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Chapter 7: Return of the American Demon!!! My Full Name is Raven…."
(Training Grounds)
Kakashi wondered why Blade was dragging him to park. "Okay Scarecrow, let's spar! They say your one of the strongest nin of Konoha, and I want to see where I stand!" Blade said, knowing from his quick mental work that they were near the girls dorm.
All he hoped was that Kakashi would blast him, and he would get him and Anko together. All Scarecrow needed to do was knock him with enough force, and Blade would get the rest done on his own.
(Hospital)
It's now 11:00. Tsunade had given Sakura the duty of watching Raven for the moment, and she was more than glad to help. In truth, the American Nin intrigued her.
They were fighting a battle against their country to defend their country. It sounded a little odd, but who is she to judge them. Whoever Krad is, he is as strong as Orochimaru, and him and three of his friends fighting alone. She hoped that somewhere down the road, she could help these nin.
In the few days she met them, she realized that they were good people. All of the Konoha 12 had realized that they were nice people. Raven with his happy-go-lucky demeanor and fierce loyalty to his friends. And Blade with his amazing intellect and unbreakable calm. They are both nin that would make any village proud. She hadn't met Coin personally, but from what she could tell, he seemed really nice, and a friendly.
Sakura took a long look at Raven, and noticed the bandana he had tied around his forehead. She wondered why he always wore that bandana, and attempted to take it off his head, and actually got a grasp on it, but he shot up, and their foreheads ran smack into each other.
"Agh! Damn that hurt!" Raven said, and noticed the bandana in Sakura's hand. Looking at it with a critical eye, he then glanced at Sakura, who looked rather guilty, like a kid who got caught in the cookie jar.
"……." Both were quiet, unsure how to approach the situation. Sakura was stunned to see the Curse Seal on his forehead. He saw her confused look, and prepped himself for a round of 20 Questions.
"When did you get the Hyuuga Curse Seal?" Sakura asked. "When Krad attacked me and Blade in Konoha, some Hyuuga came up, and began using the Caged Bird Jutsu. Well, Krad transferred said seal to my head during the jutsu, and now I'm stuck with it." Raven said.
"You seem so carefree about it." Sakura said. "Psh. It's just one seal. It won't rule my life. Speaking of said life, I probably am out of style. Must train!" Raven said, preparing to leave, before Sakura grabbed him by his arm. "You were just in a coma! No way are you leaving when you feel like it." Sakura said, and Raven glanced at her. "Tough! I say I'm gone, so I'm gone." Raven said, and Sakura glared at him.
"You're staying!" He turned, and gave her a stern look. "I said I'm going!" To prove his point, he took a step, but Sakura had him by the back of his neck. He smirked, and did the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The Clone poofed into existence, and charged Sakura.
Sadly, it was destroyed in no time, but she had to let go of Raven, who began to take off. Before he could get out, Sakura had grabbed him and tossed him back onto the bed. He was about to get up, but she had taken his momentary lack of reflex to jump on top of him, so that she was sitting on his stomach.
"Get off, Medic Nin!" Raven said, meaning to sound insulting. She merely glared at him. "Make me, American Loser." Sakura said, and they both glared. "Pinky!" "Zebra man!" (referring to his streaks of white hair) They both glared and growled at each other, completely ignoring the weird and fairly compromising position they were in. Of course at that time, Naruto and Sasuke would walk by, and catch this. Naruto, being Naruto, elaborated in his own special way.
"OH MY GOD!!!! SAKURA IS BEING RAPED BY RAVEN!!!!" Okay, not the best thing that Naruto could scream, but the fact that Tsunade ran in that instant before Raven and Sakura could get away from each other, he knew his life was done.
She glared a glare so vicious and deadly, that she grabbed him by his shirt (They didn't bother to put him in a pair of hospital clothes.) and dragged his ass outside. No one, and I repeat NO ONE took into account that Sakura was technically 'on top,' so it looked more like she was raping him.
