Chapter 6: The Search for the Brooch
A/N: I'm going to stop making promises I can't keep. :(
Chapter 6: The Search for the Brooch
Deep in a secluded forest somewhere stands a teenage boy with blonde spiky hair and blue eyes, wearing an orange and black jacket, orange pants, sandals, and a black bandana with a metal plate on the front. He was Naruto Uzumaki, the Leaf Village's number one loudest, unpredictable, hyperactive knuckleheaded ninja.
"Yes!" Naruto cracked his knuckles. "With this invasion going on, it looks like we need a hero…like me!" he grinned confidently.
Naruto leaps high into the branches of the nearest trees and made his way through the forest, leaping from branch to branch. Along the way, he sees someone sleeping on a tree stump nearby. It was a 17-year-old with short black hair wearing short trousers that only went down to his knees, sandals, a red vest, and his trademark straw hat.
"Hey, it's Luffy," Naruto observed.
Naruto leaps back to the ground and approaches the pirate. When he gets close, he yells at the top of his lungs, "LUFFY! YOU STILL OWE ME FOR THAT RAMEN YOU STOLE FROM ME IN BATTLE STADIUM D.O.N!"
Luffy stirs and wakes up. "Is it dinner time yet, Sanji?" Luffy says groggily.
"No, it's time to pay up! Believe it!" Naruto demanded.
Before he can say anything more, a huge shadow covers the entire forest, alerting both of them. They look to the sky and see the Kaiba Craft 3 dropping down more Masses.
"It's those same bastards that attacked that stadium!" Naruto growled.
"Geez, can't a guy take a nap in peace anymore?" Luffy yawned, finally getting up.
Naruto readies a hand sign as the Masses come together and form humanoid shapes.
"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!!"
A massive army of Narutos appeared, evening out the playing field. Each Naruto pulls out a kunai and rushes at the Masses, tearing them down. The stragglers were taken out by Luffy's Gum Gum Gatling Gun attack.
The two heroes plow through the forest, clearing it out of the Masses. When they reach the edge of the forest, they see the Kaiba Craft flying off in the distance.
"Hey, come back here!" they both yelled in unison, taking off after the ship.
Little did they (or anyone else for that matter) know that there was a stowaway on the ship, hiding in a box and bidding their time until they receive orders to make a move. Of course, we're unable to tell who's under the box…yet. The box moves slightly.
Meanwhile, a research facility in the middle of a floating island was also being infiltrated. In an empty room, a tile on the ceiling is kicked down and a teenage girl descends down into the room. The girl had blue eyes and blonde hair with two long ponytails that hung from two spherical buns and outfitted in a Japanese school uniform.
"Okay, Luna said it should be in here somewhere," Usagi Tsukino said to herself.
She takes a quick glance outside the door to find the hallways filled with Zaku guards.
"So how am I going to get past all of these robots?" Usagi wondered.
An idea had suddenly come to her. "That's it!" she declared as she pulls out a pen.
"DISGUISE POWER!! TRANSFORM ME INTO A ZAKU MOBILE SUIT!!" the teenager commanded the magical disguise pen. After a flash of light, Usagi reappeared in what looked like a bad cosplay outfit.
"Now I should have no problems blending in," she thought to herself. She steps out into the hallway, casually walks up to the two nearest Zaku and greets them with a "Hello".
"Putting on a little weight there, aren't you, Sailor Moon?" one of the Zaku jokes before opening fire on their intruder.
Usagi runs away in fear, skillfully (if you can call it that) dodging the attacks. The two Zaku chase her down the hall until she enters another room, evading her pursuers for the time being.
"Well that didn't help," she stated the obvious, taking off her bad disguise.
It was at that point when a green light emitting from the room catches her attention. She turns around and sees what looked like some kind of energy generator…and someone locked inside being used as a power source! This someone was a purple-haired humanoid in a strange purple getup and wielding a staff-like wand. It was Yugi's favorite Duel Monster, the Dark Magician.
"What kind of monster would do something like this?" gasped Usagi, horrified. She hastily switches off the power switch, turning off the machine and releasing the Dark Magician. The Duel Monster stumbles onto the floor and Usagi helps him stand up while the alarms go off.
"Thank you for saving me," thanked the Dark Magician.
"Don't mention it," Usagi replied.
"But one thing puzzles me. Not that I am ungrateful, but what is a girl like you doing in a place like this?" inquired the Dark Magician.
"Well, those creepozoid robots broke into my house and stole my brooch," Usagi answered. "And let's just say I really, really, really need it!" she tried to explain without revealing too much about her identity.
"Then I shall assist you in recovering your lost possession," the Duel Monster decided.
Just then, the door flies open and a mob of Zaku pour into the room.
"Surrender or die!" one of the Zaku ordered, readying his gun.
"NOOO!! DON'T SHOOT!!" Usagi cried in terror.
"Relax, young one, I'll protect you," the Dark Magician said calmly as he points his wand at the mobile suits.
"DARK MAGIC ATTACK!!"
The wand fires a purple orb of energy and blasts all of the Zaku to bits.
"WHOA! That's some serious firepower!" Usagi said, impressed.
"Stay alert," the Duel Monster advised. "We must move quickly if we are to find your brooch."
And so the two heroes run down the hallway, searching the complex. Of course, they run into more opposition, but the Dark Magician takes care of it. Soon, the pair find themselves in another room, this one filled with monitors showing other locations in the building.
"Huh? What is this place? The Architect's room in The Matrix?" Usagi pondered.
"This is clearly the security room," the Dark Magician informed her. "By looking through these monitors, we should be able to see…"
"THERE IT IS! MY BROOCH!" Usagi pointed at a screen visualizing a brooch locked in a glass case.
"But where exactly is it?" she sighed.
A/N: Yeah, I know this one's pretty short, but the next will definitely be longer, possibly the longest chapter yet. Next time, prepare for a battle of epic misunderstandings between Shonen Jump heroes. Until the next time.