Disclamier: I do not own 'Naruto' or 'Soul Eater'
Story Start.
"Come on Naruto, you need to wake up. We have a mission today and we have yet to show up late for anything." Tsubaki said as she gently shifted Naruto's shoulder from the couch where he fell asleep at. As it turns out it was tradition for Meisters and Weapons to share an apartment so that their Soul Wavelengths would resonate much better. It had been three months since Naruto had gotten here and he was still without a single clue on how to get back, but on the bright side he found a real friend in Tsubaki and the two of them had already gotten 89 Kishin Eggs. As it would turn out the two were a Meister Weapon match made in heaven, since Naruto and her were both trained in the Ninja Arts they were able to work extremely well together.
They had the highest Soul Resonance in the class at the same time, with their usual bonding rate being over 83 percent and they had the second highest amount of Kishin Eggs coming right behind Maka Alburn and Soul Eater with 98. Though in battle Naruto and Tsubaki were much better.
Naruto and Tsubaki had also had a change in clothes since they started working together. Naruto wore sleeveless orange jacket, a short sleeved blue T-Shirt under it, and black pants. He would have worn the Sage Cloak but it was to hot in the state they were in to be wearing it. The only unusual thing about his cloths were the fact he he placed the red Uzumaki Swirl on each sleeve of the T-Shirt like he did with all his clothes. Around his waist was a metal studded belt with Shuriken Holders on each side for easy access.
Tsubaki was wearing a pale yellow long sleeveless outfit with a slit down the side and on the right side of her chest was the Uzumaki clan symbol in Yellow to show her connection to Naruto. Around her neck was a dark brown scarf, and on her arms were stripped arm warmers with guards on them. On her right leg was a dark brown stocking that started mid thigh and she wore white boots that started at her shin. To complete the outfit she had two metal studded belts around her waist and hips. [Her Usual Outfit With The Swirl Replacing The Star]
"Tell Death he can kiss my sleeping ass. We just got back from a mission in France yesterday, and we collected five Kishin Eggs there. We need a break." Naruto mumbled as Tsubaki sighed once again at Naruto's laziness in the morning. Until he has had his breakfast he was one of the laziest people she knew. She had to agree with him though, they did just get back from France and the flight was bad. Their were twelve crying babies on board and it was taking everything Naruto had not to yell at the mothers. Not to mention the fact that many women in France kept trying to pet Naruto's whisker birthmarks to see if he would purr. That pissed Naruto off slightly since he was NOT a damn cat and did NOT purr, at worst he was a fox and they still did not purr.
Another thing was that neither of them gave a crap if they made Tsubaki a Death Weapon. She was happy with just Naruto as her partner, since together they have not even been scratched in combat... then again not many people could even match Naruto on his own. His body was just to superior to the peoples here.
"But Lord Death says that only Three Star Meisters and their Weapons are allowed on this mission, and with Sid-sensei gone one another mission you are the only Three Star Meister here." Tsubaki stated and Naruto groaned at that. Meisters were given one of three ranks. One through Three Stars.
One Star - They are only allowed to go on Soul Collecting missions since they only possess skills that work with Soul Collecting. They were like the Genin of Meisters.
Two Star - Are more powerful and can be sent on missions that are not related to Soul Collecting due to them having skills that can be for Soul Collecting and for other uses. Spying missions, and rescue missions would be examples of this. They were like the Chunin of Meisters.
Three Star - The highest Rank of Meisters and are able to fight with or without a Weapon and still do missions that do and do not involve Soul Clollecting. Those of this rank are just under Death Scythes in the rankings and could be considered Commanders if war broke out with the Kishin Egg holders or the Witches. They were like the Jonin of Meisters.
Naruto was given the Rank of Three Star because he was able to be sent on nearly any type of mission thanks to his former job, and was strong enough to fight and collect Kishin Eggs even without Tsubaki if he wanted. Though he told Death that he would never leave his friend behind and they were a team so they did all missions together. Naruto was actually the Youngest Three Star Meister in the history of the DWMA. The only other person at the academy allowed to fight without a Weapon was that Black Star kid thanks to his ability to use his own Soul Wavelength as a Weapon.
"... How important is this?" Naruto asked as he sat up in his bed, and Tsubaki ignored the fact he was only in his boxers. They have lived together for three mothes after all.
"The last four Three Star Meisters sent on this mission... never returned. Lord Death thinks that this Kishin Egg holder has the power to switch peoples bodies, and in the confusion will kill both people." Tsubaki said and Naruto was wide awake. This was indeed something that they would need to take care of, since a being like this would be able to cause mass panic and chaos if it ever became public.
"... What country is the mission stationed in?" Naruto asked the question that spelled doom for his sanity. He HATED riding airplanes.
"... Africa." Tsubaki stated and Naruto cursed. A plane to Africa was going to take a long time to cross that stupid ocean. Why could this world not have just one bid continent like his home world. Naruto just sighed and got up to begin putting his clothes on.
