FLIGHT OF THE KITSUNE STAR STRIKER
"Normal speech"
"Ethereal Speech"
[Talking through a Comm Link]
Chapter 15: Multiple Returns
[Great job, Naruto! You saved the SnowHorn Tribe and collected the SpellStone. But it's not over yet. You need to return the SpellStone to the Force Point Temple. Peppy has indicated that it's located beyond Moon Mountain Pass. I'm sure the ThornTails can point you in the right direction. Pepper out...] General Pepper ended the transmission as the Kitsune Striker re-entered Dinosaur Planet.
Naruto carefully piloted the Kitsune Striker in a gradual descent onto the clearing of Thorntail Hollow before disembarking with Chopper and Tricky in tow, having successfully obtained one of the Spellstones from the Darkice Mines and rescuing the SnowHorns while they were there. Suddenly one of the Thorntails in a panic.
"You've got to help us, those horrible Sharpclaws took out our lovely beacons. We be scared of the dark at night," the Thorntail started to cry in distress, Chopper and Tricky went to comfort the dinosaur.
Naruto frowned at the information before speaking up "Don't worry ma'am, we'll make sure to resolve this problem,"
[Don't forget that we need to return the Spellstone to the Force Point Temple] Peppy pointed out to the fox Faunus who replied.
"I know but lending a little helping hand here and there won't hurt," said Naruto, then he turned to Tricky "Any way we can relight the beacons?"
Tricky hummed in thought before realizing something "Oh yeah, dad told me that Fire Weeds are used to lighting up the beacons, and I know where they are,"
"Okay then, led the way to them," said Chopper.
"Sure, but I gotta warn ya. The Fire Weeds are always burning, so you need to put them out first if you don't wanna get burnt," Tricky added as a warning.
[This planet keeps finding wars to puzzle us] said Levy with a tilt of her head.
[Tell me about it] said Fox.
Tricky led them to the tree where the Fire Weeds grew, Naruto knocked them down to the ground and swung the staff strongly enough to use the pressurized air to put them out for Chopper to pick up with a few extra just in case. They took the Fire Weeds to each beacon and placed them there before igniting them with his flames, the Thorntails saw that the beacons were relit and felt no small amount of relief with the very same one approaching the trio with something in its mouth which it dropped at their feet to reveal it to be a key.
"Thanks very much, the beacons really mean a lot to my tribe," the Thorntail gestured to the key on the ground "Please take this, I believe it will help you on your quest,"
"Thanks, I'm sure that it will come in handy," Naruto picked up the key and placed it in his pouch, watching the Thorntail leave before turning to the others "Now that's settled, how do we get to the Force Point Temple?"
"I know of one, we'll have to go through Moon Mountain Pass to get to it," Tricky spoke up.
"Alright then Tricky, lead the way," said Naruto.
"Right!"
By following Tricky, Naruto and Chopper soon found themselves leaving Thorntail Hollow given the sharp transition from green vegetation to rocks, a thick cover of clouds and smog choke out any light besides that of the strange glowing pink flora, and dreary, spooky aesthetics of the Pass are blanketed under constant night and meager moonshine.
"Starting to get a vague idea why this place's called Moon Mountain Pass," said Naruto, surveying the area around him.
"I remember that the Sharpclaw came from here, before they started causing problems for everyone," said Tricky.
Chopper was surprised to hear that "You mean that the Sharpclaws used to live here?"
Levy spoke up through the comm link [Tricky's right cause according to the lore; Millions of years ago, the second moon of Dinosaur Planet came crashing to the ground, bringing with it strange creatures from space and creating a mutant race of dinosaurs called the SharpClaw!]
Naruto let out a sigh "That is until General Scales got greedy and started causing trouble for everyone, some people just can't be satisfied with what they have and keep wanting more,"
Upon entering a new area, the group came across a large wooden fort up ahead where two Sharpclaw soldiers were currently on sentry duty albeit one of the was sleeping on the job. The other Sharpclaw was surveying the area with a telescope when he saw Naruto and the others approaching before growling as he recognized them to be the ones opposing their general's ambition. The SharpClaw turned to the one sleeping and woke it up with a hard smack to the head.
