Chapter 4
Sky High
At the top of a giant plateau.
"Wow, what a view!" a girl with blonde hair that had blue streaks in it, Jane, exclaimed.
"Who cares? All I want to do is get out of here." Naruto stated.
"You know that is impossible right now. Our dimensions will still be under whatever rules here's control." a girl in an orange robotic suit with an arm cannon on the right, Samus, replied.
"Theeeeeeen whaaaaaat do we dooooooo?" Glowmoss asked.
"Lets see if we can spot anyone else here." a boy with black hair that went to the bottom of his neck wearing a black tank top and baggy blue jeans, Sam, said. (not to be confused with Sam I Am.)
"Then I'll get a stars-eye view." Ristar said and grabbed a Star Pole and swung round and round until he sparkled, let go, and flew around.
"That's not required star, we can see everything from here." A guy wearing black with red hair that had downward facing spikes, Renji, stated. He also had a sword strapped on his back which looked more like a large saw.
"Its all right, maybe he can find more help." a rag doll with big eyes and about half the size of an average human, 9, replied. Ristar landed and shook his head sadly.
"Well like, did you find anybody?" a green squid looking alien with a visible brain and wearing a pink belt, Mark, asked.
"No, No I didn't." the star replied.
"Well damn it. Then being up here is pointless." Renji stated.
"Hehhehheh, quite the opposite." an evil voice said.
"Who is there?" Mark wondered.
"No...NO! It can't be!" Naruto shouted.
"It is Naruto, it is indeed your former master." and none other than Crisis rose out of the ground.
"How? I thought that girl killed you!" (Naruto watched the event unfold in the afterlife, much like he and Ichigo watched the tournament before.)
"Hm, indeed she did. However the darkness has brought me back. That fool would grant me a wish if I absorb you all, but I know better than that. He is using all the other villains as pawns, much like I used you my pupil."
"SHUT UP!" Naruto shouted and charged at the being in his Kyuubi form, but Crisis easily knocked him away with a tendril.
"Wow you like, have tentacles too?" Mark exclaimed.
"As I was saying before my pupil interrupted me: the darkness is using everyone else as pawns, which I am impressed with I admit."
"Then what are you here for?" Sam asked through gritted teeth.
"Well well well, Sam Revlis. Never would I dream of seeing you."
"Spare me the words Crisis!"
"Hm, I don't think you want me to use force. And why am I here? Revenge."
"What are you talking about?"
"I must absorb and kill all the ones who defeated me, but my main target is that girl."
"You aren't harming anyone, not as long as we are here." Samus said.
"Yeeeeeahhh, weeeeee won't let youuuuuuuuu." Glowmoss added.
"Hmhm, humor me." Crisis said.
"RAAAAAH! I'll take you down myself!" Naruto shouted and charged at the being with a Blazing Rasengan from his one tailed form. Crisis just smirked and smacked the ninja back like before.
"Take this you creep!" Renji exclaimed and pulled out his sword, which suddenly grew much longer, and swung it down. Crisis didn't move a muscle as the sword embedded itself into his shoulder.
"Wh-wha? Why didn't you dodge?" Renji exclaimed in confusion.
"I have no need."
"Whatever." he replied and pulled the sword toward himself, cutting Crisis' arm off like a saw.
"Take that." Ristar stated, but gasped when he saw the arm regenerate.
"Surely you can do better than that." the Dark Earthling said.
"Its useless trying to beat him like this, you can't win against Crisis." Sam said.
"Don't say that! We can and we will!" Jane exclaimed.
"No, he's right. With that healing power Crisis is pretty much indestructible." Naruto explained quietly.
"Huh? But what do we do then?" 9 asked.
"I don't know...but we need many more people than this if we hope to win."
"Well then lets like, look for others and stuff like we were gonna do." Mark suggested.
"We won't get to with that guy around." Jane said.
