Yo! I'm here with the last chapter for the year. Junk like partying, sleeping, and doing a tough project during the break will take most of my time. So I probably won't update till some time past January 3rd. So enjoy!
The few reviews I've gotten have asked where the hell is Neji and Tenten, so I guess I'll explain. I am making this up as I go, and I already got them to befriend Neji, Tenten should appear in the next, and actually making the effort to get them together in Chapter 6. But don't worry. It'll come, and when it does, it will be here.
Chapter 4: The Two Sided Coin. A Day of Supreme Randomness.
(Sleeping Area)
"First day, Raven!" Blade said, waking Raven up. Blade then had to step away because if woken early, Raven envoked an aura of pure evil, and dread. Sadly, today was one of those days. (I hope no one does anything to piss off the 'extremely grumpy nin' who is about as much of a morning person as an owl.) Blade thought to himself, forcing Raven to prepare for the day, and after 30 minutes, they were dressed, and out of the doors, leaving their weapons at the room.
(Border Academy)
The whole day, they were in class 4-C. It was taught by Kakashi. "So, Scarecrow is teaching, eh? Well, Raven will enjoy this." Blade said, sarcastically. He pushed the door open, and noticed the whole classroom went dead silent.
Confused, he didn't think it had anything to do with the American Flag emblem on his headband etched right across by a line, signifying him as a Missing Nin. He then looked to the board, and nearly had a heart attack.
There was a picture of him and Raven stark naked, looking like they had each other's crotch, and had leaf crowns on their heads.
(OH &$$#$$&$$#$#$) Blade had just cycled through close to every curse word known to man, and when Raven entered, mood still foul, he knew someone was going to die. Raven took one look at the picture, and black chakra literally leaked off of him, and he turned a malevolent demonic glare towards everyone, pointing to the picture.
"Who…did…this?" Raven asked slowly, and evilly, right as Kakashi came in, burned the picture, and chuckled. "Now now Raven, what you and Blade do behind closed doors is your business, but leave it behind closed doors." Kakashi said, moving his head to avoid the kunai that put a 3 foot whole in the wall.
"You say something Scarecrow?" Raven asked, glaring in a way only someone truly pissed off would glare like, and Kakashi knew he could die if he kept pestering him today. "No, go to your seats, the first day begins." Kakashi said, sweating at the evil aura that Raven was emitting.
(Small Village near Rock Village)
"So, Krad has figured out where we're at?" Moon said, smirking. "Yeah, but sadly, you need to die. Should you meet up with Raven and Blade, then things may get a little dicey." Jin said, pulling out the grey katana that he had on his back.
"So, you plan on fighting? Well then, I guess I have no choice." Moon said, pulling out a kunai. Jin then charged, and swung his blade, which Moon blocked the attack. "If it makes you feel any better, than you should know, that Raven and Blade are at the Border Village." Jin said, putting chakra into his blade, and charging again.
He swung, and Moon dodged the blade barely, but then his sleeve got slit. (What? Oh! A Wind Blade, eh?) Moon thought to himself. "Now I see why your called Jin of the Gale." Moon said, smirking. "Guess I can't hold back." And then Moon pulled out two yo-yos. One was black, and the other was white. "Yo-yos? Those are your secret weapons?" Jin asked, and Moon smirked. "Yep."
(Border Academy)
"Raven, whatever plan you thought up while going to the bathroom should probably not be used." Blade said, and Raven smirked. "Don't worry, Blade. You'll know when the final down is here." Raven said, causing a question mark to appear over Blade's head. He then took his seat, and began counting down from 200. (200...199...198...197...)
Outside, two Raven Shadow Clones were walking to a hill that had a nice view of the makeshift school, especially the room with Kakashi in it. "Football?" Clone 1 asked. "Check!" The other Clone replied. "Rigged to perfection?" "Check!" , "Well then, let's get this party started!" Clone 1 said, charging all the chakra he had stored in him, and throwing the football with everything he had, causing him to poof away from lack of chakra.
