It has been forever since I last visited the site. Well, here is the final chapter of this story.
Zadiac gifts. 2 red, blue B-type and 1 hot pink or purple A-type according to Kyuubi...when it was out of liquid to slurp, the drunkard had never gotten him this good before. At least the fox still nailed it on their favorite food. They were in safe hand and Naruto could finally get some questions answered.
"So, two Iwa...TNI's nins go to camp and the woman to Oro?" Kimura asked, question directed to the guy who was munching on some roasted sweet potatoes receiving from the kind entrance guards. "Are you sure about that, boss?"
"Yes." Naruto said after swallowing a mouthful of crushed food. "They'll have a talk with you after the report soon. And one more thing. Let the girls carry the woman to him."
"Why is that?" He asked, looking over to the fully blindfolded woman wrapped in a winter clothes behind him, dried blood could be seen around the back of her head.
"I'll explain everything later."
If he had told him about her charming beauty and the fact that he had to stick a giant metal inside her brain to keep the wound fresh, who knew what could have happened right now.
"...Oh boy." He sighed, disappointed at his reasoning. He wasn't sure about her face but with a gorgeous body along with some revealing skins like that, if only she were wearing a pair of cat...
Kimura gave up his thought before the daydreaming could begin. He had ran away from his own village and he would never get close to anything related to that place anymore.
But that woman, she gave off a special feeling for him. The mountainous man found his eyes try their best to avoid looking at her. His sole interest was fur and fur only! He couldn't afford to abandon his love just because of this fine human species of a female.
Getting new recruits from the enemy and particularly from Iwa was certanly not in their fugetive's favorite. Naruto didn't need to be reminded of that fact but Kimura's glare, going towards the caring act of Hashiba and Konomi, just wanted to make sure that he remembered.
"Private, I believe you can handle them?"
"Yes, sir! Just leave everything to me!" Kimura responded immediately upon hearing his title. "I'll give them a run for his life, starting with-"
"They helped me on my escape so be easy." Naruto spoke with the last remains of sweetness gone down to his stomach. "I trust you will make the right choice of speech for them. Even as your former mortal enemies, believe in them. This is recruiting, Kimura-san."
"...So, as always, did you give away your name to them?"
"You keep on asking that question like it's a reminder, Shinji. What if I did?" Naruto sighed, his name was completely out of existance but people just keep bothering him with it.
"Sorry, boss. But with all due respects, I think you're going a little too giving away with the prisoners."
As if he could let any prisoner leave this place to tell the tale. Naruto Uzumaki, who would know about that anymore? Aside from Konaha which had no reliable allies now, he could be careless.
"Alright...My head was kind of messed up at the time. I'll keep that in mind." He said, feeling somewhat moving that someone still think about his identity.
"Hmm, if you say so. Alright, I'll be softer with the questioning."
"Just give them the right impression is enough. But right now, fetch me someone to get these things to the base ASAP."
"At once, boss!" Kimura finished his speech with a large grin before disappearing in a field of smoke.
The greeting was warm and welcoming, just what he needed after a harsh beat down from unpleasant weather and that awful song. Mission accomplished and back home safely, this was the joy he could take.
'Any idea on the gifts yet, Kyuubi?'
After getting his hand on those girls from the corpse of TNI's leader thanks to Kurama, they had been giving him the cold shoulders, one of the typical behaviors he had gotten quite a lot of times from kidnapped victims. Sadly, he could do nothing but count on the beast to extract their speeches.
If he could just got some info about those fairies' powers, that would be a great news.
'No, not one bit. Can't do anything to those worms, remember?'
Worms, its patience was growing thin. And did he just hear it speaking through a telephone? The tone seemed a bit scratchingly bad.
'Weren't you the one who sweet-talk and feed them?...To be frank, that was rather uncomfortable and forceful.' Naruto was a little bit disgusted by Kyuubi's method but this asshole's way always seemed to get the job done.
'Hey, ungrateful bastard. Didn't you want them yourself in the first place? The dump of garbages like you is what they don't like. How does that feel being surround by three underage girls, bitch?'
'How do you-...whatever, if you could get them to talk then I'll be very grateful.'
'They're beating my eardrums right now, son...It's damn near the best visual I've ever seen from these monsters.' Panic wasn't intended and wasn't fake. He himself could confirm to that statement. They were indeed shouting some sort of weird language directly at his head, yet due to their spiritual nature, he couldn't hear anything. Everything might be possible for him thanks to Kyuubi but when it came to these kinds of...kids? The first problem was set for the duo.
The sight was not a pleasant one but at least they couldn't blow their load on him..Kind of giving a cute biz actually.
'Did you yell at them or something? I didn't remember you complaining until now.'
'Haven't you guessed yet? That was 2 days ago, now brats want to go home so unless you gave them to another, they would continue to drive me nut. What did you expect me to do?'
'Easy feeling there, mate. Don't tell me you are getting sober.'
'I am right now...Who gives a shit anyway?'
'You've been drinking again?'
'Home.' Naruto thought, trying to recall anything useful back in the chair. 'Kozuma used to say that a special circumstance is required to be accepted by those gifts. Perhaps you and I aren't qualified to be their shelters.' He had given it a long thought before. What were those circumstances?
