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Recap:
"'Were those the Ghostbusters by any chance?' Lee asked. 'Yes, Lee… yes they were…' Sasuke said in an accomplished tone." – Chapter 2
Chapter Three
"Guys, I got the stone thingy!" Naruto said rushing out of the cave. Suddenly he exclaims, "W-what the!?" Naruto, much to his surprise, spotted at least twenty angry ninja confronting Sasuke and Lee.
"Naruto, 'bout time…" Sasuke said in a cool tone.
"Hand over the Mesprit Key, or else!" One of the larger ones shouted.
"Mesprit Key? That's what this thing's called?" Naruto asked. "Well, why the hell should I!? Go find your own!!!"
"Naruto, that's the only Mesprit Key," Sasuke said in an annoyed tone. Naruto scratched his head in confusion on how the game works.
"Ugh, listen, you idiot, remember the Chunin Exams, in the Forest of Death? We had to collect the other team's scrolls in order to continue, well, this is pretty much the same thing, only this time there are only three objects in total, the Mesprit Key, Azelf Key, and the Uxie Key. Now you get it?" Sasuke explained while holding off some of the impatient ninja.
"How the hell do you know all of this?" Naruto asked.
"Simple, I took the time to read the rules of the game!" Sasuke said in a superior tone.
"Yeah, well…! SASUKE, LOOK OUT!!!" Naruto shouted. The Uchiha quickly turned around to see a smaller, more agile ninja coming at him with a katana in his hand. Sasuke quickly grabbed the dull end of the blade with his fingers and redirected it into him, and then he threw him into the pile of dead or unconscious ninja, shaking the blood off of his right arm. Lee then kicked one more onto the pile,
"That is the last of them," he then said.
"OK, stand back," Sasuke warned the other two, then made the hand seals Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, and Tiger, then shouted,
"FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!!!" then he put his right hand in front of his mouth making an "O" with his thumb and index finger and blew furiously into it and a huge fireball engulfed all of the unconscious ninja in flames. The three watched the ninja burn for three and a half minutes before Sasuke started to continue onward, the others soon followed. After half an hour of walking through the forest, the three stumble upon a small town.
"Hmm… Hey Sasuke, is this place important?" Naruto asked. Sasuke responded,
"Well when you say it like that, you make us look like all-mighty judges smiting down weak, unimportant cities to make way for outlet malls or something…"
"That's some imagination you got there, but I'm asking if it's important in our quest," Naruto said.
"Who cares? Aren't you tired? Maybe this place has somewhere to rest." Sasuke responded.
"I guess, but who's going to take us in?" Naruto asked. Sasuke points to a small house that has an opening for a guest bedroom with four beds, then Sasuke said,
"Um, how about there, idiot." Lee and Sasuke then run off to the house.
"HEY, WHY YOU, COME BACK HERE!!!" Naruto shouted in anger at Sasuke's remark, then chasing after the two.
Naruto caught up with the other two, who had stopped in front of the house. Sasuke then walked up the porch and rang the doorbell. About six or so seconds later, a taller woman with a blue hair style that made Naruto think,
"Does that lady have an afro!? A BLUE AFRO!? Where the hell are we…?" Sasuke then reminded the woman about the guest room they had advertised and asked if they could stay the night. The lady introduced herself as Johanna, but to Sasuke's curiosity, she didn't give a last name, but he ignored his curiosity and thanked her for the room. The three of them walked in and were directed to the room where they made themselves feel comfortable, then discussed the plan for obtaining the other three stones.
"So I say, we leave traps all around the entrance to the big enemy place, then take the other stones when they get there! Pretty good plan right?" Naruto confidently explained. Lee responded,
"Sorry Naruto, but that plan does not seem to be completely thought through." Naruto retaliated.
"What's that supposed to mean, Bushy-Brow?"
"It just seems that if the ninja that DO show up, have two of the stones, don't you think they'd search for the last stone first?" Lee explained.
"I guess you're right, but what if they're trying the same strategy?" Naruto asked. Then Sasuke said,
"I highly doubt they'd stoop to trapping the other people. Just think, if they have the other two, there's no way in hell they'd just have them both by luck or chance. They'd have had to be extraordinarily strong in order to fight their way into having both. If they were so strong, they'd be able sense any traps without any trouble, for one, and they'd probably just kill whoever has the third stone in order to get it. Let's face it, we've got some really tough opponents ahead of us. We have to get stronger…"
"Well, what should we do then, just fight whoever they'd be head on?" Naruto asked.
