Chapter 10: Heat Stroke
A/N: Hey everyone, since summer is pretty much over, I thought I would do a special chapter about our heroes dealing with Konoha's heat problem. When you live in the Land of Fire, things tend to get pretty hot.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7; I just own my oc's while Bakuto Masaki owns his.
Enjoy!
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Konoha was known for being a prosperous village.
They held up the peace, they held powerful industries and they had beautiful landscapes.
But there was one downside to living here.
It was always scorching hot during the summer.
Since they were at the center of the Land of Fire, that meant things got pretty warm, pretty fast.
People were hardly outside, and fewer missions were given out.
It was too risky to send a ninja out in this kind of weather.
They could die of a heat stroke.
Even Rufus, who wasn't from this world, refused to let his Turks do any outside work.
Everyone was affected by the heat.
The Uzumaki residence was no different.
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"Man, it's so hot!"
Mikomi was cooling herself off by fanning herself with a paper fan.
It really didn't do much since it just blew warm air at her.
Everyone was affected by the heat.
Vincent, who wore long, think clothing, had to shed his outfit off since it made him really warm.
He looked so out of place wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt.
You would think that since there were so many people living in one house, that there would be air conditioning.
There was at one point, but it broke down from the heat.
Cid and Barret had to fix the darn thing while being baked out in the sun.
Tifa wiped her forehead as she pulled her hair into a messy bun.
"I know we've been living here for nearly over a year now, but this is ridiculous" she said.
Mikomi just groaned as she flung her ponytail over her shoulder.
"I've been living here all my life, and I still can't handle the heat" she said.
Cloud discarded his usual outfit and was wearing a black t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off and a pair of basket ball shorts.
His usual gravity defying spiky hair was slumped over a bit.
Not even his signature hairdo could take the heat.
"Cid and Barret better fix the AC" he said.
"I can't take this anymore"
He went over to the fridge to grab a slightly frozen soda and was greeted by something out of the ordinary.
"What the?"
Naruto had somehow managed to squeeze himself into the fridge and was sitting in the frozen wonderland.
He glared at his brother when he opened the fridge.
"Hey! Close it!" he said.
"You're letting all the heat in!"
Cloud gave him a dull glare and pulled him out.
"Get out of there" he said.
Naruto shriveled on the ground like a fish out of water.
"I'm melting! I'm melting!" he cried.
Cloud rolled his eyes and grabbed a soda before sitting back at the table.
Yuri came into the kitchen and opened the freezer and pulled something out.
Everyone gagged when they saw that she pulled out one of her bras that were frozen.
"This should help me cool off" the medic said.
She walked away to put on her frozen bra.
Yugito sluggishly came into the room looking drained.
Since she had a cat demon sealed inside her, that meant she was affected by the heat a lot worse than the others.
Mikomi looked at her worriedly.
"You going to be ok, Yugito?" she asked.
The cloud kunochi nodded slowly.
"I should be" she said.
"I've been to places a lot worse than this. I'll manage"
When Bakuto came into the room, everyone was surprised to see that he wasn't affected by the heat.
He wore his normal clothing, which was all longed sleeved, and didn't even break a sweat.
Mikomi just looked at him, thinking 'WTF?'.
Bakuto looked at his girlfriend.
"You ok, Yugito?" he asked.
Yugito gave him a weak grin.
"I'll be fine" she said.
"The heat isn't as bad as it usually is"
Bakuto had a slight blush forming on his face.
Mikomi raised an eyebrow.
'What the?'
Bakuto just cleared his throat and quickly walked away.
Mikomi just watched him as he left and shook her head.
She was too hot and tired to ponder it over.
She got up from her seat with much struggle since she was practically melted to it and stood up.
"This is insane" she said.
"There is no way that it should be this hot out. I'm going to talk to Tsunade about this"
Cloud gave her a dull look.
"What can she do?" he said.
"It's not like she can magically make the weather cooler"
Mikomi gave her brother a dull glare.
"I know that" she said.
"What I meant was have her send us to cooler place like the land of snow or Icicle Inn. I'm willing to do a mission there if it means being cool"
Cloud snorted.
"Good luck with that" he said.
"You'll need it"
Mikomi walked out of the kitchen and passed the living room.
"Come on, Zack. We're going to see Tsunade"
Said wolf was on the ground, looking as if he were a carcass.
He had his tongue out and was panting heavily.
He groaned at his master.
"But, Mikomi, I don't want to move" he whined.
"All this fur is making me hot"
Mikomi shrugged.
