Blu: At last!! Episode 12 is here!!
Naruto: Which means the final chapter is almost here!
Sakura: Which means we'll be free soon!
Sasuke: Thank God...!
Blu: Hey, we've still got Naruto X to do, y'know!
Naruto, Sakura & Sasuke: Damn it!!
Blu: By the way, if there are any mistakes or grammatical errors, please forgive me. My word processors have been on the fritz ever since I found out how to get back my Internet. And now, on with the fic!!
Disclaimer: Blu Rose doesn't own Naruto or Disgaea. They belong to their respective owners. She only owns her OCs and this story.
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In those large, vast, unpredictable universes, you never know what sort of thing could happen. From super-strong humans gaining lots of power by simply screaming their heads off, a 10-year old boy teaching a group of hot girls before he'd even hit puberty, or even a teenage ninja becoming the slave of a stuck-up demon princess, the Multiverse offers many surprises. But these surprises don't just pop up on their own. There is usually a far greater omniscient presence that writes out the fate of each universe to their whim and fancy, whether the denizens of the Multiverse like it or not.
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:Episode 12:
:Konoha Falls:
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"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Rozalin shouted loudly, red in the face as she stomped her foot in anger. "Get off of my throne immediately!!" The remaining vassals of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Yukimaru, Adell and Vicky walked into the entrance of the throne room.
"What the...? It's just a kid!!" Naruto shouted loudly as he pointed at the throne, where a being that looked like a 15-year old human girl sat. She had long, teal-colored hair that was styled into two, long low ponytails with pinwheel-shaped spikes at the ends and teal-colored eyes, and wore a short turquoise-colored dress that had a skirt that flared out like an umbrella, knee-length white socks and white shoes.
"Is this a joke or something, Vicky?" Sakura asked the busty demoness with a sweatdrop running down the side of her head. "She can't be a V.I.P."
"Exactly!! Why would a rude child who sits in the Overlord's throne be considered a V.I.P.?!" Rozalin yelled. "You! Child! If you do not get off of my throne, I will make you suffer for your ignorance of a superior demon!!"
The teal-haired girl frowned and stood up from the throne. "Tch! Who do you think you are?! Don't you know about whose presence you're in?" She spoke in what could be considered as an Earth accent known as 'Valley Girl'.
"Ex...Excuse me? The blonde Overlord folded her arms across her chest as a vein throbbed on her forehead. "If you haven't heard the news, allow me to introduce myself. I am Overlord Rozalin. And you are an obviously unwanted guest. So leave!"
"Well, I'm the Will of the Universe, so I have V.I.P. status, Miss Overlord! Nyah!" The girl stuck her tongue out at Rozalin and placed her hands on her hips. "So shove that up your pipe and smoke it!"
Rozalin's face turned red again and she started to clench her teeth. "Why...you...!" She immediately drew her gun and aimed it at the teal-haired girl.
"Whoa, hold on a second! Are you sure that's a smart idea?"
"Wait a sec, Rozalin! You can't shoot a kid!!" Naruto shouted at the female Overlord, grabbing her arm and trying to get her to point it down at the floor.
"Yes, listen to your blonde slave, you can't shoot a--" The so-called Will of the Universe suddenly stopped in mid-sentence. Her eyes began to glow bright yellow as a dark aura surrounded her being. "Who're you calling a kid?! I'm as old as this universe!!"
The orange-clad ninja smirked and looked at her with half-lidded eyes. "Suuuurrrre you are, kid. And I'm a Demon Lord!"
"Be careful with what you say, blondie! I could make that come true! ...If I had my book..."
Vicky tapped the blonde Overlord on the shoulder, gaining her attention. "Princess, you really ought to listen to what she has to say. She...knows things."
Rozalin arched an eyebrow while she still struggled with Naruto. "What...sort of things?"
"Well...for one, she knows about Overlord Zennon--and I mean she really knows."
"Hm? What is that supposed to mean?"
The Will of the Universe folded her arms across her chest and rubbed her chin in an intellectual manner. "Oh, let me think... I know the reason why Overlord Zennon went into seclusion. I know that after his death he was reincarnated!" Rozalin's eyes widened at that sentence.
"What?!" The blonde Overlord turned her head to glare at Vicky, who shriveled under her gaze.
"I-I didn't tell her!! Honestly!!" The red-headed girl exclaimed.
The Will of the Universe scoffed and folded her arms across her chest. "Duh!! Of course she didn't! I knew that myself! It was such a twist, don't you think?"
A vein throbbed on Rozalin's forehead. "'Twist'?! What do you mean by 'twist'?!"
"It's because of me that that happened in the first place. Zennon falls in love, is betrayed, falls ill and dies, but escapes Death's grasp and eternity as a Prinny by forcefully being reborn! Talk about good stuff!!" The teal-haired girl exclaimed with flames burning in her eyes.
"Hey, if that's true, then that means your Dad's alive, Rozalin!" Naruto exclaimed with a smile. "You could probably go and find him!"
"What? What makes you think I would want to go and find him? What makes you think she's telling the truth?!" The blonde demoness shouted in a panic as she shoved the barrel of her handgun into the ninja's mouth.
"Uzumaki Naruto, age 15, born in the ninja village of Konohagakure in Hi no Kuni on October 10th the night that a nine-tailed demon fox attacked the village and had said fox sealed into him at the cost of the former village leader with a jutsu created by his father. Intense anger or desperation in battle causes the fox's power to eek out of his body and take him over. His dream is to become the Hokage and prove that he deserves a better title than "Yondaime-sama's child," or "Kakashi's student" or "Jiraiya-sama's apprentice". His hobbies include gardening and eating ramen." The Will of the Universe stared at the open-mouthed teen with half-lidded eyes. "You want me to read your list of childhood fears next or would you prefer your current infatuation?"
"...There's no way!! You're...you're just some psychic or something!!" The black-clad blonde shouted as he waved his arms about frantically in the air.
