strange creatures. "That stupid midget owes me a new jacket!"
"Hey! I'm not a midget!" The small one cried.
"What are you two doing in the city?" Shino questioned, "Who are you anyway?"
"Why should we tell you?" It growled.
"Shippo! Shippo, are you there?" Called out a familiar voice to the two creatures.
"Kagome?" The small one called Shippo cried, "Kagome! I'm over here."
"Shippo!" The voice cried bursting from the grove of trees. It belonged to a woman wearing what looked like a school uniform and had wavy black hair. She immediately wrapped the animal in a huge hug. "I'm so glad you two are safe."
"Hold on just a minute!" Kiba growled, "What's going on here!"
"Kirara!" Another woman burst from the bushes. She wore an outfit that looked somewhat like a warriors. She carried with her a giant weapon that looked like a boomerang. Her face was one that made Kiba blush. In fact, he couldn't take her eyes off of her.
"Krii!" The cat cried as it morphed back into its smaller form and jumped into he woman's arms.
"Oh, I was so worried about you Kirara." She turned her head towards the young wild boy still staring at her. "Did you kids find these two?"
Kiba almost couldn't say a single thing, "Guh…y-yeah."
"Well thank you. I'm Sango, and this is Kirara."
The other woman introduced herself too, "I'm Kagome."
"And I'm Shippo." The small creature announced.
"You weren't too happy to give us your name before." Tenten teased.
"I didn't want to but Kagome did."
"Well since were giving out our names, allow me to be the first. I am Rock Lee!"
"Shino"
"Tenten"
"Neji"
"I'm Sakura"
"H-Hinata, it's a pleasure."
"….uh…"
Sango looked at the boy who seemed to be perplexed with her eyes, "And what's your name?"
"K….K-Kiba. I'm Kiba…and this is Akamaru."
"Arf!"
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. And were not kids! Were ninja."
"Huh? Ninja?" Kagome repeated.
"Yeah. What's the matter? Ever seen a ninja before."
"Uh…no, I haven't ever seen a ninja but I never expected them to be so young."
"Well believe it." The blonde boy cried as her pointed to his headband, "See this? This is a kohnoha headband. Only leaf ninja can wear them."
Shippo stared at it for a moment and then smugly said, "That's a pretty stupid name."
"SAY WHAT!"
"You heard me. Who would be afraid of anything called leaf?"
"Don't be so rude Shippo." Kagome scolded then turned to the ninja, "By the way, where did you find Kirara and Shippo?"
"We found them in a bush thanks to Akamaru picking up their scent." Shino explained.
"Yeah, but when we took them out your stupid cat trampled me and Shippo burned a hole in Kiba's jacket. You should apologize to us and give Kiba a new jacket. It's the least you could do for not looking after your mph!"
Kiba cut Naruto short by covering his mouth with his hand.
"No, it was no trouble at all. Loudmouth here over exaggerates all the time."
"No I DON'T! MPPHH!"
"It was nothing. It was really my fault anyway. I was being too reckless."
Sango gave him a cheerful smile, "Alright then, but I feel awfully sorry about your jacket. I'd pay for a new one but we don't have much."
"No! It's really fine! Don't buy anything for me!" Kiba franticly said dropping Naruto to the ground.
"Sheesh, what's his problem?"
Sakura gave out a giggle, "Don't you get it Naruto?"
"Get what?"
"Ugh…Kiba has a crush on that girl."
Naruto examined Kiba for a long time. His face was blushing violently. "Oh."
"I've never seen you two here before." Neji pointed out, "Where are you from?"
"Were just travelers," Kagome assured, "Our friends just got lost and we went to find them."
Sango nodded, "And now that we have, we'd better get going."
Before any of them could turn and leave, Neji threw a kunai in their direction, hitting a tree only inches away from Kagome.
"I don't think so."
"Neji, what's the matter with you?" Tenten growled, "Their just travelers."
"No, there's something their hiding from us."
"?"
"I've sensed a strange aura coming from those two creatures. I've been using Bakayugan to see. Their chakra isn't human or animal…it's some different type…I've come to a conclusion. If it isn't human or animal…it has to be demon."
Everyone stared at the people with wide eyes.
