We interrupt your usual Author's Note for this important broadcast! Here's some information that the author (foolishly) forgot to put in the last chapter about the Disgaea series for those who've never played the game before. It's pretty, long, so just scroll down until you can see the chapter title if you don't want to know more about the series.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness is the first of the Disgaea game series. It's about a bratty, yet powerful, demon named Laharl who, along with his mischievous vassal Etna and love-obsessed Angel named Flonne, sets out to become the Overlord of his netherworld through any means necessary. Flonne was originally sent down to kill the Overlord (AKA Laharl), but instead she decides to see if demons can love. Laharl is pretty much the epitome of a true anti-hero--he does good deeds only if they satisfy his needs in the beginning, but around the end he becomes slightly kinder. (Slightly
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories is the sequel to Disgaea: HOD. The story centers around Adell, a young human who believes in fighting fair (a big change, considering how the last Disgaea's main character was) and Rozalin, the daughter of Overlord Zenon. Adell and his family accidentally summon Rozalin instead of Zenon, who Adell was going to defeat to remove his curse off his family and the rest of Veldime and change them back from demons into humans. To make it up to her, Adell agrees to take Rozalin to her father, but after he tells her that he's going to defeat Zenon, she decides to take many shortcuts and try to kill him before she actually starts to like him. The original Disgaea Trio (Laharl, Etna and Flonne) appear in this game, but Etna is only one necessary to the main storyline (Laharl only appears once and poor Flonne doesn't show up at all.)
Crossovers are well-known in the Nippon-Ichi universe. Usually as a bonus part of the game, characters from other Nippon-Ichi games like La Pucelle and Makai Kingdom can be fought and even recruited in your party! It's usually because all the NIS characters reside in a sort of Multiverse, where each universe has a Netherworld or two with Overlords ruling it.
The OCs' character classes come from both Disgaea and Disgaea 2. Morgan is a D1-type Mage, Daisuke is a D1-type Warrior and Aria is the Fallen version of a D1 Angel. Hatake is a D2-type Ninja and Faust is a D2-type Skull. Ina's class, Kunoichi, has only appeared in Disgaea 2, so far. Vicky and Contessa were based off of the normal Succubus class; Contessa's attack is even similar to the Succubus skill "Nightmare".
The Item World is...well, the world inside an item. In Disgaea, there is a small world within each and every useable item from weapons, armor and accessories to food, subpoenas and scrolls. The deeper one goes into an item, the higher the item's stats and rarity become. But there are good and bad tenants that live in the Item World--the good ones power up an item while the bad ones are basically just like normal demons. The Item World is the only way to the Dark Court as well.
The Dark Assembly is where the majority of decisions in the Disgaea games take place. It's where you go to create your characters and pass Bills for certain important things like "More Expensive Items," or "Stronger Enemies". It's also where you go to open special bonus stages where you can fight characters from other games (like Laharl or Priere/Prier from La Pucelle).
The Dark Court was introduced in Disgaea 2 and is where you go when you step over the boundaries. Of course, the so-called crimes aren't really crimes. If you do certain things like get too strong or kill too many enemies or even die too many times, you're given a subpoena. Inside of the subpoena is the gate that leads to the Dark Court. Once in the Dark Court, you'll be awarded Felonies--which, despite how the real world works, are actually good. Having Felonies makes it easy to get the Senators in the Dark Court to vote your way and also brings down the prices in shops!! Try getting 99 Felonies in the game and go into the Dark Court with that character. You'll see how much they fear you...
Endings are very complicated in the Disgaea games. There are multiple endings that one can see at the end of the game (or before then, depending on how you do things). It usually goes like: "Best Ending: Kill no allies and have no Felonies," "Bad Ending: Kill 50 or so allies and have (insert small amount) Felonies," "Worst Ending: Kill 100 and over allies and have 99 and over Felonies". There are also other endings you can get without even reaching the final boss, but those aren't very good, either. If the Authoress is bored, there may be a "Bad Ending" and "Worst Ending" at the end of the story as a bonus.
And now, we return you to your fan fic in progress.
Disclaimer: Blu Rose doesn't own Naruto, Disgaea, Disgaea 2, or anything that was created by Masashi Kishimoto or Nippon-Ichi. She only owns this story.
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Bonds are very odd and peculiar things. Like the sibling bond between a brother and sister or that of a mother and child... Of course, not all bonds are happy ones: like the bond between a man and that woman he dumped months ago who keeps stalking him--if you could call that a bond. Or the bond between a vassal and his master--which could go either way, really. But very special bonds work in such a way that you can find someone no matter where they are.
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::Episode 2::
::Old Friends::
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Konohagakure--the Hidden Leaf Village, where some of the most powerful shinobi in the world come from. Found in the Fire Country, it is one of the five strongest ninja villages in the world, and is even considered to be the best. The current leader of this proud and powerful village is the Yondaime Hokage, the legendary Yellow Flash, the powerful, intelligent, and calm Uzumaki Arashi.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND NARUTO?!?" Of course, at the moment, he wasn't acting very calm. But what sort of parent would be calm when they just found out that their child hadn't come back home in five days on a trip that usually took two and a half?
"We've searched the entire Fire Country for him, Lord Hokage. We even searched the Rice Country where he was last seen, but we couldn't find Uzumaki Naruto, sir. It's as if he's vanished into thin air." Said the Dog-masked ANBU.
