Primell: Yay hope you cooked up something special for this chapter squee, I'm already wondering where this is going.
Darkon: Somewhere that's not near you Primell, but yeah Naruto restores the Thunder God sword, not really that interesting like the entire kaiza lives but Inari is still an emo pants thing.
Primell: Oh I want to point out that if it isn't obvious squee is throwing bizarre stuff into the story whenever he can and it can be explained away as normal because it can and will occur as with all the strange things in the Naruto universe you'd think someone would come across as many bizarre things as Naruto will.
Darkon: You've been looking at my plot bunnies again haven't you?
Primell: Actually I ate them.
Darkon: Well there goes my chocolate plot bunnies I was saving for campfire snacks for the monster campfire stalking competition, tell me did they scream horribly at least.
Primell: Um yeah, they did actually.
Darkon: Oh good, but still I wanted to eat them please leave my base in a timely fashion, oh and let the door hit you on the way out while thinking about what you have done, oh and the not so generic wave country arc starting after Primell apologizes.
Primell: I'm sorry squee. (Walks off moping)
Darkon: If anyone thinks the plot is insane wait till you get a load of the all the obvious foreshadowing of future events in this one, also this chapter isn't what you'll expect of the normal wave arc and neither is the next one.
Chapter 7: Cleaver Clash. (Darkon: My chapter titles hardly ever meet up to the actual chapters standards unless you can find the meaning somewhere in the chapter because I'm surely not putting it in there on purpose and it has to be an accident if you did find meaning in the chapter title)
It was another average day in the life of Idate Morino on the streets of Tea Country however before he could go after a target to snatch from he felt himself being pulled into a bear hug while hearing a voice.
"I don't believe it, Ibiki Morino is actually showing emotions you'd never catch me being that sappy" the current snake summoner of Konoha; Anko Mitarashi, commented on seeing her superior in the interrogation department actually hugging someone with a creepy smile coming from his face which turned sour as he turned to the three ninja with him.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP ANKO OR ELSE I WILL MAKE YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP, IF YOU EVER TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS I'M GOING TO SHOW EVERYONE THOSE PICTURES OF YOUR PINK LITTLE FRIENDS and I'll also tell everyone about that thing you did on the seventeenth of that day you know the one, AM I CLEAR" Anko paled at hearing Ibiki actually having pictures of that and even knew what she did that night that she… she snapped a quick salute.
"SIR, YES SIR" Anko was sweating now and both Izumo and Kotetsu the male chunin; who did random odd jobs around Konoha not actually befitting of a ninja, saluted as well from fear, they had worked together for so long they were perfect friends and their teamwork complemented each other.
The two male ninja were scared out of their wits having been on an assignment outside the village which hasn't happened in a long time and thus they were dragged out on a mission because they needed to work on their ninja skills and do more than guard the gates all day, apparently Iruka managed to start taking missions again and the hokage started rotating ninja's through the academy to teach the students about what ninja life was truly like, the far reaching consequences of this was that Izumo and Kotetsu had to take more varied missions instead of getting stale by staying in the village.
Izumo had just about pissed himself when Anko was actually tamed by Ibiki's vague threat and Kotetsu honestly thought that Anko wouldn't heel so easily that it was a rather scary sight that she even did and all the while Idate was stunned that his brother was still alive and was apparently still a sadistic bastard as he ever was; hopefully Ibiki wasn't here to kill him as a missing ninja if that random happy hug from Mr. scary was anything to go by.
Out on the ocean three people were on a boat that had a kunai stuck deep into the mast, one of them was a snake but she considered herself a person by principle that she was smart enough to be one, Viper was currently working on repairing the long range parasol that Aoi had used, it had taken a beating but it was still fixable even if the canopy needed to be replaced its arms were perfectly fine for launching poisonous senbon and she didn't feel like dropping the durability of her parasol by swapping the launcher parts into it so that was why she was working on it, even if fixing it was a little complicated without hands.
Isaribi was messing with seals and thankfully they weren't explosive in nature, though she did finally make a method for just forming a seal from any liquid by tossing said liquid at a person and the seal would form after the liquid hit into whatever seal she wanted but that would actually take a bit more control than usual and since she could only do water ninjutsu this would expand the range and type of jutsu she could do, that and she was currently trying to figure out seals to put on the crossbow to summon arrows back to the bow from wherever they hit or directly from the quiver so she didn't have to waste time pulling each individual arrow out as it would automatically summon itself into position once she got the bow ready to fire and with her strength she could fire arrows faster than any person would think she'd be capable of, all it required was pulling back the launching mechanism and then adding a bit of chakra for the short distance transfer seal that would be in the quiver.
Naruto himself was laying back and holding the hilt of the degraded thunder god sword, while thinking about how to restore it to its former glory, Kyan really hadn't told him yet and he hadn't asked either because he knew he could form a lightning blade just by putting chakra into it, he was just worried about having something that's constantly electrified sitting on his back.
"Actually the constant electricity thing is nothing to worry about, so just restore the sword to its full glory already, I really want to see it back in action" Kyan whined loudly in the back of Naruto's skull reminding him once again that his life was messed up by a giant toad, that and plenty of other factors involved leading up to the nine tailed demon fox getting sealed in his stomach and everything afterwards is a bizarre story that was his life.
"Also stop being so melodramatic, you'll need a few things to restore the sword but they are very simple to get, one is some gold…" Then Kyan proceeded to list off several odd things that didn't seem to have anything to do with a sword that were close at hand or readily available any day of the week, fresh or cooked chicken, powdered gold, some bottled ink, a straw hat, some metal and fresh cherry blossoms.
"Okay… but what am I posed to do with all this stuff once I get it, I mean we already have most of the ingredients all we need is a straw hat and fresh cherry blossoms" Gold was easy to turn into powder, fresh chicken easier said than done, any metal would do and they were probably carrying enough, the straw hat shouldn't be too hard to come by in their destination because fishermen had to have at least one straw hat in Wave country, but cherry blossoms were not quite as easy to find but Naruto was still curious as to why they would need cherry blossoms, chicken or even the straw hat but he wasn't questioning Kyan's knowledge as she didn't seem to have gone insane from the loneliness of being stuck inside him quite yet .