"Wake up, somebody coming!" the Sharpclaw grumbled before entering the fort with the other Sharpclaw following after him, then multiple wooden barrels were being launched out of the fort and tumbling down the slope in the direction of the group.
"Take cover!" Naruto called out in alert, then they hid behind a boulder for it to serve as a shield from the incoming barrels.
"How are we gonna reach them now? Those barrels will roll over us before we can get anywhere close to the fort," said Tricky worriedly.
Naruto spoke up "I'll do it, was trained for stuff like this. shouldn't be tough for me after all this time,"
"Are you sure about this, Naruto?" asked Chopper.
The fox Faunus responded with a thumbs up "Don't worry buddy, I got this,"
He stepped out from behind the cover and began dashing up the slope, narrowing his focus to the point that his surroundings turned silent and only his heartbeat was heard. Naruto rapidly darted from left to right consecutively all the while deploying Accel Decoys to take the hits from the barrels in his place. Soon he reached the fort's gateway and used the key he got from the Thorntail, he wasted no time going inside and taking down the sentries before turning off the machine launching the barrels.
"Okay guys, you can come up now!" Naruto called out, Chopper and Tricky made their way over with the latter looking at him in awe.
"That was so cool, I never saw a Lightfoot move the way you did," Tricky exclaimed.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head "Just the results of my training from my mom, she's awesome like that,"
[Stay focused you three, we still need to locate the temple] Julia pointed out through the comms.
"We know, already on it,"
In a few steps, the trio finally arrived at the Volcanic Force Point, the surroundings were in a literal sense very hot as they had to watch their step if they don't want to drop into the magma flowing about as well as the vents spewing flames, and the fire bats swooping in to attack them. Naruto had to ward them off the best he could without getting burnt by their flaming bodies as they advanced.
Up ahead is a gate barring the way, but they also noticed a hole in the floor whose shape matches that of a SpellStone. Taking out the said relic from his backpack, Naruto inserted the SpellStone into the slot, triggering a mechanism which twisted the gate open and allowing them to advance to the temple's entrance where there was an inscription on the door.
Only he who lights the orbs of the Krazoa may pass
"Orbs of the Krazoa…," Naruto looked up to see colored orbs hanging overhead then he noticed that the flames of two torches were changing color every now and then.
[Here's an idea Naruto, how about using the Fire Blaster through those flames to hit the orbs with their matching colors?] Levy suggested.
"I'll give it a try," Naruto positioned himself and timed his shots with the staff to hit the Krazoa orbs with the matching colors which caused them to glow and make the spikes retract for him to insert the SpellStone into the slot in order to unlock the door "'Looks like we're in,"
No sooner he said that, multiple Sharpclaw soldiers teleported into the room and growled at the trio whilst brandishing their weapons.
"More bad guys!" Tricky exclaimed.
"Let's clear them out and move on," Naruto brought out the Staff and extended to the length of a cane before unsheathing the Dragon Blade, hearing it growl softly in anticipation.
Naruto rapidly rushed up to one of the Sharpclaws and smashed the Staff across the head to daze it then followed up by standing on one leg and launched a flurry of kicks with the other before finishing up with a jumping knee kick for the takedown. A SharpClaw rushed to attack with its spiked club but Naruto detected the incoming strike and deployed an Accel Decoy whilst dodging then countered with a leg sweep and bringing the Staff down on its head hard enough to banish it consciousness before turning his focus towards the next target.
Meanwhile a large SharpClaw was approaching Chopper and Tricky with the former standing before the latter protectively, all the while chortling at the sight of the fuzzy creature being unafraid to face him head-on "You two make good snacks,"
Chopper huffed in response "We're no-one's lunch and I'll show you why! Heavy Point!" the little reindeer suddenly transformed into a large hulking humanoid form much to the lizard's shock which costed him as Chopper was already attacking "Heavy Gong!" A simple yet powerful punch smashed into the SharpClaw's before he was grabbed by the throat as Chopper lifted him onehandedly into the air before slamming backfirst into the ground to the point of forming a crater as a result.
"Wow, you're so cool Chopper!" said Tricky in awe.
"Oh shut up, it's not like I'm happy to hear your compliment!" Chopper rubbed the back of his head with a toothy grin, trying and failing to deny the actual fact of the matter.