"Then we will just have to improvise." Samus said and pressed a button on the side of her arm. Suddenly a portal appeared and an orange round spaceship flew out of it and the hole closed.
"That'll work." Ristar said. The spaceship flew down and landed in front of the group. Crisis just simply watched them, not caring if they escaped. All of them except for Naruto that is.
"Wow, nice spaceship!" Mark exclaimed.
"Yeah, VERY nice." Jane said, scrambled toward the ship, and tried opening the rising door on the side.
"Nice try, but even if you got in, you could not even take off." Samus said and walked toward her ship, motioning for her group to follow. She pressed another button on her suit and the door Jane was trying to pry open rose up. Despite her words, Jane climbed inside and looked at the buttons, trying to find what one starts the ship.
"Stop that. In case you forgotten, Crisis is still out there!" Renji shouted, climbing into the ship. Glowmoss, Mark, Ristar, and 9 followed. Samus shoved Jane out of the driving seat, making the armorless girl scowl.
"So is everybody here?" 9 asked.
"Narutoooooooo and Saaaaaaaaam are miiiiiiiiiissiiiiiiiiiiiiiing." Glowmoss said. Outside of the ship, 4 tailed Naruto and Sam were staring Crisis down.
"We aren't letting you get away Crisis!" Sam exclaimed.
"I'm not running, although I suggest you do Sam Revlis. I have no interest in you."
"Then what do you want?"
"I want my former pupil back, Naruto Uzumaki."
"NO! You are insane if you think I will join you!" the ninja yelled.
"Again, 'join you again'."
"RAH! SHUT UUUUUUUUUUP!" he shouted and sent out a shockwave of chakra. While this knocked Crisis back, it was useless as he regenerated.
"Stop it Naruto. Just run away, you can't beat him." Sam said.
"NO! I will not run away! I know more about Crisis than you think!"
"Naruto is correct Sam; he was under my power after all." Crisis added.
"Stop messing with me!"
"That is why you need to run Naruto. I don't want you getting yourself killed." Sam stated.
"The only one who will die is him! I'll go 8 tails if I have to!"
"Hahaha. You can not beat me Naruto. I know all of your power, and despite it being massive, it is not enough. It took over 30 beings to kill me, what makes you think you stand a chance?" Crisis explained.
"I can damn well try!"
"No you won't!" Sam exclaimed.
"Just try and stop me!"
"I...no, no I will not. This is just what Crisis wants to see and if you are too stubborn and blinded by rage to see that we don't stand a chance then...then...you can...just..."
"RAH!" the ninja shouted and grabbed Crisis with a giant chakra arm.
"You and Ichigo are so much alike Naruto. Both of you let your rage get the best of you and charge headfirst into things without thinking. Most of all you both have massive power. I already know about yours, but Ichigo I am interested in." Crisis said.
"Y-y-you...YOU HONESTLY THINK HE WOULD JOIN YOU?" Naruto shouted and slammed Crisis into the ground.
"Naruto! Don't let your rage consume you! Crisis is just trying to piss you off!" Sam warned.
"What is going on out there?" Samus wondered.
"Just leave them behind then, before we get killed or something." Mark said.
"We can't do that! We are all in this together." 9 replied.
"Its true, besides Ichigo would be pissed forever if we let Naruto die." Renji added.
"So we are going out to kick butt?" Ristar asked.
"I guess we are." Jane answered and the group slowly exited the ship as Naruto turned into his 6 tailed state.
"What ARE you?" Sam exclaimed.
"I remember seeing that thing in the fighting tournament. We have to break all its bones if we want him to return to normal." Ristar explained.
"Hyyyaaaaa!" Renji yelled and took out his sword, it growing to tremendous length, and slashing down to cut off the bones of Narutos left legs. The ninja roared and turned around, making the swordsman jump a little.
"Skeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhh!" Jane shouted and held out her palms. A beam of pink rings shot out of the appendages and smashed Naruto in the face, breaking the jaw. Naruto growled and fired his signature beam that would have killed the girl had it not been for Sam. Sam now wore a light blue jumpsuit with a racecar helmet of the same color that had an orange visor.