Sasuke didn't say anything about it, finding this to be most amusing. With a simple shrug, he followed the fuming Godaime, and the unlucky American Nin that will feel her wrath.
(Training Field)
Kakashi knew that something was wrong, but he was too slow to figure it out. When he sent Blade reeling, he realized that they were near the girls dorm, and he maneuvered himself so that he flew threw the wall. If he knew that a half dressed Anko would be there Kakashi didn't know. All he remembers is black lace bra and panties, and his nose dripping something that wasn't snot.
Of course, Anko was outside pounding his ass to oblivion, her clothes magically on. Blade? He flew threw a few more rooms, into the girl's room, into an underwear drawer, and ran out, blushing, blood threatening to come out his nose, and he had pocketed something frilly and purple.
(Che. Raven would get a kick out of knowing I'm a closet pervert.) Now if only Blade could find out that Raven is an open pervert, than life would be sweet.
(In the Village. Near the Hospital)
Sadly, pulling a Jiraiya wasn't on Raven's to do list. Today's list: 1. Thank Fang for helping to enlighten him about his family. And 2. Survive battle against crazy psycho chick with giant boobs. Sure, they were in a questionable position, but come on! She was on top. Sure, he got a nice view of her assets, but…. Okay. He practically stared at them unconsciously.
(But I enjoyed it!) Raven thought to himself. "Hath you no shame!?" Fang asked. (Hell no!) Raven replied, smirking internally. "AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER BORDER BRAWL!!!!!" The same announcer chick appeared, and Raven sweat dropped. "Now, who will win? Number 1 Ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village: The honorable Godaime Hokage: Tsunade!!!!" There were loud cheers for the old/middle aged nin.
"Or the American Nin: Raven?" Once again, Raven gave her a mighty scary glare, but then smirked evilly. "Now Tsunade. Anything that happens between me and Sakura is between me and Sakura." Raven said smirking at her. She didn't say anything, but she sent him an deadly glare, and punched the ground, creating a huge crater.
Raven immediately sweat dropped, and started sweating heavily. (OH HOLY HELL!!!!!! WHAT'S WITH THE GOD-LIKE STRENGTH!?!??) Raven screamed in his mind, and he was sure his outward expression was one of a man sent on death row. "Now. BEG-" Before she could finish, a green blur ran right by her. "LEAF HURRICANE!!!"
The blur then jumped into the air, and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick into Raven's jaw. He spun in the air from the force of the blow, and used his hands to catch himself before he hit his head, and landed back on the ground. He began the task of healing the broken jaw, and glared at the nin responsible for it.
"What the hell did you do that for Lee!?!?" Raven screamed, and Lee sent him a very non-Lee-like glare. "You would dare have the audacity to rape Sakura-chan!?!?" Lee said, his eyes on fire. Raven growled, and his glare became even more menacing.
"I never said I raped her! If anything, she was on top!!" Raven said, and Lee moved to hit him again, but he jumped away. "You mean to tell me that Sakura-chan would frame you!? You bastard!" Lee screamed, and Raven activated his Frosty Eye out of anger. "I never said she did! What the hell man!?!? If you would calm down, I can explain this." Raven said, but Lee ignored it.
"You're going down Raven." Lee said, getting into his Taijutsu stance. Raven sighed, and created a few ice needles. "Fine Lee, you want to fight so bad? Then I'll fight with you!" Raven said, and threw the ice needles. The second before they hit, Lee disappeared, and Raven was hit in the stomach, and then was punched into a tree.
"It seems the fight had been changed! Now, it's between the self proclaimed Green Beast of Konoha: Rock Lee, and Raven the Demon!" Announcer chick said. Raven then stood up, and saw that Lee was in his stance again, smirking at him.
(Okay Fuzzy Brows. I've had it with your talk. You want a fight, you got it!!) Raven said in his mind, and he released some of Fang's Chakra. He also noticed that the world became more clear, and Lee took off again. This time though, Raven could actually see his movements, and that confused him. He blocked Lee's kick, and Lee got a nice look at his eyes, and was stunned.
