Yo!! Raven is here and his friends are here to help him out of his problems!! Will they be able to get out of today's trials? Or will Neji extract his revenge like he said he would? Only I know, but it's time you found out.
Chapter 8: Enter Artemis the Arrow. Team Raven vs. Team Cloud.
(Somewhere 20 miles outside the Border Village)
Trees are always nice places for just about anything. Some use them to lounge, and some use them to cloud gaze. (coughShikamarucough) But here was another one of their many uses.
A girl, 17, with fire red hair pulled into a ponytail, was napping in the tree. It was, from the height of the sun, about 9:00. She yawned, and rubbed her eyes. (Another day, another path taken.) She thought to herself. She yawned again, and jumped off the tree she was sitting in.
(Raven had better be in that damn Border Village! I spent so much time looking for them.) She thought to herself. She sighed, put her bracelet back on, and began walking. She took two steps, and jumped into a tree as a kunai shot to where she had been standing a few minutes ago.
She glanced around for the one who threw it, and found the one who threw it, walking calmly to her. "Found you, Artemis of the Arrow." He said, his Black Cloak blowing from the wind, and his hood keeping his eyes hidden. "So, why are the Shadow Members after little old me?" Artemis asked, and he smirked behind his hood.
"That's just how it is. Sorry." He said. She smirked at him. "I see. So my life is needed in order for Krad to be happy, eh?" Artemis asked. "That's the general gist of it." He replied. Artemis pulled out a ring, and she put it on her right middle finger. Then a bow appeared, and she smirked. "Okay, let's rock." Artemis said. "Yes. Your opponent is Shadow Member Number 19: Kyle the Bullet." He said, tossing his cloak and hood off, to reveal a guy with green hair and two pistols on his side.
(Border Village)
Raven was sweating at the glare that Neji was shooting at him. His glare said only one thing to him. He knew it was him that set that little thing with him and Tenten up. He knew it wasn't her doing because when she woke up, she mentioned something about Raven knocking her out before she realized where she was, and blushing just as hard as Neji did, and ran off.
Neji would never admit to liking it though, but he would take his anger at being set up out by Raven. So here we are, Raven sweating, and Neji glaring a vicious glare at him.
"Come on Neji, it's 9:30. It's too early to be mad at Raven." Naruto said, and Neji ignored him. "Hey Teme. Your cousin needs help." Naruto said, and Sasuke merely sighed. "He's an Uchiha. He can handle himself." Sasuke said. Sure he was bullshitting, knowing about Neji's short fuse, but this was amusing. He wanted to see why his cousin was being targeted by the Hyuuga Prodigy.
(Damn, at times like this, Blade should be here bailing me out!) Raven thought to himself. "Neji…heh. You won't kill me will you?" Raven asked. Neji was silent, before he said no. Raven sighed, but then he sweat dropped. "Because I'm going to torture you to such a point, that you would wish I would put you out of you misery!!" Neji said, his Byakugan activated. Raven began sweating profusely, and slowly backing away. Everyone would have helped the young Ice Master, but an angry Neji was a Neji no one wanted to mess with.
Raven would find out first hand.
(Elsewhere in the Border Village)
Blade wanted to keep to himself on this nice Sunday Morning. His mind had been plagued by….'happy' dreams involving him and the young Yamanaka girl. Luckily, he was able to change the sheets and wash his sleeping boxers before anyone would know that he had those dreams.
His agenda for today:
1. Find a nice tree to sleep in.
2. Make sure Raven doesn't get himself killed.
And 3. Get past Iron Man on Hard.
He sweat dropped on the third one. It wasn't his fault his coordination using the fifth felt was hard, but he was going to get better if it killed him. Sighing, he walked until he found the park. He found a nice, big tree, and jumped to the highest branch.
Watching the people walk, he calmly sat and began thinking of ways to see if he could get Raven in trouble. He then saw Raven running down the street, and Neji walking behind him, his aura was one of someone who was going to kill. Blade sighed. Raven did something yesterday. He jumped down, and was about to stop Neji from killing his friend, but his shirt got snagged and he was left hanging upside down from the tree.
(Just great.) Blade thought to himself. He was hanging upside down, and since he left his weapons at home, he was stuck there for a while.
(Border Village: Raven)
Raven was hauling ass like his life depended on it. Well, in a sense, his life did depend on it since Neji was going to most likely kill him. Neji eventually caught up to him, and was about to beat the hell out of him, but Lee came out of nowhere, screaming "DYNAMIC ENTRY!!!!"