"Actually that's the easy part, you shouldn't have to worry about it after that point as it's as easy as stuffing it all into one place only you put the gold dust on it last, I'll get more in depth when you get to actually doing it as there are several preferred methods and minor varied outcomes" Kyan was being way to perky and that was making Naruto slightly nervous, but he steeled himself and was going to restore the sword even if it seemed like he had to get a bunch of random stuff to do so, so he put it on his to do list before leaving Kyan to her cage for whatever she did in there.
"Hey Viper, do you think Konoha has a corruption problem, I mean now that I think about it how hasn't anyone seen how bad Konoha has gotten or all the problems running rampant with its system if it's posed to be the greatest village then it shouldn't have those kinds of problems" Viper absentmindedly turned her head to Naruto while still trying to repair the long range attack parasol.
"You're right it does have a large corruption problem and I'll list them out in order, Uchiha are power mad which eventually made them wipe themselves out, Hyuuga are paranoid if the bird cage seal thing wasn't a sign, the council has too many civilians and they easily kill off more ninja's then any enemy ever could by not fully understanding the capabilities of a ninja yet they are trying to wrest control from the hokage in military operations so they can please the last Uchiha which is actually more likely to get him killed, Danzo with his root organization trying to overthrow grandpa before we took care of it, Orochimaru doing who knows what and he has done some pretty nasty things to not only humans but snakes and other animals as well ; evil incarnate much, then there's the Anbu that have gone against your father's wishes especially one in particular with a dog mask, Aoi Rokusho you already know what he did and Mizuki trying to defect like Aoi did which is funny because we never got his last name, but those are only the ones we know of, there could be a whole slew of other problems like the bigotry against you for carrying a demon with how fast the orphanage funding dropped when you were there thus hurting other people growing up by proximity to you, it's any wonder why you didn't go power mad or crazy before I showed up in your life, oh and the villages security can be broken by a civilian wearing orange with a big enough ladder as if that didn't answer your question" Isaribi blinked while staring at Viper who didn't seem to bat an eye at all that stuff she mentioned, Konoha didn't sound like a safe place to live at all if all that stuff was going on, Naruto sat up and turned to Viper . (Darkon: look if it isn't obvious that Konoha is the cause of most of its own problems, this is spelling some of them out)
"But don't all the other ninja villages have the same problem; I mean we heard about that civil war of the bloodlines in the mist ninja village plus tons of defections creating a mass of missing ninja in every other country, except Konoha because of the breeding program policies that would try to enslave any bloodline that wandered too close" Naruto just needed something to talk about as things had been to quiet since they took this boat out after receiving a lot of money from Aoi's bounty which Isaribi took in as nobody had a picture of her for the recent bingo books. (Primell: Remember what was said about Yamanaka's Body Mind Swap thing mentioned in chapter fours jutsu listing?)
All the money they had won from the race and Isaribi betting a lot on Naruto as well as his personal bets with the Wasabi and Wagarashi clans meant they had a good amount of money to survive off of for quite a while, but the current problem was what were they exactly going to do as they had no plan and no real place to stay, plus they couldn't wander around forever because Naruto is a well recognizable target by anyone who has a bingo book and a lot of people were curious about the civilian bingo book target if Vipers connections through a large network of well traveled cats was anything to go by.
Naruto never asked where Viper got this information so he never learned that Viper has a network of ninja technique using animals that most wouldn't suspect were spying on them with mild exceptions to the rise of cat fearing ninja in Konoha, it was said there was a group of demon samurai kittens that made strange flat breaded circular food with tomato sauce, cheese, vegetables and meat in random portions that recently joined the NCC which sounded interested in meeting the starter of the ninja cat age which wasn't a cat at all and Viper now had a small squad of demons working in her information network that wanted to meet her and that made her slightly nervous but what are the chances that they'd ever find her with as much traveling as she was going to do, then again they've been running into a bunch of crazy situations headlong without stopping so it was bound to happen.
"Yeah, but it's still not as bad as Konoha since nobody wants to get into the middle of the mist wars except merchants which is making the country's economy shoot through the roof, while the two of us practically wrecked Konoha's almost beyond redemption with very little effort, I doubt we could do the same to the mist village as it's on constant high alert and its forces are stronger from all the infighting so no matter who wins it's better off, since you want to talk… what are we going to do other then restore the sword as we need a place we can go back to as a base of operations as I'm not going to spend the rest of my life out at sea and I want at least some stability that isn't camping gear, then we need to find safe places where we can get food and supplies as your practically on everyone's hit list at the moment, otherwise the pursuit of our life goals shouldn't be too hard if we aren't dead within the next week but that's just me being slightly morbid" Naruto watched as Viper continued to twist, pull and manipulate parts of the parasol like it was a sand ninja battle puppet with her tail and with how many special options you could put on a parasol it might as well have been a one at one point in time having somehow miraculously turned into a parasol, it was just that complicated to Naruto how viper could operate it efficiently.
"I wouldn't mind living out at sea for the rest of my life or near a river at least, but I can see where Viper is coming from we know what we want as our goals which is to be greatly recognized as strong individuals but how exactly are we going to go about that, also if anything we're going to have a large problem finding a place that's not going to be watched by ninjas… which I assume is why we're heading to Wave country since it's been continually ignored by just about everyone and it's so close to fire country that no one would think to look for us there as people would assume Naruto would be very far away from the ninja village that has placed the bounty on his head" It was a good thing Naruto wasn't an idiot or else he'd have a problem following all this, but this did give him an idea and Viper had previously made it pretty clear that the country was overrun with bandits and some missing ninja.
"That's just it, we can reliably get our supplies from Wave but if we're going to have a base of operations I want it to at least be mobile so we're not staying there but we'll be well off getting supplies imported through Wave as there is no set ninja village, it has some good ramen shops and nobody there will know we're wanted unless it's a missing ninja with a bingo book but who are they going to tell they're being hunted as well and I can handle a bunch of bandits easily enough" Naruto had that glint in his eye he was beginning to feel like his old self after the whole I killed another person trauma, Viper sighed happily she loved it when Naruto got that look in his eye as he had a plan, but as all plans go with them it wouldn't turn out quite the way they expected but then again when had they ever wanted normality.
