Guess what, I'm back! I know a lot of you have been waiting a long time for this. So have I! I finally got the time to do this!
In this chapter, I decided to add something that I wanted to put in the last one. Also I will be answering some questions that were asked in the first BEMB. What really helped me out was nature energy. Without that, no one would believe what I cooked up.
Let's rock!
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"Get up, you little shit sniffer," said a loud voice that woke Shikamaru out of a pleasant dream where he was napping. Slowly the lazy Nara opened his eyes and saw Tayuya standing next to his bed wearing nothing (from what he could tell) but an oversized t-shirt. Of course, Shikamaru didn't really give a damn what she was wearing. She was in his room!
"W-Why are you here?!" demanded Shikamaru.
"Waking you up," said Tayuya matter of factly. This caused Shikamaru to eye twitch.
"Let me rephrase that," said Shikamaru as he rubbed his eyes. "What are you doing in my house?"
"You mean my house," said Yoshino as she entered the room. She then turned to Tayuya and smiled warmly at her. "Thank you for waking up my lazy son, Tayuya-chan."
"This is so troublesome," said Shikamaru to the great annoyance of the two women who were in the room. "What is going on here? And," he said as he pointed at Tayuya, "what is she doing here?"
"Because you need a kick in the pants," said Yoshino. "After what happened on your last mission it became very clear what you lack. So I talked to Asuma-san and we decided that you need some one-on-one training. Now finding people to do this was hard since almost everyone is training with their teams or doing missions, so I asked Tayuya-chan here to help in exchange for room and board."
"That's right asshole," said Tayuya as she cracked her knuckles. "Your kaa-san gave me permission to work you to the bone. And believe me, I intend to do just that!"
"Troublesome," muttered Shikamaru. "This is why all women are troublesome." This comment earned him a smack on the head from both his mother and Tayuya.
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It had been three months since the failed council take over. Since then, Tsunade had been sending many shinobi out on missions with less people than she normally would have. Also she was sending some of them on missions that were well above what their rank called for. But it was something that had to be done. Enemies to the village would look at them rejecting clients as a sign of weakness and attack. The village also needed all the money they could get to finish rebuilding. Not to mention that Tsunade herself needed money to payback her loan sharks.
Tsunade picked up a piece of paper and then did something that was very rare when looking at paperwork: she smiled. She was looking at the paperwork for Anko's and Iruka's wedding which was coming up soon. From what she had heard was that they weren't sure which name they would be using. It wasn't clear yet if they were going to choose one or combine the two. Slowly a frown appeared on Tsunade's face as she realized that she was going to have to give the bride some bad news.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," said Tsunade. As soon as she said that, the remaining members of Team Anko entered the room. Naruto was sporting a black eye, Rin was casting him small glares, and Haku was smiling pleasantly. "Did something happen?"
"It's nothing," said Rin darkly as she shot another glare at Naruto who gulped. Tsunade sighed and looked at Haku.
"What happened?" she asked with a sigh.
"Well, everything was going fine," began Haku.
-Flashback-
"Man that was a great movie," said Naruto as he, Rin, and Haku left the movie theater. Today had gone a bit different than it usually did. They had gone to the tower to pick up their mission, but instead were given movie tickets from Shizune. They were told to go see the movie and then return to the tower for their mission briefing.
"It sure was," said a wide eyed Rin. "Movies sure have changed since the last time I saw one. They special effects were ten times better!" It was true that Rin had been amazed by the movie. She had sat at the edge of her seat as she watched the story of Fuun-hime. It would, of course, have been better if it had been just her and Naruto. That would have made the situation more like a real date instead of a mission.
"Please," said Haku as he took a sip of his soda. "Those special effects were so fake anyone could tell. That's the problem with movies today; they spend more time on weak looking special effects and explosions than they do with real acting. 'War of the Planets', now there's a good movie."
"I remember that movie," said Rin. "I saw it on its opening night."
"No way," said Haku. "It came out about fifteen years ago."
"Well I saw it," said Rin stubbornly. A moment later Naruto began to chuckle and Haku gave him a questioning look.
"Sometimes I forget how old you really are Rin-chan," said Naruto.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked Rin darkly as tick marks appeared on her face.
"Well, ah," stammered Naruto as he felt a small killer intent from her. It wasn't life threatening, however it wasn't something he wanted to experience either. "It's just that you look good for someone who should really be near thirty." He had meant it to be a compliant. Yet Rin didn't see it that way as she pulled her fist back.