'Pzzt! I wouldn't mind being unqualified.' Said the almighty Nine Tails. 'Small children don't know greatness when they see one!'
'I think you should push your bottle back and calm them down with diamond or something.' He brought up the cheapest trick onto the topic. 'Befriending is always the first step to everything.'
'Hey one-liner genius! Do I look like I fucking know how to calm...shit down? Utrrrbbbbbbuurr!' It let out a loud burp after releasing the chant of uncertainty.
Broken report and now unstable range of emotion. Looked like lord Nine Tails had been having trouble sleeping with them, he could totally see those flying angels happily fondling its ears right now.
And to be honest, he had had difficulties finding the urge to rest back when they were on their way home too. Maybe that was the reason why his mind couldn't just go straight to the importaint stuffs.
'Well, take care of yourself and make them at least feel welcome here, we'll continue this tonight. Right now, it's time for them to eat.'
There was no hope at the moment. He could only tell himself that this abduction wouldn't stab him in the back later.
'Ahhhh...I hate it when that happens.' Kyuubi cringed and started to talk softly in some sort of weird ordered mid-gibberish. '...fuck that!'
It was unfortunate that he couldn't have just gone straight up and talked to them. From the previous encounters with their owners, he could safely assume that Zadiac was able to understand human language after they had been in their care. He only had to find a way to recreate their communications.
'Lost quite a few pounds of booties.' He thought back to those feeding time, seeing valuable gemstones magically disappeared in thin air. 'Spiritual yet chew physical rocks like nuts. Those worshippers sure raised a lot of problems to the living.'
Following the others, Naruto put everything except a bag of jewelries down on the flat surface. There'd soon be a team here to collect these things, sparing them the trouble.
"Ichi." He said, turning to the girls behind him who were having some trouble drying their noses despite having taking an amount of cold medicine. "Get three of you into the infirmary and have Hakuno-san treat you as soon as possible. We'll expect you at the meeting place in 3 hours so incase things get out of hand, file someone a report. Alright?"
"Roger!" 2 days getting lost in that playground, one and half a day sleeping in snow pits and travelling out in the open, her eyes had lost some serious fluid. "I'll try my best."
"Y-yes sir!"
"Understood!"
Up into a dark corner was a creepy hallway, the hallway that left for the square between the fire and a red painting. The square served no purposes, it was just a waste that rich people were fond of those days. Flashy images could be seen rapidly and high pitched screams of agonizing deathes were resonated along with the chilly wind of invasive temperature from the snowstorm.
"Turn that machine off, Tsuki-san." Hakuno hailed to the silver-haired Jonin while preparing for the meeting. "Uzumaki-sama is back."
"This is a game console, Hakuno-san. And I know. That's why I have to finish this level quick." Said Tsuki, mashing the buttons on his controller like a madman. He didn't seem to have any concern for his commander or anyone at all.
The doctor put the tray of cups on top of the table and started setting up the plates, giving Tsuki a tired glance.
"Putting that thing on top of the heater...Sometimes I can't understand you."
"...Winter...is just too cold for this..." Tsuki growled at the zombie scratching his character, giving him the bloody inanimated death screen. "Grr! I swear to-"
"But seriously, you should spend more time with Aiko-san more. You two are dating, right?"
"Yeahhh..." Tsuki said, getting the disc out of the console. He was done with this round. "But you know what? Sometimes, people can get closer just by staying far away from each others. That's why distance relationship works so well these days. Me and Aiko-chan are simply taking slow steps toward our happiness."
From bored to playful tone, this girl sure must be pretty sweet for him. No matter low his spirit seemed to be, she would be his front line to boost it up. Tsuki Namora let out a chuckle as he looked at his busy friend.
"Hey! Tonight she'll let out some noise, won't she?" Tsuki joked, looking up to the ceiling as if it was his lover. He couldn't wait to meet with her again. "If she had performed as a rightfully singer, she would rise to be the top star right now."
"She didn't sing for that, Tsuki-san. And besides, she seems like a good scholar to me. Smart lady I must say."
"The world must know about her, Hakuno-san. Someday, I'm going to get my angel her wings to fly. She has a gift, her future must shine brighter than any sun."
Touching words and completely out of character, Hakuno nearly had to check up on him to make sure he was alright. Young love was something too powerful and mysterious for an old-generation man like him.
"Big dream...I guess? But why did you bring it up now?"
"Nah, you don't have to worry about that." He assured him. "It was something a boy gotta do to win the girl's heart."
"...You didn't think about leaving The Division, did you?" Hakuno spoke, now looking at the youth with signs of alarm in his eyes.
"Oh my man!" The Jonin got a large grin upon seeing his face. "Did my speech really sound that bad?"
"...Yeah, pretty much."
"Hmm, remind me to work more on my technique. "He said, feeling a little uneasy by the serious look on Hakuno's face. "Relax, I was just trying my new lines. You never know how effective they are, Hakuno-san. The Division is our home, is it not? I would dream about leaving here all days and my balls would freeze me over if I went away. We owned boss too much."
"Well." The medic sighed at the joke." You are not a teenager anymore, you have to be responsible with everything. Otherwise, you'll just end up making a fool of yourself."
