Naruto: Altered Trails

[God's Samurai]

And there came a time when God's Samurai decided to try his hand at a second story to be posted where his first had failed. Thus was born...

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 1:
Konoha Team Assignments

John sat outside the Konoha Music Store, his newest KJ-52 CD in and his headset volume maxed out. It was a cool day out, the smell of cherry blossoms was heavy in the air as the brown haired boy listened to his music. He bumped his head along to the beat and before long began rapping with the song, inserting words of his own.

" Just an average dude as a matter of fact. Grew up in Konoha with Roaches and Rats. I'm just jeans, head protector, and maybe a hat. I'd rather hit the clearance racks at TJ Maxx. I'm happy if my socks just ma-" John was cut off by someone kicking him in the side softly.

Turning his head he saw Jerry saying something about Money for Gas, or maybe that was just the song. John Took his headphones off then looked back to his black headed friend.

" What?" John asked wishing for Jerry to repeat his speech.
" I asked if your coming to the Team Assignments at the Academy. So are ya?" Jerry asked looking down at John.

" Yeah at Nine O'-CRAP! It's already Eight Forty-three?!" John exclaimed noticing the time on his watch.

" That's why I asked. We better get over there." Jerry said waiting for John to stand up and put away his CD Player. The two took off watching other Genins, who were also late, scurry out of their respective homes and down the streets. Thirty-nine Students had graduated and at least fifteen of them where late. John and Jerry included. When they arrived at the Academy, an all too familiar greeting was presented to them.

" Sch-John." Lee, the Lisp Nin as the Students had dubbed him, said smiling just beside the door. Lee was about four feet ten inches, had a lanky build and wore glasses, not how you'd expect to see a Ninja.

" B-b-b-b-b-But of coursch uuuumm John are you excited about Team Assignments?" The Lisp Ninja continued, following John and Jerry to their seats.

" Yeah it's okay. Nothing to worry about." John said trying not to be annoyed.
" I bet schyou don't want to wind up on the schame team asch me do you?" Lee schaid, I mean said.

" I doubt that'll happen. Even if it did, you're not all that bad." John said, causing Lee to go speechless then walk away.

" I guess they let EVERYBODY graduate. No matter your actual skills as a Shinobi." Jerry said chuckling.

" Yeah they even let that loser Uzumaki through." John said his usual calmness replaced by a more harsh tone as he narrowed his brown eyes at the orange jumpsuit a row over.

" You really don't like him huh? Wha'd he do to you?" Jerry asked tilting his head.

John didn't respond looking down the row at Naruto.

" Hey guys!" A familiar voice came from the other side of Jerry. John's anger subsided at the voice as he turned his head to see the relativly short redhead who had sat down with them.

" Hey, Lu." Jerry responded giving her a 'what's up' head gesture.
" Hey." John said giving a half wave.

" Ready for the team assignments?" Lu asked looking towards the guys.
" Yeah, who do you want on your team?" Jerry retorted.

" I dunno, maybe Naruto and Sasuke..." Lu said smiling slightly.
" Uzumaki trash..." John mumbled under his breath.

" What was that?" Lu asked lowering her eyebrows at John's mumbling.
Before he could answer out of the corner of his eye he saw Naruto fall into Sasuke, kissing him.

" AHAHAHAHAHAAA!" John exclaimed laughing. "Looks like those two are taken Lu! HA!" John said pointing now as the two wiped their mouths in disgust. Obviously an accident.

In the insueing moments Iruka-sensei walked in and began, " Beginning today you are real Ninjas. But you are merely rookie "genin." The hard part has just started. Now...You will soon be assigned duties by the village. So today we will be creating the 3 Man Teams... And each team will have a "Jounin" Sensei. You will follow that Sensei's instructions as you complete the assigned duties. We tried to balance each teams strength according to your abilities,"

After a few teams where named...

" Next, team 3... John, Lucretia, and Jerry." Iruka announced then continued naming teams. The three friends looked at each other. John shrugged and nodded his head.

After all of the teams where announced, Iruka rapped up the assignments, " Okay... This afternoon you'll meet your Jounin sensei's, until then, take a break." Iruka said then dismissed the Genins.

John, Lu, and Jerry got some lunch and went up to dine on a balcony a short way from the academy.

" Anybody else think its weird how Iruka said the teams were evenly matched, yet there's a definitive concentration of power in Team 5?" John said, slurping his ramen.

" Yeah, Billy, Latta, and Lee. Their pretty tough I guess. And why are they the only team with three guys." Jerry asked pointing his chopsticks at John.
" Well, I guess Lee could count for either..." Lu said causing the guys to laugh.

" Then you have Team 2. Tiff, Keith, and Hall. That's just about convenient, what are the odds of getting three of the academy's finest on one team." John said between bites of ramen.

" The only really balanced team is Team 7. The Best, the Worst, and dead Center." John mummbled, lapping up the rest of his ramen.

The others nodded then continued eating. John looked over the balcony to see Sasuke. The self proclaimed "avenger" was leaned up against the side of one of the buildings in front of a window. Suddenly John saw a rope fly around Sasuke's body, pulling him inside, the window shutting behind him.

" Hey guys, something's up with Uchiha..." John told the others causing them to look over the rail. Before long the window opened again and Sasuke stepped out and jumped off the building to the ground below.

" False alarm I guess," Jerry said continuing to eat.

" Yeah..." Lu contemplated then shook her head.

The three ate their fill then decided to head back to the academy and wait for their new Sensei.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 2:
Fujitama! The Spirit of Agility

When John, Jerry, and Lu arrived back to the academy after lunch, they were surprised to see that most of the genins where already in their seats. They went back to their row and sat down to note the Team listings on the blackboard along with the name of their respective Jounin sensei beside the team number.

" Fujitama," John read aloud. " Anybody heard of him before?" John asked looking over to his teammates.

" I think he lead my dad's squad back in his Genin days." Jerry said, scratching his chin.

" How good is he?" Lu inquired raising an eyebrow.

" Like I said, he lead my dad's Genin squad. I only know what my dad said about him when I was younger. He's supposed to be insanely fast, like Flash fast. I've heard stories about him dodging a kunai thrown at point blank without even being scratched..." Jerry rebuttled.

" Heh. Cool," John said grinning. " I wonder if it's true..." John thought to himself aloud.

" John, you're talking to yourself again." Lu corrected him.
" Sorry," John apologized putting his hand on the back of his head and smiled dumbly.

After a few minutes John checked his watch, it was already going on three thirty and only four of the Jounins had even arrived yet. John began to take out his CD Player when he noticed Iruka-sensei walking up to their row.