-End Flashback-
"I see," said Tsunade. "Well, as amusing as that story was, we should get down to business. I have an A-ranked mission for you all. You are going to be guarding Fujikaze Yukie while she makes her next movie in Yuki no Kuni." As she said this, she noticed the excited look on Naruto's face. She assumed it was because he was a fan or hers or that he was happy to get such a high ranked mission. Or maybe it was both.
"Wait," said Rin. "We're going on an A-ranked mission alone?"
"Hai," said Tsunade. "All of the other jonin are away on other missions that are more of a high priority. I had planned on asking Jiraiya to go with you, but right now we are having a problem with him."
"What kind of problem?" asked Haku. Tsunade didn't answer right away. Instead she reached under her desk and pulled out a bottle of sake. She then gulped it all at once. Then she answered the question.
"It's because he found his heaven," she answered. "Apparently he went down into the sewers and found some ancient porn store. Since then we have been unable to get him out. We tried sending Kakashi in there to talk some sense into him, but now Kakashi won't leave. All they do is sit in that place, doing things I don't want to think about, and eating rats in order to survive. It's like they are on some kind of porn high!" Just then, there was a knock on the door. "Come in."
The door opened and an elderly man entered the room. His hair and beard were white as cotton. He was dressed in plain, dull colored clothing and wore glasses.
"Excuse me for the interruption," he said. "But I lost her." Tsunade sighed as she rubbed her temples.
"This is Sandayuu-san, Fujikaze-san's manager," explained Tsunade. "He is the one who hired us for this mission. Your mission starts now so get the hell out of my office!" The team started to leave with the client, but Tsunade spoke up again. "Naruto, I want a word with you."
A moment later, it was just the two blonds. Tsunade sat there with her hands folded as she looked at Naruto. His black eye was gone and he seemed a bit nervous.
"So what do ya want baa-chan?" he asked. A tick mark appeared on Tsunade's forehead.
"Don't call me that!" she snapped. She then took a deep breath before speaking again. "Naruto, I want you to apologize to Rin."
"Nani?' cried Naruto. "But I didn't do anything wrong. She's the one who hit me!"
"I know," said Tsunade. "It was a misunderstanding and she shouldn't have acted the way she did. However, I think Rin has a lot on her plate right now and what you said was the straw that broke the camel's back. She's been working non-stop, she's worried about her sensei, and she's worried that you might leave her." At this, Naruto blinked.
"Why's she worried about that?" he asked.
"When was the last time you took her out on a date?" asked Tsunade.
"A couple of months ago," he replied. "But we're together all the time. We live together, we train together, we go on missions together, and a whole bunch of other stuff."
"Naruto," said Tsunade softly. "You have a lot to learn about a growing girl's heart. Right now, Rin doesn't think you are giving her enough attention. Yes, you are always together but it is always with other people. She wants you to give her all of your attention and spend time with just her. By not asking her out you are sending the message that you might be getting tired of her."
"Oh," said Naruto. Personally, he didn't get it. How could a person get tired of being around someone else? And if he ever did, he would just say it.
"There is also another matter," continued Tsunade. "The Tsuchikage has been writing to me a lot lately about trying to improve relations with our two villages. Moving on and all that. Rin was here when I had a letter of his being read to me due to a…headache I had and it suggested that you and Michi become engaged."
"NANI?!" screamed Naruto.
"Yeah, Rin said the same thing," said Tsunade. "Personally, I don't buy it. He's most likely trying to get you and your kekkei genkai for his village. I'll do everything in my power to promote peace and avoid war, but I draw the line at using my own shinobi as bargaining chips. That's one bet I'll never take."
"Good thing too," said Naruto with a grin. "Knowing you, you'd lose that bet every time and the village would be without shinobi." The next thing Naruto knew he was flying out the window thank to Tsunade's fist.
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Just as Haku, Rin, and Sandayuu entered the bar where Yukie was currently getting wasted in, Naruto came screaming in through the ceiling. Haku and Rin moved to check up on their teammate while almost everyone else back away from the blond. Sandayuu, fearing that someone had attacked the poor boy, fell on his ass. Yukie glanced over at what had happened and then went back to her drink.
