First of all, I AM SO VERY SORRY THAT THIS TOOK SO DAMN LONG TO GET OUT! AND IM SORRY THAT THIS IS NOT MY BEST WRITING! SCHOOL AND SHIT SUCKS, COLLEGE SUCKS, REAL-LIFE SUCKS! AND FATE/STAY NIGHT IS FUCKING AWSOME!
this chapter is really just a filler chapter. It's not exactly my best, the comedy isn't up some of my older stuff, but I did what I could come up with. Toni pops up in this chapter, and he is an asshole. but a powerful one. I want to make him a douchebag character that everyone both hates for what he does, but loves him for his character. after this, either red swordsman or black flames will be updated. and I may have another story coming down pretty soon. more on that after the chapter. critique me on parts that you people feel I need to improve on, tell me your thoughts in the reviews and enjoy!
I don't own Naruto or Pokémon. but what I used to own was the soul of Liam Neeson and a recess peanut butter cup. I still have the chin arm of chuck Norris though!
Chapter Chunnin: the first and second. and other shit
When the Chunnin exams happen, it's usually inside a hidden village. Most of the time its either Kumo or Konoha. These exams tend to bring in a lot of commerce, business opportunities, and all around cause a villages economy to increase exponentially.
They are times of celebration, of challenge. They dare all gennin who enter to go above and beyond the strength they possess. They make gennin see things in different lights. And this one was no different. In fact it was a special occasion.
For once, all five great villages, and a number of lesser villages, have decided to congregate and host the Chunnin exams not in a great village, but in the land of iron itself. The land of iron is a country surrounded by snow, ice, and cold hard steel. It is the home of the samurai in the elemental nations. A place of neutral ground. No war may be declared in iron country, and no one wants to.
All because iron country holds the monopoly on chakra metal. A rare form of metal that allows one to channel chakra through it, and use it for varies useful purposes. It is where the name for iron country came from. Well that and the brand of music Mifune, the samurai general of iron country, created through the use of lightning chakra, and a really awesome bass guitar.
Currently a band made up of Killer Bee, Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and Mifune is in the works.
I'm not joking.
They call themselves the Hurricane.
They already have their first album set to go on record.
Anyway, it is in Iron country that the Chunnin exams are being held. And it is on the road to said country that we find our heroes.
It was a dirt road covered in snow. They had just passed the border patrol, to which they were granted passage after flashing their Chunnin exam passes. All around them was nothing but snow, snow and mountains. They were not the only group to go to the Chunnin exams. Among the Konoha shinobi were teams nine (Guy's squad), and team eleven. What was curious however, was the fact that there were no Jonin sensei's among the Chunnin hopefuls. The reason being, they never showed up to leave. So the gennin left them behind.
Hey, they were on a tight schedule. You would ditch them too.
The land of iron was a mountainous region. Great rocky spires and lumps of earth were covered in snow. Wildlife was scarce, and pine trees adorned the hilly landscape. It reminded team eleven and Luke very much of snow country.
Konoha registered twenty squads for the Chunnin exams. Sixty gennin in total. Only five of those teams actually ditched their jonin sensei's. Well the ones that had jonin sensei's did. A lot of the gennin had Chunnin instructors or were inducted into apprenticeships.
The gennin were in a formation as they walked down the well-travelled snowy road. At the front was team nine. Acting as the headlights/eyes and ears. At the back was team eleven, acting as the quick response as they watched the large groups' six. In the middle was TEAM SEVEN who were a mix-and-match among ninja specialties. Heading back and forth between the three groups were the other two nameless gennin squads that were acting as messengers for the three teams.
They encountered a few bandits and brigands. Even a few rouge ninja…that were obviously not even trying to kill them. If the fact that they were simply toying with the group and putting up a sufficient challenge to test them were any indication.
Athena, the smartest of the lot of them (when it comes to deduction skills. Sakura is the most knowledgeable of all the gennin.) Deduced that the journey was the first exam. From the fact that their jonin teachers never showed up, to the constant attacks the moment they got into Iron country, the nation of Samurai, they were attacked by bandits and rouge ninja that weren't trying to actually kill them, but did run them through the ringer.
Turns out she was right. The moment that they arrived at the cold iron gates of the land of Iron's capital, twenty jonin shinobi appeared out of nowhere, surrounding them. They never congratulated them. They simply gave them the next set of directions for the next exam.
Kakashi walked up to the group and levelled a stare at all of them. "The first exam is over. To pass the second exam you must find and interrogate a shinobi that is hiding in this village behind me," he pointed with his thumb to the cold iron gates that towered over all of them, "And get them to tell you the location of were the 'steel is the coldest'. The second exam begins…now."
And like that all of the jonin disappeared in a Shunshin. The first group to react was Guy's team, who sprang into action the quickest due to their experience. With a cry of "YOUUUUUTH!" from lee, and a "The flames of Destiny shall guide my hand!" from Neji.
Tenten kinda just gave off a barbaric screech of rage.
They all jumped over the iron gates. Nobody uses doors in this universe don't they?
Team eleven followed along after guy's team. With flames of determination in Aiko's eyes, she said one declaration, "I will get there before you, you bastard!" and she pointed a finger at Luke as she said that. Luke's response was to simply pull out a copy of Icha icha, and pull a Kakashi.
"Hm? Did you say something?" he deadpanned without even taking his eyes off his book.