The second one waited, and went through some hand signs. "Lightning Style: Lightning Gun Cannon!" Clone 2 said, and a electric ball shot out of it, causing him to poof away from the force of the kickback. (And so, I get in a nice trick with my Lightning Gun Jutsus!) Raven thought to himself, the poofing clones telling him their job was done.
"Hey Blade, fourth and goal." Raven said, preparing for the show. Blade was confused, but then, a football flew through the window. (And here's the snap! The Quarterback tosses!) Raven joked in his mind, and then, a lightning ball shot from the window, hitting the football. (TOUCHDOWN!!!!) Raven screamed in his mind, as the football exploded, sending green dust and liquid all over the place.
When the green dust cleared, everyone was covered in green, except for Blade, Raven, and Kakashi, who was smart enough to figure out the plan beforehand. Everyone glared back at the two American Nin, who merely ignored them. "Now, whoever put up the pictures were dealt with in a manner befitting them. I hope you all enjoyed my little folley, especially you three Cloud Nin. Since the one who did it is one of you little bastards." Raven said, smirking when the Cloud nin with red hair glared at him.
"What the hell are you talking about!?" He screamed, obviously annoyed. "The picture was a composite. The body and head were disproportionate. It was barely there, but I spotted it. That, and four-eyes there has a camera in his pack." Raven said, smirking. All three Cloud Nin smirked at him, and then their leader spoke again. "So you figured us out. That's good for you, because you can at least die knowing who messed with your head." He replied, and Raven semi-glared. "Now now kids. Time for a mini-recess. Actually, more like a game of baseball."
(Rock Village)
Jin was pissed. He was getting his ass handed to him by some American Nin wielding yo-yos of all things. But his yo-yos were weird as hell. He would throw them, and they would just seek him, and hit him, like a snake bite.
"You should probably give up now. Your Wind Blade doesn't affect me much. I can dodge it perfectly." Moon said, pocketing his white yo-yo, and playing with the black one. "You don't scare me!" Jin said, and Moon sighed. "Fine, I have no choice then. Coin Yo-Yo Technique, Piercing Fang!" Moon said, shooting his black yo-yo like a rocket. It went right through his heart, killing him instantly.
"Moon, was it necessary to kill him like that?" Moon's other half, named Sun, asked. (I would rather have not, but he would have come back to get us. Anyway, Raven and Blade are in the Village Hidden in the Border. We can meet with them!) Moon said, unconsciously turning back into Sun.
As Raven and Blade found out, everyone had 'fun time' at the same time, even though they were told they were going to be playing baseball. The teams Raven and Blade were on were set like this:
Team Raven: Raven, Shikamaru, Naruto, Sakura, Ino, Neji, Koby, (Leader of the Cloud Nins) Rai, (One with the camera) and Tobi. (Third Member, oddly silent.)
Team Blade: Blade, Hinata, Tenten, Lee, Kiba, Shino, Sasuke, Chouji, and Mika. (You'll find out!)
Raven realized that having Naruto on his team was an evil act of god. In fact, his whole team was as though it was made just for him to lose. For the whole damn game, Shikamaru nodded in and out while in outfield. The Cloud 3 were acting like a whole gang of jack-asses. The only one's doing anything to help him keep their opponents at a miracle score of 6 was Sakura's Shortstop abilities, combined with her inhuman strength, Neji's eyes, and his (By his I mean Raven's) godlike pitching.
At bat, they were even were even more pathetic. Sakura had belted a home run, scaring their opponents. Shikamaru didn't bat, saying it was too troublesome. The other three did okay, and Raven nearly cried when he told Naruto to run home when it presented itself, but he screamed back that Konoha was too far, causing Raven to sweat drop. Neji did fair, and he, after figuring out that a bat was like a sword, began batting better. Sadly Blade's Team was kicking their asses right off the bat. (No pun intended)
Hinata eyes weren't as good as Neji's, but they were damn good. Raven didn't know what it was about Sasuke, but his red eyes were intimidating. Kiba and Shino were 'cheating' by using their animals/bugs. Tenten had knocked god knows how many home run balls short and caught them. Blade and Chouji didn't do much, but the last girl really irked Raven.
