200Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Highschool DXD if I did this story would not be here
A/N: Spellbat:To answer your question, it goes without saying that Naruto is by far the strongest member in the ORC right now. I'm not good at power scaling so I can't give you a definitive answer but I can say that you won't see him struggling too much with early DXD villains. But that also brings the question of how Rias was able to reincarnate him. Well the answer is simple. He's a glitch in the system. Something that wasn't supposed to happen but it did.
To answer another question, no Tsunade has come out of her coma but because of Naruto's disappearance and having to rebuild the village, Danzo had no room to do anything shady but declare Sasuke a rogue ninja. Naruto kinda fucked everything up. Don't worry it'll all make sense.
Vermilion Devil,
Chapter 14: Infiltration
"Kokabiel-Sama."
"Hm?"
"Galper's preparations are almost complete. Should we start preparing everything on our end as well?"
Kokabiel tilted his head as he thought about it and smirked. "No, grab everything and get everyone ready to move. We're leaving soon."
"Yes sir." The fallen angel bowed his head and promptly left the room. Kokabiel chuckled before smiling darkly.
"Seems like a great day to start a war…HehehehahaHAHAHAHAHAHA."
Almost there, he was almost there. Just a little more and he would be able to avenge them. Kiba looked up to see Naruto leaping from tree to tree then looked to his left and saw Xenovia and Irina running next to him. He wished those two weren't here but he wished that Naruto wasn't here even more. Naruto was determined to get in his way, that's for sure.
Kiba was brought out of his thoughts when a medium sized building came into his vision. The group stopped and they watched Freed walk into the entrance of the building.
"So this is the base?" Xenovia asked.
"Has to be, come on Xenovia." Irina said. Both Irina and Xenovia were about to jump down and run into the building but Naruto threw a shuriken to stop them in their tracks and Irina and Xenovia looked up to Naruto in the tree.
"Don't just rush in there. Look. There's guards at the entrance." Sure enough, when Irina and Xenovia looked, there were about 6 fallen angels guarding the entrance. "There's probably a lot more inside so we can't just go in tearing up stuff."
"Then what do we do?" Kiba asked impatiently.
"We gotta go in silently, try not to raise any alarms." Naruto did a cross hand seal and summoned a shadow clone to make up for the missing number. Naruto looked down at Xenovia. "Remember, silently, which means don't slam that big sword unless you have to."
Xenovia let out a dissatisfied huff but nodded her head in agreement anyway. Nothing else was said and Naruto and his shadow clone jumped from the tree with the others following suit. Naruto silently landed behind two fallen angels and banged their heads together, knocking them out. Naruto looked over to see his shadow clone chop the third fallen angel on the neck, knocking them out as well. The two Narutos gave each other a thumbs up.
Xenovia walked behind the fourth fallen angel and quickly used her sword to cut the fallen angel's head off. Xenovia flinched when the fallen angel's body fell to the ground and created a loud thud. This alerted another nearby fallen angel but before they could get a chance to do anything about it, Kiba came up and quickly stabbed the fallen angel in the head using a short dagger. Naruto, Xenovia and Kiba quickly met up with each other.
"is that everyone?" Kiba asked.
"Nope." Naruto said.
BONK
Everyone turned their heads to see Irina standing over an unconscious fallen angel with a frying pan in her hand. Irina sent a small wave their way before the frying pan turned back into the band on her arm.
"Yep."
Irina did a quick prayer before joining up with Naruto, Kiba and Xenovia and together they entered Kokabiel's hideout. The four of them entered a dimly lit room.
"I can barely see in here." Irina whispered.
"Me too." Xenovia agreed.
Naruto looked around the room and saw a camera in one of the corners of the room. Naruto took out a shuriken and tossed it into the camera, destroying it. Naruto beckoned them to follow him and the four of them exited the main room. The next room they entered was a small room but with 3 hallways that led to three separate pathways.
"Looks like we're splitting up." Naruto said.
"I'm taking the middle." Kiba said. Kiba started walking down the middle path immediately, leaving no room for any argument.
"Irina and I will be taking the right." Xenovia said and Irina nodded along in agreement.
"Guess that means left is my only option." Naruto scratched the back of his head before creating a shadow clone to follow Kiba. Leave that man alone? In his current state of mind? Pft yeah right. He just hopes things won't take a turn for the worst while they are separated.
