AVPRN2: Evil Everywhere
Disclaimer: Still don't own Naruto, Alien, of Predator. Still would like to.
A.N.: Um, yeah.
The Hokage was in for a surprise when he entered his office on this particular morning. Shikamaru was already there, waiting for him, and holding a book in his hands.
"What are you doing here, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru held the book up so that Naruto could get a better look. It was that journal that he had found in Orochimaru's lair, all those months ago. "Did you ever read this book, Naruto? Or did you just collect it and turn it in to the library as soon as you returned to Konoha?"
"What?"
"I spent all of yesterday researching books at the library, trying to figure out what could have left a hole like that in a man's chest. The only one that offered insight is this one. Which could only mean that what you found in Orochimaru's lair got out."
Naruto was taken aback. His expression intensified. "But that is not possible. I burned that entire building to the ground. I even used the Kyuubi's chakra for the job…"
"You used the Kyuubi's fire? You're right to be surprised then. Nothing could survive a direct blast." Shikamaru already had a solution for this problem, however. "But that doesn't mean that you got all of them. Just the ones in the area that you had explored. If there was a hidden passageway that you missed, destroying the rest could have released anything stored there." He placed the book on Naruto's desk. "At any rate, whatever killed that man came from Oro's place. I recommend that you study the journal that you found. The information within it could become invaluable." Shikamaru started out of the office. "Until next time, Hokage-sama"
Naruto waited until Shikamaru left, then let out his fury by slamming his hands into his desk. "Damnit!"
A familiar voice resounded in Naruto's head. "Looks like you fucked up, kit." It bellowed with laughter as Naruto pushed it back into the furthest reaches of his mind.
The Hokage sighed, and then regained his composure. "If this is the case, then it just looks like I have some exterminating to do." He hit the buzzer on his desk to contact his secretary. "Get Neji and Kiba in here."
A few hours later, the trio was assembled near Ebisu's body. Naruto had already given Neji Orochimaru's journal and the Hyuga skimmed it in an instant, being able to see every page at once. He didn't necessarily memorize it all, however.
"Hokage-sama, from what this book says, and the number of deaths so far, I would say that there is not that many of these beasts in Konoha at the present."
Kiba smiled. "If that's the case, killing these damn things could be fun." His dog barked, sharing this sentiment.
Naruto grinned with them. "Alright then, you guys know the drill. Keep your eyes and noses open. We'll start with the one that killed Ebisu."
Kiba sniffed the air. "I can smell a strange odor. It's all over the body, and it ran that way, towards the sewers." Akamaru whelped unhappily. "Sorry, boy, but this means that we have to go down there."
The three entered the sewer, prepared to fight their new foe…
The smell was intense as the group trudged along. Neji's eyes were wide open, scanning almost every angle for whatever killed Ebisu. Kiba and Akamaru were actively following its trail. Naruto was in the middle. He planned on doing most of the actual fighting himself.
"Wait a minute!" Kiba said suddenly. He started sniffing the ground more intensely.
Naruto's foot got caught on something. "Skin? Looks like it could be from a snake or something." He suddenly realized that discarded skin was floating in the water as well. "Neji."
"Hokage-sama. Whatever that skin came from, there is a lot of it."
Naruto spotted a huge disturbance in the water behind Neji. "Out of the way, Neji!"
Neji leapt out of the way as Naruto threw a kunai into the head of a beast that jumped out of the water behind him. The kunai plunged in, but was not enough. The monster kept coming, fast as lightning.
"Single Wolf Fang!" Kiba screamed.
"No, Kiba!" Neji and Naruto both said. They both had some knowledge about the beasts, having glimpsed at Orochimaru's journal. Sadly, Kiba hadn't.
Kiba plunged into the monster, grinding it to pieces, sending its blood splattering in all directions. Neji and Naruto dove out of the way, a gob of green blood landing on Naruto's arm. Unfortunately for Kiba, it had splashed all over his clothes.
Neji dashed over to Kiba, using his Gentle Fist Style to assault Kiba's clothing. He ripped off any of it that had acid in an instant, however a droplet of blood remained on Kiba's cheek.
"SHIIIIIIT!" Kiba screamed as the acidic blood burned a deep scar in his face before dropping onto the ground.
Meanwhile, Naruto's arm was on fire as the acid burned his skin. However, equally fast he was regenerating. The result was pain unimaginable. Using a kunai, Naruto ripped a gash in his own arm, removing the acid and adding to the pain. "Damn those xenomorph bastards!" he screamed, maybe a little too loud.
"They are coming from all directions, Hokage-sama." Neji said, scanning the area with his byakugan.
"More of these bastards?" Naruto asked.
Neji paused, looking for the right words. "They look more like… hands."
Naruto remembered what little he had read in the journal. "Facehuggers, shit." He muttered.
Kiba had recovered from the pain by this point. "What was that, Naruto?"
Naruto deliberated intensely and then smiled weakly, trying to appear confident. "Neji, Kiba. Get out of here. Tell Shikamaru what happened down here."
"What?" They both said.
"Shadow Replication Technique!" Now an army of Narutos stood before Kiba and Neji. "I'll keep these little bastards busy! Get out of here before things get any worse."
Neji nodded. "Understood. Kiba, there is significantly less this way." Neji started running.
Kiba growled, but complied. At this point, he would just get in the way of Naruto.
The Narutos screamed and charged in all directions, engaging the enemy, while Kiba and Neji ran.
Even with Naruto taking the brunt of the assault, Kiba and Neji had a lot to deal with. The facehuggers were everywhere, leaping at the faces of the ninja, exploding in acid when defeated. Unfortunately, both Neji and Kiba used close range styles. Neji disabled what he could without injuring them, Gentle Fist coming in handy. However, Kiba and Akamaru were very restricted. After much fighting, the group began to ascend the ladder leading out of the sewers, Akamaru waiting behind until the others left so that he could exit the sewers in one big leap. However just as Kiba made it out and Akamaru began his jump, a final facehugger leapt onto the dog's face. Akamaru landed outside the sewers, the creature attached to his face.
"DAAAAAMNIT!!!" Kiba screamed, clutching his incapacitated dog.
No animals were harmed in the making of this story.