A/N: OK, time for another chapter. But before that, I'll clarify a couple of things.

To answer darknessbounty, the character I was originally going to use for Snake was Heero Yuy from Gundam Wing, though I'll admit that I had a lot more fun writing that last chapter with Huey in it instead.

To vastler75: The reason why I used a lot of Shonen Jump characters is because they're, for the most part, the anime characters I'm most familiar with.

To Hurricane's Quill: Well, I don't really hate Keanu Reeves either, though I will admit that I'm having a hard time seeing him being able to pull off Spike.

So without further ado…

Chapter 13: Retaking the Kaiba Craft Part 2

A huge air battle commences between the Kaiba Craft 3 and Spike's Swordfish II, as every gun aboard the airship tries to shoot down the smaller aircraft. Spike, however, skillfully maneuvers his ship through the sea of gunfire without getting hit.

"Jet, come in! Are you alright?" Spike communicated to the now crashed Bebop.

The small monitor in the Swordfish II cockpit switches on, showing the face of a badly bruised Jet Black.

"I'm a little banged up from the crash, but I'm fine, Spike. Ed and Ein are trophified, but our worst problem is that the Bebop has been completely totaled. I can't believe this! Do you know how much money it's going to take to fix this?" Jet stops and takes a deep breath, holding in his anger. "Spike, whatever you do, you and Faye can't let that bounty get away," Jet finished before terminating communications.

"Got it," Spike answered determinedly. Spike takes several shots at the deck of the ship, which miss Chi-Chi by mere inches and cause a huge explosion behind her. Chi-Chi, however, who along with Inner Sakura had just reached the deck, is completely unfazed.

As Spike circles back around, a stray shot nixes his wing, momentarily making the Sowrdfish II lose its balance and spiral out of control. Spike quickly adjusts and recovers, just in time to avoid a charged up shot from the Kaiba Craft's main cannon.

"Looks like I'll have to do something about that cannon," said Spike.

Inner Sakura looks up and sees the Swordfish fire several shots in Chi-Chi's direction. The shots narrowly miss her and hit the main cannon right behind, blowing it up and startling her.

"Oh no he didn't!" Inner Sakura yelled out, misunderstanding Spike's intentions.

She leaps high into the air and disappears in a puff of smoke. An instant later, she reappears right on the nose of the Swordfish II.

"What the!?" Spike exclaimed.

"THIS FAIRY TALE IS FOR REAL!!!" Inner Sakura blurted out before smashing the windshield with her fist.

Spike ejects from his ship and both he and Inner Sakura fall onto the deck of the Kaiba Craft 3.

"Hey! You messed up my ride!" Spike complained.

"Oh. I thought it was just an old ship to you," Inner Sakura mocked.

"Why, you little...!" Spike snarled.

Spike and Inner Sakura charge at one another. Spike tries to kick the kunoichi, but she throws a punch and both attacks block one another.

"Hey!" Chi-Chi shouted, stopping the fighting and diverting their attention to her. "Our world is in the middle of being invaded right now, and instead of working together to combat this threat, you two are busy fighting each other like a couple of children! If you two don't stop RIGHT NOW, both of you will be GROUNDED!" she threatened in a motherly tone.

"…Yes, ma'am," Spike and Inner Sakura both complied quietly while producing huge sweatdrops from their foreheads.

"Man, this woman is SCARY!" Spike thought to himself.

The background suddenly turns black, and we see the inner thoughts of Inner Sakura, represented by an image of regular Sakura appearing right beside her. "No wonder they say the only thing Goku's afraid of is his own wife!" Sakura monologued.

Kaiba, Sasuke, and Huey step out of an elevator and find themselves on the Kaiba Craft 3's bridge. After fighting their way through armies of mooks, they had reached their final destination. If they could take out the pilot, they could reclaim Kaiba's airship.

To their surprise, they find the ship being piloted by five child-like creatures with brown fur all over their bodies, brown and white hair, elf-like ears, and all of them wearing pink dresses.

"I am Seto Kaiba, President of KaibaCorp, and I hereby order you to land this ship immediately!" Kaiba demanded.

"MEOW! MEOWWWW!" they all blissfully replied, ignoring the order.

The trio raise their eyebrows and look at each other in confusion.

"Man, this is some ol' bullshit!" Huey concluded.

Huey runs across to the other side of the room, and seconds later, all of the creatures are knocked out of the bridge window and fall onto the ship's deck, landing right in front of Inner Sakura, Spike, and Chi-Chi.