"Naruto-kun, are you all right?" asked a worried Rin as she got Naruto into a sitting position. She then held up three fingers. "How many fingers do you see?"
"Three," muttered Naruto. "And I'm fine. Baa-chan didn't use her full strength on me." At this, Rin sighed.
"You made fun of her again, didn't you?" she asked. Naruto nodded as he got up.
Naruto then turned and saw her, Fujikaze Yukie. She tried to look like everyone else with those sunglasses and trench coat, but he could tell it was her with just one glance. After all, he was a big fan of hers. He had read every article that had ever been written about her since she first started acting. He had gone to see all of her movies, even when he didn't have any money. He wasn't at stalker level, but he was close.
But to be honest, he never thought he'd ever see her getting wasted in the dirtiest bar in the village. Don't ask how he knew.
"Fujikaze-san," said Sandayuu as he moved to the actress. "We must hurry up. The boat will be leaving soon!"
"So what," she said as she drank from her glass.
"It's in your contract," said Sandayuu. "If you don't do this, you might never star in another movie. Think of all your fans!"
"Who cares about them?" Yukie said nastily as she motioned the bartender to pour her another glass.
"Don't you care about them at all?" asked Naruto as watched as the star he admired becoming less and less impressive. "There are a lot of people who look up to you."
"Then their idiots," she replied as she took another sip of her drink. "All I am is an actress and it's a job for the worst people. All I do is follow a script that someone else wrote. And anyone can do my job. They'll just get someone off the street and then everyone will love…"
"No!" shouted Sandayuu as he slammed his fist on the bar counter. "The part of Fuun-hime can only be played by you."
"This is getting us nowhere," said Haku as he pulled out his senbon needles. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he sent two fly into the back of her neck. As soon as they made contact, her face hit the bar counter and began to snore. Slowly, everyone turned to stare at Haku. "Was I the only one who thought we needed to do that?"
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Back and forth. Back and forth. That's what the room was doing when Yukie woke up in a bed she knew wasn't hers. Her head was killing her and the rocking room didn't help at all. She could feel the dirt on her body and could still smell the booze on her. The only good thing she could see in this situation was that there was no fat, sweaty guy snoring next to her.
"Ah, you're awake," said Sandayuu as he entered the room.
"I have the worst hangover ever," she whined. "I just want it to go away so the room will stop rocking."
"It won't stop until the boat reaches its destination," said Sandayuu. Yukie looked at him strangely for a moment as she processed his words. Then, her eyes widened in utter fear. She raced to a window and opened it to confirm that they were now out at sea and far away from land. Yukie then let out the loudest scream she had ever done in her life.
Shit, thought the shark girl who was clinging to the side of the boat right below Yukie's window. The things I do for this group. Better go over the checklist again. Kisame wants her bra. Itachi-senpai and Leader-sama want me to get shots of her while she undresses. Zetsu want her toenail clippings. And I just want her autograph. Now all I have to do is watch out for whoever they got to be her bodyguard and I'll be just fine.
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Team Anko was on the main deck as they watched the crew get to work. The director had decided to not waste any time so while they were on the boat, they would do as many scenes as possible that could be edited later. So far they had been nothing too dramatic. Mostly scenes were the characters were planning, eating, or giving a speech. Stuff like that.
"How the hell can this be an A-ranked mission?" whined Naruto. "All we're doing is babysitting some spoiled princess."
"My," said Rin. "You sure turned on her fast. Don't you have several magazines the feature Fujikaze-san in your closet back home?"
"I'm burning them when I get back home," muttered Naruto.
"In any case," said Haku as he decided to answer Naruto's question. "People like Fujikaze-san are usually targets for kidnappers and psychos who have blurred the line between fantasy and reality. Also, they have a lot of money so they can afford the extra protection."
"So in other words, it's only an A-ranked mission is only A-ranked because they paid for one?" asked Naruto with a pissed off expression.
"Sandayuu, my eye drops!" yelled Yuki loudly. The three chunins turned to look as Sandayuu put some eye drops in Yukie's eyes. A passing crew man noticed them looking and decided to explain.
"They're doing a scene that requires Fujikaze-san to cry," he said, getting their attention. "No matter what happens around her, she won't cry on her own. She says it's because she's used up all her tears, but I say that she's so heartless that she can't cry even if she saw a puppy die right in front of her."