"Hey, I wasn't the one reincarnated as a wolf. That's your problem"
Zack glared at her.
"Bitch" he said.
He slowly got up on all fours and sluggishly went to his master.
"Why do you need me to go with you anyway? The village is perfectly safe"
Mikomi just walked outside.
"You know I never go out without you" she said.
Zack sighed and followed Mikomi to Tsunade's office.
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The Hokage's office was just as hot as her house.
Mikomi couldn't take a step without breaking a sweat.
Everyone seemed to be affected by it.
Reno and Rude discarded their Turks uniform and were wearing T-shirts and shorts.
Reno was fanning himself while Rude took a drink from a slightly warm drink.
Tseng passed by and was wearing a similar outfit as the others, but made himself look formal.
Reno gave Mikomi a dull glare when he saw her.
"Mikomi, your village sucks!" he said.
Mikomi just gave him the finger and looked at Tseng.
"Are Rufus or Tsunade in?" she asked.
He nodded.
"They're working on some paper work at the moment" he said.
Mikomi nodded.
"Thanks" she said.
She walked up towards the office while Zack on her heels.
/
Tsunade, Shizune and Rufus were pretty much drained.
The heat really hit them badly since they were in the center of the village.
Mikomi just sweat dropped at the sight.
"Wow, even the village leaders can't handle the heat" she said.
Tsunade gave her a dull glare.
"What do you want, Mikomi?" she asked.
"As you can tell, we're really busy"
"Yeah, busy working up a sweat" Zack said.
Tsunade threw a kunai at the wolf.
Mikomi just ignored him and walked up to Tsunade's desk.
"I was wondering if you could give me a mission to Icicle Inn or someplace really cold" she said.
"I can't handle this heat anymore!"
Rufus looked at her tiredly.
He discarded his long white jacket and was wearing shorts and a short sleeved shirt.
"That's not possible" he said.
"No one is taking missions while the heat is this bad. Even if it's a mission to Gaia, it's still too risky. Plus, knowing you, you'll never come back"
A tick mark appeared on Mikomi's forehead.
Emily tugged on Rufus's shirt.
Her blond hair was tied up into a messy bun.
She looked really tired and exhausted from the heat.
"Mommy, daddy. It's really hot" she said.
Rufus bent down and picked her up.
"I know, honey" he said.
Shizune went up to her and wiped her foster daughter's forehead.
"Don't worry, Emily" she said.
"The heat should go down-hopefully"
Emily just held her stuffed Moggle to her and let Rufus hold her.
Mikomi sighed.
She knew she wasn't going to get what she wanted.
"Why did I even bother?" she thought.
She looked at Zack, who was panting heavily.
"Let's go, Zack" she said.
The wolf just groaned and sluggishly followed his master out of the office.
/
Back at the house, Yuffie and Naruto were staring at Bakuto.
They didn't understand why he wasn't affected by the heat.
He should be sweating wearing his outfit, but he was fine and dandy.
A tick mark appeared on his head when he noticed that they kept staring at him.
He glared at them.
"What?" he asked.
Yuffie pointed a finger at him.
"What gives?" she asked.
"How come you aren't affected by the heat? You should be sweating bullets by now!"
Bakuto shrugged.
"It's a Jinchuriki thing" he said.
"That's bull!" Naruto said.
"I'm a Junchuriki and I'm dying over here!"
Bakuto rolled his eyes.
"Different demons have different weather tolerances" he said.
"Since I have a dragon, the heat doesn't bother me as much. You have a fox, so you'll be affected by it. It's common sense"
Naruto just grumbled in response.
Yuri, Kyoko and Yugito walked through the living room wearing bathing suits.
"Where are you three going?" Yuffie asked.
"Going for a swim" Yuri said.
"How else are we going to beat this heat?"
Yugito fanned herself off with her hand.
Her hair was undone and frizzed out all over the place.
Bakuto sweated a bit at the sight of his girlfriend like that.
"This heat is really getting to me" Yugito said.
Kyoko pat her shoulder.
"Don't worry, Yugito nee-chan" she said.
"I'm sure a swim in the lake will make you feel better"
Yugito groaned.
"I don't know if swimming is such a good thing since I have a cat demon" she said.
"But I'm pretty desperate now, so I'll go for a dip"
Yuri tugged the two girls away and headed for the nearest lake.
Bakuto cleared his throat when he felt his cheeks warm up.
"Why is your face red?" Yuffie asked.
Bakuto looked away.
"It's not red" he said.
"You're just seeing things"
Naruto grinned.
