Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto and the Key of Twilight ❯ Chapter 12

Kingdom Hearts/Naruto Crossover

-Naruto and the Key of Twilight-

 

“I swear when they get back, I'm going to murder them in their beds!”

 

Naruto was seething with repressed anger that was threatening to burst at any moment. Kashou's mother had long since left with Naruto's word that she would be informed if anything were to come up. Riku stood in the office, watching his husband pace the floor and flex his hands as if itching to put them around someone's throat.

 

“I can't believe they left the village without my consent! I swear I'm gonna…”

 

Exactly what he was going to do became apparent when he reared his arm back and punched the large window behind his desk, shattering it and slicing up his hand. Riku walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, keeping his calm in the way that only he could.

 

“They're more than capable of taking care of themselves, Naruto. Don't worry about them too much.”

 

Naruto yanked himself away from Riku and started pacing again, staining the cream colored carpet with spots of red.

 

“I'm gonna send our ANBU after them…yeah. Then when they get back, I can flay them within an inch of their lives.”

 

Riku had had enough by this point. He approached Naruto and slapped him with every ounce of strength he could find. Naruto's head jerked to the side and he looked up at Riku indignantly.

 

“What in the world was that for?”

 

“First off, they're kids. You're not sending Assassin Nins after them. Second, you're not going to touch them when they get back, I will handle their punishment…”

“They're in my cell…so I will be handling their punishment. Tsunade might have made us Dual Hokages but I have jurisdiction here, not you. This is my village, and they are in my cell, so I'll be dealing out their punishment, not you.”

 

The hand that was holding Riku's staff visibly clenched and his eyes flashed gold. For a brief moment, there was a distortion of Riku's physical body and it looked like someone else. Riku took a deep breath and his normal form reappeared.

 

“You may have jurisdiction over this village, but you're forgetting one important thing. I have control over the northern border, which is where they're headed. I'm sending my cell after them, me included.”

 

As Riku walked away, Naruto spoke up.

 

“You can't just…”

 

Riku turned and for a moment Naruto thought he saw his husband's image blur. He looked dangerous, and that was saying something considering any ninja in Konohagakure looked pretty dangerous.

 

“Watch me.”

 

The door closed behind him and Naruto looked down at his busted and bleeding hand.

 

 

~Time Skip: 10 Minutes~

 

Riku arrived at the training ground where his Cell was practicing their moves. He was quite proud of them. Especially of Masamune-Raiden who was the only member of the group to pass his Chuunin Exam.

 

“I have a mission for the three of you.”

 

Nori bounded around happily and Hanako beamed with delight.

 

“Get serious, you two,” Masamune-Raiden told them. “This is an important mission! We've been entrusted...”

 

“We don't know what we've been entrusted with yet,” Hanako pointed out.

 

Masamune-Raiden had to admit that she had a point.

 

“So, what is our mission, Papa?” he asked Riku.

 

Riku didn't bother correcting him on the subject of honorifics. Instead, he motioned for the others to follow him as he made his way north.

 

~Meanwhile: On the Northern Konoha Border~

 

“Sasuke went this way,” Kyuubi told his teammates. “We'd better keep going or we'll risk losing him again. I have a way better sense of smell than most people, but it doesn't go on for infinity.”

 

Tenshi and Kashou nodded and followed him as he made his way to the grasslands that separated the northern border from the Valley of the End.

 

They hadn't gotten far when a group of strange creatures suddenly surrounded them.

They looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, suddenly, Tenshi leapt into action. He held out his hands, gunslinger style, and the chakrams, which had vanished, suddenly reappeared in his hands, ablaze with a fire that somehow left him unharmed. His hair, a dull and almost lifeless yellowish red, was suddenly a deep fiery red, and teardrop markings appeared under his eyes.

 

He moved with the speed and grace of flames as he swung and swirled his chakrams.

 

Not to be outdone by her crush, Kashou raised her hand and summoned her sitar.

 

“Dance, water! Dance!” she called out, summoning her water-clones.

 

Kyuubi suddenly leapt into action, swiping at their attackers with his Finger Dancers as he moved with vulpine grace.

 

The battle took a long time, as more and more of the creatures seemed to appear out of nowhere. They fought until it seemed that they could no longer keep up with the growing numbers of enemies.

 

Just as they were about to fall under the assault, the enemy seemed to cower, their dark bodies trembling as the air around them seemed to shimmer with a presence both dark and light.

 

It took even Masamune-Raiden a few minutes to register that Riku had just dispatched several of these new enemies with a weapon none of them had ever seen before.

 

“Nicely done,” Riku told them. “But you're all due for one heck of a scolding.”

 

They at least had the decency to look guilty.

 

Riku was about to start explaining why they were in trouble when he heard an unexpected sneeze from nearby.

 

Turning, he was both surprised and annoyed to find Satoshi, Namikaze, and Shiro waving guiltily at him, Namikaze rubbing the back of his neck.

 

~Time Skip: 1 hr. ~

 

On the way back to Konoha, they were attacked by more creatures. They fared well, except for a big mishap. Tenshi, aiming for a creature, accidentally hit Riku. The result was an open gash that had traces of burned flesh. It didn't bleed, but that was the only good thing.

 

Masamune-Raiden gathered the Uzu cell and Riku and transported them back to Konoha. When he arrived in the hospital lobby, he was surprised because he'd never done that before. Luckily, Tsunade was in the lobby and saw their arrival. What happened next was a blur of colors and motions for all of those in the hospital.

 

Tsunade looked up from her current situation when an aged wizard entered the hospital room and bent over the wound in Riku's side. He looked at Tsunade and said,

 

“Do your best to numb the pain, we're going to be here a while.”

 

For the next several minutes, there was much activity in the hospital. Riku bit down on his lower lip to keep himself quiet as Yen Sid started mending the wound. At the ten minute mark, Tsunade happened to look down and saw tears on the young Hokage's face. Taking pity on him, she sent Masamune-Raiden to get Shizune. She came in a hurry and administered the anesthesia, and noted that Riku passed out almost immediately.

 

During all of the hustle and bustle, nobody noticed the Uzu Cell disappear from the hospital. They ran up to Naruto's office and came running into the room. Naruto looked up from his papers and saw who it was. His anger returned almost immediately but before he could speak, Kyuubi blurted out,

 

“Father's been injured!”

 

All the kids saw as they turned their heads was a blur of orange and black go streaking past them.