Today was going to be a long day.
[The Death Room]
"Okay, what the hell do you need this time Old Man." Naruto said rudely to the Master of Death, and Tsubaki sighed at the total lack of skills when it came to showing respect to those he actually respected. If Naruto had no respect for the Death God he would not even listen to him in the first place.
"SHINIGAMI CHOP!" Death yelled in a deeper voice and Naruto swiveled to the side to avoid the blow. He was already used to getting stuff aimed at him every time he called Tsunade 'Granny Tsunade' to her face, so dodging his chops were not to hard.
"Please respect Lord Death. He is the one paying us after all. I'm sorry Lord Death for how Naruto is acting." Tsubaki said with a bow, while Death waved it off with a cartoonish wave of his giant hand.
"No problem my dear, Naruto and I are the bestest of buddies. Some banter should be expected." He said in his cartoony voice. Naruto really could not take anything the man said seriously with that voice and appearance, though he knew not to judge a book by it's cover.
"Says the man that tried to brain me just a few seconds ago." Naruto stated and got a stale look from the Shinigami in return.
"ANYWAY! I called you here to inform you of a special mission you will be undergoing. I personaly believe that this was not done by a Kishin Egg alone, but also a Witch. This mission can only be done by you two since you are the only ones with Capturing skills of the right level. Kill the Kishina Egg, and Capture the Witch." Death ordered and Naruto shrugged, it was just one more Soul for Tsubaki to eat so this was only helping them in the end. Capturing the Witch would be the only problem, but it worked for Naruto since he was not a big fan of killing women.
"Gotcha." Naruto stated and Tsubaki looked like she was going to have a heart attack. Going after a Witch was scary enough, but going after a Witch and NOT trying to steal her soul was even scarier since they were limited to non-fatal attacks... of which they had none.
"Lord Death... do you really think we are ready to go after a Witch?" Tsubaki asked and the Shinigami did that weird 90 degree angle pose he did.
"Sure I do. With Naruto there everything should be A-Okay!" The Death God stated and Tsubaki sighed at how this would inflate Naruto's ego. His might not be as big as the partnerless Black Star, but it was pretty high. Though she guessed it had something to do with the fact he actually had the power to rival Death without Tsubaki helping him.
"See Tsubaki, there is nothing to worry about." Naruto said as she nodded, after all not much could go wrong if they played it cool. The most would be a partial completion of the mission were they only get the Kishin Egg.
That or they accidentally kill the Witch with the Kishin.
[On the Plane]
"Waaaaaaaahhhhh!"
'I hate havibg to deal with crying brats.' Naruto thought as Tsubaki looked up from her magazine and at him with a concerned expression.
"You want to talk about something to help pass the time?" She asked and he nodded and took out some pills to help with his air sickness. As it turns out riding a giant toad was not the same as riding a plane.
"Yeah, that would help. So tell me... are you sure you want to do this mission? You seemed pretty scared of the idea of fighting a Witch earlier. If you want to stay away from the battle you can, and I would not think any less of you for it." Naruto offered, and she smiled shyly at his concern for her. Another plus of being Naruto's partner, since he would rather shoulder the burdens of the world before letting his friends go through emotional pain. He took everything people sent at him with a smile if it meant helping his friends.
'Your so strong Naruto, as a Camellia I was born quietly and will bloom without being noticed, only to die just as silently. I am a scentless flower that proclaims nothing and will never be noticed, while you are the unrelenting storm that can't be ignored... I wish I was more like you.' Tsubaki thought sadly, and Naruto seemed to notice her change of demeaner and wrapped an arm over her shoulders.
"Tsubaki, if you were just thinking about that stupid 'scentless flower' shit you think about that makes you depressed then stop. You are Tsubaki, and you smell like vanilla. Also, if you had not guessed by now... I think the Camellia is a beautiful flower." Naruto said as Tsubaki felt her heart warm up slightly, before she rose and eyebrow when Naruto smelled her.
"... Did you use my deodorant by mistake today?" Naruto asked, completely ruining the moment of cool he had. Tsubaki just giggled until she was short of breath, and Naruto grinned at having the happt Tsubaki back. This was not the first time she went on about the Camellia stuff in her head, and it was most likely not the last.
"Your a fool, you know that right. You have no sense of direction, are obsessed with ramen, and show your serious side rarely." Tsubaki said and Naruto grinned.
"You follow me anyway though." He said with a grin as she smiled gently. Then in a way that only those who were in perfect sync could they opened their mouthes and spoke in unison.
"Because if we're fools we're fools together, we are that kind of team. Together until the end, no matter how sweet or bitter." The said and the mood was cheerful again. They chatted for a few hours before they decided to get some shut eye before they had to deal with a dangerous mission. The dozed off and their heads leaned against each others, which it was nice that Naruto had grown since he started training with the frog long ago and had reached a good height that slightly surpassed Tsubaki's. Naruto was 5"11, while Tsubaki was tall for most women at 5"8 making them the tallest people in class. Naruto had always been sensative about his height, so being taller than the class was very... nice.