"You're blushing" he said.
Bakuto glared at him.
"No, I'm not" he said.
"I think I'm starting to see how you're related to that stupid sister of yours"
Naruto glared at him in return.
"Hey! Nee-chan isn't stupid! She's the coolest sister I've ever had!"
"She's the only sister you've ever had" Yuffie pointed out.
Naruto stuck his tongue out at her playfully.
Just then, Cloud and Jiraiya came into the room.
"Leave me alone, old man" Cloud said.
The blond looked tired and ticked off at the moment.
Jiraiya just kept bugging him.
"Come on, Cloud. It could be fun" he said.
Cloud gave his godfather a dull glare.
"Helping you with your book is not fun" he said.
"Why would I waste my time trying to help you write such trash?"
Jiraiya made a face.
"It's not junk! It's art!" he said.
"My books are always flying off the shelves!"
"More like being thrown away" Bakuto said.
Jiraiya glared at him.
Naruto suddenly came up with a funny idea.
If he was doing research for his books, then that meant he would be checking out the girls that were swimming at the lake.
The same lake that Yuri was going to.
An evil grin spread across his face.
He could just imagine the look on Pervy Sage's face when he realized he was checking out his cousin.
This was pure gold.
He looked at Jiraiya.
"Hey Pervy sage, I heard a lot of the girls in the village are heading to the lake for a swim" he said.
Jiraiya's face lit up.
"Really?" he asked.
Naruto nodded.
"Yeah. But if I were you, I would hurry on over there before they leave. They won't be swimming forever you know"
Jiraiya quickly ran out of the house and headed for the lake.
Cloud raised an eyebrow when he saw Naruto laughing like an idiot.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes.
"I didn't tell him that it was Yuri who was swimming at the lake" he said.
"He going to flip out when he realizes that he was checking out his cousin!"
He laughed harder and banged his fist on his seat.
Bakuto realized that Jiraiya was going to see Yugito and Kyoko swim as well.
Just the thought of that perv checking out his sister and girlfriend set of the warning alarms in his head.
He stood up and ran after Jiraiya before he could see them.
Naruto laughed even harder at seeing Bakuto run.
"Oh man! I have to see this now"
He stood up and started pulling Cloud with him.
"Come on, Ni-san! Let's see Pervy sage and Baku-teme flips out"
Cloud just sighed and let his younger brother drag him.
There was no point in arguing with him now.
/
Back with Mikomi and Zack, the two of them looked like they were about to keel over any second now.
Mikomi groaned as she dragged herself across the streets.
She almost looked like a zombie as she walked.
Zack had to drag himself in order to move.
Mikomi wiped her forehead as she continued walking.
There was hardly anyone out today due to the heat.
The ones who were out were either really brave or really stupid.
A lot of people suffered from heat strokes this week by just standing outside.
How she was still alive at this point was beyond her.
She looked at her furry companion and noticed that Zack was about to pass out at any second.
She saw an ice cream booth up ahead and decided to buy a popsicle for them.
The frozen treat was already starting to melt when it was given to her.
"Geez, not even Konoha's finest ice cream can handle the weather" she said.
She went over to Zack and gave him the popsicle.
"Here you go, Zack. You need this more than I do"
Zack gave her a grateful look and munched on the frozen treat.
As he was eating it, Mikomi's head became dizzy and she passed out of the street.
Zack panicked and tried to nudge her with his nose.
"Oi! Mikomi!"
She didn't respond.
The wolf looked around to see if anyone could help him, but didn't find anyone.
He sighed.
"Why me?" he asked.
He somehow managed to wiggle underneath her and placed her body on top of his.
He made sure she was secured on his back before he started walking.
"I need to cool you off before things get really worse" he said.
He walked slowly so he wouldn't drop Mikomi.
"I bet the lake will work" he said.
"It'll cool you off quickly"
He walked as fast as he could to the lake before his friend suffered from more than a heat stroke.
/
At the lake, Yuri was splashing water at Kyoko and Yugito.
The girls were laughing as they splashed Yuri back.
Yugito felt refreshed as the water cooled her off.
"I guess water isn't so bad" she said.
Kyoko smiled at her.
"That's good to hear, Yugito nee-chan" she said.
"I didn't want you to suffer from a heat stroke"
Yugito smiled sweetly at her.
Yuri dunked her head underwater to cool herself off.
When she resurfaced, she decided to go crazy.
"I think I'm going to go skinny dipping" she said.
She took her top off and was starting to take her bottom off.
Yugito and Kyoko panicked.
