Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Trinity Chronicles: Rewind ❯ Chapter 2

Trinity: Uzumaki Sentai

 

The smell of what Naruto had began to call `garlic morning' was something that he could never get tired off. Pushing the offending hand of the sleeping Laharl away from his stomach, he spotted Buds in the kitchen preparing breakfast.

 

His brother had many talents that were not really something ninjas would call useful in combat… one is cooking, which while his repertoire was limited, it was much better than Laharl, who somehow was able to burn rice into black crisps, and Naruto only knew to stoke fire in a campfire to cook fish or stew gathered from the forests.

 

He only wished Buds knew how to cook ramen. By ramen, Naruto meant real ramen. While instant ramen was not something he'd never say no to, it was nothing compared to real ramen served by a real ramen chef.

 

His mouth watered at the taste of ramen he had gotten from yesterday, after the whole exhausting clean-up of Hokage mountain. Even after twelve years, Ichiraku was still a great eat; especially it was so long since he had one.

 

“You up?” Buds had asked from the kitchen.

 

“Yeah,” Naruto replied neutrally, still somewhat sleepy.

 

“Royal brat?”

 

“Sleeping like a log,” the blonde muttered before he skipped and jumped towards the kitchen, avoiding most of the clutter that was found in their apartment. He liked to keep his apartment clean, but Laharl…

 

Naruto just erased his thought out of his head.

 

“Heh… let him,” Buds chuckled. “He'll be up and about later… and I can do without his Royal Pain In The Ass Laugh. Ramen?”

 

The bowl of steaming hot ramen was thrown at him, which Naruto caught so easily with his two fingers. It was instant, of course, but at least Buds tried to make it look different. An attached chopsticks was thrown at his way again, and this time, a kunai, held by the blonde's free hand, was used to split them apart.

 

He placed his bowl down immediately, and with his newly freed hand, he grabbed in mid-air from his swing, Naruto caught the two pieces of wood delicately, and began to eat.

 

“Your swing is still slow,” Buds muttered.

 

“This body hasn't been responding as I am used to,” Naruto replied.

 

“A consequence of turning back to a kid, I guess,” his brother shrugged. “Don't worry. It's not like we're going to face Orochimaru today.”

 

“Don't remind me…” Naruto shuddered, his memories coming back towards the day of the Forbidden Forest for the second test of the Chunin exam. “I have been thinking…”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I'm going to follow how things went before,” the blonde muttered. “Knowing that the traitor Mizuki is still here makes me uncomfortable.” He paused. He frowned. “Besides… my Bunshin sucks.”

 

For all the difference of this universe, there are things that never ever changed. Naruto never knew what was more frustrating… the fact that his brother, who was not really a trained ninja make a more suitable Bunshin than he did… or the fact that Laharl, who wont even come to classes most of the time, made one without seals!

 

Yes, granted, the fact that Laharl didn't use ninjutsu (he used some form of demonic energy manipulation that he somehow could use in a human body, which Iruka and the other teachers never really noticed or differentiated from chakra). Yes, also granted the fact that his other brother listened to class more than Naruto didn't make the soreness of losing to both of them any less painful.

 

Naruto's chakra control had been a sore point for him, and it took him years before he could get some decent control over it, and by that time, he never really needed it anymore so he never perfected it.

 

He began regretting that now.

 

Still, the whole thing was impressed to Naruto's mind. Buds, seemingly already had weird stuff happened to him in his long life was almost unfazed by the fact that he was now his own man… or boy, again… a new but not really a very shocking experience for him.

 

Naruto on the other hand…

 

Memories came as his mind raced at the implications of how the whole thing started. Hild, the Supreme Ruler of Hell, Multi-Verse, had called it a `Rewind', a break she had forced upon the Trinity Master (which consisted of Naruto, Laharl, and Buds sharing one core body) to give them time to recover from the rather heavy burden they just carried.

 

There was a yawn, and Naruto looked over his shoulder to see Laharl grumbling as he took his seat and grabbed food with his spoon, and began to shove it unceremoniously on his eager mouth.

 

“Training after ten minutes,” Buds muttered, making Laharl grimace. Buds looked at him with a knowing frown. “If you don't like it, wake up earlier.”

