"Un, dude, what's with the get-up?" Deidara asked, leaning against his store's counter. Naruto looked down, wiggling the flipper-like boots he was wearing.
"Some magical armor. Why? Jealous?" Naruto grinned cockily.
"AS. IF." Deidara shook his head.
"So why did you call me over?" Naruto asked. He quickly wondered if it was a good thing or a bad thing he had said that, as Deidara's face got really creepily happy.
"I'VE GOT THE GREATEST INVENTION EVER!" He proclaimed happily.
"YOU'VE GOT INSTANT RAMEN THAT'S ALREADY HOT THE MOMENT YOU OPEN IT? YOU ROCK DEIDARA!" Naruto cheered.
"What? FUCK NO!"
"YOU DON'T? WELL THEN SCREW YOU!" Naruto flipped the bird at the blonde.
"WHAT? DON'T INSULT MY ART! THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD THAT CAN BEAT IT!"
"ARE YOU DEAF? RAMEN CAN BEAT THAT CRAP HANDS DOWN!"
"HELL NO! HOW THE HELL CAN RAMEN BEAT ART?"
"CAN YOU EAT ART?"
"IN SOME CASES, YES! BUT I DON'T SUGGEST EATING MY ART!"
"THEN YOUR ART SUCKS!"
Inari, Moegi and Sakura all watched the bomb shop bounce up and down as the two blondes continued their shouting match while Konohamaru tried fighting Lee, saying he wasn't so tough.
"Wow, they sure are energetic..." Sakura said, amazed at how the building was actually jumping up and down like in a cartoon.
"Of course! Never defy Naruto's ramen rights." Inari laughed as Konohamaru went somersaulting behind them.
"Last time Chouji and Naruto had a shouting match, I heard all of Asuma's livestock ran straight to the barn, meaning Naruto didn't have to round them up." Moegi giggled.
"Naruto's a ranch-hand?" Sakura suddenly asked, curious. Moegi looked at her, shocked that she had forgotten. She would see him everytime he went home!
"Yeah!" Inari said, giving Moegi a look. "Naruto works at Asuma's ranch as a ranch hand. He's been doing it for years!" He saw the light of recognition go off in Moegi's eyes. Sakura hadn't gotten her memory back.
"But, I thought he was a swordsman?" Inari shook his head.
"No, Naruto learned swordsmanship from his, well, step-dad I guess. Rusl was the one who found Naruto by Ordon Springs."
"Wait, so you mean he has no parents?" Inari scratched the back of his head nervously.
"I don't know. Since I was born, Naruto's always lived by himself. I just know from my dad. He said he taught Naruto everything he knew about swordsmanship, and when Naruto was twelve, he moved out. He, my dad, Kakashi, Asuma and the mayor all helped him make a house of his own. I don't even KNOW about Epona..."
"His horse?" Sakura said looking at the horse. "It really is an amazing horse..." Inari and Moegi quickly gave each other a worried look. "But then again, she's Naruto's horse. I wonder if he'd let me ride her someday." She sighed as she saw herself riding the horse across grassy fields. Inari and Moegi each gave a sigh of relief.
WHUMP!
"OWOWOWOWW!" Konohamaru complained as he held the back of his head, rolling around on the ground.
"Ah! I am most sorry, Konohamaru-san, I did not mean to hurt you." Lee sweated lightly as he walked over to the boy who was now wearing a headband, as well as a scarf he had taken a liking too. It was Kankuro's scarf, but the boy didn't mind that Konohamaru was using it.
'It looks cool! Can I have it?' He had asked.
"This stinks! How in the world are you so strong?" Konohamaru pouted. Lee merely smiled as he looked at the bouncing bomb shop.
"I have trained every day since Naruto taught me to chase after my dream."
"Huh?" Konohamaru looked up at Lee.
"He taught me to keep chasing after my dream, and never lose sight of it." Lee then turned to Konohamaru. "It is because of him that I am as strong as I am now." Konohamaru blushed a little before cracking a grin.