Kiba made it towards the end of the hallway and looked around as he walked into what looked like a lobby of sorts. Kiba surveyed the room. There were fallen angels scattered around the room in a way that a normal person could get through without being spotted. Kiba quickly hid behind one of the boxes when one of the fallen angels started to come near him.
"Hey!" Kiba slowly started to summon a sword in case he was spotted. As the footsteps came nearer, Kiba gripped the handle of his sword, ready to strike. "Stop lollygagging and help me and Valper grab these swords! Kokabiel-Sama says "get ready to move out."
"Alright, alright, jeez just tone it down already."
Kiba let go of the handle but watched as the fallen angels started to walk out of the room. If he followed them, they would lead him straight to those excaliburs. He couldn't let them get away.
Just as the fallen angels left the room, Kiba slipped through the door with no one seeing nothing but a speck of dust.
As Naruto snuck by one room he found himself within another hallway. "It's like a maze in here." Naruto whispered to himself. Naruto then heard footsteps and voices coming around the corner of the footsteps and voices coming from around the corner. Naruto huffed. Naruto did a quick sweep and quickly noted that there were two cameras on each side of the hallway. He also noted there was nothing he could hide behind. He was screwed…
If he wasn't a ninja and didn't have chakra that is.
Naruto looked up at the ceiling and smirked before jumping up and latching onto the ceiling with his chakra and getting into a sitting position. The fallen angels soon enough came around the corner and walked through the hallway, clueless about the guy sitting directly above their heads. When the coast was clear, Naruto silently hopped down and continued down the hallway, making sure to destroy the cameras. When Naruto turned the corner, he was faced with the backs of two more fallen angels. Naruto let out another quiet huff.
Naruto quietly snuck up on the two fallen angels and banged their heads together, knocking them clean out. Naruto took the time to study the features of one of the two fallen angels.
Hm…Brown hair, ponytail, a skimpy outfit and…
"85 centimeters-Dammit Ero-Sennin." Naruto let out a sigh and did the transformation jutsu, turning into an exact replica of the fallen angel he just knocked out. Naruto took out some steel wire and tied the two fallen angels together. Now, he couldn't leave these two just laying down but there was nothing in this hallway that he could use to hide them away.
Great, now he wished he knew how to seal things in scrolls. He could take them with him and hope he finds a closet or something to stuff them in but he could definitely see the question marks on these guys' heads when he walks by them carrying a duplicate and her partner on his shoulder. It's not ideal but it seems he would have to leave them here and hope that no one finds them or they wake up too early.
"Kokabiel-Sama."
"What is it now?"
"We've got a report that cameras in the main entrance and section 3 went offline."
Kokabiel raised an eyebrow. "Malfunction or intruder?"
"We do not know at the moment, but we intend to find out soon."
"Good." Kokabiel hoped it was an intruder, he was feeling restless after all these years of a pathetic excuse for peace. How revolting! Damn that Azazel, if it wasn't for him, the fallen angels would have won The Great War! Kokabiel slammed a fist on the table, causing it to dent, which made the fallen angel who was giving him the report, jump.
"Kokabiel-Sama?" The fallen angel asked nervously.
"It's nothing, just thinking about dear old Azazel. Hmph, Where is Freed?"
"He-He should be returning now, I think…"
"You think?"
"Le-Let me go make sure. Excuse me." The fallen angel quickly stammered out of the room. A few seconds passed by and another fallen angel came into the room.
"Kokabiel-Sama!"
"What?"
"It seems we have some intruders."
Kokabiel raised his eyebrow. "Oh? How?"
"3 guards were knocked unconscious and two more were killed when I went outside."
Kokabiel let out an evil grin before chuckling darkly. "So we have some infiltrators, huh? Good."
"Sir?"
"Don't sound the alarm. Let's let them think that we don't know that they're here." Kokabiel then got up from his chair and started walking towards the exit. "Let's see if we can find these intruders, shall we?"
"Yessir."
"Xenovia?" Irina whispered.
"What?"
"How close do you think we are to the Excaliburs?"
"I don't know." Xenovia responded with a bit more bite in her voice than she intended.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I'm just a little annoyed that I can't use my sword."
"I mean it's not that bad."
"Easy for you to say, your sword can transform into anything and do you know how hard it is to be quiet while knocking someone out with a Metal pipe?!" Xenovia whispered harshly while holding up a metal pipe with a dent on it for emphasis.
"Okay, I get it but the blond guy is right, that Excalibur destruction is way too…Well destructive."
"I know I know…"
Irina and Xenovia stopped in their tracks when they heard Freed's voice in the distance.
