Happy late new year! I hope everyone had a good time! It was fun enough for me! I got to hang with some friends!
Okay, everyone should know that I don't know Spanish, so this is all from Google translate.
In case people are confused about where everyone is
Gai, Kiba - South America
Sakura, Ino, Choji - North America
Sai, Shikamaru, Shino - Europe
Neji, Tenten, Kurenai - Aisa
Lee, Asuma - Africa
Kakashi, Hinata - Australia
Yana5, Giselle (Guest), sarutoninja - Glad you all like it!
Shadow Nin 07 - Happy to have been of service. I sincerely hope this chapter is as entertaining as the last. (That was a fail of acting butler-like, if you didn't catch that)
Guest - I'm sorry I can't keep you entertained? I do have a life, you know.
Chap. 6
Kuro, the black smith, told Tsunade everything about the sword Naruto had him make. The part about how only him and Naruto were able to touch it, about how the stone it was made from was able to absorb chakra and, most importantly, about how it was able to find it's owner, AKA, Naruto. Right once he announced that last part, Tsunade called in three ANBU members and sent them to go find Jiraiya. Surprisingly, he was close by - read: still in the village - and was there in just seconds. When he had one foot in the window, Tsunade repeated the main parts of what she was told by Kuro and they began discussing strategies. Kuro, who was not understanding most of what they were saying and not feeling needed, began to walk towards the door.
Only to be stopped by Tsunade.
"Where do you think you're going?" Kuro looked confused to why he was being stopped.
"Back to my shop. What else can I do?"
"What do you mean? You're helping on this mission! You're the only other person who can touch the sword, right? You have to direct us! Now, Jiraiya, who do we have left in the village to go on this mission?"
"Well, there's always Ank-"
"We need him sane and unharmed."
"What about Iruka? And what about those little brats Naruto's always messing around with? Sensei's grandson and his friends."
"You mean Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi? They might be too young to do this…"
"Konohamaru knows the rasengan. Naruto taught him. Oh, and shadow clone jutsu."
"GOD DAMNIT GAKI!" She shouted, hoping Naruto could hear her, even if she was secretly glad he did it.
"ACHOO! Kurama, I think I caught a cold… Just kidding! That's not possible! Someone's talking about me I bet!" Naruto said to his former tenant who was sitting on the end of his bed.
"I wouldn't be too surprised if you actually are sick, kit. You haven't left the bed all day." Naruto, due to dizzy spells he had been having since he had gotten to London, was, as Kurama said,l in bed. And much to his annoyance, too.
"Nope! Never gotten sick in my life, not gonna start now. What else is there?" Kurama shot Naruto his coldest glare he could muster up. It didn't really scare Naruto at all (not that it was that cold, Kurama was looking at his kit, after all).
"Kit, I know it's unusual for a jinchuriki to get sick, but it's not im-" he cut off for a moment before continuing. "Impossible. The only other thing that could have happened is poison…" Kurama seemed to think for a moment before his eyes widened. "Naruto," He said. The young blond looked up at him. Kurama hadn't used his name in a long, long, long time. "Who were you fighting again?" Naruto looked through his foggy brain, trying to remember. The man's name was lost, but not what he had specialized in.
"Poison…" Kurama nodded in confirmation. "I don't remember getting hit by anything though! And almost no poisons work on me!"
"He most likely was using his strongest one. If he's able to make a jinjuriki get this sick when they resist poisons, he must have been a very high ranking master. And I'm guessing you didn't take this mission serious and forgot to read all of the file. And that you aren't fully sure that you killed him. Poison masters are able to make more than just poison, such as potions that allow rapid regeneration or suspended animation. Some have even been able to freeze themselves from the inside out until one of their comrades are able to come help them. There's a chance he was able to do that to himself before you 'killed' him." Naruto seemed to think over what he just heard before accepting that he was poisoned. It sounded better than being sick.
"Okay, what should I do? Shouldn't people try to sweat out poison…?" He said, trying to convince Kurama to let him of his bed. Kurama saw through it easily.
"Not a chance, Kit. It also could be a poison that will kill you faster the more active you are and your system won't be able to sterilize the toxin." Naruto cursed a little under his breath. Kurama laughed at Naruto's misfortune before getting off of the bed.
"I'll go tell Sebastian of this." Naruto nodded before relaxing into his bed and falling asleep. Kurama, after closing the door and leaning against it, thought back to what he had felt when talking with Naruto.
"Kit, I know it's unusual for a jinchuriki to get sick, but it's not im-" he cut off for a moment before continuing. "Impossible. The only other thing that could have happened is poison…"
He had sensed… chakra? It was something like that, but very, very faint. And somewhat familiar. As he continued to think about it, Kurama decided that it was, in fact, chakra of those who lived in Konoha. If that's the case, they might live in the same world. I guess it's time to go look at a map.
Standing atop a giant ink bird were Sai, Shikamaru and Shino - the three that were sent to Europe. Shikamaru was looking at the clouds, Shino was watching the ground, trying to get the lay of the land, and Sai was drawing a map. It was peaceful until one of Sai's smaller, information gathering birds came. Sai lifted up a sheet of paper for the bird to splash onto before reading the message. Dropping his unfinished map, he grabbed onto his bird, telling the others to do the same. Shikamaru just used his chakra to stay on while Shino did the same after sitting down. Sai rushed his bird Northwest, going to some city called 'London'.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru said when they saw the city. The buildings were tall and the people many. Not a fun place to search for someone.
