Hinata Chronicles Chapter 44: The War Begins
"What is this?" Naruto said as he looked outside of the garden. Plumes of smoke rose from the skies, covering as it darken the sky.
"How did this happen?" Hinata asked, worried for the civilians.
"It was Maleficent." Kakashi said as he and the other came out as an explosion happened. "Crap!"
"Anyway, Leon called after you two rushed out of the garden." Sakura explained. "He said that Maleficent started her attack."
"Jeez, I can't believe the destruction that she caused." Kiba said.
"Kiba, are you alright from that last fight?" Hinata asked, worried for her former teammate.
"I'm a little sore but nothing that can't be healed." Kiba confidently said although Akamaru whined a little.
"But just to be sure Kiba, stay back for now." Shino said as he started to send out some insects to scout out the area. "My insects will be eyes in the skies for us and will report back to me."
Kakashi nodded. "Alright then, everyone we'll split up and possibly meet up with the committee as we'll work to hold off this invasion. I'll be with Sai."
"Good idea." Naruto thought.
"The teams will be the following: Kiba with Akamaru and Shino, Sakura and Ino, Shikamaru and Choji, Tenten and Lee, and the last team will be Naruto with Hinata and Xion."
They all nodded as they headed out to hold off the hordes of heartless. Kakashi and Sai went off to find Leon to discuss their plan of action. Shino stayed put to wait for Shino's insects as Kiba and Akamaru fought off some heartless. Sakura and Ino went back to the town to help any families that need to be protected from the incoming forces. Shikamaru started to plan a strategy at the market place while Choji covered him. Tenten and Lee went and defend the entrance where the heartless were coming from. Naruto, Hinata and Xion however. . .
The three were looking on at the horde of heartless in the canyon below. For some odd reason, they felt nervous and unsure, possibly for the fact that they never seen that many heartless before.
One type that was a very thin, humanoid Heartless clad from head to toe in black, grey, and silver armor. Its spherical, pitch-black head and glowing, yellow eyes are visible in its helmet, and there are two red spirals decorating its visor. It also carries a sword with a gold guard and handle. Its Heartless emblem is on its abdomen.
Another type was a bronze-colored, funnel-shaped, mechanical Heartless with a diamond-shaped opening in its front, exposing its glowing, yellow eyes. Two black, rectangular guns are mounted on either side of its body. There is a silver ring that acts somewhat like a gyroscope hovering around its base, despite not being directly connected to the Heartless. This ring bears a vague resemblance to the top half of the Nobody symbol.
The third type that was there were a large, draconian creature with predominantly dark red skin, save for its belly, which is tan, and its wings, which are salmon-colored, though its wingtips are dark red. Its body is rather thin, while its three-toed feet are quite large, each sporting black talons. Its wings seem rather thin when compared to its body, and its wingtips appear tattered, with several small holes in them. There is a tall, slightly curved spike on each of its shoulders. It's tail is fairly short, particularly in comparison to similar Heartless, and its head is V-shaped and flat. It has beady yellow eyes on either side of its head, and its Heartless emblem is on its chest.
The final one was a very noticeable one since it was the size of a couple buildings. It was a massive, quadrupled Heartless. Its body is predominantly lilac in color, but its back and all four of its legs are violet. Each of the Behemoth's legs have two toes with black claws. It has two large, curved tusks sprouting from its lower jaw that are white on their upper half and lilac on their lower half. It's conical, black horn is on its forehead. Like most other Heartless, it has yellow eyes and a jagged maw. Its Heartless emblem is on its chest.
"We got to stop this. . ." Naruto said as he gripped his blades. "I could use my shadow clones but I wanted to save my chakra for the Data Organization members."
"I know. . ." Hinata said.
"Well, Sora was able to take down this entire canyon. . . maybe we can too." Xion said, unsure of what to do.
"So then do it! What's stopping you?" A rough sounding voice smugly said.
The group saw a muscular and tanned older man with long unruly black hair and red eyes. His only clothing is a pair of black shorts with an orange and red sash covering his right leg, a red headband, and a metal gauntlet covering his left arm. A black tattoo was emblazons his chest. He was hold a massive black sword in his hand.
"And you are?" Naruto asked.
The man looked at the canyon. "Jecht. . . A guy that's somewhat a guardian. . ." He then gripped his sword harder. "So what are you three gonna do? Whine and cry like little babies or take action?"
With Kiba, Akamaru and Shino. . .
"Jeez these little buggers get annoying!" Kiba said as he and Akamaru destroyed another heartless.
"Indeed they are. . ." Shino said as he crushed a group of them with his insects. He was still waiting for his insect to return.
Suddenly a spinning red blur appeared and destroyed some of the heartless that were about to attack Shino from behind.
"You are. . ." Shino started.
"Nanaki, but my code name right now is Red XIII. We'll talk later, lets take out these heartless." He explained.
"Right!" Kiba and Shino said as they continued attacking along with Red XIII.
Akamaru started to get a new idea for an attack thanks to Red XIII.
With Kakashi and Sai. . .
They searched for Leon to talk about what to do.
"Where do you think he will be?" Sai asked.