Aiko flipped him the bird and jumped over the walls. Sasuke just flashed TEAM SEVEN a slasher smile as he followed the Namikaze. And Sakura simply sighed in resignation as she followed her teammates. Although she ran up the walls unlike the other of her two teammates who packed enough chakra in their bodies to do a super-chakra enhanced boost jump.
The other two nameless teams checked in through the cold hard steel doors that were as tall as three houses. Leaving TEAM SEVEN behind as they ALL read a few chapters in icha icha. The Samurai gatekeepers simply pulled out a book titled 'Bushido in the Bedroom.' And they too began to read.
After a while Naruto just walked up to the gatekeeper's nonchalantly. He did what you expected to happen. "Hey guys, help a brotha out and do you mind telling me were you guys mine the coldest steel in iron country?" he asked without even taking his eyes off his book.
"You see that huge ass mountain over in the east?"
"The one that has a bunch of Samurai guarding it?"
"Yeah that's the one."
"Thanks man. Don't hesitate to come down to the leaf village and pay a visit to Uzumaki Naruto. I owe you one."
"No problem man. Anything for a fellow connoisseur of women."
"True dat. Have a good day my fine brothers." And with that, the blonde waterbender walked off and began to talk with his teammates. While the two gatekeepers had their own small conversation.
"What a nice guy. And he had the decency to ask us politely."
"Yeah, normally we don't get people like that. And they all read icha icha, the only book that lord Masamune declares as being equal to his work."
The green haired, chest horned female swordsman of TEAM SEVEN took in the information with an Analytical thought process. "So they have the second exam set up as search and interrogate/infiltration mission. A lot harder than the average second exam of a Chunnin exam."
Luke turned a page. "I can feel it in the snow. The patrol routes constantly change and theirs a few sensors in that lot of Samurai. Any ideas Naruto?"
Naruto put away his book, memorizing the page he was on. And then adopted a thinking look before a light bulb pooped into existence above his head. "Can't we just fly over there? It's not like they have anything that will shoot us out…"
Luke paused. Put his book away. And then slammed his open palm into the ground. In a poof of smoke, Articuno and Gamma appeared. Funnily enough, Articuno was sunbathing with one of them foldy thingies and was lying down on a beach chair. Parasol included.
Gamma knocked the foldy thing out of the legandary bird's hands and took its cold as all hell glare like a boss before going over to Naruto and Athena, tilting down as if to invite them to ride him.
Articuno simply glared at its summoner, before huffing and turning its back to Luke. All three of them climbed onto their respective rides. Naruto and Athena on Gamma and Luke on Articuno. The ice bird wouldn't settle for anything besides its contracted summoner flying the skies with it.
And so, TEAM SEVEN flied on over to the giant mountain that reached up to the clouds. And all throughout this, Athena never put away her icha icha.
The location of 'where the coldest steel is' was in fact, not the center of the mountain, in an underground tunnel system. It was in fact, built into the side of the mountain. Near the peak of the mountain in fact.
The mountain was covered in snow. It was a rocky place, with steep edges, pitfalls, crevices, and ice infested cracks in the cold earth. Snaking its way around the entirety of the base, and going in a spiral formation towards the peak was a stone staircase. Up and down this staircase patrolled Samurai. But near the peak, was a temple like structure. The entrance into the cold mountain was a flat stone ceiling held up by stone pillars. It was a temple built into the mountain.
It was into the large entryway of the temple that two birds flew into. One of ice and one of flame. Gamma and Articuno gracefully glided onto the cold surface of the stone slabs that made up the flooring.
The mountains name was Mount Zaleho. A place for people to journey with their comrades, and to fight their comrades with honor, to see just who is the strongest.
Did I mention that the journey up the mountain was at least two days long even with chakra? Yes, it's above the clouds. In fact, it's almost above the atmosphere.
It's why Luke and crew were surprised to see two other teams staring each other down in the temple. The first was a Suna team that consisted of a cloaked dude, a girl in a white battle dress with orange hair, and a guy that looked…incredibly ordinary. In fact, he was so ordinary that Luke had trouble even realizing that the guy existed.
He had brown hair, a completely standard face that was ordinary, he wore brown shinobi clothes…everything about him just screamed 'I'm an individual who is quite literally forgotten even by my mother'. He was just that…ordinary. He was so damn ordinary, that he seamlessly blended into anything. And that completely terrified Luke.
The second group was a…star village group? The first guy had this ghastly appearance and not the Pokémon kind. He just looked…unnatural. The other guy was this dude completely decked out in a European knight armor. Black as night, and as captivating as the inky blackness itself. The last guy was Sumaru from the star village arc. Luke at least realized that.
'Registeel…Darkrai…the immortal golem of the tempered earth…and the despairing king of a bygone age…watch yourself around those two Luke…they have the power to kill you even if we synch up… ' spoke the ice dragon sealed into the altered hyoton user.
Luke narrowed his eyes at the two other Pokémon Jinchuriki. These were deadly opponents if Kyreum's tales of the two legandary Pokémons prowess was to be believed. Out of the corner of his eye, Luke noted that Athena had her katana slightly unsheathed as she looked to both the ghastly looking teen, and the cloaked guy.
Her face was contorted into rage. Something Luke did not expect to see.