"Oww~...Every man is still a child inside, and I'm just 27 this year. Fondling with life is still popular with the adults these days, Hakuno-san."
"Whatever." Scratching his ears out of annoyance, Hakuno called out to him. "If you have time for idle chit-chat, help me with the place. Or feed the cats at least, I just caught a trail of dead lizards just outside the garden."
With a tired look in his eyes, the silver head pulled himself up from the pillow and started to clear the wires hanging all over the floor. Active Entertainment Time console or just AET was so infamous with massive cleaning when you had to move away. Tsuki made an oath to persuade Naruto to give him some money later, he needed to buy himself a large TV for his room instead of stealing the navigation screen.
"3 hours is a long time, Hakuno-san."
"Long enough for us, that's it. You'd better be thankful that it hasn't been snowing, or raining. Those moods tends to chain you under the curtain I bet."
"...Oww, isn't that even a joke anymore?" Tsuki heaved out a heavy sigh while dragging himself towards the fireplace. "Quality comrades and friends bonding time right here."
"Stand up and manage your thoughts in a straight line, young man. And get the buns prepared for me, will you? I need to get back at the infirmary right now."
The place had gone back to its usual self. Dark, cold and giving off a false hope of hollow peace but with a lone simmering figure slowly wandering around, looking for his idea of work.
It wasn't too long before the rising black smoke could be seen and a shriek of horror resonated through the hall.
"Mind if I sit here?"
"...No."
With the handnote keeping a pencil inside in his hand, Naruto reached into his breast pocket.
"No smoking." Monotone and simple, yet sound like a polite request coming from the man in black. Smiling with eyes closed, Naruto fixed up the button while he was at it.
Mezu, the only vessel that he couldn't get his hand into her gift, was being examinated by a good friend and he was quite eager to see the result.
"How are you? In mood for a small talk, Orochimaru-sama?" He asked, darting his eyes between the slender figure and the dusty clock hung on the wall. Nice taste for a creepy room.
"Hmm, you're always in high spirit, even when you're not looking for it."
The Sannin pulled away the curtain, allowing the light to shine upon the place. As if inside the darkness they could have done something suspicious.
"Suffocate?"
"No, deep freeze. It'd be pretty bad if something couldn't be monitored. The amount of air is safe enough to ensure her survival."
Definitely suspicious.
Behind the curtain was a wide space covered in counters and shelves containing medical suppiles, books and experimental equipments. An amazing aroma flied through his nose, fresh and comfortable, better than the ashtray smell he loved.
What had caught his attention was the woman half lying on two pieces of machinery inside a testing glassesed chamber, a tube strapped onto her head and no movements or traces of existing lifeforms could be detected from the look alone. To Orochimaru's delight, despite all the negative effects on her body, she seemed as healthy as any normal person could be.
"The medical report should keep them interested in my story I guess." He sighed, turning his view away. "Any problem while you're doing this?"
"..." The Sannin frowned, thinking of the specific event he wanted to explain. Which Naruto decided to give him the time while avoiding to look at the sleeping beauty. It was hard seeing her. For just being able to inflict so much pain towards such a fellow, he found it difficult to swallow the diggusted feeling.
"For your information..." He finally started to come around to it. "When searching for her psychology, my mind started forming a scene. And it's definitely not an illusion created by Gen."
"What is it?"
"A sandfall, lots of sand but felt like a wasteland more than a desert, for it was surrounded by some round, oval creatures. They had such a unique color, like the color when the night is flowing between a storm and a normal day."
Now that felt more like a story that could easily bypass his own, Naruto quickly readied his pencil. Any info they could obtain during the encounters of these gifts could be vital.
"The sand and the creatures all fell together...no, flied around is more of a right word." Orochimaru crossed his arms, his voice during this part sounded rather confused compared to the last one. "I have tried to dispel it several times to no avails. But as soon as I turned away from that exotic woman, the scene formed into a little girl with no pupils in her eyes. She was wearing some kind of armors and she was glowing in that color too, except that it was brighter, as if the color before had been fused with the sand."
Jotting in the notebook, he awaited for more but the story had came to an interrupted end. The dark-coat wearing man again was deep in thought, ignoring the look of the writer before him.
"..."
"In other words, I hallucinated. Not what I'd expect from an immortal's psychological view but it could be worse. It was strangely indescribable, I'm still not getting over that. She spoke this indistinctly speech."
'Silence to create the tention, classy.'
'Oh hey there gorgeous...really appreciating you taking the time out of your busy agenda.' Naruto grunted, a little bit upset at the fox. 'What now?'
'Those bellies are full and asleep so I can do whatever the fuck I want, bitch! Pay close attention, those are the sights when getting a gift.'
"Get the knife...She said. After that, my mind flashed as I came back to my sense. It happened several times later but I finally got her psychologal status. Mostly shock trauma and symptoms encountered from injuries, and quite a great deal of pain to get into."
"Get the knife, in English?" Naruto found the beginning sentence to appear out of place until he realised what Orochimaru meant.
"Yes. Get the knife, get the knife. Mostly knives, others time are cane, slasher, something sharp."
"So...Anything else aside from those? If you continued, what do you suppose you'd see?"