Whoever the hell Mika was, she was kicking their asses with her pitching. Her heat was so damn fast, he swore that the ball was changing shape as she threw it. In fact, he believed that she had some sort of grudge against him, because when he, on her first at-bat, pitched to her, she line drove it in such a way, that he spun in air, making Charlie Brown look cool. Everyone had O.O looks, he even screamed a loud, Charlie Brown like 'AUUUUGH!!' when he was hit. And when he was at bat against her, she threw the ball in such a way that it curved right into his face, and he lost a tooth, and used some colorful language, causing him to be counted out.
Well, now it was the final inning, and there was a runner on second, and there were two outs. Raven's team, by some chance of luck, were ahead by one, and were now hoping to put out one more out, Raven pitching the best he could. Their last out was against Blade.
Raven pulled out the ball, and glared at the thing, which was forcing him to make a visit to the orthodontist later. He was ready to finish this, and he was going to do it with style. He looked at Blade, who was knocking the dirt off his feet, and signifying that he's ready. Raven pulled back, and threw the first pitch, which was a crazy fast heat. In fact, it was clocked at about 220 miles per hour, smashing Chouji, the catcher, into the back wall and leaving a 15 foot indent.
"Strike 1..." Chouji said, spirals for eyes.
After Chouji recovered from the first throw, Raven prepared the second one. One the wind-up, he muttered Shadow Clone, and tossed the ball, as 5 balls released from his hand. Blade, confused by the balls, tried to swing for the real one, just for it to make that popping noise that Shadow Clones make before disappearing, while Chouji had the real baseball in his hands.
"Strike 2."
Now Blade was getting annoyed. To him, Raven had issued a challenge, and he was going to answer it. Lifting his bat so that he pointed it towards the sky, then at Raven, he wielded the bat like he would his katana. Raven raised and eyebrow, and smirked at the sent challenge. He then walked a few paces behind the pitcher's mound, and began powering up his chakra. Blade as well began releasing chakra. At first it wasn't that big of a deal, until Raven's chakra began turning white and releasing at powerful levels, along with Blade's chakra forming what looked like a dragon. The others were both awed and surprised at this surge of power.
Raven then spun once, and threw the ball with enough force for it to rend the ground it traveled over. Blade, seeing the ball, began spinning really fast, until the bat connected with the ball, creating a pulse of chakra and a strong blast of wind. Then, as though time itself continued, the ball shot like rocket towards the stands, for a home run. "OH HELL NO!!!" Raven screamed, running. Then to everyone surprise, except Blade, he created a Shadow Clone and used it to jump into the air. Then he created another Clone after Clone after Clone, using them like stairs until he came upon the ball, and grabbed it, before falling head first into the stands, the benches made of some metal, and was knocked unconscious.
(Near Border Village)
Sun was running through the woods until he came to a small village that was 15 miles from the Border Village. "Hey brat! What you doing taking so long!? Raven and Blade need our help!" Moon said, smirking. He then materialized next to Sun, but only Sun would see him. (Shut up! Blade and Raven need our help, and you only care about being annoying.) Sun replied. "I just hope that poor Raven and Blade are okay." Sun said to himself. "But for now, how the hell do I get to the Border Village?" With that, Moon face vaulted in his mind.
(Chuunin Cabins)
Raven and Blade couldn't believe the cabin tasks that all nin received. As a group, they had to complete a set number of tasks of their choosing. First set of tasks for Team Raven: Get Girlfriends, or defeat the Hokage in a Death Match.
"You know Blade, that Death Match is looking appealing!" Raven said, and Blade sweat dropped. "No!" Blade said. "But if we combined ourselves with Scarecrow, we can win…hopefully…" Raven said. "Nope. I don't want Tsunade killing little old me!" Kakashi said, and both nin gave him a look.
