Kenta: BOOYAH! For those of you who read on, before you do so, go to Youtube and type in 'Naruto U can do it' and watch the Shippuden ending. The last person fighting is the one you want to pay attention to, as it's the outfit he wears. :D
"Can't catch me!" A small boy giggled, running down the street.
"Yes we can! Come on guys!" More children began chasing after the boy. The boy dodged people of all kinds. Zoras, Gorons, everyone in the street.
KLUNK!
Except for one...
"Sorry mister..." The boy looked up, only to gasp. "Wow! Is that sword real?" He asked. Blue eyes met the boy's, which seemed to resonate tiredness. It disappeared as the swordsman smiled.
"Yeah, it's a very special sword. My guardian made it himself." He smiled.
"What's your name mister?"
"My name's Naruto. And you might want to get moving, those kids trying to catch you?" Naruto pointed to the incoming kids.
"ACK! Yeah! Thanks Mister Naruto!" He ran off again, quickly followed by the rest of the children. Naruto smiled wearily before walking down Hyrule Market Town's road. He had always wanted to come here, but the last time he was a fox, and now...he just couldn't get excited for anything. His shadow appeared next to him, an irritated look on her face.
"Come on Naruto, lighten up! So you got your butt whooped..." Naruto's head sunk lower at having been reminded. "But come on! You've got work to do!" She tried to hit Naruto upside the head, but her hand phased through him.
Naruto sighed before nodding. He still didn't feel any better though. So heading for Tsunade's bar, Naruto hoped that things would get better for him.
"This is a Zora child! This is beyond my expertise!" A young, silver-haired man shouted as Naruto entered the bar. The man bumped shoulders with Naruto before glaring at him. His snake-like eyes behind glasses, Naruto felt he had met this guy somewhere.
Probably pissed him off too, as Naruto felt like socking him in the face.
"Doctor Kabuto! Please, if you don't do something, this child will die!" Another voice shouted as the door closed. Naruto sighed, still depressed upon seeing Sasuke, but when he turned around, Sakura was looking at the door, as if the last bit of hope had been crushed with the slamming door.
Naruto's eyes widened, and he could feel a bit of fear grip him when Sakura locked eyes with him, thinking she was going to scream at him or hit him. He was actually quite shocked when she merely sighed before turning back and sitting next to a black-haired girl.
'She isn't going to kill me?' Naruto thought, confused. He walked over to the buxom blonde-haired woman, listening intently, hoping to find out what was wrong with Sakura.
"A human doctor's no good huh..." Tsunade's eyes furrowed in worry. Se turned sadly to Sakura, who was crying over the small girl lying in front of her. Her eyes suddenly widened before grinning. "Actually, that idiot reminded me of a shaman in Kakariko. I heard he's healed Gorons and Zoras." She smiled as Sakura suddenly jumped up, hope back in her eyes.
"Really? Then if we take her there, then she might have a...chance..." Sakura suddenly quieted. She knew that it would be dangerous, if only they had some protection, some sort of gaurds.
"Absolutely not! We cannot allow it!" A voice suddenly shouted behind them. Sakura and Tsunade turned to see a group of soldiers, their spears pointed tall as the leader grinned heroically. "However, we can't turn a blind eye to some pretty ladies in need! Am I right boys?"
YEAH!
Tsunade smiled to Sakura, the soldiers getting all fired up. In the corner, a figure resisted the urge to jump in and offer his services as well. He still wasn't sure of his skill...but the pink-haired girl WAS beautiful...
"Well, isn't that nice of them?" Tsunade smiled sweetly. "To reach Kakariko, we have to cross two plains that are each filled with dangerous monsters and horrible beasts." The soldiers' cheering began to die down. "But now we'll be safe, right?" She turned back to see only a single guard remaining. He quickly noticed he was the only one left before running out the door. The gaurd ran past Naruto, who paled as a bottle flew past him at near super-sonic speeds, smashing the gaurd in the back of the head.
"AND DON'T COME BACK TO THIS BAR AGAIN!" Tsunade roared after them, Sakura trying to calm the lady down. She quickly noticed Naruto still staring out the door, sweatdrops falling on the back of his head. "Oh? What's this?" She smiled brightly. "It seems we still have one swordsman left!" Naruto suddenly tensed, having been picked out by the other blonde.
"Umm...hey." Naruto nervously waved a hand.
"And who are you?" Tsunade smiled.