 

This was a morning routine for all three of them. No matter how peaceful this village seemed to be, Naruto and Buds knew otherwise. When they first could walk, the three would train every morning, conditioning their new bodies. Knowledge of his old life, all the jutsus he had invented during his tenure of walking through universes, they were useless when his body was as responsive as a snail. Learning the seal formation all over again was depressing as it is, but pulling a muscle when doing a roundhouse kick was even worse.

 

But then again, Naruto knew he wasn't the only one feeling off. Buds, a very able fighter himself, was found tripping on his own feet, overextending his stabs, and more than once, losing grip of his wooden sword. Frustrating, he would admit, but always cheered up when he realized that his magical prowess was still intact, and most of the time, used it as an advantage. Too bad he never had a proper wand. Some of his magics tend to mess up, misfiring at times... one time, it fired back at his face, and he lost one of the morning spars in just seconds.

 

Laharl, though... he displayed no rust whatsoever in his body or skills. He would overpower the two boys in training, making him perfect to play the lone guy, while Naruto and Buds would always team up to try and take him out first. Too bad Laharl's real skill levels were way below Naruto's or Buds, and he only had raw power to back him up, but even then, trying to beat him was very difficult.

 

Today though... it was a free-for-all, for today was a very special day: it was the genin graduation examinations.

 

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Genin Academy, third part of the exam. Naruto Uzumaki, performing Bunshin Technique.

 

Horribly gone wrong.

 

“Ehehehe...” Naruto laughed rather nervously when his clones came out... badly. He never messed this terrible before, even when he first done it in his life. Maybe trying to actually fail the test wasn't a good idea.

 

On the ground, the bunshins of Naruto were cut into pieces, looking up them, shocked like they just came from a horror show. All it needed was a generous amount of tomato sauce, and you got one horrific scene in a slasher film.

 

“NA-RU-TO!” Iruka looked at the blonde boy with anger. “What the hell is THIS!?”

 

“Uh... bunshin...?” Naruto replied stupidly.

 

“FAIL!” Iruka shouted.

 

“Oh... come on sensei!” Naruto looked at his teacher with a frown.

 

“Iruka-sensei...”

 

Naruto looked towards Mizuki with relieved eyes. This was playing out as well as he had hoped. Well, the bunshins weren't really part of his plans... from sickly to somehow... apparently, dead. He put up his pleading eyes, and prayed that is what he was doing the first time around; after all, he did need this...

 

“His brothers have passed... maybe we ought to make an exception to this case. After all... he did do a...” Mizuki looked again towards Naruto, and then towards his bunshins... and then just shook his head. “Nevermind... but you get what I am saying, right?”

 

“Mizuki-sensei, the fact that his brothers passed will do nothing to condone this...” Iruka looked at the bunshins, and shook his own head. He looked at Naruto with a small regretting frown. “I'm sorry, Naruto... but... I can't let you pass.”

 

“Yes!” Naruto celebrated, pumping his hand up and down the air knowing that his little ploy worked. It was different... but worked nonetheless, but then, he suddenly remembered where he was.

 

Iruka and Mizuki both looked at the boy with rather wide eyes at his reaction. This was actually a first they ever got from failing a student. Usually, it was tears, running out, and some death threats by a few parents, but... a celebration?

 

“Uh... I mean...” Naruto feigned ignorance. “So... I passed...?”

 

Iruka blinked. “I said you failed.”

 

“Nah-uh!” Naruto muttered, shaking his head. “You said you'd let me pass.”

 

“I said I can't let you pass,” Iruka replied calmly.

 

Naruto and Iruka looked at each other, and with great acting the blonde had been practicing since the morning after the spar with his brothers, he made a pained face filled with resentment, and dashed out of the door, covering his eyes with one of his arms.

 

“SCREW THIS!” he shouted as he made his exit, and went straight towards his brothers, who were waiting for him downstairs, outside the academy. Passing through children celebrating with their parents, he remembered the pain he had felt before, watching kids show off their shiny new forehead protectors. Now, he felt foreign to the feeling, for waiting for him outside, was in fact, his family.

 

“Well?” Laharl asked with curious look. His forehead protector was tied around his neck loosely, almost similar to Hinata, while Buds put his left wrist, his wooden sword at his back.

 

Naruto gave the thumbs up. Everything was going according to plan.