"Nah, there's no way those guys followed me, I flash-banged them in their face before I came back here."
"Then why are the guards outside dead?"
"Wait, really?"
"Yes, you fool!"
"...Fuck."
Xenovia slowly started to reach for her sword but Irina stopped her.
"Not yet. Come on." She whispered. Irina and Xenovia snuck behind two pillars that were in the room. Soon enough, Freed and another fallen angel came walking into the room.
"Great, if those bitches followed me here then I need to get to the old man and snatch those Excaliburs before they do."
"Valper is already gathering the swords, Kokabiel-Sama said that we're moving out soon."
"The boss is moving forward with the plan?" Freed then started laughing wickedly. "Great."
Freed and the fallen angel walked past Irina and Xenovia for a second but he stopped and looked at the pillar Irina was hiding behind and Irina froze up.
"What is it?" The fallen angel asked. Time seemed to slow down for Irina as she felt Freed's eyes on her and she inwardly prayed to God that she wouldn't be discovered.
Freed shook his head and kept on walking. "Nothing, thought I saw something. Maybe I should stop drinking so much…Nah." Freed and the fallen angel walked out of the area.
Irina let out a breath of relief that she didn't even know she had and she and Xenovia came out from their hiding spots.
"That was close…" Irina said. Xenovia walked over to Irina and started unwrapping her sword.
"We should follow him. He'll lead us straight to the Excaliburs."
"Yeah, then we can finally end our mission."
"What an Interesting conversation. Would you please tell me more about it?"
Irina froze at the unfamiliar voice. Xenovia snapped towards the person who said it.
"You're-"
Kiba walked into a lab of some sorts. He had taken out the fallen angels that led him here the second they got to the door. There were test tubes everywhere and tables for a person to lay on. The place reeked of blood, so much so that Kiba had to cover his nose. He couldn't imagine the atrocities committed here. But more importantly, the person who caused the suffering of his friends and the swords were within reach. Soon he'll avenge them and destroy both Valper and The Excalibur.
Kiba stopped in his tracks when he spotted the person he could only assume to be…
"Valper Galilei?"
"Yes?"
Kiba shook where he stood. Valper stood with his back to him. He seemed preoccupied as he was gathering something, he couldn't see what it was.
"You were the culprit behind The Holy Sword Project." It was more of a statement than a question and his voice held a burning fury which he didn't try to hide at all.
"It's what I'm known for these days. Look, I'm in a hurry so if you're not here to help then get out of the way."
"Help you? No, I'm here to kill you." Kiba now had a sword in his hand.
"Oh?" Valper finally turned around to face Kiba. "I see, Freed must have led you straight to us. That fool."
Kiba pointed his sword at Valper. "For years I've been waiting for this. To finally get retribution for my comrades that you and that cursed project so brutally slaughtered."
"Your comrades?" Valper studied Kiba's face for a few moments before his memory was jogged. "Oh, I see. You were that survivor that ran off into the woods with that girl. Yes, that one in particular brought me some valuable data. " Valper had a smug smirk on his face when he saw the burning rage in Kiba's eyes.
"Before I kill you and destroy those swords, I just want to know one thing. Why?"
"Hm? Why what?"
"We did everything the church asked of us, even if it did more harm than good to our bodies. Just for you to choose to slaughter us in cold blood. I want to know why."
Valper put a hand on his chin and pretended to think about it. After a few moments, Kiba got fed up.
"WHY!?"
"Because you all weren't needed anymore."
"Weren't needed?" Kiba asked with gritted teeth.
"Yep, none of you had enough of the genes needed to wield a holy sword. Even with the extensive training and experiments, none of you met the requirements. My work could not be completed with you all so I decided to get rid of the unnecessary components to the grand goal."
Kiba grip on his sword tightened so much to the point that the handle started to snap as his barely contained rage hit a breaking point. "Components!? Requirements!? Was that all we were to you all!? Just tools to be thrown away!?"
"Precisely."
"THOSE WERE CHILDREN YOU SLAUGHTERED!"
"And? Children, teenagers, adults, men and women, it doesn't matter who or what it is when it comes to my projects. Anything at my disposal is a tool, and when that tool is broken, it is to be disposed of. That's all you all were worth, tools. Nothing more nothing less."
Something in Kiba snapped and he got ready to lunge at Valper but-
"Kiba!" The clone of Naruto grabbed onto Kiba's back, stopping him from lunging at Valper. Kiba looked at the clone in surprise before it was quickly replaced by rage.