Naruto dreams were filled with swimming pools of ramen, while Tsubaki had the strange dream of her and Naruto having a picnic on top of the DWMA school building. They awoke with a start when the plane hit some turbulence, and the intercom came on then died out. Naruto looked around and sensed something outside of the plane.
"Tsubaki... they are here." Naruto said with worry, in the plane they had no real way of fighting back against flying opponents. Tsubaki nodded and looked out the window and saw two figures riding on a broom, while the sun laughed at them all like it always did.
"I can see them... How are we going to do this?" She asked and Naruto thought about it... for half a second before shrugging. He had no skills that let him fly at this moment in time, and none of her current forms had any flying uses.
"First we have to put the passengers asleep." Naruto said as he reached into his pocket and unsealed a small ball and nodded to Tsubaki, they both took a deep breath before he dropped the ball and an odorless gas filled the room and soon all those inside this area were soundly asleep. Looking at the door to the cockpit he pulled out a shuriken and threw it into the side so that the door would not open and let the gas into the pilots area. This way they would still be able to fly.
"Good work... just like a real ninja." Tsubaki said in spite of the situation and they both stoof up and went towards the door leading outside. Naruto looked at her and she nodded, and with a jumping glow she turned into a pair of hand held scythes connected by a chain.
"I am a Ninja Tsubaki." He said as he kicked the door and it was forced open and the two of them were sucked out of the plane before an emergancy look closed the door again, but thankfully Naruto was using chakra to stick to the side of the plane. The wind rushed passed them and Naruto had trouble staying standing from it. naruto got a good look at the duo they were going to be fighting and saw that she Witch was about twelve years old and wore heart themed clothing, while the Kishin Egg holder was a man that looked middle aged and in full business attire.
In the blade of the right scythe Naruto saw the nude from the top of the breast up Tsubaki about to speak.
"Now that we are out here... what are we going to do?" She asked and Naruto twitched in guilt, since he still had not plan. She face palmed and at least admitted they did not have many options in this case.
"Oh heeheheha, lookie here a couple I do see, did you want to play with me?" The young Witch said with a sadistic smile that covered the bottom exposed part of her face. Naruto blinked at the actual good rhyme and thought on how Killer Bee would want to meet this girl. The man on the broom with her rolled his eyes, and Naruto was given in impression he was mute by the scar on his throat.
Naruto tossed one end of Tsubaki in the air and grabbed the chain and started spinning one side of her around at high speed until he threw that end of her at the Witch.
"A Witch I be, that will never hit me!" The girl shouted and Naruto looked at the short chain with a smile.
"Tsubaki... EXTEND!" He yelled and the chain grew longer and soon was within stricking distance of the girl before she rode around it and it came back to Naruto. Naruto looked back at the blade and saw the image of Tsubaki looked like she wanted to throw up from the view she just got.
"We... are REALLY high up." She stated and Naruto looked over the edge of the plane slightly and paled. They... were not in the best position to fight this girl, since Naruto's only long distance attack was made to kill and he needed to be still and gather Sage Energy before using it anyway.
"Oh me, oh my. Aren't you just the nice guy. My name is Twisty Hearts, and I will teach you pain, with my love darts. Now Switch with your partner, and become much smarter." Twisty the Witch said and Naruto blinked as darts with heart shaped tips appeared by the hundreds around her broom as they flew through the sky.
"... Damnit." Naruto muttered as the darts went flying at them and he jumped to avoid them on instinct, and he went right off the plane as two darts phased through him and Tsubaki. As they fell Naruto grimanced at what he was going to have to do to survive this with Tsubaki and himself in tact. Raising his Weapon he placed her between her teeth and put his hands in the croos motion and in a huge puff of smoke one thousand shadow clones appeared under him, and he started using them he spring boards to slow his descent.
It took an hour of hopping and using the replacement with his clones be he was finally able to get the two of them down to the ground safely, before they both passed out and Tsubaki was turned back into her human form. A pink aura surronded them and soon vanished.
[Next Day]
Naruto shot up when he heard a manly scream and saw himself screaming on the ground close by him. Naruto blinked a few times as some black hair covered his vision and he looked down to see large beasts with a yellow Uzumaki swirl on the right side of the chest.
"Tsubaki?" Naruto asked at the person that looked like him, and the Naruto look-a-like looked back and saw Naruto looking at him. Naruto had a guess as to what happened and he was hoping that it was not true.
"Naruto?" Tsubaki said in his real voice and they both paled when they realized something.
They had switched bodies. Naruto sensed the wavelengths they had and saw them slowly going back to their orginal bodies and sighed in relief, since this looked mostly on a time limit. Tsubaki did not have natual soul sensing and did the best thing she could think of...
She fainted... In Naruto's body.
Chapter End.
This takes place I little bit before canon, and this is an Original Mission of mine.
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