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Ginga GIRI GIRI! The Universe is in Danger!
By SSJ Heero
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- OPENING SONG: HARUKA KANATA -

fumikomuze akuseru kake hiki wa naisa sou dayo
youru wo nukeru
nejikomu sa saigo ni sashihiki zero sa sou dayo
hibi wo kezuru

kokoro wo sotto hiraite gyutto hiki yosetara
todokuyo kitto tsutau yo motto sa aa

iki isoide shiboritotte
motsureru ashi dakedo mae yori zutto sou tokue

ubaitotte tsukandatte
kimi ja nai nara imi was naniosa

dakara haruka kanata

---- Recap ----

[Chibi characters of the six appear in the foreground as scenes from the last episode play
in the background. Though, you can't see 'cause this is text. =P]

SSJ: LAST TIME! ON GINGA GIRI GIRI!

Amiko: Round One - Naraku versus anyone and everyone!

Kensou: A surprise new technique created by TM saves the day as SSJ once again steals it
and uses it!

TM: Round Two - Enders versus almost anyone and everyone!

Davis: SSJ lets loose some anger as TM gets a completely unneeded powerup!

Cindy: And there are more exclamation marks where that came from! On with the show!

---- Chapter 36: The Way of the Ninja ----

Enter a pack of chocobos, more exactly, there were four, sprinting across the horizon with
the sun setting in the background. Now, one of the chocobos, despite the failing light, was
glowing a brilliant golden color, whereas the others were regular, bright yellows. There
were packs and straps and saddles and whatnot on the chocobos, laden with goods and much
needed supplies.

The Crew was wearily driving their chocobos onward, moving Eastward and away from the sun.
Amiko held onto Kensou as Tenpi chirped in one of the packs hanging from her, quite safe
and secure. Mokona was gliding above them all, keeping strict lookout for anything and
anything.

It has been a peaceful day thus far, except for the running from the castle of Naraku some
hours before. Overall, they were fatigued and quite jumpy. And Mokona's calls for attention
did not help the mood.

Immediately, Davis pulled the reigns of his chocobo, and everyone followed suit. The group,
on their loaded chocobos, gathered as Mokona descended on Cindy's head. It spoke in its
language, "puu"-ing this and that, which the author is too lazy to type out and subtitle.
Finally, Cindy interpreted, "There's a village nearby!"

Mokona nodded, smiling with a giant grin. They dashed onward, following the gliding
Mokona, for they were dearly tired and needed beds to rest on. Even more so after sleeping
on hard metal the past nights.

So they entered another forest, trees passing left and right. The chocobos dodged the
oncoming wood as they strode forward to follow the faint white thing before them. The
patter of their soft steps rang through the forest in this coming night, quite alerting a
few others...

In the shadows, was one man, sitting in the brambles of a tree. On his head was a flat
cone-shaped hat, and he was wearing a cloak with printed clouds. His eyes were red, seeming
to be glowing brightly in the dim light. The man, Uchiha Itachi, spoke to no one in
particular, "Well, looks like I'm not the only one visiting..."

And in the same tree, a few layers under, was another, wearing similar clothes and a much
animalistic face. "Interesting visitors, don't you agree?" Hoshigaki Hisame replied in the
wind.

"Those targets should not be much of a problem."

Hisame then chuckled, "Better that they don't. We don't need any in our job..."

***

The sun was out of sight, with the moon in full shine then the troop of chocobos
less-than-quietly entered the limits of the Hidden Leaf Village. The Crew, on their
chocobos, entered the village, only to meet the gazes of various ninjas from left and
right. They stopped in the middle of the streets, gazing about the gigantic village, with
the giant carved mountain in the distance.

SSJ muttered, "The Hidden Leaf?"

"Naruto, eh?" TM added. "I wonder from when..."

Immediately, with the freshness of the village, they realized how much their clothes
smelt after a long day of traveling and fighting. They sighed, and dashed to the hot
springs, where they were able to cleanse their much bloody and dirty clothes.

Cleansed and refreshed, they later found an inn as far from the people's gazes as possible,
turning in and resting for the night.

***

Way off in another part of the Leaf Village, the people were no where near sleeping. All
through the Hokage's palace, ninja ran left and right, passing information as they dashed
off. It was a hub of activity in the midst of the silent night outside.

A few of the better ninjas were lined in a row before the Hokage, with his wide, veiled
hat. There was Iruka, Kakashi, Anko, et cetera as they were briefed by the short, wrinkled
form of the Hokage. He kept on referring to a map of the village, with a building near the
outskirts circled with red. The hokage briefed the jounin, "Now, this'll be a problem since
they have found our (not-so) Hidden Leaf. Not only that, but one of them possesses the
Blood Sin... We can not allow them to leave."

He paused. The Hokage pondered and pondered over their course of action before finally
commanding them all, "Kakashi, Anko. Go there to take them here. Interrogation is in order."

Kakashi and Anko bowed, and disappeared in a blur. Iruka sighed, but the Third Hokage paid
no attention.

***

The birds annoyingly called in the village as the sun shone brightly in SSJ's room. He
yawned and stretched in his bed. He threw his blanket off with a wide yawn, feeling he got
a great sleep. Then he opened his eyes and thought one thing: Where the Hell did the bed
come from?! He looked around to find himself in another room, quite clean and well kept. He
saw across his bed was someone wearing a vest and a headband, with yellow hair. The
announcer from the Chuunin Exams, Genma Shiranui.