"Nothing more than the end of my process." He said, with his back against Naruto and reaching for a piece of paper. "This I'm afraid is one of the matters that needs a long time to explain in a simple way."
'Well, that's completely useless.' Kyuubi commented, much to his dismay. 'And to think I'm going to get some info about these things. What a waste of time...'
"May I take a look at it?" Asked Naruto. After getting only a glance from him, he leaned forward to receive the report. "Thanks."
'Kyuubi! What language are they speaking to you?'
'Eigo, English.' The fox seemed to have no problem pronouncing the word. 'Be thankful that I know some of it to tell you, moron. '
'They came from the west, MW?' Naruto wondered. 'Everything is not looking very pretty here.'
The oversea Modern World, coming to Elemental Nations not too long ago, a paradise of beauty and the birth place for all the changes, an alternate reality when freedom is united and well. But that didn't mean there were only flowers and butterflies, but prayers of destruction as well...they should have known better when choosing to accept every civilizations into their land. Shinobi era would come to an end if they decided to call the shot...or not. It was weird how there were many people from MW wanted to live in these countries without knowing what Hiragana looked like. From what Naruto had heard, it seemed like the cartoons and comic books in here sold like milions across the sea, enough to give people there a strange case of obsession over his culture.
'Now that you mention it. It's kind of funny how they started to appear when the flashing light pointing.'
'Well... That explains the hunk of machine back there. Nothing unexpected from those guys.'
The note. Should something from this resembling any uncommon signs he had gotten before, he might get a few clues. To confront face-to-face with a new threat on the battlefield this soon, they would all have to be on guard. Especially with Iwa's unofficial territory stationed in this country, many risks from formidable Zadiac owners, chaotics chakra controls and superior modern warfare. The turrets, the summoned aerial supports and the minefields as well as hundreds enormous chunks of ice around the frigid waters wouldn't hold them for long if they decided to venture into his ground. At all cost, he of all people must be able to withstand their powers before the nightmare could mark this area.
This paper was like trying to dig a deeper tunnel in the dark of his mind. To have a comrade who had the potential to use the gift right away, this was not a good sign for him.
"Hrr..." Naruto's frowns messed up his usual voice, struggling to feast his eyes on the monstrosity before him. "Right, we all need to be able to understand this. How long could this take?"
"I'd like to know that from the doctor himself."
The Sannin swept a quick glance at the corpse before returning his gaze back to him.
"From what I can tell. You seem not to be in good health right now." He said. "Why don't you drop yourself by the fire and grab a drink while waiting?"
"..."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing...Just wondering about your interesting encounter." Heaving out a heavy sigh, he continued. "I have to go."
Three hour passed, and no signs of absence or medical reports from the trio in the room. Everything had gone smoothly with any trouble. A group of people gathered around and the crossing began. The first one to make the opening speech was none others than him.
"Uh...Isn't this cracker in our rations?" The proud leader of The Division stared at the food and took a long sigh at the poor preparation. "What happened?"
"I apologize, boss." Said Hakuno. "Tsuki-san mistook the ashes for peppers and messed up the kitchen so this is the best we can do."
"How the-" Naruto quickly stopped himself from complaining, there were 3 subordinates here and the worst he could do was to make a poor impression of their generals...although this embarrassing situation had made the girl and the boy a lot less tensed when they were called in.
"Take a seat, everyone." Naruto began, looking straight at the three standing from a distance. "You too."
After all three of his troops had made themselves comfortable along side with the big wigs in the room, the silence began to submit all over the space.
"Alright, about the case of you two." The commader directed his gaze towards the Iwa couple. "Hashiba and Konomi, this is not the first time someone from Iwa going into The Division, Kimura-san used to be among one of you. The detail of your fellows is written on the central registers, take a look after this and sign if you can. Should any problem arises then just ask for his help. Simple, isn't it?"
"Yes sir!" Enthusiasm. Sounded like someone got their job done pretty well.
"Fair enough." He smiled under his breath. "Welcome to The Divison, soldiers. You guys are gonna become a big part in our growth. Our base certainly needs more blooming flowers."
Tsuki took a weird look at his commander before nodding in agreement. Another words added for the phase would be fine, especially with the lovelies in winter cloaks. And everyone seemed to be on the same roll with that uncalled prep talk too.
"Now the misson." He stopped for a brief moment to load up the recorder. It was always essential to have a tape readied for the plan, they could count on the silver head to get the editting part done before sending it to the shelves. "Major-"
"I know, boss." The second-in-command said. "Just leave it to me."
"...Alright. Let's start."
"Before that...I forgot to ask you." He stopped to think of something then began to ask. "What are those things doing on your head?"
Well, that explained why the ladies man hadn't pulled out any pick up line to Konomi, Naruto and the co were actually getting worried there for a second.
"...Huh? You can see them?"
"I'm sure I can."
Everyone now had turned their eyes on both the blond and the silver haired commanders, expecting an answer with confused looks from them, Orochimaru seemed to be the most interested.
"Tsuki, Orochimaru." Naruto addressed them, pinching his forehead in exhaustion, 3-hour-rest wasn't enough for him to deal with this directly. "Let's just stick to the primitive report first, okay? I'll explain everything along the way."