"Fine then! Your current infatuation is Roz--" In less than a second, Naruto was beside her and holding his hand over her mouth. "Mmph!"
"Okay, okay, I believe you! Heh-heh-heh...!" He gave a nervous grin as a large drop of sweat ran down the side of his head. "So, um, Miss...Will of the Universe...what's sort of problem do you have that the Overlord can solve for you?"
Rozalin huffed and placed her hands on her hips. "Excuse me? In case you've forgotten I'm the Overlord!!"
The Will of the Universe smirked. "I'm glad that someone has manners around here." She then folded her arms across her chest. "I need you guys to get my book back for me."
Adell sweatdropped and scratched the side of his head. "Uh, no offense, but that sounds more like a job for a librarian."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
Yukimaru took a step forward and bowed. "What Sir Adell means to say, Miss Will of the Universe, is that we need to know what is so special about this book of yours, zam."
The teal-haired girl scratched her head. "Oh. ...Right. Well, it's the book where I write the history of this universe. When I think of something I deem as fitting, I write it down in the book and voila! It becomes truth! In other words, whoever writes inside of it gets their wish."
"And you managed to lose something as important as that?!" Naruto shouted loudly as he wagged a finger in front of the Will's face. "How much of a klutz do you have to be to do that?!"
"I didn't lose it! That guy Orochimaru and his pack of goons stole it!"
"...Orochimaru? He stole that book?!"
"Yup. I...probably shouldn't have written out that part."
"And why did you do something as stupid as that?" Sasuke asked the deity with an arched eyebrow.
Flames began to burn in the Will of the Universe's eyes again. "It was a rush of inspiration!!"
"So you've endangered the universe for the sake of inspiration?"
The flames in her eyes died out. "M'yeah. So what?"
"'So what?' 'So what?!'" Sakura and Naruto shouted with flames in their eyes as they shook their fists at the Will of the Universe. "You've given a freak like Orochimaru ultimate power without so much as a fight!!"
"You're not exactly a good Will of the Universe if you're endangering our lives!!" Adell added.
"That's why, in situations like these, high and mighty immortals like myself must depend on the little people--which are you guys."
A vein began to throb on Rozalin's head again. "I am not a 'little person'!! I am the Overlord!! And I will not take part in this!!"
The Will of the Universe threw her hands up into the air in aggravation. "Fine! So be it! Let Konoha burn down to the ground for all I care!"
"WHAT?!" Naruto and Sakura shouted at the same time while Sasuke's mouth simply opened in awe. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
"What?"
"You said Konoha was burning to the ground! What the heck does that mean, huh?!" The blonde ninja shouted as he pointed a finger at the deity.
"It means what it sounds like. With my book, Orochimaru is going to destroy your precious little village and kill every single person there as soon as he can. That includes your friends, your family--everybody."
Naruto turned his head to look at Rozalin. "Rozalin...!"
The Overlord arched an eyebrow. "What? I don't care what happens to your village! If it were in my netherworld, maybe, but what would I get from helping to save your loved ones? Would you convince more of your friends to come work for me?"
"You never convinced us, you forced us!!" Sakura shrieked. "And what does it matter about what you want? It's our village!!"
"But I am your master, dear Sakura. And therefore, you must listen to me or you'll suffer!!"
"How is it that you'll help Yukimaru or Adell when the people they loved were in danger, but when our loved ones are going to be killed by that...snake Orochimaru, you'll overlook it?!"
"I...I...! FINE!!!" Rozalin shouted, her face as red as a tomato. "I'll help you save your village, but only because your morale would drop if everything you loved and cared for died. Are you satisfied?" She hissed, narrowing her eyes before stomping out of the throne room. "Prepare for our departure again!!"
Adell arched an eyebrow. "What's her problem?"
"Oh, she's just a little cranky!" The Will of the Universe giggled. "Now, shouldn't you guys be getting ready? This is going to be dangerous...!"
Adell gave the deity a half-lidded glare. "For us! And where exactly are you going to be?"
"Oh, I'll pop up when I feel like it. Now, shoo-shoo! You have a tome to recover!!"
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In the village of Konohagakure, the skies were gray and cloudy, the streets were empty, and the wind whistled through every crack and crevice in town. For a moment, a large, glowing rune in a magic circle appeared above the village and in a flash of light, Rozalin and her vassals, composed of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Vicky, Yukimaru, Adell, Morgan, Hatake and Ina, suddenly appeared in the middle of the street.
"This is Konoha?" Adell asked with an arched eyebrow.
Yukimaru looked around and rubbed her chin. "Hmmm... When Naruto-sensei described his home village, it sounded more...lively."
"This... This can't be our Konoha! It looks dead!!" Naruto shouted loudly.
"It looks as though the Will of the Universe was right," said Ina. "I guess that Orochimaru guy used the tome to destroy everything."
"Maybe not everything... Just the people," said Hatake.
"I refuse to believe that everyone's...!" The blonde ninja paused and slumped over slightly, his bangs hiding his eyes. "No...! It can't be true...!" At that moment, a loud explosion from another side of town caused him and all the others to raise their heads in curiosity.
"What was that?" Rozalin asked no one in particular as she looked all over.
Sakura jumped onto the roof of a nearby building and spotted smoke rising up in a sector. "It's coming from somewhere close by!!"
"Then what are we waiting for? We have to go!!" Naruto scooped up Rozalin, causing the blonde demoness to blush in surprise, and jumped onto the roof of the building, followed by everyone else except Morgan.
"HEY!!! Have you forgotten that I can't jump like a frog all over the place?!" The mage screamed. In less than a second, Hatake appeared beside her, picked her up, put her over his shoulder, and jumped after the others. "You could at least carry me in your arms, jerk!!"
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Meanwhile, as Naruto jumped over the roofs of the building with Rozalin in his arms...
"Put me down, you brute!!" The blonde demoness shouted as she thumped him in the stomach with her hands.