Back to Naruto, he was dashing in and out of the group of SharpClaws all the while leaving behind Accel Decoys to confuse them before putting some distance away from them as they were unable to locate the real him before taking an Iai stance with the Dragon Blade positioned at his waist.
Taking a deep breath and feeling his mind clear with focus, Naruto looked on to his targets before whispering "Dragon Flash," he suddenly moved in a blur then reappeared at the other side as slashes appeared on the SharpClaws before they collapsed to the ground and were warped away afterwards.
Afterwards, the trio went further inside to a large chamber where Tricky has to use his flame breath on several fire vents in order to activate some platforms overhead for Naruto to use to get around after locating a nearby ladder. Then the Staff began to pulse and lightly tug Naruto in certain direction as if telling him that there's something important there.
"Hmmm, there must be a shrine nearby. Time for an upgrade," Naruto muttered to himself.
Sure enough, Naruto located and entered the shrine as he held the staff over his head and arcs of blue energy from above struck the staff several times, making it glow brightly. He felt the staff inform him that he can now use the ability called the Ice Blast which grants him the ability to freeze almost anything with an icy blast.
After returning to the previous chamber from the hidden shrine, Naruto took note of the flaming torches around and had the idea of putting them out with the Ice Blast. Doing this made a metal grating in the middle of the chamber slide sideways to reveal an opening for a platform to rise to the surface. Naruto and co used it to descend to the lower levels and enter yet another chamber only that this place feels different compared to the others.
"I can feel my aura pulsing in this place, so much energy here…," Naruto commented as he surveyed the area.
Levy then spoke up through the comm links [Naru, I've been reading through the ancient records of Planet Sauria and found something that has to do with the room you guys are in. Apparently, this temple was purposely built on a Force Point; a place where pure magic energy is forced up from with the very core of the planet. This magic energy is so powerful that it constantly attempts to break the planet apart. So, to prevent this from happening, the Ancient Krazoa placed two SpellStones inside the temple to absorb the energy]
"I suspect that General Scales removed the SpellStones in order to access this magic energy and was ignorant of the consequences of doing so," said Naruto with a frown.
Julia responded in affirmation [Indeed, but returning the SpellStones to the temple shall restore the planet to the way it was and undo such foolishness]
"Well, we have one SpellStone right now. So we'll look for the other when we're done putting this one in its proper place," said Chopper.
[That's pretty much the gist of things, we're counting on you three] said Peppy before ending the transmission.
Using the SpellStone, the Ice Blast and Tricky's Flame Breath every now and then to venture further into the temple, the group reached the upper level of the chamber and went through a warp point to be teleported to the Force Point chamber where they installed the SpellStone into the obelisk with the area quaking slightly in reaction before finding themselves being warped to the entrance of the temple.
"Well, that's one SpellStone returned, let's head back to Thorntail Hollow and figure out where to locate the second one," said Naruto.
Tricky nodded eagerly "Yeah, I can't wait to tell mom that we were able to put the first SpellStone back,"
The trio left the temple and were making their way through the Moon Mountain Pass when they heard a bodiless voice echo throughout the area.
"Help me…please help me…I'm dying…," a female voice called out in pain.
Naruto frowned in thought "I recognize this voice, it's the same one from when I picked up the Staff," the aforementioned staff trembled in reaction to her voice.
"I need the Krazoa Spirits or I will not survive…help me,"
"Naruto, Chopper! Look!" Tricky gestured for the two to see an apparition appear before them "A Krazoa, just like what mom and dad told me…,"
"Do you wish to accept our test?" the Krazoa spirit inquired.
"Test? What do you mean by that?" asked Naruto confusedly, Chopper hid behind him…poorly, feeling a bit intimidated by the sight of the apparition.
"I was released when she completed my test. But she is now in grave danger and for her to survive…you must complete what she had started and collect the remaining Krazoa spirits. For only the pure of heart can enter our shrines,"
[Sounds to me like the SpellStones aren't the only things that need to be returned to their proper place] said Levy, already scrolling through the ancient records to find anything relating to the Krazoa Spirits.
"Stop…please…don't hurt me…," the voice choked out in pain, making Naruto grit his teeth at the sound.
