Desmond was just in plain shock, how did he-…Oh wait, that's right, inter-dimensional being that can summon you…Back to assassinating with Altair.
The Prinny was taking rather creepy interest in the Disgaea games, even though he was epic fail at it.
Harry was in a corner, reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Roxas was right next to him, trying to master Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
Snake and Lloyd were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who got to play Metal Gear Solid 3.
And Tifa was watching Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children on the sofa, with her hand in a tub of popcorn.
Suddenly, she paused it, and pulled a piece of paper out of thin air.
"Since I lost the poker game, I have to read the disclaimer(but what those suckers don't know is that the reader gets to pick out another person to bring, Kukuku…)" she clears her throat and recites:
Gamerteen13 owns nothing, to imagine that he does is flattering, but stupid, the only things he owns are his personal items(the corporeal stuff he owns), and his mortal soul.
"Now, get out of here, I just got to the part where Rude gets conked in the head with a billboard
."WHAM!"*stumbling* D-dammit!"
"HAHAHA!"
"Hmm… Who to bring in now?" Demon/spirit/higher being(controlling the very fabric of reality kinda places you above them in the evolutionary ladder) speaking.
'Wonder, I truly do.' Demon/spirit/higher being thinking.
"C'mon Cloud! KICK HIS ASS!" Speaking
'…Where was that sword during our adventures?' Thinking
"But Tifa! We need Chocobo's to get across the Swamp because we are to weak to fend off the Midgar Zolem!" Flashback speaking.
'Aaand we're practically broke after I bought all those potions…' Flashback thinking.
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Flashback Narration
-Location, (Unit of Time displayed here)-
Hmm… How to kick Kakashi's ass for scaring us… Inner Sakura
Previously.
"HAHAHA! Super thanks, guys! Let's go to my house and relax a while!" Then, almost in slow motion, Kakashi-san fell, landing with a thud.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI/SAN!"
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Now
Everyone was panicking, before Tazuna, of all people, got calm enough to get us all to calm down.
Finally, I decided to do The Med-Nin Steps.
1. Assess the current situation
Okay, Kakashi-san just passed out for no apparent reason.
2. Ask as to what the patient was doing when the symptoms occurred
Kakashi had just finished a fight with an A-Ranked Missing-nin, all the while using that transplanted Sharingan, he seemed relieved when he lowered his headband…
That's it! Chakra Exhaustion!
Examining what I could of Kakashi's face, pale skin, slightly reddened eye(No, I wasn't looking at the Sharingan eye, that would be stupid.), and I was half-tempted to remove the mask, and take a picture for blackmail/study.
I sighed and sent a group of Kage Bunshin to look for herbs. There was one concoction of hers that would refill your reserves I read about, but I couldn't remember the name... And, sadly, Schizonepeta only grows in the forests in and around Konohagakure.
Chibi-Rempo appeared on my shoulder, he asked "Why not use The Book?", I answered with " Because I'm trying to keep the reality-bending parts of it a secret, they just think I have a supplier, and I store the books in there."
Chibi-Rempo blinked before saying "Naruto…it's Mieli…she's around here somewhere…" I nodded, before coming up with an excuse.
"Sasuke, Sakura, keep an eye on Kakashi, I'm going to help the clones gather herbs."They nodded in approval, and off into the woods I went.
-Ten minutes later-
"Okay, she's a few meters to your left."
I looked to my left, and saw a hollowed out part of a tree…and a huge-ass tiger/snake/goat-thing sleeping in front of it.
Turning to glare at Rempo, I growled "Care to explain?", he sweat dropped.
"Sorry! I didn't think our guardians would follow us here…" at my curious look, he elaborated, "Err…In ages past, we would have challenges set up for the Book Holder to complete before we'd lend them our power, to make sure they were ready, you know." I nodded, SoMD(Spirits of Mass Destruction) should definitely have some sort of traps to make sure no one unintended gets them. "Of course, at the end of each world, we catalog all the information we can, and then draw straws to find out who becomes the 'starter' for the next guy/gal." I looked at him and said "I take it you are the loser of the last round?" He shook his head, "Oh, heavens no! The winner gets put in the book, until the others get found, they are isolated, and as such, it gets boring, waiting for someone to find them." "Ah…but what are we going to do about 'Fluffy' here?"Inspiration struck.