"Okay then Scarecrow, let's all go get girlfriends!" Blade said sarcastically. "Hey Blade, I heard some chick named Anko Mitarashi just arrived." Kakashi dropped his famed book, and started sweating. "She looked pretty hot. I bet Scarecrow would love to hit that!" Raven said, but he was grabbed by Kakashi.
"Okay kids, it's time for an assembly!" Kakashi said, dragging Raven with him. "…O…kay. Kakashi just gave me a reason to set him and Anko up. Now that leaves me and Raven." Blade said to himself, walking after them.
"HELLO MEMBERS OF THE GREAT CHUUNIN GATHERING!!!" A man said, announcer obviously. "We are here to announce the starting of Border Brawls!!" Everyone started murmuring, and some gave weird looks. "This means that you all have free rights to pick a fight with whoever, whenever, wherever!! For the rest of the time you're here!!!"
Oh Great!!
Just about everyone glared at the two American Nins, who both sweat dropped. (This is blatantly Tsunade's fault.) Blade thought to himself. (Tsunade is going to go down for this!) Raven thought to himself. "So, with that, assembly over!" And without a second thought, Raven and Blade ran like hell.
"STOP!!!" They both froze, and turned to see no one else but Mika smirking at them. "You, Raven, I want you!" Mika announced, pointing at him. Sweating heavily, he gave a nervous smile. "Well, as much as I would like to commit to a long term relationship, I'll kindly decline! Bye!" And with that, they both did Body Warp and disappeared.
(Chuunin Cabins)
It has been 3 hours since the announcement of the Border Brawls. "Checkmate." Raven said, and Blade sighed. "Fine, you win. Behind you." Blade said, while Raven pulled a string that sent a boulder tied to rope careening into the careless nin trying to pick a fight them.
"That's the tenth one that's attacked." Raven said, and they both sighed. Raven stepped out to see if Neji wanted to spar some more, before a kunai stuck to the ground, a few inches from where he was standing. "You're finally out, Raven." He sweat dropped. It was Mika again. She had left him alone, until now.
"And you are trying to battle me, why?" Raven asked her. "Because, you're the strongest one here. And I wish to try my hand against the strongest." Mika replied. Now Raven could have had used that to boost his ego, but he wasn't stupid.
"Okay then, I guess I accept your challenge." Raven replied, a little skeptical. And then, an announcer's table appeared out of nowhere, along with a young girl. (THE HELL!?!?) Raven screamed in his mind, a O.O look on his face. "OKAY EVERYONE!!! We have our first Border Brawl!!!" She screamed, and cameras appeared out of nowhere, and all the T.V.s were tuned to the location of the fight, which had just then grabbed a huge crowd. Raven had a O.O look, while everyone else was cheering.
"And now, who will win the first Border Brawl of this years Chuunin Gathering? The Cloud Femme Fatale, Mika Haruko? Or the Meager American Nin, Raven?" She announced, while Raven gave her a 'you better sleep with one eye open' look. "Now…we're all ready for this ass-kicking to begin, so BEGIN!!!" She screamed, while Raven shot her a confused look.
"Too slow!" Raven turned around, and saw Mika appear in front of him, smirking. Raven's eyes widened a little. (She's fast. But she won't defeat me!) Raven said, getting into a Sword Stance since he had only Fenrir on hand. "You know, to me, you're going slow motion." Mika said, disappearing from his sights.
Before he could react, she had stopped her fist right in front of his face. "This fist was your death blow. You need to try a little harder." Mika said, jumping back. Raven and Blade were stunned. (This can't be. She's way to fast for me to watch. Am I truly that much weaker?) Raven thought to himself, and then shook it off.
(No! She was wearing weights earlier. She's missing her Ankle Bracelets.) Raven thought to himself, getting back into stance. (Now, how do you go about fighting a foe that's not only faster than you, but a girl. Either way, my manliness is at stake, so I have to finish this, and win without making myself look like an ass.)
ShadowRonin: Yep, and on that note, I end Chapter 4. So now, my parting words. I probably won't update until sometime in early January. You know, someone in the family has to praty hard and entertain the guests when they come. So with that, I bid you later. Read, Review if you want, and happy holidays.