"Dusknoir…Absol…" she growled out. Killer intent buzzing throughout the air as the atmosphere became charged with tension.
Vio Kresnik, the partner of Arthur Almia, drew out a pair of spiked brass knuckles and got into a fighting position. "Gardevior…such a pleasure to meet with one of your kind once again…" the ghastly teen sneered out.
The Absol moved closer to his partner as he clutched a pair of daggers in his hands as he crouched low, ready to pounce for any given signal. "I was right…this will be a bloodbath like no other…" the cloaked gennin whispered.
Rias Sabaku chuckled as a blade whip was unsealed from a seal in her finger into her hand. She gave the whip a good crack before settling into a relaxed, but battle ready stance. "Things are certainly getting interesting aren't they Leo? I certainly didn't expect to see Kyreum sealed into anyone…"
Arthur Almia, the one wearing the knight armor, folded his arms into an arrogant pose. As if to say 'you are beneath me'. "It would seem that the competition just got a lot more interesting…what do you think Vio?"
The human Dusknoir sneered at the partner of Luke. "As long as I get to kill her I'm fine…her kind of done too much to mine to ever be forgiven…and I will have her blood on my hands by the end of this exam!" he all but shouted out.
Athena narrowed her eyes at the Reaper Pokémon. "And to think that my kind once considered your people to be a necessity…all you ghosts do is backstab and take souls!" she growled out as a Shadow Ball formed in her hand, the one not slowly unsheathing her Katana.
"Such a long and bloody history behind the Gardevior and Dusknoir families…and no one knows who started it all…" muttered the human Absol. "…Not that my kind did anything to improve it…all we did was sell out our prerogative abilities to the highest bidder…"
Luke put his hand on Athena's shoulder. "Calm down Athena. Fighting right now will get us nowhere…" he tried to reason. But it was to no avail.
"They betrayed my people Luke! And while most of my family line might be a forgiving lot, I AM NOT!" she shouted as she threw off his hand and fully unsheathed her blade, a pink of aura of power materializing around her as he left eye became a lime green and obtained a swirly design in it.
Around Vio, a black and purple aura of power came into being. An aura of spirituality that radiated the essence of the spirit realm. "So you allow a Spiritomb to meld into your spirit, enabling you heightened psychic and ghost abilities…and a hundred and six souls into your mind, granting them permission to mess with your thoughts…foolish." The Kresnik sneered as he channeled chakra into his brass knuckles, giving them enhanced spiking abilities.
Luke was about to bring out an ice claymore, but was interrupted. "Hey guys! Are ya'll gonna spill some blood without little me in there to enjoy it?" and in walked a girl with curly pink hair and the Kiba blades strapped to her back, a Kaguya with a red triangle on her forehead as well as having the biggest bust out of everyone present, and the third member of the mist trio: Haku Yuki.
Everyone present tensed. While Naruto, Sumaru, and Naoki (the very kellam-like Suna gennin) decided that they should probably leave now before they get any more involved in the fight that was about to happen. And so the three of them walked deeper into the temple, bonding all along the way. With Naruto pulling out a deck of 'cards against humanity'.
Leo shivered. "A Lopunny…shit. And a psychopathic one too…" he muttered.
"Latias." Rias stated. Perfectly at calm amongst all the tension in the air as she waved her whip out in a whimsical manner. Playfully swinging it around, but not hitting anyone in the area.
Arthur chose that moment to speak up. "The Red Dragon of the Protectorate…" he murmured, but everyone caught it.
And Luke finished for him. "And the sister to the Dutiful Blue Dragon. It's a fuckin' family reunion isn't it?" he chuckled.
Haku decided that he too would join the other three guys who went deeper into the temple. That card game sounded like a fun one.
Terra Greaver, the Lopunny, glared at the Dusknoir with contempt. "Oh? A Dusknoir eh? Well, I guess its time I honored the partnership my family has and take out your undead ass." The wielder of the Kiba blades stated with a small glance of acknowledgement to the Gardevior that had drawn a blade. "And it seems that the girl knows what to use when murdering the fools retarded enough to get in her way too…I like this girl!" she stated with a psychopathic grin as she brandished the Kiba blades, lightning sparking between the two swords.
The Dusknoir glared at the Lopunny, but made no comment.
The Kaguya sighed and rubbed her head…and then reached back to her spine, and ribbed (eh? Get it?) It out to use it as a whip sword. All without ripping her clothes apart. Kaguya clan secret.
By now, everyone was in a circle formation, each person facing another. Kasumi Kaguya, partner of Terra Greaver, was staring as Rias Sabaku; both had whip swords at the ready. Luke was staring at Arthur, assessing him as the greatest threat out of everyone present. Arthur was in turn, staring at him. Believing that Luke, as the host of Kyreum, was the strongest out of all of them.
Athena was glaring at Vio, and Vio was outright growling at Athena in response. The history between the two Pokémons species was an ancient one that was once painted with a sparkling blue, was now covered in red. And had been for many centuries.
The Lopunny was carving her swords together, as she grinned maliciously at the Absol. Said cloaked Absol was being overcome with a sense of dread as his disaster sense was going haywire in the presence of the Lopunny. So he assessed her as the biggest threat and completely focused on her. Preparing to cast a future sight. Which would in-turn; give the unspoken signal to end the Mexican standoff.
