Disclaimer & Author's Note: I do not own anything Naruto or Zelda that is mentioned in this plotline. All I own are original characters, items/weapons/jutsu/ect. All I own is this little break that occurs in this chapter... plus I was bored, so it should provide some minor humor; it just depends on your view that is.
Chapter Twenty Seven
Naruto slid a stone door to the side, and he walked into the next room, as the door behind sealed up. The room was partially flooded, and there was natural lighting in this room. As Naruto casted his eyes across the wide room, he guessed it was at least the flight of two floors, the first floor being submerged. Fish swam in the water, but he did not trust that weird-looking squid trying to hide itself within the thick seaweed that covered a portion of the coral-like floor.
"Hm... this could be worse," Midna told Naruto.
"Oh yeah, how?"
\\Breaking the 4th Wall\\
"Our esteemed author could have been stuck writing Vocaloid fics, mainly about Kagamine Len and Kagamine Rin, and using the term Souseijikan," The imp princess explained with a shrug of her shoulders, "like his last few stories on the twins depicted in sibling settings, separate lovers, or twincest lovers."
"Wait a minute? Vocaloid? You mean those virtual singers whom sing songs for you unless you were very talented enough to do some singing as well? Oh dude, I really love Hatsune Miku. She's very cute... so is Len, the cute shota."
"... Even though David had been a Vocaloid fan, he hasn't gotten into the hype until around two months ago when he started downloading various different Vocaloid songs, and watches PVs on Youtube and Nico, and then decides to expand his fanfiction universe into the Vocaloid world. And you think Len is a cute shota?"
"Uh, yeah... I mean look at him! Len does look like a shota! Wait a minute, Midna... aren't we breaking the fourth wall here or something?" Naruto questioned the princess.
"Maybe, but those whom liked this storyline are sure to wonder, even if he did explain in that short chapter a page back, his reasons for not updating this story for so long, and leaving us nearly stranded. Basically, I have a feeling it did not explain enough hence forth right now."
Naruto sweatdropped. "So, is that the reason I was left laying about here after that trek through Orochimaru's abandoned laboratory, and those creepy-assed mutant monsters trying to kill us? Hell, I agreed with Leaf Ranger stating that I could have gotten a better scene with the neglectful girls."
"Pretty much and I agree, so hopefully the readers reading this will know about their dear author more... and his slight addiction to Vocaloid."
"And the way my character is in Icha Icha Duo. I mean, sure, Icha Icha Paradise is a bit good, depending on how I am in all stories on this website, but me and Hinata-chan big-time perverts?"
"That was funny though," Midna said with a blushing giggle, "Oh, and how about you being a vampire and having Hinata as your human lover?"
Naruto blushed.
"And me being his pet, disgusting," said Kyuubi.
Midna blinks. "Kyuubi... you're supposed to be dead in this story."
"Yeah well, you broke the fourth wall, so bite my furry nine-tailed ass."
And the fox gets the boot out of here.
"What about the author David-san?"
"I knocked some damn sense into his head, and got him to start organizing all of his stories he's neglected in the past. Though he is still popping up more Vocaloid stories..."
Hey, it's not my fault Midna besides... being an otaku, you can't control yourself at times... although "Those Fleeting Touches" was a spur of the moment type of thing... one of the best stories ever made and all I did was sit around on my computer bored out of my mind and then I start writing, granted I also thought back to past experiences...
The first time I even came here was because I had this odd dream about Harry Potter summoning The Winged Dragon of Ra against the Hungarian Horntail during the Tri Wizard Tournament, and thus that particular crossover came into life. And that was before I did the one about you Naruto and the Death Note.
"Oh yeah, you made me slightly insane, and left Hinata and Hanabi alive."
Well... I love Hinata-chan and Hanabi-chan... I'd say Souseijikan, but they're not twins.
"Someone called for me?" asked the Boy Wonder himself.
Naruto in response shoves him out of the view. "Harry-san, you don't belong here!"
"Well excuse me, Hero," Harry snaps, and Apparates from this universe.
"Oy, what about me?" In walks a man with sand yellow blonde hair, tanned skin, and has most of his hair binded into a long rope-like ponytail reinforced with tape wrappings, "I have about seven different genre job occupations on this website alone, this world being one of them. Eight if you say that Shinigami and Ferry Boy are different subjects via Bleach and Yu Yu Hakusho."
"Oh Sekai-kun!" A teenager with aqua colored hair and wearing what looked like a grey dress-like school outfit, glomps Sekai from behind. She is Hatsune Miku.
"Hello Miku-chan," Sekai said, getting up as Miku smiled brightly, causing Midna and Naruto to sweatdrop as she waved a leek about.