"NARUTO!" Naruto turned to see the figure in the corner trot over to him. His figure being lightened by the nearby candle, Naruto's eyes widened.
"Bushy Brows!" Naruto pointed to the oil salesman, who seemed to have gotten a martial-arts shirt, a green headband and some pants. "What are you doing here?"
"I've been training!" Lee smiled proudly.
"You mean, you did it?" Naruto asked, shocked. Lee's smile widened even further.
"Yosh! But, while I still am not completely sure I'm strong enough to protect anyone, this is as good a time as ever." Naruto could see Tsunade smirk out of the corner of his eye. "You are going to help them as well, aren't you Naruto?" Naruto scratched the back of his head as he sighed.
"As long as Sakura doesn't hit me upside the head again." He turned to the pinkette, who seemed to give him a look of confusion. Naruto returned it with one of his own. Wasn't she going to hit him again? Just to prove she could?
"Well then, that's that!" Tsunade said putting her hands on her hips. "You heard the boy girl, go get the wagon ready! Go!" She shoed Sakura out of the bar, the pinkette still giving Naruto questioning looks. The moment the door closed, Tsunade turned to Naruto. "So you know her..." Naruto nodded.
"She's usually hitting me upside the head, mostly for just standing around her..." He suddenly gave Tsunade a serious look. "Has something happened to her?"
The buxom blonde sighed. "I'm not sure how close you two were, as it's obvious you aren't romantically involved, but...I'm afraid she's lost her memory. She can't remember anything but her name." Naruto stared at Tsunade in shock. He closed his eyes, taking slow breaths.
'That would explain why she's so nice now...'
"It's possible for her to get her memory back..." Tsunade started.
"No." Naruto interupted.
"Huh?"
Naruto looked to Tsunade. "Not alot of people liked her back in our home village. Maybe it's better this way."
Tsunade glared at Naruto. "That's a really cruel thing to say. You sure it's not for your own liking?" Naruto glared right back at her.
"That's not it. Back in Ordon village, she NEVER would have cared for anyone other than herself, let alone a complete stranger." Naruto turned to the girl on the bed before walking over to her. She was dressed ornerately, like Royalty. "So this is princess Haku..."
"You know this child?" Tsunade asked in surprise. Naruto shook his head.
"No. I met her mother before she died. She asked me to help her." He turned back to Tsunade. "That's one of the reasons I'm here."
"And the other?" Tsunade asked, curious. Naruto pointed towards the door.
"To bring her back home to her dad. I've already gotten the other children to Kakariko. Sasori, the Shaman you're talking about, is watching over them." Naruto then grinned. "He owes me a favor, and it's time he repayed it." Naruto's eyes squinted like a fox as he smiled, giving Tsunade the impression that she had met this boy before.
"What's your name again?" She asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto thumped his fist against his chest.
"And I am Rock Lee!" He saluted to Tsunade. The buxom blonde smiled.
"Thanks you two." She picked up Haku before turning to the back door. "Now let's get going!" She cheered as she closed the door behind her.
"Naruto," Lee started, blushing.
"Yeah?" Naruto stopped in front of the door, turning to look at Lee.
"Is it true you are not in a relationship with Sakura-san?" Naruto stared at Lee in confusion.
"Yeeahhh...and?"
"So...does that mean I have a chance?" He asked with hope in his voice.
"Hell no." Naruto deadpanned, causing Lee to sulk his head in disappointment. "But who knows." Lee looked back up at Naruto. "Maybe if you impress this Sakura, she might say yes. If it was the old Sakura, you wouldn't stand a chance." Lee suddenly jumped up in excitement.
"YOSH! I WILL DO MY BEST!" The martial-artist smiled happily.
"Oh, and before I forget, you might want to kill the bowl-cut." Naruto pointed to Lee's hair.
"Huh? Why?"
"Whether she's forgotten her memory or not, she'd freak if she saw you in daylight with that style of haircut. Try a different look." Naruto said walking out the door.
"A different hairstyle?" Lee pondered as he walked out the door, Tsunade's pet cat watching after the two warriors, having watched the blonde swordsman very closely.
"So the Western bridge is gone, huh? That means we'll have to take the Eastern bridge." Tsunade said looking over to the bridge, where a giant pig-like creature rode on a boar patrolling the bridge. "You know what that means, right?" She turned to the boys. "That means that you two will have to beat THAT thing." She said pointing to the monster, carefully watching the two boys' reactions. Naruto merely nodded while a pony-tailed Lee slapped his face twice before nodding.