"Don't be so reckless." he said.
"Now we have Crisis and Naruto to deal with? This will be tough." 9 said.
"You can say that again." Mark stated.
"Hmhmhm, how wrong you are. I will leave and let my pupil take care of you. Do not worry as I will leave you all a gift." Crisis said and sunk into the ground.
"Alright, a gift!"
"It can't be anything good." Samus said and aimed her arm cannon at the area Crisis sunk into.
"Do I have to deal with this thing myself!" Renji exclaimed as Naruto smacked him away with a tail.
"Oh, sorry!" Ristar said and flew into the air using a Star Pole. He crashed into Narutos spine, did a loop, and crashed into his skull before being wrapped up in tails.
"No!" Renji shouted and slashed all the tails off, but they were brought back together almost instantly and threw the yellow star.
"Looks like his healing power rivals that of Crisi-" Sam stopped as something flew out of the ground. It looked a lot like a flying serpentine version of Crisis with two long arms with large claws along with red eyes. It roared as it spun around and fired a black beam at the group.
"Crap!" Jane shouted and she, Samus, Glowmoss, Mark, and 9 dove out of the way just in time.
"We have something else to worry about now." Sam said and shattered the rest of Narutos skeleton with large currents of electricity. The ninja reverted to his 4 tailed form and looked up, only to be hit by a large bolt of lightning that exploded when it hit the ground.
"Are you trying to kill him!" Renji shouted.
"At least he is done with and we just have that dragon thing to worry about." Ristar said. The serpentine creature roared again and swooped down, slashing Glowmoss in half with its claws and knocking out 9s eyes with a swipe of its tail. It flew back up high and stared the group down.
"Damn it. Damn, damn, damn." Samus said repeatedly.
"Its okay, I can fix this just fine." 9 said and put his eyes back in.
"I can never diiiiiiiiiiie, cuz I'm imooooooortaaaaaal." Glowmoss said as he stretched himself back to normal.
"Yeah right..." Jane said. Samus pointed her arm cannon at the creature and shot missile after missile, but the dragon slithered and swooped away from them.
"What kind of missile doesn't home in?" Ristar asked.
"Hers, duh." Jane replied and spread her arms out wide. Blue orbs of electricity built up in both of them and electric currents connected to each other at an angle.
"What are you doing?" Mark asked.
"She is helping, come on we have to do something too." 9 said.
"Liiiiiiike whaaaaaaaaat?" Glowmoss asked. A large ball of electricity built up at the angle and shot a devastating beam of multiple electric currents so impressive it would make Voltic jealous. The dragon fired a beam down upon the girl, but was still shocked with volts upon volts by the stray currents.
"Not again." Sam said to himself and pushed the girl aside. The beast roared as it spiraled in the sky and slowly descended. However it caught itself before Renji could slice it and flew up high.
"Do it now!" 9 commanded. Mark grabbed Glowmoss by the feet, the duel monster stretched out far and grabbed 9 by the feet. Mark then spun around rapidly and Glowmoss let go, sending 9 flying toward the monster. The stitchpunk then pulled out a makeshift spear and stabbed the creature right in the heart. He then pulled out a small vile of liquid and tossed it in the writing creatures body, it roaring in pain and spiraling out of control. 9 then tossed a match in the dragons body and let go of the spear. The stitchpunk gave a thumbs up to the group as he fell with a large explosion behind him.
"Well glad that's over. Now let's get on that ship before any other weird things show up." Renji said. Against his wishes though, something rose out of the puddle of black blood the dragon left. It was rather spider-like and had two pinchers that resembled a crabs. It had the same overall color scheme like the dragon too.
"Its just one thing after another..." Samus said to herself.
"Don't worry robot guy, I got this." Ristar said.
"I'm a girl you idiot, and this is a suit."