"What the hell are you people doing!? This is a sacred spot! No fighting allowed in this location unless you took upon the pilgrimage!" boomed an old Samurai that exuded an aura of power and authority. He had come in the direction that Haku, Naruto, Sumaru, and Naoki went off to.
Fucking tattletales.
Everyone present stopped. Wordlessly they all grouped back up into their respective teams, and went their own way. Giving glares and such to each other as they all wlkaed deeper into the temple.
One thing was for sure though…old rivalries and new ones are going to come to a close when the third exam rolls around…in a month and seven days.
It would be one day later that the jonin teachers would show up at the temple. A lot of them were outright spooked that there were already four teams at the temple. However, four particular jonin sensei's were wearing grins when they saw their respective teams.
As it turns out, Zabuza and Kakashi became drinking buddies overnight, and was declared an 'Eternal Rival' of Guy's.
He was Immedianlty baptized in the fires of youth in the form of a challenge from Guy.
Sumo wrestling with inflatable spandex suits on top of a giant boxing ring over a Jell-O bowl.
Yes it was as awesome as it was hilarious. Who knew that Zabuza knew how to do a German suplex?
Regardless, Natsuhi and Joseph trail hit it off like nothing else. You wouldn't expect something like that to happen. What with Joseph being a drunkard that could kick your ass, and Natsuhi being a high A-class kunoichi with a penchant to abhor the shinobi vices. But, the two met in the capitals most expensive bar, and as it turns out; joseph is quite the gentleman. Treating the widow with respect and paying for all the drinks that the two had.
If the lipstick that's still on his cheek is any indication, then the two will probably be seeing each other a lot more in the future.
Kakashi had the brightest eye-smile on his face when he saw that his team was the third one to make it to the temple. He gave his team one hell of a hug, and Kushina ended up slipping him some cash from her wallet, due to yet another bet that she both made, and lost.
The teams made an effort to never get near another, not wanting a repeat of the first day. As it turns out, there was a time limit in how fast they had to get to the temple. After five days had passed after the beginning of the second exam, which the konoha crew appeared just in time for, then the remaining teams would be disqualified. It was on the second day that a team from Taki made its appearance, and then the next day a team from Kumo appeared. Followed by team Guy. On the fourth day, team eleven appeared on the scene. And on the final day, a team from Iwa came onto the scene, a team from sound, a team from the land of sky, a snow team, a Suna team, another cloud team, and another iwa team.
In the end the amount of teams went like this.
Leaf: three.
Sand: two.
Rock: two.
Cloud: two.
Mist: one.
Waterfall: one.
Sound: one.
Sky: one.
And Snow: one.
All on all, fourteen teams were gathered for the third exams of the Chunnin exams. It was decided that the teams and jonins would spend one more night at the temple before hearing how the third exam was going to work. It would be after that announcement that everyone would head on back to the capital of Iron country to restock before heading back to their home villages for a month of training.
Drip…
Drip…
Splitter splatter…
Click…hiss…
Crackle…fizzle…
CLANG! CLANG!
Hmmm…
Luke stared at the imposing form of the ice dragon Kyreum. From the ice armor that decorated its grey body, to the glowing yellow eyes of his tenant. The multitude of sounds that resounded throughout his mindscape being ignored by the ice user.
Luke's mindscape was a very different one from Naruto and Aiko's. Luke's mindscape was a cave. A frigid lake cave to be exact. Situated in a large lake was a small mass of land, around that small mass was frost and snow. connected to the mass of land was a small road of crystal that went from the entrance of the mindscape, to the mass of land. Around the lake, stalactites and stalagmites decorated the floor and ceiling.
On the mass of land stood Luke and Kyreum. The both of them staring into one another's eyes.
"What is it that you want Kyreum?" asked Luke, his tone professional and business like. That was always how he talked to the ice dragon. There was no playfulness, no cheer. Just cold professionalism.
Before Luke could even blink, the mindscape changed. Gone was the cold cavern that Kyreum called home. In its place was an endless void. They were not floating in nothingness, but they were standing on a watery surface. The ground illuminated by a celestial object above the two.
"It would seem we are not the only ones here…" spoke a voice from behind Luke. Turning around, he saw the approaching from of Rias Sabaku…and a certain Iron Golem that was behind her.
Luke raised an eyebrow. "You too? Please don't tell me that all of them are here…"
Luke's fears ringed true.
"What do you mean by 'All of them'? I thought I was the only one. You mean that there are more of people like me?" asked a voice from behind Luke.
Recognition washed over Rias's face as Luke turned around again to see who had spoken up. Rias simply pointed at the person who spoke. "You're that team from the one minor village that has a shitton of kinjutsu aren't you?"
Luke watched the Blonde girl with the weird crescent moon birthmark sigh. "Why is it that all we are known for is the hero's water and Jiongu…we don't even have the heroes water anymore…?" she muttered. However Luke wasn't paying attention to what she had said. He was gaping at the thing that was on her back.
"IM SORRY BUT IS THAT A RIFLE!?" he shouted. The blonde girl winced but Rias didn't. (Soundproof).
The girl rubbed her ears as Luke continued to point at the rifle in an exaggerated manner as he went all bug-eyed. "Yes it's a rifle, how is it such a big deal?" she responded with a glare.