He stared forward with narrow eyes, coming to the simple conclusion that this can not be
good. As SSJ got up from his bed and walked to the window, the ninja did not stir at all.
Light was flooding into the room from the window, which gave a clear view to the streets
below. SSJ quietly opened the window and prepared to leap out, only to have it shut on his
face.

Immediately, he pulled himself back and screamed in pain, finding a shuriken in the side of
the window. He glared at Genma, who was wide awake and quite annoyed. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
SSJ yelled in anger.

"No one said you could leave," Genma simply answered.

"WELL, WHERE THE HELL AM I?!"

Suddenly, the door opened, and in stepped the Hokage, with his draping clothes and his
wide hat. He spoke in a very serious tone, "Actually, you are within my palace. Very sorry,
my lad, but we just can't allow you to leave at all. And would you please, keep it down?
Other ninjas are trying to work."

SSJ glared at the old man, and glanced about the room for any weapon. Genma spoke, "All
your stuff is safe within your inn room. Don't worry about it, for you'll be back there
after a bit."

SSJ sighed as the ninja rose. The Hokage turned and walked away, with the ninja and SSJ
following close behind.

SSJ found himself later sitting on a comfortable seat within the Hokage's room. Amiko,
Kensou, Cindy, TM, and Davis were sitting on their own seats, huddled around a table as
light poured in through the window. The pictures of every other Hokage hung on the wall
opposite the door as the Hokage stepped into the room.

"It's about time you came, Hokage," TM just rudely muttered.

Suddenly, his head reeled back as a flower vase hit him square in the face. Amiko glared
at TM as he glared back at her. She scolded, "Don't be so rude!"

"And hitting my face with a vase isn't rude?" he spat back. He got another one to the face
for that, and shot a glance at SSJ, then Kensou, as if saying "How can you two survive
her?".

Finally, the Hokage cleared his throat, catching everyone's attention. He then explained,
"I apologize for bringing you here without your permission, but I can think of no better
way of informing you that you may not leave this village ever again."

They all stared at the Hokage, whose face was serious and quite unmoved by the words. They
were silent. Finally, TM screamed, "WHAT?!" TM leapt from his seat and dashed to the
Hokage, grabbing the man by his clothes. He shook him several times, yelling at the top of
his lungs, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT WE CAN'T LEAVE?!"

Quickly, TM was tossed away by a woman with black hair in a spikey ponytail, Anko. Five
minutes later, he was tied up and chains as the Hokage explained, "You see, the Hidden Leaf
holds many secrets, which can not be let known- such as location."

SSJ then caught everyone's attention with a cough. He then spoke in his apathetic tone,
"Well, what about the Chuunin Exams? Don't a lot of people come then?"

The Hokage smiled at the boy. "They can not be known to people that aren't ninjas," he
answered. "Such as... Rantmon."

SSJ's eyes flickered for a bit, as the Hokage noticed, but SSJ didn't move. Cindy then
spoke, "So we'll be here... Forever?!"

Davis then muttered, "That can't happen. We have a plan, and we're sticking to it. We've
been delayed long enough."

The Hokage looked at each of the six. One after another, and smiled. They all had an
admirable spirit. Except... His eyes rested on TM. There was something about that boy's
soul that seemed strange... "If you're adamant on going," said the Hokage, "we'll have to
erase your memories of this place."

Everyone froze. All of them stared, wide-eyed, at the Hokage. The Hokage continued, almost
threateningly, "But, we're no good at erasing memories. Who knows, it may erase the whole
thing. But it must be done to protect the villagers. Please understand."

Everyone was silent. Their gazes were fixed upon the ground. Finally, the Hokage spoke
again, "Think it over long and hard. The Chuunin Exams are in two days, and I invite you to
come. By then, if you're still adamant on going, then we'll begin the operation."

Everyone didn't bother moving. Not even Anko, who was sitting in the corner, could look
the Hokage straight in the eye. It was a bad trade-off, really. But, in time, they will
understand. She then heard Cindy spoke. Cindy was looking again at the Hokage, her eyes
full of some anguish from long ago. "I'm sorry," she said. "But my memories are precious.
You won't take them away from me."

SSJ nodded, and added on, "We won't have our memories tampered with." So he got up and left
the room.

***

As everyone was wandering down the street, SSJ was receiving attacks left and right from
Davis, TM, and Amiko. He was annoyed and very much going on his last wire. Finally, Cindy
pulled the three away from SSJ. They all glared at Cindy as Kensou followed the group from
away. Amiko, TM, and Davis were now focusing their energies on Cindy as she pulled them
away.

"What about Rantmon?!" TM yelled.

"The plan, people!" Davis reminded.

"We can't let anyone else be killed because of Rantmon!" Amiko said with passion.

Finally, Cindy became angry enough. With a bang and a crash, the three were silent and
scared, a new bullet hole in the ground just before them, and smoke filing from Cindy's
gun. Cindy then yelled back, "I know about that! But... I won't let anyone take away my
dear memories. They are my hope in the darkest times. I won't let anyone tamper with them."

Amiko looked at Cindy sympathetically. Finally, she relented and sighed. She patted her
friend's shoulder, acknowledging her wishes. Davis and TM, too, were sighing. But then they
heard Kensou speak, "I don't think you all are looking at the bigger picture. Only SSJ
seems to have a clear view."

Everyone's gaze turned to SSJ. He turned back to them with a grin on his face, "Seriously,
why are you guys so concerned? They'll have bigger problems to worry about once the Chuunin
Exams roll around."

Finally, everyone caught on. Their spirits were lifted, and they all walked slowly back to
their room. As they passed the street, the Hokage stared out his window at them all.
Kakashi and the rest of the higher ninjas were with him, standing in the room as the Hokage
watched him disappeared from view.

