A/N

So I've gotten a few requests to see some action take place, and I can put it in at this time. :) Enjoy some action scenes! YAH! Also, since the last one was so short, I took the liberty to making this one longer.

Sorry for such long waits in between each chapter. Starting Monday, I'm officially a Senior! :D

Chapter 15 Preparation!

Maka let out a loud screech as she hit the ground, nearly knocking down Patty in her reckless arm waving. She had no idea that Taijutsu was so hard. Lee's hand movements were to quick for her, and the meister knew that her body didn't go through the kind of rigorous training that he did. Once again her mind growled at the fact that Blackstar would have such an easy time at this. The thought of him made her slightly angry and pushed her back up on her feet. "I'm not through!" Maka hurled her legs, cautiously at first, but then allowed her body to take in the fluent motion.

"You're improving!" Lee said excitedly, easily blocking the kick. Maka wasn't as strong, but she held potential. "Maybe if you follow an excercise you can build up your endurance."

The girl smiled brightly as the two locked eyes, only to continue in their fighting. Patty in the meantime, was extremely rocking her moves. She managed to flip Naruto, send Neji flying, and just about knock little Hinata out. Her ninja expertise was surprisingly quick for her abilities. "Hahaha, you flew! You flew!" The blond laughed as the teen hoped back over muttering something under his breath. A wind of sharp air caught her attention, and Patty managed to dodge incoming shuriken without a seconds hesitation. Behind her, was a young kunoichi with two buns on either side of her head. Grinning from ear to ear, she cast out a scroll and started to send out weapons galore. Patty grinned. Since catching Liz was usually common to do, her hands knew exactly where to place themselves. Fingers turning the weapons with ease, her palms wrapped around the edges of two samurai swords. With a loud clank and whirl of many more deathly weapons, Patty let the blade do all the working.

"There's just no way!" The girl cried. "No one should be able to do that!"

"Take that!" Patty cried now taking on a new pose with pure determination leaking across her face.

"Tenten." Neji walked over to the weapon's mistress and smiled. "We were just training."

"Without me?" The brunette inferred with a roll of her eyes. "If you really want to know some good, I'll teach you how to handle a weapon."

"Eeek!" Maka whirled by with another thump and stared up at the new girl panting heavily. "We've sure got weapons down." She moved her body just in time to avoid a blow from her opponent.

"Good! You didn't let your guard down." Rock Lee praised jumping back.

The meister was starting to get the hang of things. It put a lot of strain on her muscles to keep up with his speed, but it was for the greater good. Lee's movements were unpredictable, but that was to be expected. In this world, where technique relied solely on the body and not the soul, the shinobi must use his inner strength to get by, and they had a lot. Her newest goal was to gain as much as the people of this world had, and to bring it back to her own.

A little farther away, Liz was out wandering the streets and getting directions. She had been in the streets enough to get the hang of where she was going, not to mention her upbringing on them made it all the easier. "Hey, hey, hey! where you going sweety?" For a moment, she thought it directed at her and was about to tell the creep to bug off, but when she turned her head...

"No stop!" The poor girl cried shoving a big white-haired man away, or at least trying to. "I don't know how to deal with a creepy old man!"

Liz, shocked as well as she overjoyed, couldn't help but stare at the pathetic scene in front of her. "Hey get back old geezer! Stay away from Crona!" She called out shoving the man and managing to knock him off his balance. "Get lost before I make you be in a lot of pain." The boy looked up to his savior with teary eyes and let loose a loud whimper. He was covered in steamy water which led her to believe he had landed in the bathhouse not to far away. Just his luck to land where this perv currently occupied. "Oh mama!" The man cheered now trying to keep his eyes contained from the newer sight. "I just keep running into pretty women everywhere." He stood up dusting off his pants and smiled holding out his hand. "Where are my manners, I'm Jiraiya."

She must have thought him crazy to think that she would even consider shaking his hand. "I'm looking for the library. Can you point me in the right direction?"

"The library? You're not from around here then. Let me take you there!" He smiled making the two shiver. Before either of them could protest, he was dragging them along by the hands and heading down Konoha's lively streets."Don't forget to also check out my latest new book in the Make Out Paradise series!"

Crona whined, but he kept his mouth shut. Ragnorak, his back buddy who usually fought alongside him, wasn't popping out. In fact, it felt completely silent back there. His blood was still strong and hardened though, so at least he was safe from getting harmed. The only thing he could remember was-BOOM! Everyone in Konoha turned their heads over to the side. Black smoke wafted into the air in large chunks. "The Hokage!" Jiraiya shouted dropping his companions and rushing for the building. Liz looked up in time to see it on fire as ninja's were already trying to douse it out with their powers.

"What just... happened? Are we under attack?"

"I don't know how to deal with a strange new world. It's too bright and big and colorful. I don't know anyone and now mysterious bombs are going off!" The pink haired mumbled hiding his head in his hands as Liz took him by the shoulders.

"Get a grip! You're not alone! You'll explain everything to us later though." Liz ordered knowing she had to get back to her meister. No. He wouldn't be there anymore. Not after that. "Let's go!"

Back in the training grounds, Neji, Lee, and Tenten assembled into their team ready to head out. "Watch over them." Neji instructed to Naruto.

Naruto believed more than anything that he should be the one going, but he couldn't argue. It made sense that a full team should go, besides, he had a duty to his clients. "We're-!" Another explosion in the east. "Shadow Clone jutsu!" As they were about to pick up the girls and take them off, Maka stopped them. "Wait! I want to join this fight." The ninja stopped a moment and considered her proposal. He really wanted to get into the action and fight these do-gooder with everything he had.

"Alright! I've got your back." They bolted off with Patty eagerly following closely behind. "The Hokage's got everything under control, I just know it!"

"I'm with you Naruto!" Hinata replied letting them all know that she was still there.

"That idiot." Kisame said quietly as he and Itatchi moved through the streets.

"Well he did provide for a good distraction." Itatchi replied. "It's time."

BOOM! We're underway! Beware the Akatsuki and what's in store!