"No, at least not in our current strength… hmm… Oh, wait! I know a special weapons dealer here in Sinnoh, Lee you know him too, don't you?" Sasuke asked. Lee starts to think, and then he remembers a man with a turban around his head, and then asks if he's talking about a man named Reynard Fisher. Naruto is sitting there, wondering what Sasuke and Lee are discussing, and also who Reynard Fisher is, and then he asks,
"Hey is this Fisher guy an arms dealer or something? If so then we may have the upper hand in this competition!" Sasuke responds,
"Maybe, but chances are we aren't the only ninja that know him, then again we ARE the only ninja he'll give weapons to for free, this is good, I'll call him and arrange a meeting." Sasuke then takes out his phone and dials a number, while he's talking, Lee is explaining to Naruto that Reynard Fisher is a client Sasuke and him had on a mission once, and explained that he owes the two of them a couple of favors. Sasuke finishes on the phone and tells the two,
"Okay, he's agreed to meet us in a city called Hearthome in one week." He then checks the map and says that it isn't too far, but it will take some time to get there. Naruto then suggests that they leave first thing tomorrow morning, and the others agree, then a girl with long blue hair in a slightly unusual fashion asks the three what they want for dinner, Naruto begins to say something, but Sasuke puts his hand over Naruto's mouth and tells the girl that they aren't hungry. The girl simply nods, then leaves them alone. Naruto slaps Sasuke's hand off of his mouth and shouts,
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? I WAS HUNGRY!!!" Sasuke angrily retaliates,
"Jeez, we don't want to be a burden, we have food. We'll eat in the morning, you loser! Now let's get some sleep, we've got to get up really early." Sasuke and Lee then crawl into their beds, Naruto makes a pouting face then turns off the light and goes to sleep as well. By the time Sasuke wakes up it is currently around 4:45 AM, he makes the others wake up as well.
"Mmm… hey… why do we have to get up now?" Naruto said still half asleep.
"To be honest, these people are annoying the fuck out of me, just by staying in the same house as them, now come on!" Sasuke quietly said. The others got ready and they left out of a window that was in the room.
"It's a little asshole-ish just to leave all of the sudden, don't you think?" Naruto asks.
"You idiot, we don't have any money, at least none that'll work in this part of the world," Sasuke replies.
"Yes, and I know those type of people, if you do not have money, then you must work for your keep!" Lee continues,
"Besides, we cannot afford to waste any time, Hearthome city if much farther away than you think, we must continue." Naruto pauses for a second to think, and then he quickly said,
"Right!" and then continued onwards to Hearthome.
After about 3½ hours of walking through thick forest they stumble upon a small city where they see a blonde child running out of a larger building, the team wonders to themselves if that's another contestant or not, but they doubt that possibility. They find a bank and exchange their ryo to pokéyen, and then start scaling the city for a restaurant. Naruto spots a McDonald's and guides the three over there. Inside they all order something off the breakfast menu and sit down. They then start thinking of the fastest way to Hearthome, the team decides to go to a city called Oreburgh and go through the caves to reach Hearthome, after that the team begins to think on where to go after that. Sasuke pulls out the map and begins to say,
"We should go through the forest, save some time…"
"Yeah and lose energy. The forests are rough and probably full of ninja. That plan would be difficult," Lee responded.
"If we take the other way we'll lose out on time, plus we'll be easier to spot. And since we have the Mesprit Key, they'll come after us… either way we're bound to run into someone, I still say we go through the forest, we'll be harder to find if we're careful," Sasuke replied.
"I guess…" Lee said, "Naruto what do you think?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah sure whatever…" Naruto replied in an uninterested tone. "God, when is our food gonna be ready, this is why we should use the drive-thru…"
"You idiot," Sasuke said, "we don't have a car. They wouldn't let us in the drive-thru." Naruto simply turns his head with a scowl when the PA system called for number 299.
"That's us! I'll go get it seeing as how I'm the leader of the group, I have the most responsibility," Naruto boldly stated. Sasuke coughs and says 'bullshit' under his breath; Naruto scowls at him as he has a look on his face as if he didn't do anything. The PA calls for 299 again, Naruto quickly rushes over to get the food. While he's up there, Sasuke and Lee snicker at him behind his back, Lee quickly then said, "Ahh… jackass…"