"Great," said Naruto with a yawn. "Wake me up when something happens." With that, Naruto closed his eyes and fell asleep. But instead of going to dreamland where visions of ramen bowls would have been dancing in his head, he was standing in front of Kyuubi's cage.
"Why are you here?" demanded Kyuubi in annoyance. As it turned out, he was also a fan of Fujikaze Yukie and wasn't at all disappointed when he saw the real one here. Hell, seeing her like that made her look more appealing to him. Now if only she had gotten a bit more drunk he could have seen Yukie in her birthday suit. So for now, he would settle for watching them make the movie. That was until Naruto fell asleep and ruined that for him.
"Like I know?" said Naruto. "I just fell asleep and ended here."
"Hmmm," said the Kitsune. "Then your pitiful mind must have brought you here without your knowing it. That's probably it seeing that your kind barely uses any of your brain." At that, a tick mark appeared of Naruto's head. "So, have you any questions that you want me to answer? Ask nicely and I might just answer them."
"And if you don't my mind will just keep bringing me back here," said Naruto.
"Good point," the Kyuubi responded.
"Well, I guess I have been wondering a few things since you downloaded all that stuff into my brain," began Naruto. "Like, why don't the Others deal with Madara from doing whatever he's planning on doing with you? I mean, he's going to get the biju just to take them out and become more powerful. So, shouldn't they try to take care of him before that happens?"
"They are a group that are bound to their rules," answered Kyuubi. "One of those rules states that they are not allowed to interfere with any being living on this plane of existence unless their actions threaten the safety of the entire universe. Let me give you an example. Let's same that Orochimaru found a way to travel to other worlds in this galaxy and began to kill everyone he saw. The Others wouldn't interfere because they are thinking of the larger picture. A number higher than your kind could count would die and they would state that it was just one small section of the universe. Now, let's say that Orochimaru continued to do this until half of the universe was dead. Then they would try to reason with him, bargain with him, and then debate if they should kill him."
"So they would let everyone die while they debate whether or not to kill him?!" yelled Naruto. "That sucks! They have the power to save lives and they won't use it!"
"That is their way," answered Kyuubi. "They would have no way of knowing what their actions would have if they did interfere. They are afraid that if they did do this, then they might get tempted to do it again and again. Then they would have to deal with those who exist above them. So it would be better for them to simply do nothing. I believe it is similar to your human's politicians."
"But they did it with you," Naruto pointed out. At this, Kyuubi laughed.
"At that time," he said, "I was simply energy. I acted only on impulse, not on thought. I was not yet sentient so their action was justified. To them, anyways."
"This is giving me a headache," said Naruto as he rubbed his temples. "Fine, there's one other thing I have been thinking about. The Silver person said that she became one of the Others on her own."
"So you noticed that," said Kyuubi with a grin. "The first thing you must know it that the names of the Others are not names but titles. When you become one of the others, you leave behind your former life and a symbolic way of doing that is giving up your name. There has always been a Blue, Black, and Red. Anyone else is an extra. When one of these three advances to the next level or decide to take on their original form again, someone new must take their spot.
"When I applied to take the spot of the new Red, there were only two beings in the entire universe that filled enough of the requirements needed to become one of the Others. The rejected me and picked Madara. Until someone else fills up enough requirements or is able to become one of them on their own, that spot will remain empty."
"So what do you need to become one of them?" asked Naruto.
"Only two things," answered Kyuubi. "One is that you must be completely willing to leave behind your former existence. That includes family, friends, dreams, everything. I was unable to do that so I will never be able to do it on my own. The second requirement is that you master at least five of the six different energies and be able to control them evenly."
"Six energies?" asked Naruto.
"As you know," began Kyuubi, "chakra is made of physical and mental/spiritual energies. Those are the most basic on energies. The other four are nature, cosmic, temporal, and causality. For some humans, they are able to master different types of energies sooner than others. For example, your physics are able to look into probable futures thanks to causality energy. Your father was able to use temporal energy with his Hirashin; of course he hadn't completely mastered it. If he had, he wouldn't have needed a tool. Now, most being are able to do the basics. Some can eventually gain a third. However, it is rare to see anyone try to gain a forth. If a person were able to have all six inside of him and mix them perfectly, he or she would be a god and able to do whatever they wanted. For a time at least. You see, your bodies simply aren't able to hold all that power. It's simply too much. That is why you would have to shed away your mortal body and become pure chakra. And you can only do this naturally if you let go of the world you know so it is extremely rare."