"What the hell's your problem, Rozalin?!"
"J-just put me down!" She screamed into his ear as she continued to strike him in the chest.
"Fine, fine! We're here!!" He landed on top of a building and dropped the Overlord on the ground. "Happy now?" He walked over to the edge of the roof as his mistress stood up and dusted herself off. "Huh?" As he looked down at the street below, the orange-clad ninja noticed a group of odd-looking men crowded around something. Their hair was long, gold-colored, and spiky, and they all had purple skin with a purple aura surrounding their bodies. "Who're those guys? They aren't ninja!"
Rozalin walked over to the edge and looked down as the others arrived on the roof. Hatake dropped Morgan, but didn't respond to the purple-haired Mage's glare. "Hmmm... If I remember the entry in the Dark Assembly, those are Majin--the ultimate demon soldiers!"
Naruto arched an eyebrow. "The ultimate soldiers? What're guys like that doing here?!"
"In case you've forgotten, Naruto, demons were popping up here through Makai Gates," said Sasuke. "I could understand how they got here, but...it's impossible to think that all of Konoha's shinobi were killed off by demons."
All of a sudden, someone jumped out of the crowd of Majin, making them fall down before he appeared behind them, with blood trailing down his half-covered face and crying in his hair. The Majin got to their feet, the wicked-looking aura still surrounding them. The man spread his legs apart and held onto his arm as lightning began to crackle in his hand.
Naruto's eyes widened and he leaned forward. "H-hey, that's... Kakashi-sensei!!" He shouted.
"What?!" Sakura and Sasuke immediately ran over to their friend's side and looked down at the road below at their blood-covered sensei. "It is Kakashi-sensei!! What's he thinking?!"
"Well, he's just an ordinary human. He doesn't know about how powerful Majin are," said Rozalin. "I really don't see how he could expect to win this fight."
"Not alone, he can't!!" The blonde ninja shouted as he jumped off of the roof and formed a hand sign in midair. Five Kage Bunshin appeared around him with their swords drawn. "RRRRAAAAAAHHHH!!!" They landed down on each of the ultimate demons, slicing them in half. "Final Cutter!!" They all shouted before the demons exploded, sending chunks and pieces flying all over.
"He didn't even give them a fighting chance," said Rozalin. "What a shame! I've never seen Majin fight before."
Kakashi blinked as what appeared to be an arm landed next to him, but he wasn't staring at the demon corpses. He was staring at his old blonde student, who was smiling at him as he placed his Muramasa against his shoulder. "Naruto...? You're alive?!"
"What do you mean? Of course I'm alive, Kakashi-sensei!!"
"Kakashi-sensei!!" Sakura shouted as Sasuke folded his arms across his chest. The gray-haired jonin looked up and saw his other two students. "Hey!!"
"Sasuke... Sakura!! Where have you...?" He trailed off as he noticed Rozalin staring down at him. His eyes immediately narrowed and he disappeared in a flash and reappeared next to the blonde Overlord in a matter of seconds, holding a kunai to her neck.
"What?! Who do you think you are? Release me at once!!"
"Do as she says," said Hatake as he and Ina appeared beside him in a poof of smoke and held their swords against the Copy Ninja's throat.
"Unless you'd like to see how a fish breathes for yourself," said Ina.
Naruto jumped onto the roof beside Rozalin and pulled his mistress away from his former teacher. "What're you doing, Kakashi-sensei?!"
"Naruto, I know you're not as dense as you were when you were a child, but she's a demon!"
Rozalin frowned as a small vein throbbed on her forehead. "I am not just a demon! I am Rozalin, the Overlord of the Netherworld! Ruler of all demons--from my Netherworld, at least."
"Would you stop that?! You're making it worse!" The orange-clad ninja shouted. "I-it's okay, Kakashi-sensei!! She's not a bad demon--none of them are!! I mean, they might act a little...unruly, and they play rough, and...they'll pretty much kill each other over a title, but aren't we like that sometimes?! Do we not cry if you punch us? Laugh if you say a dirty joke? Attempt to violently harm someone for a teeny-tiny mistake?!" He felt someone tapping him on the shoulder and looked over it. "What?"
"Naruto, now's not the time to be making any speeches about equality," Sasuke spoke flatly.
"Why not?!"
"Because more of those Majin may be coming!"
"Let them come! They may be the ultimate demon shoulders, but I am the Overlord!!" Rozalin exclaimed as she drew her handgun and cocked it.
"No! We have to retreat!" Kakashi commanded.
"What for? This is the Overlord's army!"
"You can't beat so many of those things with only you guys! An entire platoon was wiped out before you showed up and I'm the only one who was left!" At this, Hatake and Ina withdrew their weapons and stepped away from him. "We have to go back to camp and report to Hokage-sama."
At the word 'Hokage', Naruto brightened. "Okay! We'll come with you!"
"Um..." The gray-haired jonin sweatdropped as he stared at the demons. "I'm not sure if they'll be able to make it past the guards, let alone into the camp."
"Why wouldn't they?! We're Naruto's friends and his dad's the leader of your village, isn't he?" Adell asked with an arched eyebrow.
Kakashi remained silent as he pulled his hitai-ate down over his left eye and gave a nod.
"Alright then, Kakashi-sensei!! Lead the way!" Naruto exclaimed with a smile as he saluted his sensei.
"Ahem!" Rozalin cleared her throat and glared at her orange-clad servant.
"...Oh! Right." He scooped her off of her feet and into his arms, causing another blush to appear on her face. In less than a second, she shot him upside the head with her handgun and the shinobi fell to the ground, dead.
"FOOL!!! I don't want to be carried like that!!"
"She... She killed him!!" Kakashi shouted, pointing a hand at Naruto's corpse.
"Yeah, she does that all the time," said Sakura. "Personally, I think he asked for it."
"What?"