"Oh."
"Actually I have this." Jane said and green energy built up in her hands. The creature in front of her snapped its pinchers and fired two black beams out of them.
"Incomiiiiiiiiiiing!" Glowmoss exclaimed and stretched in front of the group, forming a living shield that protected them. He however blew to pieces in the process, but stretched back together like before.
"I'm sick of these things." Samus said and fired a beam of light at the multi-legged creature. This made it freeze in pain, as if light was its biggest weakness.
"Now get on the ship everyone." She ordered.
"What about the beast?" 9 asked.
"Jane said she can take care of it." Samus replied and the group, minus Jane and unconscious Naruto, got on the ship.
"Kya! Kya! KYA!" she shouted and shot large triangles of energy that slashed right through the monster.
"These things are so easy to beat...well I guess I should pick up that boy." Jane said to herself and lifted Naruto up. She looked through his pockets, but found nothing except some shuriken.
"Lame." she stated and got on the ship.
"Alright, let's leave this place." Ristar said.
"Why? So Crisis can just mess up our worlds some more?" Renji exclaimed.
"It's not Crisis." Sam said and turned to normal.
"Then who is it?" 9 asked.
"I don't know, but there is no way Crisis can do that. He is powerful, but he doesn't have power like that."
"Are you saying there are things stronger than the crap we just fought?" Jane asked.
"There has to be."
"I...chi...go." Naruto mumbled.
"What? What did you say?" Ristar asked.
"He said 'I...chi...go' man." Mark repeated.
"We...have to find...him." the ninja muttered.
"What? Why?" Renji asked.
"He can beat...Crisis"
"Crisis isn't our only concern." Samus said.
"She's right, we still have to fix our dimensions and stop whoever is behind all of this." 9 added.
"Ichigo can...stop them." Naruto said, a little louder than before.
"What's so special about IIIIIIchigoooooo?" Glowmoss asked.
"That's what I would like to know. That punk is very powerful, I'll admit, but he-" Renji was cut off by Naruto grabbing his neck.
"Do not call him a punk. Ichigo saved my life many times and stood up to Crisis when nobody else would. When I was lost in the darkness and under the influence of Crisis, he never gave up. He always believed I still had some good inside of me, he still believed that the true me was in there somewhere. He kept on trying to free me from Crisis when everyone else had given up, so don't you dare badmouth him." Naruto said threateningly, his voice sounding normal again.
"I-I had no idea that you..."
"Dude, are you and Ichigo like, gay for each other or something?" Mark asked. Naruto opened his mouth to say something, but Sam put his hand over it.
"Lets not make this guy angry again, alright?" he said.
"I dunno, I think it would be fun." Jane said.
"Yeah, it's all fun and games until he overreacts and turns into a monster..."
"And then it's hilarious."
"Not in my ship it isn't." Samus stated.
"What's thaaaaaaaaat?" Glowmoss asked.
"Hm? What the?"
"Why? What's going on?" 9 asked.
"Brace yourselves everyone. Something is headed our way." Samus warned. Outside was what looked like a pirate ship with helicopter propellers on it.
"Hahaha, looks like we have an intruder." a voice, presumably the one piloting the ship, said. Cannons rose out of the holes in the left side of the ship and fired what looked like giant black bullets with angry eyes.
"There are projectiles and a whole lot of them."
"Well then do something man!" Mark exclaimed. Samus pulled a lever on her ship and it took of forward at high speed. However the bullets changed their direction and were trailing behind them.
"We can't just keep running. Unless your ship has a weapon then we have to go down there." 9 stated.
"FML." Samus said to herself and pressed another button. The top of her ship opened up as they were flying over the much larger one.
"Now jump!" she commanded and her group did so without question. They landed on the pirate ship safely while the bullets crashed into Samus' ship, destroying it.
"Now let's pay whoever flies this thing a visit." Ristar said.