 

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That night, the poor Hokage (and Laharl) had received double whammy hits of Naruto's patented and still quite effective Sexy no Jutsu, one done by yours truly, and the other by Buds who was now giggling like an idiot.

 

“I never get tired of it,” he muttered. “It's so damn erotic...”

 

Laharl sighed, the large forbidden scroll strapped at his back. He hated that technique... hated every aspect of it, from the well-formed cups to the sleek curve lines of their legs to the... he shuddered.

 

“Can't you turn to something... I don't know, flat?” he asked, making the other two stare at him. “What?”

 

“You're weird,” Buds declared.

 

“Says you,” Laharl muttered. “Bet you wouldn't mind if Naruto or yourself transform into that Hyuga chick, naked.”

 

“Shut up,” Buds muttered, slightly blushing again.

 

“We're here,” Naruto called, pointing towards the area where they were supposed to meet Mizuki. The three boys jumped from branch to branch, until finally, Naruto fell from the high trees to the ground below, followed by the two.

 

“If I remember correctly, I spent the whole time studying and trying to do the Kage Bunshin...”

 

The place was where Mizuki had told Naruto to meet; it was a clearing in the forest. Landing near the small supply shack, the blonde and his two brothers began to untie the small binding closing the scroll, and unrolled it.

 

“Still need a quick read on how?” Buds asked. “After all... you have been going about twelve years without using it...”

 

“Nah... look...” Naruto then began forming the seals in his hands. A few seconds later, there were now six blondes surrounding the three, each of them waving, smiling, and patting the original Naruto's back appreciatively. “Kami, I miss doing this... I can finally go all out in our spars...”

 

“Your seal formation is still slow,” Buds muttered, making the blonde narrow his eyes at his brother.

 

“Oh come on...” Naruto frowned. Buds chuckled and exclaimed it was nothing but a joke.

 

Fore safety reasons, Naruto had been forced to abandon his most favorite technique, the Kage Bunshin, and his other much more advanced jutsu he had invented. Able to know the seals, and perform the forbidden technique would raise too many questions of his knowledge of obtaining it. Worse case scenario, he might be branded as a spy and shoved into an interrogation room...

 

Or so Buds said. But then, that didn't stop him from using his earth elemental magic, and passing them off as Earth Style Techniques.

 

Ass, Naruto thought. He prolly didn't want to face hundreds of me...

 

Though what Buds said did have merits, which was why Naruto patiently waited until the graduation, but the wait had cost him his patience and his efficiency with the seals. He could do the Kage Bunshin in less than a second before... now he'd be going to have to spend days to finally even make it less than two.

 

“While we're at it, lets look at other techniques,” Buds suddenly declared, and began to unroll the scroll.

 

“I have no need for useless human techniques,” Laharl declared.

 

“Oh, look... there's one here that allows you to make any sexy females to flat chested ones...”

 

“Where!?” and the squinty-eyed Uzumaki joined in. “Liar!” he muttered after he took a careful look, and punched Buds in the arm, but didn't stop looking afterwards.

 

Naruto snorted at how easily Buds was able to make Laharl get into the whole `lets all look at the scroll' bit, and joined himself. As a kid, he didn't really find anything other than the Kage Bunshin technique useful... quite truthfully, the only reason why he chose Kage Bunshin was because it had the word Bunshin in it... and since at that time, he wanted to be Hokage, he thought that this Bunshin technique is what Kages would use, hence the name.

 

“Wow... look at this...” Buds pointed at one of exotic sounding techniques in the scroll. “Sheesh... what the hell. Look at that hand-seal list... who the hell has time to even get this attack out!?”

 

“Takes practice,” Naruto muttered. He recognized some of the techniques, though not by name, just by description. “Hey... look at this...”

 

It seemed the Forbidden Scroll was not only a list of jutsus but also was displaying an obscure branch of ninjutsu, mainly, the blood seals.

 

Blood Seals are probably one of the most powerful techniques at a ninja's disposal, though rarely used because it usually takes preparation and a lot of planning. Most simple and most used Blood Seals would be summoning techniques, either using animal familiars, like Toads of Jiraiya or even weapon storage scrolls, like the ones that Tenten's family would use.

 

Even the demon-sealing techniques were Blood Seals.

 

“Hey... Naruto... you better come look at this...”