"It's okay, Mr. Kakashi. All he needs is a little revival spell," said Vicky as she pulled out her large syringe. She rolled the blonde ninja over and poked him in the butt. His body glowed bright green for a moment before he rolled himself over and rubbed his punctured tush. "There! All done!"
"I've experienced by now that you don't need to use a needle and poke someone in the butt to heal or revive them!!" Naruto shouted.
"I know. I just like poking cute guys in the butt," the busty demoness said with a wink.
"Then butt-poke Sasuke!!"
"But he doesn't make that cute sound when I poke him!"
Rozalin stomped her foot and fired a shot off into the air, catching her vassals' attention. "In case you have forgotten, we must follow Mr. Kakashi back to his...camp, was it?" The gray-haired jonin nodded his head. "Yes. So stop acting like fools and be presentable! You're my vassals, for Maggog's sake!"
"Yes, m'am..." They all muttered.
"Then let us go!!" She kicked Naruto in the stomach. "And you!! Carry me properly this time!!"
'What the heck happened to these kids over the past couple of months?' Kakashi thought as a drop of sweat ran down the side of his head.
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Later, the Overlord and her vassals followed the Konoha jonin through the trees of Hi no Kuni.
"So, Kakashi-sensei, what the heck happened?" Naruto asked the older ninja. "Why was the village so empty?"
"...It all happened so suddenly. Those demons appeared out of nowhere and began to tear the village apart. We had no choice but to abandon it," Kakashi spoke solemnly.
"But...why?! Why would my father do something like that?!"
"Your father... Naruto, there's something I have to tell you about your father."
The blonde blinked while Rozalin, who was on his back, arched an eyebrow. "What about him?"
"Is that the place up ahead?" Sasuke called out from a spot on a large tree branch. He pointed over to a large opening in the forest where several tents were set up with the largest in the center.
"Yeah. But don't say I didn't warn the demons."
Ina arched an eyebrow. "Warn us about what?"
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Less than 30 minutes after that at the entrance of the base camp, the demons held up their handcuffed hands and glared at Kakashi. "You didn't warn us about this!!"
"And why am I chained up?! I'm not a demon!!" Adell shouted lowly.
"It must be because you're from the Netherworld."
"How humiliating!! I, an Overlord, being treated like a...a lowlife prisoner?!" Rozalin screamed with flames in her eyes. "This is unacceptable!" She held up her hands and easily broke apart the chain of the handcuffs. "I am of a higher class than any of you humans, and I'm the one in chains?!"
"H-hey, you...!" One of the jonin who were guarding the gate stepped back and drew a kunai. "You can't do that!"
"My hands are already free."
"If you can't follow the rules, then I'm afraid that you can't enter the village!" Said the other jonin. In less than a second, he had the Noble Rose pressed against his forehead, making him sweat.
"Have you ever heard of the term 'headshot'? Naruto says it's very gory, so I'm sure it would be very painful for you to experience it."
"Naruto, control her!" Kakashi whispered to the orange-clad ninja.
Naruto slumped over and sighed. 'What am I? Her babysitter?' "Come on, guys! Why does she have to wear handcuffs for, anyway? She's harmless...so long as no one threatens or demeans her."
"B-but...they're demons! They'll probably destroy the village when we're not looking!"
"As Uzumaki Naruto, son of the Yondaime Hokage, I order you to let them go in free!!"
"Y-yes, Naruto-sama!!" The jonin exclaimed in fear as they quickly began to unlock Adell and the demons from their handcuffs.
The orange-clad ninja leaned over to the Overlord and whispered, "I always wanted to say that."
"I see. Judging by their reactions, you truly are a great leader's offspring," Rozalin said with a smile that made him blush. "In that case... I would like to meet your father. See if the apple fell close to the tree, as the saying goes."
Naruto smiled and grabbed her hand. "Great!! Let's go and find him!!" He sped off into the camp, carrying Rozalin with him and raising dust in the process.
"Naruto, hold on a second!!" Sakura shouted. "You don't even know where Hokage-sama is!!"
Kakashi placed a hand on her shoulder, making the pink-haired kunoichi look up at him. "Sakura, if it wouldn't be too much, would you help the medics heal the injured?"
"Of course! Just show me the way." She looked at Vicky. "You wanna help, Vicky?"
"Oh, okay! I get to use my syringe again!" The redhead said with a fanged grin, making the pink-haired girl sweat.
"I'm going to see if I can find my clan," said Sasuke as he pushed past the guards and walked into the camp.
"W-wait, what'll we do?!" Adell exclaimed.
"We could take our own tour of the village," said Yukimaru.
"You guys would have to hide your ears, though..." The redhead mumbled as they walked into the village.
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Naruto and Rozalin walked through the rows of tents, gaining glares and whispers from people as they passed them by.
"Naruto... Why is everyone looking at us?" The demoness asked as she stared back at the people.
"I think they're looking at you."
"Really?" Rozalin smiled and brushed the bangs in front of her face with her free hand. "I'm glad that they appreciate my beauty."
"They're looking at you because you're a demon!"
"How would you know that?" A rock suddenly hit the Overlord in the back of her head. "OW!!"
Naruto sweatdropped as he turned around to look at her with half-lidded eyes. "Well, there's that."
She looked over his shoulder at the young boy who threw the rock at her. "How rude!! It's not good manners to throw rocks at a superior being!"
"You're no superior being! You're a demon!" The boy shouted.
Rozalin's eyebrow twitched. "And that's why I'm superior to you and the rest of you humans."
Her orange-clad vassal stared at the boy for a moment until realization hit him. "Konohamaru!!"
Rozalin turned to look at him with an arched eyebrow. "What is a 'Konohamaru'?"
"That!! I mean him!!" Naruto ran past his owner to the young boy who appeared to be no older than 12 or 13 years old and wrapped his arms around him into a bone-crushing hug. "Konohamaru, Konohamaru!! It's so good to see you again! Did you get taller while I was gone?"