Arashi stared down at his desk, filled with tons of paperwork. "...I see. That will be all." The ANBU nodded before disappearing in a poof of smoke and the blonde Hokage was left alone. He turned around to stare out the window that overlooked Konohagakure. 'Naruto... Where have you gone? Could it have been the demons that did this?'
Suddenly, the door opened and in walked two teenagers. One was a girl of 17 years with short pink hair and bright green eyes, wearing a sleeveless red shirt, a short that skirt with slits in the side that revealed a pair of black shorts, and long black boots were on her feet. The other was the same age as the girl with spiky (almost-chicken butt-like) black hair and eyes, wearing a long-sleeved dark blue shirt with a red and white fan on the back, black pants, long, finger black gloves and black sandals. The girl had a red Konoha hitai-ate tied on her head while the boy wore his blue one on his forehead.
"Forgive us for intruding, Lord Hokage," Said the dark-haired teen as he bowed to his leader, "But we were wondering--"
"Has Naruto come back yet?!" The pink-haired girl blurted out, gaining her a look from her companion.
Arashi turned around to look at the two teens. "Sasuke. Sakura."
Sakura bowed to the Yondaime Hokage. "Forgive me, Lord Hokage! I'm just..."
"It's alright. I understand how you feel, but...Naruto hasn't come back yet."
The pink-haired kunoichi stood up straight, green eyes widened from shock. Sasuke's eyes had widened slightly as well. "What...?"
"I fear that something happened to him while he was on his mission. He may have been ambushed by enemy ninja...or worse, demons!" Arashi suddenly got a serious look in his eyes. "That is why, Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura...you two will be going out to find him. If Kakashi were here at the moment, I'd send him as well. I ask of you, not as your Hokage but as a worried father...please, bring my son back home."
"...We'll do our best, Lord Hokage."
"We'll bring that blockhead home!"
"Thank you..." As the two young ninja left, Arashi started to look out the window again. "Naruto... Wherever you are, I hope you're okay."
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"Hi-YAH!!" Naruto kicked a zombie's head off, sending it flying into one of the small lakes nearby. The body, however, kept going and tried to blindly claw at the blonde ninja The rest of the vassals were also fighting the horde of undead corpses while Rozalin was dealing with the young Skull who, somehow, managed to learn necromancy.
"I refuse to lose to a blonde teenybopper and her gang of lackeys!!" The Skull exclaimed as he raised his staff up in the air and created a powerful gust of wind that started to cut up Rozalin's skin.
"Hang on, Rozie!! I'll save you!" Morgan exclaimed as she started to cast a fire spell. "Mega Fire!!" A large amount of flames surrounded the Necromancer before he caught on fire, ceasing his mini-hurricane. "Score!" The Mage was then bitten by a Zombie that started to suck the life out of her. Just as she started to feel faint, someone grabbed the Zombie and threw it to the other side of the battlefield. "Thanks, Ina."
"No sweat. But if I were you, I'd start cheering after the fight's done." The red-haired kunoichi spoke before she disappeared in the blinked of an eye and delivered a powerful uppercut that sent the undead creature flying into the air. She then jumped up into the air and forcefully kicked it back down to the ground. The Zombie was then burnt to ashes from a Fire spell by Morgan.
Rozalin took aim and shot the Skull's staff out of his hand. Naruto suddenly appeared behind him in a poof of smoke and grabbed the staff with his free arm. The blonde tossed the staff up into the air and sliced it in half with his sword, causing the Skull's eyes to become filled with shock. The Zombies suddenly stopped attack and turned to dust before being blown away by the wind.
"Hmph! Not so tough without your little army, aren't you?" The blonde Overlord took aim a purple aura began to emanate from her gun. "Proximal Shot!!" She pulled the trigger and sent out a large beam whose force almost caused her to fall over. The purple beam stuck the Skull and he was obliterated, his death cry echoing throughout the forest. Rozalin managed to regain her balance and dusted her dress off. "That's the fifth demon killed in a row. My, this is going awfully slow..."
Naruto approached her, twirling his sword around with one hand . "What's the matter, Rozalin? The Overlord's supposed to be tougher than that."
"I have no problem with the fighting, but we've been at it for five days at we haven't even gotten through half the list of people after my title! It's very annoying, but it will take quite some time before we can actually finish the list."
"Aw, man!" Daisuke stomped his foot childishly while Aria healed one of his bite wounds. "That sucks! For Evil's sake, why do so many demons want to become Overlord?"
"The power, the title, the fear that you get when weaker demons see your presence..." Faust counted off his fingers.
"...That was a rhetorical question."
"I'm surprised you know what rhetorical means."
The Warrior glared at the Skull, a vein throbbing on his forehead. "Would you like to see how it felt for the Zombie whose head I chopped in half?"
"Oh, well..." Rozalin sighed as she turned to face the rest of her vassals. "I'm tired. Why don't we take a vacation today?"
Daisuke blinked in confusion as he stared at the blonde Overlord. "Wow, really? I didn't think that vassals got vacations."
"Yeah. What gives?" Faust asked with an arched eyebrow.
"I told you: I'm tired. I need a break from all this fighting."
A large red question mark started to float over Naruto's head. "Vacation? Where the heck would you go in a place like this for a vacation?"
"You'd be surprised," Said Ina. "Aside from the really dangerous areas, there are a few beautiful places that stick out. The netherworld isn't the stereotypical 'fire and brimstone' that you humans dreamed up."
"Really? I'd love to see one of those places."
Rozalin clapped her hands together. "Ah, wonderful! Let's head back to the castle--I have to figure out where we're going to go." She looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. "Dimensional Gate Keeper!! Bring us back now!" The Overlord and her vassals began to glow a faint blue color as a magic circle appeared beneath them. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared.
