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Wakfu: Chronicles of the Lost Ninja

-Chapter 19-

-Last Time-

"Ruel's right Naruto, you'll need to be a lot more careful," Eva added. "Those Lamechester guys were underestimating you before, but no doubt they'll be a lot more cautious around you from now on."

"Oh I know," Naruto stated, his mischievous smirk never wavering as he crossed his arms and turned his head to meet the gaze of a still glaring Kriss. "In fact, I'm counting on it."

-And Now-

Once more Real Gobbly and Lamechester United could be found in the middle of the field, squaring off against each-other intently none more so than Naruto and Kriss.

"So Kriss, what was that about showing me how a real Gobbowler plays?" The whiskered blond asked cheekily as he rolled his shoulders before getting into a ready position before the Sacrier.

Instead of getting upset like one would have expected though, Kriss actually chuckled while cracking his neck dramatically with his iconic grin. "Alright newbie, I'll admit you can play pretty well. You sure this is your first time playing?"

"Unless you count a few last-minute crash course lessons." Naruto admitted with a shrug while the white-haired gobbowler nodded.

"You learn fast then," He stated approvingly before his grin turned more vicious. "But let's see how much longer your beginner's luck holds out, shall we?"

"Oh trust me, luck ain't got nothing to do with thi-"

"Wowie folks! You can practically see the sparks flying! I don't know about you but I smell a throw down starting to brew!" The announcer declared dramatically from his booth, unintentionally cutting Naruto off mid-taunt. "Who shall come out victorious?! The Veteran Champ of Bontarian Gobbowl we all know and love or the surprisotastical rookie of mystery that's been taking the field by storm!?"

"Is he always that annoying?" He asked with a twitching brow as he glanced at the ranting man doing his damnedest to hype up the crowd.

"Meh, you learn to tune him out… eventually." Kriss said with a shrug, before both he and Naruto focused back on the other as the referee came up with the ball.

"Are you ready?" The gobbal riding asked rhetorically as he held up a gobbowl ball before slowly winding his arm back.

…

"…GO!"

The ball was high in the air in the blink of an eye, with both players leaping after it mere milliseconds later. Kriss managed to grab it first this time and wasted no time hurling the ball straight to Benji, who was zipping his way to the goal line with Calbien hot on his heels.

Meanwhile, the other three members of Lamechester went straight on the offensive, with Monty and Jeremy dogpiling on top of Dally and Jay ruthlessly barreling into Toot and Posho.

"Looks like Lamechester has pulled out all the stops! Not even five seconds in and their sprinter is almost to the goal! Nothing can possibly stop them now!"

Upon seeing his teammate heading for the goal practically unopposed, Kriss turned back to Naruto as they started to fall back to earth with a victorious smirk…

Which was immediately wiped away when Naruto suddenly planted both feet on his chest with a cheeky grin.

"Mind giving me a lift?"

"Wha-" Was all Kriss managed to get out before his opponent activated his boots boost charge, blasting the Sacrier straight into the ground whist simultaneously launching the blonde back towards his own side of the field.

"Holy Goball of Gobbowl!" The announcer exclaimed whilst the crowd gasped in shock as they watched Naruto literally flew over all the other players, and heading straight towards one in particular.

Poor Benji never saw it coming till it was too late, the short Enutrof being a few mere feet from the goal zone when he finally noticed the growing shadow draped over him. He would forever regret glancing upwards in that moment, for when he did his face was intimately introduced to the bottom of the blond's shoes, and then the ground as the impact literally pushed him several inches into the grassy turf.

"Ooooooooh… now that's gotta hurt! In an astonishing turn of events rookie player Naruto brings Lamechester's charge to a complete stop!" Even the announcer couldn't help but hiss in sympathy at the brutal takedown, only to just as quickly return to his jovial attitude moments later as the crowd started cheering loudly. "And in such a spectastical manner too! Never in my whole career have I seen a maneuver such as that!"

"Nice catch buddy, I really appreciate it." Naruto said jokingly while hopping off the KO'd sprinter, spinning the now captured ball on his finger as he made his way back onto the field.

-Gobbowl-

A grinning Naruto zig-zagged across the field with the ball, narrowly avoiding being tackled by Monty and Jeremy several times until he zipped past Dally, Posho, and Toot who managed to keep the pair at bay. He wasn't in the clear though as Kriss, Jay, and Benji started converging on him mere moments later, the former charging right at him head on whilst the latter two flanked either side.

And yet Naruto didn't seemed worried at all, continuing to charge into what seemed like certain doom for him without any hesitation, before suddenly cocking his arm back mid-run. Thinking he was about to try and pass the ball off to Calbien, who'd slipped by almost unnoticed deep into Lamechester turf, Kriss readied himself to use his sprint boost to cut the pass off at the last moment…

*WHAM*

Only for that notion, and possibly a few teeth, to be knocked right out of his head when the gobbal themed sports ball collided with his face at high speed. The unexpected impact, combined with his opposing forward momentum, caused the stunned Sacrier to literally flip out as Naruto dashed past him.