A slightly raspy voice answered. "It's because most of us use swords and other close range weaponry…we don't use guns, and nor have we seen one since we were born. You should know this fact as well Dream Weaver." Everyone present turned to see Arthur Almia walk towards them in his armor as a ghost like floating rag thing with a clear crystal blue eye followed him.
It should be specially noted that the eye of Darkrai was of a shade of blue that sparkled with such a clear light that shinned like nothing before it.
The blonde girls' eyes widened when she saw the tattered form of Darkrai. She whispered three words as if in a trance. "Lord of Nightmares…"
The moment those words were uttered a gold, pink, and purple form floated down from the celestial body above. The figure was not alone however. Accompanying it was a red and white dragon. Its wings that jutted from its back giving it the appearance of a jet plane. Riding on the red and white eon dragon was none other than Kasumi Kaguya.
Crescelia, the gold one, floated over to the blonde girl as the eon Pokémon landed and allowed Kasumi to disembark. There was a tense silence were no one spoke anything as everyone just took in the people around them.
The shared mindscape changed to accommodate everyone present. The area was split into a pentagon like shape. With each person's area having an equal amount of space compared to one another. For Luke, his part became a snowfield with a misty peak WAY behind him.
For Rias it was a volcanic looking crag with molten metal flowing everywhere. It didn't seem like she was bothered by the heat.
For Kasumi, it became a city of water, with water fountains, flowing rivers and passengers with no faces on boats going to and fro in the background, with her standing on a bridge that connected hers to Arthur and Rias, who she was in between.
Arthur sat on a throne in a frozen castle that had seen better days. The one thing that stood out from the picture was the giant floating black crystal behind him.
And finally, for Luna Palladia, the blonde girl, her mindscape representation became a forest clearing. With the main attraction being the crescent moon symbol on it. With the crescent part being made up of a flower bed, and the rest of the moon being a small pond that she stood in the center of.
Each person's respective Pokémon tenant was either standing behind them, floating above them, or standing/flying by their side.
Well the exception seemed to be the Latias. It was…cowering shyly behind Kasumi?
Finally, Kasumi decided that she would be the one to start the conversation. She leaned forward and put her hands on the stone railing of the bridge she was on, "I believe an introduction from all of us is in order correct? We all know who the Pokémon are…so allow us humans to introduce ourselves."
Everyone nodded at that. It was a way to start a conversation. And they kinda needed something to talk about. Any longer and the previous silence would have become an awkward silence.
Kasumi straightened her back and pointed to herself. "My name is Kasumi Kaguya. I adhere to the hidden mist village. I am a member of squad hunt, led by Zabuza Momochi of the seven ninja swordsmen. My skillset includes using my Kenkai Genkai, the dead bone pulse, using attacks of draconian Nature, and my specialty lies in Genjutsu."
Everyone took the information in. filing it away to better prepare for it should they ever face her.
Rias took a step forward. "I'll go next." She spoke with a hint of dry boredom. "My name is Rias Sabaku. I belong to a gennin squad led by the sand jonin Joseph trail-"
Luke interrupted. "Hold on? Joseph Trail? The wind genie? If he's your jonin sensei, then why isn't he here…?"
Rias fixed him with a look. "And why would he be here? It's not like he's one of us."
Luke looked pensive at that. His face narrowed in confusion. "But I thought…I thought that he had Windorus in him…"
Arthur scoffed, which sounded weird when it came out of his helmet. "Don't be foolish…if he was in fact one of us, then shouldn't he be here alongside us?" he questioned to Luke.
When Arthur saw the downcast look on the ice users face he nodded to Rias. "Continue."
Rias flashed him a smirk. "Right, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted…" she casted a disproving glare towards Luke. "My skillset includes being a weapons mistress, being adept at wind jutsu, and created a whole 'nother way to use the magnet release bloodline."
The blonde girl of the group looked at her oddly. "What do you mean you invented another way to use your clan's bloodline abilities?"
Surprisingly enough, it was Darkrai who spoke up. The first Pokémon to speak up out of all present.
"She has metal stitched into her clothing…wires locked around her form...I would hazard a guess and say that you use Ninja wire in conjunction with your weapons and bloodline to control them in the air and soak the battlefield in blood no?" spoke the Nightmare bringer. A narrowed eye being his only sign that he had focused his attention on the redheaded girl.
Rias's eye widened at hearing that. She glared at the nightmare king, but didn't say anything else. Caring not to give any more information about her abilities. Which kinda worked in a way. She didn't confirm, nor deny the Pokémons accusation. However, her actions did confirm that Darkrai was close in his guess.
Luke coughed and brought everyone's attention on to him. He looked around for a bit to see that he had all the eyes and ears. He gave everyone a cheeky grin before saluting. "My name is Luke Unova an-"
"Your last name sounds made-up." Deadpanned Kasumi with her trademark blank face. Interrupting Luke in the process. Said person began to start up again. "Like I said, my name is Luke Unova and m-"
"See? I told you Darkrai, I'm not the only one named after a region." Interrupted Arthur. Luke sent a glare at the knight in armor before trying to start up again. This time he looked at everyone again before starting. "My name is Luke Unova and my sk-"
"Wait, you're named after a region?" interrupted Luna as she looked at Arthur. Said knight simply sighed from inside his helmet. Again, sounding really weird. It kinda sounded like he was breathing into a magic conch shell.
"I'm named after the Almia region. You know, the one with only rangers and no trainers?" he answered, oblivious to Luke's twitching left eye.