'A netherworld vacation... This would be something to tell everybody back home, if I could...' Thought Naruto as they teleported back to the Overlord's Castle.
"Welcome back, Lady Rozalin." The Gatekeeper whose name Naruto had forgotten (Faith or Hope or something...) bowed to her master as she walked past her.
"Alright, whoever needs to go to the Dark Hospital, go now. I'll be in my room trying to figure out where we'll be going," Said Rozalin as she folded her arms across her chest. "Don't take too long." She turned on her heel and started to walk away.
"Miss Rozalin is so nice! Giving us, her loyal vassals a vacation after only five days under her employment." Aria smiled as she held her hands together.
Faust snorted as he folded his arms across his chest. "Big deal. She's only doing this because she's tired. And her kindness is going to be her downfall."
"Come now: don't you believe that there are good Overlords in this vast Multiverse?"
"No," All the vassals, except Naruto, spoke at the same time.
The Fallen Angel sweatdropped. "You didn't even take time to think about it..."
"It's hard to believe. Overlords are supposed to be evil and nasty and the sheer epitome of being a demon!" Daisuke exclaimed as he waved his arms in the air.
"That's just stereotyping. Not all demons are about maiming and killing and stealing." Ina explained.
"Oh, says the demon ninja assassin lady..." The Warrior mumbled as they all walked into the Dark Hospital.
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Meanwhile, in another world, Sasuke and Sakura were in the Rice Field Country searching for some sign of Naruto. Unfortunately, they came up with nothing.
"What could have happened to him? Was it ninja from another country?" Sakura rubbed her chin in an intellectual manner as she and Sasuke hopped from tree to tree. "No, Naruto wouldn't be taken away by someone that easily. He would've made a big commotion that anyone could notice. Unless...the person was too strong for him to handle. What do you think, Sasuke? ...Sasuke?" The pink-haired kunoichi stopped hopping and looked behind her. Sasuke was far behind her, looking off into the distance with his Sharingan activated. "Sasuke. What are you doing?"
"...There's something over there."
"Hm?" Sakura jumped over on the same branch as him and looked into the distance. "...Is it Naruto?"
"No. It's not even human..." The Uchiha and Haruno jumped off the branch and appeared in a poof of smoke nearby the demonic energy's source. It turned out to be a sort of portal that was glowing bright purple. "As I thought. A Makai Gate."
"Is it possible? Naruto wouldn't have gone in there. ...Would he?"
'Knowing that idiot, he probably jumped right in,' Thought Sasuke as he deactivated his Sharingan. Sakura was already on the ground, looking around without getting too close to the Makai Gate. "Sakura. What are you doing?"
"Mmmm... It doesn't look like there have been any demons around here. Maybe Naruto really did fall in," Said Sakura as she stared at the purple portal. She blinked before taking a few steps towards it, but something pulled her back by her arm. It turned out to be Sasuke, who may have been glaring at the pink-haired kunoichi.
"What were you doing? You don't know where that thing leads!"
"Yes I do: it leads to the source of the demons."
"You know what I mean." The raven muttered as he let go of his teammate's arm. "If we set foot in there, who knows if we'll ever be able to come back?"
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Who knows if Naruto's inside there? For all we know, he's probably being tortured by demons even as we speak! I can't stand thinking of what they'll do to him--"
"We don't even know if he's in there! Calm down and relax, would you?"
The pink-haired girl sighed and began to take deep breaths. After a few seconds, Sakura blinked. "Sasuke? Are we... Are we moving?"
Sasuke blinked in confusion before looking down at his feet. They were moving... Actually, they were being pulled towards the Makai Gate! The two shinobi tried to move back, but the pulling force of the portal was too great. Sasuke held out his hand and several snakes stretched out from his sleeve. The snakes latched onto a tree nearby and Sasuke steadied his feet on the ground. He grabbed Sakura's arm and grit his teeth as they tried to step away from the portal.
'Just a...little more! The snakes suddenly loosened and the teenage ninja were sucked into the portal. In a flash, the portal had vanished...
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"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH-- OOF!! Bleh!" Sakura spat out some sand that was in her mouth and pushed herself up. "Ugh... Well, it's not exactly what I expected..." She said as she looked at the red sand that stretched as far as her eye could see.
Sasuke arched an eyebrow as he looked around in curiosity. "...Where the hell are we now?"
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"The Red Sea? It's not really red, is it?" Naruto asked Rozalin after they arrived somewhere with a lot of red sand. A lot of red sand--so far that you'd probably have to use the Byakugan before seeing some form of civilization.
"Of course it's red! It'd be foolish to call it the Red Sea and not have it be red."
"...That just sounds creepy."
For those confused, the blonde Overlord and her vassals had arrived at an area near the Red Sea--not to be confused with that other Red Sea, mind you--instead of at the sea itself. Mainly because of the Gate Keeper screwing up the coordinates. Now Rozalin and her vassals had to walk to the resort through the blazing heat and sand.
"You know, I always assumed that you didn't have to do work on a vacation," Said Daisuke.
"In my opinion, this is probably the Princess's vacation. We're just here as her servants who tend to her every whim," Said Faust.
"Th-that can't be true! Princess, say this little prick's not serious!"
"While we're all on vacation, you all are still my servants. Therefore, you're both right," Rozalin told the two demons. The Warrior turned into stone from shock while the Skull mumbled a 'told you so'. "Seeing as how we're at the wrong spot, I suppose we'll have to go back."