"Your thoughts were correct," Kakashi told the Hokage.

The Hokage turned around to face the group of jounin that stood before him. He nodded.
"Yes. The boy with short hair has it... The Blood Sin." The other ninjas shook with fear.
The Hokage, though, reassured them, "He still doesn't know its full potential, no doubt.
All he can use is the power boost. He still doesn't know of its incredible ability... Which
is why we must keep him here as long as it takes for him to control it."

Everyone thus nodded, and with a wisp of smoke, they were gone. The Hokage smiled. The six
could leave the Leaf. Or, they could except for TM. But, he won't awaken for a long time...

***

Orochimaru was not having a fine time. The bird flew from his hand and away into the sky.
He glared at it for a bit, but returned to reading the letter he got from its leg. There
was then a voice calling from behind him, "Orders from Rantmon, I presume?"

Orochimaru wheeled around, finding Itachi and Hisame standing there. Thoroughly taken
aback, he stammered, "What is this all about? Does 'Akatsuki' think I need help?!"

Itachi glared at the snake-like ninja as he replied, "Yes. Cell has explained our
situation. Phage is dead."

Orochimaru stared at the man. His voice was shaky, "You're joking... Did... They kill
her?!" He was totally stunned.

"Not exactly. Cell couldn't explain it, but he does know one thing. One of them, with a
ponytail, struck Phage with his blade."

Orochimaru instantly understood. Phage's blood was still on it. It can't be washed off.
Not now, not ever. One touch to that blade means instant death! Finally, he replied, "How
did they survive the Enders?"

"That is none of our concern. We'll focus on defeating them and bringing them to Rantmon.
That is the order given to 'Akatsuki' from Cell."

"But- My takeover of Leaf Village?!"

"Abandon it, or change it to catching them. I will head off to get the most powerful one,
as well as the Hokage."

Itachi then turned and disappeared from sight, Hisame following close behind. Orochimaru
clenched his teeth. He had a bad feeling... He then yelled, "You'll take the leader?"

Itachi looked back at Orochimaru. "Leader?" Itachi muttered. "No, he's weak. The one with
the tattoo."

***

Later that day, SSJ wandered alone throughout the gigantic village, his sword strapped onto
his back. He wandered, not thinking much about anything besides an easy way of escaping.
The most direct way would be simply to dash out when the snakes of Orochimaru breached the
walls, but he thought it wasn't that much of a great idea, with the possibility of getting
caught in the fight and all.

Soon, SSJ found himself within the Gai camp, with Lee, Neji, and Tenten gathered about him.
Trees stood all about him, and he was surprised he never noticed that he wandered into the
forest. His eyes were narrow as he watched them stare straight at him. He muttered, "What
is it?"

Tenten then reached into her pack attached to her belt. SSJ, knowing the kind of ninja
Tenten was, quickly got ready for battle. However, she pulled out a notebook and pen. She
began excitedly yelling, "Oh my god! It's one of the Outlaws! Oh, can I have your
autograph?!"

SSJ facefaulted. He got up soon after and glanced at the girl's face. He then said quite
honestly, "Why's my autograph worth getting? I don't have much of a work ethic, my
character is horribly cliché and unoriginal, my fighting sucks, and I always get my group
into trouble."

Lee then glared at SSJ. Raising a fist, he threatened SSJ, "Do it."

SSJ sighed. "Hai, hai," he consented.

***

SSJ later was throwing shurikens at a target on the tree before him, panting with fatigue.
Tenten was watching over him, clapping at his skill. She said, "You're pretty good! But,
you could use some training."

SSJ looked up at a tree to face the girl. "Training?"

"To be a ninja, of course! It'll be great for you if you can use our skills!"

"Why do you care so much?"

SSJ then saw Lee suddenly appear from the bushes just beside him, leaves flying about
everywhere. Lee raised a fist and threatened SSJ, "Do it."

SSJ sighed. "Hai, hai," he consented.

SSJ was silent. Then he picked up another shuriken and tossed it at the target. He then
replied without looking up, "So, you teach me ninjutsu so I can be better. In return, I'll
do one thing you wish... Within reason."

Tenten clapped with delight as she leapt down and called Neji. SSJ shot a Sano-esque glare
at Lee, who was smiling at their understanding.

***

The streets were full of life that time when TM and Davis wandered about the city. They
glanced through all the shops, looking for anything to buy. Then TM remembered giving all
his money to Black Amiko, which made him mad enough to slice down a tree with his
battoujutsu.

It crashed into the ground with a dull thud, its birds escaping it as quickly as possible.
As the leaves fell, he heard someone come from behind. He turned around and saw Sasuke
approaching him, with Naruto and Sakura following close behind. TM's eyes narrowed into
Sano's classic apathetic look as Sasuke approached.

"What's your name?" he heard Sasuke ask.

TM sighed and replied, "It's Trunks Maxwell. Call me TM, Sasuke."

Sasuke grinned at that. "So it is true," he began. "You guys always know what's next. Is it
telepathy? Ninjutsu? Future reading?"

"Manga reading, actually, but what is it you want?"

Sasuke pointed to himself with his thumb as he clenched his fist. "How about a fight?" he
offered.

TM then sighed at hearing the proposition.

***

Sasuke lay on the ground five minutes later, with TM sitting on a dented steel chair on
top of the boy. Sakura, in the background, was screaming for Sasuke as Naruto grinned with
delight, with leaves from the fallen tree blowing everywhere in the wind. Sasuke said with
anger, "That's unfair! Pulling a steel chair out of nowhere?!"