 

Buds suddenly showed something that made Naruto blink. At almost the very end of the scroll was a whole map of the Fire Country, though unlike most of the general maps sold in the village, this particular one was showing a place that wasn't present in those. Somewhere near the village, it seems, there was a structural cave, large enough to cover almost half of the forests of the hidden village.

 

It was aptly named `Kyubi's Lair'.

 

Naruto immediately shoved Laharl out of the way, much to the squinty-eyed Uzumaki's complaints, and stared at the map, looking at it thoroughly. He checked the magnification, then used his kunai to take a few measurements.

 

“This... this is amazing,” Naruto muttered. “East of the village... about two days travel back to back... though I think we can squeeze it to less one... guys...” he looked towards his brothers. “We have to-”

 

Cut off by a solid kick in the face, the blonde Uzumaki flew towards the tree, slamming it hard. Laharl, with his extended foot out, looked at the Naruto with his narrowed eyes and lopsided grin.

 

“What the hell!?” Naruto shouted, rubbing his cheek. “What... the... hell!?”

 

“That's for shoving the great Laharl!”

 

“Great my ass!” Naruto then lounged for the purple-haired Uzumaki, and the two rolled on the ground, trying to punch each other's lights out.

 

“You guys...” Buds muttered in annoyance, now rolling the big scroll to close. He had barely finished tying the scroll when he was kicked from behind. It didn't take long before he joined in the fray, and began smacking Naruto's and Laharl's faces with open palms.

 

And that's how Iruka found them. Buds had bowed out earlier, and was lying down the ground, while Laharl had Naruto on a headlock, while the blonde was apparently trying to escape it.

 

“Uzumakis...” Iruka growled.

 

Laharl and Naruto paused. Buds' head rose from its position, and all three of them gave him a rather nervous smile.

 

“Yare yare...” the brown haired boy spoke.

 

“Ehehe... you found me...” Naruto muttered. He squeezed his head, trying to remember what he was supposed to say next. “I only had time to get one technique...”

 

“Technique?” Iruka asked, looking at the three brothers. Did they even know how much trouble they were in?

 

“Yeah... Mizuki-sensei said if I showed you one technique from this scroll, you'd let me pass!” the blonde declared.

 

“Mizuki...?” Iruka asked, his eyes widening.

 

“Yeah... he told me about the scroll, about this place...” Naruto continued.

 

“We helped,” Buds muttered, raising his hands, having a somewhat proud smile. Laharl just rolled his eyes.

 

Iruka's thoughts were on Mizuki, and the implications Naruto raised. Suddenly, he felt a killing intent, and automatically pushed Naruto and Laharl away from him as a flurry of kunais came at him. It might have killed an unskilled genin, but Iruka was able to deflect most of the lethal ones away, only receiving a few scratches in his arms and legs... but he was too slow to deflect one, which was now stuck on his knee. And he was also stuck on the shack wall as one of the kunai had gotten a hold of his shirt, pinning him there.

 

“Iruka-sensei!” Naruto declared, looking at his teacher worriedly. He was about to approach him when another flurry of kunai came at him, and the blonde boy dodged at the last second. He looked up from where the weapons were being thrown from, and saw Mizuki looking down on them with a rather evil stare. “Mizuki-sensei...?”

 

Mizuki laughed. “Impressive that you found him... Iruka...”

 

“Damn you... Mizuki...” Iruka declared, looking towards the traitorous teacher.

 

“Wha... what's going on...?” Buds muttered, standing up, looking towards his two teachers. On his back was the Forbidden Scroll.

 

“Tenshin... give me the scroll...” Mizuki called.

 

“Oi... don't call me that,” Buds muttered, his forehead twitching.

 

Iruka breathed deeply as he forced the kunai out of his thigh. The sharp pain made him growl in pain, but kept himself steady. He looked towards the Uzumaki brothers.

 

“Buds... don't give him the scroll... even if you die!” he declared seriously. “That scroll is filled with techniques that are forbidden within it! Mizuki was using you to steal it for himself...”

 

“That is harsh, Iruka... especially coming from you,” Mizuki laughed. “You're also afraid that those three would have it too... right Iruka?”

 

The Uzumakis looked towards Iruka who stared at the other teacher hard. He looked towards the three boys, who were now standing together. “Don't be fooled by him! Get out of here! Run!”