"Well they made it on, but they will never make it through!" the pilot said. Suddenly the cannons faced upwards and started shooting walking bombs onto the ship.
"That is either really stupid or a really good idea." Jane said.
"Bombs? I'll take care of those dumb things." Mark said and pulled out a large laser cannon.
"Compensating for something there?" Renji teased.
"Calling the kettle black there pot?" Jane said.
"Stop it. Shadow Clone Jutsu." Naruto said and used his infamous jutsu. Said clones ran towards the bombs and quickly threw them off the edge of the ship.
"HYA!" Renji exclaimed and slashed off all the cannons on the ships right side with his sword. Mark started blasting the cannons on the other side as Ristar smashed them off using his body and extending arms.
"What? This can't be!" the pilot exclaimed. He flipped a switch and a deck under the ship lowered to reveal several Koopas in fighter planes. The vehicles took off and began shooting at the top of the ship.
"No you don't" Samus said and blasted a hole in the floor of the ship.
"Jump in!" Sam ordered and his team, minus Samus, quickly did so. The bullets did no damage to the bounty hunter and she fired beams of ice from her cannon, one hitting the side of a Koopas plane and causing it to freefall.
"One down, 5 to go." she said and blew up one with a missile. The remaining four pilots knew they stood no chance and flew away, but were blasted by Bullet Bills as they retreated.
"Looks like I will have to take matters into my own hands." the pilot said and burst through the wall of the cockpit. It was none other than Bowser as Samus motioned her group to come back up.
"You again?" Naruto said.
"Mock me while you can Naruto, but you will all end up dead when I'm finished with you!"
"Yeah right. If beating you is as easy as beating your defenses, then this will be a sinch." Renji taunted.
"Indeed it will be, but I can take you all out with ease." a voice teased. From below them rose an aircraft carrier-like vehicle. It easily dwarfed the ship with its mighty wingspan and deck as well as giant thrusters.
"What?" Bowser exclaimed.
"Bet you thought you seen the last of this!" Eggman, the one piloting the large ship, said.
"Two guys? And one of them has a huge ship?" Ristar exclaimed.
"His ship may be better, but can he do THIS?" Bowser exclaimed and roared loudly. Suddenly many golden meteors started to rain from the sky as well as miniature planets.
"You are kidding me right?" Renji shouted.
"If he is, it's not a very funny joke..." Jane said. These meteors slammed into the ship, demolishing it piece by piece as Bowser hopped into a hovercraft with a clown face on it.
"Now what?" Ristar exclaimed.
"We face death with dignity." Naruto said lowly as the group fell through the sky.
"Noooooooo. We are nooooot diiiiiiiieiiiiiiiiiing." Glowmoss said.
"He's right." Mark said and pressed a yellow button on his belt. A grey UFO with a pink top appeared and said top opened.
"Excellent." Sam said and his group landed safely, maybe not softly, but safely.
"That little ship won't protect them." Eggman said and pressed a large button. The front of the Egg Carrier opened up and plasma quickly gathered in it.
"Oh no." 9 said.
"What now?" Renji said boredly.
"That!" Ristar shouted.
"This is just not our day." Jane said and Marks ship was blasted by a huge laser. All that remained was the floor as the group fell on a literal saucer.
"MY SHIP!" Mark shouted.
"You aren't getting away with this." Samus said threateningly and fired a gigantic laser from her cannon. So large that not only did it tear a hole through the Egg Carrier, but also blew her armor off. Underneath it, Samus wore a light blue jumpsuit and had blonde hair.
"Nice." was all Ristar said.
"Noooooo! I won't let you get away with this." Eggman exclaimed and flew down toward the group on his hovercraft, it now sporting gigantic spiked arms. Bowser soon flew down next to the villain in his Klown Kar.
"Let's see if you can beat us both before you hit the ground." Bowser said.
"This is gonna suck." Jane stated.
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A new batch of characters with some new faces along with the main antagonist of The New ISB. Crisis and Sam belong to St. Noof.