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Chapter 9: Confrontation!

Naruto and Jiraiya both decided it would be best if they did as the note said. After all, this was the authoress' safety they were holding in their hands.

"What will we do about finding the others?" Naruto wondered aloud.

"Don't worry so much." Jiraiya chuckled. "They all have tracking skills, right? I'm sure if they hear a fight, the cavalry will come running."

Naruto hoped he was right…

Tobei, meanwhile, was beginning to gloat. "Now that I have the authoress, Garu will be helpless before me!" He gave a (bad) evil laugh.

"Now!" His attention turned towards his captive. "You will write that I will beat Garu in the next chapter!"

"I can't do that Tobei." ShadowFoxx answered calmly.

"What?! Why not?!" Tobei shrieked.

"You tied my hands behind my back. I use those to type, remember?"

Everyone in the room sweat-dropped. "Oh…yeah…sorry about that."

ShadowFoxx sighed to herself. Of all the villains in the world, it HAD to be Tobei, didn't it…?

Naruto made his way through the thick bamboo forest, hacking with his kunai if he needed to.

"You know Pervy sage? I noticed something…" he said casually.

"Yeah, what is it?" Jiraiya asked.

"In most shows, have you noticed that ninjas and/or samurai always do big battles in bamboo groves?"

Jiraiya looked at him with confusion written all over his face. "We're out to save someone's life, and that's what you're thinking about?! You should be planning for battle, not questioning the ways of the author race."

"Huh?" Naruto was really confused now. "Wait, so Kitsune nee-san isn't the only authoress?"

Jiraiya shook his head. "No. Kitsune is part of a much larger race. The entire race is broken up into different branches, but, as a whole, we simply know them as authors or authoresses."

Jiraiya pulled out an old scroll, and continued his speech. (Now with visuals!!)

"In the world of creativity, there are many people, of many different styles and abilities. In one part of this world, there are writers. And in that world, you have original writers, like the one that created you and me-"

"So, Kitsune nee-san didn't create us?"

Jiraiya shook his head. "No. She's what you call a 'fan-fiction' authoress. She writes about the characters of another author. Some authors enjoy having fan-fiction made of their works, but some don't. Anyways, Kitsune has made two things cross paths that most likely weren't meant to. Without her guidance, this entire world could, and just possibly might, come crashing down, destroying everything within it."

Naruto looked frightened for a moment, but he said nothing.

"That's our dilemma. If we don't get the authoress back, this entire world, and possibly ours, will come crashing down, taking us and whoever is present in those worlds at the time, with it."

Naruto seemed morose, but he then got over it and smiled. "Well, then Pervy sage! What the hell are we waiting for! Let's go get our authoress back!"

Jiraiya shook his head. Didn't he just tell him that Kitsune wasn't…oh well. At least he's ready to kick some butt.

Tobei had moved the authoress' hands before her, still bound, and placed her laptop before her, the cursor on her word processor blinking with anticipation.

"Now, authoress, you will write this:" Tobei began a rant on how awesome he was, and how he was going to beat the snot out of Garu.

Kitsune had to admit, he certainly was a bit of a words smith.

But, taking him no mind, she quickly typed something else.

Gunshots were heard, and a man with short dirty blond hair came rushing in.

"I'll save you, Ash-" he began.

"Call me 'Ashley' and I will not hesitate to re-write Resident Evil 4 to where you do the entire mission in a ballerina costume, and start singing the cuppycake song to Saddler. Understand me, Mr. Leon Kennedy?"

Leon visibly paled.

SF15: I'm really sorry for the long wait, but I just had too much going on to actually update for a while. I moved back to Cali, and I have a steady internet source, so I should be able to update more often. Once a week at the least. Thank you to all who reviewed and I hope to have this story finished up in the next couple chapters or so. Thank you for reading, and please review!