"As if anything's fair?" TM just spat back. He then remembered Black Amiko and continued,
"I lost all my money because of people being unfair-"

However, he received a kick to the face from Sakura, who was yelling at the top of her
lungs, "We don't want a speech! Just get off Sasuke-kun!"

And Davis was sitting far away, playing his Game Boy Advance, trying to ignore everything
going about him. Even as TM continued to deal with Sasuke and Sakura, Davis simply
continued mowing down vampires in his Castlevania game.

***

They all were then walking away, talking about various things. They passed building after
building as they passed topic after topic. As the sun was high, Naruto looked at Davis and
spoke with curiosity, "When will you all leave?"

Davis and TM exchanged glances. Davis answered, "I don't think we'll be leaving soon
enough."

Sasuke grinned as he walked ahead of the group. He turned around and challenged, "Then, we
can spar all we want."

Yet, Davis crossed his arms in an X shape. "Nope!" he replied on the contrary. "I don't
think you'll be able to fight us after the exams. Besides, you have an advantage of knowing
ninja skills."

Sasuke then grinned at the much taller and older boy. He then said, "Then we'll show you
what we know! Level the playing field, then!"

Davis and TM exchanged glances, but thought it would be best to let them have their way.
Besides, they would get stronger, so it wasn't that bad a trade.

***

Two days passed. Cindy awoke in their room to find it only occupied by Amiko, Kensou, and
her. She could only wonder what SSJ, TM, and Davis have been up to the past day, but she
pushed that from her mind as she went for the shower. She returned some half hour later to
find Amiko, fresh awake and reading up on Naruto manga. Tenpi was flittering all about the
bed before Amiko, making her calm and relaxed. Cindy then asked, pointing to the stack of
manga, "Where'd you get that, Ames?"

"SSJ and TM lent it to me, saying it might help," she answered, turning over a page.

Cindy's glance shifted from Amiko and to Kensou, who was sitting rigid on his bed, legs
crossed and arms folded together. Tenpi, too, followed their gaze. "Hey, Kensou!" Cindy
called.

Yet, Kensou did not reply. He was silent and very much frozen. Amiko then replied for him,
"He meditates like that every morning."

"Really?"

"He's very devoted to his art..."

Cindy’s face twisted into a smile as she nudged Amiko with her shoulder. "You seem to know
him quite well despite having just met last week, Ames."

Amiko glared at Cindy, who was giggling mischievously. Finally, the door opened and in
stepped SSJ and Davis. Amiko and Cindy responded to their yells of "Tadaima!" ["I'm back!"]
with a fury of books.

After the two recovered from the painful smashes of books, Amiko and Cindy proceeded to
scold them.

"WHERE have you guys been?!" Amiko yelled.

"WHY have you left us here with no money?" Cindy demanded.

SSJ then raised his hands in apology, rubbing his aching head. "Gomen, na!" he apologized.
("Sorry!") "But we have been training."

Amiko and Cindy's eyes turned to dots. "Training?" Cindy repeated.

"For WHAT?!" Amiko yelled.

The camera closed in on Davis. Davis replied, "Ninjutsu. We're gonna escape using ninjutsu!"

"After we handle some problems," SSJ added.

Everyone was silent. Cindy then repeated, "Problems?"

"Turns out TM is what they want to stay, not us," Davis explained. "The tattoo he got
yesterday seems to have some secret we don't know about and they fear it going into the
outside."

Everyone was silent again. Amiko then spoke, "And how did you figure this out?"

"Well, it says so in this instruction manual."

Amiko's mouth dropped to the ground as Davis produced an instruction manual with a large
Blood Sin printed on the front. The title clearly read "The Blood Sin and other Heretical
Symbols for Dummies". Davis then flipped through the pages, finally landing on one and
read.

Davis read, "'The owner of the Blood Sin was chosen for a reason...' Blah blah... 'In order
to control its power and abilities, the owner must be strong in will and body...' Blah
blah, stuff about magic... Blah Blah... 'A person who tries to release the power of the
Blood Sin prematurely suffers the shock which scars him permanently.'"

"Shock?!" Cindy asked.

"Yeah. He turns into a moogle."

Davis then showed the page to the girls, where a large, detailed diagram showed one figure
turning slowly into a moogle. They sweatdropped. "Anyway, let's get going," said SSJ. "The
Chuunin Exams begin soon."

Amiko nodded, then glanced back at Kensou. He was no longer sitting there, but was outside
the window, doing pull-ups on the tree outside. SSJ muttered, "I think he'll be a while."

Amiko then walked to the window and yelled, clutching her baby chocobo in her arms, "Ne,
Kensou! We'll be off."

Kensou nodded without turning back as he continued to pull himself up and down. Finally,
they all left the messy room and proceeded to the stadium.

***

Later, SSJ, Cindy, and Amiko sat in the bleachers of the gigantic stadium in the middle of
the Leaf Village, waiting for the Exams to start. The people gathered there filled the
stadium with noise as their various chatter echoed endlessly.

SSJ leaned back, staring at the sky in boredom, as Amiko and Cindy looked about the crowd
for any trace of TM. Davis was currently away, supposedly to the bathroom, as Tenpi and
Mokona dashed through the stands, making every little girl cry out in glee.

Soon, the chatter died. In the center of the ring stood all the competitors of the Third
Test. There was Naruto, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, Gaara, Kankuro, Shino, and Sasuke, on
time, surprisingly. SSJ noticed it immediately. Something changed from the manga. Sasuke
isn't supposed to be here.