"Naruto!? You followed me. Again!?"
"Calm down, you're too angry. Think about what you're doing."
Kiba ripped himself away from Naruto's grasp. "Oh I've thought about it enough, I've thought about it for years, Stay out the way!"
Valper tried to use the momentary distraction to gather the rest of his tools and swords and escape but Kiba was having none of it. He created a short sword and threw it towards his shoulder, impaling him and pinning him to the wall. Valper grunted in pain as he tried to pull the blade out of his shoulder.
"Is this what your friends would have wanted? Is this what Yuki would have wanted? To have your life consumed by revenge and hatred?"
"How would you know what they would have wanted!? You weren't even there!"
"Revenge isn't the way, all it does is leave a hole. You'll end up doing something you'll regret. It won't bring you any satisfaction."
Kiba looked at Naruto in his eyes for a few moments before looking at Valper. The two locked eyes for a second but that second was all it took. He saw nothing but pure evil within those eyes and Kiba couldn't take it anymore. Kiba summoned a sword in his hand and looked at Naruto once more. "Yes, yes it will." He said darkly.
"Kiba-"
BANG
The ground started to shake and the room was beginning to fall apart. The test tubes started to fall and crack open and the tables fell over. The ceiling and walls started to cave in on itself. Kiba and Naruto lost their balance and fell to the ground.
"The hell!?" Clone Naruto exclaimed. A large chunk of the roof fell down and was headed straight for him. "AH-" was all he got to say before the piece of ceiling fell on top of him, forcing him to dispel.
The real Naruto stopped what he was doing as the earthquake hit and not long after, got the memories from his killed clone. Naruto immediately set off into a run.
Valper didn't know what was going on either, but he wasn't one to waste an opportunity. While Kiba was distracted by the falling rubble and the clone Naruto gone, Valper was finally able to free himself. Ignoring the pain in his shoulder he quickly gathered the rest of the Excaliburs and the tools needed and quickly as he could, ran for the exit.
"Wha-NO!" Kiba tried to run after Valper but the second he lifted his foot off the ground, another test tube fell over and landed on him. Kiba tried to lift the tube off of him but it was a futile effort. No matter how hard he tried, it was just too heavy. Kiba looked up and shifted his body to the side, just barely able to avoid a chunk of the ceiling landing on his head.
No way, there was no way he was going to allow himself to die here. Not until Valper and those Excaliburs were vanished from this earth by his hand.
"Kiba!" The real Naruto suddenly burst through the entrance of the lab before dropping his transformation and started running towards Kiba. He leaped over a piece of rubble and punched through another piece before getting over to Kiba's side. "I got you." Naruto easily lifted the test tube right off of Kiba.
As soon as he was free, Kiba made a beeline for the exit, not even acknowledging the fact that Naruto saved him nor that he was there at all. Kiba looked around frantically for Valper but he seemed to have disappeared already. Kiba looked up and spotted a hole in the ceiling. Thinking that Valper could have made it outside, Kiba spread out his wings and took flight and flew out of the building.
Naruto came running out of the room and looked for Kiba but he was gone as well. Naruto saw the hole that Kiba just flew through and shook his head before leaping through it just as the building collapsed on itself.
While he was in the air, he spotted a man with pale skin and five pairs of black wings hovering above the broken building. Naruto noticed that the man was holding both Irina and Xenovia by their throats. The man threw both of them down to the ground. Given the five pairs of wings and the information that Xenovia and Koneko gave him before they came here, Naruto could only assume that the person that just threw Xenovia and Irina was Kokabiel.
Things went from alright to crap in the span of 10 minutes. Kiba is going off the rails and Irina and Xenovia got caught by the worst person to get caught by. Kiba is a big concern but right now, Irina and Xenovia need help immediately. He knew they wouldn't last very long in a fight with someone like that.
Naruto ran and started leaping from tree to tree in Irina and Xenovia's general direction. Knowing how to fly would come in handy right about now. He sure as hell didn't like it but after this is over, he might have to ask Rias or…ugh Akeno to teach him how to fly later on.
Kiba scanned the area below him for Valper and the Excaliburs but quickly concluded that he was nowhere to be found. "Damnit!" He had him! It was right there in his grasp and he lost it! No…He didn't lose it, it was ripped from him. Kiba then spotted Naruto leaping through the trees and his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Xenovia, are you ok?" Irina asked.
