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"What? The sword?" I asked.

"No, the mystical energies of Merlin," he replied. "They say he lived in a cave down on the shoreline."

"Oh." I said. "So that's where we go then?"

Kurt raised an eyebrow. "Well it would make sense," he grinned. "Read it in a leaflet back at the inn."

I face-faulted. "Well, then what are we waiting for?"

"Was waiting for you actually," Kurt smirked at him and began heading in the direction of the see.

The twins bounced up the roofs while the rest of us stayed on the ground as we headed towards the sea.

"They'll attract attention if they're not too careful," Quatre warned.

Kurt nodded in agreement. "This place is completely backwards, they won't even serve me alcohol because I look under eighteen and can't prove I'm actually twenty-three," he complained.

"That's why you need an Earth license if you ever plan on coming again." I snickered. The twins went back down on the ground and ran ahead to the cliffs.

"It's still a fucking backwards place," Kurt pouted. "Should have used mind control on him."

They headed over to the cliffs and looked around. The could feel an increase in the magical energies.

"So we need a starting point," Quatre pointed out.

I could sense the magical energies around here. It's pretty strong too. "Looks like we found the starting place, Quatre."

"We just need to find the cave and I'm guessing it is somewhere down there," Quatre then said.

"Ryujin, why don't you take a look?" I asked.

"Sure." The silver dragon spread his wings and flew down near the sea.

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The cloaked figure was seen again at the town and entered a private area. He pulled out a mirror, as if checking his face. But this was no ordinary mirror, but a magical comlink for all intents and purposes. He muttered a spell, and the mirror glowed. "My lord, as you have expected, they have arrived."

"Very good, my friend." A nasal voice replied. "Do nothing to arouse their suspicion, but follow them still. They are powerful and will destroy you in an instant, so beware."

The minion bowed his head. "As ordered, my lord. Will there be anything else?"

"No. Contact me again when you find anything of interest." The blond haired man in the mirror said, then disappeared.

The servant put away the mirror, changed himself into a rat and scurried away.

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The silver dragon returned. "There are several caves down there. I haven't checked them all, but I can sense magic from them."

Kurt place a hand on the shoulders of Quatre and Eamonn before teleporting them to the base of the cliffs.

My brothers and I teleported as well to the base of the cliffs, amid a soft breeze from the sea and the crashing of the waves. I'd have lots of fun sticking around, looking for seashells and tidal pools, but I had a mission to accomplish first.

Kurt looked up and found they were at the mouth of a cave. "Well, I guess we go inside and take a look," he said.

"Ok." I shrugged. We entered the cave and felt the strength of the magic in here. It was strong.

Kurt used his dragon vision to look around the darkest parts of the cave. "Someones definitely been here very recently," he told the others, noting the footprints. Aside from the sense of magic, the smell of the saltwater from the sea was strong.

"Tourist?" Taylor asked, lighting up the area with a torch.

"Probably," Kurt shrugged.

"Hmmph," Eamonn smirked, sensing something familiar.

A rat crawled around the cave, looking for food or something. I took no notice of the creature, but did have the feeling someone or something familar was around. Taylor suddenly yelped and dropped his torch when something attacked him. He let lose a fireball but the attacker dodged and Jacob joined in on the fight.

"Taylor!" I yelled, then suddenly whirled around as I could sense danger. Something was about to hit me, and I used Kawarmi, replacing myself with a log. I was next on a wall of the cave, noticing that there was a throwing knife embedded in the log. I pulled out one of my kunai, and blocked the next several shots of shuriken and knives, recognizing the weapons as that of a shinobi.

Eamonn grabbed for his dagger and held it up. "Come on out baka," he growled, ready to use it.

Kurt and Quatre also prepared themselves.

Eamonn grabbed for his dagger and held it up. "Come on out baka," he growled, ready to use it.

Kurt and Quatre also prepared themselves.
A couple extras came after them, and it was then that I recognized the spell known as Kage Bunshin. I smirked, as I switched weapons to my lightsaber and cut my assailants down, transforming them into smoke. Then I found myself staring into red whirling eyes amid raven-colored hair. Eyes that I can recall like the back of my hand...