Naruto blinked in confusion as a bright red question mark floated over his head. "Go back? But I thought the Red Sea was nearby? We could just walk there."
"No, we can't," Said Morgan. "We're in the Red Desert, which is like the beach of the Red Sea. A really big beach... There are all sorts of demons and monsters hiding out here! We could wind up getting killed...or in danger of getting a heatstroke!!" The Mage shrieked, causing the others to jump.
"...Oh, brother. We're close to the sea, Morgan. We'll get there in no time," Ina patted the younger demon on the head. "Trust me."
"Uh-huh. That's exactly what happens on TV before the main characters get in trouble somehow."
The Overlord folded her arms across her chest and stomped her foot. "I am not going to trek through the desert when I could easily get the Dimensional Gate Keeper to send us to the Red Sea immediately!"
"Come on, Rozalin!" Naruto pleaded. "It'll be an adventure!"
"Technically, we came here for a break from adventure," Said Hatake, earning him a look from the blonde ninja.
"Who asked you?!" He looked back at Rozalin and held up a finger. "Besides, what sort of Overlord is so cowardly that they wouldn't walk across the desert to get to an ocean."
"Sea." The demon Shinobi corrected.
A vein started to throb on Naruto's forehead. "Whatever sort of body of water it is, you couldn't be pathetic enough to not even take a chance against all the monsters and demons out there who don't even know you exist?"
Rozalin's eyes widened slightly and the other demons could sense a killing aura leaking off of her body. Naruto, on the other hand, was smirking.
"So? What's it gonna be, Rozie?"
"I say...let us trek the Red Desert! Any fool who dares to cross me will feel my wrath!" The female Overlord exclaimed as a small vein throbbed on her forehead. The other vassals sweatdropped as Naruto grinned for his success.
"What...did you do...?" Aria asked the orange-clad ninja, her eyes reduced to red dots.
"I pushed all the right buttons and wounded her pride." He replied as he folded his arms across his chest and his bandana flew in the wind. "It's an art I've perfected over the years!"
"...Where's the wind coming from?" The Fallen Angel asked. There was no intense wind blowing anywhere else, otherwise there'd be more sand in the air.
Naruto's bandana suddenly stopped flying and he turned around to face Aria. "Hm? What wind are you talking about, Aria?"
"But I just saw-- ...Nevermind."
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Several minutes later, we join Sasuke and Sakura who are...lost as hell. And no, it's not a pun, they really were lost as hell.
"This is all your fault, you know." The Uchiha grumbled as they walked through the desert whose name they hadn't known.
"I know. And it doesn't look like Naruto's been here, either." Sakura halted and looked around. "Now's the time I wish I had some sort of clairvoyance jutsu...! Where the hell are we?!"
Sasuke stopped walking wiped the sweat off of his face. "This is where the Makai Gate led us to, so it has to be Makai--the demon's realm." He noticed Sakura was giving him a strange look and quickly added, "Orochimaru told me about it. Besides, it has to be that considering that this is where all the demons keep coming from."
"Well, I guess that's true. But if this is the realm of demons...then where are the demons?" The pink-haired kunoichi asked with an arched eyebrow. 'It just looks like a big desert to me.'
"Saying that's probably going to jinx us."
"Psh! In what way?"
And then, as if the Will of the Universe had turned against them, out from the ground popped...large flowers? Wait, that can't be right. Sasuke and Sakura blinked in confusion as the flowers began to open one after the other, revealing...Alraunes--flower-like demons whose gender was very hard to tell! Most of the Alraunes had green skin and short orange-colored hair with two pink roses sticking out of the sides of their heads, their upper-bodies human-like while their lower-bodies resembled that of a flower balancing on a spring-shaped shape. The only one that was different had gold skin and its lower body was bright orange.
"Okay, maybe I did jinx us," Sakura mumbled as she quickly drew a kunai. The normal Alraunes arms became vines that shot out towards the two shinobi and pierced their skin...but they both turned into logs. In a few seconds, one of the Alraunes in front was stabbed in the chest by Sakura. The pink-haired kunoichi jumped back before the exploding note on the kunai blew up, taking a good bit of the flower demons out.
Several other Alraunes were literally being cut down by Sasuke's sword. At least, until they caught him with a Wind spell that made him stop in his tracks. A few other Alraunes bounced over to the Uchiha and held out their hands. A small green ball of glowing light appeared in each of their hands before they threw them into the ground. Seconds later, before the Wind spell ceased, large green stalks shot out of the ground and sent the young Uchiha up into the air.
"Urgh!" Sasuke started to make several hand signs and midair and took a deep breath. 'Katon: Enryudan no Jutsu!' He blew out a large stream of fire with the head of a dragon towards the flower-like demons. They were dead by the time that thing hit them. The fire only burnt them to ashes.
Sakura cracked her knuckles before she balled her hand into a fist. A wicked grin appeared on her face as she struck the ground with a chakra-empowered fist. Sand went flying all over the place as a wide sand dune was created, The Alraunes who were near her fell into the dune, falling on top of each other in a pile. With a cry of "Shannaro!!" the pink-haired kunoichi jumped into the hole and began to pound the living crap out of the Alraunes. Poor Alraunes...
Sasuke sweatdropped upon seeing his female teammates' action, but didn't mind it too much as he stabbed a flower demon that had tried to sneak up on him with a look of indifference. Training with Tsunade had definitely made her more...violent.