"What in the world are you doing?" Yugito shrieked.
"Don't you know it's daylight?" Kyoko asked.
Yuri shrugged.
"The heats gotten to me, so I'm a little crazy" she said.
"Than usual?" Yugito asked.
Yuri just made a face at her.
"Come on, you should do it too" she said.
Yugito made a face.
"Excuse me?"
Yuri nodded.
"Come on. It's not like anyone is going to come here. Let you're wild side out. You know you want to"
Yugito blushed and looked around to make sure no one was around.
Kyoko shrieked when she saw Yugito taking her top off.
"Yugito Nee-chan! You're really doing it?" she asked.
Yugito tossed her top on the rock that they kept their towels.
"I'm just taking my top off" she said.
"I'm hot and I don't really care anymore. Besides, I always wanted to do something crazy like this"
Yuri pumped her fist.
"That's the spirit!" she said.
"Let's your wild side run free!"
Yugito cheered and splashed Yuri.
Kyoko blushed and hid behind one of the rocks that lines around the lake.
"Forgive me, Bakuto Ni-san" she thought.
"But Yuri-sama and Yugito nee-chan can be really scary"
/
Zack panted as he went through the forest.
Mikomi was still out of it on his back and looked like he wasn't going to wake up at any moment.
He sighed and hung his head.
"This is nuts" he said.
"There's no way I can do this"
When he heard Mikomi groaned, he looked at her.
She seemed to be in a lot of pain from the heat and was sweating a bit.
Just the sight of seeing his master in the state that she was in made him determined .
"What am I saying?" he asked.
"I used to be a first class SOLDIER! I faced countless enemies and fought Sephiroth! I died to save my friend! What's a little heat going to do to me?"
He looked at Mikomi.
"Don't worry, Mikomi. I'll save you!"
He ran through the forest and headed for the lake.
/
When Jiraiya heard women laughing at the lake, he quickly hid in one of the bushes.
He laughed when he heard them splashing each other and running around.
"Oh, this is too good to be true" he said to himself.
He pulled out his telescope and notebook to jot down some notes.
"And Cloud calls my work trash" he said.
"He just doesn't know true art"
He parted the bushes a bit to reveal the lake and grinned when he saw three figures.
He couldn't see their faces, but he grinned madly when he saw that one of the girls was topless and that the other was taking her top off.
"I think I just died and went to heaven" he said.
He aimed his telescope and grinned madly at the girls.
However, that grin fell from his face when he saw one of the girls turn around and revealed to be Yuri.
The color drained from his face as he saw his cousin naked.
"I just stepped into hell" he thought.
He screamed and jumped out of the bush.
Yuri whipped her head around to see Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya?" she asked.
Yugito screamed and hid in the water.
Her face went red as she tried to cover her chest.
Kyoko peeked out from behind the rock and shrieked as well.
/
Off in another part of the forest, Naruto and Cloud had somehow managed to catch up with Bakuto.
The dragon host sighed as he looked at them.
"Why are you following?" he asked.
"We wanna see the look on Pervy sage's face when he sees that it's Yuri he's researching on"
"And to make sure Yuri doesn't kill him" Cloud added.
"I don't want to plan his funeral"
Bakuto just rolled his eyes and continued walking.
"If he checks out Yugito or Kyoko, then Yuri won't be the one who kills him" he said.
"Nobody checks on my girl or sister when I'm around"
Naruto quietly snickered to Cloud.
"This is going to be good" he whispered.
Cloud just sighed.
"Fuck my life" he muttered.
When they heard screaming, they ran to the clearing to find Jiraiya, Yuri, Yugito and Kyoko.
Kyoko was hiding behind a rock while Yugito covered her body underwater.
They wondered why Jiraiya looked afraid, but when they saw Yuri topless, they nearly screamed as well.
Cloud quickly covered his eyes while Naruto screamed.
"My eyes!" he screamed.
He grabbed onto Cloud's shirt and shook him.
"Ni-san! Make the scary images go away!" he cried.
Bakuto went pale as well, but when he saw Yugito's top sitting on one of the rocks, he was seeing red.
He glared at Jiraiya and stormed over to him.
The sannin panicked and waved his hands at him.
"Wait, wait! I didn't know they were going to be here!" he cried.
"And I most certainly didn't know they were going to be skinny dipping!"
Bakuto cracked his knuckles.
"It doesn't matter" he said.
"You saw my girlfriend topless. You'll pay"
He slowly pulled out his sword and held it up high.
Jiraiya closed his eyes tightly.