The twins saw my lightsaber ignited and ignited theirs, cutting the Kage bunshins down as well, but were met with an orange blade. They began to smile and fight the orange-bladed assailant...

"Who in Odin's name are you," Kurt growled, holding up his blue lightsaber.

Eamonn smirked to himself, he knew who they were. "Well, look who we have here," he said.

"Sensei Uchiha Sasuke." I smiled, as I managed to pull away from the Sharingan eyes.

"Sensei Uzumaki Naruto." Jacob smirked. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We've been tracking a couple of shinobi around here." Naruto said, putting away his blade. "Seems they were looking for Excalibur. You guys as well?"

Sasuke seemed to stare at Eamonn, feeling a spark of familarity from him, but didn't say anything.

Eamonn stared back at Sasuke and smirked. Even in the dark cave he continued to wear his sunglasses.

"Yeah, I need Excalibur to defeat my grandfather," Kurt explained, putting his lightsaber safely away.

Eamonn stared back at Sasuke and smirked. Even in the dark cave he continued to wear his sunglasses.

"Yeah, I need Excalibur to defeat my grandfather," Kurt explained, putting his lightsaber safely away.
"Oh yeah, you're that Kurt guy Daniel was talking about a while ago." Naruto said. "Pleased to finally meet you."

"Likewise," Kurt smiled. "Well I'm currently not in my usual form."

Eamonn continued to trade glares with Sasuke.

"Eamonn," Sasuke realised, to which Eamonn's smirk grew wider. "Sunglasses in a cave, I wonder." He then reached over and went to pull Eamonn's sunglasses away.

"Shit when any of us tried that, he'd stab us in the arm," Kurt scowled.

Sasuke pulled his sunglasses away, familiar looking eyes stared back. "I thought so, seems your dragon sharingan has gone permenant."

Eamonn just grinned at him.

"Sheringwa-what?" Kurt was slightly confused, he and the others had never known anything to be different about Eamonn's eyes.

"The Sharingan is a bloodline skill with the ability to copy other skills." Sasuke explained. "It appears that Eamonn has a dragon version of it."

Eamonn just smirked and grabbed his sunglasses back. "He only knows because he saw me use it back at the academy," he replied.

"Well this is the first I've heard about it," Kurt said.

"Well I don't have to tell you or Master Elanessë everything," he replied, putting the sunglasses back on.

Kurt just shook his head.

"And it appears that you've also been learning more than basic ninjutsu." Sasuke noted. "Makes me wonder..."

I interrupted the talking. "Hey guys, something tells me that we still need to search this cave. Let's go."

I kicked aside a rat and walked further in.

Kurt headed down after them, Quatre and Eamonn followed. The further down into the cave they got, the more it looked like someone had indeed been living there. Amongst the junk were a few magic books that had mold growing over them.

"I'd say this is Merlins cave," Kurt told the others.

"Hmm. We could at least try to look into these books, see if Merlin's wrote something about Excalibur." I suggested.

"Yeah, hopefully they're not too moldy," Kurt said, picking one of the books up. To his surprise it moaned and jumped from his hands.

"You Sir are not Merlin, therefore you may not read me for I am his personal thoughts," the book said, it then grew legs and ran off.

Kurt stared in disbelief.

"Nothing like a good book to run away with." I smirked. I'm used to magic, but the others obviously aren't as they stared at the book. Then the twins came into action.

"Come back here you little--!" Taylor yelled.

"The only problem is catching it," Kurt said, picking up another book. This one stayed and didn't moan. "Hopefully that one didn't have much about Excalibur in."

He opened the moldy book and flicked through the pages, the written text was just barely legible.

The boys came back. "So what's in there?"

"Umm, it's in Latin," he said. "Fortunately I can read Latin as alot of dragons use it. Unfortunately it's nothing about Excalibur, I doubt it was even writen by Merlin."

"What about this one?" Jacob held up yet another moldy book.

The book instantly opened up and tried to bite him. In a flash, Eamonn kicked the book away. It then huddled in a corner and barked at them.

"I think we are going to have to be more careful with these books," Kurt mentioned.

Jacob's eyes grew wide at the sudden attack and yelped out loud when Eamonn kicked the book away. "Sheesh! Try to bite me, will ya?"