As she jumped out of the sand dune, Sakura dusted herself off and turned to face the golden Alraune. "Looks like you're the only one left. Wanna take that chance?"
The gold Alraune clenched its teeth. It held out its hands and the flowers on the sides of its head suddenly opened. Sasuke and Sakura felt the earth shake before several tall stalks shot out from the ground, heading towards them. They jumped out of the way in time to avoid being struck. Chakra began to form in the Uchiha's hand and he threw a flurry of chakra senbon at the Alraune. They pierced it and a shocking feeling went through the flower demon as it stopped moving. Sakura quickly dashed towards it and channeled some chakra into her foot. With a powerful kick, the Alraune was sent flying into the air until it looked like a star in the sky...
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Rozalin and her vassals stared off into the distance. "...What was that?" The blonde Overlord asked no one in particular.
"Seemed like someone was fighting," Hatake observed.
"Hey, what's that!" Morgan exclaimed as she pointed up to something in the sky.
"Probably a UFO or something," Said Daisuke as he stared up at the sky as well.
"Cool!"
Aria pouted as she looked up at the sky. "Awww, I wish I could've taken a picture of it!"
"I wonder who was fighting...?" Naruto thought aloud as he scratched the back of his head.
"Well, whoever they are, we'll probably meet them on our way to the Red Sea. It's in the same direction as the explosions and screams." Faust held up a map and showed it to Naruto.
"So, I guess this means confrontation's unavoidable!" The blonde beamed.
Rozalin gave him a skeptical look as she folded her arms across her chest. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you wanted to fight."
"Huh? Of course not! Why would I want to fight on our vacation?"
"Because you've become quite the little battle freak. Whenever you aren't in the Item World training, you're coming up with some sort of bizarre new trick! And you don't even seem to get tired!" The blonde demoness began to stare hard at the Konoha ninja. "...Are you sure you don't have a bit of demon blood in you?"
"What? Of course I'm human!" He pointed at the whisker-like markings on his face. "I may have these marks on my face, but they don't count!"
"Fine, fine. My, you're so touchy... Very well, then. Let us go."
Naruto folded his arms across his chest and grumbled something under his breath. "Who does she think she is...calling me a demon? She doesn't even act like a demon!"
Aria suddenly popped up next to him again, nearly causing the blonde ninja to fall over. "That's stereotyping again."
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"I'm not like a demon. Right? There's no way I'm like a demon." Naruto grumbled to Daisuke.
"Of course not! You're too soft to be a demon."
"Yeah, I'm-- Wait, did you just call me soft? I'm not soft!! I can assassinate people without so much as blinking an eye!!" The blonde ninja exclaimed as he shook a fist at the Warrior.
"Uh, I wasn't referring to exactly, I was referring to the human population. I bet anyone in your world who isn't a ninja are complete and total wimps."
"Yeah, well... At least we have more compassion than any demon could ever have!!"
"Tch. Like compassion's that big a deal. No true demon needs love and compassion!" Daisuke laughed.
"Shush!" Rozalin silenced her two servants. "The desert heat is bad enough without your idiotic argument."
"Hm?" Hatake and Ina, who were all the way in front, stopped walking and turned to face the rest of the group. "Something's coming."
"Is it a demon? Monsters?" The blonde ninja asked.
"I knew it! I knew it was a bad idea to come out here in the first place!!" Morgan exclaimed as she started to run around in circles while flailing her arms in the air. She only stopped when Daisuke grabbed her on bopped her on the head with his fist.
"Geez, would you be quiet?!"
"Listen! I can hear voices," Said Ina. "They're coming closer, too..."
A question mark popped up over everyone's heads--except for Ina and Hatake who were being stared at by the Overlord and their fellow vassals. "I can't hear anything. You?" Daisuke asked Faust with an arched eyebrow.
"Maybe it's some sort of ninja trick: super-human hearing from years of training..."
"There's two of them," Hatake explained. "One's male. The other is female."
"Just two? That's no reason to frighten us all!" Rozalin exclaimed.
"...Use a summoning and see if there's anything here besides demons." Said the female voice as its source got closer.
"That seems highly unlikely." Said the male's voice.
Naruto's eyes widened for a moment before he started to shake his head. 'That sounds kinda like...! Nah, it couldn't be. What would they be doing here in the netherworld?'
"You sound like you don't want to find him!"
"I want to find him; I just can't imagine that he'd manage to survive in a place like this for a week."
The blonde ninja's eyes widened as he punched a fist in the air. "IT IS THEM!!!" Before either of the demons knew what he was talking about, they saw a blur of yellow, orange and black zooming towards the source of the voices.
"What are you talk-- Naruto!! Get back here this instant!!" Rozalin raised her voice as she and the vassals started to run after him. "He can't expect me to chase after him in this clothing!"
"YAHOOO!!!" Naruto jumped off of a sand dune and landed in front of two very familiar people. "Sakura! Sasuke! It's really you!!"
Sakura and Sasuke's eyes widened at the appearance of their teammate. "Na... Naruto?" The raven-haired boy asked with wide eyes.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm actually glad to see you, you bastard!!" The blonde cried as he hugged the Uchiha tightly. "And Sakura!! Of course, I missed you way more than this jerk!" In a split second, he'd already wrapped his arms around Sakura and was spinning her around.
"I knew you'd be here!" Sakura exclaimed after Naruto finally put her down. She then punched him forcefully in the stomach, causing the blonde to kneel over. "Do you know how worried we've been about you?! Arashi-sama is probably the one who's been worried the most!"