"What's the matter? Yes Shippo and Kirara are demons but they wouldn't hurt anyone."
"Sorry but we can't take the chance." Shino said coming closer, "We've had a while ago an attack from a demon during our chunnin exams. And now two more, its best if you come with us."
"But…" Sango tried to say something but was stopped by Kagome.
"No, we should go with them. Maybe we can explain our situation and brighten the subject."
Sango paused for a moment but then gave a happy nod.
Shino nodded, "Good, now if you'll follow us we'll take you to see the Hokage. And if you try anything funny, she'll probably crush you."
"She sounds scary." Shippo quivered.
Neji suddenly grabbed out a kunai and threw in their direction again hitting a bush.
"Hey!" Kagome cried, "What was that for! We told you that we wouldn't run away!"
"HISSS! Stuuupid huuumans! Youuu may have fouuuund me buuut that doesn't mean youuu can stop me!" A giant demon emerged from the bushes. Its fur was sleek black and had nasty green eyes with some sharp teeth as well. "I will possess more jewel shards."
"Ahh! A demon!" Shippo cried hiding behind Kagome.
"How did it get to be so big?" Sango wondered.
Kagome took a good look and then noticed a glint shining. "It has a jewel shard!" She gasped.
"And I'm abouuut to have more!" It cried grabbing the young schoolgirl in its paws. "Give up the jewel shards and I promise your death will be quick."
Meanwhile…
'Damn.' Inuyasha said in his head, 'These guys are better than I thought."
Gai and Kakashi were still standing. It seemed that whenever Inuyasha tried to hit Kakashi, he would somehow dodge his attack. Gai was too strong for Miroku to handle only using his staff as a weapon.
"Hey Miroku."
"Yeah?"
"You stay outta this, I'll fight them on my own."
"But you haven't hit them once. How…"
"Easy," He said taking out his sword, "I'll use Tetsuiga."
"You can't!"
"Look, we're dealing with powerful humans. The only way to finish this fast is if we use all we got. Don't worry, I bet they won't die. Just jump in when its time."
'Interesting,' Kakashi thought, 'His sword seems to emit a powerful aura. I didn't even know that demon's use swords.' Kakashi's palm began to flicker.
"Chidori?" Gai asked and was given a nod. "Okay then." He then moved away and sat by a tree. 'This will be quick.'
"Here I go!" Inuyasha charged straight at the silver haired man.
Kakashi charged as well with chidori blazing in his hand.
"WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha slammed his sword to the ground letting out a blazing attack.
'Amazing!' Kakashi thought, 'Let's see if Chidori can handle this.'
A gigantic blast shined as Chidori and wind scar collided. It blinded the area for a few minutes but then began to die down. As it disappeared, the scene revealed two figures thrown back into opposite tree trunks.
"DAMN!" Inuyasha cursed as he struggled back up. "The wind scar was evenly matched."
"The demon's more powerful than I thought." Kakashi said to himself as he stood back up.
"If you think that I'm not done with you, then thing ag…" Inuyasha stopped as he sniffed the air.
"Inuyasha, what's the matter?" Miroku asked.
"I smell a demon." He announced, "It's coming from the village."
Both ninja's eyes blazed wide open.
"There's another scent." Inuyasha sniffed the air again and then flipped. "It's Kagome's!"
"Don't worry, Sngo can help her if she gets into any trouble."
"I don't know if she can handle it herself. I'm going after it! Catch up later!" And with that Inuyasha dashed off.
"Wait, Inuyasha!" But he was already long gone. Miroku sighed. "I'm going to tell you two again. We mean you no harm. We only want to help our friends."
"Should we believe him?" Gai asked.
"Lets find out." Kakashi made some symbols with his hand slammed it to the ground and then…
Poof! A little dog wearing a blue vest and a headband appeared. (Please tell me what the dog's name is! I think it has one.)
"What's wrong Kakashi?" The little dog asked.
"Did that dog just talk?" Miroku asked.
Kakashi turned to the dog and asked, "I need you to find a demon scent. Probably a rat. Is there one in the village."
The dog gave a whiff. "Let's see…I smell one powerful demon heading to the village and…YES! I CAN SMELL IT! It's a nasty one too!"