He jumped back, and glared at Raven. "What's the problem Fuzz Brows?" Raven asked. "Who are you?" Lee asked. Raven gave him a confused look, and Lee elaborated. "What are you doing with the Sharingan Eyes!?!?"
(Ramen Bar.)
The Konoha 12 had gotten together for a ramen outing, and were chatting nicely, until they looked on the screen and saw Lee and Raven battling. "Lee still believes that Raven raped you?" Sasuke asked, and Sakura nodded and sighed. "Lee is so determined to 'avenge' my 'youthfulness,' that he didn't even hear me explain." Sakura said, and Blade walked in, walked past them, and found Sun, sitting and eating.
"So Sun, where have you been all day?" Blade asked taking a seat. "Hanging around. Nothing more fun than sleeping in a tree." Sun said, and Blade chuckled. "I see." Blade said. He then turned to the T.V. and saw Raven and Lee fighting, well, Lee owning Raven.
"It seems like our 'leader' is in another fight." Blade said, and Coin smirked at him. "Seems so.' They both sighed, and what was said next stunned everyone in the room. "What are you doing with the Sharingan Eyes!?!?" They looked on the screen, not trusting what they heard, and sure enough, Raven's eyes, though blue, had the Sharingan commas in them, and they were spinning.
(Sharingan? Wait, those ones are blue though. Who is he?) Sasuke thought to himself.
(Battlesight)
Tsunade saw his eyes, and was just as stunned as Lee. "Raven! Care to explain?" Tsunade asked. Raven glance at her, and nodded. "Okay, from what I can decipher from the memories I have as a kid, my father came from the Snow Village, but he eloped with a young lady from Konoha and they left to live in America.
My father's name was Sousuke. When he fled he abandoned his last name. My mother. Her name was Motoko Uchiha. She told me, when I was young, that she was the little sister to the Clan Leader. Of course, I didn't learn this until I was seven, but by then, they already saw I had the Frosty Eye. They never thought I would have the Sharingan, so Mom never discussed her past.
I never prodded, and she never talked about it. Then, when I was 9, Krad came to America, and began his conquest. Somewhere along the way, my parents were killed, and I was left an orphan. The Current President, Mark Roberts, saw that and decided to take me in.
The first thing he noticed was that my chakra was white instead of blue, so he trained me himself. At 12, he made me into one of his personal guards, higher than the Secret Service. He said that the rank he would give me is 'Death God.'" Raven said.
"Earlier this year, Krad openly attacked the President, and he told me to flee. I also left to find the other three Death Gods, and we all fled here. But before we could make it here, the boat we were on was attacked, and we split up. I ran into Blade before we made it to Konoha, and everything that's happened after that point, well you know." Raven said.
"So in a sense, my full name is Raven Uchiha. The Uchiha Clan are my relatives, and Chicken Head, or whatever his name is, is my cousin by blood. I guess you could say in Konoha, I'm home." Raven said, and everyone was shocked.
(Ramen Bar)
Back at the Ramen Bar, Sasuke was shocked silent. (My cousin? He's my cousin? I have another person that bears the Uchiha Blood!?) Sasuke thought to himself. "You know, Raven is pretty cool. He uses ice with control that rivaled Haku's, and he has the Sharingan like Sasuke. He must be a tough nin." Naruto said. They looked back on the screen, to see that Raven was smirking at Lee.
"Sorry, but my Sharingan can't copy jutsus or anything like that. Just better perception. So my eyes see movement, and can make ice. My Bloodline Trait: The Frosty Sharingan!" Raven said, creating more ice shuriken. Lee charged again, but an Ice Mirror appeared in front of him, and he tried to punch through it.
It shattered, but Raven wasn't on the other side. Then a dome of Ice Mirrors appeared all around Lee. "Hope your ready for my Mystical Art: Dome of Ice Mirrors." Raven said. He was hanging by his hand above Lee on an Ice Mirror by his hands. "Okay Lee. You ready to get this battle going?" Raven said, and saw Lee take his weights off, and toss them, destroying two mirrors. "Now Lee, destroying Mirrors will bring seven years bad luck." Raven said, and Lee turned in time to see another Raven appear from a mirror to his right in an attempt to punch him.