"Why do I get the feeling you have another idea" Isaribi stated sadly as his last idea had tired her and Viper out with constant fighting, swimming and moving long distances within a short span of time, Isaribi was dead on her feet by the time they caught up to Naruto at the finish line and Viper waited; mostly because she was tired, until they were alone to get revenge against Naruto teasing her like that, not that she hadn't swooned at actually being teased by Naruto and secretly though quite obviously wanted more.
"Well of course I do but it's already spelled out, first I restore the sword as if that wasn't obvious but we're going to need a few things, second we're going to find a trustworthy missing ninja to hire to teach us as we'll need someone who has experience running from danger and has been in at least several good fights and lastly we'll stake out the conditions of wave country and if the opportunity should arise we'll gain the support of the locals if not by doing jobs for them with little to no pay as we already have enough money as it is, we'll then use it as a safe secure spot where we can go when all else fails and as for a base of operations that sounds like a good idea if we start picking up more strangers to travel with we're going to need a mobile base like I suggested" Both Isaribi and Viper cheered at that because they could stand to do some good deeds here and there for a place to receive some rest and relaxation, but first they would need to prepare to restore the sword that was powerful in its hilt form, they could only imagine what it could do in its true form but it wasn't going to be the only thing Naruto ever used he was still going to push himself in all areas, he learned from Viper a long time ago that predictability was a no go in the ninja world and Aoi just reinforced that policy by relying entirely on the thunder god sword which as they had seen didn't do so well in the end for him which is why he had his shadow clones working on doing the clone genjutsu which he finally managed to do even if it was only his clones that can do it, their survivability rate in battle would shoot up at least given that a clone can occupy the same space a shadow clone can thus making it more confusing what was a physical clone or not.
Sure it was good to have a ace in the hole but to never circulate your fighting abilities tends to make the ace rusty and untested in combat where you'd die if you didn't know what the ace did against certain opponents, unpredictability was Naruto's specialty and even if he showed all his aces he could still use them in different ways to be unpredictable as no technique in the ninja world stays hidden for long, unless it was Vipers Viper Vomit genjutsu as no one ever considered it a possibility and the way to learn that particular genjutsu was fraught with stomach illnesses as it was impossible to copy as you couldn't learn this genjutsu from being a victim of it and you had to learn to use it the hard way.
When they finally reached Wave several horrible events occurred at the same time, but Isaribi didn't immediately consider them of any consequence to her but with the way Naruto and Viper were acting you'd think the world was ending, first they ran out of ramen, second the ramen stands reported to be in Wave were all closed by the Gato Shipping Industries and if that wasn't bad enough the entire country was in dire straits and though they didn't know it at the time the country was being driven into the poor house because of mentioned industries.
Thus what brought on the scene with Naruto crying into Viper with his arms wrapped around her, whereas she was wrapped around him crying as well, it was touching and a cute moment between the two but Isaribi was standing off to the side forehead twitching slightly as these two ate so much ramen it was practically sacrilege to not eat it at least once a week not that Isaribi didn't like ramen it was that she preferred grilled beef and baked fish with carrots and onions, but yeah she seriously needed to calm these two down.
Isaribi walked up to the two and slapped them both across the face causing them to look at her as she put her hands on her hips and glared angrily at them, they calmed down fast enough only Viper didn't unwrap from around Naruto and started to nuzzle him and flick her tongue a bit into his neck causing him to get slightly ticklish eliciting a giggle or two.
"Better? Right, anyway why don't we work on getting the things we need to restore the sword and then maybe we can restore the country to normal so you two can settle you're addiction problem, Viper why don't you go look for cherry blossoms you said you used to wear some on your head constantly before you met Naruto so it shouldn't be too hard for you to find some, I'll go looking for some chicken in the village and Naruto you can go looking for the straw hat from a fisherman or something, then we'll meet back here at the boat" Both Naruto and Viper agreed readily to Isaribi's plan for each of them to get a part of the strange puzzle that was restoring the sword to its former glory but they still didn't get why it required so much strange stuff but they went their separate ways… once they finally managed to peel the reluctant Viper off of Naruto that is.
Isaribi got to the village and saw the sorry state it was in, the people were still well fed enough but the adults were starting to show signs of starvation and malnourishment probably giving what they could spare to their children, this was horrible and she was lucky to buy a chicken when she did because there was hardly anything left with all the bandits taking up the towns resources, she was going to need to tell Viper and Naruto about the state of affairs around here as she found out the source of the problems was Gato of the Gato Shipping Industries, which would make Naruto and Viper feel better because once they destroy Gato not only would they be doing the people here a favor they'd finally be able to buy ramen once the stores are reopened.
Which was enough motivation for Naruto and Viper other then the fact that they had good hearts and would put them the right place, hopefully this wouldn't be all about restoring the gift of ramen to the land thus ruining the effect of being good natured people, but the end results would essentially be the same, as if the two couldn't just entirely fund Wave by eating enough ramen to pick up the economy on their stomachs alone, they had the money for it.
On her way back to the boat after sealing the fresh chicken away she bumped into a rather strange girl that made a pass at her and constantly tried to pass herself off as male and failing to do so repeatedly what with the feminine kimono, the choker hiding her neck, the barely visible bandages holding down her chest, the painted nails, the long well kept hair that was silky to the touch and not to mention she didn't have the musculature of a male, the only reason why Isaribi would even know about a males musculature is because of Vipers anatomy studies which did help her learn where to hit a person for maximum effect and this led her to wondering why the girl was gender confused or was she just trying to hide the fact that she was quite obviously a girl which Isaribi didn't think she was doing a very good job at in the first place, oh well… they quickly became friends before they parted ways leaving Isaribi wondering how she got along with someone so weird, before she remembered she spends a lot of time around weird people and was one herself, so it was probably becoming a mostly normal thing to her to meet someone completely eccentric.