" Oh hey Iruka-sensei," Lu greeted the academy instructor.

" Hey guys. You're sensei's already here if you'd like to go and meet him." Iruka said pointing to a tall man with dark red hair leaned up against the wall near the exit.

" Thanks Iruka-sensei," John said, waving as the group stood to walk over to the Jounin. As they approached he looked up and motioned them outside, of course they obliged.

They followed Fujitama to a balcony that overlooked the better part of Konoha. He pointed them to a couch that faced the railing. After they sat, he leaned up against the railing and spoke.

" So, I hear you guys are my pupils eh? Well since we'll be working closely for an undisclosed amount of time, I'd like to get to know you guys. Tell me about yourselves, your hopes, dreams, ambitions, likes, dislikes, whatever. I'll start I suppose, show you how to do it. My name is Sugio Fujitama. I have already accomplished all of my life goals and have nothing to share about them. My likes, well I like alot of things and I don't really dislike anything. Now it's your turn. Let's start with, uh...You, the shorter, pudgey one." Fujitama said pointing at John.

" Well, I'm John Pelley. My greatest ambition is to become a worthy heir to my family and to make my mother proud. I like Christian Hip Hop, especially KJ-52. And I dislike Uzumaki Naruto." John concluded then looked at Lu who was on his right.

" Me? Oh, I'm Lucretia Toney. I like alot of things. Too many to list. I don't really dislike anything really. Oh, except people who talk in third-person." Lu said, smiling.

" Okay. I'm Jerry Thompson. My ambition is to surpass my father and become the best Shinobi in my family." Jerry said before Fujitama interrupted him.

" You're father... You're Nash's kid huh? You've set a bar to reach. Continue." Fujitama finished his intrusion.

" Thank you. Anyway I like Rap, Punk Rock, and learning new Jutsus. I dislike perverts..." Jerry said, only for John to cut him off.

" Even though you are one..." John said raising an eyebrow and chuckling.

" Shut up man! I am not!" Jerry retorted trying to hit John in the arm only for his punch to be caught.

" Alright. Good you're all unique and have your own views. Tomorrow we'll begin training for your first mission as a team." Fujitama said, breaking up the miniature feud.

" Training?" John questioned, releasing Jerry's fist. " We did enough training in the academy. Why can't we just go on a mission?" John asked shrugging.

" True, you did do alot of training in the academy, but this is specialized training and this mission could mean life or death." Fujitama said with a hint of drama.

" Life or Death?" Jerry said tilting his head.

" Well, maybe life or death is too assuming. Those who fail the mission will be sent back to the academy." Fujitama corrected himself to the shock of the group.

" You mean we'll become students again?!" Lu almost yelled out.

" Well yeah, out of the thirty-nine graduates only eighteen will actually become Genins. The others will go back to the academy to study some more." Fujitama stated, hoping to clear up the confusion.

" So what's this mission and when is it?" John asked.

" Well. I haven't really decided on the mission yet but, when I feel your ready, I'll tell you. Until then, go home, rest. Training starts at three tomorrow morning in the field west of Konoha. This time is Not negotiable. Dismissed." With that Fujitama Ninja-poofed off of the balcony.

That night the group went home, each preparing for the training in their own ways. Jerry talked to his father gaining little to no useful information and a handful of partially made up stories of Nash's childhood, John listen to music until about twelve then went to sleep, And Lucretia, well she pretty much just slept. The next morning the team awoke and in their respective ways made there way to the field. As promised, when they arrived Fujitama was waiting, his well muscled body consealing the majority of a wooden post with two more to either side of him.

" Alright is everyone awake?" Fujitama joked. " Well we should get started. I've spent the better part of this morning planning the technique you'll be learning."

" The Better Part of the Morning? Morning hasn't even started yet!" Lu thought to herself.

" So, what's the Jutsu?" Jerry asked his mind now fully awake.

" Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu. One of my personal Jutsus." Fujitama said crossing his arms and smirking.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 3:
Reinkon-kobushi: Fujitama's Hard Request!

"Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu. To use this Jutsu you'll have to focus your chakra into the center of your hand." Fujitama said, holding his hand up and pointing to the middle.

" Maintain a steady flow of Chakra until it fills your palm. As soon as the chakra fills your entire palm you're ready to strike. Make sure not to overcharge or you'll simply be wasting the chakra." Fujitama said charging up the Jutsu in his hand. Soon a large amount of blue electricity began to spark off of his hand.

" Why wouldn't the attack become stronger? Most Jutsu's strength depends on the amount of Chakra you put into them." Jerry said questioning Fujitama.

" Because this technique shows your inner strength. Hence the name, Fist of the Soul Skill. As you become stronger, so does this technique. This means that this technique never becomes obsolete. In many ways it is one of the best Jutsu's in my arsenal." Fujitama said, smiling down at the Genin candidates.

" So, following my instructions, you may begin your training. But first I'd like to see something," Fujitama continued, pulling a tarp from behind him revealing three thick wooden posts. " Please hit these as hard and as many times as you can within ten seconds." Fujitama pointed a thumb at the posts.

" No problem." John said walking up to a post.

John looked at his wooden opponent. When Fujitama gave the word, John began throwing punches left and right. The first few strikes caused indentions in the post. The next series left no marks but the third began to show bloody impressions of John's hand. When the time was up, John had made slightly over thirty notable marks.

Jerry was next. Looking at John's post, Jerry flinched at the blood imprints. After the signal Jerry began attacking the post in a rush. The first few hits both bloodied Jerry's hands and indented the post. Jerry's indentions continued as he began kicking and doing his best to get a high number of shots in. As time expired Jerry step punched, missing the post and slicing his hand on a protrusion made by one of his hits.

Lu stepped up, looking at the two posts before hers, then at her post. When Fujitama gave the word, Lu became a blur as she encircled the post hitting it from all angles, no marks where made. Finally at the end of the ten seconds, Lu stopped, winded and breathing heavily. As John and Jerry looked at her post, apparently the least damaged, smirking.

" What was that for anyway sensei?" John asked scratching his nose.

" I was seeing who was the most effective in the type of Jutsus I'll be teaching you. Lu," Fujitama said putting his hand on her shoulder. " You're a natural at these Jutsus."

" WHAT?!" John and Jerry said nearly falling over in unison.

" Her post is the least effected!" Jerry yelled.

" Not exactly," Fujitama smiled. " You two were more aiming towards outward damage which, in actual combat, heals quickly. She aimed inward." Fujitama said looking at the post as it suddenly snapped.