Xenovia groaned as she got up from the ground, using the sword as a crutch. "Yeah, I'm ok for now. Of all people to get caught by, it had to be Kokabiel himself."
"Are you two the only exorcists those holy fools sent? Do they really think that little of me?" Kokabiel said as he hovered above Xenovia and Irina.
Irina pointed her sword at Kokabiel. "Kokabiel, we've been sent here to retrieve the Excaliburs that you stole from our possession, and in its name we will get them back!"
Kokabiel created a light spear in his hand as he stared down at them mockingly. "Yeah, good luck with that." Kokabiel then threw the light spear down at Irina and Xenovia. The two exorcists managed to avoid getting impaled by the spear but the spear started to glow brightly. Putting two and two together, Irina and Xenovia both ran so as to not get caught in the resulting explosion but were only half successful. The blast managed to blow them both back, sending them flying through the forest. Kokabiel let out a yawn.
"I miss having a good fight to the death."
"Hey boss!"
"Hm?" Kokabiel looked down to his right and saw Freed running to him.
"What the hell happened? One minute everything's cool and the next, the base collapses."
"Dealing with the intruders that you lead here."
Freed chuckled nervously as he scratched his cheek and looked over to the side. "My mistake."
"The plus is that they're both Excalibur users and one of them carries Excalibur destruction."
"Really, how do you know?"
"She was the one that destroyed the base."
"Makes sense. That other holy sword bitch should be around this forest somewhere right, boss?"
"Yeah, do whatever you want with her."
Freed started laughing maniacally. "Will do~" Using Excalibur rapidly, Freed sped off into the forest.
Kokabiel let out an irritated breath. "And here I thought that I was gonna have a little fun before I go start the next war." Kokabiel heard rustling in the bushes and looked to his left to see Xenovia coming out with her sword at the ready. "Oh? Coming back for more are you?"
"We're not leaving without those excaliburs."
Kokabiel laughed condescendingly. "Yes you are." Kokabiel created multiple light daggers and shot them towards Xenovia.
Xenovia blocked most of them but some managed to get through, stabbing her in her arms. Kokabiel took advantage of his opening move to blitz Xenovia. Kokabiel instantly got in close and broke her guard. Kokabiel roundhouse kicked Xenovia in the face and hit her with a back kick before grabbing her ankle and throwing her away. Kokabiel brought his ten wings around himself.
"Did you really think you stood a chance? How dumb can you be!" Kokabiel spread his wings apart fast which caused a lot of sharp feathers to launch towards Xenovia while she was still in the air. Every single feather hit their mark, cutting Xenovia all over her body and while she was getting cut, Xenovia dropped her sword. She hit her head on the trunk of a tree harshly, rendering her unconscious as she hit the ground. Kokabiel walked over to the dropped Excalibur and picked it up, securing it in his possession.
"Hmph."
Kokabiel raised his right hand to finish Xenovia off but suddenly ended up blocking a kick from Naruto. Naruto didn't let that deter him and used his right leg to kick Kokabiel again. His second kick was also blocked but it was successful in knocking Kokabiel away from Xenovia. Naruto landed next to Xenovia protectively.
Kokabiel used his wings to stop momentum. Kokabiel looked at his arm in confusion and flexed it a bit. 'I actually felt those kicks. On top of that, I didn't sense him at all. My battle instincts saved me there.' Kokabiel smirked slightly before chuckling a bit. "I must admit, it's been a long time since someone was able to nearly catch me off guard like that." When Naruto didn't respond, Kokabiel continued. "So, did Michael send you here as well?"
"Who the hell is that?"
Kokabiel tilted his head after seeing the honest confusion on Naruto's face. "No? Well then, regardless of who you're affiliated with, I'm a little impressed. I didn't think there were any young fighters left in this weak era that could do what you just did. It's a shame I can't see what else you can do right now though."
"What do you need those swords for?"
"I really don't need them specifically, someone that's working for me does. Now, I have somewhere I need to be and you're in the way." Kokabiel created a magic circle and multiple light spears shot out at Naruto.
Naruto immediately knelt down and grabbed the unconscious Xenovia before quickly jumping away to avoid being caught in the explosion. Once in a safe spot, Naruto let out a breath. "That was close." Naruto looked around the forest for Kokabiel and quickly concluded that he was long gone, along with Xenovia's Excalibur. Great.