A lightbulb appeared above Luna's head, literally, and she slammed her fist into her open palm. "Oh! Now I know the region you're talking about…did you say something Luke?" she asked in genuine curiosity as she sent the twitching Luke a confused look.
Said person simply sighed. "You people are assholes…" he muttered under his breath. He then cleared his throat. "My name is Luke Unova and my skillset is-"
"Does the Almia region have any trainers at all?" inquired Rias.
"ARCEUS FUCKING DAMNIT!"
"HEY!"
Ignoring Luke's outburst, Arthur answered her question. "No, it does not. It only has Pokémon Rangers. It is one of those 'no trainers allowed' kind of places."
"I. hate. All of you."
Everyone present, sans Registeel and Kyreum, snickered at Luke.
"All of my hate…all of it…" he muttered. Luna just laughed at him. "You can start up your introduction now Luke Unova." She stated with a smirk.
Luke simply glared at her before starting up once again. "My name is Luke Unova…" he looked around. Staring at each and every one of them. "I am a gennin of TEAM SEVEN lead by Kakashi Hatake. My skillset includes: Summoning, my own style of ice release…and that's about it."
Everyone looked at him oddly. "Wait, that's it?" Luna questioned.
"Yep."
"But…that's so little variety!"
"Meh, don't need much else."
Luna's eye twitched.
Luke gave her an odd look. "What? I got something on my badass face?"
The host of the dream weaver simply sighed. "No. nothing's wrong it's just…you're not very capable of adapting to a situation aren't you?"
Luke continued to have the face of a confused child. "I'm not following you…"
It seemed that Luna was about to go on a tirade of how variety can help any ninja, but she was stopped by Arthur. "If the fool doesn't want to prepare then do not waste your time and ours on a matter so trivial as this. We don't have all day to do this." Impatience flooding his tone.
It got everyone back on track. Arthur stood up from his throne. "My name is Arthur Almia. I am the lead Gennin of the Orion squad lead by the jonin Natsuhi. My area of experience involves the art of genjutsu, taijutsu, dark-type techniques, and connecting the reality of this world to the subconscious."
Most of everyone in the room had confused expressions on their faces. Well the humans did, except for Luna. She was giving Arthur a clear look of disbelief. Luke turned to give a questioning glance to Kyreum, but the ice dragon simply turned its head in the direction of Crescelia.
Said Pokémon gave an appraising gaze to the knight in armor. This went on for a minute until the psychic Pokémon raised its head in approval. "It would seem that he has indeed managed to achieve such a state…you have trained him well Darkrai." It spoke. Its voice like that of an echo, but at the same time soothing.
Darkrai seemed to have a smug prick look on its face.
Kasumi fixed a bland look at the dream weaver. "Care to explain what it is that you're talking about?" she asked blandly. Her elbow leaning on the bridge rail in front of her with her chin lazing on her hand.
Crescelia simply raised its head, the attention of everyone in the room upon her. "The world of dreams is an entirely separate realm from this one. Created by the subconscious of everyone that breathes, it is a world where our most secluded thoughts are mixed in with the others of the many. If one is able to stand in both worlds, having half their mind in the subconscious, then they would achieve a state that is very much akin to this worlds 'sage mode'." The giver of good dreams explained.
Rias gave a skeptical look to the dream legandary. "There has got to be a drawback to something like that…care to explain?" she asked with a smile.
Said smile was entirely fake.
"Naturally such a state of mind would have some drawbacks and limitations. But I would be…spoiling things if I explained too much." The legandary answered in a…playful tone?
Rias scowled. "Damn…was hoping she would be stupid enough to give away more information." She muttered.
Luke raised an eyebrow at the statement. It's not exactly a good idea to antagonize a legandary Pokémon whose domain is dreams and the subconscious…when you're in a shared mindscape. Shaking his head, he clapped his hands. Drawing the attention onto him.
"While that is entirely interesting and all…should we get a move on? You, blondey, next."
Said blondey bristled at him before rubbing her hand onto her head. She then straightened her back and addressed the crowd. "My name is Luna Palladia. I am a gennin of Taki and I am a member of the waterfalls team with 'the most potential' as the higher ups like to say. I specialize in long-range combat with my girl Shelia here," she whipped out her hunting rifle and rubbed the shaft while smiling like a lunatic, "as well as genjutsu and fairy type techniques."
Arthur gave her an appraising look, not that anyone could see it because of his helmet. He simply nodded to her before his…throne sinked into the cobblestone floor of his mindscape part. The castle area of the five-piece shared mindscape then dissipated until there was not but an abyss in its place.
Luke and everyone else raised an eyebrow at that. Except for Rias. She just giggled. "Well…the bastard just stayed for the free information. Douche." Luke blandly stated.
Rias agreed. "I know right!? The jerk didn't even say bye-bye! Or Night-Night!"
Kasumi fixed her seemingly permanent blank look onto Luke. "It's the reason why we all stayed here. Free info on our possible opponents." And with that statement, she turned around and jumped onto the back of Latias. The two flew away.
"Huh," Luke deadpanned. "Hey Rias-" she was already gone. The two girls respective parts of the pentagon mindscape already nothing but darkness.
The only boy in the area sighed. "Well…how about you Lun…oh come on!"
She had flied off into the blackness on the back of Crescelia.