"Sounds like she's in big trouble, Naruto," said Tricky worriedly.
"I know, but it's not like I was planning to ignore her cry for help," Naruto turned to the spirit "Alright spirit, where do I start?"
The Krazoa spirit nodded in response "Find the remaining five Krazoa shrines, complete the test within each and bring the spirits to the Krazoa Palace,"
"The Warpstone can get you there!" Tricky piped up.
"When all the spirits are returned, she will be saved. She is depending on you for her life," said the Krazoa spirit.
"Sure, no pressure," said Naruto sarcastically.
"Defeat the creature in order to obtain a Moon Seed, it will help you in your journey," afterwards the spirit disappeared before them.
"Might as well get and…hm?" Naruto felt the Staff tremble and tug him towards a newly revealed passage "So, there's another Hidden Shrine near here. Time to see what this one will give us,"
Naruto located and entered the shrine as he held the staff over his head and arcs of blue energy from above struck the staff several times, making it glow brightly. He felt the staff inform him that he can now use the ability called the Ground Quake in which he can unleash the energy power of the Staff to create large shockwaves on the ground.
He reunited with Chopper and Tricky and were making their way through the pass when something emerged from a nearby crater, revealing to be an obscure creature bearing resemblance to the Warpstone but is more reptilian with a pair of crablike claw arms as it hissed at them.
"What the heck is that thing?" asked Naruto hopped back with the Staff in hand.
"I've never seen it before!" said Tricky in a panic.
[Hang on and I'll check] Levy rapidly scrolled through the records before speaking up [It's called a Kalda Chom, tough-skinned creatures that dwell in the craters on the surface of Moon Mountain Pass to ambush unsuspecting prey. It's said that a Kalda Chom never shows its back to its enemies!]
[Sounds to me like it has a weakspot on its back as a price for being so thick-skinned] said Slippy thoughtfully.
"Sounds about right," Naruto jumped to the side as the Kalda Chom spat a green glob at him, keeping him within its sights but also keeping an eye on Tricky and Chopper. Feeling a tremble from the Staff, Naruto got an idea on what it wants him to do "Alright then, time for a test run,"
Naruto rose into the air with energy flowing through the Staff before descending to slam the key end of it to the ground and generating an earthshattering pulse through it. This got an instant reaction from the Kalda Chom as it began spinning round dizzily and revealing an oval-shaped portion of purple-colored flesh on its back which practically screamed 'Hit me here'. The Faunus wasted no time in striking its weakspot and defeating as it retreated to the ground and left something behind.
Chopper went to pick up what appears to be a dark-purple crescent shaped seed "This must be the Moon Seed that the Krazoa Spirit was talking about,"
"So, what do we do with it?" asked Tricky.
[According to the records, it is capable of growing rapidly when exposed to intense heat. This might be because there's no sunlight in Moon Mountain] Levy pointed out.
"Let's try it out then," Naruto looked around before seeing a patch of soil at a wall with a crack tracing to the upper ledge "Plant the seed over there and Tricky will use his Flame Breath,"
Chopper did as suggested and Tricky used his Flame Breath on the seed, causing it to grow vines along the crack all the way to the top. Naruto climbed the vines then Chopper shifted into his Heavy Point to toss Tricky up to him to catch before jumping up to them with his Jump Point.
"I could use the Staff Boost too, but it's good to have options," said Naruto with a shrug.
Continuing through the new route, the trio explored the area all the while having to watch out more of the Kalda Chom and collecting Moon Seeds to get around. With their weakness now known, Naruto use his Accel Decoys to distract the creatures and attack their weakspot or simply team up with Chopper for a pincer attack. Things got a bit difficult when a meteorite suddenly fell from the nightsky and crashed to the ground, right at where they were going.
[Naruto, are you guys okay?] asked Fox.
"Just peachy Fox, but now there's a meteorite blocking the way," Naruto replied.
[So, how are you going to get past it?] asked Peppy curiously.
"The best way that my mom would do…," Naruto approached the meteorite and placed a hand on the Dragon Blade, he unsheathed it in a flash before resheathing it. He tapped the rock lightly and it crumbled to pieces "…cut open a path,"
[Sounds about right when talking about her] said Julia, having spent time with Naruto's mother to learn that about her.