"Thanks for holding that for me, pal." The blonde said mockingly while swiping the ball back on the way by, leaving Kriss to flop face first onto the ground like a sack of potatoes. By the time the white-haired gobbowler managed to recover and clamber back to his feet, it was to see his whisker-faced opponent spring-boarding off Jay's back, flipping over Benji who had instinctively flinched away the instant the blonde went airborne, and slamming the ball down on the goal.

*BZZZZ*

"And its another goal for Real Gobbly!"

-Gobbowl-

Kriss passed the ball to Monty just before Posho cut him off, who promptly bulldozed his way past Toot before passing over to Benji as he was forced to standstill by Dally blocking his path. The short Enutrof sprinted across the field, desperately darting and ducking around the other players as he tried to throw his pursuers, Naruto and Posho, off to no avail and the distance between them started to rapidly shrink.

"Ah-ha!" "Gotcha now!" *SLAM* Just when it seemed like the pair were about to catch him though, Jeremy and Jay abruptly appeared from either side armed with blocker shields that they slammed into Naruto, smooshing the blonde between them with wicked grins.

"AAAH! Naruto!?" "Naruto!" "EEEK!" "Oh, that's not good." Eva, Yugo, Amalia, and Ruel exclaimed/shrieked/said at the same time, horrified as they watched the brutal dual assault.

"OOOH! Now that has got to hurt!" The announcer said stated with a joking sympathetic tone. "Seems our elusive rookie has finally been out-gobbowled as he is caught in the ever-dreaded Pain Pancake, a devastating move invented right here in Bonta by the Crusher Cras of Korka! However, he may still have the last laugh as he was not in possession of the ball, so that is a foul for-Wait, what's this?!"

As the announcer was talking, a very smug looking Jay and Monty were busy high-fiving as they ground their shields against each-other for added insult. However, their jubilation was swiftly switched with confusion when their sheilds started shaking, before gawking in disbelief when they were forced apart to reveal a dull-faced and barely scratched Naruto.

"Was that actually supposed to hurt-Ttebayo?" He asked rhetorically while clenching his hands, his fingers sinking into the odd wooden faces with an ominous crackle. "Please, let me show you how it's done."

Effortlessly tearing the shields free of the stunned duo's grasps, the whiskered blonde rolled his wrists dramatically before slamming them into the muscle-bound men's faces whilst activating their repulse charge, sending both tumbling away like ragdolls.

"And that's… eh, I got nothing," Naruto said with a shrug, carelessly tossing the shields over his shoulder before turning to Benji, who'd stopped just a few feet away when he thought the teen had been flattened and now sweating heavily as said blonde cracked his knuckles and neck ominously. "Now what to do with you?"

"Ehehehe, bye." The short old man said while darting off… only to skid to skid to a stop when he finally noticed the lack of weight in his arms.

Meanwhile, a smirking Calbien tossed the ball he'd stolen while Benji was distracted over to Naruto, who in turn made his way straight for the goal unopposed. Deciding to add a little flair for the crowd, the whiskered teen spun the gobbowl ball on a finger before flicking it into the air, kicking it up again with his foot as it fell, and finally slammed it onto the goal as the buzzer rang out.

"And with that the second quarter is done! And what a fantastical quarter it was! In a total turn of events Real Gobbly have utterly stolen the lead four to one, all thanks mostly to the astounditastical capabilities of rookie sensation Naruto Uzumaki!" The announcer yelled while the audience roared with a mixture of excited cheers and outraged cries, with the latter mostly coming from the Lamechester side naturally.

The moment Naruto made it to his side, he was greeted to a mixture of cheers and worried questions from everyone else, especially Amalia and Yugo who were hopping around him frantically. Thankfully, a few reassurances and a quick lookover by their Eniripsan healer was enough to settle most of their concerns, although a certain Cra made sure to keep a keen eye on him just in case.

"By Enutrof boy, is there no end to the crazy stunts you come up with?" Toot asked while clapping the whiskered teen's back, a wide grin on the elderly man's lips as he laughed joyfully. "I mean using a jump boost like that or throwing the ball at the opposing team as a decoy were bloody strokes of genius! Completely crazy and utterly reckless, but genius nonetheless!"

"Oh man, the look on Kriss's face was priceless! It was all like 'What the!?' and then 'How?!'." Calbien chuckled out while a breathless Posho nodded with a smirk and Dally outright doubled over laughing.

"What can I say? I know how to make an entra-aAAAH! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Naruto had started to say a clever retort, only to end up cutting himself off when Eva grabbed one of his ears and started pulling, Hard.

"Reckless is right, and completely over the top if you ask me," The blonde stated as she fixed the ninja teen with a stern glare. "The whole idea was NOT to draw attention you Iop brain. Do you even know what the definition of subtlety is?"

