"So how did we end up back here?" Naruto asked turning to his partner. Midna merely shrugged. Naruto looked around the beautiful scenery of Lake Hylia. Sure, it looked pretty, but he could have sworn he was dead. After all, even HE didn't know how he got out of that one.
-Earlier-
"OI! Anyone home? We heard you found something valuable? Said you needed help getting it out?" Naruto asked walking into a small house. He had found a flyer that claimed it needed help finding a lost item. Midna had been all for until she found out that it was at some river house.
"I really doubt it'll be here..." Midna said rolling her eyes.
"Well YOU'RE the one who said we should take the job. You were all sparkly-eyed and everything." Naruto deadpanned.
"Ah! Are you the ones who decided to take the job?" A woman said walking in. She looked around, confused. "That's weird, I could have sworn I heard TWO voices..." She said looking around. Naruto rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Nah, just me." The woman shrugged.
"Well, whatever." Naruto stared at the woman for a moment. "What's the look for?" She then winked seductively. "Sorry kid, I'm not easily gained." Naruto shivered.
"Hell no! You just remind me of a friend. He has a similar hair-style to you." The woman seemed irked, as a tick mark appeared on her head, but ignored it and went serious.
"Anyway, I got a job for you. I'm trying to find something, and I need your help." She then noticed Naruto didn't have a particular item. "But I guess you can't really help."
"Huh? Why?" Naruto asked confused. The woman shook her head.
"I need someone who has a Bow. You know, for like, shooting arrows and stuff?" Naruto blinked before holding up one finger.
"One moment." He snapped his finger, his bow appearing in his hands. "Something like this?" Naruto smirked at her shocked look.
"YEAH! How did you do that?" Naruto cackled.
"I'm a special person."
"You can say that again."Midna smirked, causing Naruto to fume. The woman looked around, confused as she heard another voice.
"Is there someone else here?" Naruto sighed.
"No, just me." The woman looked back to Naruto before shrugging.
"Well, whatever. On with the job."
"So what do I need to do again? And why am I in this?" Naruto asked as he now sat in a canoe, holding a paddle and his bow and arrows.
"Because sweetie, I need you to find something for me. But first, here." She tossed Naruto a bag full of bombs.
"Cool!" Naruto smiled, immediately equipping the arrows with bombs.
"Oh! So you must know Deidara!" The woman said, shocked. "That saves me alot of trouble."
"Wait, you know Deidara? The explodi-maniac?" Naruto asked the afro-lady in shock.
"Of course! I always buy my explosives from Deidara's "Big Bang" Shop." Naruto looked at her for a moment, debating on saying something on Deidara's word choice, but decided not to. "Anyway, just shoot your arrows at the debris as you ride down the river. My assistant will help you on the way. Have fun!" She said before kicking Naruto off down the river.
"Hey Wait! What about the valuable object? HEY!" Naruto shouted as he was sent down the river. The blonde growled as she merely waved him off. Quickly spinning around, Naruto began to fire his bomb-arrows at the chunks of debris that stopped the flow of water. He saw a Zora waving to him, motioning for him to follow her. So putting his bow down, Naruto pulled out his paddle and, hesitantly, tried to follow after her.
It was actually quite difficult to steer the stupid wooden craft, but steer it he did down the river. After a few minutes of going down the river, Naruto found himself spinning around a stone pinnacle, a giant pile of rocks blocking the flow of the river. Growling, Naruto pulled out his bow and began firing at it, eventually blowing up the giant stone pile. Nodding, Naruto reached for his paddle when the boat shook, his paddle falling out of the canoe.
"Crap!" Naruto shouted, reaching for the paddle, but his bow nearly fell out of the boat, so instead of grabbing the paddle, Naruto went back for his bow, securing it. "AW SHIT!" Naruto cursed as he went flying down the river with no paddle, the boat smashing against walls left and right. The boat looked ready to break, and when Naruto looked ahead of him, he panicked.
That was a big wall...
"BRACE FOR IMPACT!" Naruto shouted.
-Present-
"Sorry about that, are you all right?" A voice said to Naruto's right. Turning to face the voice, Naruto found the Zora he saw along the river.
"Yeah, was it you who saved me?" The Zora nodded. "Thanks!" The Zora shook her head.
"No, I should be apologizing. You see, my boss is the one who asked you to do this without really telling you, did she?" Naruto shook his head. "I figured as much."
"So what was the valuable thing she was looking for?" The Zora looked at Naruto in pity.
"I'm afraid the only valuable thing she was looking for was someone with a bow and Arrow..."
Naruto stared at the fish-lady in silence.
"WHAAAAAAAT?" Naruto burst out suddenly. The Zora shook her head.