His flying kick caught Neji right in the jaw, and he was sent packing. Raven sweat dropped, and Neji hit a tree hard. "HELLO MY NEW FRIEND AND RIVAL!!!!" Lee screamed. Raven sweat dropped again, and glanced over at the Hyuuga with spirals for eyes.
"You just flying kicked Neji into a tree." Raven said. "Oh I did? Sorry my eternal rival!!!" Lee said, and Neji stood up again, this time his killing aura was twice as powerful, and it was also directed at Lee. "Umm….uh….nghh…RUN!!!" Raven screamed, and him and Lee took off. Neji charged right behind them.
They took to the trees, but Neji destroyed them as he ran. "So many squirrels are casualties to Neji's Rage!" Lee screamed, tears falling from his eyes. "Well, tough for them! They could at least slow him down!" Raven screamed back, dodging a piece of wood Neji chucked at him.
Raven and Lee were getting pretty worried about their lives. Neji could easily destroy their internal organs, and they were not going to risk him using his Gentle Fist on them. They ran for a while, before Raven ran into Koby, leader of the three Cloud nin that were in his little class. He was about to apologize, but the killer intent reminded him of his current plight.
"8 Trigrams: Empty Palm!" Neji said, shooting a ball of chakra at the two nin. Raven and Lee jumped out of the way, and it nearly hit Koby. Tobi and Rai glared at Neji, who was still working a bad temper. "You got some nerve attacking us Hyuuga. Wouldn't want to kill you." Koby said, and Neji kept his glare on.
"Get out of my way. If you got something to say, then I guess I'll kill you here and now." Neji said. Raven and Lee looked to Neji, and then saw the smirk Koby had. "Okay then. My team vs. you, Raven, and the leprechaun." Koby said. Raven smirked at them, and Neji smirked as well.
"Game on!" Raven said, and the announcers for the fights began making their way to the battle site. (Do I really look like a leprechaun?) Lee thought to himself, sweat dropping.
(Border Village Hotel)
Moon and Sun were playing Guitar Hero seeing who was better at it. After a few rounds, it was undisputed that Moon was way better. Hell, the boy challenged Raven, and gave him a hell of a run. Sun sighed. At least he was better than Blade was, which was pretty funny, since Blade was stuck on hard mode.
Sun decided that he was hungry, and fused both sides of himself together, and they left to get some lunch. He felt like something wasn't right, but he didn't get this feeling unless Artemis or another one of the Death Gods was about to do something stupid. He dismissed it. It was Sunday. Raven or Blade couldn't have done anything dumb.
Raven and Blade both sneezed.
(With Blade)
Since Blade sneezed, he nearly fell from the tree he was dangling on. Growling, he began a mental tirade on how this was the most bogus thing that's ever happened to him.
"Hey, what you doing up there?" Blade looked down…or up…or…whatever, and saw Ino. "What's it look like? I'm hanging around." Blade said, shrugging his shoulders. Ino chuckled at his sad pun, and pulled out a shuriken. "You want to come down?" Ino asked. "If it isn't to much of a pain, that would be real nice." Blade said, a little sarcastically.
Before he was ready, Ino cut the branch he was stuck on, and he fell hard. Mumbling something about evil trees from hell, he stood up. "Thanks." Blade said. Before he could walk off, Ino grabbed his arm, and dragged him in the other direction. "No way! You owe me, so your going to treat me to Ramen!" Ino said.
"Heh!?!?" Blade screamed, but before he could come up with an excuse, she gave him a look that said 'Do it, or die!' Blade sighed, and complied with her demand. Smiling brightly, she dragged him, while he was crying anime tears, and muttering 'Why me?'
(With Raven)
Raven was donning another Wooden Katana that he borrowed from someone in the crowd, and Neji and Lee were stretching to get ready. The three Cloud nin were also warming up, and were waiting to beat them within an inch of their lives. They all finished their warm-ups, and they all faced off.
"AND NOW, THE 6-MAN TORNADO TAG MATCH WILL BEGIN!!! TEAM CLOUD VS. TEAM RAVEN!!! BEGIN!!!!!!" Announcer called, and both sides got into their respective stances. Lee in his usual stance, Neji in his Gentle Fist stance, and Raven with the katana lying on his back. Koby had a kunai in between each finger, Rai had some senbon, and Tobi also had a Wooden Katana. They all charged, and the free-for-all brawl began.
(Nearing Border Village)
Artemis was jumping from tree to tree, firing arrows at Kyle, who was also jumping from tree to tree, and firing bullets at her. They were closely matched, and both were trying to prove the stronger distance fighter. Artemis landed on the ground, and shot another arrow, launching back into a tree.