"Sekai, you suddenly vanished while we were playing Poker with Meiko, Kaito, Luka, and Gakupo... what happened?" The girl manages to lace her fingers with the young man's own hand, and a fleeting smile forms on Sekai's lips.
"Complaining to the author," was his response.
Hm... Oh yeah, I forgot I gave you a birth into the Vocaloid world as my own created fan character... unofficial of course.
"Maa, maa. Lucky the girl in your life has a hold on you, though she's a bit of an otaku herself," Midna snaps at the author behind the keyboard.
Oh yeah? Bite me, princess. Now watch as I drown out the room with The Twilight Ninja Assembled Soundtrack.
Midna glared, before looking at the blonde Egyptian. "And what are you doing here anyway? You don't show up until some chapters into The Twilight Ninja Shippuuden."
"Have you seen the jobs I do Midna? It's exhausting... trust me! As a ninja, I am either banging my twin sister Rin, or I'm banging Sasuke's Mom... not that I don't mind."
Hehehe... Sasuke's Mom rhymes with Stifler's Mom.
Sekai sweatdropped, gaining this annoyed look, but Miku kept a hold on his arm. "Now, now, Sekai-kun, let's return back to Sapporo, hm? Besides... you're much better company than Kaito... he seems to go for Meiko." She then leaned close. "Just as I go for you..."
Sekai smiled more, as their faces inch closer. "Yeah..."
And just like that, they lock lips, and Naruto and Midna look at one another, then blush a bit, remembering the kiss they shared some chapters back in the storyline. The author just returns to repairing the broken fourth wall while he nudges the kissing couple out of this plotline.
"Uh, Midna-chan, you still hasn't explained how this situation could end up becoming worse," Naruto interrupts, as the theme of the Lakebed Temple plays.
//Repairing the 4th Wall//
"Well, for instance, there could have been no way out of this cavern," she explained, "luckily, there's something above on that ledge over there." She points to the high ledge out of his reach, even with his grapples.
Naruto sighed. "So, the question is how to get there..." He looks around the room once again, and spots something out of the ordinary he did not see the first time. It looked like one of those in-wall grates and behind it was a lit light bulb. Apparently, there was some man-made electricity running through this underground cavern... but why?
Naruto took out the Clawshots, and fired the right hook. It flew through the air... and makes a latch. With a tug he's reeled toward the rocky wall side. But, he was no where near the outcrop of the ledge. So, he turned to Midna.
"Where to?"
"Hm..." She looked around, "grab your Grapple and aim at that stalagmite."
"Ah, I see it." He removes the left gauntlet, and was gripping the Chakra Grapple, before he swings out a beam of light. It wraps around the base of it, and he releases the claw grip, and swings down. Now, here, Naruto did some aerial foot work with the grapple, until he manages to finally climb high enough to grab that high ledge. Crawling up onto solid land, a door is in his vision.
Opening that door, he walked into a barrel hallway, with wires running across the ceiling, and various placed light bulbs, emitting a low light. He dragged out the shield and sword and walked down the hallway, as Midna floated behind him. Suddenly there were faint footfalls, and the two hugged the wall at the corner. When the person or thing came close he sprung and brought his blade... and stopped as a scream emerged form a human girl who wore bandages on portions of her body.
"Shit... I nearly killed you," Naruto cursed, as Midna was unable to cloak herself. The girl saw Midna, and began to scream again but Naruto shot his hand over her mouth, as a loud growl echoed.
"What was that...?"
Naruto looked at the girl. "Don't scream, and get behind us."
She nodded, and scurried behind as coming from the darkness was something that looked like a giant lizard, but it was covered with a mane of fur around the neck, and spikes running down the backside... how it moved with only two legs was strange, but what he recognized most about it was that the patterns on its skin glowed similar to the Twilight portals, and one half of its reptilian head was covered by that same face shield worn by the Shadow Beasts.
Naruto narrows his eyes as the creature spotted its prey it had been chasing through the caverns, and began to quicken its pace. Naruto however dashed at it as it launched its long tongue... slicing through with ease. It screeched in pain.
"Wh-what is that thing?" The girl questioned.
The creature hissed its dying breath before exploding into a haze of ash. Naruto pulls the blade from the ground, and sheathes it as he turned around.
"A creature of Lansing, no doubt," Naruto muttered, walking back to check on the girl, "you alright?"
Midna floats next to him, as the girl nodded. "Hai, I'll be fine... Thank you..."
"No problem... what's your name, and how did you end up here?"
"My name is Isaribi... and well, you see... I was kidnapped," she lied, "and I was waking up when I saw that d-demon... appear, and try to devour me. I was running for I guess half an hour or so... if I lost it, it would emerge again, always finding me."
"Who... who is she? Is she a demon too?"
"Oh, I am not a demon," she shouted, slipping into her native language.