"It won't be too bad!" Sai exclaimed, trying to lift the mood. "We only have to check the people with blond hair!" Shikamaru sighed, already having noted that most of the people there had some form of blond hair.
No one ever said Sai was good at encouraging people. He's more likely to do just the opposite.
"Let's just go. The faster we finish, the faster we can go back." Shikamaru stood up and jumped off of the bird, landing on one of the tall buildings they had been passing. Shino gave a nearly impossible to see nod before jumping off and onto a different building than the lazy genius. Sai, on the other hand, stayed on his bird and flew to the other side of the city to look, sending out his tracker birds on the way.
"Ugh, I wish we had Sai! His birds would be fantastic to have right now! Who would have thought this place could be bigger than the Elemental Nations?!" Sakura complained to Ino, the other girl just as discouraged.
They all had already gone through a lot to be able to survive in this region of the world. First there was the language problem. They only knew the basics of Japanese. Learning English was a completely different experience. First, they had no one to teach them, so people avoided their little group - them being aliens (1) and all. Having different clothing didn't help, that that was soon corrected.
Then there was the problem of not attacking the little pickpockets that they encountered. If someone's sneaking up on you, you attack them. That's the way of a shinobi. It didn't matter that some of the pickpockets were kids. Ninja come in all ages.
One of the biggest problems was that of finding out which food was edible or tasted good. And people think it's weird when someone sniffs as their food before eating, leading them to withhold any information they may have giving otherwise. Now they just have to eat everything that is given without questioning.
Most definitely not something a Shinobi wants to do.
Speaking of food, Choji was still going around asking if anyone had seen a blond with spiky hair wearing orange while the girls had given up after already having run around the entire town. Sakura had talked with one of the shop owners and asked for a map of the country. After getting a map that ended around the place called 'Georgia', she asked where the rest of it was. Annoyed at the man's answer ("I'm sorry Mrs, but we do not have access to this area of the world. None of our people have explored this far, though there are others living over here.") she decided to wreck the ground next to the store and go off to beat up a tree. People ran away from 'That crazy lady with (dyed) black hair'. Ino had moved against the crowd to find the fuming Sakura, managing to calm her down before asking what was wrong.
And that brings us back to where we are now!
"Hey, I'm sure everyone's having the same amount of luck as we are! Just think of Kiba! He's with Gai-sensei! I'm sure he's miserable!" They both smiled at the annoying dog lover's misfortune, giggling a little as they imagined what was going on. Ino grinned victoriously at Sakura, proud of being able to cheer up her best friend, even after fighting with each other for such a long time. "Besides, do you really want to be with Sai? He'd talk about random stuff and try to make a joke all the time! He really needs to stop trying so hard."
"His smile's a true one though!" Sakura shouted, defending her teammate, but anyone could see the smile on her face and hear it in her voice.
There was a short silence before Sakura continued. "Thank you, Ino… It really helped…" Sakura shyly said. Ino grinned.
"No problem! Let's go find Choji, though. He might eat through all of these people's supplies!" They both giggled before heading off to find their teammate. "But we do need to form a plan. Just looking around like this will take too long." They both fell into silence, conjuring up plans before throwing them away.
"I have an idea…"
Gai and Kiba
Kiba sighed when his stomach growled again. Their journey was not going well, with Gai stopping all the time to look at the culture and try to buy stuff, albit unsuccessfully.
"Look at all these youthful people, Kiba-kun! There is so much activity! The 'market' is a very fun place!" Gai struck many poises, gaining the attention of everyone around him. They had managed to blend in well enough so far, with only a few people staring at them.
Kiba had swiped some cloths from a vendor when they first got there, so Gai and he weren't in any weird clothing. Gai's height and build as well as Kiba's clan markings were the main problem. There also was the problem with Akamaru being such a big dog.
"¿Quiénes son ustedes?" One native said, staring at Gai. "No perteneces aquí."
"Hey, we. Don't. Know. What. You're. Saying." Kiba sounded out, pointlessly hoping for the native to understand. Seeing the blank look on the man's face, Kiba turned around and threw his hands in the air. "This is pointless! How are we supposed to find him without knowing this language!"
"Calm yourself, Kiba-kun! You must learn how to communicate! Watch this!" Gai looked at the native and pointed to himself. "Gai." He pointed to Kiba. "Kiba." Then he pointed to the native and stared for a moment. The native seemed confused for a moment before his eyes lit up.
"Me llamo Milo."
"Me llamo… that must mean my name is! Great! Kiba-kun, I believe we can learn from this man! Milo," Gai made movements to his mouth, trying to show he was hungry.
"Qué quieres comer?" The native questioned, pointing to a food stand. Kiba nodded his head vigorously just before his stomach growled again. Milo laughed at Kiba before walking to the food stand. With a motion of his hand that Kiba and Gai took as 'Come', they ran after the man, happy to have finally made some progress.
1 - I'm talking about the people going to a foreign nation. Not the ones from outer space.