The buxom blonde smiled. The gods must have been smiling on them. Or maybe not, as Naruto slapped Lee upside the back of the head, yelling at his hair style.
Naruto sat on Epona while Rock Lee stood on the ground next to him and the wagon.
"Like this Naruto?" Lee asked, looking up at the blonde swordsman.
"HELL NO! And how the hell did you do that so fast?" Naruto asked, looking at the mohawk-style hair that Lee had given himself in the short amount of time that had passed.
"I am very fast!" Lee smiled. "But this one's a no-go, huh?" Lee put a hand to his chin in thought.
"Thank you very much." A voice said, catching Naruto's attention. The blonde turned to Sakura, who sat in the back of the wagon. "I don't know who you are, but I can't thank you enough. Please, can you tell me your name?"
Naruto stared at Sakura before reminding himself that she had lost her memory.
"My name is Naruto." He smiled. Sakura's eyes widened as she stared at the smiling blonde.
"Naruto?" She spoke, almost shocked. "I will never in all of my life forget your kindness Naruto." She said smiling, her eyes watering. Naruto quickly turned away. It felt wierd seeing Sakura nearly cry in joy over something he did. It was usually tears of misery over him screwing something up for her.
"Y-yeah...don't worry about it." Naruto scratched his nose in embarassment. He then turned to Lee, who had somehow gone back to a bowl-cut. "One, you're really starting to freak me out with how you're doing that," Lee smiled brightly. "And two, I'll take care of the bridge guy. Make sure these guys stay safe."
"Are you sure Naruto?" Lee asked, worried about the swordsman.
"Yeah. I think I have a bone to pick with this guy..." Naruto said as he suddenly yelled out, "HAH!" setting Epona into a light gallop.
"You THINK?" Lee called out to him in confusion. Naruto reached the bridge, the Bulblin King grinning on the other side of the bridge.
"Soo, I hear that you're the one who bested one of my old flunkies? Gaara?" He cackled.
"So you're the one who sent him to kidnap Inari." Naruto growled at the monster riding a boar.
"So what's your name, twerp?"
"It's Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto." The blonde dismounted Epona before starting out at a light jog towards the King Bulblin, his arms falling behind him as he picked up speed. The monster merely laughed as he kicked his boar into a charge.
At the start of the bridge, Tsunade stared at the blonde in shock. "What are you doing you idiot!" Her eyes widened as a puff of smoke appeared next to the blonde, another copy of himself appearing from the cloud. She gasped as she saw an image appear in front of her.
Naruto charged at Tsunade, having had it when she had insulted the Third and Fourth Hokages. She had already flicked him in the forehead, sending him flying backwards. The blonde had glared at his hand before closing his eyes. When he shot them back open, he was glaring fiercely at her.
"HAAAAAHH!" Naruto suddenly started charging at Tsunade, a blue sphere appearing in his hands.
"Thats-!" Tsunade gasped as Naruto started creating a spiral sphere in-between his hands.
King Bulbin stared in shock as the swordsman he hit disappeared in a puff of smoke. The other Naruto burst through the smoke, a spiral wave of chakra in his left hand.
"That's-!" Tsunade stared in awe as Naruto slammed the sphere into King Bulblin's chest.
"RASENGAN!"
BOOM!
Naruto clenched his hand as King Bulbin was blasted off into the distance. Epona trotted up to him, prompting Naruto to smile at the horse before climbing into the saddle and watching the boar start running after its space-sent master.
"Just what kind of swordsman are you?" Tsunade asked as the wagon pulled up to Naruto, Lee jogging to keep up. The blonde gave a foxy smile, his shadow blushing lightly as it giggled.
"I'm a swordsman with 'benefits'" Naruto cackled. The group started off again, Naruto keeping an eye out for anymore enemies that would come out before the sun set. He could feel his mind slipping a little bit, flashing back to before he entered Hyrule Market.
~Flashback~
Naruto slumped to the castle town, his left hand still shaking as he could still feel phantom throbs of pain coursing through it. Lanayru had healed it just fine, but he couldn't get the image of Sasuke breaking his wrist so easily out of his mind. Before, Naruto could keep an even fight with Sasuke, but quickly got better than him. ALOT better than him. Now, even after Naruto had started learning some of his Ninjutsu again, Sasuke had grown more powerful still. Just what in the world had he been doing since then?
"Sasuke..."
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP ABOUT HIM ALREADY!" His shadow suddenly shouted, causing the blonde to jump. "Sasuke Sasuke Sasuke! That's all I've been hearing you mumble for the past two hours!" She glared at the blonde, who glared right back at her.
