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Chapter 4
"Naruto Uzumaki! Get your ass over here!" said the skilled Tai jutsu ninja with a soup bowl hair cut, Rock Lee.
The reason for the boisterous yelling at the blond haired ninja was simply over a pair of office scissors. Yes, a pair of scissors had indeed caused the two leaf shinobi to trip over cartons of fresh fruit, knock over baffled villagers, and cause havoc all through the streets. However, to Naruto, the scissors Lee was wielding drove him to scatter into the roads, begging and pleading for help.
With those scissors the swift, devoted ninja planned to chop off Uzumaki's bright yellow locks, making them identical to his own style of choice, minus the oil black colored Lee possessed.
"You'll never catch me, bushy brow! I'll be damned if I let you come near me with those—ah!" just as Naruto was about to finish his declaration, he turned his head to a certain degree that made out the lines of Lee's figure gaining on him, a fire in his eyes that burned brighter than his love for Sakura. Even worse, being distracted, Naruto did not notice the strangers walking directly in his path. Thus, the impetuous shinobi collided head first with what felt like a stack of bricks.
"Shit…" the ninja groaned, rubbing the welt pounding on his forehead.
"Shit is right my friend.' A voice boomed above Naruto, who now was slumped against the stranger's metal boot. "I mean, you hit me in the tits, buddy."
"Boobs? No boobs can cause me physical brain damage! You hit me!" the feisty Leaf ninja yelled, red in the face with anger. He jumped up, hand over his pulsating scalp, and opened his eyes wide, ready to spar with the one he had crashed into.
Unfortunately, it seemed the shinobi he had made contact with was far more intimidating then he first intended them to be.
"Well Hun," laughed Alice Collins, the one whom took most of the weight of the boy on impact. "It wasn't just my chest that caused you discomfort, you can also blame it on Sciar."
Naruto looked baffled, switching his eyes from Alice to Thaddeus, the other stranger, and then repeating his stare over and over. "What the hell is a 'Sciar'? It doesn't sound that smart, for starters." The leaf shinobi held a smug grin, feeling his insult was impeccable.
But when the Uzumaki heard a piercing caw and the ruffling of feather, he stepped back in surprise. There in front of him appeared to be a parrot with green and blackish feathers. However, as the bird crawled from its hiding place in Alice's coat, Naruto gasped in terror. The bird was as big as a small dog, maybe even larger!
"Interesting, isn't she?" Alice snickered, closing her eyes with delight as she smelt the ninja's fear.
"Sciar is her name. She's one of a kind to me, though others may just consider her a 'kakapo'. It's a flightless, nocturnal parrot that lives in the world, one of the heaviest in the family. She was just taking a nap when you slammed into us. It's lucky, if she wasn't so… talented, she could have broken a claw when you hit her. Now my little baby is going to think its feeding time…" Alice suspiciously drifted off, looking at Naruto with a hunger in her eyes, teeth biting the bottom of her lip impatiently. That is, until the jumpsuit wearing, black haired, devoted ninja named Rock Lee ran up to Naruto, scissors in hand, ready to strike.
"I've got you now, my friend!" Lee declared. Unfortunately for him, Thaddeus had a different interpretation of the event occurring.
"Oh no!" the puppet master cried dramatically, holding his head in his large hands. "Little boy, you have two caterpillars on your face! Quick, let me help you before Sciar's appetite becomes too hard to placate!"
With that, Thaddeus shook his wooden toy, the Ringer, back to life, instructing the puppet to scrap the bugs off the Leaf shinobi's face.
As if in slow motion, Naruto hit the floor, leaving Lee fully exposed to the wooden figure flying towards him. No amount of Tai jutsu could avoid the motions set in action so Lee could only close his eyes and take the full brunt of whatever assaults the Ringer had planned for him.
After meeting the razor sharp edge of the Ringer's claw, lee opened his eyes to three shinobi, mouths dropped open in bewilderment.
"Geez bushy brow, I guess I gotta find a new nickname for you, seeing as the old one got… uh…" Naruto fished for the right words to put lee's situation in perspective, but instead he just shut his mouth and grunted, scratching his head nonchalantly.
"Naruto, what do you mean—mother of Gai, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY EYEBROWS!" as Lee tried to comprehend what had occurred, he rubbed his forehead and let out a shriek of horror. His beautiful eyebrows, they had been shaved off!
"Whoa, wait… so those weren't insects?' Thaddeus said in disbelief, eyes nearly popping out of his head. The Ringer in response dropped its head and jumped back on its master's back. Alice grinned, putting a hand on his shoulder and lightly shaking him.
"Oh Thaddie, even if those were insects, I don't think Sciar would want to go after them. I mean, she may be vicious, but you know her diet!" Alice sighed contently.
Her partner rolled his eyes. "Right. Got it. Well then, I'm sorry to saw young ones but it's time we head off for now. It's getting dark and you don't want to wander the streets after the sun goes down. That is unless… you don't mind a little blood being spilt." Thaddeus sang, winking at the two ninja.
Luckily, for the Leaf shinobi at least, it was enough to give them the will power to sprint away, leaving a trail of dust behind them, despite being fatigued and now eyebrow-less.
"Ta ta, I guess?" Alice said, confused on why they didn't say farewell. Nevertheless, she shrugged and looked at her partner, a brow raised. Sciar jumped from her position on Alice to the gravel, whining for food.
"Hunting time?" the tamer asked, give puppy dog eyes.
"Hell yes!" Thaddeus responded enthusiastically, seeing her eyes light up as they ran for the thrill of it all.