Rempo apparently had the same idea, we turned to each other and smiled evilly
"Zabuza's Sword double team?" "Zabuza's Sword double team."
Doing the hand seals, I gave Rempo a corporeal form, and them I used enough MP to create two copies of Zabuza's Sword, tossed him one, and gave myself one.
We both took a couple of experimental slashes(I had to hold it in two hands, Rempo could hold it in one.) and ambushed the Chimera(Rempo was kind enough to tell me it's name.).
It snarled as we got close, jumping out of the way as Rempo and I both slash where it was.
I cursed, "For such a large beast, it's pretty agile!" Rempo nodded, "Probably has some Wind codes on him."
Then, the goat head spat out a few orbs of darkness at us, we dodged two, but I got hit on the third, sending me into a tree,
"Damn, time to pull out the big guns." Channeling chakra into the sword, I enhanced it's edge, and ran towards the Chimera, it spat out more orbs of darkness at me, I slashed through them, and hit the thing with a trio of hits that sent it flying.
Rempo decided to follow up with an attack of his own, "Star fire, awaken and deliver your judgment! Firaga!" what followed amazed Naruto, three orbs of flame orbited around Rempo briefly before striking the Chimera, it fell back with each hit, then it's snake tail lashed out and bit Rempo, the last thing it did before getting separated from the Chimera with a simple slash.
Wincing, obviously with a bruised ego, Rempo held me back, and said "I'll finish this.".
Scowling, and emitting enough KI to make the Chimera tremble, he growled out "Flames of Armageddon, hear my call. Incinerate the flesh of my enemies! Hellfire!" Had Naruto not been blinded by the sheer brightness of the flames, he would've been awestruck by the beauty.
The Chimera's corpse was now nice and crispy, it keeled over, dead, the stench of burnt flesh wafting through the air.
Looking around, he saw Rempo in his Spirit form, smirking, "That'll show that damn overgrown cat."
Walking into the tree, I saw a green bookmark hovering in the center.
I walked over to it, I also noticed several rare species of plants inside the tree.
I grabbed the book, and gently took the bookmark, and set it in The Book, moments later, there was a flash.
After the flash disappeared(and I got my vision back), a woman was floating in front of me.
She was a bit taller than I was(Still working on countering the malnutrition), had braided orange-red hair that ended in a loop, and a green dress, she also had flowers EVERYWHERE, in her hair(holding her braids together) around her waist, on her elbows where the dress attached, and a rose on her collarbone, also, she had her shackles on her feet.
She stretched before taking in the situation, "Ah, Rempo! How long has it been? A millennia? Two?" she then lowered her gaze towards me "So, this must be the new Child of Legend, what's your name?" she asked.
"Uzumaki Naruto, ma'am." she giggled and said "So polite! Reminds me of that one kid…what was his name?" she asked with a finger on her chin, Rempo rolled his eyes and said "His name was Emil, remember? The guy who wound up marrying his little otaku friend Marta?" she snapped her fingers, and said "That's it! Heh, that universe was fun, we got to try out new forms, isn't that right, Ignis?" Rempo's eye twitched, "Oh, shut up, Gnome!" While they bickered, I decided to back off, and start cataloging the plants, hey! Schizonepeta!
Plucking the plant, I kept glancing over to the Chimera's corpse, Three sentient beings, all sharing the same body, such a find would put Konoha's knowledge of how the brain and body work years, maybe decades ahead.
As Meili and Rempo bickered and reminisced("Remember that time we ditched the book for a break?" "You mean the time with the SeeD people?" "Yeah, that was cool, I looked AWESOME!" "Well, at least you looked awesome, I looked like a freaking Fanservice Girl!" "Hey, you're the one who picked the harp, Ur picked the wings and turned into the Thunder God, and Neaki chose the cloak, and turned into the Ice Queen, I swear! That cowboy-wannabe summoned you two more than anything!"), Naruto walked over to the Chimera, put the Book on top of the Chimera corpse, and it flipped over, turning to a new "Dead Chimera" page.
Rolling his eyes at the Book's habits, he set it on top of the corpse, again.