Kakashi stood up then said to Miroku, "It seems that you're telling the truth. You may follow us."
And with that all three ran to the village following a tiny dog.
Meanwhile…
"Hehehe!" The rat demon chuckled, "You're such a pretty little thing. You must be very tasty. I'll just eat you whole with the jewel shards."
Kagome looked down to see where her bow and arrows were. 'If only I had my bow I could blast his head off.'
"Aww. I was hoping for some screaming from you but oh well. Down the hatch!" The demon pulled her closer to his head.
"LET ME GO!" Kagome cried.
"Yes! That's it! Struuuggle! I just enjoy that! Hehe…huuh? What the!" The monster suddenly realized he couldn't move at all. It was as if his was being stopped by an unknown force.
"Heh, you picked the wrong village to enter demon."
It was being stopped by an unknown force. It was a young boy wearing a green vest. His hair was in a pony tail and behind him were a blonde haired girl and a chubby boy.
"Why youuu little! ERGH!" The rat tried to struggle free but it was no use.
"It's no use." The boy announced, "My shadow technique makes you unable to move." He then turned toward the young girl. "Your turn, Ino."
"Right." Ino did a couple of hand movements.
"WH-what the!" The monster's hand began to loosen up a bit. Then more and more until…Kagome fell through.
"You're up Chouji." Ino cried and with a slight nod Choji's arms grew and caught Kagome.
"A-amazing" Was all that she could say as she was put back on the safe ground. "Thank you."
"You may want to find safety now miss." Chouji said, "It's dangerous here."
"ARGH! Youuu brats! Give me back the jewel shards!" The demon cried as it tried to struggle free.
"I can't hold on much longer." Shikamaru grunted.
"Nor can I." Ino also said.
"Then let me handle this." Sango cried throwing her boomerang and cried, "Hiraikotsu!"
Her boomerang and smacked the rat square in the head giving him an enormous gash.
"That's it!" It cried as it finally broke free from the attacks. "Youuu can't stop me that easily. Not since I have a jewel shard of my own."
"Where did you find that!"
"A creature wearing a baboon pelt. He was so nice to also tell me that this girl carries many more."
"So Naraku gave the shard to you?" Sango questioned.
"Who's Naraku? It doesn't matter to me now anyway. I'm going to eat youuu all. And then this whole village with my brethren."
"There's more of you?" Sakura cried.
"Yes. Tons of us! We are eating the whole village as we speak."
"Well then we better finish with you fast." Naruto said doing some hand movements. "Kagen bushin no jutsu!"
Poof! A clone appeared of Naruto in a puff of smoke. It then began to make a strange ball of chakra in his hand.
"Heh! Do you think that I'm scared of that?" The rat cackled.
"You will be! RESENGAN!" Naruto charged with the resengan blazing in his hand. Even though the rat was gigantic it dodged the attack with such speed. Naruto's attack blasted a tree instead. The rat appeared behind the blond boy and was about to gobble him up…
"RAOR!" Cried Kirara as she scooped Naruto on her back and dashed away.
"Nice work Kirara!" Sango praised.
"Youuu foolish creatures," The rat cried, "You will not stop me." It made a cry that burned everyone's ears. Once it grew silent, two new rats appeared from the forest.
"What is it leader?" The first one asked.
"These stuuupid huuumans have the shards of the jewel. I'll each give youuu a piece if youuu help me kill them."
"Sounds good to me." The second cried as they charged at ninja.
The ninja attacked with all sorts of attacks leaving Sango, Kagome, Shippo, and Kirara to fight off the big rat.
"Give me the shards!" it cried as it pounded its fist in the ground.
Kagome already had her bow ready to fire. "We have none!" She shot a beautiful arrow streaming a white light that blasted his left arm right off.
"ARGH! What was that? Priestess magic? You're not a priestess."
WHAM! One of the rat demons fell to the ground. Kunai were in his side and was bleeding badly.
"L-leader…help me."
The leader looked at him with an evil look as he walked near.
"Please…give me the power of a sacred jewel…to heal me so…I can continue."
The rat opened its slimy mouth and replied, "You have done well in serving me my brother. Now its time that you help me one last time." It then began to gobble up the smaller one.
"I-it's eating its own comrade!" Shippo gasped hiding behind Kagome.