"Jeetzzhehehhhhh heh heh heh heh heh!" Fits of both held and full on laughters lightened up the mood for the meeting room.
If Naruto had tried a different approach with the words he used then maybe the reputation of The Division's commanders would haven't gone too deep down the drain in Hashiba and Konomi' eyes. To hear their boss speak using blunt words when the sexy part came was like asking for everyone's shit to leave for a vacation. Even Yamako had to crack up at some points.
"This wave...Every part of its mass functions as a fibrous muscle when inside the Chakra tunnel." Naruto tried to make the threat of Chakra as clear as possible to everyone. "So it would be pretty dangerous to drop off the zone suddenly by using any type of Ninjutsu, the worst it could do is cause system failure which leads to pain, distraction and sometimes permanent injuries. If it hadn't been for Kyuubi, I couldn't have ever survived that encounter. Anyone got any idea on this?"
"Not half bad for an independent camp." Tsuki reflected with curiosity with tears in his green eyes. "So technology and chemistry make up for lack of self-awareness? Only Shinobi who associates with Prism can get to that letdown."
"Prism of MW?" Hakuto cut in. "Yet another independent mercenary force besides us. This has gone from rare to normal nowaday."
Prism, located all over the Elemetal Nations, an idea place fot retired Shinobi who discarded their own way to seek the higher generation by providing their strength and knowledges to MW and in turn, received the most potent protection of all. The Division also had a connection with one on the Lightning Country, mostly taking orders to swipe some small threats like the usual D or C ranked missons but the high speed leaps of advanced technology they received was uncountable. Naruto used to joined them one time but after seeing the lack of self efficienty starting to spread among his men, he had to reconsider their relationship. Such a pleasure that could kill you on the inside.
"Yeah, remember that brown tea they gave you last Autumn, boss?" Tsuki, being his first comrade, speaking from experience. "Even their coffee is strong. I would leave them to plan our defense like that guy if I was the one leading too. With the brain wave and all that security, they'd come out invincible even with a full assault."
"Well boss... How did you get out of that chair?" Kimura asked.
"After the injection, the anesthetic knocked me out and numbed the pain away. That was when the reviver shot I gave myself before starting to kick in and I recovered, enough for me to stay conscious. Kyuubi then did the rest of the healing and I killed him when I got up." Naruto placed the gun for everyone to see after stopping. "A 12 rounds Revolver Magnum crept away before he cursed me. There is no recognized mark of Prism or MW...Did any of you see this anywhere?"
"W-what?" Tsuki failed to keep his smug expression when he saw the gun. "You don't mean- 12 pieces in this handgun?"
"May I see the bullets, boss?" Asked Kimura. "It couldn't have been-" His lips then stopped moving to stare at the size of that shell.
"Not just regular piercing ammo along with lazer scope, but charged up buster shot equipped as well." Having played with it during the travel, Naruto disassembled the gun as he was saying. "With this feature, even a single gunner could raze a building to the ground... My Rasengan is childplay compared to this thing, not be mention firing at longer range and more precise too. Here." He quickly tore a crack and pulled out a small green pebble. "This is what the outcasts used to store Chakra in rigid form, serving as a healing source for they lacked of medical attention from Shinobi. Never thought I'll see this using as an actual armory."
"...How did you know about it? I've ever heard anything about this before." Hakuno, the medic nin, asked in curiosity. "I know about Chakra waste you told earlier and all but-?"
"It came from a dystopion experiment on inactive Kochuuriki by them outcasts. Even as useful as it might sound, it is prohibited due to that reason. I wandered around as a missing nin for about a year so it's only natural that I came across this."
Kochuuriki, similar to Jinchuuriki but more like a lone piece of fabric, acting as the contract between Shinobi and Chakra Monsters in the war. They were the children chosen to share the power from the remain of the Jinchuuriki's offsprings' own strength. Since it was for the sake of their hometowns, every Jinchuuriki had to give off their kids saved for Uzumaki Naruto, who had disappeared long before the day it became a law. Due to the unstable and inexperienced sealing technique, many failed, many faltered,... The inactive ones became a few fortunate but nothing more than a shell covering their hollow souls. Every year the people held a carnival as a redeemtion to Kochuuriki, hoping to spread their apologies and sympathies among each generation in their war-torn-country. Unfortunately, it was also like introducing fresh products for outcasts. Reason behind their doing until this day was still not in the clear.
'Wonder how Yugito is doing...' Naruto stopped to take a breather and to let the others see the gun as well, thinking about his last encounter with her family at the Land of Lightning. 'Never thought we could ever come to an age where monsters could be thrown away.'
'BITCH!' The Lord of Chakra Monsters hadn't gotten over its rage yet, shouting in his mind. 'You want a lap dance of pain right now? Fucking shit!' Typical day for the duo, he could never think his thought out loud.
'Looking forward for tonight, not lap dance though.' He thought jokingly, letting himself relax with the chit chat. 'Aiko's performance and a shot glass are the best.'
'That blue oversized haired dancer?'
'First day a short fused kunoichi and now a living idol, who would have thought? I wonder if it is a good idea to let Tsuki turn her out to be like that.'
'And now lusting over young girl? You sick fuck...I bet you get off to those on the Internet when I was sleeping.'
