After seeing that drawing on the wall, Naruto had decided to just sit around for the time being. Hoping that would be enough to calm him down. Though, as he sat Naruto couldn't help but think… how did that drawing get there? There was no way that drawing could mean anything could it? Sure, the woman was beautiful and all but… damn it; it just didn't make any kind of sense to the young hero. Lifting his hand, Naruto removed his hat and sighed softly. It was warm in this place that was for sure. Though, he was guessing that it was mostly from the torches that lit the temple.
"Hinata, what are we looking for?" asked Naruto as he looked down at his shadow, where Hinata resided in. He wasn't sure if he was going to get an answer from the imp girl, though it would be nice if an answer was given.
"I cannot tell you yet Naruto. It's too soon to tell you what we're looking for. But I can sense it's in the end of the temple. We just have to go through this door first…" she whispered softly, in a shy tone. Naruto guessed that it was because she was looking up at him and it had to be uncomfortable for her to look up at him like that. Running a hand through his hair, the young man threw his hat back on before pushing himself back up to his feet.
Taking a deep breath, the young man calmly said "well, I hope that this is easy Hinata, it's just too warm in here." He didn't know why, but it felt like the closer he got to the temple the hotter it became, and it was just unbearable. He didn't think that he would be able to handle it for much longer. He felt like he was sweating, almost as if he was in an oven…
Shaking his head, the young man kept on going, trying to think on what could be behind this door. He didn't know why, but he felt a strange presents in there… it felt cold, evil… but under that there was something he couldn't describe… the only thing he could make out from this feeling… was a tiny shard of light shrouded in a cloud of darkness.
"Do you sense that?" Hinata asked, her voice laced with fear, and he could feel her shaking through his shadow… how that worked, he didn't really know for sure.
"Yeah, I think someone's in trouble… what do you think?"
"I'm not sure…"
Naruto crossed his arms as he tried to think on what it could be, all he could sense was that one shard of light… maybe someone was in danger but they couldn't get a good lock on it or them or whoever it was! Shaking his head, Naruto's arms dropped down to his sides as he started to walk toward the big round stone door. It was big, possibly twice his eight, maybe even triple his height he can't really say that for sure. Frowning, Naruto wondered how the hell he was supposed to move this, sure he was strong but damn he wasn't that strong!
"Just try it Naruto… as the hero you have imaginable strength…"
"How do you know all of this Hinata?"
"… I just do…"
Sighing, Naruto didn't think he would get a good answer from her about all of these strange 'powers' he received when he awoke as the hero. So far, all he knew was that he could open the temples with the ocarina, but having super strength and he turns into a nine tailed fox while in the blanket of twilight… which, to him is pretty cool with his heightened senses… though, he also had to admit that having super strength is pretty amazing… maybe it could get him a girlfriend.
Looking up at the stone door, he knew that there was no way of knowing what was inside without opening the door could he? Cracking his knuckles, rolling his shoulders for a moment Naruto dug his fingers into the Konoha Leaf design and started to pull with all of his strength, hoping that he would be able to move it. "Tap into your inner strength Naruto!" called out Hinata, he knew that she had to be right after all… she was the one with all of the knowledge of this stuff but why didn't he ask her about how she knows all of this?! When they're not going to face danger he'll ask…
Gritting his teeth, his eyes tightly shut Naruto kept on tugging, digging his fingers more into the stone as he tried to get a better grip on it. Finally, the stone started to move, though what he hadn't expected was for the stone to go flying and smash into the wall. Naruto looked at the remains of the stone with wide eyes, his jaw hitting the floor. Even Hinata, now floating next to him had her eye wide and her own jaw hitting the floor as she floated in the air.
"Um… so that's my super strength?"
"Yeah…"
"Anything else I should know about?"
"Just control that strength… and you're faster too… all the enhanced senses that you have as a wolf should be transferred when you're human…"
"Alright… if… if there is anything you're missing please… let me know…"
"Deal."
Slowly, Naruto started to walk on into the room, there was no telling what would happen for him right now though, what he did know was that there was nothing that was going to stop him no matter what. Though, what he had been surprised to see were strange totem poles that were just taller than him by a foot or two. He couldn't even reach the top with his arms.
Narrowing his eyes, Naruto looked around… the sounds of feet scampering the ground… "Hear that Hinata?" asked Naruto in a hushed whisper, not wanting to alert anyone that may, or may not be in here.
"I hear something." Hinata whispered back.
Taking a deep breath, the young man closed his eyes as he tried to focus on the movements on whoever is coming here. The young man could sense the darkness that was starting to form around the room, whoever was in here was defiantly being controlled for he can still sense that shard of light. Suddenly, the sun had started to rise through the roof of the temple and shine through the darkness. That was when Naruto saw it… he saw… a… a… "Baboon?" Yes, on top of one of the poles was a white baboon holding a strange boomerang in its left hand.
The boomerang's one end looked like a white wing with a shade of light green just on the tips of the feathers. In the center of the boomerang was something that looked like dark brown wood with gold markings on the edges which Naruto guessed was to help steer it after being thrown. Also, in the center of that was a green diamond, though for some reason it looked… dark… was it supposed to be that way? On the other end of the boomerang of course was a gold handle with a lighter shade of gold swirl coming from the bottom and swirling in the middle of the handle.