Moving on through the area along with defeating several more Kalda Chom and using Moon Seeds to traverse the upper areas, Naruto and co finally discovered the Krazoa Shrine and tried to enter but it seemed to only allow Naruto to pass through whilst Chopper and Tricky were blocked by some sort of energy barrier.
"I guess it will only allow one person to take the test," said Naruto with a frown.
"Then we'll wait out here while you go and get the spirit, don't worry about us as we'll be fine," said Chopper assuredly, flexing his supposed muscles and making Naruto chuckle in amusement.
Going inside, Naruto stepped on a warp pad and was teleported to the inner section of the Krazoa Shrine. He then had to solve a couple of puzzles along the way before arriving at the main chamber where he saw the Krazoa Spirit waiting for him.
The spirit then spoke once the blonde fox Faunus stood before it "This will be your test; the Test of Combat, prove your worth by defeating all of the SharpClaw within the time limit. Should you succeed, I shall become yours to claim and return to the Krazoa Palace,"
Naruto nodded in understanding "Alright then, I'm ready,"
The spirit disappeared then a large squad of SharpClaws appeared to attack him and he started hearing the sound of a clock ticking. Naruto had begun to get an idea of the types of SharpClaw that he faces; the Grunts are the yellow skinned ones wielding spiked maces, the Knights are slightly larger and are equipped with heavy armor, and an axe and shield. The newest one might as well be called a Giant due to being larger than the others and much more muscular.
A small group of Grunts rushed at Naruto in an attempt to gang up on him, but Naruto performed an aura-enhanced somersault over them and targeted a knight with a dive which it raised its shield to block before pushing him away. Seeing that he was about to land in their midst, Naruto used the momentum in his fall to perform Ground Quake to knock the off balance. Naruto swung the Staff in an arc while using Ice Blast to freeze some of the Grunts before immediately smashing them out of it with a flying roundhouse kick.
Switching to the Dragon Blade, Naruto stood at the ready whilst focusing his aura "Dragon Cyclone!" he performed a 360 slash around himself, inflicting great damage on several of the Grunts to the point of making them teleport away. Naruto quickly spun round to parry an incoming strike from a Knight's axe before stabbing his Dragon Blade to the ground and vaulting off it to land a high kick to the head, dazing it, he quickly maneuvered past its guard to attack with an aura-enhanced one-inch punch to send it flying into the others.
Now resorting to dual wielding both the Dragon Blade and the Staff, Naruto leapt into the fray and proceeded to engage the SharpClaws in close combat, using his speed and reaction time to defend against their attacks then retaliating with his own, immobilizing with his Ice Blast, knocking them off balance with the Ground Quake or attacking from a distance with the Fire Blast before dealing finishing attacks with the Dragon Blade as more kept coming to attack him.
"Tch, so annoying and I'm on the clock here," Naruto grumbled until he felt his aura pulse rather strongly, making him realize what's going on and smirked to himself "Guess I get to end this sooner than I thought!" he put away the Staff as aura surged from his body "Time for a Burst move; Zone of Ruin!" he leapt towards the remaining SharpClaws with the Dragon Blade as aura enshrouded it to form a giant single-edged sword of light before taking them all down with only a single blow, hence passing the test within the time limit.
The Krazoa Spirit reappeared "You have passed the test, I'm now yours to claim," it shot forward and went into Naruto's with the clear sign being his eyes glowing purple.
"This feels kinda weird, but at least I got the spirit. Now to get back to Chopper and Tricky then we'll make for Thorntail Hollow," said Naruto.
He met up with the two who were understandably surprised to see how he head the spirit in his possession but were able to calm down since he would be doing this four more times with the remaining spirits.
Then the Krazoa Spirit appeared before them once more "You have proven yourself to be pure of heart. Bring the spirit to Krazoa Palace, I will guide you further when you get there," then it faded away like before.
"Um Naruto, how does it feel to have the spirit inside you?" asked Chopper curiously.
Naruto hummed thoughtfully "Kinda feels like I'm wearing a bodysuit over myself, not like it's squirming or anything like that,"
[Let's get this thing to the palace, I don't really feel okay with a spirit living inside of you] said Julia with mild discomfort.