"Yeah! Naruto's awesome!" He then jumped back up. "All right! Then I'm gonna spar with you everyday so that I can catch up to you and Naruto!"
"YOSH! LET YOUR YOUTHFUL TRAINING BEGIN!" Lee shouted, pumping his fist up into the air.
"Youthful?" Konohamaru tilted his head in confusion at the term. "But I'm only twelve! And what the heck are you talking about?"
Off in the distance, Kakashi suddenly sneezed loudly, causing a balanced Rusl to fall out of his meditative stance and into the water below.
"Kakashi! What the heck was with that sneeze?" The drenched Rusl shouted at the one-eyed, lazy brawler. The man rubbed his nose as he looked off into the distance, a cold chill running down his spine.
"I fear one of the children have gotten themselves into the worst kind of predicament ever..."
"What? But we know they're in Kakariko! We already know they're safe!"
"Yeah, but I don't mean danger predicament..." Kakashi felt pity for whoever had made him sneeze.
"Now WHAT in the hell did you call me over for..." A drenched Naruto glared at Deidara, his eye twitching rapidly.
"First of all, I TOLD YOU NOT TO LIGHT A BOMB IN MY SHOP!"
"THAT'S CUZ YOU WERE INSULTING RAMEN!" Deidara nearly started up another shouting match, but decided to be the mature one.
*Sigh* "Look at this." He pulled out a strange, blue-looking bomb.
"What is that, a freaking grenade?" Naruto looked at it un-interested.
"DAMN RIGHT IT IS! But more to the point, what do you know about bombs?"
"They go 'Boom'?"
"FOOL! THEY DON'T JUST GO 'Boom'! THEY CAN GO 'KA-BOOM!' OR 'KA-BLAM!' OR EVEN 'KA-BLAMARATOOIE!'"
"What the hell kinda bomb goes 'Ka-blamaratanie'?"
"YOU IDIOT! IT'S 'KA-BLAMARATOOIE!' NOT 'KA-BLAMARANIE!'"
"I SAID KA-...you know what, FORGET IT! JUST GET TO THE POINT!"
"What happens to a bomb you drop in the water?"
"The fuse goes out."
"YES! Now what would happen if you were able to keep the fuse lit underwater?" Deidara grinned maniacally.
"It...could go 'Ka-boom' underwater?" Naruto pieced out slowly.
"YES!"
"So...how the hell does this shark bomb work?" Naruto said picking it up and looking at it.
"You light all of the fuses and the water won't be able to wipe out all of the fuses!" Deidara grinned proudly.
"AWESOME!" Naruto shouted before stopping. "Wait a minute...what if you can't light all of the fuses in time?"
"Then you're screwed." Deidara said blankly.
"WHAT?" Naruto then had another revelation. "Wait, even if you light all of the fuses, the water will still put it out..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"You're an idiot...you know that?" Naruto glared at Deidara.
"SHUT UP! I'LL JUST FIX IT!"
"Have you even TESTED it before?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Hoo boy..." Naruto slapped his face.
"You humans are idiots..." Midna deadpanned.
"WHO THE HELL SAID THAT?" Deidara shrieked like a girl.
"The godess of Intelligence." Midna said grinning from Naruto's shadow.
"Goddess...of Intelligence..." Naruto snorted, immediately feeling Midna glaring at him.
"Why not just use a waterproof fuse?" Midna grinned as Naruto and Deidara suddenly had blank looks.
"THAT'S IT!" Deidara shouted in joy as he started working on a revision of the bomb. Midna appeared next to Naruto as the two saw sparks flying up around Deidara. She gave Naruto the smuggest grin he had ever seen.
"Aww shut it." Naruto said glaring at a corner of the shop, folding his hands behind his head. Midna was about to poke him some more when she realized something.
"Wait, he has enough trouble with fire, but with bombs all around him and sparks flying everywhere, doesn't that mean that it'll probably start a-
FZZZZZT!