"So you're saying I should start saying 'Midna' every few seconds?" The question had caught her off gaurd, causing her to merely gape like a fish, trying to make a comeback response. Naruto didn't have to wait for a comeback response, as an echo-like panting sound reached his ears. Turning in front of him, Naruto found the golden wolf once more.
"Huh? Hey, you're that..." The wolf suddenly jumped at Naruto, making the blonde shield his eyes.
When Naruto could see again, he could hear panting. The wolf suddenly howled up into the sky, another flash of light blinding him. When Naruto pulled his arm down, he could see Jiriaya and the blonde guy whom he had first met standing in front of him.
"Ah! Jiriaya! Good to see you again sensei!" The blonde smiled to his teacher.
"Ah! Minato! So that's how this place works." He nodded his head in understanding.
"Pervy Sage? What's going on?" Naruto asked, confused as to how BOTH of them appeared. He thought he was just going to meet up with the blonde-haired guy. Jiriaya and Minato smiled at Naruto.
"It's time for you to work on the next two phases of your training. We'll have a little more time this time around." Jiriaya smiled.
"First, Naruto, I want you to show me how much you've improved since we last saw you." Minato smiled.
"Create as many Shadow Clones as you can. Got it?" Jiriaya said, waiting for the result of Naruto's training. The blonde swordsman nodded before pulling his hands into the cross-shaped handsign.
"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"
A large cloud of smoke erupted in the small, fog covered field. The explosion of smoke cleared away the fog, revealing a grassy plain filled with Narutos. Jiriaya and Minato looked around, smiling at Naruto's progress.
"Good. Excellent!"
"THAT'S MY BOY!" Minato clenched his fist, crying tears of joy. Every Naruto there suddenly had a light of recognition go off in their heads.
"Wait...you mean that you're my..."
Minato smiled. "Of course! You mean you don't remember me? I'm the one who gave you your name! Of course I'm your father!" Naruto's lip quivered. He knew that Rusl had found him, but to meet his dad...
THWACK!
"Saw that one coming." Jiriaya said non-chalantly as Minato dropped to the ground, holding his stomach.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU ABANDON ME? HUH?" Naruto glared at Minato as all the Narutos around started cracking their knuckles.
"Calm down Naruto, at least hear him out." Jiriaya said calmly. The blondes calmed, momentarily. The real Naruto nodded his head, waiting to hear his dad's answer.
"You may not know it Naruto," Minato gasped as his stomach still spasmed in pain. That was a good punch. " but you've been called here by the Triforce."
"The Triforce? You mean those Sacred Triangle thingies that Rusl talked about all the time?" Naruto asked, confused. Minato nodded, chuckling lightly.
"Yes, those 'sacred triangle thingies', called you from another life. Your original life, which is where you first learned all of your jutsu. It wasn't until after you had become Hokage, your life-long dream, that you fell into a deep sleep. I met you in your psyche, along with the Kyuubi, and we even talked about it."
Naruto looked at him with great confusion. "Wait, isn't the Kyuubi that Nine-tailed fox? The red, prissy one?" Jiriaya burst out laughing.
"That would be him." He chuckled.
"The Kyuubi had been used as a medium for one of the godesses to enter our world." Minato began again. "She had come, asking you for help. I'll take it you don't remember." Naruto shook his head no. "I thought so."
"She had said that there was trouble in the land of Hyrule. Now I personally have never been there..." Jiriaya said before turning to Minato. "But 'ol warp-boy here has." Minato glared at Jiriaya for the nickname.
"It was a teleportation spell gone wrong. I was still finishing up my Hiraishin, my Flying Thunder God technique, and I was teleported around quite alot... I had met one of the godesses in a forest, playing a harp. She immediately went on gaurd, saying I 'wasn't from this world'. Apparently she was a sort of keeper of Time or something. I tried to explain where I was from, and she actually believed me. That's how she knew to come and find me. But since I was kinda dead..."
"She asked me to help..." Naruto said, completing his train of thought. Minato nodded.
"I have never seen a person accept a request for help so quickly." He then smiled at the blushing Naruto.
"But wait!" Naruto suddenly turned to Minato. "What about all those moves I've learned? The Great Hurricane spin! and all of my sword techniques! I've used attacks that Rusl hadn't even thought of at times!" Naruto asked, confused.