"Let us depart Luke…we do not want any more people listening in on us do we?" spoke the legandary leftover husk.
The boy sighed…and sagged as a raincloud appeared above his head. "Yeah…let's go."
And with that, the last person (and Pokémon) in the shared mindscape left the hub…
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"Wait, they knew that knew that me, the rappin' killer bee, was in this house?"
"Yes, they knew ya fool. How could they not, when there were two people that specialized in dream manipulation? I swear, sometimes I wish that I was put into someone else besides a rapping fool…"
"Hey hey hey, yo, there ain't nothin' wrong with me an my rap! If ya got a problem then I put ya in a trap! And to get ya ass out, ya gonna need a map! And if ya get outa that, then your gonna be put in a sack! That's me! The rappin' killer bee!
"For the love of all things holy…someone kill me."
The next day, all the gathered teams had delivered themselves to the temple entrance. It was wide enough to accommodate all 42 gennin plus the jonin sanseis and then some. The attention of all present was on one individual.
He had orange spiky hair, with light gray bangs jutting out like horns; he wore a gray jacket with the footprint of Heatran on the back of it over an orange shirt. Upon his feet were combat boots with steel imbedded into them, silver anklets, and he wore bone pattered silver bracelets on his wrists. His pants were of the shinobi black kind. But it was his eyes that would send the fear of Arceus into his enemy's soul.
Red eyes. Blood red. Like the lava that he would command to incarcerate the insides of his enemies. They burned with a hatred unlike any other. The kind of hate that blossoms from loss, and is feeded by those around it. The eyes are a window to the soul. And a thirst, a desperate thirst for revenge reflected in those red mirrors.
The sixteen-borderline-seventeen-year old Chunnin's name was Toni Yamaguchi. An A-ranked Chunnin of Iwa. He is one of the most dangerous shinobi that Iwa has.
Lava release, steel release, fire and earth, and blood so that was so hot, it could literally melt your face off. A dangerous combination to be sure. But he did have one noticeable flaw.
He had a short temper. And very little control over it. He was hot blooded, both figuratively and literally. He loved to fight. But the moment you bring up the hidden leaf…let's just say the guys with steel beams jutting out of their persons should give you all the reason not to.
Murderer, monster, psychopath, comrade, partner, and protector. All of them tittles that described him. And with reason too. His hatred of konoha was as great as many others in iwa. If not more so. The death of his parents by the hands of leaf shinobi in front of his very eyes caused that change in him. From sweet little boy, to unrelenting monster in second.
He is also quite possibly, the rudest person on the planet. Has the mouth of a sailor, and no respect towards authority.
Nobody to nightmare. That was the story of Toni's ascension to the bingo book. Although he did care for one person above all others.
Ayumu Agano, who stood behind Toni. He wore a black jumpsuit with Claydol symbols on the front, back, ankles, and wrists of the jumpsuit. The only other thing besides his Iwa headband that he wore was his black shinobi sandals. Holstered around a belt on his back were two oversized Kunai in an X shape due to their holster. He was fifteen years old.
The teenager's eyes were a hooded pink, and his black hair was in the shape of a cone. Much like that of a Claydol.
Toni Yamaguchi and Ayumu Agano. The two of them were inseparable. Partners in every sense of the word.
And they were the proctors of the third exam.
"Alright you fresh meat!" he yelled out. The attention of all upon his stern glare. "I really don't give a shit about formalities, so none of that BULLSHIT!"
The respect he had among the many gennin went up a few notches from that statement alone.
"I don't care about any of you, but I'm supposed to explain this bullcrap so listen up! Ayumu, take it away!"
The fifteen year old gave a curt nod to his partner. Completely used to his disrespect of all things. He stepped forward and held up a chart. "The third exam is going to be a tournament in front of all the Daimyo's, Kage's, lords and ladies of the pretty much every single hidden village and providence."
He paused to let that statement sink in. judging by the nervous looks on some of the gathered forty-two gennin, then Ayumu continued on.
"The way the tournament will work is rather unique. The first round of the battles will be a three on three team battle. A team Deathmatch in essence. After the first round of battles, when all gennin have fought, the winners will move onto round two. For round two, each team will choose one person to take part in a smaller scale single battle elimination tournament. This will determine third place. The remaining two members of the respective teams will compete in a two on two dual. Again, the winners will move on and split once again. Another single battle tournament will take place to determine second place. The final tournament will be a one on one to determine the village that will take home the title of Chunnin exam victor. Any questions?"
A snow gennin in chakra armor raised his hand. "Will the battle be back to back?"
Toni snorted. "Hell no. that would be stupid and a waste. Each round will have a day in between shit for brains. That way more people can spend money and shit on merchandise, agreements between the villages can be made, and other political bullcrap." Was the eloquent reply from the demonic looking Chunnin.
The snow gennin wilted like a flower under the heart of the mountains glare.
Ayumu cleared his throat. "While normally we would tell you people which teams will fight which…that would give you time to prepare. You're going to be judged in front of the world. Shinobi are supposed to be able to adapt to any mission. So we will be testing your ability to adapt to an unfavorable situation. You will not be able to find out which team will fight until the day that the tournament will roll around."
There were some squeaks from the crowd. They were ignored. "You will have one month of training. Do not waste it. Thirty-three days from now, the tournament will start. Prepare like you are going to fight for your life at your execution. Deaths do happen during these things."
