Hey everybody, everybody, okay it's time to get this show on the road. Note just so you all know I am sitting here listening to the Undertakers and Kane's themes while I write. Its a quirk I have I mean everybody has them.
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Rest…In…Peace
Sarutobi looked out over his village with mixed feelings while on the one hand he loved his village with all his heart he couldn't help but feel a vague feeling of disgust at their seeming idiocy of some of the people who lived there.
Naruto, the boy had gone through so much in his young life and finally thought to be dead but apparently some spirits never rest. The boy returned as dominant a genin as he had ever seen, then there was that strange power he seemed to wield possessing little Hinata Hyuuga.
But that wasn't what really saddened him, what Sarutobi really missed where those bright happy blue eyes that shone with all the fervor of a true son of Konoha. Now those eyes were cold and hard slitted and red, Sarutobi looked out over the village again, truly the brightest rose held the sharpest thorns.
Sarutobi sighed again and turned and moved back to his desk took up his pipe and lit it with a spark a chakra. The recall of jounin's not in the village had to be done quietly or suspicion would have arisen amid the foreign elements in Konoha.
It was then that the Hokage noticed a black envelope on his desk, strange it hadn't been there when he had walked to the window. The Undertaker symbol in wax sealing it shut, Sarutobi eyes narrowed for a moment before breaking the seal and opening the envelope. Two scrolls were inside one was smaller the other looked to be some kind of summon scroll.
He opened the letter like scroll first remembering a few times his own apprentice got caught in a few compromising situations when opening scrolls. It read like this.
Hey old man,
It's me Naruto the Undertaker, tomorrow Kakashi is going to come to you because Sasuke Uchiha is missing. Tell him not to worry and that Sasuke will be prepared for the Chunin final. He has accepted training with me and my sensei's for the month. Believe me he will be ready. Enclosed in the envelope is a summon scroll for one of the Undertaker's subordinates just in case you might need a little extra muscle. Stay safe old man.
Uzumaki Kazama Naruto the Undertaker
P.S. Just in case I myself will have a little backup in one month. After all it's only right that a master watch his pupil become chunin.
Sarutobi smiled slightly at the maturity in the letter, Naruto had certainly grown in the few years since he had been gone. Sarutobi looked at the summon scroll and wondered what kind of unnatural creature this summon would be. Sarutobi thought it would be best to wait and see what his apprentice Orochimaru had up his sleeve.
That night Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki left Konoha when they returned there would be hell to pay.
Iruka looked out of his window waiting for the day to dawn; his thoughts were on the little boy who had been abused so long. He feared that there would be no mercy for those whose parents had taught them the wrong way to view him. All he could do is hope and pray that Naruto still had the same heart that he once had.
Kakashi Hatake the copy nin was also up late that night wondering just what his sensei's son had turned into. He prayed that his sensei would forgive him for the days when he too had viewed Naruto as a monster until the Sanidame had wacked him over the head with Enma the monkey staff.
Subake no Gaara was also up that night, but then again he was up every night. Quietly and with only a swirl of sand he Shusined to the roof. His mind and the mind of mother were focused on one thing Naruto Uzumaki the lost Kazama. Mother had sensed something unnatural about him, it was as if his spirit wasn't really there in that body as if the body was dead cold but somehow the soul refused to leave it.
"Well well what have I found," Dosu's voice broke into Gaara's thoughts.
For the moment Gaara ignored the fool as he boasted about himself, there was only one person in this village that truly peaked his interest and this bandaged fool was not it.
"I wonder which is faster, your sand or my sound," Dosu said.
Gaara had had enough, "When the moon is full my spirit hungers for blood," Gaara intoned as his sand crushed Dosu beneath its weight before imploding.
Gaara smiled slightly,
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The smile froze as a familiar ominous bell tolled.
DDDDDDOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG
Gaara's sand immediately formed a protective ring around him.