"Right then, let's get a move on,"
Thanks to a shortcut along the way, the group were able to reach Thorntail Hollow much sooner than expected. Then they went to speak to the WarpStone who was dozing off until they showed up.
"Yo WarpStone, I need you to take us to the Krazoa Palace!" Naruto called out.
"And I was having a nice nap too…," the WarpStone grumbled a bit "Alright then, hop onto my hand and be ready to warp," said the WarpStone with his left hand outstretched, Naruto and Chopper hopped onto it and the WarpStone enclosed them in his hand with blue light shining through his fingers which signify that they have been warped.
Reappearing at what appears to be a temple built into the side of a mountain, Naruto and Chopper looked around before taking note that someone's not with them…again.
"Hey WarpStone, why isn't Tricky here with us?" asked Naruto in mild annoyance.
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you. I cannot warp dinosaurs," said the WarpStone sheepishly.
Naruto deadpanned at this "Seriously? And here I thought you were finally doing your job right,"
"Yeah, I wanted to be there with you," Tricky whined through the link.
"You could wait for us at your mom's place until we get back," Chopper suggested.
"Okay, but don't make me wait too long," said Tricky.
"Gotcha,"
The duo went into the palace but had to watch out for the SharpClaws that had occupied the place as well as the traps that were made for security but are now turned against them but they were able to overcome them. The Krazoa Spirit with Naruto served as a guide for Naruto and Chopper, leading them to the top of the temple through the air currents generated by the platform vents.
As they approached the focal point of the tower, Naruto caught sight of a blue-furred fox girl who was encased in a crystal which is suspended in midair.
"Wow, she's so beautiful…why does my aura pulse when I look at her…," said Naruto in a dazed state.
"Naruto, there's a Krazoa Spirit here so we need to figure out where to place yours," said Chopper, but then noticed that he wasn't responding "Naruto?"
Said fox Faunus was still gazing upon the vixen, completely losing track of time with his aura constantly pulsing "What am I doing?"
[What are you doing, Naruto] Fox's voice called out, snapping Naruto out of his daze and the aura stopped pulsing.
"Huh, what?" Naruto mumbled confusedly.
[Release the spirit so we work locate the rest an the SpellStone] said Julia in an annoyed tone.
[Hmph] Levy was pouting with her feathers being ruffled.
"Oh right," Naruto turned to walk away, but glanced over his shoulder to look at the vixen until Chopper grabbed his arm to pull him away.
They located the Krazoa stone relief, Naruto fell to his knees while grunting in pain as the Krazoa Spirit took its leave from his body then fused with the relief with its eyes glowing faintly.
"Are you okay?" asked Chopper, checking on him.
"I think so, wasn't expecting it to hurt," Naruto replied in affirmation, rising to his feet "Now to head back and figure our next step,"
No sooner he said that, the stone relief of the Krazoa opened its mouth and sucked them inside then closing afterwards. The next thing they knew was that they reappeared atop the WarpStone's hand who placed them onto the ground.
"Alright you two, time for you to head for the seaside. It should help expand your search for the SpellStone and the Krazoa Spirits," said the WarpStone.
"Thanks for the lead, at least you're doing your job right," said Naruto with a smirk.
"Why you cheeky little blighta!" the WarpStone chuckled in amusement "By the way, I've been keeping this back you, ready for when you needed it," he dropped something at their, revealing it to be a Medium Scarab Bag.
"Thanks a lot, Mr. WarpStone," said Chopper as he picked up the scarab bag and handed it to Naruto.
"No thanks needed little chap, just keep up the good work!"
After picking up Tricky, the Queen Earthwalker told them that they'll need to go through the territory of the Lightfoot Tribe but also warned them that Lightfoots tend to be paranoid about whoever comes and would jump to conclusions.
With that said, the trio began making their way towards their next destination, having to through some mazelike structures and even paid a machine a toll with scarabs as payment amongst other things. But they eventually arrived at Cape Claw. They were moving along a path when Tricky suddenly stopped and started looking around much to Naruto and Chopper's confusion.
"Tricky, what's the matter?" asked Naruto.
"I don't know, it feels like someone's watching me," said Tricky.
"But I'm not seeing anyone," said Chopper after looking around.