"I told you, you've been called by the Triforce to help this place. Anyone a godess has touched is granted amazing powers. Just look at your left hand." Naruto did as his father told him, and stared at the set of three golden triangles that appeared on his left hand. The bottom left one seemed to glow a brighter yellow than any other triangle. "That's the hand she took before she warped you here. She also told me that we would be able to help you when you came here, but said that you would be losing most of your memories."
"So it would then be our job to help you remember who you REALLY are." Jiriaya finished.
"Who I really am..." Naruto said slowly, trying to take all of this in.
"Yes. You are Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage of The Village Hidden in the Leaves." Jiriaya said proudly. Naruto smiled, feeling a warmth blossom inside of his chest. As if he had fulfilled a dream that he had always had.
"Now, since you know who you are, it's time for you to get some OTHER memories back. Namely, of your next two jutsu." Minato smiled.
"Minato will show you how to do the Rasengan, but I'm going to show you it's improved version afterwards. Who knows, you might even get to see your NEXT improvement if you find another Memorial Stone." Jiraiya smiled as Minato bent into a crouch.
"But first Naruto, let's see how good you REALLY are." He smiled. Naruto sweated lightly. He may have an army of himself, but if what the screaming at the back of his mind was telling him, fighting a Hokage was NOT going to be easy.
"HEADS UP NARUTO!"
Naruto snapped out of his flashback. He turned to see that the sun had already gone down, and that Lee started running ahead of the group.
"Lee?" Naruto called out, before Lee suddenly jumped up onto a cliff, releasing a flurry of punches on a hapless Bulblin. Naruto quickly turned around, pulling out his bow and arrow before launching a series of arrows at the quickly approaching group of bulblins.
THOCK!
THWACK!
THOCK!
"LEE!" Sakura shouted. Naruto turned to see Lee get hit back, before suddenly disappearing. Naruto's eyes widened as another image flashed before his eyes. He saw Gaara getting smashed up into the air, courtesy of Lee opening one of the inner gates.
Lee smashed his foot up into the air, sending the Bulblin up before Lee appeared behind it.
"Kagebuyo, shadow of the dancing leaf!" Naruto exclaimed, surprised he even knew the name of the move. Lee grabbed the monster before he began spinning rapidly towards the rocky ground, but let go of his opponent as he careened to the ground. An explosion of rocks blasted up, smashing other bulblins around the impact. Unfortunately, a stray rock flew towards the wagon. "SHIT!" Naruto wasn't fast enough to stop the flying rock.
WHAM!
Lee appeared before the wagon, smashing the rock to pieces with his fist. "Do not worry, Sakura san, I will not let any harm come to you! Not while I can still move! I swear it!" Sakura stared at Lee in shock before he disappeared again. Naruto smiled from his seat on Epona before turning back to the enemies at hand.
The group had cleared the first field with little trouble, as everytime a fire arrow hit the wagon, Naruto would pull out the Gale Boomerang and put out the fires. Aside from a few arrows hitting the wagon, nothing had actually happened that would injure anyone. Naruto looked back at Lee as they stood at the start of the last field. He could see the entrance to Kakariko village on the other side, but Lee looked winded. He was sweating heavily, and looked like he was ready to flop at any second.
"Lee, stay in the wagon with Sakura for awhile." Naruto said to the Martial-Artist. Lee shook his head in refusal.
"No, I promised I would protect Sakura with my life. I cannot just sit and rest while you are protecting them."
"LEE!" Naruto yelled at the boy, causing him to flinch. "Listen, I'm not saying don't do anything! You've been a great help so far, but if you try to run this last field as you are now, you're going to pass out! All I'm saying is stay with Sakura and Haku for awhile, rest, and when you stop gasping for air, come back out to help." He then turned to Sakura. "And make sure he's okay to move again before he jumps out of the wagon, all right?"
Sakura slowly nodded as Lee sighed. "Don't worry Lee." Naruto said smirking to Lee. "I told you, I'm a swordsman with benefits. I can make things happen that you would never dream of. All right?" Lee nodded as he climbed into the wagon, blushing at Sakura's constant staring.
"Your hair..." She started, causing Lee to flinch. "It looks good. It suits you." She smiled. Lee blinked before looking at a small mirror that Tsunade had in the back of the wagon. He had been fighting so much that his bowl-cut had gotten messy, giving him a wild martial-artist kind of look. (The hairstyle he had when he was first a Genin. Before he got his bowl-cut)
"Th-thank you!" Lee bowed to Sakura, who started fretting over him bowing to her.