"Ugh?" gasped Spike.

"What the hell?" exclaimed Inner Sakura.

All of the creatures dissolve into Masses, and the Masses join together to form a new giant entity: A man with white hair and green lips outfitted with a grey-ish brown robe and a rope belt, and, most bizarrely, had another head protruding out of the back of his neck.

"What!? But Kankuro killed you! At least, that's what Kiba said!" Inner Sakura stated.

"Yeah, but I'm alright now," Sakon informed them.

Meanwhile, the others on the bridge watch what is going on down on the deck.

"Ugh. Not more cheap tricks! I guess if you want something done, you have to do it yourself!" Kaiba reassured himself before jumping out the window.

"You're not getting rid of us that easily, Kaiba," Huey determined before following suit.

"Wait a minute. Somebody has to stay and fly the…" Sasuke tried to warn them before being too late. "…ship. Guess it's going to be me. And I was looking forward to a rematch with that guy," he sighed to himself.

Kaiba and Huey both land behind the other heroes.

"Alright! Reinforcements have arrived!" Inner Sakura yelled.

"Didn't I tell you two to stay in that room?" Huey scolded.

"Don't underestimate me! I'm not the same faux action girl that I was back in Part I of Naruto, SHANNARO!!!" Inner Sakura boasted.

Just then, the Red Tail flies overhead, and Faye leaps out, joining up with the group.

"Don't think I'm going to let you have all the fun, Spike," Faye smirked.

"Well, it looks like you're out of luck," Spike stated calmly to Sakon. "It's six of us and only one of you."

"Actually, it's six against two," Inner Sakura informed them all.

"Huh?" Spike looked on, confused.

"You're actually looking at Sakon and Ukon, two brothers with the ability to merge with themselves. Ukon spends most of his time with his body merged within Sakon, but he can assist Sakon in battle by sticking out parts of his body from anywhere on Sakon's body," Inner Sakura lectured.

"I see that the Leaf Village must keep files on all the ninjas that they kill. But this time, things will be different. I'm going to enjoy toying around with you pieces of trash," Sakon insulted.

But before Sakon could do anything, a hand sprouts out from his chest and covers his mouth.

"We have no time to waste, Sakon. We'll finish this quickly by going into Stage Two," Ukon insisted.

"You just have to spoil my fun, don't you," Sakon replied.

The two brothers enter their Cursed Seal Two stage, changing their bodies to resemble red orges with longer hair and one horn on each of their foreheads.

"Let me guess. Their Power Levels just increased multiple fold, didn't it?" Chi-Chi asked Inner Sakura.

"How'd you know?" she responded.

"This type of thing happens all the time where I'm from. Or so I've heard."

"Well, if he's so eager to get this over with, I say we show that Ukon guy some Girl Power," Faye suggested.

"HELL YEAH! NOW YOU'RE TALKING!" Inner Sakura agreed.

The three females circle around to Sakon's backside/Ukon's frontside. The two brothers laugh in delight.

"So, what's your liking, bro?" Sakon casually asked his brother.

"In pieces," said Ukon.

Chi-Chi is the first to attack, getting in close and throwing a karate chop at Ukon, but Ukon phases his leg through Sakon's back, kicking Chi-Chi back and knocking her into Faye right when she was aiming her Heckler & Koch MP5. Inner Sakura springs up to Ukon's eye level and launches a combo of rapid-fire punches to his face until he swats her away by phasing his arm through his forehead.

Meanwhile, Huey brings out his sword and gets into a stance.

"I don't know how you got here, Sakon, but you're going back to hell," Huey threatened.

"Like I'll lose to a piece of trash like you," Sakon mocked.

Provoked, Huey slashes relentlessly at the colossal Sound Ninja, but, despite his size, he dodges all of his attacks. "Come, negro-san!" Sakon taunted. After a few more dodges, Sakon decides to go on the offensive.

"MULTIPLE CONNECTING PUNCHES!!!"

Using his arm, along with Ukon's arms sprouting alongside his own, Sakon smacks the young African American to the floor hard. Kaiba steps forward for his turn.

"For my first monster, I summon…"

"MULTIPLE CONNECTING KICKS!!!"

And Kaiba gets sent flying before he can even lay down a card. Spike jumps in close for an airborne strike. Sakon and Ukon try another Multiple Connecting Punches attack, but to their surprise, Spike grabs Sakon's arm and blocks Ukon's arms with his legs. Spike then takes hold of Sakon's free arm. With both sets of arms restrained, Huey springs up to Sakon's neck, preparing to slice his head right off.