Kyle dodged it, and unleashed a flurry of bullets, which Artemis dodged as well. They both were unconsciously moving closer and closer to the Border Village, where Artemis was sure to get help against this most slippery foe. Both shot their respective weapons and grazed each other. Kyle in the shoulder, Artemis in the cheek. "You know, your pretty strong." Artemis said, and Kyle smirked.
"You're also a worthy opponent. But all good things come to an end." Kyle said, and the battle across the forest continued.
(With Raven)
Lee started things off by trying Leaf Hurricane on Koby, who ducked under it, and threw a few kunai. Lee dodged them, but they almost hit Raven. Raven blocked them, and began a duel of blades with Tobi. Neji began going through a set of seals, but he was interrupted when Rai began throwing senbon at him.
He jumped away, and landed next to Lee, who knocked Koby away, and began dodging the senbon along with Neji. A stray senbon nearly hit Raven, and he left an opening that Tobi almost took advantage of, but he dodged the attack, and kicked Tobi in the face, sending him back. He then brought his attention to Koby, who began throwing shuriken at him, but luckily, he blocked them, and charged.
"Death Style Kenjutsu: Raining Blade!" Raven screamed, and began swinging his weapon rapidly. Koby managed to dodge most of them, but he got whacked on the head, and slid back a few feet. He pulled out some more shuriken, and threw them. Raven deflected them, and one whizzed by Neji's head, causing him to glare at Raven.
"Watch it you idiot!!" Neji screamed. "Sorry, a little busy!" Raven said, blocking more kunai and senbon. Neji was about to start really verbally assaulting him, but Lee doing a Leaf Hurricane on Rai, who blocked it, brought him back to reality. "Stop fighting with Raven at the moment, Neji. You both can settle things later." Lee said, and Neji nodded. Knowing that Lee, for once, was right, he resumed the fight.
(With Blade)
Blade thought that there was a god specifically made just to make today hell. At the ramen bar, he ran into Naruto, who began asking why he was hanging out with Ino. He didn't feel like explaining his encounter with the tree, so he merely said he was on his way, and ran into Ino, who decided to join him.
The next question was the one that no one expected.
"So, are you and Ino on a date?" Naruto asked. Blade nearly choked on his ramen, and blushed a bright red. "Huh? You say something?" Blade asked, trying to avoid the question. Naruto glanced at him. (Oh crap! Don't tell me-) "I know your avoiding the question." Naruto said, and Blade sweat dropped.
(Busted…) Blade thought to himself. "Why would you ask that Naruto? We are merely getting lunch together." Ino said. "So it IS a date!?!?" Naruto screamed, and Blade ran his head into the counter. "No Naruto!! We are merely here eating Ramen!" Ino said, glaring at Naruto. "Then why is he turning red like Hinata?" Naruto asked.
You see, Ino never noticed that Blade was indeed, blushing as bad as Hinata. When she tried to look at him, his head was already on the counter, and anime tears were falling like a waterfall. "You okay?" Ino asked. Blade raised his head so his face was still hidden, but you could hear him. "Nothing, just waiting for the food." Blade lied.
Sure he was hungry, but he felt like his mind was going to lose it. He would say he hated blonds, but he would be lying because he was actually infatuated with the blond in purple, and he himself was blond. Sighing in frustration, he willed his blush away, and faced them with a neutral face.
"Ino in her panties." Naruto said, seeing the straight face Blade had. Blade blushed, and fainted from a geyser of blood shooting out of his nose. Naruto didn't get away with that comment though. Ino pounded him in the head so hard, he hit the counter, and fell out of his seat, spirals for eyes.
Ino sighed. Naruto was on his own, but how would she get Blade out of here? Grabbing Blade's arm, and using some chakra, she began the task of dragging him back to the guys dorm, or at least to Kakashi.
(With Moon and Sun)
Moon was bored beyond belief. It sucked being one half of a person instead of having your own body. But then again, messing with Sun all the time made for an interesting day.
Coin, as both were called, was now in Sun Form, and they were mentally arguing. (What do you mean you think you should be the main form while I'm the battle form!?!? You're the fighter! I'm not as strong!) Sun screamed to Moon in his mind.
(I know, but you being all non combative makes you seem like a pansy in my eyes.) Moon replied. (I'm not a pansy!!) (Could have fooled me.) Sun and Moon mentally glared at each other, before there was an explosion, and Sun turned into Moon. Moon pulled out his two yo-yos and got into his battle stance.
What he saw made him sweat drop. Artemis came flying through the air, luckily for her, Moon caught her, and used his yo-yos to wrap up Kyle. "The hell!?!? Artemis, what did you do?" Moon asked, pointing to the tied up nin. "That's one of Krad's Shadow Members! He was sent to kill me. His skill is pretty good." Artemis said. Moon sighed, but Kyle stood, and began hopping to them.