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Deidara looked behind him. "Huh?
KABLAMARATOOIE!
"DEIDARA YOU'RE AN IDIOT!" Naruto shouted as they flew away from the village towards Goron Mountain.
-In the Twilight Realm-
Uchiha Sasuke stared up at the cieling of his room, silently pondering the recent events.
"Naruto..." Sasuke growled as he looked at his hand in silent thought.
'Naruto roared at Sasuke before charging at him again, slashing at him rapidly. Sasuke merely dodged all of the blows before Naruto jumped up into the air, swinging his sword down with every bit of Chakra-enhanced strength he could muster.
CLANG!
Naruto's eyes widened in shock, while Sasuke merely smirked.
"I told you, Naruto," Sasuke said, the blade resting in his hand. "You can't beat me at your level."'
"That loser..." Sasuke growled at the deep gash on his hand, the image of a red-eyed Naruto charging at him flashing in his mind. "To think he's changed this much...if he really does get stronger..." The black-haired Twilight dweller clenched his gashed hand before he stood up. He picked up the black and red cloak he was given and walked outside where a tall figure stood, a silver helmet on his head.
"Sasuke, it is not like you to fail a mission." He spoke.
Sasuke merely grunted as he put on the cloak.
"But seeing as you encountered Midna, I will overlook this small, failure." Sasuke shivered lightly. This man...was the same as when he first met him.
"What's the matter, pathetic human?" A silver helmet-wearing man asked, bending down over the beaten Sasuke.
"What the hell does it look like ass-hole? I got thrashed!" Sasuke growled as he tried to stand up, failing to do so and flopping back onto the ground.
"I can see that. But why do you do so? It was one against four, you couldn't possibly win. Not with YOUR puny strength."
"SHUT UP!" Sasuke glared up at the man, a tint of orange in his eyes. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU GIVE A DAMN FOR ANYWAY?" He glared harder at him as he slowly stood up. "Did you just come to laugh at me?" The man stood silent as the image of a feiry spirit flared behind Sasuke. "DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME! I DESPISE PEOPLE WHO LOOK DOWN ON ME!" Sasuke roared as he charged at the man.
THWACK!
"Ohooooo~. It seems that there are still remnants of the old tribes here..." The man chuckled darkly as Sasuke tried to sit back up. The black-haired boy gasped as a hand was extended to him. "Do want power?"
"What?" Sasuke asked in confusion.
"Do you seek strength to punish those who look down upon you?" The mouthpiece of the mask, a giant silver tongue, suddenly opened up, revealing sharp, fang-like teeth that stretched into a creepy smile. "I can give you it, if you but only follow me."
Sasuke glared at the man for a moment before grasping his hand. "Give it to me..."
"Very well." The man suddenly pulled out a small, black and orange daimond-like object.
"What the hell is that?" Sasuke clenched the hand he was shaking, but before he could even blink, the hand that was holding the daimond-like object was slammed into his forehead, the twilight shard being implanted into him. Sasuke's body suddenly began flailing wildly, choking and hacking as saliva dripped from his mouth.
"Gh-ack!" Sasuke began convulsing, one hand clutching his chest, the other somehow still gripping the stranger's hand.
"That, is a Twilight Shard. With it, your latent talents will be awakened." After a few minutes Sasuke began to calm down, his breathing returning to normal. He looked at his hands, clenching them and un-clenching them. After a few moments, the man suddenly asked, "How do you feel?"
Sasuke merely started laughing, standing up as if he hadn't been injured in the slightest. "AMAZING!" He looked back down at his hands with wide, excited eyes. "I can feel the power flowing through me!" He clenched his hands tightly.
"And that is only the beginning." The man smirked. "If you follow my instructions, and do as I say, you will be rewarded with a new power, each stronger than the last." Sasuke grinned in excitement.
'That loser will pay for what he's done to me!'
