Chapter 13: Naruto Croaks

"Sakura, Arron, can you hear me," Sasuke screamed at the top of his lungs. They all listened but nothing happened.

"I guess they're too far away to hear us," Naruto yelled, "Right Master Kakashi." Nothing was heard. "Uh…Master Kaka…," Naruto yelled but was suddenly swept away by the floor.

"Crap, what the heck's going on?" Naruto wondered speeding through the underground tunnel. He was throne head long into a pool of water when the platform stopped. He swam to the surface and looked around. There were 5 concrete islands in the huge pool. He climbed up on one and dried off.

"You have a nice swim?" someone ask from another island.

"What," Naruto said looking over, "Who on Earth are you?"

"I'm Haborson the frog demon," he said. He was dressed in a kimono and had a bo staff on his back. His headband revealed that he was from the land of mist. He pulled the staff off his back and charged Naruto. He took a swing at him, but Naruto blocked it with his arm. Pain throbbed through it.

"Fine, be that way," Naruto said drawing some shuriken, "I can throw sucker punches too."

"True, but you have no sucker to use them on," Haborson said, "I do."

"You dirty frog," Naruto said throwing the shuriken directly at him.

"A strait up shuriken throw," Haborson chuckled, "Amature." Naruto's shuriken were blocked by his bo staff, but 15 other shuriken hit from all other directions. He dug the throwing stars out of his skin.

"What the heck," He asked looking around he saw 15 Naruto heads pop out of the water.

"Ha ha," Naruto laughed as the heads vanished into smoke puffs, "Never take me for a stupid little novice again. Next time, it could cost you your life."

"Very well, Naruto," Haborson said, "I'll kill you with all my force." Then a massive tongue sprung from Haborson's mouth and grabbed Naruto around the neck. He slammed Naruto into the walls and was about to put him under water.

"Under water is his turf," Naruto thought, "The only way to beat him is to throw him off by forcing him to fight the way I want. Now if I could instantly grow a large, dry forest I'd be good. I guess this dry cement island will have to do." Naruto thought about the last time he wanted spit out something he ate. Then, he got an idea. Haborson tasted very spicy red chili powder on the tip of his tongue.

"Ahhhhh, ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhhhh," Harbason moaned, "its hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!!!" Harbason stuck his tongue down in the water.

"Ha ha ha, and Sasuke said chili powder isn't a major food group," Naruto laughed, "Fight water with chili powder I always say." Naruto opened his eyes to find Harbason gone. Then, something punched him from behind.

"Idiot, you let your guard down," Harbason said from behind him, "You think a little spice can kill a demon?" Habason hit him a few times with his staff and threw him to the other island.

"I got cocky again," Naruto thought as he sunk, "I've got to get out of this water or he'll kill me." Naruto swam as fast as he could to the surface. As he was almost to the surface, a sharp blow struck his back.

"Heh, heh, I control these waters," Harbason said. Harbason grabbed Naruto with his bo staff. His staff seemed to break into two different parts connected by rope. "Aqua Plunge," He yelled. Naruto hit the pool floor with Harbason's knee in his back. Naruto tried to swim again, but found he was almost out of air and his ears were killing him. He soon discovered that he could neither see, hear, nor swim strait. "How do you like the pressure down here," Harbason teased, "I can stand it this deep, but you can't." Naruto began sinking to the bottom.

"I guess this is it," Naruto thought, "I'm sorry Sasuke, Sakura, Master Kakashi, and Master Iruka. Naruto felt the hard cement bottom of the pool against his back.

"Now to finish you," Harbason yelled returning the bo staff to it's original state, "Art of Density." Harbason held out his staff downward, and plunged towards Naruto at great speed. Now completely out of air, Naruto had given up hope. Then he remembered what Kakashi said that day at the exam preliminaries.

"Lee risked his life so that he would have a chance to fight all of you," Kakashi's voice echoed in his memory.

"I can't loose now," Naruto thought, "Of course, I can't even make it to the surface without downing, even if he wasn't here." The staff hit the floor of the pool, but not Naruto.

"Where could he be," Harbason wondered, "I was going to fast for him to have moved." He swam to the top to see Naruto gagging and coughing on one of the islands. "How did you do that," asked Harbason.

"I transformed into an inner tube," Naruto answered, "That allowed me to float, and you passed right through the hole as you descended.