"We'll know when we find him." Kakashi said
They soon found him, surrounded by a large group of heatless, a wall on one end and a cliff on the other.
"Alright. . .shall we begin?" Kakashi asked.
"I am ready." Sai said as they jumped to Leon's side.
"Good to see you guys here." Leon said as they all had their backs against each other.
"Well. . .we ran into a little trouble along the way." Kakashi said as he gripped a kunai.
"You mean besides heartless?" Sai dumbly asked as he took out his blade.
"Explain later. We got some heartless to take out." Leon said.
"Got it!" Kakashi and Sai said as the three rushed into the hordes of heartless, slashing everyone of them.
With Sakura and Ino. . .
They met up with Aerith as they escort the civilians to a safe area.
"Everyone move now!" Sakura called out as helped a little girl and brought her back to her mother.
Ino gather as many people as she could as she destroyed some of the heartless with her auto-senbon launcher. "We go to protect these people."
"I know," Aerith then started to gather some energy. "And we will!" She then cast a barrier around the area just as the heartless were just about to jump them.
Sakura and Ino got into a stance just in case the barrier didn't hold, both thinking one thing. "Maybe I should learn some magic. . ."
With Lee and Tenten. . .
They met up with Snow as he and Lee showed off their martial art skills while Tenten attacked them with long range weapons.
"YOUTH AT FULL BLOOM!" Lee announced as he rapidly punched and kicks some heartless out of existence.
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Snow cheered as he enjoyed the fighting.
Tenten sweat dropped at Lee and Snow's antics. "Similar in so many ways. . ." She muttered. She then took out Marluxia's scythe. "Time to try out my new weapons." SHe started to slash away at the heartless.
"Nice weapon." Snow comment.
"Our group won that in a most youthful battle." Lee explained as he kicked a heartless into smoke/
With Shikamaru and Choji. . .
The two met up with Cid as he and Choji destroyed as many heartless as possible while Shikamaru worked on a strategy. Cid was using the Cid Cannon Mark 3 while Choji used some of his families Ninjutsu.
"QUIT FRICKIN OBSTRUCTING OUR TOWN!" Cid yelled as he used the flamethrower.
Choji sweat dropped as he punched out another heartless. "Wow. . ."
Shikamaru looked at Cid's weapon with curiosity. "Is it just me or is our world behind in technology." He thought as he worked on a strategy.
Back with Naruto, Hinata and Xion. . .
"We aren't scare gramps!" Naruto yelled.
Jecht smirked at him. "Right, you three are just kids."
"Actually we're teenagers." Hinata pointed out.
"Still, doubting if you should fight or not? Jeez, that sounds like a baby to me." Jecht said.
Naruto started to get angry. "Shut up! You don't anything about us!"
Jecht smirked at him. "Really?" He sarcastically asked as he pointed to the canyon. "Then why don't you prove it?"
"Maybe I will!" Naruto then jumped to the direction of the canyon.
"Naruto!" Hinata yelled out as she followed him.
"Hinata! Naruto!" Xion called out to them. "Why did you-?" Xion was about to say to Jecht but he disappeared. "Where did he? Agh! Forget that! I gotta catch up to them!" Xion soon jumped over the ledge to pursuit her friends, realizing that he was right.
After the three left, Jecht reappeared from behind a rock as he started to chuckle. "Works every time." He then faded into nothing. "Just remember you three, this is your story." His voice echoed out to them.
Hinata and Naruto were soon in a cave, the way to the canyon. They were able to see the ruined castle where Maleficent and Pete were.
"I'll show that guy whose a baby!" Naruto muttered.
"Calm down Naruto. Don't let him get to you." Hinata said. "Even though he's right." She thought.
"Hinata! Naruto! Wait up!" Xion called out as she caught up to them. She then started to catch her breath. "Jecht's right. . ."
"Are you sure Xion? He was a guy that came out of nowhere." Naruto responded.
Xion nodded her head as she looked at Hinata. "We came here to train to fight forces that you and the other might not be used to."
"I know." Naruto said.
"Naruto, even though you haven't fought yet, you are still incredibly strong." Xion started. "I recently learned that. . .this is no longer about the training. Me and Hinata are Keyblade masters. . ."
"And our role. . ." Hinata started.
"Is to protect all the worlds!" Xion and Hinata said in semi-unison, giving looks of determination.
Naruto smiled at the two after thinking for a moment. "Your right. . ." He then took out the blades in his holsters. "Even though I'm not a keyblade wielder, master or whatever.," He then sent some chakra into the blades, releasing the energy out the ends. "I too, will protect this world."
"Then it's settled." Xion said with a smile. "Let's stop Maleficent plan."
"Right!" Naruto and Hinata said in unison.
The three then went into the canyon. They stood next to each other as they saw the incoming wave, filled with heartless including some giant ones.
"We can't let them get to Radiant Garden." Xion said as she summoned both of her keyblade.
"This'll end now." Hinata said as she summoned her keyblade.
"Bring them on!" Naruto said as he twirled his blade, that were surged with chakra.
"Take them down kit." The fox said in his mind.
"Can do." Naruto replied.
The three then dashed head first into the swarm.