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Temari and Kankuro were awakened by Dosu's last scream and they came running onto the roof.
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Gaara looked wildly around for the source of that damned bell.
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"Subake no Gaara the time draws near and there's no way out."
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The ominous voice seamed to grate on Gaara's every nerve as he slowly turned away from the voice and tried to head back inside.
"What's wrong Gaara," Gaara turned back, "Don't you feel safe anymore," Gaara angrily lashed out and destroyed a nearby pole, "Gaara you look lost, Gaara you're not going home you're coming with me STRAIGHT TO HELL."
Gaara was by now very afraid, "HELL IN MY CELL."
"REST…IN…PEACE…"
On the next roof there seemed to appear to Gaara an image of a coated and hated figure in black. Gaara lashed out but the image disappeared as quickly as it had come.
Gaara held his head as mother screamed in his mind to destroy something anything to get rid of that voice, but only silence prevailed and the night deepened.
In the swirling madness of the Nether
Sasuke Uchiha sweated and readjusted his pack, this place wherever it was seamed to weigh him down. There was no sunshine just a creepy sickly yellow, greenish, and purplish light which just seemed to be there. There was an oppressive feeling of sadness and horror as he followed the Kazama deeper into this morass where the temple he trained was located.
Naruto looked back at him with a slight grin, "If you're wondering where we are, this place is called the Nether, it is the place where those who serve the Shinigami rest and train."
Sasuke nodded then froze, "Wait do you mean were actually dead?"
Naruto chuckled, "No, but I remember thinking the same thing when I first came here. This plane of existence was not meant for ordinary mortals to walk upon. Therefore every minute and hour that you're here you grow stronger. It's the stress on your body on every limb that is a kind of training."
Sasuke nodded in understanding, "Like that guy Lee's weights, right?"
Naruto grinned, "Yes only this affects every muscle in your body not just your limbs, also time moves slower here so we will have more time to prepare."
The two walked on until they reached the entrance to the temple. On both sides of the entrance which had no door, there were pillars seemingly made from bones. Skulls adorned there tops and bottoms.
Also on each side of the gate there was a hideously carved structure and although they were carved from blocks of solid stone some dreadful spirit of evil was vigilantly watching through those hawk-like eyes, for they are aware of all who pass those dread gates into the temple of the dead.
Sasuke glanced at them as the two of them walked under the archway and a chill rode up and down his spine and although it might have been a trick of the light he could have sworn he saw those eyes following his every move.
Naruto abruptly stopped, looked around the dark cavernous space they had walked into.
"Get ready," he whispered, "we are not alone."
Sasuke discreetly slipped his hand into his kunia pouch and Naruto grasped the pole at his side.
Suddenly a wicked yet sensual female laughter echoed around them as the most bizarre woman Sasuke had ever seen jumped from above and landed on one knee in front of Naruto.
From head to foot her outfit was green and in the front along her navel her shirt was ripped exposing more than a tantalizing amount of nubile flesh to anyone who would look. Her pants were intact although it was apparent they had been patched several times. Various feathers and small skull and bones decorated her porcelain neck. She wore metal bracers on her arms and knees and her hair was a mixture of green and blue. Her weapon was what Sasuke found odd; it was a giant ring that was sharp on the outside except for a few handholds. Her bright purple eyes remained glued to Naruto's slitted red ones as she bowed to him.
Naruto signaled Sasuke that she wasn't a threat. Then he turned back to the kneeling young woman smiling gleefully up into his face.
"Tira rise,"
Tira happily jumped to her feet and almost immediately latched on to his left arm, "Oh it soooo good to see you again Naruto I have been so bored without you."
Tira's face suddenly looked pouty, "you might have told me you were going somewhere Kane has been insufferable since you left and the Taker has just been meditating the whole time so I couldn't get him to calm him down. He was breathing fire on everything."
Naruto smiled gently into the face of his soldier, "Don't worry Tira soon Master Kane will be able to get out and stretch again then he won't be so bad."