"Y-you don't have to bow to me!" She fumbled. Outside, Naruto grinned as he pulled up to Tsunade.
"We're almost there..." She said smiling before turning to Naruto. "You and that boy are truly courageous. I just wish there were more soldiers like you two." Naruto merely smiled before looking out to the field.
"I'll go on ahead. The field is going to be filled with those monsters riding boars." He then turned to Tsunade, smirking. "And keep an eye on those two in the back if you can." He said in a louder voice than before, knowing they heard him. Tsunade smirked as she looked back and saw Sakura and Lee looking in opposite directions, blushes on their faces.
"Don't worry about them." She smirked. Naruto nodded before he pulled Epona away from the group. A fair distance out, Naruto put his hands in his famous Cross-shaped handsign.
"MULTI SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" He shouted. Hundreds of Narutos appeared, creating a long wall of blondes between the wagon and the awaiting bulblins. "LET'S GO GUYS!" Naruto shouted, rushing Epona forward as his clones ran alongside him.
YEAH!
Tsunade smiled as she whipped the reigns of the horse. "LET'S GO!"
Countless explosions occured, some white, others black and orange. The Narutos would kill one bulblin, but get shot in the back by another bulblin's arrow, who would then get hammered by either a Rasengan or a sword slash.
"There's just no end to these guys!" One of the Narutos said, quickly kicking a bulblin in the face. Another bulblin killed him before pouncing on a Naruto who had his back turned. The clone suddenly shot a foot backwards, smashing the bulblin up into the air. Four other Narutos smashed it higher and higher up into the air, shouting
"U!"
"ZU!"
"MA!"
"KI!" Before one last Naruto, a good twenty feet up in the air, started spinning rapidly before slamming his foot down onto the bulblin's head.
"NARUTO RENDAN!"
BOOM!
A set of Bulblins lined up, knocking back arrows before the leader suddenly started growling and hissing, suddenly waving it's hand forward causing the line to release the set of Fire Arrows. Dozens of puffs of smoke erupted from the field, mostly white, but there were some black and orange puffs that were created. The real Naruto, who was still riding Epona, glared at the line as his clones disappeared in puffs of white smoke. More Narutos charged after the line, which didn't have enough time to light more arrows as the wave of orange stampeded towards them.
The rally of going back and forth continued, when Naruto suddenly heard his name called.
"Here comes some back-up!" Tsunade called out, Rock Lee running out and into the battlefield.
"YOSH! IT'S TIME FOR ME TO HELP OUT AGAIN!" Lee shouted as he suddenly disappeared in a blur of speed, a tornado of dust appearing around seven bulblins that had been thrown off of their boars. The real Naruto grinned at the dust tornado before quickly snapping his head to the side, dodging an arrow before kicking Epona into another run. Slashing enemies left and right, Naruto grinned. Things were going well, and at this rate, they'd be the victors!
"KYYYAAAAA!"
Naruto and Lee stopped dead in their tracks before turning to the Wagon, where Tsunade was fighting off some stray Bulblins and Sakura was getting dragged away from the wagon, getting hit a few times before she was dragged further away.
"SAKURA!" Lee shouted with righteous fury in his eyes before starting to run to her aid, but was quickly blocked by numerous bulblins. "OUT OF MY WAY!" Lee roared as he charged into the mob.
Naruto was busy fighting a set of enemies of his own before getting an idea. Naruto summoned more clones before beginning to chuck them towards Tsunade and her enemies, some clones closing their arms and legs to their bodies, acting as human missles and smashing into bulblins and giving Tsunade time to get back onto the wagon. Others merely landed near her, jumping into the wagon and beating any bulblin that tried to enter it.
WHAM!
Naruto looked behind him to see Lee, battered and bruised, come to a skidding stop behind him.
"NO! I have to get through!" He grit his teeth before a hand gripped his shoulder. Lee looked up to see Naruto smirking.
"Need a hand? Or two?" Lee nodded his head. "All right then!" Naruto grabbed Lee's hand before beginning to spin him around in a circle. As Naruto's spinning picked up speed, his left hand started glowing, the yellow triangle shining brightly in the dark.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Naruto shouted as he suddenly rocketed Lee towards the mob, causing an explosion of black and orange to erupt. When the dust cleared from having thrown Lee, Naruto stared at the martial-artist in shock. His skin had turned red! Lee suddenly snapped his head towards Sakura's kidnapper, who suddenly was quite pale. The martial artist suddenly disappeared before a loud shockwave erupted from the Bulblin's chest, sending it careening off into a mountain on the other side of the field.