"But I can still feel that I'm being watched,"
"I'm sure we'll come across this mysterious watcher when we get a better idea about this place," said Naruto.
"Okay,"
With that said, the group began exploring the cape and finding out several things along the way; they met a HighTop which is an Allosaurus-type dinosaur who had hidden away his gold bars from the SharpClaws but ended up forgetting where exactly he had put them, so they had to find it for him with Tricky helping them out by digging the gold bars buried underground before returning it to the HighTop who helped them in return by granting them partial access to a temple which had barred entry to them.
Naruto and Chopper went inside only to find themselves sealed into a room with toxic fumes beginning to fill up the place in an attempt to suffocate them. The duo had to work first while they still had breath by pushing the stone blocks to seal up the vents which the fumes were emitting from which in turn unlocked the door for them to exit through.
"Guys, I heard something open up down by the beach," Tricky informed them.
"Maybe that room was trapped to prevent anyone from unlocking what it was that you heard," Chopper guessed thoughtfully.
"Let's go and see what it is," said Naruto.
The group went down to the beach where Tricky heard the sound and came across a cave and someone stepped out from it, revealing to be a pterodactyl-like dinosaur but more feminine and wearing purple regal clothing.
"Whoa, a CloudRunner!" Tricky freaked out and hid behind Naruto "Shoo shoo! Go away CloudRunner, get away!"
"Chillax Tricky, what's with you acting that way?" asked Naruto, looking at Tricky and the CloudRunner in confusion.
The supposed CloudRunner spoke "He is an EarthWalker and I am a CloudRunner, our tribes do not see eye to eye. His father has probably been saying bad things about me,"
"Um, were you locked in there by the SharpClaws?" asked Chopper.
"Indeed, under orders by General Scales himself. You see, I am the Queen of the CloudRunner Tribe as well as its GateKeeper," the queen CloudRunner explained.
"Where is he now?" asked Naruto.
"He used my powers to open a path to the CloudRunner Fortress, I must return there to help my tribe,"
"Then we'll help, we need to get the SpellStone anyways," Naruto opened the comms "Okay guys, we'll be returning to the Kitsune Striker and head for the CloudRunner Fortress,"
[Gotcha, watch yourselves out there. No doubt, the SharpClaws will be waiting for you there] said Fox.
"Wait a minute!" Tricky spoke up, grabbing everyone's attention "There's no way I'm going to her fortress!"
Naruto let out a sigh at this "Alright, guess you're gonna have to sit this one out too. Chopper and I will drop you off at ThornTail Hollow before going to the fortress,"
The Queen CloudRunner flapped her wings to rise to the sky "I'll meet you at the fortress, good luck!" she flew off after opening up a path leading to their destination.
"Okay then, let's get going," said Naruto.
The group began their return in preparation for the next objective; liberate the CloudRunner Fortress from the SharpClaws and retrieve the second SpellStone to return to the Force Point temple.
This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, after successfully retrieving the SpellStone and rescuing the SnowHorns from the SharpClaws at the DarkIce Mines, Naruto and co returned to ThornTail Hollow and made their way to the Volcano Force Point temple where they need to place the SpellStone in order to restore the planet to its normal state. On their way back, the trio were confronted by the Krazoa Spirit who implores them to help recover the other Krazoa Spirits in order to set things right as well as rescue someone who took on the test before them. Seeing no reason to refuse, Naruto took on one of the tests and was able to acquire one of the spirits which he then returned to the Krazoa Palace, there he met Krystal for the first time and was immediately smitten at the sight of her much to Levy and Julia's chagrin. Sometime later, the group went to Cape Claw where they freed the captured Queen CloudRunner although it turns out that EarthWalkers and CloudRunners don't exactly get. Regardless, the Queen informs them that General Scales has taken over the CloudRunner Fortress so they'll need to help deal with the situation before obtaining the second SpellStone but Tricky doesn't want to come to the fortress and so chooses to stay, leaving things to Naruto and Chopper to deal with.
Like before, I'm going through every single action that Naruto and co does but rather focus on key points to avoid boring you guys to death since you would know how the game goes to begin with or at least referred to it on YouTube. Anyways, be sure to read and review like always.
This is Hussbek from Ghana.
Signing out and staying alive.