"Na...ruto...! I can't...breathe...!" Konohamaru choked out as he started to turn blue in the face.
"Whoops! Sorry 'bout that." The orange-clad blonde released the younger ninja and a large smile spread out across his face. "I'm just glad to see you're still alive! Are Moegi and Udon somewhere around here, too?"
At the mention of their names, Konohamaru's eyes widened before they narrowed and he looked down at the ground. "No... They were killed...by those demons during the evacuation."
Naruto's smile faded from his face. "Oh...no... Konohamaru, I...I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault." The genin's hand drifted over the kunai holster on his leg. "It's her fault!!" He shouted before throwing a kunai at Rozalin, but it was snatched out of the air by Naruto as he appeared in front of her in a poof of smoke.
"What do you think you're doing?!"
"Me?! What're you doing?! You're protecting a demon!!"
"Because it's his job," Rozalin said with a smirk as she took a step forward. "Naruto is my slave. He's supposed to make sure I don't get hurt."
"It's not just that."
The Overlord blinked and looked at the orange-clad shinobi. "Hm?"
"Rozalin...is my friend! And I won't let my friends get hurt. Even if it's by another friend."
"She's not your friend!! She's only using you!!" Konohamaru shouted, stomping his foot in anger. "She's as evil as any other demon!!"
The older ninja's grip tightened around the kunai's blade, drawing blood that splattered on the ground in little droplets. "Don't you dare say that...! From the time I spent in the Netherworld, I know that demons are just like humans. The problem is that we only see the bad ones. I've met some good demons while I was gone, so I know better now!"
"...What sort of nonsense is that?" Rozalin asked the blonde with half-lidded eyes as a large drop of sweat ran down the side of her head. "I consider you as a slave, not a friend."
"You heard her! She said that you're her slave...not a friend! She probably doesn't think anything about your life. She probably wouldn't notice or care if you died!!"
"I'd care! If he died, I'd lose a valuable servant!"
"So that's it?! He's nothing but a thing to you, you witch?! You wouldn't cry for him if he died?!"
"Of course not. He's only a vassal. He's easily replaceable."
At that moment, Naruto threw the kunai to the ground with enough force to make the ground crack upon impact. "Both of you, shut the hell up!!" He looked over his shoulder at Rozalin with anger burning in his eyes. "You... Rozalin... Are you being honest?" The anger faded from his eyes and he started to look down at the ground, sadly. "All the time we spent together...doesn't make us friends?"
Rozalin bowed her head slightly, her bangs shading her eyes as they looked away from the boy in front of her. "I..."
"So, there you are, Naruto." The group looked up to see a young man walking towards them with dark brown hair held up in a spiky ponytail, making his head look like a pineapple. He wore an outfit similar to Kakashi's, but the sleeves were short and had longer fishnet sleeves beneath them and the hitai-are was wrapped around his left arm. "When I heard you were back, I had to see it for myself. Not surprisingly, it wasn't that hard to find you, but..." Pineapple Head's eyes drifted over to Rozalin. "It's surprising that you've picked up some new company."
"Who is this...Pineapple Head?"
"SHIKAMARUUUU!!!" Naruto shouted, forgetting his sadness long enough to run up to Shikamaru and envelop him in the same bone-crushing hug that he had Konohamaru. "I missed you, too, you lazy-ass genius!! I can't believe it, but I missed you, too!! And why do you smell like a bar that allows smoking?"
"Would you let me go?!" The pineapple-headed chunin shouted as he started to turn blue in the face. As soon as the blonde released him, he took a deep breath and sighed. "Geez... Being around demons hasn't made you any less troublesome. Hokage-sama wants to see you."
"Really?" A smile appeared on his face before he turned around to look at Rozalin. "You hear that? You can meet my dad!" At this, Shikamaru arched an eyebrow, but said nothing as the blonde continued, "He's the strongest Hokage of them all--at least until I get the title!"
"Didn't you say that you had accepted your fate as my vassal for the rest of your life?" The Overlord asked with an arched eyebrow.
Naruto sweatdropped. "I did say that, didn't I?"
"Either way, I am interested in meeting this Hokagi--"
"Hokage," Naruto corrected.
"--and having a chat with him--"
"Her," Shikamaru corrected.
"--about his situation." Rozalin blinked. "Wait... 'Her'? I thought the Hokage was a man?"
"Yeah, what's the big deal, Shikamaru? Who's this lady Hokage?!" Naruto shouted as a vein throbbed on his forehead.
"Tsunade-sama."
The orange-clad ninja blinked. "...WHAT?! Granny Tsunade's the Hokage?!?" He shouted, grabbing his hair with his eyes the size of plates.
"So...it's your grandmother who is the Hokage?" Rozalin asked with an arched eyebrow.
"H-how is that even possible...? Who'd elect that vain alcoholic gambler as a village leader?!" Naruto grabbed Shikamaru's vest and shoved his face close up to the brunette's. "Take me to her! Take me to Granny Tsunade!! I want an explanation for this, dammit!!"
"Calm down, would you?! I'll take you to see her!!"
X-X-X
Meanwhile, inside of the large tent that served as a medical area, white-clad medical ninja were running about trying to heal injured shinobi. Among them was Sakura, who was standing over a fatally-injured ninja. She held her hands over the injured man and mumbled "Omega Heal." In a flash of green light, the man's injuries began to heal and his breathing became normal.
"That's pretty handy. Is that a trick you learned while you were in Hell?" A long-haired blonde girl who was finishing up on a ninja at the table next to Sakura's asked. She wore a dark purple blouse and a miniskirt with a slit in the front that revealed her black shorts, and fishnet on her elbows and legs.
"The netherworld, Ino. I was in the netherworld. And it's not a trick, it's magic." The pink-haired kunoichi corrected as she helped her healed patient off of the table as another was helped onto it by a nurse.
Ino arched an eyebrow. "Magic? You can do magic now?"
"You'd be amazed at what I can do now."