" In combat, the body begins to heal outward wounds before inward wounds. My Jutsus focus on both. While they have devastating outward effects, these are to merely distract the body for healing the inner damage. Also, my jutsus use Chakra to disrupt the bodies natural process of healing so that it doesn't realize it is wounded and heals slower than a normal technique." Fujitama lectured. " You may now begin your training on Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu. I'll be back in, ooh, five hours. Master the Jutsu by then." Fujitama finished then Ninja-poofed away.

" Five Hours to MASTER a Jutsu?! Is that even possible?" Jerry complained to no one in particular.

" How did you do that? How'd you figure out what he wanted right off?" John looked over to Lucretia.

" I do my research." Lucretia laughed.

" Well, we better get to work on that Jutsu. If we don't master it by Eight O'clock, who knows what he'll do..." Jerry said.

The three walked into the forest in different directions in search of targets. After thirty minutes had passed, John decided to begin training where he was. He found a relatively large tree and began to follow Fujitama's instructions. He gathered Chakra into his palm and then lashed out at the tree in fierce fashion. He heard a thud, the move had failed and he had probably broke his hand. As John was screaming obsinities at the large oak, Jerry was in a different part of the forest also practicing.

Having charged his Chakra, he yelled then swung his fist at another tree. Soon after the impact a loud pop was heard inside the tree, then the bark shattered. The tree fell backward taking a few limbs of other trees with it.

" Wow, that was easy." Jerry thought aloud then heard a twig snap behind him as if stepped on. " Who're you?!" Jerry shouted in an authorities, yet suprised tone.

Meanwhile, Lu was napping in the field.

" Okay, I gotta try this again!" John said out of breath from attempting the Jutsu for the sixteenth time in failure. " REIKON-KOBUSHI NO JUTSU!" John yelled, hit fist flying toward the hard oak. The impact caused John's hand to ache. He decided to take a short break. He turned around to find a suitable stop to rest and was met with a fist to the stomach. John flew back into the tree, the force caused him to flip forward onto his back. John scurried to his feet to face his attacker. A man in a largely brimmed straw hat and scratched out Sand headprotector on his left bicep glared back at him.
John's pain subsided as he saw the man unsheathe a sword from behind his back.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 4:
[color=Blue]Fight or Die! The Swords of the Sand[/color]

John stared at the man in front of him. Only Moments ago he had been attacked for no apparent reason. John whipped his mouth, the impact of the tree had caused him to cough up a little blood. As he stood there panting, from a combination of the hit and the training he had been doing earlier, he saw the man unsheathe a sword which had been concealed behind his back. All of the muscles in John's body tensed suddenly as the man pointed the blade towards him. Quickly forgetting his pain, John leaped into an over hanging tree and began jumping from limb to limb to evade his attacker. Meanwhile Jerry had similar problems.

" Who're you?" Jerry asked the lanky man with silver hair. The man smiled, tilting his head.

Without answering the question, the silver-haired man lashed out at Jerry with amazingly strong blows. Taking one hit to the right forearm, Jerry felt the bone nearly snap. Deciding that dodging the blows was obviously the best way out, he began doing all he could to stop the man from connecting again. After a sufficient amount of dodging, Jerry went on the offence, kicking with the right foot and missing. His foot hitting the ground, Jerry brought his left foot up in hopes of connecting with a mule kick, the man caught the kick with his left hand. Jerry's eyes grew, watching the man right hand moving to a sword he had sheathed on his left side. The man slashed at Jerry's ankle, releasing his grip for only a second which Jerry exploited to roll to his knees unharmed. While in the prawning position Jerry threw a punch with his left hand, slamming into the man's stomach. The man learched forward in pain, then took hold of Jerry's wrist. Jerry's eyes again doubled in size as the man turned into sand and wrapped around his body, constricting him.

" A Sand Clone?!" Jerry yelled out in surprise.

" Stupid house plant! You Leaf's should stick to Gardening," The man said appearing behind Jerry. " You're out of your element on the battlefield! I'll have to make you an example for your team..." The man said drawing his katana with his left hand then lunging it into the trapped genin with his right hand. To his shock no blood stained the sand, then the log poofed back to its original form.

" A replacement Jutsu? Not too bad. I won't mind killing you slowly now that I know you have potential..." The man laughed. " So come on out kid, let's see what you got!" The man taunted.

" The way of a Shinobi is not to fight openly. Even the stupidest ninja in my class know that." Jerry's voice came from a million directions. " I wonder what Naruto's doing right now anyway?" Jerry though to himself. " You'll die in five moves!" Jerry boasted.

" Heh, arrogant kid. That's gonna get you killed one day." The man laughed back as a swarm of shuriken and kunai's headed towards him. The ninja easily jumped over the projectiles and threw some of his own in the direction from which they came, hitting only trees.

" One!" Jerry yelled, throwing more shuriken at the man from behind him. Hearing them he turn jumped and charged toward Jerry's position. " Two!" Jerry yelled, quickly moving to the ground behind the man and began his third strike.

" Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu!" Jerry yelled out, performing the hand seals. A steady flow of fire proceeded from his mouth, barley missing the man who rolled away. Not giving Jerry the time to perform another move, the man shot at his and, unsheathing his sword, sliced Jerry in half, causing the illusion to fade. Turning around quickly, the man moved back to Jerry's former position and jumped into the tree. Throwing his camouflage to the ground, Jerry kneed the man in the back then tried to stab him in the throught with a kunai knife only for it to be blocked with a quick slash. Jerry then proceeded with his fifth strike.

" Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu!" Jerry howled as his fist flew through his attackers stomach. " Five. Told ya!" He grinned as the body went limp.

" You're right," A familiar voice came from above. " A ninja doesn't fight openly!" The man said, kicking Jerry as he jumped down from a higher limb. Jerry flew head-first into a tree behind him.

" Darn it!" Jerry's cries faded as his vision blurred and he passed out. Meanwhile John was still attempting to evade his pursuit.

" Hehehehe... I think I lost him," John breathed out, leaning behind a tree, winded. His sense of safety quickly subsided into dread again as he saw Jerry's mangled body in front of him, cut to ribbons.

" JERRY!" John screamed, running over and kneeling beside his fallen comrade.

" You're next!" The same man from before said, his bloody blade resting on John's shoulder, the edge facing John's throught. He pulled it back along his neck, cutting it quickly.