Viper had managed to find some cherry blossoms and around the tree's a was a man with a face wrapped in bandages swinging a massive sword that looked to be a head cleaver he was obviously a swordsman and ninja, Viper thought the guy looked familiar but couldn't recall his name she'd have to look it up in the bingo book, otherwise she just slithered up into one the trees away from the practicing dangerous man and popped one of three storage seals she now had on her red scarf like cloth pulling out a sack which she filled with fresh cherry blossoms and then she promptly resealed the sack back into her scarf, she also took a little extra time to find two blossoms to place upon her head while she was looking into some reflective water nearby to get the placement just right and she smiled at her reflection it's been a while since she wore blossoms on her head; how the blossoms stayed in place never came into question, and with the red scarf she thought it made her look cute but she was going to need a second opinion.
After watching the man train for a bit, he seemed to be at peace but he also seemed to be a cold blooded and ruthless person at the same time which was hard to figure out how he could read like that in his motions, but then again he could be at peace by being comfortable with who he was in the world and by the giant cleaver he carried, hmm… but still though he was familiar or was it his sword that looked familiar, Viper shrugged as well as she could without shoulders and slithered back towards the boat has she got news for Naruto and Isaribi once she figured out why the guy seemed so familiar.
While Viper and Isaribi where having abnormal encounters Naruto was having a rather normal if informative one as he saw two people talking on a pier and just eavesdropped on them, they were both wearing a conical shaped straw hats and Kyan squealed with glee as either one would be perfect for restoring the sword.
"You know Inari is just getting worse right, he thinks you're not fighting back because you're a hypocrite and that you're just letting Gato walk all over this country" The old man that was talking to a younger looking one wielding a fishing pole said as he took a swig from a bottle of his alcoholic preference.
"I know, but I have my reasons if I were to fight now I'd be alone and I'll be made a martyr and I'd rather be alive to protect my family then dead and leaving them to cry over my grave, I said I'd protect Wave with both arms but all I can do now is keep those bandits away from Inari and Tsunami, by the way if I did die what do you think will happen to all the hope in Wave, it'll dry up without me that's what and I rather have the people hate me then having them cry over me and so far not many people have been hurt too much yet though they are still unwilling to fight for themselves so they are letting this happen as much as I am" The younger man cast his line out into the water, he was still trying to incite some kind of banner to rally under or even get help but nothing happened as not many people cared about Wave country, so far everyone in the village was barely getting by on rationing their food and things looked pretty bleak, if that wasn't all their hero was hiding himself and they were quite rightly angry with him but he was also angry with them, so they were civilians but it didn't mean the bandits were any better fighters than they were and he wouldn't sacrifice himself for the ungrateful, so until they stood up to that monster named Gato he would stay firmly seated.
"I know, but he's too young to understand why you won't stand up and fight, but then again I'm getting on and I figure I've lived a good life which is why I'm building a fantastic bridge to save our country, so far Gato doesn't see me as a threat and I just hope it stays that way, my builders are starting to lose heart but they're still working even if they've got families to think of" The younger man leaned back and continued to stare at his line out on the water in a grim silence, before turning to the old drunkard.
"I'm guessing they still won't help me fight Gato though, huh" It was said as in a tone of finality and the older man took another swig, before shaking his head sadly at the man that was called a hero who was also doing what he can to be around for his daughter to keep her happy and with the state Wave country was in, that wasn't too much but it was still a small bit of happiness that the old man agreed was the best thing his son-in-law could do for right now while he himself was going to be a live target for martyrdom if he wasn't careful.
"They're doing what they do best Kaiza and that's all I can ask of them" With that the old drunkard walks away from the pier they were talking on and Naruto carefully crept out after the old guy was gone and walked up to the guy named Kaiza, Naruto understood what it meant to be a sacrifice and a rather halfway pointless one at that with his father's trust being entirely destroyed in nothing short of two days of him being born and it was because of this he wanted to talk to this guy, also to think of a way to acquire his hat.
"Hmm… Inari… long time since I heard the name of that ambiguous gendered bisexual celestial trickster who is proclaimed for the power of the harvest and befriending foxes, apparently there is some shinto around here, which is going to be a good thing when Naruto restores the sword but it is so going to hurt so much that even I might feel it, oh well it'll be much better end results" Kyan shrugged her white furred shoulders and started to brush the fur on her body as blue markings appeared in a similar fashion to that of her wife's, she just preferred the all red motif for when Naruto came in to meet up to his expectations of what a demon was, right now she had her fur all white and blue as she was brushing it out after taking a bath in a giant bathtub with a giant rubber rabbit play toy, it was nice enough for Naruto to give her at least some accommodations in the seal.
It's been a while but it did feel nice to make herself feel beautiful and she felt so warm and snug right now but she was still yearning for company and at least Naruto wouldn't know he was about to give her some in the form of her cuddle toy but then again it was going to be a side effect of restoring the sword and Kyan couldn't wait for Nabi the two tailed cat demon plushy to arrive, which is the very reason why she washed up like she did as Nabi held her in high regards and she wouldn't want to disappoint, oh Naruto was almost done talking to that Kaiza guy, darn she would have to go over his memories to see what they talked about later.
"If you give me that hat, wondrous things are going to happen around here and everything will change for the better, in fact if you wait a while and don't go getting yourself hurt I promise Wave will be prosperous once again" Kaiza smiled at Naruto as he liked this kid, his orange clothing was a little unusual but who was he to judge and he just handed Naruto his hat, they had gotten into a interesting conversation about when a person should sacrifice themselves, what was considered the right thing to do, why they would be doing it, when was the right time to do said thing and was the sacrifice completely worth it in the end.
"You know I can't help but believe you, I hope to see you when Wave is a better place once again and I actually want to be witness this great miracle of yours whatever it is you think you can do with a simple hat" He certainly believed this kid had a reason for wanting his hat and he couldn't very well deny him that much as he wasn't asking for too much but what use could the kid possibly need the hat for.