The purple-clad blonde helped her patient off of the table before looking at her friend with half-lidded eyes. "Well, it figures that you could learn demon magic. You probably act more like one, too."
"What was that?! Did you call me a demon?!" Sakura shouted as she immediately drew her axe from out behind her back, surprising Ino before she held it over her head. At the look of fear in her friend's eyes, the medic calmed down and gave a nervous sigh before she put the axe away. "Erm... Sorry about that."
Ino snorted, a small vein throbbing on her head. "And you say you're not demonic...!" 'Where the heck did that axe come from, anyway?!'
"HEEEEEEELLLLP!!!" A brunette chunin by the name of Izumo shouted as he dashed between gurneys, patients and medics to get away from Vicky, who was chasing after him with a large needle.
"...I see Izumo still has that fear of giant needles," said Sakura in a flat tone as she arched an eyebrow.
"Yup." Ino responded.
"GET AWAY FROM MEEEEE!!!" Izumo cried with tears welling up in his eyes.
Vicky skidded to a halt and drew a rifle from behind her back. "Time to use some anesthesia!!" She pulled the trigger and almost fell back from the force of the shot that hit the chunin in the back of his leg, causing him to fall down. "Anesthesia applied!!" The busty demonic nurse skipped happily over to the writhing Izumo and bent over him, allowing the chunin to see her chest bounce. "Naruto said you Konoha guys are supposed to have something called...the Will of Fire. So stop crying like a baby and take your shot like a man!!" She shouted with an eery glint in her eyes and a creepy smile when she pulled out her syringe, a strange orange liquid sloshing about in it. "Remember: this'll hurt you more than it will hurt me."
"N-no, please, don't--" The needle of the syringe became impaled into his butt cheek. "YOOOOWWWW!!! My butt!! My butt!!"
"There ya go! You're all better and I healed you of your anesthesia wound."
"But my butt hurts like hell!!"
The demonic nurse sweatdropped. "...If you give me the honor of pulling down your pants, I could give you a band-aid."
X-X-X
With Sasuke, the young Uchiha was walking through what could be considered as the Uchiha section of the base camp. One could tell because of the Uchiha fans that were imprinted on the tents that they resided in and from the people who whispered his name to themselves as he walked by. However, he had yet to see the people he was searching for.
"Sasuke?" A familiar voice spoke, making the Uchiha heir stop in his tracks and fully open his eyes. He turned around to see a dark-haired woman standing in front of a tent, wearing a blue blouse and orange skirt. There was a bandage on her cheek and bandages wrapped around her hands and forehead, and there appeared to be wrinkles around her onyx eyes, but he still recognized her.
"Mother..." He breathed out. He only took a step towards her when his mother, Uchiha Mikoto, ran up to him and started to hug him.
"My baby...! My baby's come home to me!" She cried as tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Mother...!" Sasuke resisted the feeling to cry no matter how loudly his brain was telling him to. He broke away from his mother and asked, "Where is father?"
Mikoto's look of joy became one of sorrow. "Your father...is dead."
The raven-haired teen's eyes widened and to him, the entire camp fell silent. 'Dead?'
X-X-X
Naruto and Rozalin had mixed opinions about the woman sitting in front of them. With her youthful appearance, her pale blonde hair tied into two pigtails in the back of her head, her bright brown eyes, and breasts that were the same size as a full-grown Succubus, the demoness thought that the only thing that made Tsunade look like an old woman was the--in the Overlord's opinion--tacky green jacket. Naruto, on the other hand, actually knew Tsunade, so he knew that she was a gambler, an alcoholic, and had the tendency of punching people who pissed her off through more than one wall, not to mention her bad habit of hiding from debt collectors by changing her age.
"So, you're the evil Overlord that's been sending all these demons here?" Tsunade asked with an arched eyebrow. "You're...cuter than I thought you'd be."
A blush appeared on Rozalin's cheeks and she smiled. "Thank you for the compliment, but I'm afraid that you're mistaken. I've never sent demons over here, nor did I destroy your village"
"She's telling the truth, Granny!! She hardly had any servants before I came!!" Naruto shouted.
"Hmmm..." Tsunade closed her eyes and sighed "If Naruto says it's not your fault, then I agree with him." At this, the blonde ninja smiled. "However, that doesn't change the fact that you've enslaved three of our ninja--which include my apprentice, the heir of the Uchiha clan, and the Yondaime Hokage's son," said Tsunade as she held up three fingers.
"Hmph!" The Overlord frowned and turned her back to Naruto. "I knew that this would happen. And you wanted me to help them...!" She looked at the lady Hokage and folded her arms across her chest. "You can't have them back! You may try to take them back by force if you'd like, but you will face my wrath if you try!"
The Hokage narrowed her eyes. "Is that a challenge, little girl?"
"Who are you calling little, Granny?"
A vein began to throb on Tsunade's head. Her assistant, Shizune, Naruto, the ANBU guards and a pig named Tonton froze in fear as sparks flew between Tsunade and Rozalin.
"Tsunade-sama! Please, calm down!!" Shizune pleaded as she waved her hands frantically in the air.
Rozalin stomped her foot, her face red with anger. "Oh...! Why did we come here?! We're strong enough to take on Orochimaru by ourselves!!"
The blonde woman's fist struck the desk she sat behind and she looked up at the Overlord with hatred in her eyes. "What did you say? Are you saying...that the one behind all of this is Orochimaru?"
Rozalin calmed down a bit, though there was still a red blush on her cheeks. "We guess. Majin like the one in your village prefer demonic prey, not human ones. Therefore, it would make no sense for them to come to a world mainly inhabited by humans. There's a chance that he used the Mystic Tome to summon up some demon vassals of his is own."
"It can do that?" Naruto asked in awe.
"Of course it can do that!" The Will of the Universe exclaimed as she suddenly appeared beside Naruto.
"Ack!!" The blonde ninja nearly jumped up. "Where'd you come from?"