"Somehow hearing all this just made me feel worse," groaned Naruto. "A guy with all that power is coming after me. How the hell am I supposed to beat a guy like that?!"
"Simple," said Kyuubi. "Wake your lazy ass up and start training!" At this, Naruto face faulted.
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The next morning the ship caught sight of an island covered in snow. It was official; they were in Yuki no Kuni. And when the director saw the island his eyes lit up like a child's on Christmas morning to see everything he asked for underneath the tree (lucky bastards). It was perfect for the big fight scene. No one around for miles, no crowds to get in their way, and no owners to pay some stupid fee for using it. It was a gift from Kami! The director then ordered them to land on the island and for everyone to get ready for the fight scene in half an hour.
Acting as quickly as possible, everyone set to work. The film people set up the cameras and the lighting people made sure the light was just right. The special effects experts set up all the explosions that they would need and a few other things here and there. The actors and actresses went to make-up and then got on their costumes as fast as possible. While this was going on, the chunins were getting ready as well. Haku put on his old oinin uniform, minus the mask, with his hair tied up in the back. Rin buttoned up her trench coat and Naruto just toughed it out. After all, he needed to take off his jacket to pull out his bones or else he'd put holes in them.
The scene they were doing was the big scene were the good guys face off against the big bad guy. The scene had just started and the bad guy was giving his big speech on how they were destined to lose to his unstoppable might. Suddenly, from right behind the bad guy, there was an explosion. The actor turned around and saw Rin standing behind him with a kunai raised.
"What are you doing?" yelled the director while the film kept rolling. Then he saw Naruto and Haku jump into the set as well. Not knowing what the hell was going on, the director looked up and saw a man standing near the spot where the explosion had occurred. He had light blue hair that was tied into a ponytail. He had neon green eyes and wore a white outfit with some device on his chest.
"Welcome to Yuri no Kuni," said the man arrogantly. "I, Roga Nadare, will be your host for the evening."
A moment later something flew over the area and then landed on an ice spike. It was a woman wearing a similar outfit. The only real difference was the folding wings on her back. She had pink hair and green eyes.
"Welcome home Koyuki-hime," said Kakuyoku Fubuki.
Sensing another one in the snow, Naruto yelled, "Teshi Sendan!" sending five finger bone bullets to a seemingly random spot in the snow. When the hit the ground, the largest of the three by weight got out of the snow. Like the other two, he had the same white outfit and device on his chest. In addition, his left arm was mechanical and had several holes in it due to Naruto's attack.
"Better watch out for the blond squirt," yelled Fuyukuma Mizore. "The chakra armor didn't stop that jutsu of his."
"Interesting," said Nadare as he eyed Naruto. There were very few jutsus that couldn't be stopped by their armor. And he was sure the scientists back at the village would love the chance to find some way to stop his.
Back with the news crew, the film was still rolling. Realizing this, the camera man moved to stop it when the director grabbed his hand, hard.
"Turn that off and you're fired," said the director.
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Well, see ya next time. And it will be much sooner.
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Omake: The Mirror part 2
In a different part of the village, Hinata was walking back to her home when a bright light hit the ground a few feet away from her. The young fifteen year old girl was knocked to the ground by the force and began to chough from all the dirt that was knocked up into the air.
"Why the hell am I here?!" yelled a very familiar voice. The smoke cleared and Hinata looked up at Naruto. However, he was a little off. The first she noticed was the large sword on his back that looked bigger than he was. He wore grey pants and a blue colored jonin vest. His hitai-ate was worn on the side of his head on a slant and had the Kiri symbol on it. "Wait, why the hell am I in this hellhole. And… Hinata-chan, why are you here?"
He called me Hinata-chan, thought Hinata in bliss. Maybe it had something to do with his new outfit.
"W-Well, ah, I was o-on my," she began but stopped when Naruto put his hand on her forehead making her face turn bright red.
"That's odd," he said. "You stopped stuttering a while back. The last time I heard you stutter was when you suggested that threesome with Isaribi-chan." And with that, Hinata fainted. "Better get her out of her. I bet Hiashi-teme is behind this somehow. After I take care Hinata-chan I'll make sure he'll never be able to have children again. And I have the perfect tool for the job," he said as he patted his sensei's sword.