Irina grunted as she got up off the ground. She needed to link back up with Xenovia and fast. Before she could think about where Xenovia got blasted to, Irina heard maniacal laughter throughout the forest and she put her sword up in a defensive stance. She heard the laughter again and she quickly turned to where she heard it from. Suddenly, a blur came directly at her. Irina was just barely able to raise her sword in time to block the attack from the blur.
The blue came back at her again but this time it didn't miss. A cut appeared across her abdomen and Irina hissed in pain. Another cut appeared on her back and Irina started to swing fast to avoid getting slashed in lethal areas. She was successful in avoiding getting cut in lethal areas but the overwhelming speed of whoever was attacking her was too much for her to handle so she was still getting sliced up.
The blur suddenly stopped attacking her, revealing itself to be Freed. Freed started cackling insanely. "Man oh man do I love this Excalibur rapidly. It's so easy to slice and dice holy punks like you." Freed then licked the Excalibur while looking Irina in her eyes.
Irina inwardly gagged before pointing her sword at Freed, albeit with a little difficulty due to her injuries. "How dare you pervert the Excalibur like that, traitor!"
Freed just dug in his ear, pretending that he didn't hear her. "Could you speak a little louder? I can't hear you over all of your choking noises." Freed flicked away some earwax.
"Choking noises?"
Freed smiled evilly before blitzing Irina, slamming her into a tree by her throat. "Choking noises." Freed looked Irina up and down before smirking wickedly. "You know, you got a nice body on you~"
Irina's eyes widened before narrowing them immediately and kneed Freed in the balls.
Freed almost buckled from the sudden impact but managed to stay up as he hissed in pain. Freed then slammed Irina even harsher into the tree. "You little bitch, I'm gonna make you pay for that. And I know just the thing to cash in." Freed started to reach for Irina's boob-
CRACK
Freed's face was suddenly indented by someone's fist. Blood spurted from his mouth and a sickening crack could be heard as Freed's jaw shattered under the force of the punch and Freed was sent rocketing away within the forest.
Naruto pulled his fist back before spitting on the ground, scowling. "Punk." Naruto turned and offered Irina a hand which she accepted. "Are you alright?"
Irina patted herself down before wiping some blood from her lip. "A little cut up but I'm ok."
"No, I mean…He didn't touch you did he?"
"No thanks to you, thank you for that by the way."
"No problem."
"I need to get to Xenovia, I lost track of her during the explosion."
Before the clone of Naruto could reassure her, the real Naruto came walking through the bushes with Xenovia in his arms.
"Xenovia!" Irina ran over to the real Naruto and looked at Xenovia's roughed up state. "What happened to her!?" She said worriedly.
"Kokabiel roughed her up pretty good before I was able to get to her. Don't worry, she's still alive, just unconscious."
Irina let out a breath of relief. "And her Excalibur?" Irina asked, fearing the worst. Her fears were confirmed when Naruto shook his head.
"Kokabiel snatched it away from her."
"Crap, that's terrible, now he's got even more of the Excaliburs."
"And we don't know what he's planning on doing with them." Naruto handed Xenovia over to his clone. "You should go back to Kuoh and have Asia heal you and Xenovia. My clone will lead you back."
"Hm? Why?"
"Because I have a feeling that whatever he has planned for those swords, we're about to find out. Now get going."
"What about you?" Irina asked
"I have to find Kiba, then I gotta go grab my gear from my apartment."
"Can you run?" The clone asked. Irina nodded her head. "Good, cause I'm not gonna slow down so try and keep up." The clone Naruto and Irina sped off into the forest.
The real Naruto let out a sigh. "See what happens when you don't mind your business, Naruto? Now where is that idiot?" Naruto's eyes widened for a second before quickly putting his right arm out to catch the punch aimed at his face. Naruto moved the hand out his face to reveal the culprit.
"Kiba!? What the hell are you doing!?" Naruto said in surprise.
Kiba scowled at Naruto as he stared at him with nothing but pure rage in his eyes.
"Tch…"
Chapter end
We're finally getting down to the nitty gritty of this arc. It's about time that we got here, I've been thinking about these two butting heads like this for a minute now and I'm glad that I'm gonna be able to write this next chapter. A little heads up, the next chapter is mainly going to be focused on Naruto and Kiba. I know this chapter was a little shorter than my last few but this one was sort of like the setup for the next one.
I thank all of you who have stuck with me this far through the story even with my CoryxKenshin levels of update schedule. Let me know what you guys think, whether positive or negative constructive criticism is always appreciated. I'll see you guys in the next chapter.
This is the The Devious Duckling signing off.