"Thanks, I'll want to see you too after this is all over, maybe we can get some ramen" Kaiza stared after the orange wearing blond haired boy as he ran off and laughed inwardly, he had to wonder what would come of this as even a simple act of kindness goes a long way as in the folklore that is frequently told around here and a new folk story might unfold from handing his hat away to a total stranger that got into a philosophical conversation with him.
The group pretty much got back at the same time, Viper was the least held up and was found to be studying a bingo book with keen interest, Isaribi came in and they both talked about their odd encounters and it was quickly found out that Viper had met Zabuza bloody demon of the mist which wasn't too odd as he came here after he was declared a missing ninja for trying to overthrow the leader of the mist village that started the civil war, apparently the rebel faction Zabuza could have been with didn't like him jumping the gun so he had two separate bounties on him one dead from the leader of the hidden mist village and one alive from the bloodline carrying rebels, this information was way more interesting than Isaribi meeting a girl that was convinced that she was a boy while still carrying out all kinds of feminine actions that girls and some men are usually associated with. (Sir: Insert Orochimaru sneezing here)
As they were discussing this Naruto finally arrived and they decided to start setting up the area to Kyan's specifications for restoring the sword to it's true form, which simply involved putting all the objects in a circle around the person that would be wielding the sword except for the gold powder which would come afterwards when the sword was fully restored.
A freshly cooked rotisserie chicken, a pile of metal from kunai and seven senbon that had seen better days, cherry blossoms, a bottle of ink and one worn conical straw hat that used to sit on a heroes head, now all Naruto had to do was say the incantation, which he balked at what he had to say.
"Are you sure that's what I have to say…. Kyan says to be a good twenty feet away when I do this… also douse the sword with gold powder when I'm finished Isaribi" Viper and Isaribi quickly scooted away from Naruto to the safe suggested distance, Isaribi holding onto the bag of gold powder even if it was expensive stuff Kyan confirmed it was definitely needed.
"The sword can only be restored by courage and humility so just say the damn incantation already" What Kyan didn't mention was that this was the demon method for restoring the Thunder God sword which mimicked the celestial method which was slightly more difficult as there wasn't one around to make it work and the human method for restoring the sword was just plain insane if hardly survivable, this method was just exceedingly painful but easily survivable as she knew who the incantation invoked and she doubted that person would kill her or even show an ounce of aggression in her containers general direction.
"Fine…. I HAVE THE POWER! Thunder…. Thunder…. Thunder...THUNDER CAT HOOOO!" After stating 'he had the power' a small bit of lightning started to constantly strike the hilt causing him to feel tingly but it didn't hurt all too much, however when he went into the second part which involved swinging the sword three times with the word 'Thunder' it started to slowly change from a hilt to a glaive with each swing until he raised it toward the sky uttering the word 'ho'.
"Huh, well this isn't so… AGGGHHHHHHHHH" Naruto had spoken too soon when solid pillar of lightning had struck down on his position that was quite visible from miles around and the people of wave country and all the bandits saw it, Kaiza looked up at the sky and wondered if this is what Naruto was talking about, apparently miracles were about to happen around here, he smiled at the stories he would tell.
Seconds before somewhere within the elemental countries…
A girl was being hunted by two crazy robed figures and had forced her into a corner, they were both strong and she was too reliant on the two tails chakra to see her through, she guessed that this was how it was going to end being captured by these two assholes only to die when the cute cuddly cat demon was ripped out of her.
Fortunately for her the cat demon would be ripped out of her, just not in the way she was exactly expecting as both the cloaked figures were approaching and she couldn't move her body, the two tailed cat was urging her to get up with the power of love, justice, maybe the moon or just something instead of getting killed as she liked the girl named Yugito, preferably in an alive state.
"Thunder… Thunder…" Nabi Igki the two tailed cat demon perked up when she heard someone start stating the incantation; the distance didn't matter as she could hear it from anywhere, for it was the thunder god sword restoration and they even prepared everything to restore it as she felt it was all there, the sudden tug on her body from the inside of the seal made her smile, it appears these bastards wouldn't be getting her today.
Before the two men could get any closer Yugito exploded violently in a burst of electricity leaving behind a puddle of blood on the ground and two perplexed men from a secret organization that was out to do something with the nine tailed demons after they caught them, nobody in the organization was sure what they were actually attempting with all the multiple plans and subterfuge within the group but it would eventually be profitable or so many hoped.
The two men looked towards each other and they were thinking the same thing, as in 'what the hell' and 'did she really just commit suicide to prevent them from catching her' both of which meant one thing.
"SHIT" both the men yelled, they had fought the girl for the last four hours just to have her die not five feet away, taking the two tailed demon with her or something to that effect, not only that she was looking for another container which they lost all track of from their spies in Konoha. (Darkon: Can at least one of you tell me you didn't see this coming?)
Somewhere outside the elemental countries…
A figure watched as a girl fell out of the sky and it did something to slow her down to softly land on the top of the world's tallest tower ever created by a single determined cat with a lot of building material and time on its paws, it eventually attained godhood because of its accomplishment but that was another story entirely as the shadowy figure looked over the girl with blood seeping from her body where a certain seal used to be, the figure was surprised to see a mortal so injured and yet somehow made it all the way up here alive, the figure would have to call for aid to heal the poor girl.
Back in wave country both Isaribi and Viper were still blinking the spots out of their eyes and they looked to the ten foot wide twenty feet deep crater that had formed where Naruto used to be standing, Viper calmly slithered over to the edge of the crater, if Isaribi's high yield explosives notes, all kinds of poisons and being beaten into a bloody pulp for a few years couldn't kill Naruto then this wouldn't either but it wouldn't hurt to check before breaking out into tears once she was certain of what happened to him, she absentmindedly took notice of Isaribi following her into the crater.
There were three things sitting in the crater, one was the fully restored thunder god sword crackling with electricity which Isaribi promptly poured the gold powder on and it started to give off a powerful pulsing golden glow as the dust absorbed into it, then there was Naruto who Viper checked over quickly and she made sure he was still alive before releasing her tears in relief, despite the charred skin and blackened clothing he was still breathing pretty well for someone who was struck by a massive pillar of blinding lightning that put a large hole in the ground, but that was Naruto for you.