"My boss is cheap...REALLY cheap. She needed someone to clear the path of the river so she could open up business again." She sighed again. "I'm afraid there is no valuable object."
"Oh maaaaaan." Naruto slumped. The Zora smiled half-heartedly.
"If it means anything to you, you can keep the extra bomb-bag. I've got to go bring the boat back...or rather, what's left of it." Naruto and the Zora sweat-dropped at the piece of the canoe that had made it. The end that had a rope attached to it.
"Well it serves her right." Naruto pouted.
"I won't disagree with you there." She giggled before nodding to Naruto. "Thank you. I hope you find what you're looking for." Naruto returned the nod.
"Thanks. See ya!" He smiled as he watched the Zora swim back up the powerful current. "Yeesh. Hate to go in a swimming contest against HER." Naruto said scratching the back of his head. "Oh well, back to Hyrule Market." He said stretching and heading back to town.
"Well that stunk." Naruto pouted as he entered the eastern entrance to the town. "We didn't even find anything out with that. Other than one of Deidara's customers is a cheapskate." The blonde growled. Midna merely nodded in agreement before noticing something to her left.
"Hey, Naruto, what's going on over there?" Midna asked. Naruto turned to see a group of young girls squealing outside of a tent, hearts floating over their heads.
"I don't know. Guess we'd better check it out." Naruto said walking over to the group of girls. "Excuse me, what's going on?" Naruto said walking up to the girls. The three girls turned to look at Naruto before squealing again, Naruto beginning to regret this decision.
"It's him!"
"He's here!"
"EEEEEEE!"
"Who is?" Naruto asked, unplugging his ears. The fact that the girls kept looking into a nearby tent before squealing, Naruto figured that it had to do with the tent. So deciding he wouldn't be getting anymore information from the fan-girls, Naruto entered the tent.
The blonde swordsman found himself in the middle of the dark tent, a metal door slamming shut behind him.
"What the hell?" Naruto shouted spinning around, getting ready to fight. Was it a trap? A spotlight suddenly shone on the blonde, Naruto's fear of a trap heightening. Hearing someone walking behind him, Naruto spun around, whipping out his sword.
"EEEEP!"
A tall man squeaked as Naruto pointed his sword straight at his nose. Realizing it was a normal person, Naruto began spinning around his sword before sheathing it, not noticing the fan-girls had followed in after him.
"Oh, it's just you. I thought it was a monster." Looking him over, Naruto quirked an eyebrow. "Then again, your clothes make me wanna think again..." Naruto then realized he was standing in the middle of a strange cage with what seemed to be no exit. Maybe this WAS a trap.
"I-I'll have you know that I am a most famous person! I am the creator of the STAR game!" The man posed, spotlights hitting him before the fan-girls began squealing again, causing Naruto to twitch.
He had this feeling that he had been on the sidelines of someone before...something about the academy, and the girls squealing over a big-shot...who was it now?
"I have no equal, I am the TRUE star of the show! BUT! For twenty rupees you too can try to become a STAR!" The man posed again, spotlights shining over him again, squealing echoing in the background.
Oh yeah...it was Sasuke...
Naruto began bristling in rage. This guy was really pissing him off with his smug attitude, so with a sickening grin, Naruto slapped a red rupee into the man's hand.
"You're on." The Star guy smiled sympathetically as he clapped his hands twice, the room darkening before small crystals appeared around the cage.
"FANTASTIC! The rules are simple. Every light here has a switch. Just click the switch within the time limit and you win!" The man walked outside of the cage before smiling as he turned around. "Simple, right? I mean, if you actually manage to WIN...well, we'll give you a fabulous prize!" The man snickered afterwards, laughing at the possibility of this silly swordsman-
"How's that?" Naruto asked pointing upwards. The man looked up to see all the lights had been put out.
"WHAAAT?" He shouted, Naruto grinning as the fan-girls suddenly "Oooooh"'d. Quickly regaining his composure, he looked at the grinning blonde. "What sorcery is this? You couldn't have-" He stopped as Naruto started spinning around the man's hat on his finger.
"What was that?" He grinned, quirking an eyebrow. The STAR man grabbed his hat back before snorting.
"No trickery! All of us have to be able to see you flick off the light switches!" He glared. No wizardry or spells would get past HIM! Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Fine. I'll do it the slow way." Naruto said reaching behind his back before a puff of smoke erupted.
"Hey! No sorcery!" The STAR man shouted.
"Oh shut up, this isn't sorcery. It's called an invention." Naruto said pulling out the Clawshot. "See?" Naruto pointed his grappling device towards the cage before firing. It latched onto the cage before Naruto was yanked to the spot, flipping the switch of one of the lights, which was still out. "Nothing mystical about it. All right?" The STAR man watched Naruto carefully before nodding. The lights flicking back to life, Naruto looked to the STAR man.