'One of the reasons I quit surfing the web is because of you and Kimura asking for furry porn, fennec.' Naruto the instructor reminded the beast's 2D problem. 'I don't recall the nine tailed fox being intersted in only one gender but sure their fetishes are amazing. I swear, never again. '
'B-Better than you, you incompetent fool!...Why did it turn out to this?' Kyuubi avoided the topic at hand with no shame in its tone. 'Anyway, I got something to tell you.'
'About the gifts?'
'That fag earlier, Tsuki or whatever the fuck his name is, the red and the blue are radiating an uncomfortable aura towards him and it's getting on my fucking nerve. They want him.'
Uh oh! That didn't sound good.
'...Should have expected that, leave it to me. Does it bother you that much?'
'No, it's the cry that is stomping my ears to mud. Stop this shit at once, you little blight! Ugg...Gotta take a shower after this.'
Naruto went back to the present to see that both the heads of weaponary were still losing themselves in thought with the magnum, leaving the remaining medic Jonins to their own conversation.
"Speaking of which, Hakuno." The said person turned away from Orochimaru to see everyone now had gathered their attention back to their commander after minutes of silence. "Have you done with the lab work about those pills yet?"
"Those drug packs from TNI?... You are not gonna like this boss." Hakuno said. "They either came from TNI or were stolen from MW and got modified. Preventing sudden loss of conciousness and developing an immunity to most chemical influence immediately after one encounter are their specialties."
"Well, that explains why the antipyretic didn't work for both the kunoichi. What about the anesthetics?" Something had to be explained there, excuse for a moment...After escaping from capture, Naruto had had to go with lethal method to deal with kunoichi troops before getting his hands on some brand new TNI's bottles from the corpses left behind. The fact that they had decided to use illegal drugs instead of their advanced firearms against him suggested that those stuffs had been well-used and proven to be most effective.
"This anesthetic is by far the strangest one I've ever seen. More likely, I can say that it could be used to fake death rather than knocking someone out. Not only that, the drug itself has the most confusing and out of order cell display." He then went on to describe about the ingredients that Naruto and the co could happily pass, save for Orochimaru, who had done the work with the doc earlier. "Even the capsules they gave their kunoichi don't stand a chance. Right now the medic nins are gathering data of the sleeping hamsters as we speak."
"What about our anti-anesthetics? Did it have a chance?"
"In the middle of testing along with their own reviver. Tonight I might be able to give a full report."
"Then what about the remaining? I remember a lot of brands I brought home."
"More enhancing supplements and food pills. There are still some I haven't yet to touch."
"...Alright. Hashiba and Konomi!" He called out, igniting the cold shoulders everyone had been giving those two. "Do you have any idea about why these are only for kunoichi?"
"..."
"..."
They showed signs of nervousness and a little bit of embarrassment and took a look at each other before the upper rank person spoke out loud for everyone to hear.
"The thing is...If the men were to be given the supplements. They would go out of control."
"What? Is it toxic to male?"
"W-well...Not like that."
"Then what?"
Hashiba made his head a scraching place as he said unsteadily: "I heard that one guy who used to take it became a sex addict and got shot to death when he nearly killed his fellow kunoichi at night. It's carved in the rule that male shinobi is spared from enhancing medicine and instead focused more on ninjaken and firearm. And anyone who opposes it would be dead immediately."
...What the fuck?
"Oww...that was quite a thing I would never have expected to hear along with that orgy." Tsuki dropped a comment as no one was not rendered speechless. "Hakuno-san? Is there-"
"Don't worry." Still finding it somewhat laughable, he said with a silent chuckle. "Those were only tested on the animals. I will not allow anyone to use it until everything is clear. But after hearing that... I'm afraid I'll have to conceal them."
"I believe that sums up the entire thing." Naruto checked on the recorder as he was saying. "Now...about the questions you all have held up until now. I'll start explaining one by one. This is gonna be long so a separate tape is needed."
He switched off the one inside with another, preparing to lead the others into a world beyond of the living and the dead.
"As I have said before. The woman named Mezu is considered immortal by surving two bullets in the core of her brain and has an incredible healing rate that could easily surpass me and Hidan the Akatsuki. How is it possible? Orochimaru, I think you'll answer this question better than I do."
"...That succubus got help from an outsider." The Sannin began to explain, much to his delight. "3.45 seconds after an opened wound and 15 seconds after her pulses stopped functioning, it will come into effect. The reviving countdown is set to precisely 1 minute and 8 seconds no matter the cause of death might be, dismembered, dissolution,... The only possible method is to cease its finish by constantly keeping the body in damage or locating the cause and..."
The next thing they knew, the person on Orochimaru's seat was no longer him but a gorgeous young lady with charmingly thinner dark eyes, every feature on her face just screamed the word sexy and even more breathtaking with such a unique color embracing her intoxicating skin. Looking at her pale yet luscious lips make every man in the room feel on top of the world, the simplest pleasure of them. If only she could have taken off that thick sweater...