"Hello, I'm the Will of the Universe. I can do anything! I could turn you into a girl and make you fall in love with Sasuke...if I only had my book."
Tsunade and her servants sweatdropped. "Who is this?"
"The Will of the Universe. Or so she says," Naruto spoke in a flat tone of voice. "It's her book that Orochimaru is using."
"I see..." The Hokage leaned forward across her desk. "Tell me more..."
X-X-X
Several minutes later, Tsunade propped her arms onto her desk and bridged her fingers together. "I see... So Orochimaru has actually gone from using science and forbidden jutsu to using demonic magic to get what he wants."
"Demonic? Puh-lease!" The Will of the Universe chuckled. "Try 'omnipotent'! My Mystic Tome can grant almost any wish the heart desires. But for mere mortals like yourselves, there's a price to pay for the wish. Take Orochimaru for example: he sacrificed the lives of half a dozen of his men so that he could make his bodyguards stronger. Demons, on the other hand, can get a wish if they have enough mana. But if they don't...POOF! They just disappear. The bigger the wish, the bigger price."
"So if Orochimaru wanted to do something like destroy the Hidden Leaf Village, just how many lives would he have to sacrifice?" Shizune asked as she held Tonton close to her chest.
"How should I know? I've only watched people conquer places, I don't participate."
"We know what we must do," said Tsunade. "We must find Orochimaru and get that book from him. Once we have it, we can wish for the village...for the entire world to be normal again!"
"And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Rozalin asked with an arched eyebrow. "Majin are not like ordinary demons, you know. They are the ultimate demon soldiers, after all, and from what I saw in the village, your men wouldn't stand a chance against them."
"So what do you expect us to do?! Stand down and wait for Orochimaru to come and kill us?!" The blonde woman shouted as she got to her feet. "We ninja of Konohagakure may have lost our home, but we will reclaim it!! And the Will of Fire that burns within all of us will show us the way!"
"...Fine." The Overlord turned on her heel and walked out of the tent. "Come, Naruto."
"What? Hey, Rozalin! Where are you going?!" Naruto asked as he turned to leave.
"Wait, Naruto! I have something I have to tell you," said Tsunade. She looked at Shizune and the ANBU guards. "Shizune, please go assist with the wounded. And you two go stand guard outside."
"Yes, Tsunade-sama," the dark-haired woman said before she and the ANBU walked out of the tent.
"What's up, Granny? I have to go and find Rozalin before she does something--"
"Your father is dead, Naruto."
The orange-clad ninja's bright blue eyes widened for a moment before he started to smile. "You're joking, right? He's not dead...right?"
"Naruto, I wouldn't be Hokage unless he was."
"That's not true! He's probably in the infirmary or something!" He focused on the lady Hokage's face and his vision became blurred before tears started to stream down his cheeks. "No... Not him. Not my dad." He bowed his head, his bangs hiding his eyes. "How could he be dead? He's...the strongest of all the Hokage...!" He looked up at the blonde woman. "What about Ero-Sennin?"
"He's gone."
"...Iruka-sensei?"
Tsunade nodded solemnly. "Iruka was killed during the evacuation. Sadly, we could not take his body. And as for Jiraiya and Minato...they were last seen alive, staying behind to fight the demons. They're presumed to have been K.I.A., but...I don't want to believe that anymore than you do."
Naruto sniffled and wiped his tears off on his sleeve. "I swear...I'll kill him!" He raised his head, showing eyes filled with burning anger. "I'll kill Orochimaru if it costs me my life!!"
X-X-X
Meanwhile, somewhere in the abandoned Konohagakure...
"Kukukukuku... Yes, yes. This appears to be enough," Orochimaru's voice echoed through the darkness. "Now my ultimate wish can be granted."
"Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto's voice spoke, its user unseen as well. "A report just came in. Apparently, Overlord Rozalin is here."
"Ah, Rozalin-hime. I was wondering when I would see her again."
"Should I send the Majin to capture her or the Sound Five?"
"Neither. I have a feeling that she and her friends will come to me eventually. Kukukuku...!"
X-X-X
At Konoha's base camp, a dejected Naruto sighed before he fell back and sat on the ground. 'I can't find Rozalin anywhere... Did she just go back to castle?' He looked up at the cloudy sky. "She really doesn't care about what happens to me."
"Now, what would make you say that?"
"Ah!!" The blonde got to his feet and spun around to see Rozalin standing behind him with a hand on her hip and a smile on her face. Standing behind her were the ninja of the Snow Clan and several other demons that he recognized from the castle. "R-Rozalin? What did you do?"
"Well, if your village wants to fight against a demon army, they'll need a demon army of their own, don't you think?"
"We of the Snow Clan promised to lend our assistance to Lady Rozalin if she should ever need it. Now we will help your people as you helped ours, Uzumaki Naruto," said Fubuki as the Snow Ninja nodded in agreement.
"And we came to help too!!" Hanako exclaimed as she flashed the peace sign. "No matter what Adell says, we're Rozalin's servants, too, so we gotta fight!"
"Y-yeah! Besides, we're kinda in debt to you for helping Adell save our lives," said Taro. "And also...I wanna help the Queen!"
"What can we say? You've grown on all the other vassals like an annoying, orange growth," said Faust as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Yeah, 'cuz we're buds now, right?" Daisuke said with a grin.
"And friends help friends out!" Arianna exclaimed with flames burning in her eyes. "Naruto, we will protect your village as though it were our own!!"
Naruto was speechless for a few minutes before a fox-like grin spread out across his face. "You guys...! Thanks a lot!! You don't know what this means to us!"
"Don't thank them, thank me! I'm the one who called on them, after all," said Rozalin as she placed her hands on her hips, still smiling. "You ought to be grateful to me." As soon as she blinked, the orange-clad ninja was hugging her tightly, his head on her shoulder. Such close contact made the Overlord blush. "What...are you...?"
"Thank you...Rozalin."