"Woah..." Naruto said, staring at Lee in shock. It was like he had opened the inner gates!
Wait, what were those again?
Lee himself seemed shocked at his own strength before he quickly shook his head. He then turend to the pinkette, picking Sakura up and vanishing over to the wagon. He put her inside before grabbing Naruto, Epona, Tsunade and the wagon's horse and putting THEM inside of the wagon too.
"LEE?" Naruto looked down at the Martial-Artist as he suddenly lifted up the wagon.
"Naruto, I do not know what happened, but I've been given immense strength! However, I fear it is starting to disappear! So I will use every bit of my power to get all of you across the field!" Lee suddenly took off running at the same speed he had been running before the power surge had hit him. Naruto, Sakura and Tsunade all stared at the boy in shock as the mountains got closer and closer. Naruto suddenly moved to the back of the wagon, pulling out his bow and arrow and watching for any more bulblins that tried to come after them. He could see them staring after them, holding each other up and trying to get back on their boars.
Unsurprisingly, no one came after them.
Naruto walked out of the hotel that was once again being used as a nursery, this time for both Haku and Rock Lee, who had passed out once the power surge had disappeared. Naruto leaned against the rail, staring at his left hand which thrummed with a small burst of power.
'Was it the Triforce?' Naruto thought, trying to figure out Lee's power surge. The door suddenly opened, revealing Sasori. "How are they?"
"They are both doing fine. But the boy..."
"What about Lee?" Naruto asked, worried about his friend's condition. Sasori shook his head.
"I've never seen it before. He's slowly recovering, but at the same time, his muscles are improving, his lung capacity is greatly expanding..." Sasori shook his head. "It's just amazing," Naruto looked back at his hand. Did the Triforce do that to Lee? But when did it happen? Naruto's eyes widened in understanding. He had thought he saw a glow when he had spun Lee around and launching him at the Bulblin mob.
"So...what about the princess?" Naruto asked, now relieved about his friend. Sasori smiled.
"She will be fine."
"And Sakura?" Naruto asked finally.
"Although she has lost her memory, she will make a full recovery." Sasori shook his head. "Memory loss is very...complicated. It's will be up to her if she can remember or not. But I will do everything I can to help her." The door suddenly opened, revealing Inari, Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon.
"Naruto...what's wrong with Sakura?" Moegi asked, worried about the girl.
"Yeah! She's suddenly really nice! And she doesn't remember us!" Konohamaru crossed his arms.
"I demand an explenation." Udon stated. Naruto nodded to them before watching Sasori heading down towards the springs.
"Guys, I don't really know how it happened, but when I found Sakura, that lady in there told me she had lost her memory. I don't know if it was because she got hit in the head, or she got really scared and just wanted to forget about it, and actually did it, but she doesn't remember ANY of us. Not even her dad..."
"WHAT?" They all shouted, causing a head to look down at them through the window.
"Yeah, Sakura doesn't remember anything. And I know it's wierd seeing her act nice, but...treat her like the friend you've always had, alright? She's still scared over what's been happening lately." The group of children looked at each other before turning to Naruto and nodding their heads.
"All right. So she didn't hit your or nothing?" Konohamaru asked. Naruto shook his head.
"And it'll be nice not to get hit in the head for awhile." Naruto grinned, his eyes squinting like a fox. "And guys, I want you to give Lee this when he wakes up, alright?" Naruto said handing Inari a small letter.
"The guy with the funny eyebrows?" Moegi asked.
"Yeah. He helped us get across the fields, and he's really strong. He actually lifted up the wagon with me, Epona, Sakura and those other two girls in it! That's why he passed out." Naruto smiled as the kids gave him both shocked and disbelieving looks. They all said goodnight to Naruto as they went inside, Tsunade coming out. Naruto was staring up at the moon again, lifting up his hand and watching it, wondering if the Triforce would appear on top of his glove again.
It didn't.
"You two were amazing. You've given hope back to that girl and the princess." She smiled as she looked up, winking at the pink head sticking out the window, which disappeared in a flash.
"Still," Naruto started, looking back up at the moon. "There are more monsters out there, and until I destroy ALL of them, I won't be able to get the kids home safely. We barely got here intact. And it was mostly thanks to Lee." Tsunade suddenly slapped him on the back of the head.