As the man pulled his sword away, John noticed Jerry's hand. The cut he had received from training earlier was missing from his hand. Realizing this as Genjutsu, John swept his legs around behind him, trying to cause the attacker to lose footing however this proved difficult as the man also was an illusion. John stood, feeling his neck, the cut was still there but if the man had been an illusion, how was he cut? He had no time to think it through as he heard the man sword slice through the air behind him. Quickly ducking, John rose back to his feet after turning around. He grabbed at the man's sword but, realizing this to be yet another illusion, he stopped.

" Where is this loser?" John said, looking around.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 5:
Leaf vs. Sand! No Hope Left

" Where is this loser?" John asked, looking around for his previous attacker.

" He seems to be a genjutsu specialist. That means that he'll probably try to wear me down from a distance." John thought to himself staying alert. Suddenly he saw a kunai hit the ground in front of him. His head shot up as he fired a kunai of his own in the direction from which it came. When he had risen his head, he saw it. At least one hundred shuriken being launched from every direction. His temporary shock subsided almost instantly.

" KAI!" John yelled out just as the shuriken approached. The projectiles dissipated immediately.

" Heh. This guy's really not very good," John said, laughing. Just as he finished, he felt something hit him in the back. A sharp sensation quickly spread through his body as he felt more and more impacts. John reached back, feeling his blood now flowing from the open wounds, and pulled out a lone kunai, it had stabbed him repeatedly apparently. John collapsed to his knees, looking behind him for his attacker. No one was there.

" Time to wake up..." The man voice came from in front of John. Turning his head, John watched as the man dropped down from the tree in front of him. He tried to get up but he was too weak from the training.

Collapsing back to his knees, John bowed his head murmuring, " God. Help me. Give me Strength..." Then, looking back up at the man, he half smiled.

" You won't be smiling for long," The man said as he hoisted John up by his collar.

Meanwhile Jerry was coming to. Rubbing the back of his head, Jerry found that the hit on the tree had caused him to begin to bleed. Then, realizing the previous events he searched his surroundings for some sign of his attacker. None. As if the fight had never happened, there where no shuriken, no blood stained grass, nothing. As he tried to stand up, he realized that his legs where numb and wouldn't respond. Jerry crawled over to a tree and propped himself up, trying to make his legs work. The sun had only recently come up, the morning dew was still on the ground and the sound of birds chirping could be heard. Everything was peaceful. This sense of security was reassured as Fujitama dropped from an adjacent tree.

" Fujitama-sensei! Did you catch the man who attacked me? Where's John and Lucretia? Why don't my legs work? Why's everything so calm?" Jerry's questions rushed as he looked hopefully at Fujitama.

" What? What man attacked you? You must have fallen asleep when you where training. You probably hit your head when you fell, busted your head open, and somehow hit a nerve that stopped your legs from moving." Fujitama laughed.

" No way! I fought a man earlier, he was from the Sand. He had silver hair and carried a katana. He was way strong!" Jerry yelled out frustrated.

" Heh. No you just fell asleep. You're just like you father at that age." Fujitama chuckled using a medical jutsu on Jerry's legs to make them work then helping him up. " Now let's find the others..." Fujitama said, before begin cut off by Jerry.

" Wait! How do I know I can trust you? You were on my fathers team, what rank where you?" Jerry said suspicious of Fujitama.

" We were Chuunins." Fujitama replied shaking his head.

" Okay, name the members of your Chuunin team." Jerry retorted.

" Myself, Gowgita-sensei, Tzuname, and Nash, your father." Fujitama said his hand on the side of his face.


" Alright let's move on to current events. What did John say he disliked when you had us tell you about ourselves?" Jerry pointed a finger at Fujitama.

" He didn't answer. Besides, that was just so you could get to know each other better. It has no bearings on me!" Fujitama said, becoming angry.

" You're right, sorry sensei." Jerry nodded, then drew a kunai and lunged at Fujitama, stabbing him in the left side. He proceeded to jump back and draw more shuriken as the man reverted back to his former self and drew his sword.

" If it ever comes up again John said he didn't like Uzumaki Naruto. Not that you'll have the chance to answer it a second time." Jerry said, tossing the shuriken from his left hand in a fan motion at the man. He simply jumped over them and brought his blade down, missing Jerry by an inch. Seeing the opening, Jerry threw his right hand's shuriken at the man. Spinning, the man dodged the projectiles and brought his sword up in an upward slash, catching Jerry in his abdomen and cutting him diagonally across the torso. Jerry stumbled back, his hand over a portion of the cut.

" I'll remember that." The man said taking a moment to arrogantly wipe the blood from his blade.

Jerry jumped toward the man and attempted a spinning kick only for the man to catch it with his right hand. Jerry then tried to punch with his left hand, but stopped short when the man brought his sword to Jerry's face. Swinging backward, Jerry tried to hit the man from behind but again missed as the man stabbed the ground and swung around kicking Jerry in the back. Jerry stood, winded, and muttered a word of prayer then jolted at the man.

" Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu!" Jerry's voice could be heard by John. This assured him of Jerry's safety but he still had his own problems.

John's body went numb as he saw the man draw back his katana for a final thrust. Then suddenly, a kunai struck the sword, knocking it from the man's hand. The man dropped John and turned to face the new attacker. Before John knew what had happened he saw Fujitama-sensei appear behind the man.

" NINPOU! ICHI HYAKU TENSUU NO SHINDOU! GO!" Fujitama's voice echoed as he quickly struck the man five times in the torso. "TEN!" His voice came again as he slammed into the man ten times causing the man to obviously go limp.

Fujitama took a step back as the man collapsed to his knees, his back and legs apparently broken. The man's clothes soon began to stain with blood from the broken flesh held within as he fell forward onto his face.

" Where's Jerry and Lucretia?" Fujitama asked looking over his shoulder at John.

" I don't know. We all went in different directions. Jerry's out here somewhere I think though." John said rubbing his neck.

" We better find them then." Fujitama said turning away to go search.

" Right. You find Jerry. I'll find Lu--" John was cut off by Fujitama shaking his head.

" And why exactly do you think you're able to tell me what to do? I'm your sensei remember. Now, we'll both look for Jerry, then we'll look for Lucretia. Got that?" Fujitama finished scolding him to see John had fallen asleep after all it was only eight in the morning.