Yet that didn't matter, because the announcer was yelling at the crowds up above. The three
didn't pay much attention, for SSJ was busy contemplating, as Amiko and Cindy searched for
TM. But finally, the first battle started, Naruto versus Neji.

***

Elsewhere, TM sat within a glowing Rood Inverse imprinted on the ground, shirtless, with
his tattooed back clearly showing. Davis watched as the various kage ninjas, from Hokage,
Raikage, Mizukage, and Tsuchikage surrounded the circle and chant various spells. One after
another, lines of energy flew through the air, finding TM's back and imprinting onto it. TM
gritted his teeth as the process continued, for it felt like his flesh was burning.

Davis looked on as the final line was drawn in TM's back. TM sighed with relief, for the
pain was finally done with. The Rood Inverse disappeared from the ground, and TM could
stand again. As he did so, there suddenly was the sound of wind. Within the Hokage's hand,
there was a kunai, caught from mid-flight.

Davis and TM saw someone emerge from the darkness surrounding the room where they stood.
From the shadows of the many pillars that surrounded them, out stepped a familiar,
black-haired ninja. Itachi, TM immediately recognized. The Mizukage spoke, "What's this all
about?!"

Itachi did not speak, but from the shadows, a bandaged sword came flying out. It struck
the kage ninjas with a hard impact, sending them flying back. Hisame grinned as he gripped
his hilt, while the ninjas hit the ground with a hard thud. TM and Davis were just lucky
they ducked, as the kage ninjas that once surrounded them were now gone. TM got up and
yelled, "What do you want?!"

Hisame glared at TM, quite unhinged. He answered, "Don't bother getting in our way. The
Hokage is needed to be killed."

Davis stood with TM, and made fire within his hands. Hisame and Itachi were taken aback to
find that Davis had some legendary element gloves. Davis threatened, "I'm afraid we can't
let you do that."

"Be careful," TM warned. "They're both incredibly strong."

***

There was a gigantic crash. Gigantic snakes suddenly appeared and crashed through the
barriers of the Leaf Village. Yet, almost everyone slept through it, by the use of
someone's genjutsu technique. SSJ was still awake, thanks to his ninja training, and he
quickly roused Amiko and Cindy as an onslaught of ninjas came storming into the stadium.
Left and right, skilled Leaf ninjas countered the equally skilled Sand ninjas. SSJ raised a
hand. "Satsuki!" he commanded. "Take care of this!"

And from the ground where Sasuke and Gaara stood, out came a gigantic machine. Wires tore
from the ground, connecting onto the machine. At the very top, a young girl was visible.
Sasuke and Gaara ignored the change in circumstance as they dashed off. SSJ's gaze followed
the two, and he sighed, "Damn it, TM and Davis aren't done yet?"

He then turned to Amiko and Cindy. "I know you two are used to cheerleading, but take care
of that guy. Try to stop him from going too far in the transformation."

Cindy and Amiko nodded, and dashed off towards Sasuke. From elsewhere, Sakura, Shikamaru,
and Naruto followed.

SSJ grinned as he was left with a gigantic computer and a cute girl. He leapt on top of the
Beast and commanded. He commanded, "Okay, Satsuki! Take out any enemy you can find!"

Satsuki smiled and nodded. Wires came forth and electrocuted any Sand ninjas available. As
Kakashi was about to attack Kabuto and another, the two were quickly shocked and fainted.
SSJ smiled at the progress, but his joy was cut short as he received a fist directly to his
face. He flew back onto the roof of the stadium, where he saw some five ninjas land.
Orochimaru and his Sound Nin!

***

Amiko and Cindy leapt from tree to tree, trying hard to keep up with Sasuke and Gaara.
After all, they haven't trained to be ninjas at all, and they were having a hard time
simply staying on the branches. Yet eventually, the leaps became second nature, as Sakura
and Naruto quickly overtook the two. Amiko and Cindy stopped, as did Naruto and Sakura.

Naruto turned to Sakura, "Sakura-chan, aren't they TM's friends?"

Sakura squinted at the two, but then turned to Naruto and yeleld, "I think they are!"

Amiko and Cindy nodded. "Yes, we are," Amiko said.

Cindy asked, "How'd you know him?"

Sakura and Naruto then turned towards the direction Sasuke was now. "We'll talk while we
run," said Sakura.

So they did, and Amiko and Cindy learned of how the various kage ninjas were busy putting
a control seal on TM's tattoo. Leaves fell about each tree they landed in. Finally, though,
after much toil and race, they reached Sasuke, who faced a mutating Gaara. Cindy covered
her open mouth as Amiko sweated.

Gaara caught sight of the company that stood before him, and laughed with joy. So many
targets, so little time! How he would enjoy killing them all!

That thought was cut short, however, as a bullet tore through the shoulder of his arm. He
glared at the girl who shot him, yet still with a smirk. Cindy, with her gun raised,
couldn't stand the ugly sight of the boy. She threatened, "Please, either shut up or get
shot up."

"Bullets?" Gaara mocked. "They don't hurt as much as-"

BANG! Another bullet tore through the branch above the ninja, hitting him directly on the
head. A bump formed, and Cindy was still as serious as ever. Gaara became serious as well.
He muttered, "Still trying, huh?"

***

TM dashed about the room, leaping from pillar, to ceiling, to pillar, over a random banana
peel, and away from every attack Hisame was using. Left and right, Hisame gritted his
fanged teeth as TM dodged every attack he made. Finally, Hisame yelled, "Stay still, you
moron!"

Then, there was a voice behind the angry ninja, "Okay then."