Lee dodged and kicked him away. He threw shuriken and hit the Raven hanging from the top mirror. Lee thought he got him, but then he felt an ice needle hit him in his back. Confused, he looked up, and saw Raven poof away, which meant that the Raven he kicked away was the real Raven.
"Yeah, I don't believe in hiding while attacking." Raven said, as he poofed away. "But confusing someone is more fun!!" Lee turned around in time for Raven to grab his wrist, and a dome of water to surround him. "Sorry Fuzz Brows, but you wouldn't listen, so now you have no choice. I wasn't raping Sakura. I got out of my coma, and intended on training. She told me I couldn't, we got into a silly little fight, Naruto and Sasuke saw us in an unusual position, and he screamed I raped her. I'm just a little peeved my 'dear cousin' didn't bother to explain that little fact." Raven said. Lee seemed to understand and he released the Water Dome, and smiled at Lee.
"See, words make sure you don't get hurt, and the only injury you have is an ice needle in the back." Raven said, helping Lee up. They both smirked at each other, and Raven yawned.
"Pointless fights and all, I'm hungry and tired. So I'm going to get some Ramen, find my game scroll, and see if I can get Neji to own up to liking Tenten before this whole trip is over." Raven said. Lee gave him a surprised look.
"Neji likes Tenten?" Lee asked. Raven looked at him, and tried not to laugh. "When we saved her, me and Coin joked on the fact that he was carrying her. Poor boy blushed heavily. Personally, they seem cute together." Raven said, and Lee smiled. "Hey, I'm going for ramen. You want to come?" Raven asked, and Lee shot up.
"Sure." And they both left. Tsunade looked on, and smiled warmly. (Looks like Konoha's going to be more interesting with that boy here.) Tsunade thought to herself.
Everyone of the Konoha 12 and Blade and Coin heard everything that Raven had said, and shock was on their faces. Before anyone could look to Neji to confirm Raven's thoughts, he had performed the Body Flicker Jutsu and was gone. They all looked confused. Neji was just there a moment ago.
"Seems like Ice Block jetted before he could be questioned. Hey, let Moon know I plan on making Neji sweat a little. I'll need his help. Though he is cold, it wouldn't surprise me if he was shy towards the opposite sex. Oh, if only Artemis was here." Blade said, and Sun laughed at his remark. "She would enjoy this to no end." Sun said.
Funny how the Ramen Bar Raven and Lee arrive at is the same one everyone was at. Funny also how everyone gave him a look like he was some three headed demon. And it was surprising, but moderately funny, that the first person he came to dislike became his cousin.
Sasuke and Raven stared at each other, before Raven smiled. "What's up cuz?" Raven asked. Sasuke merely looked at him, before he smiled a true smile. "Nothing." Sasuke replied. "Well, at least your not trying to kill me. I guess the saying that family sticks together has a new meaning, eh?" Raven asked. Sasuke sighed.
"You just got here, and I already find you annoying." Sasuke said, and Raven smirked at him. "But I'm family." Raven said, and Sasuke shot him a 'you'll be deceased family' look. Raven chuckled. This day became more interesting. Now if he could only find Neji, he would really be set.
(Small Forest Nearby)
Neji had slipped away, and was glad he did. Now he had some time to himself to think. He found a nice tree and sat next to it and meditated. His chibi selves then appeared on his shoulders.
(Neji. It isn't wise to ignore us. What we speak is merely the truth.) Neji-Angel said. (Okay, I will admit that you both are in my head, but little angel and devil men won't affect me.) Neji replied to them in his mind. (We're not angel and devil men! I am your conscious, and he is your irrational thoughts. You know, desires, will, inner pervert.) Angel mumbled to himself, but Neji caught it. (WHAT!?!?!)