"But should you fail me..." Sasuke suddenly shivered, quickly looking back at the man. "The punishment will be harsh. I will tell you this now; I do NOT under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES tolerate failure. Should you fail me, you will know the ways of torture first-hand."
Sasuke shivered before nodding his head. The helmet-wearing man turned around before opening a portal, and merely said. "Follow me."
"Wait!" Sasuke shouted, causing the man to stop. "Who are you?"
The man turned around and smiled. "I am..."
"Zant, master of the Twilight Realm, I have come for more training. I must get stronger if I want to defeat the one the traitor is with." Sasuke said getting on one knee and bowing his head to his master.
"Ohohohoho, so HE is the one who gave you that gash. It would not happen to be that Naruto fellow you have sworn to kill, is it?"
Sasuke was silent, causing Zant to erupt in a high-pitch laughter.
"Very well. I shall train you again." He turned around. "But you should know, I do not hold back easily." Sasuke smirked as he discarded the cloak and overshirt he was wearing, revealing a well-toned body, having been trained for two years straight.
"Yes master." Sasuke took a deep breath as he glared up at Zant, the many scars implanted onto his back glowing orange. "I know very well how harsh you can be." He said before the two disappeared.
"I swear I'm going to kill that guy..." Naruto glared forward as he rode Epona towards Lake Hylia.
"Hey, at least you landed in the hotsprings." Midna pointed out as she floated next to the galloping horse.
"Didn't help since I landed next to him..." Naruto shuddered. "That guy is just creepy."
"What? He just likes you!" Midna giggled.
"Just in the most gay-ish way THERE EVER WAS!" Naruto shuddered at the memory. "Freaky Gorons...always wanting to hug or something..." Naruto shivered.
Kenta: And thus, Sasuke's past is revealed!
...Sort of.
Another filler chapter in-between the main quest and stuff, this time going over Sasuke's past and how he and Zant met. I keep thinking of Akira Himekawa's extras in Four Swords Adventures for some reason. It has some comics over what Shadow Link does while he's at the Palace of Winds. He starts blogging and doing stuff, and for some reason I keep thinking of Sasuke and Zant doing some stupid things, like ordering pizza and getting Rock Lee as the delivery boy. No idea WHERE in the hell some of these ideas come from, just some random Omake's I can't help but think up.
Maybe It's time I put up another one...
...maybe next chapter. XD
(Akira Himekawa is the artist duo who created the Legend of Zelda Manga books)
Chapter Notes:
1.) Holy cow, this chapter has given me so much trouble. At first, I couldn't figure out what to do after Naruto started heading for Lake Hylia. It wasn't 'Deidara blows them up and then Sasuke side-story' at first, it was 'Deidara makes them go boom and then Naruto goes to Lake Hylia'. I kept trying to think of what to put next, but I couldn't think of anything. After spending a week trying to figure it out, with no success, I just decided to start worrying about college. Then, today, I finally figured out where to go next, and fixed around the scenes.
Man I love computers. I can just put a few spaces between two short scenes and put a long scene there without having to erase anything. It's the best! :D
2.) Sasuke's eyes were gonna be tinted red when he charged at Zant, but then I realized that people would get the idea that Sasuke was getting the Sharingan, which I did NOT want to do.
I tried to think of ways to make Zant interested in Sasuke enough to train him, and I remembered that Midna starts yelling at Zant for abusing their 'Tribe's' magic. I know there was only one tribe that was cast into the Twilight Realm, but after many years, people don't see eye to eye, and thus make 'tribes' or 'clans' of their own. But what if Sasuke was FROM one of those old tribes? I realized that would solve two problems in one go, one being Zant's interest and Sasuke's hidden power, and the other being something that will happen later on in the story. MUCH later on in this story.
Making stories isn't always easy, so please don't forget to thank authors for their hard work and editing! It can sometimes save a story! (I read one of the first Bleach stories ever created by Tite Kubo, and man was it wierd.)
Thank you for reading all of this extra stuff! I promise I won't do this too much!
Kenta Raikiri