Hisame froze as TM was suddenly behind him, crouching for a blow. He used kage Bunshin! It
completely caught him off guard! He suddenly had two choices, face a blow from the front or
behind.

Being the simple ninja he was, he simply slashed through the TM before him, which split
into smoke, and with a powerful kick, the one behind him went flying. He turned about and
slashed at TM. Only to have that one split into smoke as well. "What?!" he uttered with
surprise.

"FEEL THIS!" TM's voice called. "ZERO-POWERED ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN!"

Before Hisame could turn around, TM, with his two index fingers surrounded by a hurricane,
jabbed them into the ninja's behind. They stood like that for a passing second. TM was
getting quite uncomfortable having his fingers in another thing's ass...

Hisame paused. He finally uttered, "O... Oro...?"

And finally, Hisame was flying through the air, screaming in pain. He hit the ceiling only
to have Davis leap off a pillar and slam him into the ground with a flaming kick.

TM was wiping his fingers on Hisame's cloak as Davis stood up from the man. One down, one
to go. They then looked at Itachi, who hardly moved from where he originally appeared. They
then saw Itachi take off his cloak. He closed his eyes for a bit, before opening them just
a little. Itachi then cursed at them, "Eat shit."

TM suddenly realized what was going to happen. Quickly, he yelled as he tripped Davis,
"DON'T OPEN YOUR EYES!"

Suddenly, TM was in complete blackness. There was nothing around him. He could barely see
himself in the blackness, as he was outlined only in white. "Whoa, this is really
different," he said as he looked at his arms.

He suddenly was strapped onto a cross. Itachi appeared before him, sword in hand. Itachi
said without emotion, "For the next seventy-two hours, I'll stab you continuously with
katanas."

TM gulped, and could do nothing but scream as the pain came onto him.

***

SSJ dashed left and right, dodging Orochimaru's attacks as he leapt at the legendary ninja
and slammed a fist into him. Orochimaru went reeling as his Sound Nin watched in joy. The
fire wall was set around them, as SSJ and Orochimaru traded blows.

Orochimaru proclaimed, "For the glory of Rantmon! Use any technique you have, and I will
crush it!"

SSJ leapt to dodge fist and kick from Orochimaru. He needed a quick way to defeat
Orochimaru, and fast!

Then he came up with an idea. He kicked Orochimaru away as he put his hands together.
Orochimaru could only get up to see he was suddenly surrounded by many, many SSJs. He could
only laugh and mock SSJ, "What will this do?! Pathetically weak enemy changing into even
weaker ones! What kind of strategy do you have?!"

"This one," SSJ simply replied. "HENGE NO JUTSU!"

Smoke filled the area. Suddenly, SSJ was nowhere to be seen anywhere. What once was a
centurion of SSJs was now suddenly a centurion of the most terrible being imaginable... A
hundred Celine Dions suddenly were surrounding Orochimaru. The Sound Nin could hardly
believe it. Orochimaru put his hands to his face in fear. "DEAR GOD, NOT THAT!"

Out of nowhere, every single Celine Dion image pulled out a microphone. Orochimaru tried
to cover his ears, but it was too late. They all began to sing "My Heart Will Go On".
Orochimaru, and every one of the Sound Nins reeled in pain from each stanza, each verse,
each syllable. Every stanza was insanity. Every verse was deafening pain. Every syllable
was agony.

One minute passed. They were screaming in pain, covering their ears and trying to block it
out.

Two minutes passed. They were rolling across the floor, trying to shake off the fear in
their hearts.

Three minutes. They were banging their heads on the roof. A quick death, or even a slow
one, was better than such agony!

Finally, it was done, and the many clones and images disappeared, leaving only SSJ in the
center of them all. Blood was flowing from their ears as they lay there, too weak to move.
SSJ grinned as words went across the non-existent screen, "Leaf Village Secret Technique -
One Trillion Years of Pain™!"

The Sound Nin and Orochimaru happened to mutter the word "gold" in Spanish as they reeled
in pain. Kakashi, down below, was too laying on the ground, unable to move. He,
unfortunately, happened to hear the song. He just said to no one in particular, "That...
Was way... Too much... Oro..."

***

Amiko and Cindy were busy launching whatever they had at the Sand Monster, Gaara, as
Sasuke and Naruto threw attack and attack at what appeared to be a demon. With great fury,
he slashed with his great arm, knocking Sasuke and Naruto out into a tree. They slumped
down as Sakura came to their aid. The checked them both, then turned back to Amiko and
Cindy, facing the ever growing creature.

They threw bullets and arrows. No effect.

Branches and rocks. No effect.

They pulled steel chairs out of nowhere and dashed up to Gaara, smacking him over and over
with them. No effect.

Amiko pulled out her fan, and Cindy pulled out one of her own. They then yelled out their
attack, "Team Up Technique - Hit a Bunch of Times with Fans Technique!" They then looked at
the sweatdropping Sakura. "We're working on the name."

Then, they smacked at Gaara from left and right. His face was thrown this way and that as
they attacked him repeatedly with their weapons of doom. Finally, after much pain, they
both smacked him at the same time, sending the Sand Village ninja spinning into the sky.
Gaara fell through the trees and hit the ground rather painfully as Amiko and Cindy slapped
hands.

"Up high!" Amiko cheered.

Cindy finished as they slapped hands, "Down low!"

But then they realized their were not finished. Out from Gaara's small crater, a gigantic
badger of sand rose, tearing through the trees and standing high in the sky. Amiko sighed,
"Okay, let's take it up to level two."