"That's disgusting!" Ino cried turning her back.
Everyone thought they were going to be sick.
"Wh-what are you doing leader!" The other rat cried.
"Youuu have also done well in serving me." The leader said as it attacked him too and swallowed him up.
The rat then began to change. Its body grew and its arm grew back with two new ones. Its mouth grew longer and shined sharper teeth. The creature that was born at that moment was something so foul that it could have been a sin against nature itself.
"Ah!" He cried in joy, "What power! I feel stronger already." He then turned to all of the creatures before him. "And if that's with one jewel shard, think of more!"
It swung its tail everywhere slashing everything in sight. The ninja had no time to counter as the ugly tail kept coming their way. The rat used its new hand to thrash Lee to the ground.
SLASH! Its claws went as it sunk into skin…but it wasn't human skin. It was the skin of the cat demon Kirara that took the blow for the boy. The poor animal turned back into its kitten like form and rolled on the ground.
"KIRARA!" Sango cried as the rat monster went for the final attack.
"Oh no you don't!" Cried a voice from the sky as it sent a tremendous kick at the beast.
"GAI SENSEI!" Lee cried in joy.
The figure was Gai along with Inuyasha, Kakashi, and Miroku.
Gai shined with one of his poses and then cried out, "How dare you fight against harmless kittens. Have you no shame for innocence." He then scooped up the cat in his arms.
"Mew" Kirara silently said.
"I must thank you for saving my student little one." He then handed the cat back to Sango. "I WILL AVENGE THE LITTLE KITTEN BY DEFEATING YOU IN A GRAND HONORABLE BATTLE!"
"Heheheh! Youuu creatuuures annoy me to no end!" The rat hissed. "I'm stronger than ever before!"
"Fine then," Miroku was about to pull out his hand but was halted.
"NO! Don't use the wind tunnel!" Kagome cried, "It has a jewel shard on its back."
"A jewel shard huh?" Inuyasha cracked his knuckles, "So that's why it's so big. Well then it's just going to give it to us."
"I won't give it up so easily!" It cried.
"You shouldn't underestimate us so easily." Kakashi said back, "We maybe humans but were also ninja."
"Heh! Whatever." Inuyasha snorted. "You can stay out of this; I'll be finished in no time."
"You don't deserve all the fun. Let me join."
"Whatever. Just don't cry to me when you get beaten up!"
The rat turned to his demon opponent and laughed, "HAHAHA! What's a half breed like you going to do with me! I'm fully demon; I'll be able to grind you to a pulp."
"I'm getting pretty tired of guys like you saying that."
'Half breed?' Kakashi would have to ask them later about that.
"Such big words for someone like you." The rat sneered as it plunged its hand straight for Inuyasha.
Inuyasha dodged the attack with ease and then soared on the creature's back.
"I expect you guys to distract it!" Inuyasha yelled down below. "I'm going for the jewel shard…WIND SCAR!"
The blazing attack burned the monster's body as it sunk deep in the skin. Inuyasha was very cross when the jewel shard didn't come out on the first try.
"DAMN!" He cursed, "His skin is hard like stone! Guess it'll take a bit more."
"WHY YOUUU LITTLE!" The monster's second hand was about to snatch the dog from his back but was cut off by an exploding shuriken thrown by Tenten and a crushing attack by Gai.
Then the first was cut off by Naruto's Rasengan and Lee's kicks. Neji and Kakashi were able to blow off the fourth. Ino and Sakura teamed up to blow off the first. Chouji and Shikamaru blasted off the third. Meanwhile Shino and Hinata blasted of the left leg while Akamaru and Kiba blasted the right leg."
"YOUUU BASTARDS! I'll kill you all." Its eyes turned to the fox demon Shippo. "I'll just start with the little one!" Its tail slithered behind like a snake then grabbed the poor fox.
"GYAHH! HELP!" The child cried.
"I'll just gobble him up first!" The rat announced, "He should at least let me re-grow one arm."
"Not if I can help it!" Naruto cried as he slashed the tail in half. He then rushed over to free the young boy. "You alright?"
"Yeah…thanks."
"You insolent whelp!" The monster cried whacking Naruto with the part of his tail still remaining.