Viper brushed the charred skin covering his lips out of the way with her tail revealing a fresh pair of healed lips underneath she gently kissed them while thinking happy thoughts and then looked at Isaribi picking something up that moaned pitifully it looked to be a… cat… why oh why did she have to have so many ties to cats, then again it was better than trusting snakes as cats were social and friendly if a bit hedonistic if Garfield was anything to go by and they were only dangerous if you provoke them to much.
Isaribi was looking at the average sized cat as it had dark purple fur with yellow lightning like streaks throughout, it also had a weird circular symbol on its forehead that was a dark crescent moon in front of a full moon or that was the impression it gave off, slowly the cat came to and gave a couple of sniffs before bounding straight for Naruto out of Isaribi's hands and then it was noticed albeit to late that the cat had two tails as it dove into Naruto's stomach disappearing completely meowing happily as it did.
"Was that a…" Isaribi started unsure what to say about letting the cat go.
"A two tailed cat that is obviously another one of the great nine demons that just jumped into Naruto's seal, if so then yes it was" Viper deadpanned as apparently Naruto was renting more room on his stomach… she sighed over the poor burnt up Naruto having to house two demons at once now, unless the cat demon wasn't taking up permanent residence which if she was would make Viper mad if she did.
"Mistress Kyan!" Kyan smiled pleasantly as she started cuddling Nabi and then it started to get less and less innocent as they went a little beyond nuzzling each other after a few moments suddenly becoming rather amorous, it was a good thing the seal was designed to only hold Kyan because of the Shinigami or else Nabi would have trapped herself inside the cage as well as soon as she set foot inside Naruto.
"oohhhhn… what happened" Naruto was already getting up from having been struck by lightning obviously Kyan was working on restoring his bodily functions, not that he didn't know he had a advanced healing speed on his own and that Kyan just accelerated the process by forcing his chakra to overcompensate like a rabid batch of white blood cells.
Naruto saw both Viper's and Isaribi's blank stares, he slowly picked up the glowing sword that crackled with electricity, it was brimming with the energy but otherwise it didn't make him feel invincible as he didn't know how to use a sword, but it was certainly cool looking with all that electrical energy crackling across the blade and he wasn't even using chakra to make it like that, he tapped it and surprisingly the electrical energy didn't hurt him he kind of guessed that since he was the wielder that it wouldn't hurt him.
"Cool now all we need is someone to help train us and then we'll rescue wave country in the name of ramen, afterwards we'll figure out how to find or make a base of operations that we can successfully travel around with, when we settled the place where we can get supplies in peace" Viper supported Naruto's completely in all regards only to complain once in a while, whereas Isaribi supported him well enough but she had to smack her forehead when he mentioned doing it for the ramen, so far neither of them was willing to tell Naruto that he summoned the two tailed demon cat and that it went inside of him, because it was just too weird too mention but then again they guess that was what the 'thunder cat' portion of what Naruto shouted about was for.
"How many times are we going to reiterate our plans today Naruto" It was stated with contempt surprisingly by Viper as she was getting tired of hearing a plan being repeated so much, Naruto realized that they've been through this at least three times already and apologized for repeating it so much but it helped with memorization to repeat something again and again, also he thought that if he kept repeating it that it would be less likely to fall apart with constant renewal of said plan considering how mango shaped things tended to be around them before it devolved into a pear and then a lime.
"Okay now all we have to do is… plan… our attack… okay I know you're not happy with all the plan repeats but…" A loud whooshing sound was heard and Isaribi quickly used the Tsunami shell justu in conjunction with Naruto helping to make the justu far more effective than normal as a head cleaving sword called a zanbato was flying at them spinning around violently, it got caught by the barrier of water they formed together and they accelerated the spinning water causing the sword to fly back the way it came if somewhat lower bisecting a tree horizontally causing the recently arrived Zabuza to fall out of the tree face first into some mud as the tree fell down just missing him. (Sir: technically a Zanbato is a horse cleaving weapon meant for cavalry in wars, but for story purposes we don't bring this up as we probably won't do a snow arc with Viper having warmth problems and Naruto is not meeting a woman riding on a horse at anytime)
He slowly got up and looked particularly pissed before he took stock of who he was staring at, before he finally pointed at Naruto and the sword he thought looked like a guy named Raiga's but it wasn't so this couldn't possibly be his old friend, of which he had very few of for soon to be completely apparent obvious reasons.
"You're not Raiga!" Zabuza said loudly enough as if he was trying to kill some guy by that name, Naruto pulled out a bingo book and looked up Raiga and actually found his name as a guy who used lightning swords and was one of the seven mist shinobi causing Naruto to blink.
"Do you hate that Raiga guy or something" It was an innocent enough question from Isaribi who was looking over Naruto's shoulder at what seemed to be a dead ringer for Aoi's lost twin brother.
"No that's how I greet all my friends… or eventual friends… or all my enemies, but then again I usually have a cooler entrance" It wasn't even sarcasm and Naruto's group died a little inside from hearing that, as far as any one of them could tell he wasn't lying.
"He's right you know, he usually does have a cooler entrance and he even threw that sword at me while I was a pitiful starving orphan on the street and said since I avoided it nearly killing me that he would adopt me because of that and he had recognized my bloodline which is controlling ice" Isaribi noticed that voice and apparently the girl was trying to pass herself off as a male hunter nin with the kanji for 'man' written on her mask and she was trying very hard to sound gruff but it actually failed ridiculously as it made her sound more feminine then she was already, in fact her voice was sounding more seductive then manly.
"You guys don't have very many friends do you" Naruto couldn't even know where to begin to describe what was wrong with Zabuza, sure he didn't stupidly wear his headband marking him as a missing ninja like so many missing ninja before him belying some amount of intelligence as he watched Zabuza tilt his head down slightly in a sad manner which was hardly noticeable unless you were a ninja and the girl looked up and away slightly before pulling her mask off.