"Hey, you tell Krad that he won't be able to kill us." Moon said. Kyle smirked, and muttered 'Boom.' Moon's eyes widened, and he charged Kyle, and threw him high into the air. At the peak of his height, he exploded. Artemis had an O.O look, while Moon sighed.
"All Shadow Members are trained in that particular jutsu. They call it Human Nuke. It's pretty powerful, but it's a kamikaze." Moon said. He let her down, and absent mindedly stroked her butt. Artemis blushed red, and gave a slap heard around the world.
(With Raven)
Raven heard the explosion, but because he was fighting Koby, he didn't have time to check it out. Koby tried to do a flying drop kick, but Raven blocked it, and kicked him right in the jaw. Tobi tried to hit him from above with a sword strike, but Raven blocked it, and sent him back.
Koby, Rai, and Tobi sat on one side, while Neji, Lee and Raven were all spread out. "Bastards are real strong. Let's try-" Before he could finish, Raven charged again. They all jumped up to prepare to fight back, but they stopped when a killing intent was felt. They looked, and Raven paled considerably. He quickly walked up to Koby, and Koby could see him sweating.
"Nice hanging out with you three, but at the current moment, my life is at risk!! And with that- HOLY SHIT!!!!! DON'T THROW THAT!!!!" Raven screamed, hauling ass for the second time that day. This time, a giant piece of earth was sent flying at him, and an enraged Hokage stomped after him, creating giant craters in the ground.
Everyone got the hell out of there, and the Cloud Nin honored the truce, not wanting to wish anything like an enraged Hokage on them. "What caused her to charge like that?" Lee asked. "Who knows." Neji said.
"Lady Hokage!!! Why are you attacking me again!?!?!" Raven screamed, and ran faster. He didn't go too far, because he was grabbed by his shirt and raised from the ground. Apparently, the Tsunade chasing him was a Shadow Clone. "What did I do this time?" Raven asked, anime tears flowing from his eyes.
"You and your friend's actions this time are unforgivable. You could be charged with something serious." Tsunade said, seriously, which caught Raven's attention. "What are you talking about? I haven't-" Raven stopped the sentence, when in front of him stood a sheepish looking Blade, and Ino fuming. But that wasn't all. A purple bra was in his pocket, and Raven sweat dropped.
He sent Blade a look that clearly said 'What the fuck did you do!?!?', in which, Blade replied with a 'Wait till you hear what I did!' look. "It seems your friend here had a bra belonging to one Ino Yamanaka. Kakashi found it." Tsunade said, which caused Blade's smile to widen.
"You mean to tell me that my best friend here stole said girl's boob holder?" Raven asked. "Yes…" Tsunade said, glaring at Blade. "Blade, why did you steal said girl's boob holder?" Raven asked. "Because it was a dare I had no choice but to go through with. Kakashi-san got pissed at me because I made Anko-san catch him peeping on her, and he took it out on me!" Blade said.
"If I didn't do what he said, he was going to show what the true power of a Konoha Jounin was about. He IS stronger than I am!!" Blade smirked, and Raven smirked as well. "So, who's the victim here? Ino, or both of them caught in Kakashi's sick game of Bully?" Raven asked, walking away. Blade followed them, leaving two Kunoichi to plan Kakashi's death.
"You my friend are a bastard." Raven said. "You played them like a harp." Blade then smirked. "It's easy, all you gotta do is be confident in what you say. Most girls will fall for it if you say something, and look like you mean it. Face it! Men are better!!!" Blade bragged, and Raven looked wary.
"I don't know dude. These kinds of things tend to come back and bite you in the ass." Raven said. Both then were silent, before Blade had a silly smirk. "Nah!!!" He said, and Raven sighed. Unfortunately, Hinata happened to hear the whole thing, and thus began a battle that neither boy was prepared for, or had a chance of winning.
ShadowRonin: All the battle happy things going on, I had to end it with them doing something stupid, setting up for the next chapters to come. Prepare for pairings!! I finally got it in my head on how I will get said parings together. Some are expected, some aren't. Neji and Tenten are merely the top. See who gets hit next.
Next Chapter: Blade putting his foot in his mouth has caused a big blowout between the Shinobi and the Kunoichi. Blade dragged Raven into the battle, forcing him to drag some of the other Shinobi into it as well. Who does he drag into it? And who consists of the Kunoichi? Find out on:
Chapter 9: Of Kunoichi's and Rumbles!!! Boys vs. Girls!!!