Amiko suddenly disappeared in smoke. At least, the normal Amiko disappeared. In her place,
though, there was a smaller, lighter version of her. She spoke to Cindy with a high pitched
voice, "Come on, Cindy! Double Chibi Storm!"

Cindy, not knowing that she could, concentrated with her hands folded together. Suddenly,
she too, became short and deformed, and she checked out her disproportional body. She
gripped her head and said, "Hey, my head's bigger than my entire body."

"You get used to it after a while."

Then, lightning cracked on a clear day. The two crashed repeatedly into the badger demon,
Shukaku, who yelled in pain with each blow. Hit after hit intensified the pain as the two
leapt off each other, past each other, into each other, anything to cause damage on the
thing. Numbers flew across the screen, each blow breaking the non-existent 9999 damage
barrier. They then appeared above the demon, ready for one final blow. They both pulled out
their fans, and in a surprise twist, ACTUALLY OPENED THEM.

They waved their fans quickly at the demon and yelled, "Fan a Bunch of Times with Fans
Technique!"

A tornado seemed to appear around the demon. Bit by bit, sand was torn off the giant,
until finally, the only one left was Gaara, floating in the sky. Amiko and Cindy grinned as
they pulled off one final attack. Amiko leapt off Cindy, who in turn leapt off the fans and
caught up with Amiko. They raised their deformed fist, preparing to strike. As Gaara opened
his eyes to see what was above him, he saw they had suddenly reverted to their original
forms, smoke surrounding the two. They announced their final attack, "NEWTON SLAM!"

With the force of several jet fighters, they slammed their fists into Gaara's stomach,
sending him falling painfully into the hard ground below. Amiko and Cindy kicked off each
other and landed in trees, laughing with delight. Amiko laughed a la Ayeka from Tenchi
Muyo, "Ohoho! I think that was pretty good for our first time without being cheerleaders in
a while!"

"Ahaha!" Cindy laughed as well. "I think it was pretty damn good, as well!"

And in too much pain to move, Gaara muttered on the ground, "Oro..."

***

TM fell onto the floor in utter pain. What felt like three days of pain actually took
place in an instant. What power. What an obstacle. He felt there was simply no way he could
recover from that. But Davis then spoke, "Can I open my eyes?!"

TM couldn't answer, he could only groan. Against his best wishes, Davis opened his eyes
and got to his feet, finding TM sweating and convulsing. Davis patted TM's bare back before
turning to face Itachi. Itachi only glanced back as the former tamer threw a punch at
Itachi, hitting the man squarely on the cheek.

But Itachi didn't reel in pain. A small trickle of blood came from Itachi's ears. The
reverberations of the attack only just slightly did pain to Itachi's ears. But that meant
nothing, as Itachi raised a finger and flicked Davis away into a pillar.

Itachi turned and stepped towards the downed Hokage. Some of his blood had fallen to the
ground. TM reached out and struggled to push himself off the ground. Itachi's blood smeared
on his bare hands.

Suddenly, TM screamed loudly, as if in a tremendous pain. Itachi turned around, actually
surprised. No, it wasn't pain. It was something else. TM was clutching at his eyes. He was
suddenly glowing red, his tremendous aura forming again. His eyes were facing the ground.
An agonizing pause. He looked up at Itachi. His hands were on his sides. Itachi saw it
clearly.

TM had Sharingan eyes.

Itachi stepped back in surprise. He gasped, unable to grasp the reason of this plot twist.
In TM's light aqua eyes, the dark shapes of the Sharingan was clear. Itachi's breath
faltered. He heard TM say, "So this... Is the Blood Sin's ability... Touch someone's
blood... Acquire their traits." TM closed his eyes for a bit. "So that's how you do it...
Your Tsukiyomi technique..."

TM's eyes opened just a bit. Itachi almost closed his eyes. But he was too slow.

He was suddenly plunged in darkness. His own technique was being used against him! He stood
in blackness, quite fearful of having to feel the pain to come. Itachi was suddenly filled
with fear and begged, "Stop this..."

Suddenly, Itachi was sitting in a chair, tied up with powerful rope. Before him was a
covered platter on a table. The outline of TM lifted the cover, and Itachi reeled in
disgust. A pile of crap was on the plate. TM's voice echoed in the place, "'Eat shit', as
you said to me. For the next week, you'll eat nothing but shit!"

TM grabbed the back of Itachi's head, and shoved the face into the pile. Itachi could
hardly scream as TM pulled the head back and repeated...

...Itachi was suddenly lying on the floor of the room between TM and Davis, "oro"-ing into
the night. Never had he felt such torment before. He hardly felt TM poking the guy over and
over with his foot. Finally, TM strode to Davis, who was rubbing his own forehead.

Davis looked up at TM and said, "That guy was seriously powerful."

"Didn't I tell you?"

They then heard Itachi mutter, "That's too much... It's a... Misuse of Sharingan..."

TM rubbed his chin, and a light clicked in his head. "Hey, thanks for the idea name," he
said with a grin. "'Misuse of Sharingan'. I like it!"

The two then turned to the Hokage, expecting him to still be out. But no, the kage ninjas
were up and about, playing a game of chess. TM and Davis smacked them all upside the head.
TM yelled, "AND I THOUGHT WE WERE IN TROUBLE!"

"YEAH!" Davis added. "WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?!"

Soon, though, the two sat before the Hokage, who was bowing. The third Hokage acknowledged,
"Your control over the Blood Sin has been proven. Who knew that a kid could master it in
less than a day? Amazing."

TM grinned, and then stood to turn and leave. He then caught sight of Itachi's cloak.
Thinking about SSJ's lost cloak, he took up the cloak and hat of Itachi, telling Davis to
take the other. TM then donned the cloudy cloak and hat. He said with an ego, "I don't
think I look too bad in this."