" What a slacker!" Fujitama said to himself shaking John.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 6:
Revenge! The Third Missing Sand Revealed

Jerry's heart pounded, another Reikon had failed to produce results. He was running out of Chakra and could feel his body wearing out. Plus the gapping cut on his chest was bleeding profusely making him dizzy. As he looked toward his attacker he panted heavily, his mind racing frantically, trying to stay ahead of his opponent. Without saying a word, Jerry shot up into the trees that lurked overhead. Jumping from branch to branch, he hoped to find his friends, maybe they could help beat this guy. He still had no idea what had provoked the man but he hadn't had the time to ask during the fight, despite the amount of talking they'd been doing. Stopping for a moment he realized that his pursuit was not behind him. He looked off in the distance and saw a small clearing. He decided to drop to the ground and continue from there. As soon as his foot his the soil he heard shuriken behind him and instinctively jumped just as the projectiles slammed into a nearby tree. When Jerry landed back on the ground, he turned to see an empty forest. Staying alert, Jerry took off, running back towards the clearing. As he approached the clearing he saw two figures drop from the trees in front of him. Ready for a fight, Jerry drew out a handful of kunai and sprung back in defense.

" Whoa! It's us man!" John's voice came as he stepped out of the shadows, his hand extended in a sign of mercy.

" Yeah right!" Jerry flung a couple of shuriken at John who blocked them with a kunai.

" Cool out man! It's me!" John yelled still guarding himself.

Not flinching, Jerry tossed the rest of his shuriken and jumped back to draw more. From the shadows Fujitama shot, grabbing the shuriken mid-flight and tossed them to the ground. He over jumped Jerry, grabbed the back of his neck and put a kunai to the back of his head.

" If we weren't us, you'd be dead now." Fujitama said calmly as Jerry realized they were telling the truth.

" Sensei! John! Who...was that guy that attacked me?" Jerry asked as Fujitama released his grip.

" There's no time to explain that now. We have to find Lucretia." Fujitama said helping Jerry to his feet. " John, he's weak from the fight, carry him." Fujitama said turning to leave.

" WHAT?! I was in a fight too y'know! Why don't you carry both of us?!" John yelled pointing to his wounds.

" Because, if my arms are disabled, we're at a disadvantage if we encounter more enemies. Now carry him!" Fujitama said taking off.

" Oh God! Get on..." John said, embarrassed.

The three took off towards the field Lucretia was probably in. They arrived to find her laying up against one of the posts, asleep.

" Well we can assume she didn't encounter anyone I guess." John said dropping Jerry as he approached.

" Not necessarily." Fujitama said turning her head to show a doll's face.

" They took her?" Jerry asked, confused.

" Where is she?! Fujitama-sensei who are these guys that attacked us?! Tell me Darnit!" John demanded, his anger waxing hot.

" Yes, Fujitama. Tell them about me. About how you ruined my existence!" A voice came from a tree bordering the field. All three heads shot up to see a man rapped in bandages carrying a long pole.

" It's been a long time. I thought the hunters would have caught up to you by now. HANAGUCHI OF THE HIDDEN SAND!" Fujitama exclaimed his eyes narrowing as Hanaguchi dropped from the tree.

" Please Fujitama, I haven't been with the Sand in years. I'm a missing nin now. And I see you've become a jounin also? It looks pretty bad to let one of your students get kidnapped on a Training mission. But this IS just your first time isn't it? I've been watching you Fujitama. Waiting to kill you. To get my revenge for what you did to my body!" Hanaguchi said gritting his teeth when he was finished.

" So, who's the newbie? I'm assuming he was with you also." Fujitama asked calmly.

" You mean Akumu? He's far from new but you wouldn't know that. He's the replacement for Kora." Hanaguchi said his anger partially subsiding.

" What happened? Kora decide being a raving nutcase wasn't as good as you made it sound?" Fujitama smiled.

" No. She never did agree with me. Not even a little. That's why she tried to betray me and led the hunter nins to us. But I took care of that...Oh how I enjoyed ripping the tissue from her bones." Hanaguchi smile back, licking his lips.

" You really are a psycho. Killing the one you love... That's worse than suicide." Fujitama scolded, his fist clenched.

" To some. But this isn't about my humanity, it's about my Revenge. After I kill your pupils, I'll take my time in killing you. First..." Hanaguchi reached behind him. " The Girl!" He pulled Lucretia around by the back of her neck and taunted.

John jumped up to strike Hanaguchi only to be hit across the face by the long pole and sent crashing through the posts.

" Jerry, make sure he's okay. I'll take care of Hanaguchi." Fujitama instructed, taking out a couple of shuriken.
As Jerry rushed over to John, Fujitama sprang upward and curved his throw to pass Lucretia however they where knocked away by Hanaguchi's pole.

" Come now Fujitama! Have you forgotten our last battle?" Hanaguchi laughed.

" Of course not..." Fujitama smiled back as his clone lunged at Hanaguchi from behind, stabbing his shoulder and causing him to drop Lucretia into the waiting arms of another clone. All three then merged back into the original.

" So...You've grown too..." Hanaguchi said then burst sending hundreds of shuriken towards Fujitama. He turn around quickly, shielding Lucretia with his body then called to John and Jerry.

" Come take her and get back to the village. I'll finish this here." He coughed out as he handed her over to them. " Don't worry... I'll protect you all with my life!" He finished then turned to look for Hanaguchi.

The three took off only to find two men blocking their path. The same two from before. Laying Lucretia down, John moved in front of his friends.

" Jerry, go. I'll buy you some time." John looked back to find Jerry standing by his side.

" Heaven hangs just overhead. Either We, or They or ALL will soon be there." Jerry said taking a pinwheel shuriken from Lucretia's bag and opening it.

" See ya on the other side then..." John shot at the man in the black hat.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 7:
Rematch! Heaven Draws Closer

" John, Jerry, come take her and get back to the village. I'll finish this here." Fujitama coughed out as he handed Lucretia over to them. " Don't worry... I'll protect you all with my life!" He finished then turned to look for Hanaguchi.

The three took off only to find two men blocking their path. The same two from before. Laying Lucretia down, John moved in front of his friends.

" Jerry, go. I'll buy you some time." John looked back to find Jerry standing by his side.

" Heaven hangs just overhead. Either We, or They or ALL will soon be there." Jerry said taking a pinwheel shuriken from Lucretia's bag and opening it.

" See ya on the other side then..." John shot at the man in the black hat. Jumping suddenly to punch the man he found himself frozen in mid-air.

" A fruitless endeavor. NINPOU: SHIN NO IPPO!" Akumu laughed, holding a glowing green hand in front of him. " This Jutsu was invented to freeze entire armies of ninja in their tracks. There's no way a pathetic kid like you could break out." Akumu laughed tilting his black hat and laughing maniacally.

" I think you're forgetting the other 'pathetic kid' here!" Jerry said spinning to throw the pinwheel.