"I wasn't that bad…" Naruto tried to defend himself, only to trail off when his fellow blonde grabbed the other side of his head too and made him look towards the stands, where he could see quite a few people moving over to the once empty Real Gobbly side. And if that wasn't enough, the ever opportunistic business woman Miranda was running around making a pretty Kama selling Naruto themed merch she was getting from… somewhere. "Okay, so maybe I was a little over the top."

"…"

"YOWCH! Alright! I went a lot over the top!" Naruto yelped out miserably as Eva simply yanked on both of his ears with a blank look on her face. "I give! I give! I'll tone it down! Just let go already-Ttebayo!"

"I'm pretty sure it's far too late for that." The Cra muttered with an eyeroll, letting her fellow blonde free in favor of rubbing the side of her head.

"Indeed it is my boy, you've practically stolen the entire show," Ruel chipped in while pretending to nurse his cast covered leg. "So you might as well keep the strikes coming while the irons still hot."

"You're only saying that because Miranda offered to give us ten percent of the profits she's making," Amalia stated dryly while jabbing Ruel's chest, making the elderly Enutrof cough awkwardly and look away before she turned to Naruto with starry eyes again. "But that was so AWESOME! You were all over those guys like it was nothing!"

"Yeah! It was sooo cool!" An excited Yugo added as he hopped in place with an eager grin, making Naruto smile sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Okay ladies, that's enough lathering on the flattery," Toot cut in while not-so-gently shoving the pair back over to the bench. "Break times almost over and we need game plan fast, since whiskers here all but blew our last one to smithereens."

"Hey! I thought you were on my side!" Naruto exclaimed indignantly, only to be ignored as the floatie wearing old man continued.

"Naruto, keep up the offense, Dally, try and keep him covered where you can, Calbien, see where you can slip by for a quick goal just in case Naruto gets bogged down," He said while looking pointedly at each player until they nodded in understanding… before surprising them all when he turned to Eva instead of Posho and handed her some gear. "Eva, you'll be taking over for Posho as our second blocker so go get ready."

Naturally quite baffled by this herself, the Cra simply stared at the defensive equipment in confusion for several moments until her wits came back enough for her to ask the glaring question now running through her head. "…Why?"

"Yeah, why her and not one of us? She doesn't even like Gobbowl." Amalia demanded once she snapped out of her own shock while gesturing to herself and Yugo, the latter of which had simply tilted his head in curiosity.

"Because she's much quicker and more agile than Posho, so she'll be able to keep pace with Naruto a lot easier than he can," Toot stated bluntly while jabbing a thumb to the diaper wearing player, who was still trying to catch his breath, then pointed at the princess and teleporter. "And neither of you have the solid build needed for a blocker like she does."

'I can't tell if that was more insulting for me or them,' Eva thought with a solid deadpan, although her expression did crack a bit when she saw her charge pouting and grumbling under her breath as she meandered back to the bench. "Alright then, but don't expect me to do all that showy crap."

"Of course, the team needed a straight man anyway." The elderly Enutrof stated jokingly, which made most of the team chuckle whilst the Cra herself roll her eyes once more before heading for changing rooms.

"Let's just get this over with already."

…Had she'd only stayed just a few moments longer though, she may have noticed the mischievous grin that cropped up on Ruel's face as he discreetly signaled Miranda back over.

"Alrighty my fellow gobbowl lovers! Brace yourselves as we step into the third quarter of this absolutely amazatistical game!" The announcer cheered out about five minutes later as both teams were making their way back onto the field and into their positions. "For those that somehow missed it, Real Gobbly currently holds the lead over Lamechester by three points all thanks to the Trickster of Terror, the master of mischief, the rookie royalty of gobbowl Naruto Uzumaki!"

'Hehehe… talk about being put in the spotlight.' Naruto thought with a sheepish smile as the crowds roared in approval at his entrance onto the field.

"Oh ho ho! And are my eyes playing tricks on me or is Real Gobbly bringing out yet another new player?!" The announcer continued as the metaphorical spotlight shifted to Evangeline as the Cra stepped onto the field, now dressed in a generic looking Real Gobbly uniformand the same uninterested bored look on her face. "Excuse me for a moment, hmmm…let's see here… Evangeline, seventeen years old, Sadida kingdom.. ugh, who put this together? This is nothing but… oh wait, what's this… oh-ho-ho..."

After several moments of not so quietly muttering to someone off scene, the announcer returned with an eager laugh that unknowingly sent chills down both Eva's and Naruto's spines for some reason.

"Allow me to introduce you all to Eva the AristoCra, the sophistactic waitress and maid from down under who's since traded her apron for a Gobbowler's uniform!"

"You used to be a maid?" Naruto asked his fellow blonde in surprise.

"When I was five, my parents thought it'd be a good way to teach me how to be responsible," Eva admitted with a grumble as she palmed her face, her cheeks lightly flushing for a moment. 'Great, just great, how could this get any wor-'

"And did I forget to mention that she's the soon to be Mrs. Uzumaki?!"

…

…

""…huh?""

-End Chapter-

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