"-deal with it." Her naturely flirtatious voice strengthened the attention of everyone. "This is what have made her the immortal being. Of anything, you should know that this is not an illusion." Then with nothing to cover the instant transformation, the snake Sannin was back with his usual glooming self. "I extracted that power from her myself, a little flying humanoid creature with a grey shell. It-"
"A-awesome!" Ignoring about the later part since the disappearance of his hard-on, Tsuki showed his excitement a bit too loud without realising it. "Damn, that's hot! That was the most erotic thing I've ever seen! No wonder no one could have resisted that temptation. Uhum, I would tap that!"
Now that was more like the silver reincarnate of Ero Sannin, he had been keeping silence for quite a long time. To agree with a pervert was not really a good gentleman's behavior but in this case, The Division's leaders would have no problem with it...aside from one particularly furry man who had been having trouble questioning his sexuality in check since morning.
"A grey creature, huh? How come?" Asked Naruto, directing the question to Orochimaru.
"Happened when I brought it what it wanted. Then that thing moved over to me and next thing I knew, I was a woman." Folding his arms, he said. "After that, the conversation between us was pure English, MW language."
"Wait a minute. What it wanted?" Tsuki interrupted. "What does that even mean? I'm confused here."
It looked like Naruto still had to explain it himself.
After one long explaination, everyone had somewhat of an idea about the story behind those mysteries and the gifts.
"So it is good and all until the demand comes around?" Tsuki smirked at Orochimaru, his tone suggested that his heart was beating like crazy. "So what is your demand, Oro-san?"
"Now now!" Said Naruto. "Nobody got time for that, Tsuki. Instead, why don't you start telling me about the two Zadiac you saw earlier?"
"...Alright. Sorry about that." Realising that his act was quite inappropriate, he quickly resumed his stoic self. "A pair of red and blue ones are what has been staring at me the entire time. Trying my best to ignore it but their calls just keep bugging the hell out of me. Hey, notice me! Listen, look here! They sounded like a certain type of people I know on the Internet. Do you agree, boss?"
"Ok. I have no idea about the last part but continue."
"Hold on, let me just..." He said as he moved his chair closer to Naruto's. "Now they can see that I'm paying attention at them. Give me a minute and I'll tell you more, boss."
"Huh?"
He then proceeded to stare at Naruto's face...not in any way near creepy but in everyone's mind, there was a lot of wrongs. Couldn't blame them with the look of interest slowly increasing in his face when their eyes met, making Naruto have to awkwardly turn away to avoid the staredown.
'Hey retard! What the fuck are you doing?!' Kyuubi screamed at his mind, tremendously startling his nerves. 'That kid is taking away the gifts!'
"What?!" Unawaringly, Naruto spoke out loud while turning back to him, only to see a creaking smirk under those green eyes of his most trusted comrade.
...
What?
...
Why can't I see anything?
...
Kurama!
'You fucking idiotic shitbag! And when I was having a nice nap...What in the unholy symbol of fuck did you do?' Naruto heaved out a sigh of relieve when he heard the insult.
'Where are we?'
'Don't know, I can't see shit. But I'm more curious about WHY we are here! That fag...Those ungrateful little bitches! I fed them food all those time and then they just left happily like that...?'
'...Calm down, did they grow on you or something?'
'FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU-' And that was when the spaming of colorful potty words began. That day was a sad day.
It happened too fast and too confusing for anyone to expect it.
Naruto takes a look at the unconcious man lying down, his hair is silver color and his eyes before collapsing are green just like the last person he saw. Waking up in this orange suit wearing kid carrying a large mat behind which he later recognized it as some sort of scroll, and then this wierd dude wearing the headband from the place he hated the most, Konohakagure came over and spoke some bullshit to him before getting kinky with the dirt by a strike to the carotid when he attempted to grab the scroll by force. Something is wrong and yet...He doesn't know where to begin.
Has he gone back to the past? No, he didn't remember anything about having a scroll and a stalker when he was a kid, and this child doesn't seem like to have any protective gear of a shinobi around him so why did he run around with a ninja scroll? The only thing he had to doubt about himself is the whisker marks and the seal of the foul mouthed beast. If he had a mirror then he might confirm.
'Kyuubi.' He thinks, sitting on the nearby treeroots. 'If you're done getting drunk, talk to me. I've been waiting here for too long and don't start pulling my legs!'
'Just wake that fucker up and ask him! I'm just as confused as you are and I'm too damn tired to even think about it so you deal with it! I still got this purple bitch to take care of so don't bother me.'
'I can't risk giving myself to the public yet...Why do you always sound so pissed off? You seem fine to me. Now spill everything you know before I turn that wasteland into a garden.'
'Go on bitch! Let's see if a minor like you can get any alcohol in here! Get to the water bar, kid.'
'Transformation.'
'Alright...' It sighes in defeat.'What I know is pretty much what you have in mind. Zadiac did it. Time travel or alternate reality is the first I've heard of after so many centuries but who knows? The fucking thing is spiritual so everything might be possible.'
'How the hell? Both those two are out of the grasp and impossible in themselves. You mean we're suddenly thrown into another dimension or the timescale just broke?'
'Then I don't fucking know! Stop with that complicated shit!'
'Earlier you said purple bitch. I assume it was for the remnant?'
'What else, a dog? It had been quiet for some time now, maybe it's about damn time to teach it Japanese. I can't fucking stand Engrish.'
'...You don't think. Tsuki caused this with the other ones?'