He was flown straight into the air soaring at a fast speed. If it wasn't for Shippo morphing into a balloon, Naruto would have had a broken rib or two. Shippo saved them both from the impact of a tree as they bounced off. Naruto landed on the ground as Shippo rushed to him and began to shake him awake.
"WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha blasted the monster in half throwing the jewel shard on the ground beneath some carcass.
"You okay Naruto?" The fox asked shaking him, "Come on get up!"
'Another fox demon…'
"Is N-Naruto-kun alright?" Hinata asked.
'Another…'
"You alright?"
'In my presence…yes…I can feel his power…its weak but still here'
Naruto's arm began to twitch.
"Did that idiot get knocked out so easily?" Kiba laughed, "Geez, what a dunce."
"He's waking up"
'I must have it…'
Naruto's eyes burst open revealing red ones. It was as if they belonged to a cat's. Kakashi immediately noticed this with Gai.
'No. How can this be! How could Naruto turn into the kyuubi right now!'
His hand suddenly grasped Shippo's arm and began to squeeze.
"OW! That hurts!" Shippo cried but he only gripped more.
'I'll be able to break free now!'
Naruto immediately sprang back up but he looked different somehow. His features were that of a beast.
"What's going on!" Miroku gasped, 'That boy, his aura is incredibly evil. It's almost as bad as Naraku's'
"Naruto, stop kidding around!" Sakura commanded.
"HEY LET ME GO!" Shippo cried but it was no use. Naruto was long gone. Only the demon remained.
"RAAAAGH!" A loud yowl came out of Naruto's mouth, sounding like a beast ready to kill.
"Come on!" Shippo cried, "Stop kidding around!"
Naruto extended a clawed hand and…
WHACK!
"What the hell is going on around here!" Cried a woman with blonde hair.
"Wow, who's she." Kagome asked.
"It's the Hokage." Lee explained. "She's a powerful ninja."
Naruto's features changed back to normal as he lay unconscious on the ground.
"Th-thank y-you." Shippo said still shaky from the rough time he received.
The Hokage looked at him with question, "What the hell are you supposed to be?" She then looked at Inuyasha, "And what the hell is he? Some sort of cat?"
"Who you calling a cat!" Inuyasha barked.
"They are demons lord Hokage." Kakashi said. "But they seem to be helpful. The destroyed a rat demon."
"Speaking of which, Kagome, where's the shard?" Inuyasha bellowed.
"Just a sec…lets see…there by that rock." Kagome ran over to grab it but was stopped by an enormous buzzing sound of bugs. The bugs immediately rushed over to the spot and then flew off.
"NO!" Cried Inuyasha, "Naraku's poisonous insects." He was about to attack but with a blink of the eye; they were gone, "Damn."
"I have no clue what's going on but you people should come back with me to my office." She said putting Naruto on her back. "You need to explain a lot to me."
And as the headed with the Hokage, something else was accruing in a distant village of sound.
"Lord Orochimaru!" A sound ninja cried, "Their breaking through. If they destroy this last fleet, there will be nothing stopping them!"
"Let them come, Kabuto." The pale man laughed.
"H-how can you say such things when they destroyed half out ninja."
BAM! The doors burst open revealing an odd looking woman accompanied by a young boy.
The young boy turned his head to the pale man and with a lifeless stare asked, "Are you the one they call Orochimaru?"
"Yes?"
"We have come with a message." The woman explained, "Lord Naraku is interested in you. He would like meet to propose a partnership."
"A partnership eh? You will have to prove yourselves worthy first," Orochimaru yanked a lever sending a pillar right at the two. 'Let's see how they react.'
"DANCE OF BLADES!" With one flick of the woman's fan, the pillar crumbled into tiny pebbles.
"W-what kind of ninjutsu was that?" Kabuto asked.
"That wasn't a ninjutsu." Orochimaru assured.
"But no mere human could…"
"She isn't human Kabuto…She's a demon."
"!"
"So, do we prove worthy?"
"Yes. I think you do. Where shall we meet?"
Whoop! The next chapter is done! Get ready for some great excitement in the next one. Myoga appears andwill tell the story of the orb of the hidden villages. We also learn why Naruto attacked Shippo. Then Orochimaru meets Naraku.