As the large shuriken flew at Akumu it was intercepted quickly by the silver haired man, who smiled at Jerry.

" You again?!" Jerry gritted his teeth as his entire body pulsed with pain for an instant.

" It looks like you forgot the other man standing in front of you. Or did you think you could get this past me?" Kyuofu shook his head. " Kids these days..." He said then instantly appeared behind Jerry and drove a sheathed sword into the small of his back causing him to fall forward onto his knees. Jerry tried to ignore the pain and attempted a legsweep only for his opponent to jump over his leg and land on his ankle, temporarily disarming it. Jerry brought his right foot up to kick Kyoufu but was stopped as he blocked it with his sheath.

" Do you really think you deserve to BE a shinobi? How many hits have you even landed between our two fights? One, two? Just give up now kid, you suck!" Kyoufu taunted grabbing a hold of Jerry's free ankle and nearly snapping it before he was able to twist free, kicking Kyoufu's sheath into his side. Jerry stood, looking back at John frozen in the air.

" Well, not that I don't enjoy watching you try to dispell my jutsu, but it's taking up too much of my chakra. Now, where's a good pressure point? The Heart? The Jugular? Maybe I'll just slice you in half, that's a good enough death for someone who hardly put up a fight." Akumu grinned as he unsheathed his sword and cleanly cut John in two, releasing the jutsu. John fell to the ground and reverted to a log. "WHAT?!"

" Only an idiot fights openly." John smirked, stabbing a kunai into Akumu's left lung. John jumped back, pushing the kunai deeper with his feet causing it to pierce the other side of his body. John rolled backward and drew more shuriken, flinging them into Akumu's back. John drew more as Akumu turned and charged at him. The two met, John blocking each sword strike with a kunai in each hand. Eventually John jumped over Akumu's head and threw one of the kunai into his crown. Due to his reflexes, Akumu was able to avoid a killing blow , causing it to merely graze the side of his head, and spun to face John.

" Okay not bad. I retract my statement about you not putting up a fight. But you'll die here the same no matter how hard you fight against it." Akumu grinned, his abnormally wide mouth gave the illusion that he was almost not even human but something else entirely, something far more sinister. Pointing his sword towards him, John felt his heart suddenly pulse rapidly somehow reopening the wound on his neck. John gripped the cut as with every beat of his heart, blood was rapidly seeping from the mark.

Without giving Akumu any chance to strike, John jolted at him fighting with all that was in him. Running forward, he drew two more kunai knives and struck, unsuccessfully, at the tall man. Having failed, he used a tree in front of him to springboard back into the frey. Repetitively his fast strikes were blocked by the even faster sword blows. Not stopping for a moment, John curved his through causing his kunai to circle around to Akumu's back. Instinctively, Akumu spun and deflected the kunais then returned his sword to its sheath.

" Bad choice!" John yelled, drawing closer to Akumu from what was now his blind side.

Meanwhile Fujitama and Hanaguchi's confrontation continued.

" Come on out Hanaguchi! Or did you come all this way, to kill me from a distance?" Fujitama said his blood running down both arms, seeping over even his headband which he wore on his left forearm. Fujitama leaped as he saw several shuriken shoot out of the tree Hanaguchi had previously occupied. Jumping away, he noticed that they seemed to follow him. He attempted to make them get stuck in one of the various trees only for them to go straight through, blowing large holes in their trunk. He finally stopped and gathered his chakra.

" Reikon kobushi no Jutsu!" Fujitama beckoned springing into the hail of shuriken. As he passed through, all of the shuriken coming into contact with his burning fist cracked and shattered. When he emerged from the storm, all that remained where pieces of iron and steel.

" Okay, now Hanaguchi, are you done warming up or was that still not enough?" Fujitama said, watching the man in the tree behind him out of the corner of his eye.

" Just like old times, eh Fujitama?" Hanaguchi chuckled dropping into view. " I've been wondering, how are your teammates, Tzuname and Nash? I didn't keep as good of tabs on them as I did on you all these years. You know, I think Kyoufu still holds a grudge for them breaking his toys back then." Hanaguchi said shaking his head.

Seeing Fujitama's firm expression he continued," I just thought I'd ask, because we'll probably be heading after them once you're dead. I wonder what they'll think when they see you and their son's corpses draped over Akumu's shoulders..."

" So, you know Jerry's their son huh? Then I really don't have any choice. I'll have to kill you at all costs." Fujitama said, pulling his headband off to show a summoning seal.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 8:
Everchanging Tune! Run In With The Devil

The early morning sun beamed down through the trees as the brown haired boy made his way through the forest that surrounded Konoha. Dried, dead leaves crunched under his feet as he walked. He stopped after a short time, hearing talking coming from behind a small patch of trees. He crept up into a tree to listen in on the conversation.

" You are certain that the Uchiha will pass the intiation? That he will become a leaf shinobi?" A man with white hair of medium height asked a silver haired man in glasses. Two others stood just out of sight behind them.

" Of course. He's an Uchiha isn't he?" The silver haired man answered.

" Good. Orochimaru-sama will be happy to hear that." The White haired man nodded.

" Then I should be getting back to my team. But first, Kayo there's a boy in the tree behind me. Kill him." The silver haired man said calmly to a man with black hair in a loose dark purple gi with black trim and the top opened slightly.

" Darn! How could he have known I was hiding back here?" Billy thought to himself, drawing shuriken and falling down into the open and preparing for a fight.

At once the black haired man jolted at him, causing him to instinctively throw the shuriken and draw more. Kayo jumped up over the projectiles and into a tree limb drawing his own only to meet a hail of Billy's kunai head on. The weapons stabbing into his face, Kayo fell to the ground blood and mortally wounded. Billy quickly ran over, pulled a large kunai out of his holster and flung it into Kayo's left temple, killing him. This drew the unwanted attention of the other two. The Ninjas with the eighth note on their headband quickly sprung on Billy, forcing him into an unfamiliar position, defense. As he blocked the strikes of the two men he saw a small opening as the bald man fully extended his left arm on a punch. Billy exploited this, forcing the bald man to absorb a few of his comrade's blows before he twisted free and kneed Billy in the back. Billy rolled forward, coming up with a sucker punch to the white haired man and a quick spinning kick to his other aggressor's jaw. With that, Billy elbowed the white haired man in the chest and followed up with some rapid fired punches, pushing the man back into a tree.