He knew there was no way he could fight a Jinchuriki that was angry.
Before Bakuto could swing his sword, Zack ran into the clearing with Mikomi in tow.
"I'll save you!" he cried.
He jumped into the lake with Mikomi still on his back.
Everyone was dumb founded when they saw Zack dragging Mikomi into the water.
The coolness of the water caused Mikomi to wake up.
She groaned and sat up in the lake.
She staggered a bit as she looked around.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"What happened here?"
"You passed out from the heat" Zack said.
"So I brought you here to the lake to save you"
Mikomi blinked.
"You did?" she asked.
She looked to see the group.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"Pervy sage was trying to do his research on Yuri and the girls!" Naruto said.
"And I saw Yuri's boobs!"
He cried into Cloud's chest.
Mikomi saw the how messed up the girls were and sweat dropped.
"I'm heading back to the house" she said.
She walked out of the lake and wrung her clothes out.
Zack followed her and shook his fur out.
"Wait for me!" he cried.
Kyoko and Yugito followed as soon as their clothes were back on.
Yuri sighed.
"You guys ruin all the fun" she said.
She grabbed her towel and got out of the lake.
She didn't even bother to change into her clothes.
The guys just watched as she headed back to the house wearing nothing but a towel.
When the girls were gone, they glared at Jiraiya.
The Sanin shuddered at the looks they were giving him.
He slowly backed away from them.
"N-now guys. It was an accident" he said.
"I didn't mean it"
Bakuto pulled out his sword again.
"Well, this is going to be an accident too" he said.
Jiraiya let out a girly scream as the three of them went to attack him.
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By the time that Mikomi made it back to the house, her clothes were completely dry.
That was how bad the heat was.
Since the AC wasn't working, she decided to just sit on the porch.
It was cooler out here than it was in the house.
Zack flopped down next to her.
"Well…that was weird" he said.
Mikomi nodded.
"Sometimes I think I'm living in the Twilight Zone" she said.
She looked up at the sky to see dark clouds coming in quickly.
She sighed and leaned back against the porch.
"I wonder if the heat will ever die down?" she asked.
Yuri, Yugito and Kyoko came up to the house.
"Damn that Jiraiya. He can really ruin everyone's fun" Yuri said.
Yugito was beat red as she held her towel close to her.
"I can't believe I was crazy enough to go topless" she said.
"That's what happens when your brain is fried I guess" Kyoko said.
Mikomi sighed and closed her eyes.
"I wish this heat would go away" she said.
Just then, she felt something wet hit her face.
Opening an eye, she saw raindrops falling from the sky.
Thunder crackled in the air as the heavens cried out for them.
Cid poked his head out of the house and watched the rain.
"Well I'll be damned" he said.
"It's raining"
At the mention of raining, everyone ran outside of the house and marveled at the gift mother nature gave them.
Mikomi stood up from the porch and walked into the rain.
Her hair stuck to her face as she relished in the cool water droplets.
Zack was howling with joy while Nanaki was running around.
Yuffie cheered.
"It's raining!" she said.
Everyone was dancing and enjoyed getting wet.
Yuri got excited and took her towel off.
"Woo hoo! No more heat stroke!"
The guys screamed when they saw that Yuri didn't wear anything and ran back into the house.
The girls laughed at their reaction.
Zack rolled around in the mud and splashed into the puddles.
Mikomi saw that people were coming out of their homes to enjoy the rain as well.
She smiled.
Even though her village suffered a lot of casualties ranging from being under attack to suffering from heat strokes, they villagers still knew how to enjoy the little things.
As she looked at her friends, she realized that four of them were missing.
"Where's Jiraiya, Bakuto, Ni-san and Naruto?"
/
Back at the lake, the guys admired their handy work that they did on Jiraiya.
After beating him to unconscious, they tied him upside down to a tree and had a sign saying 'pepping tom' coming from his shirt.
"I think this was a nice form of revenge" Naruto said.
Bakuto crossed his arms.
"I still think we should have killed him" he said.
Cloud just ran a hand through his damp hair.
It had been raining by them as well, but they really didn't care.
"Let's just leave him here" he said.
"We'll get him when he wakes up"
"IF he wakes up" Naruto said.
They all headed back to house and left poor Jiraiya hanging there.
Needless to say, that's what happened when Konoha suffered it's nastiest heat stroke.
It brought out the craziness in everyone.
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A/N: Sorry if this was pretty random. I wanted to update this story and I really didn't have much time.
Please review and tell me what you think.
Ja ne