Tira smiled then suddenly noticed Sasuke who was standing there. Tira suddenly smiled,
"Ooooooh he's cute are you trying to make up to me master."
Naruto grimaced remembering the last time he had brought her a toy to play with, he never did find all the pieces to that poor damned soul.
"No Tira he is not for playing he is here to train with me for the finals."
Tira frowned, "Aaaah phooey."
The three continued to walk until they reached the center of the huge place. There in the center of the ring on his knees was one of the biggest men Sasuke had ever seen. He stood over six feet ten inches tall and Sasuke had no doubt that one punch from one of those massive limbs could have laid him out for a week.
The phenom rose and turned to face his apprentice.
Naruto bowed one knee in the traditional stance, Taker nodded and Naruto rose.
"I have been watching what you have done so far and it is well, I am pleased."
The Taker's voice seemed to grate as Sasuke stood a little back from this meeting.
Naruto nodded, "Thank you sensei, I have brought someone else who I request train with you brother while he is here."
Taker considered Sasuke for a moment, "What does he seek?"
Naruto nodded at Sasuke, "All I seek is power to destroy my brother Itachi," Sasuke spoke in a low determined voice, "the man who murdered my entire family."
The Taker considered Sasuke for a moment, "You are of the Uchiha clan yes," Sasuke nodded, "then your natural affinity is most likely fire but wait," Taker's hand extended and lightning seemed to crackle from it.
"Ah I see," said the Taker in a satisfied tone, "you have a slight lightning affinity so I myself will be able to teach you something perhaps."
Sasuke was a bit confused, Naruto saw this and explained, "Sensei is speaking of your chakra affinity, ninja have grown and nurtured trees on basic chakra and they make the bark into sheets of paper. This paper is then very sensitive to the affinity of a ninja's chakra."
Sasuke nodded and the Taker made a few hand signs.
Suddenly fire flared next to the Taker and the impressive figure of his brother Kane stood beside him. Kane immediately went to Naruto and placed his massive gloved hand on Naruto's head. Kane seemed to nod for a few moments then withdrew and looked at Sasuke. His white eyes boring into Sasuke's dark one's, Sasuke activated his sharingan and stared back trying to feel less intimidated by the giant he was facing.
Kane seemed amused by this show of defiance and looked at his brother, Taker nodded "Kane my brother will be the one to teach you young Sasuke because his affinity is also fire and he will be able to teach more than I could."
Kane grabbed Sasuke's shoulder and the two disappeared into flames.
"Now my young apprentice we may speak in peace," the Undertaker and his heir sat and meditated as Naruto shared the situation in Konoha.
Meanwhile in Konoha's hospital, Rock Lee the self proclaimed handsome blue beast was having trouble sleeping because of his leg and arm. Finally he managed to doze off and in between that place where one sleeps and dreams he began to have a vision.
Dreamscape
Lee was standing in an arena and he looked about bewildered. This wasn't what he normally dreamed about.
Suddenly he began to hear the noises of a crowd although he couldn't see anyone.
Then an announcer's voice rose above the roar,
"…I give you…the showstopper…the icon…the heartbreak kid…Shawn Michaels…"
Other voices began to fill the arena,
"…Oh My gosh he has done it…the Heartbreaker wins against all odds…what resiliency of this young man…"
Some were less positive,
"…what a heartbreaking loss for the kid…HBK simply cannot win here tonight…OH MY HE'S BROKEN IN HALF…"
Then in one corner of the ring a man appeared he was older but the same height as Lee. Lee began walking to the ring as the man looked up and a lady killer smile washed over his face. His hair was down around his shoulders and he was bare chested showing off iron and corded muscle. He wore what looked like crotch less pants with another pair underneath them black on top of white. He began striking various poses and practicing various kicks and punches.