In the crowd, a certain Sabaku grinned like a madmen. A knight sighed impassively. A Kaguya stared blankly. A Taki Nin flinched slightly. And a member of TEAM SEVEN scratched his butt.
"This is a big event. Never before has there been a Chunnin exam of this size and scale. Do not disappoint the judges. Your village's financial future may very well depend on it."
Many of the people in the crowd had gaunt faces at that statement. Nervous looks went back and forth amongst the throes of people.
"And now a special message from Toni."
Ayumu stepped back and Toni stepped forward.
"Do. Not. Fuck. Up. You. Little. Shits. It has been stated a crapton of times, but this is a big event. The biggest motherfucking thing in a fuckton of years. This goes to all of you, but especially you two squads from the motherland! I'm not supposed to play favorites…but you had better show up those tree shitting bastards!"
Kushina hit him in the back of the head. Receiving a rather fierce glare from Toni who had to actually restrain himself from trying to burn the Uzumaki from the inside out as slowly and painfully as possible. The woman gave him a glare and a snarl in return.
Toni straightened himself. "The event is a giant ass festival that is going to go on for three fucking days. So bring the festival stuff that people with iron poles shoved up their asses have. Look nice; represent your country to the best of your abilities and all that other patriotic bullshit. People want to see blood. And they will. So bring you're A-game to the tournament. That's all you bitches! Now get the hell out of here!"
Minato looked at the three jonin sensei's in his office. They were the only ones who gennin squads managed to pass…of the twenty that signed up.
His wife and love of his life, Kushina Uzumaki. Jonin sensei of team eleven. Its members consist of Sakura Haruno, an aspiring genjutsu mistress and medic Nin. Sasuke Uchiha, the uchiha heir and philosophy confused boy. And his Daughter and joy of his life, Aiko Namikaze-Uzumaki, a striving kenjutsu and seal mistress as well as the Kyubi jinchuriki.
Not for long… he thought to himself. He had a plan…he just needed to iron out a few details before he out it into action. If he managed to succeed, then his daughter would have an alternate source of power besides the Kyubi's chakra…and she wouldn't need to deal with the foxes hatred.
Next in line, Might Guy. Konoha's taijutsu master and a kage level shinobi…if he uses the eight gates. His students were Rock Lee, an aspiring taijutsu master and a mini-clone of Guy. Hyuga Neji, the prodigy of the branch house, and a formerly fate obsessed prick. Oh he still believes in fate, but due to Guy's…fashion sense and overall weirdness, the boy has begun to throw away his faith in the inevitable. The jonin's third student is Tenten Higarashi, an aspiring weapons mistress…and a teenager that can make spandex look GOOD.
A freaky team, but an effective team nonetheless.
And finally, the most promising gennin team led by Minato's last remaining student, Kakashi Hatake, the son of the White Fang. Kakashi's students were Luke Unova, a skilled gennin versatile in his use of ice and his unique summons. Athena Pantheon, a powerful in mind and spirit gennin that is skilled in Kenjutsu. And finally, his disowned, but not unloved son, Naruto Uzumaki, a gennin skilled in the art of water manipulation and ninjutsu.
All of them promising gennin that were going to be fighting in the massive tournament in thirty-one days' time. All of them were going to be training for a month. But first, he needed an evaluation from each of the jonin on both their performance the second and first exams, as well as the training pan for the respective gennin.
"Well, let's start with you honey. What happened out there in iron country?" he asked with a smile as he sipped the first sip of the 138th cup of coffee he was going to have for the day.
Kushina's cheerful face became serious instantly. "To start, our daughter has retrieved some interesting information concerning an ice using gennin we all know…"
Minato just knew that today was going to be interesting. He just didn't know how.
Toni hates Konoha so much that he couldn't resist taking a shot at them during his little spiel.
Recently I have gotten back into Digimon. after frontier I kinda left the series.
and then I watched Digimon savers.
holy fucking shit. best series EVAH!
THE GUY GOES AROUND PUNCHING MEGA LEVEL DIGIMON IN THE FACE! THAT UNFLINCHING WALK DONE BY SHINEGREYMON BURST MODE WHEN HE WENT UP AGAINST BELPHEMON RAGE MODE! THE DEATH GLARE! THE PUNCHING KURATA IN THE FACE!
HE PUNCHED THE DIGIMON GOD IN THE FACE!
MARCUS DAIMON IS FUCKING AWSOME! THE BEST DIGIMON PROTAGONIST EVER!
Because I've had Digimon on the mind, I was thinking of doing a Digimon/Naruto crossover. a neglect fic (yeah don't we have about a thousand of them) were its Fem!Naruto, and due to a dimensional mishap, becomes a digimon in the digital world due to failing a suicide attempt on her life when she had everything taken from her. the pairing I had in mind was a Angewomon!FEM!Naruto x beelzemon. because beelzemon is fucking awesome and deserves all the bitches. seriously, beelzemon looks really fun to write, just look at this example from another fanfic: "See, this is why we need to invest in weed whackers! Motherfuckers be growing and shit!"
im seriously considering doing the story. if anyone wants to make their own version of the above, go ahead. by the way people...
season two sucked ass!
AND THATS ALL SHE WROTE!
CUE THE AIRHORNS!
BABABABWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!