Seeing his opponents nearly unconscious he drew a kunai and rushed at a waiting Kabuto who met him with his own kunai. As the two exchanged and blocked shots, Billy began gathering chakra. When the time was right he jumped back, holstered his knife, and began sealing for a substitution. Kabuto tossed his kunai as expected only for it to open him up for Billy to attack from behind. Just as Billy struck, Kabuto vanished revealing a substitution of his own. As Billy connected with the log, Kabuto hit him with a roundhouse kick from behind.

As Billy wiped a small trickle of blood from his lip he asked," Who are you guys?"

His only answer? A swift shuffle kick to the side of the head from the bald man. Billy skidded into the trunk of a tree and stood, only for the tree to restrain him. In shock he looked up to see the white haired man's head protruding from the tree. He felt as the limbs that detained him transformed into two arms cloaked in long black sleeves. Quickly the bald man came forward and began pummeling him bringing a intense feeling of pain and anger. Not anger toward his attackers but towards himself for his lack of strength. When the beating had ended the three men stood towering over Billy, a river of blood coming from his mouth. Feeling their eyes on him, he tried to force himself to stand. For some reason, his arms wouldn't cooperate and he fell flat on the side of his face causing more blood to spill out onto the ground. Again he tried to force himself to stand to no avail.

" Just kill this loser and let's get out of here! C'mon Gaitotsa!" The bald man in an orange and yellow jumpsuit complained at the white haired man.

This comment infuriated Billy. If for no other reason than to kill that one-eyed, bald, moron, he had to get up! Once again, he swung his arm, forcing it to prop him up, He used this to flop into a sitting position and stood from there. His small personal victory was short lived as the bald man knocked him right back down with a forearm blow.

" Forget it! I'll do this myself!" The bald man dismissed his compatriots and began doing hand seals.

" No," Kabuto stopped him. " Since he killed Kayo, you are short one teammate. And besides," Kabuto pushed up his glasses. " He did knock you both on your butts." Kabuto helped Billy to his feet. " You're weak y'know, but you do have potential. If you join us, you'll be able to live up to that potential as opposed to dying right here on your knees." Kabuto walked over to Kayo's body and removed his headband and offered it to Billy. " What do you say? You don't want to Die here do you?"

All of his instincts screamed to reject the offer and accept death. The only opposition was his enduring warrior spirit telling him to take it, if only to gain power. With a heavy heart, he nodded in agreement and accepted the offer. In a single gesture Billy's arms were free again and he took the headband and concealed it beneath his hoodie.

For a short instant everything was peaceful, however only a few miles away the heat of battle blazed on and the screams of young ninjas raised to heaven.

" Bad Choice!" John yelled out as he soared toward his intended destination all the while performing hand seals. Akumu's mind went numb as he then found himself surrounded by twenty Johns. "REIKON-KOBUSHI NO JUTSU!"
They all yelled in unison and shot forward. Akumu unsheathed his sword
once more to find a large hole in his chest beneath his top and John panting heavily behind him holding his right hand in pain.

" I can't die! I will never lose my life to a leaf genin!" Akumu gasped, blood pouring from his open wound. He began performing handseals, causing his sword to take on a eerie blue hue. " I'll never lose my life! Not even to a ninja as talented as yourself..." Akumu raised his sword above his head and then, quickly ran it through his own heart. His eyes closed and he fell forward, dead. Suddenly John felt the cut on his neck surge then seal itself back up. The battle over John turned to help Lucretia away from danger.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 9:
The Dust Settles! What Still Remains Pt. 1

" I can't die! I will never lose my life to a leaf genin!" Akumu gasped, blood pouring from his open wound. He began performing handseals, causing his sword to take on a eerie blue hue. " I'll never lose my life! Not even to a ninja as talented as yourself..." Akumu raised his sword above his head and then, quickly ran it through his own heart. His eyes closed and he fell forward, dead. Suddenly John felt the cut on his neck surge then seal itself back up.

The battle over John turned to help Lucretia away from danger. As he lifted her onto his shoulders he looked back, if only for a moment at Jerry. His friend was drenched in sweat and panting heavily as he stared. His face was pale as if death was upon him. Kyoufu broke all of the silence that had previously been built up in a single strike to the chin sending Jerry lurching backwards. John lowered Lu from his shoulders and propped her up against a nearby tree and attempted to reenter the battle. Walking towards the silver haired demon, John rolled Akumu's body over and dislodged the sword from his chest. The weapon now free, John approached his friend and helped him to his feet. The two genins stood, watching as their foe brandished his blade arrogantly. Without exchanging words the two sides collided. John and Kyoufu's swords clashed while Jerry came around behind and attempted a sweep kick. Having predicted this movement, Kyoufu brought his sword around downward opening up his back to John. Exploiting the opportunity, John brought his sword above his head then back down quickly to cut Kyoufu's side however was stopped with a swift kick to the jaw. John and Jerry jumped back to regroup.

Kyoufu laughed, returning his sword to its sheath. He mocked, " You'll never match me. Perhaps if you lived longer than today you'd have a chance, but since you're both going to die today, there's no chance." With that he began performing handseals causing three duplicates to materialize. The clones charged forward, drawing their swords.

" Well, crap!" John said handing the sword to Jerry and beginning hand sealing for Reikon-kobushi. His hand aglow John sprang forward, punching through two of the clones and taking one's left arm. Not stopping he charged onward towards the real Kyoufu who had his sword at the ready. As he ran, John attempted for a third Reikon-kobushi. He met Kyoufu's sword and swung shattering the blade and cutting his hand deeply before making contact. The force from the initial blow sent Kyoufu stumbling backward. Quickly tiring, John fell to one knee, tightly gripping his hand.

Meanwhile Jerry contended with the final, one armed, clone. Easily he dodged each of the clone's strikes before finally taking it's head in a single swing. He looked over as John fell to his knees and came running at an unarmed Kyoufu. Almost laughing Kyoufu began sealing. Jerry readied his sword and went running at him only to be stopped just short of his intended target.

" Yes. Do you recognize this technique? The Shin no Ippo? I'm not as avid a practitioner as Akumu was but I can still get the jutsu done. Now, about your fate," Kyoufu smirked then drew a scroll from his back. Then, leaping into the air, he pulled from it a rather large sword with a black blade. Both the sword and Kyoufu came crashing to the ground heavily. Kyoufu grunted slinging the sword over his shoulder only for his assault to be prohibited be the advent of various shuriken slamming into the blade, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground.

" What in the... Where did that come from?" Kyoufu yelled, stand back up and looking around until he spotted a young girl in a tree to his left.

" Can't let the guys have all the fun..." Lucretia laughed dropping from the tree and taking two kamas from her knapsack.