Naruto coughed from the force of the pink-haired kunoichi's punch before he gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry about that. Something...happened." 'Like me becoming a slave to a demon girl...'
"It doesn't matter. Now we can go home as soon as we find another one of those Makai Gates back!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "In other words, we'll be here for a while. We don't even know if there'll be any other portals around this place." He then looked at Naruto from the corner of his eye. "By the way, Naruto... How did you manage to survive in a place like this for a week?"
The orange-clad ninja's eyes widened in realization. As much as he'd like to be home again, he was starting to like the Netherworld and all its quirks. Besides, there was that summoning contract between him and Rozalin to worry about. "Sakura. Sasuke. I wanna go home again, believe me, but..." He suddenly felt a pain in his back and fell flat on his face. Rozalin stood behind him, her face red from either anger or all the running she had done to catch up to him.
"Fool! Wait for me!!"
Behind the Overlord, the vassals sweatdropped as Faust said, "He wasn't running when you shot him."
"I think she just wanted to hurt him," Morgan whispered into the Skull's ear.
Sasuke and Sakura suddenly got into their fighting stances. Rozalin noticed them for the first time and started to stare at the two ninja. "Hm? More humans in my netherworld? How did you get here?"
Aria's mouth formed an 'O' shape as she pointed at the two humans. "Look, look! They're wearing the same things that Naruto has on his head!"
The other demons observed the headbands that Sasuke and Sakura wore. "You're right!!" The other demons exclaimed.
"They must be from the same world as Naruto. Probably fell through a Makai Gate upon accident," Faust observed as he started to rub his chin in an intellectual manner.
Daisuke walked over to the fallen blonde ninja and poked him with the pointy tip of his sword. "Naruto. Naruto! Wake up!"
"Nnnn...!" The blonde lifted his head up and looked around, eyes halfway open. "What happened? What hit me?"
"Rozalin. More accurately, one of her bullets. But lookie here: these guys are from your world!"
Naruto blinked before his eyes popped open. He jumped back up to his feet and looked at Sasuke and Sakura. "Oh, yeah!! Don't worry, these guys are my friends!" He told his two teammates with a grin.
"...You're kidding." Sasuke muttered.
A vein started to throb on Sakura's forehead as she pointed at the group of demons. "Naruto, are you crazy?! Those are demons!! Like the ones who keep popping up in the Fire Country!!"
"No, no! They're nothing like those guys! They're nice! Well...except for one." At that statement, he glared at Rozalin from the corner of his eye. "But, she's not too bad so long as she isn't pissed off."
The blonde Overlord folded her arms across her chest as she continued to stare at Sasuke and Sakura. "Do you know these two, Naruto?"
"They're my friends and my old genin squad teammates. Together, we're known as the next generation of Sannin--the next three legendary ninja! Me, Sasuke, and Sakura: together, nothin' can beat us!"
"Is that so..." She started to smile, ruby-colored eyes shining. "Very well. I'll take them."
"...Say what now?" Naruto asked with an arched eyebrow.
"If they're as strong as you are, then they'll certainly make good vassals." Rozalin looked at the orange-clad ninja. "Besides, don't you want to be with your friends again? Think of all the time you'll spend together like this."
"I wanna be with them, but not like this!"
Ignoring the blonde, the Overlord took a few steps forward. "You want to be with Naruto again, don't you? This is the only way, since he's now my vassal till the end of his life. Become my vassals and you'll have all the time in the world with him!"
"Vassal? As in servant?" Sasuke asked with narrowed eyes. 'That idiot actually let himself be made a servant to a demon?'
Sakura balled up a fist as she gritted her teeth. "Listen you! I don't know what happened, but I definitely know he'd never serve a demon like you of his own free will!! So there's only one thing to do..." She and Sasuke dashed towards Rozalin with incredible speed. The Overlord's eyes widened slightly before Ina and Hatake appeared in front of her.
"We'll protect you, Princess!" The red-haired kunoichi exclaimed as she started to make hand signs. "Minminmin!!" A whirlwind of petals began to surround the two Konoha ninja and the two began to feel drowsy. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and Sakura formed a single hand sign, dispelling the whirlwind. 'They broke my attack?'
"Hmph." Hatake quickly dashed towards Sakura and attempted to punch her, but she side-stepped his attack and punched him in the stomach. In actuality, it was a log that was shattered to pieces. The white-haired demon Ninja suddenly appeared behind Sakura and kicked her up into the air.
"Here I go!!" Morgan exclaimed as she raised her staff in the air. "Mega Wind!!" A powerful gust of wind surrounded the pink-haired kunoichi and started to cut right through her. "Faust!! A little help here?"
"Hmph. Very well, then." He raised his staff up into the air as well. "Mega Wind!!" The gust of wind increased in its power with the Skull's assistance.
"Wait!! Stop it, stop it!! Don't hurt them!!!" Naruto shouted loudly over the wind. Morgan and Faust immediately ended the spell and stared at him as Sakura dropped to the ground.
"It doesn't look like they don't want to hurt us!!" Daisuke exclaimed as he barely managed to block Sasuke's sword with his own. He felt an electric sensation throughout his body as several jolts of electricity came from Sasuke's body. It was then that he started to feel numb and realized that he couldn't move. 'Damn! The Warrior couldn't help but stare deeply into the Uchiha's eyes. The comma-like wheels started to spin and Daisuke wondered what was wrong with the human's eyes.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed slightly as the Sharingan stopped spinning. 'So, the Sharingan doesn't hypnotize the human-like demons. I still have other methods.' A large, green snake began to slither out from Sasuke's sleeve and onto Daisuke.