Though, what he had also noticed was that the boomerang was emitting strange dark winds. The winds were swirling around both the boomerang and the monkey.
"Naruto, we don't really have time to fight with a monkey… we have to get to the end of the temple." Said Hinata with a frown, staring at Naruto with her soft lavender coloured eye and a tilt of her head.
"Come on Hinata, there is always time to 'monkey' around."
"That was a bad pun."
"It called for it. Now, time to kick some monkey butt!"
Hinata just sighed at that before disappearing into Naruto's shadow. As for the blonde hero, he smirked before grabbing his sword, though when he stared at the baboon… something about it was off. Was this the source of darkness that he had been sensing? Narrowing his eyes into slits, Naruto had to find a way to save him… but how?
Suddenly, the boomerang was heading toward him… Naruto acted quickly and held up his sword to block the attack and swung it back at the monkey. The monkey just narrowed his gold eyes and jumped, when the arrow disappeared from his hand, the monkey's fur was snow white, but when the boomerang would return his fur would turn grey.
Shaking his head, Naruto knew that he had to focus on the movements of this monkey; he had to make sure that nothing came to harm the poor animal. But how? What could he possibly do to save this creature from whatever was controlling it when he doesn't know what was controlling it? Taking a deep breath, Naruto jumped up and landed on the totem pole as he narrowed his ocean blue eyes at it. "Hope you had fun controlling this monkey, for I'll end you." He said, hoping that whatever controlled him would let go and make a break for it.
The monkey smirked before jumping to the other totem poles, all of which were in a strange circle but with one in the center. What Naruto could make out, was that there was a large insect on the back of the baboons head, was that controlling him? "Hinata, is there a way to knock that off from here?"
"No, the money would make a jump for it… you'll have to make a plan…"
Naruto cursed to himself… he had to think of something or there was no way that he would be able to beat this thing… and he wasn't going to take an innocents life. Growling, he took a step back hoping to prepare himself for an oncoming attack, only to yelp when he felt the pole tip a little bit from stepping back near the edge. Moving forward a bit, he steadied himself a little bit and sighed softly… wait… he could use this to his advantage!
Jumping down, the young man ran around in a circle hoping to distract the monkey. Though, he also needed him to throw that boomerang, least for his plan to work. "Hey, stupid monkey can ya hit me?!" shouted Naruto as he stopped into the open. The money narrowed his eyes and swung the boomerang at Naruto. That was perfect! Jumping out of the way and rolling onto the ground till he got to his feet, Naruto repeated the process again and again.
"Hey, my horse has better aim than you do!" shouted Naruto, causing the baboon to howl in rage and throw it once again.
Naruto of course dodged. Though the winds that are created by it caused Naruto to go flying into the wall. Groaning in pain, he hadn't expected that to happen, though his back was killing him right about now. Taking a deep breath, Naruto pushed himself up to his feet and groaned in pain. Damn it that hurt like a bitch. Taking a deep breath, Naruto looked up and had to think of something… Maybe if he could use that jutsu that… it could work maybe? Crossing his fingers together, he called out "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
With that, a clone of himself appeared, causing Naruto to grin in glee. It worked! Smirking, he and his clone split up, the clone catching the attention of the baboon while Naruto had to form his plan perfectly. "Hey, stupid monkey… aren't monkeys supposed to be smart!? You couldn't hit a tree and they don't even move!" shouted his clone.
The monkey narrowed his eyes and threw the boomerang at Naruto's clone. This, of course gave Naruto the shot he needed. Jumping back, the young man charged and rolled into the totem pole that the baboon was standing on, causing him to lose his balance. This was going just as how Naruto had planned. Running into it again, the monkey almost fell over, though tried to regain his balance… only for the boomerang to smack right into him.
When the baboon fell over and groaned, Naruto gently moved the monkey from his back to get him to lie on his stomach. "Okay bug, time to die." He held the hilt of his sword and gently tapped the bug gently with the tip of his sword before holding it high up. "Four!" He shouted before swinging the sword, knocking the bug off and watched as the insect flew into the wall and smashed into the stone wall, smashing itself into goo.
Grinning, Naruto looked at the monkey as it slowly started to open its eyes. Tilting its head, the baboon pushed itself to its feet and looked around as if wondering what was going on. Maybe this little guy had no memory of what had happened at all. That was the only thing that he could think of, but at least he wasn't hurt… least not that much.
When the baboon turned around and saw Naruto, its eyes widened before making a break for it. Shrugging, the young man turned and saw the boomerang and gently picked it up as he said "this might come in handy."
"It just might…"
"Well, I guess this calls for no more 'monkey business'."
"You're going to do that for every temple we visit aren't you?"
"If I can think of one, yeah, yeah I will."
Hinata just sighed before snapping her fingers making the boomerang disappear for now. Naruto didn't ask any questions, for he guessed that she shrunk it down because he felt something else in his pocket while it was normally empty. Shrugging, Naruto started to make his way to the heart of the temple. He was almost done… there was no mistaken it… this was going to be a tough battle and he was going to win it.