"Midna, clam down... and speak in my language too."
"Oh, sorry Naruto," Midna apologized, now in Japanese dialect.
"No, Midna is not a demon... she's from a different world... I guess you can say that. She and I are on this... quest together, and we have to deal with this evil that threatens the whole world."
"Oh... I see..."
"You're going to stay with us until we can find a way out of this place..."
"Though, I hope this isn't like the Lakebed Temple at the bottom of Hyrule Lake," Midna whispered.
"Hm..."
Midna when he and she have time alone, would regal in the adventure she had with Link in the far past. In a sense, Naruto had some tastes of how Link fought against an evil that was similar to the one he was now facing.
Midna surprised Isaribi by vanishing into Naruto's shadow, but Naruto gave no indication, but beckoned the girl to follow him. But all of a sudden, a strong force struck him in the back of the head, knocking him out. The same force also knocked out Isaribi, and when Midna emerged, she too was knocked out. All around them, the cavern began to shift, twist, and turn, warping under a familiar flare of magic.
Deep within the protected labs, Amachi watched as Lansing twisted his aura, transforming Orochimaru's hidden laboratory island into his own personal trap.
"The labs ARE protected, are they not?"
"Of course, but, you wouldn't care much anyway, after I give you what you desired..."
"Yes, the power of which you spoke of... one that Orochimaru will not grant me."
"Which I shall grant upon you..." A sick smile formed behind the mask, before his aura expelled, shattering the laboratory, but also knocked Amachi out cold, as the twilight began to warp his body, forcing him into his Kaima form.
From the edge of the costal island, everyone was feeling the sudden aura of darkness, ninjas or not. However, a group of Konoha-nins indeed felt the sudden aura, and Anko watched as the forbidden island which the townspeople spoke of in fear, began to transform, growing jagged spires of earth. The townspeople called the island Kikai. But ever since the vanishing of fishermen and sailors, they resorted to calling it Kamikakushi. But now, with this heavy aura of evil radiating around it, Anko knew something more was happening, and if those black beasts appearing the other day was any indication. She shook her head. Ever since she came here, flashes of her past would spring up. She cursed Orochimaru's name in thought. The man destroyed her life, and left her to die had to not been for Sarutobi who had rescued her along with Kakashi, Yuugao, and several other ANBU on that day...
=0=0=
Naruto groaned, as he was the first to regain consciousness. The drip drop of tears echoed near him. Water dropped off a stalagmite. He slowly got up, looking around. There was a door in front of him, but it was locked. The ground felt saturated and digable. He crawled over to Midna, and roused her into the conscious world... by kissing her softly. Midna responded to the kiss, and moaned a bit into Naruto's mouth before she opened her eyes.
"N-Naruto-kun?"
"Sh... we're fine, apparently. Something knocked us out... but now, I can just feel how similar this area feels to the Temple of Lightning."
"Twilight... Lansing was here..."
Midna picked up her fallen headgear, and was about to put it back on, then Naruto stopped her. He leaned close and kissed Midna again, and the twili returned the kiss. But as much as this was romantic, they heard someone clear her voice, and turned to see a blushing, but awake, Isaribi. The Hero and the Princess both blush, as Midna wears the headgear once again, and Naruto stands up.
"I-Isaribi, you alright?"
"Yes I am.... you love her...?"
He looks over at Midna, and smiles softly. "Yeah..."
"Though we need to concentrate on what is happening now. Lansing was here, and warped this place, where ever we are, into a dungeon."
Naruto by now had taken out, and wore his Mole Gauntlets. "I'll dig a way out of here. The ground's soft enough to break through."
"Be careful though, Naruto," Midna warned. Naruto smiled and began to attack the ground with the sharp claws.
Isaribi just stood there, watching as Naruto's odd items began to dig a deeper man-sized hole, until he began to move slowly under the door. Eventually, he breaks ground and pops up form the other side. Midna follows, and so does Isaribi. Naruto had put away the items, and helps the girl out of the hole, before they looked down the hallway leading to another door in the end.
"Well... if the last dungeon we explored is anything to prepare for..."
Midna nodded, and vanished into his shadow once more.
"Stay close by, Isaribi, okay? You would never know if more of those monsters pop up."
"Hai."
Isaribi knew exactly where they were, but she didn't want to say anything. She saw the Konoha leaf symbol that was on the belt buckle the blonde wore, though, she never known a ninja to wear a green tunic of all things, or carry an extravagant sword and oddly designed shield. In fact, to her, Naruto looked more like some sort of swordsman or warrior than a shinobi. At the door, Naruto places his palms against it, and moves it. The door slides into the ceiling, allowing them access into the next room. The room was flooded, and Naruto could barely make out a door underwater. Now, this is going to suck... swimming in the water was a school of those bony rabid fish. The occasional drip of water hitting the water echoes in the cavern-like room, and several torches were shielded by metal kasa, giving off the light above water. Below however, were several crystals that appeared to give off its own internal glow.