"Gurk!!" Daisuke got slightly blue in the face as the snake wrapped around his arm and slowly approached his neck. He would've attempted to remove the thing in the first place...if only he could move!
Then suddenly, the snake was shot in its body, causing both the demon and Uchiha to jump slightly. Two more shots followed and the snake fell, dead, before disappearing in a poof of smoke. Rozalin stood there with her handgun out, still in a shooting pose. The blonde Overlord smirked as she aimed at Sasuke, energy gathering in her gun.
Daisuke started to sweat. She wasn't really thinking of shooting at this human while he was standing there paralyzed, was she? 'This is not good!'
"Gaia Shot!!" Rozalin shot the energy bullet into the ground. The attack traveled underground towards Daisuke and Sasuke. The raven-haired shinobi saw the attack with his Sharingan and jumped in the air in time to avoid being hit. Daisuke, however, was not so lucky--what with his normal vision and paralyzed state, he couldn't move when the shot erupted from the ground and caused the earth beneath him to shake. The brunette Warrior fell back on his butt as he started to regain feeling through his body.
"This is so wrong..." Aria sighed. "We should try to make friends with Naruto's friends."
"For what reason? They hate us, remember?" Said Faust with an arched eyebrow.
"Dammit!! Why don't they just stop?!" Naruto shouted.
At that moment, Rozalin's handgun changed into a large machine gun. "Well, it's gonna stop for the guy with the weird hair..." The Skull mumbled.
"Rose Thorns!!!" With a pull of the trigger, hundreds of rounds of bullets were fired at the young Uchiha while he was in midair. He disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared near Rozalin, but the demoness managed to turn around in time to shoot him several times. "Critical Hit!!"
"Ku..." Sasuke fell to one knee and grasped his bleeding leg. She had managed to shoot him there several times.
"So, now that you have been defeated, I trust you'll do the traditional thing and grovel at my feet and ask to be my vassal," Said Rozalin as her machine gun turned back into a regular handgun. She walked over to him and aimed the handgun at his head. "Otherwise, I'll have to kill you. Hmmm..." She started tap her cheek thoughtfully. "But then Naruto will be so sad because I killed his friends... I wouldn't want his performance in battle to drop because of your deaths."
The Uchiha remained apathetic as electricity surrounded his body. It shocked the blonde demoness, paralyzing her on the spot. "Wha... What have you done to me?!"
"Hn." Sasuke smirked as he raised his sword . "I've sealed for your fate, demon." He thrusted the sword forward and it pierced flesh. Surprisingly, it wasn't Rozalin that he had struck but... "Naruto...!"
The orange-clad blonde stood in front of Rozalin, the sword going through his chest and only a few inches away from Rozalin's. The demoness's eyes widened slightly and she opened her mouth to curse him when he disappeared in a poof of smoke.
'A clone...'The raven-haired ninja stood up and turned around slowly to look at Naruto. 'What exactly are you doing, idiot?!'
Meanwhile, Sakura managed to catch Hatake by his arm and punched him in his stomach with enough force to send him flying into a hill of sand. She had managed to heal the wounds she received from Morgan and Faust and was beginning to pound away at Ina and Hatake. The pink-haired kunoichi channeled some chakra into her feet and took off for the redhead.
'She's stronger than any normal human should be!' Ina thought as Sakura approached her. Her red eyes widened before she jumped into the air and raised her hands into the air. Purple energy surrounded her hands as she shot a beam of purple energy down at the medic nin. "Lion's Roar!!"
The human kunoichi skidded to a halt at the approaching beam. She performed a back flip in time to avoid being hit by the attack, which left a huge hole in the spot she was previously standing on. "Whoa! Close one...!" Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Sasuke was staring at Naruto and that Rozalin was starting to gain some movement back again, her hand twitching slightly as it held the gun. She immediately dashed towards the blonde Overlord as she gathered chakra into her fist.
"What are you trying to do, idiot?" Sasuke asked his blonde teammate. "It looked like you were saving her."
"Yeah. So?" Naruto spoke as he glared at Sasuke. "Just shut up and listen: I--" He didn't get to finish speaking his sentence as Sakura struck Rozalin in the back with a chakra-powered fist. "CRAP!!!" He disappeared in a poof of smoke and reappeared behind Sasuke just in time to catch Rozalin. In the blink of an eye, he was gone and reappeared behind his two teammates. "Rozalin! Rozalin, are you okay?!"
"She...hits harder than a normal human should." The Overlord blinked as she found herself staring into worried sky blue eyes. "What's wrong? Did you think I would be hurt by such an attack?"
"Well...yeah!" 'Sakura-chan learned how to use monster strength from Granny Tsunade. They could send a big guy flying with just a flick to the forehead! But then again...Rozalin's not human.' "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes! My back hurts a bit, but I'm fine, so you can let go of me now!" Rozalin got out of Naruto's arms and dusted herself off.
"Naruto!! What the hell do you think you're doing?! She's the one who's keeping you here, isn't she?!" Sakura shouted at the blonde chunin.
"Mm?" Rozalin turned around to look at him in confusion as well. "She's right. You should be making sure they can kill me, not prevent me from being killed. The only way the summoning contract can be broken is if one of us dies. Don't you want to go back to your home world? Back to your loved ones?"
Naruto bowed his head, hiding his eyes. "...Of course I want to go back home, but..."