"Ready when you are." Naruto said.
"Aaaannnnd..." The STAR man grinned, clicking the stopwatch early. "GO!" Naruto was suddenly off, flicking each switch while saying, "See it now? Can you see me now?"
Naruto hit nearly every switch, but just as he was about to touch the last light, the timer went off. Naruto blinked. There was no way it was already over!
"TIMES UP!" The STAR man grinned evilly. "So sorry, but, hey, better luck next time!" He cackled as Naruto glared at him before the blonde's eyes widened. "What's the matter, too shocked that you lost? So sorry, maybe next TIIIIIIIME!" The man was suddenly hoisted up, thanks to a tall man in green.
"For shame Sir STAR! To think you would do such a petty crime, cheating the young swordsman out of his money!"
"H-how, w-what makes you think I was cheating him out of his money?" The STAR man said trying to look at whoever was holding him up.
"Do not fake it, for my eyes see all!" The man laughed raucously. "You started the young man's session early! Had you not, he would have won!" Naruto's eyes widened before they suddenly narrowed.
"You did WHAT?" Naruto growled, his eyes glowing red. The man noticed this as Naruto stomped over to him. "Are you telling me that you've done this BEFORE?" Naruto twitched at the STAR man in irritation.
"P-put me down this instant! Before I call the guards on you! Besides, this brat is a sorcerer!" The tall man laughed again.
"That was not sorcery! It was speed! The boy merely moved too fast for your eyes to see! Yet I saw it all!" The man then turned to Naruto, glaring lightly at him. "I also saw that you spat in his hat before handing it back to him." Naruto blinked before scratching the back of his head, smiling cheekily.
"Y-you WHAT?" The STAR man gaped. He then wrangled himself out of the man's grip, spinning around and pointing an accusing finger at the man. "And who the hell are you?" The tall man in green flashed a piercingly white smile, causing Naruto, Midna and everyone else in the room to blink numerous times.
"I am Hyrule's one and only handsome Blue Knight! Known far and wide for my talent, only one man has ever defeated me!" He smiled as he flashed a thumbs-up, Naruto suddenly being reminded of Bushy Brows. "I am Maito Guy!"
"Who?" The group dead-panned, Guy hitting the floor.
"Wh-What? How could you not have heard of me?" The man began sobbing tears of 'Youth'. "All my years of hard-work...ruined!"
"OH! I know you!" Naruto said patting his fist onto his open palm. Guy looked up in joy, youth flowing through his veins once more. "You're the guy that Kakashi-Sensei always beats! You're the guy who does all of those weird fights! I heard he even got to make you take a match of Rock-Paper-Scissor seriously." Guy hit the floor again.
This kid knew Kakashi? Why cruel world? Why did you make fun of Maito Guy?
"You actually really remind me of Bushy Brows." Naruto said looking at Guy.
"Who?" Guy said standing back up.
"Oh, um...what was his name again?" Naruto began to think for a moment. "Oh yeah! It's- HEY!" Naruto spun around, glaring at the STAR man trying to sneak out of the tent.
"EEP!" He ran out of the tent, only to be smashed back into the tent a moment later.
"Huh?" Naruto blinked, looking at the man on the ground who was missing several teeth. Looking up, Naruto's eyes widened. "Bushy Brows!"
"Huh? Oh! Naruto!" Rock Lee said walking inside. "Sorry! I was doing my part time job when this man came outside. He took my delivery and then tried running off. But I stopped him!" Lee said smiling.
In all truth, the man had run out of the tent before running into Lee, unknowingly picking up the delivery and continuing his run. Lee had just so happened to reappear in front of him and smash him back into the tent.
"You have a part-time job? I thought you were a shopkeeper? You said you were part of a dojo too..." Naruto asked, poking the 'dead' man on the floor with his foot.
"Yes, I'm part of a dojo. I'm training under my master...Guy-Sensei!" Rock Lee suddenly said, shocked to see his master with Naruto. Naruto turned to Guy.
"Wait, you're HIS master?" Naruto asked, the time he crossed Hyrule field with Lee flashing in his mind. Guy nodded proudly.
"This place is too crowded. Naruto, won't you join us at our dojo?" Guy said turning to Naruto. Naruto thought about it for a moment before nodding. Might as well.
"Sure, why not?" Naruto said following after the duo before stopping. "Whoops, almost forgot about this guy." He quickly created a clone who then carried the man off to the guard station, putting him in for arrest. But just before the REAL Naruto left, he turned to the quiet fan-girls, smiling before waving and leaving. The blonde grinned brightly as he left the tent, squealing resounding behind him and hearts following after him.
It was nice to be the center of attention every now and then.