"Hm... the only way of getting to that door is to somehow drain all this water... there..."
He found what looked like a panel button. It was cleverly disguised as well to look like it was part of the wall. The only thing was that it was across the other side of the room.
"Stay here, okay?"
"Sure, Naruto-kun," she said, and watched as Naruto put away his two weapons, only to drag out from a scroll via smoke poofing, two strange sticks. Chakra Grapples in hand, he jumped, and lashed out with a beam of chakra, wrapping around a sturdy stalagmite. Isaribi was entranced by the sight, Naruto swinging above the water, making sure not to fall in. She didn't like the faint glow in the eyes of those fish swimming around. Soon, Naruto made it to the small ledge, and struck the near hidden panel. The room began to shake, as somehow, the water level began to drain down until the door was exposed, and the fish now began to flop around gasping for breath.
With one Clawshot, he flew across the air, stunning Isaribi until he clung to the thick ivy that overgrown one portion of the wall. "Climb down," he called to the girl, who nodded and walked over, before kneeling down, and began to climb down using the thick vines as a sturdy ladder. After two minutes they landed on the damp ground, and Naruto kicked around the deadly fish, the dup heading toward the door. Once opened the next room was even colder. And then the doors sealed and lock up with iron fencing.
Isaribi took a step forward, but Naruto held her back with one arm. He didn't like that creature standing there in the center of the medium-sized room. All of a sudden a giant bug emerged, and melted right into it. The dead creature that stood there now twitched, before releasing a roar, as a green mist emanated from its giant maw, a very long tongue lolling out the side. The creature's arms were long, bony, yet the hands were bigger than a gorilla's, and segmented to look like sharpened knives. The main body was thick, stumpy, and the legs were thick, small, and knee-less. Oddly enough, for a head... it was fused to the body because the trio of slits lining the upper sides near the shoulders WAS the eyes. It rushed Naruto with surprising speed however for a malformed redead, who jumped back, dodging the swipes.
Isaribi stared in fright. She had never seen such horrors in her life, and not just from the torture that occurred to her by the man who Amachi worked for. Her eyes kept glued to the salivating monster that sprang to life when that weird purple mist, and what she thought was some sort of bug, melt into the thing. Naruto however was dodging the attacks with ease, easily predicting its movements and countering with well-aimed strikes with the Master Sword. Before long, Naruto caused it to explode into ash, before he killed the bug that tried to escape. And, as if the death of the creature was the trigger, she heard the shink of iron rising up, as the door behind her was no longer blocked. A similar sound echoed on a ledge above.
And then... Naruto turned around as he felt a sudden whirl of energy, and a treasure chest emerged. Already Isaribi ran over to him, walking a half circle around the dust that was the undead creature. "Naruto?"
Naruto sighed, as he walked around the chest, and gave it a good kick. The thing shook, before it popped open. Inside was a key.
"Hm... Isaribi...?"
"Yes?"
Naruto handed her the key. "Can you hold onto this for me?"
"Uh, sure." She took the item and places it into one of the pockets of her outfit.
He smiled a bit, before turning toward the door on the ledge. "Hold onto me now," he warned her, and she did, arms wrapped around his torso. The blonde pulled out his Clawshot, and fired it up at the wall, where he saw a grated panel covering a lantern. Grappled, he tugged on it and Isaribi screamed as they flew up, and onto the ledge. She let go, and tried to catch her breath after the scream she released, while Naruto chuckled.
"Should have warned you..."
"You should have," she snapped, but Naruto opened the door, and Isaribi huffed, before following the blonde. After all, she had no choice. This was not the place she remembered, and something else was happening that her senses told her to not get separated from Naruto.
=0=0=
The boat trailed away from the whirlpools that surrounded the island, preventing anybody from trying to sail close enough to the now dangerous island.
"Damn it! First Naruto disappeared and now this happens," Anko cursed.
"Sorry Anko-san," said person who owned the boat. His name was Hishiro Fox, who was brown eyed, and had fire red short-long hair.
"There are whirlpools that now surround this island. I have no clues what kind of act this could be," spoke his sister, Shi, who had emerald eyes and waist black hair, "if we get any closer, we'll lose the boat to the whirlpools. It's too dangerous to even get closer."
Anko growled.
"Anko-sensei, what about Naruto. He's still missing after all."
"I know that kid," spoke the snake mistress, "we just hope he's alright. Once we return to land, we'll try to find him once again."
They just never knew that Naruto was stuck somewhere within the formed dark dungeon that made up the transformed island.
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