Sure he would look like a normal swordsman, if it wasn't for the fact that his sword was so highly recognizable as the photo in the bingo book that wasn't of Zabuza himself, it was just a picture of his sword and a vague description of a crazy man that slaughtered his entire graduating class when he threw this sword to greet the class that morning and apparently all the would-be ninjas had dropped their guards that day from the excitement of graduating, but then again the bingo book was actually praising Zabuza on the fact that he managed to kill all the idiots that forgot about his little problem in his class at the same time with one throw of his ridiculously large sword which earned him the title demon of the bloody mist as he was also good at casting Hidden Mist jutsu which he promptly used to help hide all the bodies thus earning him a place among the high ranking swordsmen of the mist village.
"Yeah well what was that light show about brat and are you ninja or what, because I don't see any headbands and what's with that sword, ah hell let's just fight and talk later if you're alive by then" Zabuza then picked his head cleaver up and lunged straight for Naruto who clumsily blocked his attack with the thunder god sword and Zabuza's body locked up from the electrical shock of having a thousand volts run through his body painfully, but he managed to recover from that rather fast probably because he's fought that Raiga guy plenty of times, so he simply jumped back and launched a bunch of kunai that were blocked by a snake that was wielding a parasol, not that either Zabuza or Haku took notice of its existence when it did.
All the while the girl whose name was Haku stood off to the side sweat dropping at Zabuza's enthusiasm to make new friends, in horribly violent combat…. weren't they here about finding a job and or to make a new start? Zabuza was pretty dark in all regards but he wasn't evil, just highly misunderstood after killing all his classmates one year when they forgot to duck, not that Haku ever did it was becoming second nature to dodge something the instant it was thrown her way especially large sword like objects that weren't normally designed for their aerodynamics but could still kill you very easily. (Darkon: As Trio would say... "It's all in the wrist dude!" end quote)
Zabuza went after Isaribi who rolled under a horizontal swipe then switched to serpent form to throw a punch only to stop when Zabuza just stared at her oddly and dropped his sword, his left eye started twitching.
"Holy shit, the shark wasn't gay after all or maybe he had female clone of himself made while marrying a man under the guise of having had relationships with a really hot woman, no that can't be it…" Zabuza was continuing to stare at Isaribi perplexed, off to the side Viper resealed her parasol and Naruto just blinked blankly before they both sighed, they wanted to fight a talented ninja that didn't get sidetracked and had many different tactics that weren't one trick pony gimmicks, was that a little too much to ask?
"But your green and he's blue… maybe he discovered mermaids or wait better yet… mermaids discovered him… no that wouldn't make sense as mermaids are an entirely Amazon hierarchy usually boasting power out the ass pointlessly to the point of ridiculousness and you're not even interrupting me in indignation that you aren't boastful" Well Isaribi would have interrupted if she wasn't so confused right now and was wondering what she was posed to be indignant about as Zabuza scrutinized her serpent form.
"Um… Zabuza weren't you just I don't know, starting a heated epic combat moment" The girl; that was trying to be a guy whose name that the Naruto team didn't know was Haku, asked carefully being a little aware that Zabuza was advent manga fan.
"Not now Haku, I'm trying to understand the mysteries of the universe that this girl has presented to me, this may take me the rest of my life but I will figure it out how it happened come hell or high water, I'd rather wish high water on the world as hell would be a tad too warm for me" Then he continued to stare at Isaribi, after a while it became apparent that he wouldn't stop staring at her and it was starting to become creepy as it didn't look like he was breathing.
Meanwhile in the background Naruto was playing around with the thunder god sword that; though he wasn't aware of it, could cleave or distort seals especially those containing bijuu without much effort unless it was the death god powered and unfortunately for Kyan her's was the only one like that, it also dealt massive damage to demons as it was a celestial weapon, Viper was busy watching Naruto as she was done dealing with the psychotic swordsman.
"Maybe I've been experimented on as a poor orphan and was turned into a half serpent girl by an evil mad scientist" Isaribi tried and Zabuza shook his head no, while continuing to stare at her menacingly.
"I've considered that already and find it to be highly unlikely, so do you know who your parents are" This led to an extended game of twenty questions, which was seemingly unending when Isaribi said that she doesn't even know who they were.
"You are the most interesting thing in existence to ever exist, EVER" Zabuza proclaimed loudly raising his head cleaver to the sky only for Naruto to finally come over and tap his glowing sword to Zabuza's for a extended amount of time, because he refused to let go of his sword it had caused Zabuza to faint painfully after he'd taken a bucket load of electricity into himself while still standing, he was an impressively resilient guy and Naruto was wondering if they could join forces as he needed a sword instructor and who better then a rogue swordsman ninja of the mist, these constant coincidences were beginning to irk him but he didn't let it show.
"You seem like the smarter one of the two of you, so if you will excuse me for knocking him out; Haku right, as I would like to ask if I could hire your and Zabuza's services, money isn't a problem and we could use the help" Naruto was waiting for Haku to think up a response, she really didn't have one as she was just a tool who was male but then again Zabuza said they needed jobs and this orange wearing person was offering so why not.
"Hmm… I have to know more about you two before I can decide" Haku was obviously missing the snake and it angered Viper a bit before Naruto spoke up in her defense.
"Make that three, that's Isaribi, I'm Naruto and this here is someone special, her name is Viper and she's my close companion, also we've got the most recent bingo book so here you can get some information on the two of us from this and then you can just ask Viper about herself since she can communicate with us quite easily" This led Haku to reading over the bingo book entries on Isaribi and Naruto from the one she was just handed; the civilian part at least, Viper was off to the side looking a little sullen at being called just a close companion but it was a little closer to him admitting they actually had something, that being a marriage.
Naruto was labeled a civilian that took something important from the village he resided in and apparently with the one handed sword he wielded that wasn't apparently true, above what used to be only a hilt as now a gem surrounded by slightly curving spikes leading up to a gleaming solid blade crackling quietly with electricity leading Haku to wondering where he got that kind of sword.