 

“Uzumakis... do you want to know the truth?” Mizuki declared.

 

“Mizuki! Don't!” the wounded teacher growled helplessly, knowing full well what the traitor was about to say.

 

“There was a rule that was created twelve years ago... a rule that was not supposed to be mentioned to you...”

 

“W... what rule?” Naruto asked, looking confused.

 

“A rule that no one was supposed to talk about you three being the Demon Fox!”

 

“Wha... what?” Buds muttered, looking shocked.

 

“Che...” Laharl growled.

 

“You three... are three parts of the Demon Fox... who destroyed this village many years ago!” Mizuki continued.

 

“Stop it... MIZUKI!” Iruka shouted, taking out the offending kunai pinning him on the wall.

 

“Why do you think you three were never adopted… the hateful glares you received from everybody? Did you three not think it was so odd that somehow the whole village seemed to hate you?” and the traitorous teacher laughed again. “Now you know… you three… demons! No one will acknowledge you! Even Iruka hates you!”

 

The Uzumaki brothers looked towards Iruka, who looked back at them with some regret. The teacher then recalled the Third Hokage talking to him about the brothers.

 

“Iruka… those three never really received a parent's love… they may act tough, but other than themselves, they are all alone.”

 

“DIE, UZUMAKIS!”

 

Iruka's eyes gleamed as he watched in horror as Mizuki sent three large shurikens on the brothers' ways, and acted instinctually. Jumping in front of them, he kicked one of the shurikens out of the way… but with his injuries, he couldn't muster enough power to do anything for the last two.

 

Iruka felt the second tear through his arm, gashing it deeply, forcing him to the left turning him around. He saw the three brothers looking at him with shock, awe… and respect. Especially Naruto, whose eyes shone into tears as tears threatened to pour down.

 

The next moment, he didn't know what happened. Iruka expected the third shuriken to come and stab him at his back, but instead, he heard a grunt and the sound of wood breaking apart.

 

“Tch…” Buds muttered, who was now behind Iruka. In his hand was a splintered piece of wood, his wooden sword he always carried with him. He threw it away. “There goes my weapon…”

 

Laharl looked towards Iruka with a glint in his eyes. “Heh… you're worthy to become my subordinate when I rule Hell.”

 

Laharl began to walk towards Buds, much to Iruka's shock.

 

“Laharl… wait!” Iruka muttered, extending his hand to stop the boy from moving when Naruto gently grabbed his arm. The older man looked at the boy, surprised. “Naruto…?”

 

“Sensei… thank you,” the blonde boy stated. “But… we'll take care of it from here.”

 

Naruto moved away from Iruka's reach, and joined his two brothers.

 

“Satisfied?” Buds asked, not looking at his blonde brother.

 

“Yes…” Naruto closed his eyes. “Iruka-sensei… hasn't changed.”

 

“Stupid,” Laharl grinned. “This is your past. He'd never change. You did.”

 

“Yeah…” and Naruto opened his eyes, and glared at Mizuki. “Let's kick some ass.”

 

The traitor looked at the three, and laughed out louder than he ever did in his whole life. “You little punks!” he shouted, gleefully. “You think you three useless ninjas can beat me!?”

 

“The way of the ninja is filled with peril!” Naruto declared, his hand going for his pockets. Mizuki took a step back, wondering what Naruto was planning, only to pause in wonderment when he extracted a rather colorful yellow eye mask and wore it. “For my precious people, I shall protect them!”

 

“For freedom, justice and independence, I stand by my loved ones through thick and thin!” Buds declared, grabbing out a brown eye mask, almost similar to Naruto's and wore it as well. Mizuki began to look more confused.

 

“For world domination, and just plainly because I dislike you…” Laharl grabbed out a purple eye mask, and wore it as well. “Uzumaki Purple!”

 

“Uzumaki Brown!” Buds declared.

 

“Uzumaki Yellow!” Naruto shouted.

 

“WE ARE…!” and they suddenly posed… “UZUMAKI SENTAI!”

 

Iruka and Mizuki blinked. The Third Hokage, who had been watching with his crystal ball, also blinked. They all thought of the same thing.

 

“What the hell…?”