"Lighten up! You've got to give yourself more credit!" She laughed. Naruto turned around, and froze as his head came pretty close to pervert's paradise. He could have sworn he heard Jiriaya howling in happiness in the back of his mind before Naruto quickly looked back up at Tsunade, hoping she wouldn't slug him. Luckily for him, her eyes were elsewhere. He gave a silent sigh of relief before turning to where she was looking.
"Well, I got some things to do." Tsunade said as she walked around Naruto, who was making a choking face as he saw who Tsunade was looking at. He quickly got rid of the face as Tsunade spun around. "And Naruto, if you ever need help, you just come down to my bar. There's a group of fighters just like you and Lee that I'd like you to meet. All right?" Naruto nodded to her, and lightly blushed as she winked at him. "Take care Naruto." She then trotted after the red-haired shaman. Naruto again started making choking faces, acting like he was going to puke at the sight of the blonde flirting with the Shaman.
"Still acting childish I see." A voice giggled behind Naruto, causing him to jump in fright.
"Who the-? Oh, Koyuki! Wh-what a surprise! Eheheheh..." Naruto scratched the back of his head nervously as Koyuki gave him a knowing look. She then looked up to the room Haku was sleeping in before turning back to Naruto.
"Follow me."
Naruto watched the ghost in confusion as she suddenly started floating away before he started following after her.
Naruto followed Koyuki through the graveyard until he came upon a stone that had a strange crest on it. He walked over to it before it suddenly glowed bright blue and vanished.
"Eheheheh...creepy." Naruto said, shivering lightly as his face paled a bit. He crawled through the hole behind the rock and found himself in a small grove filled with water. The sun started to rise, casting a beautiful glow over the grove. "Oh wow..." Naruto looked around in amazement. He then saw Koyuki standing over by a gravestone, so diving into the water, Naruto swam over to the gravestone. Climbing out of the water, Naruto walked over to the grave where Koyuki stood, looking at the small gravestone.
"This is my husband's grave. He asked to be buried here, where our ancestors have always been buried." She then turned to Naruto. "It's a good thing you brought Haku to Kakariko. The Zoras have a long and friendly past with this place." She then back to the gravestone, which suddenly moved away from Naruto, revealing a set of blue armor. "This is the armor the Zoras created for the legendary hero chosen by the gods. With it, you can breath underwater."
"Wow! Really?" Naruto looked at Koyuki in excitement. The ghost smiled at him before finally saying,
"Thank you Naruto, for rescuing Haku in her hour of need. Now I can finally join Ralis and my husband in the other world. Goodbye Naruto, and give my thanks to Rusl, for raising such a fine child." She smiled happily, tears running down her face as she disappeared.
The blonde stood in the grove by himself, wiping his eyes before picking up the armor.
"Your welcome, lady Koyuki." Naruto then grinned. "TIME TO TRY THIS THING OUT!" He took off his sword and shield before he took off the top of his tunic and the mesh-shirt. He was just about to change the rest of the tunic, before he heard a giggle. The blonde's face suddenly went crimson, steam coming out of his ears before he quickly said.
"MIDNA! SOME PRIVACY PLEASE!"
"And who says you get THAT?" She giggled perversly.
"MIDNA!"
"All right all right." She giggled as she popped out of his shadow and turning away, Naruto quickly trying to change, but not without catching a few quick glances from Midna.
Kenta: Obviously this is THE longest chapter I have written for this story, and my wrists are killing me. So I'm going to take it easy for awhile, as college is going to start within the next two weeks for me.
Hope you guys liked how I got Lee into here, and before you guys say anything about Lee using chakra, he didn't. He won't be able to go Inner Gates unless Naruto's power goes into him, v.i.a. the Triforce. And I don't plan on having him come back in for awhile. At least, not until I start doing some side-quests, which won't happen until AFTER Naruto gets the Master Sword. For those of you who are wondering what Naruto's note said, it was basically stick around and watch the Ordon children.
Sorry if most of you don't like the whole LeeXSaku thing, but you can't say that's the pairing, Lee's just always been that way. :P
Hope my explenation of Naruto coming to Hyrule made even a SHRED of sense, as I'm still not very good at explaining origins. Naruto WAS the Hokage, as I'm doing this AFTER the whole Naruto series is over, that way things can still go somewhat along with the manga. As for Naruto's dream, hope you guys read Naruto online, cuz I'm going to be bringing some of the stuff from there into this story, such as Nine-tails Mode. Which, might I say, is freaking AWESOME! :D
Kenta Raikiri