(HELL YEAH, WHITE EYES!! YOU WANT TO GRAB HER, TAKE HER TO YOUR ROOM, AND-) Neji cut his mind out from the nice readers, but you could tell some really questionable things were suggested. Angel and Neji were appalled. (Why me? Why me?) Neji would have shown a face that was asking to die, but he was meditating, so he was cut off from the real world.
Raven walked up to his friend that was cut off from the world, and had a very evil and funny idea. (Wonder if Tenten will agree to this.) Raven thought to himself, walking off.
(No! You are both crazy! I have nothing for Tenten!) Neji screamed to his mini counterparts. (Yeah sure, and I don't know that Hanabi is a cynical pain in the ass.) Devil said. (You will deny it no longer! You like her, find her, admit it, and become her boyfriend!!!) Angel screamed to him. (And then, we get her laid, and become a happy family!!) Devil said, and Neji gave him a chilling glare.
(He is right though, you know what you must do!) Angel said, before him and Devil disappeared, and Neji brought himself to the real world. "Fine, I like her." Neji said more to himself. He then was brought out of his meditative state, and noticed that Tenten was sitting right on his lap, looking like she was asleep. Her head was resting on his chest, and her hands were placed on his abs. He blushed hard, but he then began thinking.
He looked around, and, using the sun's position, realized that it was around 4:00. If she fell asleep on his lap, who knows how long she was here. But there was one name that came to mind. (Raven. I know he set this up somehow.)
(Bunking Rooms/Cabins)
Raven sneezed, and he began messing up. Blade and Sun laughing at him. He glared at them, and reset the song. "Both of you shut up. You're jealous of my skills." Raven said. Blade and Sun were, but they weren't going to tell him that. It couldn't be helped that Raven was better than both of them at Guitar Hero.
Preparing himself, he began playing Iron Man on Expert Level, and was hitting all the notes perfectly. "Bastard and his ability to play on Expert, while I'm stuck on the easier songs on Hard." Blade said, and Raven glanced to him. "You sound jealous of my mad guitar skills." Raven said, taking his eyes off the game.
"Stop talking while playing the game! You know I hate when you do that!" Blade said. Raven smirked, and looked back at the T.V. "Don't be jealous Blade." Raven said. Blade growled, and left to put on his pajamas. Sun then transformed to Moon, and he smirked at Raven.
"I can take you." Moon said, and Raven glanced at him. Moon pulled out the white guitar from the scroll, and plugged it in. With a glare at each other, and the song Killer Queen, they began their musical duel of fate.
(Hidden Base on Element Continent)
In the middle of the night, Krad was pretty angry. "That damn Orochimaru! He dares to interfere with my fun!" Krad said, his killer intent leaking out, and his team sweating. Krad calmed down, and summed his Shadow 16. "There are 15 of us left, not counting me. Artemis has been located near the Border Village, and I want her taken care of. Number 19, you will fight Artemis. Should they all end up meeting, then Number 3 will eliminate them all." Krad said. 19 merely nodded, but 3 started chuckling, the voice of a little girl.
"Hope you fail 19. I really want to have fun with them." 3 said, and 19 merely glared at her, before disappearing in a puff of smoke. "You know 3, you are way to bubbly about all this." Krad said, and 3 merely chuckled some more. "Sorry Onii-sama. I was hoping to have fun with them. I have a new game I wish for them to play." 3 said, smiling brightly.
ShadowRonin: Yep. That's all there is too it! The boys are unaware of the oncoming threat, and they continue to play as though they aren't thinking about their mission. Krad has made a move, and the nin are going to get a visit. Can Blade and Raven keep their lives, and will they reach Artemis? Find out!!
Next Chapter: Neji has caught on to Raven's little trick and plans on dishing out revenge, Hyuuga Style. This causes them to run into the Cloud Nin, which begins a battle for supremacy. Meanwhile, Artemis, the Master Bow of the American Death Gods, battles to live and find her friends. See this and more on:
Chapter 8: Enter Artemis the Arrow! Team Raven vs. Team Cloud!!