He put his fingers in a Ram seal, like he did all those weeks ago, and muttered "Prophetic Seal." The corpse vanished in a plume of smoke, getting rid of the stomach-churning odor, Meili and Rempo were still arguing("For the last time Rempo! The Ninja Job Class is the best!" "No, the Archer class is! Archers can shoot your ass from sixty yards!" "And Ninja can also steal your weapon, and embed it in your skull from three yards! Even if it's blunt!" "You know what Archers can do? They can take their aim and precision to other classes! Enabling them to get more critically damaging blows!" "You want to know what else Ninja can do? THIS!"*WHAM!**WHAM!*), and I learned Meili can be scary!
-Ten minutes, twenty plants, and two hammer(flail)-induced bumps later-
I come out the forest, Sasuke is keeping an eye on the surroundings, Sakura is trying to tend to Kakashi, and Tazuna is looking nervous.
Sasuke looks at me, and asks "You got the herbs? The sooner you fix up Kakashi, the sooner we get to Tazuna's, and out of the open.", I nod, and pull out the book, pulling out the various herbs.
Briefly glancing at the radar, it showed four blue humanoid-shapes(Allies), and a yellow humanoid shape(Mission-giver).
I pulled out my mortar and pestle, and got to work.
Step 1. Put each ingredient in, grinding it into a paste/powder, ensuring it mixes with the previous ingredients.
I did so, tossing in a bit of Schizonepeta for good measure.
Step 2. Water it down.
Gesturing for Sakura to hand him the canteen, he poured enough in to make it a watery mixture, stirring it with a makeshift spoon(Hunter-nin dropped a senbon, flattened one end with a rock) until it was fully mixed.
Step 3. Get the funnel, and pour it down their throat.
Out goes the funnel, in goes the funnel, up goes the mortar, down pours the medicine, down Kakashi's throat, his now semi-conscious form gags as it goes down, before his head tilts to one side, and he begins snoring.
Everyone(conscious) stares at me.
"Hehehe, found a rare plant, it acts as a fast-acting sleep agent. And don't worry, I got seeds and clippings from it, and will be growing the stuff at my apartment." seeing Sakura's small smile, I smiled, she has taken an interest in plants ever since I brought up the topic of field-made poisons.
A fast-acting sleep agent is one of the most deadly things if used by a Shinobi, ESPECIALLY if put in aerosol form.
Deciding the medicine would still work while moving, I made two clones, one Henge'd into a stretcher, other clone and I carefully set Kakashi on the stretcher, Sasuke grabbed the strap at one corner, as did Sakura, my clone, and I.
"One," the clone started,
"Two," Sakura continued,
"THREE!" we all shouted, lifting up Kakashi's stretcher, Sakura had to funnel Chakra into her arm, Rempo and Meili were still bickering, something about dressspheres and garment grids.
And with that, we headed to Tazuna's.
The trip there was, to put it bluntly, Boring. As. Hell.
But then again, after the TWO missing-nin battles, AND fighting a huge-ass lion thing in the woods, where no one can hear you scream, most things tend to feel boring.
I ignored the ache in my muscles, caused by prolonged adrenaline rushes and the battles, 'I know one thing,' I thought, 'once I get to Tazuna's, I'm making myself a nice hot bath, and a batch of ginseng tea.'
Kakashi rolled over in his sleep towards my side, increasing my stress.
'Screw the tea! I'll eat the leaves!'
Then, I had a sudden burst of inspiration.I lowered my side, Sasuke and Sakura did too.
"What dobe?" Sasuke said irritatingly, there was only ten miles to go, and he wanted that damn bath!
A borderline demonic grin scared Tazuna, and made Sakura and Sasuke wonder what was going through Naruto's head.
"I…have a plan!" Recalling books on automobiles and extreme sports, I made a group of Kage Bunshin, they all Henge'd into the appropriate items, a race car, a parachute, and one of those little pole-rope things.
Tazuna summed up everyone's thoughts, "…The hell?".
The stretcher clone ushering people closer, they drew straws to see who'd be on the parachute.
Sasuke won.
Clones set up Sasuke, and buckled in Sakura and Tazuna, Kakashi looked weird, being covered by the back-row seat belts.
"Now, unless you want to get bruises, cuts, friction burns, and dislocated bones, when I say 'Go', Ninja jump into the air, got it?" Seeing Sasuke's slight nod, he went back, Sasuke pondered 'how fast did he say this would go again?'
"GO!" Naruto called from the drivers seat, Sasuke jumped twenty feet into the air as Naruto floored it, going 120 mph in seconds.
"HOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYYYY SSSSSSHHHHHHIIIIIIIITTTTTT!" Sasuke called from the air, the parachute kept him roughly 25 feet in the air, and away from the ground.
"WAAAAHAAAAHAAAHOOO!" He called out shortly after, an action that was mimicked by Naruto.
Sakura and Tazuna were clenching their seats hard enough to make their knuckles white.
Within a minute, the village was on the horizon.
Within three, the house came into view.
Within five, Naruto was making skid marks, and parked perfectly right in front of the door.
Sasuke let go of the pole-rope thing, and fell to the ground.
Everyone unbuckled and got out, Sakura and Tazuna promptly fell over and started kissing the ground.
The car, parachute, and rope-pole thing all vanished in a plume of smoke, and Kakashi fell to the ground,
"Ow…" he groaned from his spot on the ground.
Naruto and Sasuke sweat dropped and carried Kakashi inside to a futon.
Sakura got dibs on the first bath, for two reasons, one, Naruto and Sasuke were men, Sakura was a woman, it was the right thing to do, and two(not that they told her), she had the least muscle mass, and by proxy, the biggest work out.
Sasuke got to go second, because he had the second-most stamina.
Naruto got to go last because he was the least affected by the efforts.
Kakashi managed to fall asleep upon contact with the futon.
Tazuna showed the Konoha Genin to their rooms, and smiled as they all fell asleep on contact with their beds, 'Reminds me of Tsunami when she was that age.' he walked away, reminiscing about simpler times.
With a flash, a girl with short black hair and a black Organization XIII cloak appeared in the middle of the room.
"What the-" "XION!" Xion was taken down by a flying hug from Roxas, glad to be reunited.
In the corner, Tifa smiled, looked at the viewer, and said "What? I heard about the kid's story, and felt sorry for him, and besides," she gestured to Xion and Roxas hugging each other, "Don't they look just plain adorable together?"
Glancing at the duo hugging, a few people start missing their respective boy/girlfriend.
"C'mon Xion! We're starred in a game, you've GOT to try it!" Roxas said, tugging Xion towards the couch.
As Usual, Proof-Read By The Utterly Awesome Auto-nin.
Yes, I brought back Xion, I was originally going to bring back Selphie, drop her in a vat of sugar, and record the resulting chaos.
But then, I recalled the heart-wrenching scene where Roxas bid a tearful good-bye to Xion, and decided to bring her in.
Also, I have a poll up on my account, it is to decide what game abilities the Lord of Plots shall bestow upon Naruto.
If you want more info, just go to the Final Fantasy Wikia(final fantasy . wikia . com).
Oh, a few notes about the poll:
1) Final Fantasy Ten includes the abilities of Final Fantasy Ten-Two, If this wins, I'll post a brief poll, see if you want the Final Fantasy Ten abilities(Artifact located: Sphere Grid), or Final Fantasy Ten-Two(Artifacts Located: Dresspheres, Garment Grids).
2) By choosing "None", the Book Spirits will go over higher class magic during the one month hiatus during the Chunin Exams, something that would've been done anyway.
3) Any choice that involves a job/class changing system(Five, Ten-Two, Thirteen, Tactics) uses Ten-Two style changes, the shattering effect.
4) The choice you make will also affect the technological advancements that will be made, practically all of them involve Naruto bringing out specs for an Airship.
And 5) This poll will last until I finish the Wave Arc.
Got a few more notes for you.
First off, considering how crappy I am at making large chapters, they will be shorter. My personal apologies, for I cannot keep a schedule worth shit.
Doesn't help that I don't have a calendar for this year, and my parents inform me of stuff the day of it, or a week in advance in the middle of a conversation.
Anyway, I'll mostly be using Final Fantasy Tactics incantations for spells.
Hellfire is(as far as I know) an original spell, with an original chant.
It consumes all available Mana to enhance the intensity of the flames.
I would personally like to thank Summer's Lethargy for causing a good deal of fanfiction authors to not update for five days.
Seriously, the sole reason why I have a large Favorites library is because they caught my eye, and I kinda expect at least one to update a day.
With three hundred and sixty-one, you'd kinda expect that.
Oh, one last thing, if you like Paranormal, or would like something to spice up your story, the SCP Foundation(scp-wiki . wikidot . com) has hundreds of items which should make things interesting.
Also, whatever you do, if you like Montauk brand cookies, DO NOT look up the details of Procedure 110-Montauk!