But even during this moment, Sakon remains calm and even smiles eagerly. "How about we play some nice music. DO!!!"

Both Huey and Spike get knocked back far by soundwaves.

"What the!?" they both responded together.

"RE!!!"

A second wave of sound knocks the two of them flat on their backs. Huey, Spike, and Kaiba struggle to get back on their feet, but when they do, they find, to their surprise, that Sakon and Ukon have suddenly stopped moving. They then notice Inner Sakura, performing a hand sign.

"It seems that this body is useful for not only repelling genjutsu, but casting them as well. So what are you guys waiting for? FINISH THEM before they can break out of that genjutsu!" Inner Sakura blurted.

"Allow me!" Chi-Chi insisted. She pulls out a big red fan, the Bansho Fan, and takes a swing. It produces a gust of wind so strong that it blows Sakon and Ukon high into the sky.

"I now summon all three of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons! Next, I use Polymerization to combine all of my monsters to form the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

A large and ferocious looking three-headed dragon materializes from Kaiba's Duel Disk.

"WHITE LIGHTNING ATTACK!!!"

The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon blasts Sakon and Ukon with its attack. When the smoke clears, nothing appears to remain.

"Hmph! Good riddance!" Chi-Chi cheered.

"Yo!"

Chi-Chi looks over her shoulder and sees Sakon's head growing from it. She tries to hit him, but he grabs her arm.

"I can merge with my brother, but what you're friend over there forgot to mention is that I can also merge with other people," Sakon informed them all. "And the worse part for all of you is that you can't attack me now, at least, not without hurting your comrade here."

Without wavering, Spike takes out his gun and points it right at Sakon's head.

"That's a real shame, but she's no comrade of mine. Sorry lady, but I don't protect or serve; this is strictly business," Spike said simply.

"What?" Sakon gasped.

"Hey, I know you don't mean that, Spike!" Inner Sakura pleaded.

"Cowboy scumbag!" Sakon gritted under his teeth.

Sakon takes Chi-Chi's Bansho Fan and attempts to use it against Spike, but before he can, he gets a bullet in the forehead, forcibly defusing him from Chi-Chi and making him hit the deck. He lays there motionlessly.

Spike blows the smoke from his gun barrel. "Bang."

Sakon's body dissolves, leaving behind a trophy of a small, four-legged creature with brown fur all over its body and looked like a cross between a cat and a rabbit.

Spike raises his gun and points it at the trophy. "There's our target: Ryo-Ohki!" he announced.

"Hey! Don't tell me you're going to shoot that poor, defenseless, animal over there!" Chi-Chi objected.

"Poor, defenseless, animal, my ass! That's a wanted criminal that destroyed 28 planets and 69 colonies!" Faye asserted.

"Nonsense!" Chi-Chi insisted, walking up to the trophy and tapping the stand.

"Don't do it! That's a ruthless killer you're unleashing!" Spike warned her.

"Meow?" Ryo-Ohki looked around in confusion after revitalizing. After coming to her senses, Ryo-Ohki runs around in circles playfully.

"Ooh, I'm wetting my pants in terror from the ruthless killer! Ooh!" Inner Sakura sarcastically mocked.

"Shut up!" Faye shot back.

Chi-Chi digs into her pants pockets, trying to find something. "After all of that fighting, you're probably hungry, aren't you? I should have some food in here somewhere…Ah! Here it is!"

Ryo-Ohki yanks the carrot out of Chi-Chi's hand and starts chowing down before she is even able to fully pull it out.

"I guess she really likes carrots," Huey stated the obvious.

"None of this matters to me, though. We still need to turn that thing in to the authorities. It has a huge bounty on its head, and we need the reward money to…"

Chi-Chi stops Spike cold with just a stern look. She turns and gives Faye one too.

"…Yes, ma'am," Spike and Faye both complied quietly while producing huge sweatdrops from their foreheads.

"Well, looks like that's over," Sasuke thought to himself back on the bridge. He walks up to the control panel for the ship. "But I suppose we should head back to the others."

He punches in some coordinates into the control panel, guiding the Kaiba Craft 3 out of the red clouds and back into the blue sky.

"Hey! You're a girl!" Faye finally came to realize about Ryo-Ohki.

A/N: Join us for the next chapter, where the identity of the Mysterious Minister will be revealed.