'You dense motherfucker! That even needs to ask?! Oh, and don't start asking about their specialities cuz I don't know about anything. I said that before, I hated and hate those kids so don't expect much from me.'
'Right...So I'm on my own now huh?'
'Good fucking luck!'
Well, that goes downhill quickly. The situation's just becoming grimmer and grimmer.
The tired former missing nin rises to his feet and walks over to the sleeping shinobi but before he could take any other steps, Naruto throws himself into a holt of leaves when he hears a disruption of the grass, someone is coming here. Dipping inside the hidden shadow, the blond spots an average heighted man in a distance, who slowly revealing his Chunin vest with a scar across the bridge of his nose, another Konoha nin that is very familiar to one particular person he knew.
"Mizuki!" He shouts, running towards the unconcious man and noticing the scroll. "What?...The scroll of seals, Naruto?" The name he calls out is like a classified information to the figure in the bush.
"Wake up, Mizuki!" After making sure that his fellow was only gotten knocked down, he then starts to beat him awake. "Where is Naruto?"
"...Errrr...huh? Iruka?"
!
'Iruka?' Now he remembers, that person was once his Academy instructor, Iruka Umino, a kind person who always put his heart to every lesson. 'What is he doing?'
"Uggrrr...Goddamn.." The one who he assumes Mizuki grunts in pain with his hand to his sore swollen neck. "Aggrrr!"
"Hold on! Can you walk?"
"I-I think I can manage..." Although having some trouble keeping balance, Mizuki stands up slowly with Iruka's help.
"...Mizuki, did you know who attacked you?"
"...No, it happened too fast." He lies. "It's a possiblity he was making the forbidden scroll his target."
"What are you talking about? The scroll is right besides you." Iruka's saying makes Mizuki's head turn to his side which earn a painful yelp with tears forming in his green eyes. "Be careful! You need to have medical attention right now, Mizuki."
"D-d-don't worry, Iruka. You go and find Naruto-kun...It seems like the attacker is aiming at him rather than the scroll."
"Y-you're right!" Iruka realises that his student is in risk of being pursued. Quickly making a series of handseal, a clone is ready right next to him. "You try to get the scroll back to Sandaime-sama with him, okay? Sorry for this."
"No-no, you don't need to waste your strength, Iruka." Mizuki utters. "I can make it back alone. You should go back and call for everyone, it wouldn't be a plain daze like me if you ran into him."
"...You sure you can make it?"
"I am, don't worry too much. Just leave me be."
"No, you wait here." Turning his back to him, Iruka assures Mizuki. "I'm gonna call the medic team right up along with the-" Iruka suddenly finds the back of his head getting impaled by a sharp kunai and slumbers down with another thrust to his veins, his eyes can't even keep up with the flow as they stays wide opened when his blood is seen soaring on the soil.
"You called for it, retard." Mizuki mutters with satisfaction. "Now the scroll..." His eyes only see the sky as a bust to his popliteal forces him down and his head is bound breathlessly to the small arms of a child, his throbbing neck would be broken by itself even with a light pressure.
"I should have known that scum like you would stir up trouble." Says Naruto, deciding to take the act. "So Mizuki-san, you said that I failed the graduating exam 3 times in a row so I have to learn at least one technique in this scroll. And I will ask again, what jutsu is it?" Finishing that sentence, he allows a little air into the traitor's lungs so he can talk.
"Y-y-you little monster..." Just as those words are out, a hard blow to the head makes him bite his tongue and shut him up. If he was just letting out drops of tears before then now the van has been broken. "P-please...no more, please..." The pain is so unbearable that he can no longer speak properly in this pitiful state, combining with the lack of air to ease it is pure agony.
"That might have been arranged but unfortunately I don't have time. About this incident of this giant scroll...The more you tell me, the longer you live."
And just when he's about to hear the tale of Naruto Uzumaki the orange obsessing kid, he suddenly feel something pulling him away from his capture. Time seems to be slowed down to the point when he can't feel any atmosphere substance left in the air and everything freezes up, shutting off his consciousness in the process.
...
When he opens his eyes again. A completely different scene plays out before him. A classroom with children chatting to each others, everyone has an exciting look on their face. A colorful and happy yet a little stiff feeling spreads out among these youngsters.
"What the hell?" He asks himself, looking around for something resembling the previous encounter. Kurama always breaks Genjutsu for him so he doubts it is an illusion he is seeing.
"What's up, Naruto?" He turns around to see a boy whose look is just about his age speaking to him. "W-whoaa! Don't stare at me like that! What has gotten into you?"
"Oh, sorry!" Apologising, he fixes his glance to a pleasant one. "Hey, can I ask you something?"
"Umm...What is it?"
Naruto tries to think of something to say before he could leave, something that is not too giving away about his confusion.
"Why does everyone look so excited?"
"Huh? This is not like you to ask that. Today is the Genin graduating day, and it's your third try Naruto. What? Giving up already?"
...The timescale truly has broken. What interesting traces in the past does he have the fortune to have? Today indeed is a sad day.
Might as well turn this into a prequel for another story. Usually Naruto is the one who take control in the Time Travelling stories so I want to try putting him into another shoe to see if I can mess this up even more.