"So, Naruto-kun, what brings you to Hyrule?" Guy said sitting cross-legged on a tatami mat. Naruto looked around the dojo. He didn't even know Hyrule market HAD a dojo. It was okay size-wise, just big enough for a group of twelve people to stand and train martial-arts. Numerous weapons were on training racks, and Naruto even saw that the dojo had a title.
"Well, I'm looking for information." Naruto said turning back to Guy. "I'm looking for a special Mirror." Guy crossed his arms, curious.
"What kind of mirror?" Naruto folded his arms as well, sighing.
"That's just it. I'm not sure. All I know is that it's supposed to be a special mirror with special properties."
"Do you have a name for this special mirror?"
"Yeah, it's called 'The Mirror of Twilight'." Naruto said shrugging afterwards. "Honestly I have no idea where to find it. I came to Hyrule hoping to find some clues around here." Guy nodded in understanding.
"You thought well, Naruto. Hyrule is home to a multitude of cultures. I have no doubt that you will find information about such a mirror in this town." He flashed a bright smile, Naruto's shadow twitching. "Unfortunately, I don't have any relevant information for you, as I have only just heard of this, 'Mirror of Twilight'." He flashed his daring smile once more, Naruto suddenly going blind and Midna hissing in pain. "But I will use every bit of my youthful power to help you!"
"Umm...thanks..." Naruto said as he stood up and started (hopefully) for the door. Slamming his face into the wall numerous times, he had to have Midna guide him out of the dojo.
In the next few days to come, Naruto would find the answer to his and Midna's question, though without the help of Gai, and the man would cry youthful tears for about a month.
Kenta: I'm very sorry for such a long update time. This story is way past an update, and I seriously want to get on with the story.
Figuring out what to do with Gai and Lee was very confusing for me, and with all of my college finals and work, I just havn't been writing ANYTHING...
So to save this story I've decided to just end it with this sort of sum-up of Gai's 'help'. My writing career be damned, I need to move forward NOW or I'll go nuts.
And as an apology for the INSANE wait, I've added another OMAKE of 'Living with Zant'.
(TT-TT) I'm so sorry for this long wait...but I REFUSE to put this story on Haitaus (or whatever you call it)...
So I will end this Author Comment with this.
~I'm swimming with fishes here, in the belly of the whale. I'm highly nutritious here, in the belly of the whale~
OMAKE
-Living with Zant-
Sasuke Uchiha walked into a large dining hall where a long table stood in the middle, Zant at the far end.
"You called master?" Sasuke ground his teeth every time he said that.
"Sasuke, what would you say to some pizza?"
"SERIOUSLY?" Sasuke shouted, his face contorting into a creepily demonic smile. He hadn't had any food from the real world in forever. Or rather, three weeks. It was always this weird stuff that the Twilight Squares made. He didn't even know what the hell to call it. "HELL YEAH!" His face went pale as he realized his reaction before coughing, quickly regaining his composure. "AHEM! I mean, sure." He sweated lightly, hoping Zant would just continue on.
"All right then. There's this new pizza delivery place, called Pizzo-rama."
And so Zant called the pizza store.
"Hi, I'd like to order a large pizza. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. With stuffed crust, Pepperoni and...hang on a minute. What topping?" Zant asked turning to Sasuke.
"Just cheese is fine." The Uchiha shrugged.
"Yeah, just pepperoni. All right, the address is 395 Twilight Palace. All right, thirty minutes or less, or I'm not paying!" Zant grinned evilly as hung up, Sasuke realizing something.
"Wait a minute, we're in the Twilight Realm...how in the hell are they going to get here?"
"Exactly." Zant grinned. "EEEEEEHEEHEEEHEEEHEEEHEEEHEE!"
Sasuke cringed at the laugh, but non-the-less began to brood again.
"So that means you never wanted pizza in the first place..."
"No, I just wanted to cause misery to whatever fool has to deliver the-
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Sasuke and Zant turned to the door, shocked to hear it before Zant walked over to the door and pulled on the ringed handle. On the other side of the door stood Rock Lee, wearing a pizza cap, a pizza carrying pack and holding a piping hot pizza box in his right hand while his left hand held a small piece of paper.
"Delivery for 395 Twilight Palace? One large Pepperoni and Cheese pizza?" Lee said looking at the slip of paper.
"How did you?" Zant started, pointing at the pizza delivery Martial-Artist in confusion. Rock Lee merely saluted before smiling brightly.
"We deliver in thirty minutes or less or it's free!"
"FOOOOOOOOD!" Sasuke leapt at the pizza box.
WHAM!
"And for those who can't pay, we BEAT the money out of them!" Rock Lee smiled as Sasuke lay a steaming pile of blah beneath him. Zant grumbled as he fished the money out of his pocket.
"Here." Rock Lee smiled, snapping a salute to Zant.
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE!"