Kyoufu released the Shin no Ippo, causing Jerry to fall forward, then grabbed him from behind around the neck and took Akumu's sword from him. " If you want to fight come through your friend here..." Koufu mocked her pointing the sword at her.

" Okay," Lucretia said, quite to Jerry's chagrin, and threw the kamas and various other weapons in rapid succession each one going to either the right or left of the two.

" You suck!" Jerry coughed out nearly tearing up from the momentary stress.

" Not really," John replied quickly jabbing each of the weapons into Kyoufu's back then taking the sword from the ground to decapitate him. However this short victory was indeed short-lived as Kyoufu fell away as sand in the wind. " Again? This guy just won't die!" John though aloud before feeling a sharp pain in his left leg which caused him to fall forward to inspect it. Finding a kunai stuck deep in the calf he reached to pull it out.

" I wouldn't remove that kunai if I were you," an all to familiar voice came from the shadows. " That particular weapon is a specialty of my family. What makes it so special is the fact hat it has two types of poison on it. One poison prevents the wound from healing properly, usually causing the victim to bleed to death within a few hours. The second poison was made by the Genius Chiyo of the Sand. It is only activated after the kunai is removed, if that poison is activated the victim will die with in minutes as his speeds up blood loss. The use of these types of kunais have been prohibitied since the last great war. However it is such a valued skill that every member of my family is taught to make these at a very early age. In fact I'm shocked that Akumu didn't use one on you during your fight, after all he did pride himself on his manufacturing of them during the war. Well, either way your going to die, few people have ever cured the poison. Only one I think in the leaf but she left long ago I believe." Kyoufu lectured as he stepped forward. He walked over to John and kicked him in the mouth before prying the sword from his hand. The sword in hand he twirled it then walked toward the other two leafs. As they prepared for the fight of their lives another fight was still being waged in another section of the forest.

[God's Samurai]

Naruto: Altered Trail
Chapter 9:
The Dust Settles! What Still Remains Pt. 2

" Summoning no Jutsu!" Fujitama yelled smearing his blood down his arm then slamming his hands on the ground. Within a moment the forest filled with smoke as a great white tiger appeared with the kanji, "fierce" on it's forehead and Fujitama firmly holding onto its main.

" Oh, it's been awhile since you called Me out Fuji, who's the problem?" The tiger's voice boomed, sending sonic waves through the forest.

" It's time to bury the old grudge with the Sand, Toragasa." Fujitama said pointing to Hanaguchi.

" Oh, so a reunion too I see? Very well," Hanaguchi said unleashing a scroll from behind his back. " Summoning no Jutsu!" Hanaguchi yelled repeating Fujitama's gestures. And likewise more smoke filled the forest as a giant black scorpion materialized beneath Hanaguchi bearing the kanji, "silent" on it's back. The beast seeing Toragasa readied its stinger and pinchers and prepared to attack.

As the two behemoths circled each other both watched for the perfect time to strike and when the time came, they clashed. As the two collided their retainers sprang on one another from atop their heads. Hanaguchi pulled a section from is pole off to reveal an incredibly long blade with incomprehendable kanji all along the blade. Hanaguchi drew his remaining shuriken and tossed them as a distraction as he leaped overhead and pumpkicked Hanaguchi from behind. As Hanaguchi stumbled forward he turned and blocked a strike with the side of his blade. The two exchanged strikes both blocking back and forth until Fujitama knocked Hanaguchi's sword away. Unarmed, Hanaguchi jumped back onto his scorpion's head and began sealing which caused his hands to glow as if consumed in flames. Fujitama too began gathering chakra for Reikon-kobushi no Jutsu. The two leaped into mid air and collided. The powers of the two techniques erupted into a momentary blinding light. When the dust settled, the two lie on the ground barely breathing. Hanaguchi caughed blood, the upper portion of his bandages were torn away revealing the badly scarred and partially destroyed body that lie beneath. As he struggled to stand, Fujitama realized there where now two deeply pierced holes in his chest.

" You...were able to break the Iron Body style huh? That's some trick," Fujitama gasped, out of breath.

" I work all those years... to scratch you?" Hanaguchi questioned as all of the scars on his body reopened causing him to fall to his knees, and then onto his face.

" I doubt you'll stay dead this time, but at least you'll be dead for a while..." Fujitama said before allowing Toragasa to disappear and taking off to find his team.

Meanwhile the battle still continued with Kyoufu.

" Now Jerry, where were we? Oh yes, I was about to kill you. And girl, if you really think you stand a chance against me, help him, otherwise RUN." Kyoufu laughed then jumped towards Jerry. He reached for more shuriken only to find himself out of weapons. This delay allowed for Kyoufu to catch him across the chest. Jerry jumped back to prevent a fatal second swipe. The cut bled quickly covering the majority of his shirt within moments. Lucretia then jumped forward quickly striking Kyoufu with a kunai in both fists then jumped back.

" So, you wanna die too child? Fine by me!" Kyoufu said lunging at her and cutting both kunai in half in one swing. Astonished she reached for more but found nothing. As Kyoufu rose his sword to administer a killing blow, he was elbowed in the small of his back causing him to stumble forward.

" Who?!" Kyoufu yelled turning to see John panting heavily and bleeding immensely. " You little nuisance! I'll finish you right now!" Kyoufu said preparing to behead John but was stopped when his sword wouldn't move. He turned to see Fujitama holding the blade.

" Hi," Fujitama said grinning before delivering a quick closed backhand to Kyoufu's face. " Is everyone alright?" He asked watching as Kyoufu's body went limp.

" John's bleeding pretty bad and that kunai's poisoned. Jerry's about to pass out. But I'm okay since I was asleep for most of the fight." Lucretia replied.

Fujitama hoisted John over his shoulders then turned to Jerry," Do you think you can walk back to the village?"

" Huh? Uh, Yeah. I'll be alright." Jerry responded.

" Alright, let's go." Fujitama ordered, picking Kyoufu up by the back of his neck.

[God's Samurai]

Hey everybody. My apologies for not updating for a littlewhile. I originally intended this to be an ongoing series but my interest in the story, recently, has been fading. I am going to finish the story it will just be...alot shorter than originally planned. In a few weeks I'll post Chapter 11 and continue until Chapter 20. Depending on the reaction to Part 2 I may or may not write, in addition, a few one-shots to tie the two together.

Just so there's less confusion, Part 2 will take place after the Time Skip. Most events in the three years will be explained in Part 2.

Thanks for reading and enjoy Part 2 when it's posted,
God's Samurai.