The blush on the blonde Overlord's face darkened and her heartbeat quickened. 'No...!' A gunshot was soon heard and Naruto fell to the ground with a hole in his stomach. "Idiot!! What did I tell you about touching me like that?!" She bent down, grabbed his foot, and proceeded to drag him away. "Now, come! We need to find the others and return to the castle."
"...Huh? What for?" Naruto asked once the bullet wound had healed.
"Rather than just charge into Konoha and fight Orochimaru's army head-on like your village, we will use the Dimensional Gate to get to Orochimaru's location within the village."
The blonde ninja blinked. "Well, why didn't you do that before?!" He was then shot again in the stomach and fell silent again.
"How was I supposed to know that the village was destroyed?" Rozalin said as she proceeded to drag her vassal again. "But don't fret. I will make your world return to normal so you won't have anything to whine about its safety for the rest of your life."
'The fate of my village...rests with her?!' Naruto thought with wide eyes before his head hit a rock. "OW!! Hey, would you quit dragging me?!"
X-X-X
Several minutes later at Rozalin's castle, the Gate Keeper stood up in front of the Dimensional Gate, reading a copy of Oni Jump--the demonic manga magazine when the blonde Overlord, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Adell, Yukimaru, Vicky Hanako and Taro appeared in a flash of light.
"Hello, my Queen. I didn't think it would take so little time to do what you needed to do at Konoha," said the Priestess without looking up from her magazine.
"We're not done. I'm going to do those ninja a favor and kill Orochimaru myself. I need you to find a gate that will teleport us to his exact location." said Rozalin. She looked back at her vassals. "So, I expect the lot of you to prepare yourselves! There must be no accidents or mistakes!!"
"Yes, Queen Rozalin!! I hear and I obey!" Taro said with a smile as he held up his hand.
"The only one who'll have any accidents is that Orochimaru creep!" Hanako exclaimed with a mischievous smirk while rubbing her hands together with a maniacal look in her eyes.
Adell spun on his heel to look down on his siblings, his eyes reduced to little white dots. "Taro?! Hanako?! What're you doing here?!"
"We're Rozalin's vassals, too! It's only right that we help!" The pink-haired demon child exclaimed, stomping her foot angrily.
"NO!! Vassals or not, you're just kids! And this Orochimaru guy is dangerous!"
"Oh, don't be such a worrywart! Let them come! If they get in trouble, then you'll save them, won't you?" Rozalin told the Demon Buster with a half-lidded stare. "Didn't you say something about protecting your family?"
Adell returned her half-lidded stare with one of his own as he folded his arms across his chest. "You...! They...! I...!"
"Don't try and fight it," said Naruto.
"She's got you trapped, zam," said Yukimaru with a nod of her head.
After a few seconds, the redhead sighed and slumped over. "...Fine!! You can come..."
"Yay!!" Hanako exclaimed as she jumped up and down. "Did ya hear that, Tardo? Maybe now Adell'll let us use those weapons of mass destruction that we've had our eyes on!"
"Cooool...!" Taro said in awe as his eyes sparkled.
"You better hurry!" The Will of the Universe whispered into Naruto's ear as she suddenly appeared beside him, making him stumble forward again. "Orochimaru's doing something bad."
The orange-clad ninja looked over his shoulder at the deity and arched an eyebrow. "What's he doing?"
"I obviously can't tell you."
"Why not?!"
"Because then I'd be spoiling things for you guys!"
"Then what the hell was the point of telling us that?!" Naruto shouted with a vein throbbing on his forehead.
"Motivation to find out what he's doing." She then faded away.
"Wait a minute!! The least you could do is help us out!!"
"It's no use in shouting. She's gone," said Sakura. "Don't waste your time yelling because I think she wants us to do all the dirty work and get her book back."
"Damn it!! It's not fair! We're Rozalin's slaves, not her's!"
"She's the Will of the Universe, Naruto. She practically controls everyone," Vicky told the blonde teen as he continued to grumble.
X-X-X
Back in Konoha, the Overlord and her vassals appeared in a flash of light before a large, pagoda-like building. Naruto looked up at the building, up to the very top.
"So I'm guessing: Orochimaru must be at the top, huh?"
"Of course he's at the top! The final boss is always at the top," said Hanako.
The orange-clad ninja held up a fist in the air. "Alright... This is it!! Once we go in there, there's no turning back!" He was then slapped upside the head by Rozalin. "Owww!! What'd you do that for?"
"I'm the Overlord. I'm the one who's supposed to say these kinds of things," the blonde demoness said with a frown. She then cleared her throat and pointed at the pagoda. "Orochimaru will pay for the crimes that he has committed in both this world and the netherworld! This I swear as Overlord! Now let us go forth and rid the universe of that villainous snake once and for all!!"
"...So are you done?" Naruto asked as he glanced at his mistress.
"Yes. I am."
"Then let's go already!!" He shouted as he ran into the Pagoda.
"Naruto, you idiot!! Don't just run in there by yourself!!" Sakura shouted before the rest of the group ran in after him.
:Episode 12:
:End:
:Next Episode!:
The Will of the Universe: The time has finally arrived. Everything is coming into play.
Naruto: Huh?
Will of the Universe: As Overlord Rozalin and her vassals make their way up to Orochimaru, they remember the precious people for whom they are fighting for!
Naruto: Sounds good so far.
Will of the Universe: But what is this about Rozalin asking Naruto to kill her?
Naruto: What?!
Will of the Universe: What exactly is Orochimaru planning to do with the Mystic Tome?
Naruto: If you had told us before, we wouldn't be asking that!
Will of the Universe: And better yet, what will happen to Naruto at the end of this battle?!
Naruto: What?! What's gonna happen to me?!
Will of the Universe: Next time on SiNful Rose, Episode 13--the Final Episode: Conclusions!! You won't want to miss it!!
Naruto: C'mon, miss Will of the Universe!! What'll happen to me in the last episode?!