"But what?! Do you pity me so much that you don't want me to be killed by a bunch of human?! I do not need your pity--do you hear me?!"
The blonde raised his head to glare at the other blonde. "IDIOT!! I don't pity you--I like you!!" He shouted loudly, a vein throbbing on his forehead. He continued, ignoring the way his so-called master was blushing. "I like the Netherworld and I like all the friends I've made here!! I want to see my friends and family again...but not if that means you have to die!"
"I... I..." Rozalin simply didn't know what to say. Her eyes were wide and the blush was still on her cheeks. 'He really doesn't want to go? ...He must be insane! What sort of human would choose a life of slavery to that of freedom?'
Naruto turned around to face Sasuke and Sakura. "I'm really sorry, guys... I can't go back with you. And if you try to harm her, then I have no choice..." He drew his sword and stepped in front of Rozalin as he got into a fighting stance. "I'll have to hurt you. I don't want to, but I will if I have to!"
Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other from the corner of their eyes before looking back at their orange-clad friend. "Naruto, you don't mean that," Sasuke spoke in a flat tone. "They must've done something to you to--"
"They haven't done anything to me aside from summoning me here!"
"By accident." Rozalin quickly added.
"Naruto, you can't actually want to stay here, do you? I mean...look at it. I'm surprised you haven't died yet in a place like this!" Sakura exclaimed as she felt worry grow in her heart. 'Did they do something to his mind? Put a spell on him or something.'
"Actually, it's not so bad. Not everywhere looks like this." Naruto started to grin. "There are actually some nice places here! And we all live in this floating castle and I've been fighting evil demons ever since I got here! I can't wait to tell you guys about it!"
Rozalin took a few steps forward and smiled warmly. "Do you see now? Naruto wants to stay here--I have not forced him to say anything whatsoever. This is of his own free will. What do you say we call this a truce, hm?"
"And what makes you think we can trust you?" Said Sasuke with an arched eyebrow. "You tried to kill us just now."
"Actually, I tried to make you my vassals."
A vein started to throb on Sakura's forehead. "If you wanted us to work for you, you could just ask." 'Not that we'd agree to actually be her servants, though...' "It'd be much easier than using force.
The blonde Overlord rubbed her chin in an intellectual manner. "Hmmm, I'd have to disagree." And with that, she shot Sasuke and Sakura in the chest. "Force seems to work just fine for me."
"What the hell did you DO?!?" Naruto shouted, his eyes the size of saucers. "They weren't going to fight anymore! I thought that was confirmed when Sasuke put his sword away!! Why'd you go an' kill 'em Rozalin?!?"
"Oh, stop being such a crybaby! They're still alive." At his look of confusion she held up her handgun. "I placed my seal on them--the seal of the four-leaf clover. The very same kind of seal that my father used on his own vassals. Anyone who has the seal on them is immediately mine to control whether they want to or not. Watch." She held out her hand as symbol of the four-leaf clover appeared on the back of her hand. Sasuke and Sakura were suddenly shocked back to consciousness.
"Ouch!! What the hell?!" The pink-haired kunoichi screamed.
"Guh... Ugh...!" Sasuke winced at the pain that was surging through his body.
Rozalin stopped and the two humans started to pant slowly. She turned to look at Naruto. "See?"
"So you're going to force them to be your servants?" He started to growl under his breath That's not right! They don't deserve to be tortured like this!"
"It's not like I'll do it every time they do something that doesn't please me. I will, however, make the seal go into effect if they try to kill me again. To much of that may shorten their lifespan or kill them." She looked over at Sasuke and Sakura. "As for you two, you're coming back with us to the castle."
"You mean...we're not going on vacation anymore?!" Daisuke and Morgan cried, tears welling up in their eyes.
Ina shrugged as Hatake walked over to her, dusting the sand off of him. "It was fun while it lasted, wasn't it?"
"Says you. You weren't knocked out by a human girl. I don't think I've ever felt more ashamed..." The male demon ninja muttered.
Naruto approached his friends and helped them up. "Don't worry, guys. Being a vassal's not so bad! It's actually...kinda fun!"
Sasuke and Sakura glared at the blonde. "Naruto...!!" Sakura growled as she cracked her knuckles.
"Eh-heh-heh-heh...!"
"You are such an idiot..." The Uchiha growled.
Faust rolled his eyes. "Great: more humans stinking up the place."
"Well, I for one am happy that Naruto-san has his friends with him." Aria beamed.
"I'm not so sure they're happy about it, though..."
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Sasuke and Sakura (forcefully) become Rozalin's servants!!
::Episode 2::
::End::
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::NEXT EPISODE!::
Naruto: Ah, we finally get a chance to enjoy our vacation!
Sakura: I guess the Netherworld's not too bad. Hey, who's that?
Laharl: HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!! It is I, the great Laharl!!
Naruto & Sakura: La-who?
Laharl: GRRRRRR!!! You'll pay for that! I'm gonna destroy you, then I'll take over this fan fiction! Haaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha!!!
Rozalin: Oh, please. I'll show you what real Overlord can do, little boy!
Laharl: "Little boy?!"
Naruto: I dunno, Rozalin: I feel a really strong aura coming from this guy.
Sakura: Yeah, even I can feel it--and I haven't even been here long!
Rozalin: Hmph! That shows what you know. Next time on SiNful Rose, Episode 3: Awakening.
Sakura: Does the Episode title mean anything?
Naruto: I hope it means we don't die!!
Laharl: HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Naruto, Sakura & Rozalin: STOP LAUGHING LIKE THAT!!!