Lee began to get excited as the man's kicks looked as powerful as his own; finally he couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the ring. The man whipped his head around and grinned at Lee's obvious challenge and somewhere inside the gigantic arena a bell rung and the two were off. It was almost impossible to watch, kicks were flying punches were being thrown and countered so fast that any ordinary person would not have been able to see them.
Finally it came to a last kick were there legs crossed in the center of the ring and for one glorious moment in that frozen tableau Lee felt like he had never felt before. The man smiled at Lee before lowering his foot.
Lee lowered his guard and returned the smile, "A good fight my friend, I regret this only a dream and that we cannot meet in real life."
HBK smiled almost sadly, "Yes it is a pity that we could not meet while I was alive, but what makes you think this is a dream?"
Lee looked confused, "This must be a dream, for I have always dreamt of meeting someone who could rival me in strength and speed and accuracy in the glorious art of Taijutsu," Lee looked at his feet sadly, "sometimes when I pass out during training I can see myself as different and almost normal, that I could be like everybody else."
HBK still smiled at the kid, "Do you wish you could be someone else, that's fairly foolish."
Lee looked up and HBK smiled his trademark lady killer smile, "If you were anyone else than you wouldn't be who you are, and," HBK put a hand on Lee's shoulder, "if anyone doesn't like who you are it means that they haven't seen the Rock Lee that I have seen."
Lee was looking more confused than ever as HBK continued, "I have watched you for a long time Lee, and I have seen a young man whose commitment and dedication was as great as my own when I was alive. There is no own in all the elemental nations who has inherited my spirit as fully as you have."
Lee looked up at the man and felt as if he had known him all his life.
HBK grinned at the young man, his chosen successor, his heir… "Lee you were told that you were an orphan and that was partially true, technically I am your great times 5 grandfather."
Lee was astonished that he was meeting a man who was actually related to him, "H-how is this possible."
HBK grimaced slightly, "well before I died I made a pact with a being known as the Undertaker he promised I would be able to help the last remaining member of my family if it ever came to that." HBK sighed, "And it has come to that."
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The Undertaker bell toiled ominously, HBK looked up and nodded, turning back to Lee he said, "My time is up listen to me Lee Konoha has troubled times ahead and it is going to need young men like you so I am granting a portion of my spirit so that whenever you need to find me I'll be here."
The dream was fading fast but HBK seemed to glow with unearthly light and suddenly he rushed forward and embraces Lee. Lee felt as if energy was exploding inside of him and that the veins in his arms and legs were growing the light grew brighter until Lee went truly unconscious.
Real World
Gaara eyed the unconscious form of his fallen foe his sand slowly swirling around this enemy who dared to make him suffer, the only one to truly hit him. Slowly his sand seeped around his fallen foe forming a cocoon of sand which slowly began to crush the life out of his victim.
Suddenly light shot straight up into the ceiling breaking through his sand in a great whooshing sound, the form in the middle of his sand had begun to glow a white and green light. Gaara stepped back covering his eyes, mother cried out in pain as the light pierced straight through the seal burning its eyes.
The light reached almost sunlight proportions and Gaara was forced to step back and stumbled back out of the room, doctors came running as the sound and now the light attracted them.
The glow abruptly faded and Gaara's eyes were immediately drawn to the figure now crouching on the bed.
The transformation had drastically changed Lee, his hair had faded to its normal light brown almost blondish color and it had grown over six inches and now hung around his shoulders. The green leotard had been replaced with HBK's pants black on white, the normal blue sandals he wore replaced by black boots. Over his chest was a black T-shirt with a green X on the front with no sleeves and no sides which showed his young but muscular arms and chest. On his head was a black snow cap with the green X on the front.
Lee looked up and grinned HBK's lady killer smile.
Kill-joy-no-jutsu
Alright I know what your all thinking, DEGENERATION X, and yes it is coming but I need a little help on that score. Putting HBK and Lee together was easy, but I need a compatible character for Triple H in the Naruto verse. Any ideas please message me.
Benjaminwa out.