"This one for SSJ, huh?" Davis asked. TM nodded, and the two stepped to the exit of the
room. They opened the door, and for a moment, they were almost blinded. Yet they crossed
the threshold into the sunlight beyond."

***

Hardly an hour passed after the attack on Leaf Village and it was already over. Orochimaru
was paralyzed from the terrible impact of SSJ's attack, unable to even speak. That made it
easy for the ninjas to stick him in pudding and send him sinking into a nearby lake. The
Sound Nin were, too, stuck in pudding, birds all about pecking at them. Even Tenpi was
gorging before Amiko pulled him away and held him in her arms as he cried "kweh".

Tenten was currently with SSJ as he sat on the rooftop where he defeated Orochimaru. Lee,
also was there. Tenten recalled their conversation, "Okay, you said you'd do something for
me! How about you take me along?!"

SSJ then looked at Lee. "I don't have much of a choice, do I?" he asked.

Lee raised a fist. "Do it," he threatened.

SSJ sighed. "Hai, hai," he consented.

So he pulled out a bishie ball from his belt, pressed its button, and tossed it at Tenten.
She disappeared in a flash of red, entered the bishie ball, and was gone. When she met all
the other bishoujo, there was much apathy, for it seemed like he added a new one every day.

TM and Cindy were waiting in a random stable in the outskirts of the Leaf Village. TM sat
about as Cindy was riding around on their chocobo. In came Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke,
Sasuke in front. Sasuke raised a hand and challenged, "Come on, a fight!"

TM sighed. Five minutes later, he was again sitting on a chair on top of Sasuke, quite
bored. TM just hinted, "Maybe you should get a bit stronger..."

Then TM's face reeled. Sakura had kicked him directly to the face, sending him flying
backwards and having the chair fall off Sasuke. But something fell from his belt. It
bounced off Sakura's shoulder, growing larger, hit the ground, and rolled about to hit her
foot. She was red and gone by the time TM got up. He sighed as the bishie ball flew back to
him, "Well, that's good."

His face reeled again, as this time Naruto was kicking him in the face. Another bishie
ball flew out the window just behind him, hitting Hyuuga Hinata, previously unmentioned in
the chapter because of lack of room. She was gone as well by the time Naruto realized what
happened. TM lay on the floor, dazed from two attacks. He just muttered, "Two bishoujo in
one day... What a deal...?"

***

Davis was walking with Amiko towards the stables as a girl bumped into him. Her blonde
hair swished in the air, and he realized it was Ino. But she dashed onwards, to the stable.
Davis and Amiko glanced at each other, seeing as she was yelling for Sasuke. They followed,
only to find her beating on TM, who sighed as no pain came. Hinata was out, trying to get
Ino off TM. "Please, Ino!" pleaded Hinata. "Calm down!"

Davis then stepped up. "Want me to get her off your hands?" Davis offered.

"Sure," TM said with a nod. Davis pulled out his bishie ball, and in one swift motion,
caught Ino. There was a sudden cry of anger from his own bishoujo's waiting room from Ino.
Hinata then returned to TM. They were then left with Sasuke and Naruto.

Just then, SSJ, too, arrived, eyes narrow. A package suddenly flew towards him. He caught
it with surprise, then looked at TM. "You wanted a cloak, so there," TM explained.

SSJ opened the package, finding Hisame's cloak and hat. He smiled and donned the two as
Kensou arrived, weapon slung over his shoulder. Kensou asked, "Shall we be going, then?"

"Yeah," SSJ replied. Then, they all leapt onto their chocobos.

Naruto dashed in front of them. "Hey, wait!" he yelled. "Give back Sakura-chan!"

"I don't know how," TM returned. "Sorry."

"WHAT?!"

Then, he was gone as well. A bishie ball flew at Cindy, who everyone glanced at. "If you
want to go with her, then fine!" she yelled.

Naruto was much contented, leaving only Sasuke with them all in the stable. Finishing the
job, Amiko got a bishie ball and caught Sasuke, as they all prepared to leave. Then the
Hokage stood in the doorway of their exit. He said, "I see you are taking some of our best
and brightest ninjas."

"We'll need them," said SSJ.

"Ah, yes. We're all counting on you to defeat Rantmon!"

The six smiled. The Hokage bowed, and so did they. The Outlaws then snapped the reigns and
the chocobos dashed one by one through the door. Dirt flew into the air from their pounding
on the ground. And they dashed away from the setting sun, ever faster towards their
destination.

---- To Be Continued ----

- ENDING SONG: WIND -

Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.
Motivate your anger to make them all realize.
Climbing the mountain, never coming down.
Break into the contents, never falling down.

My knee is still shaking, like I was twelve,
Sneaking out of the classroom, by the back door.
A man railed at me twice though, but I didn't care.
Waiting is wasting for people like me.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.

---- Preview ----

[Japanese Yu Yu Hakusho Preview music plays in background. The six appear as chibi style,
and random scenes from the next episode play, though you can't see because this is text. =P]

SSJ: NEXT TIME! ON GINGA GIRI GIRI!

Amiko: Rikudo Koshi hereby allows us to use Excel Saga in any way we want.

TM: Or at least we wish he did.

Cindy: Anyway, it's a dog-eat-dog world in F city, and bad things are about.

Kensou: Not to mention that Voldemort and company decides to gain power.

Davis: Next! On Ginga GIRI GIRI!

All: "Loyalty in the Name of Love"!

Naruto: Watch out for wackiness!

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