 

Mizuki frowned. “You kids… are you underestimating me!? YAAAHHH!” and he shouted the last bit as he charged towards the three, grabbing two kunais, one each hand, as he went for them, intent to kill, when he saw a purple blur suddenly appear in front of him.

 

“Cause you took my quota for evil laughs…” Laharl suddenly declared as his foot rose up from his position… “Take this! Purple NUTCRACKER!”

 

A small bell was heard when the kick connected to Mizuki's crotch, and stopped him cold on his tracks. He didn't know what else happened but a brown blur suddenly approached him with a wooden stick.

 

“You lack loyalty, and are too greedy! Take my righteous LAUNCHER!” Buds declared, hitting Mizuki in the chin with a rising blade slash, launching the teacher in the air.

 

Mizuki groaned as he found himself helpless in the air, and could only watch as Buds threw his stick in the air, transforming to Naruto, who then began forming seals.

 

“Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!” Naruto declared, and thirteen copies of him suddenly appeared from his level. “And because you hurt Iruka-sensei… I shall pay it back to you a thousand times!”

 

Mizuki screamed as the clones then kicked him back down to the ground, and completed their attack by raining down on his fallen body with fourteen punches, all coming at the same time, synchronized.

 

Iruka watched with awe as the whole ground seemed to shake and explode as the fourteen Narutos came down at once, each of their fist hitting Mizuki. He felt sorry for the traitor for the moment, but couldn't look away as Naruto finally came between his waiting brothers, and posed again.

 

“Repent your actions now that you received the patented…”

 

“Uzumaki…!”

 

“Sentai…!”

 

“COMBO!”

 

Iruka clapped as the three, without abash, declared the last word together. The three brothers, hearing the clap, looked towards Iruka. Naruto scratched the back of his head rather bashfully, while Buds had that knowing smile he usually had when he answered something in class correctly. Laharl was laughing out loud.

 

“MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

 

“I still hate that laugh,” Naruto declared, removing his mask.

 

Laharl just gave Naruto the finger as he removed his. “Deal with it, Whiskers!”

 

“Heh… still… not bad for the first appearance of the Uzumaki Rangers, eh?” Buds chuckled as he also removed his.

 

Naruto grinned. It was a rather quickly formed plan, but it came out better than he expected. Even Laharl seemed to enjoy himself, being the most vocal critic of this, according to his words, `the most stupid plan he ever heard about in a thousand years'.

The three then looked towards Mizuki, who was now sporting many bruises, and still holding on to his crotch.

 

“Did we overdo it?” Buds asked.

 

“Kinda…” Naruto replied. “But whatever! Iruka-sensei!”

 

Naruto dashed towards his injured teacher, followed by his two brothers. The three then helped him lean on the shack wall, where he was told to rest.

 

“I'll get help,” Buds declared.

 

“I'm joining,” Laharl muttered, and the two brothers jumped towards the trees and dashed away, leaving Naruto and Iruka alone.

 

“Ne, ne, whatcha think of my new technique?” Naruto asked, smiling widely. “Cool eh!”

 

“Yeah… it is,” Iruka stated honestly. He looked towards the blonde's blue eyes, and smiled warmly. “Hey… Naruto… close your eyes for a minute, would you?”

 

When Buds and Laharl came back with the ANBU and the Hokage on the toll, Naruto was displaying his new forehead protector proudly towards his two brothers. Laharl looked unimpressed, though Buds was a bit more appreciative.

 

Iruka and Third Hokage looked as the Uzumaki brothers celebrated together (which meant Naruto and Laharl argued with each other while Buds tried to nervously separate the two), and chuckled. They had the same thoughts on their head as they watched the three together, the sun rising towards the sky, illuminating the metal parts of their protectors. They were proud.

 

The Uzumaki brothers paused to watch the whole forest sparkle as rays of sun began to invade their senses. They looked at each other and smiled.

 

Watch out Konoha… here we come! they thought.

 

To Be Continued

 

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Next:

 

Travel around the Hidden Village of Fire, and see the sights, as Dr. Naruto `Indiana' Uzumaki and his two brothers explore the ruins known as Kyubi's Lair!

 

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Author's Notes:

 

As you can see, the whole story is focused more on comedy and parody than seriousness, though… I doubt I can abandon seriousness. Enjoy!