Isaribi was labeled with an unknown affiliation and was considered a jonin level ninja with the title "Soaking Serpent" however her picture wasn't in the bingo book only a description of what she looked like right now before she switched back to her human form, hey Haku needed more friends and they needed a job and these guys were paying, but she still wanted to know what was up with that snake with the tiny red scarf thing around her neck and the flowers on her head they make her look cute but otherwise she would take the job they offered her.
"Please help us be better ninja" Viper said in a pleading tone while using her Puppy Eyes Genjutsu to stare adamantly at her when she noticed the girl scrutinizing her, causing Haku to freak out not only because Viper could talk but also because Vipers eyes made her a completely adorable reptile, so she could hardly refuse with the power of cute compelling her.
"Um… I… er…. Okay…" Haku's answer led Viper to cancelling her genjutsu and smiling victoriously, leaving both Naruto and Isaribi thinking that Viper was pure evil but they wouldn't be around without her as she was one of those necessary cutely endearing evils of the world.
"Thank you, we'll discuss payment after Zabuza of the bloody mist wakes up and we'll introduce ourselves to each other properly then" If Naruto didn't know any better Viper was going to be the one negotiating that as she knew what they would actually pay to hire out a missing ninja and this strange girl, probably what they deserve depending on how good a job they do.
"What just happened and why do I suddenly feel emasculated" Haku still thought of herself as a boy despite the obvious fact that she was in fact a she, so far it hasn't come up in conversation as they hadn't specifically talked about Haku's gender.
"Don't worry you'll get used to it" Naruto said in a teasing gesture while running his hands over the Viper's body as she slithered up to him and it caused her to smile at being rubbed the right way, Haku just watched as the snaked cooed gently under Naruto's touch, what had she just gotten herself into.
End chapter.
List-
Hidden Mist- ninjutsu or genjutsu- target area: surrounding area around the user or single, multiple or selective targets- effect: creates a thick fog that blinds the enemy and hides the movements of allies however in a odd case this jutsu can be used as two differing versions, the genjutsu version is effectively cheaper but the ninjutsu version cannot be dispelled but uses a lot more overall energy, used to hide ones movements, used in silent killing techniques, used make enemy targets panic, used to blanket the field for water element used ninja, used to disable or weaken eye based bloodline abilities, used to create water formed clones anywhere within the mist to attack from anywhere, used to perform water based capture ninjutsu easily and used to plan surprise birthday parties while ultimately keeping the cake delicious and moist without messing it up and or insects getting into it.
Puppy Eyes- genjutsu- target area: self- effect: gives users large watery eyes that increase the user's ability to manipulate others drastically if the user is female however if the user is an older male it is considered vastly creepy and will actually scare people off or make the male seem horribly pathetic, used to manipulate people, used to increase cuteness intensity, used to freak out people, used to emasculate male oriented people, used to make some people join the users ideals and is used to make girls squeal like pigs before hugging the user of said jutsu.
Darkon: Yes this chapter is about "bladed noise" and is also anticlimactic, but not the next chapter which is "Gato is strong" where Gato actually ends up fighting, but how can a stumpy man that runs a evil shipping industry whose possibly a weak-ass person actually put up much of a fight… well the hint is in the pudding and the entire Yugito thing wasn't out of left field either.
Sir: Please Darkon, tell me you didn't write something like that into the plot.
Darkon: Okay I won't tell you something like that is written into the plot.
Sir: ….. sigh…
Primell: Yay squee has more crazy ideas, but wait a minute… what if people don't catch the reference.
Darkon: We'll tell them at the end of the chapter then what the cameo is if it wasn't already an integral fight taking up a large part of the chapter after the introductions are swapped and Naruto's team gets at least a week's worth of training before they battle Gato.
Sir: What about the demon brothers?
Darkon: They'll be appearing later if I feel like it, I mean those two are so crappy in a fight unless I give them a real good boost in power and tactics since I'm pretty sure Sakura could beat them after Tsunade's training but then again she'd still come out of the fight injured.
Primell: Why are you so harsh on Sakura squee?
Darkon: Demon brothers fight… stands around holding a kunai, zabuza fight one… stands around holding a kunai, zabuza second battle guess what… more standing around holding a kunai, forest of death with Orochimaru… kunai again standing and holding only stopping Naruto from falling to the ground afterwards as any action taken, after that with the sound ambush her traps hardly did much and her use of clone jutsu might have been somewhat good but this is the first time we've ever seen Sakura put up a fight and she got her ass kicked not to mention Lee's by bringing him down by how much of a ninja she isn't, the fight with Ino I would have to say her second personality actually did any of the fighting that actually went on otherwise Ino would automatically win not to mention the second personality doesn't really do much else for Sakura after said fight, the Gaara thing… yeah she wasn't doing anything with that one kunai and it was previously shown that it wouldn't work on Gaara, so why should it now and what was she thinking? This is just the early series she only kicks up her game after training with Tsunade which took three years (THREE and how much does she actually learn again?) for her to have any use in combat and even then she only has super strength and healing abilities now with nothing separating her from Tsunade in ability except maybe body, chakra control and ability to actually react in a fight.
Sir: Do you really hate her that much?
Darkon: No, I actually read stories with her in it to find a time where she actually trains instead of someone telling her when to train where she is actually a redeemable character and actually proves that she isn't a background character standing behind the main characters and actually understands people's feelings, as I cannot like a person who is needlessly cruel to someone who is an orphan and then does a switch around with treating another person under the same status on higher pedestal, that being Naruto who she once claims is bad for not having parents and then pulled a reverse of that for Sasuke as needing romance for the same reason of not having a family mostly because the fact that he has clan status, then later claims to know the same loneliness Sasuke has as he was defecting…. despite the assumed fact that she still has her family… yeah that's not even remotely messed up in any way when she goes home for the day.
Primell: That's… pretty bad, but at least she's better at some times right?
Darkon: Only under certain circumstances, what's Sakura's excuse for lacking originality as a ninja and purposely being a character with a horrible personality, I would seriously like to ask if anyone could explain to me as to what makes her so great on her own merit? I'm just not seeing it, but I am open to the idea that she could be more then the slapstick damsel in distress with the few moments of awesome she gets as a throwaway gesture.