Eamonn headed off deeper into the cave, further down he found a shelf full of books. It was amazing to him that anyone would consider living in a cave so close to the sea. He quickly looked back at the others before he began looking through them.

"Well found Nimue," Kurt suddenly said.

Eamonn headed off deeper into the cave, further down he found a shelf full of books. It was amazing to him that anyone would consider living in a cave so close to the sea. He quickly looked back at the others before he began looking through them.

"Well found Nimue," Kurt suddenly said.
"You found what?" I asked.

"A page about Nimue, the lady of the lake," Kurt replied, squinting as he tried to read what was written. "Trying to translate it but the writting is fairly faded, it'll take some time."

"Ok, I'll--*zap*" I fried another book that jumped out to bite me. "check out some of these other ones."

Kurt went to sit down on a nearby rock and began reading through the book. The text was becoming clearer and he was beginning to be able to translate it.

"So far it only says who the lady of the lake is, but not not where the lake is," the prince sighed.

"Well, let's try another book." I suggested, leafing through a book that didn't bite. The others were also leafing through books to see what's in them, hopefully where the lake is.

"I haven't fully translated it yet," Kurt replied. "I'll get it soon."

Further down the cave, Eamonn carried on searching through the bookshelf.

"Alright, let us know when you got something." Naruto said, as he stabbed another biting book.

"Give me a few," Kurt replied.

A book came running from the direction Eamonn had gone to, it sounded like it was screaming in fear. Eamonn came running after it.

"This cave is fucking nuts," Kurt remaeked and decided to head outside. "I need fresh air to concentrate."

Eamonn was now trying to pull the book away from the cave wall so that he could read it.

Taylor threatened a couple of books with The Burning Death and they complied with opening themselves.

"Bah, you should realize that you're going to encounter some crazy magics around here." I smiled. "Especially considering this is Excalibur and Merlin we're talking about."

"Merlin was known to be very eccentric," Quatre pointed out.

"I've got it!" Kurt yelled out.

"You did? Let's hear it!" I said, as we gathered around Kurt to hear what he found.

"The lady of of the lake is at Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor," Kurt smiled. "Let's go."

"The lady of of the lake is at Dozmary Pool on Bodmin Moor," Kurt smiled. "Let's go."
"Good, good!" We started heading out of the cave, pleased that we found out where the Lake is. But I couldn't help feeling that there was someone watching us, someone who's heard everything...

"You have that look upon your face again Daniel," Kurt pointed out, looking over at him. "I can read it upon your face, whats wrong?"

Elrohir yawned. "This is boring," he said, sitting in the captains chair since Kurt wasn't around to tell him to get out of it.

"Well tough, Kurt told us to stay here so here we stay," Zathar told him, truth was that he was just as bored but he wasn't going to show that.

Elrohir pouted. "We should have gone with them instead of that nutcase, Eamonn," he replied.

"Ever had the feeling someone is watching us?" I asked Kurt.

Kurt nodded. "I'm getting that feeling," he replied.

"Shoo, shoo." Taylor brushed off a rat from another book.

"That's odd. I've seen that rat before..." I said. One rat looks the same as another, but this one I've seen when we were entering the cave.

"Next time just stomp on the little fucker," Kurt told them. "Rats are full nasty diseases and stuff."

"No, it's not that." I shook my head. I had a suspicion that I knew exactly who this particular rat is. But I needed to catch him, first. "It's something else...Ryujin?"

"My pleasure."

The rat suddenly had a cat-sized dragon on its tail and it ran for its life, speeding towards a hole in the wall. The hole was covered in flame, and the rat dodged swiftly. Too swiftly. It tried to escape out of the cave and dove into another hole. Ryujin was too large to follow, as being the size of a cat was his smallest size. The rat ran through a network of tunnels and came out into sunlight, where it fled into the forest.

"Ryujin?"

"Nope." The dragon shook his head.

"Right. Find that rat. Bring him back to us." I ordered. The dragon complied by flying out the cave and went hunting for it. "As for the rest of us, we'd better get to Dozmary Pool...and fast."

"What we really need is a car," Kurt pointed out. "That'll really cut the time out, no waiting."

He then looked towards the cliff as Eamonn jumped up and disappeared over the top. Kurt quickly grabbed Quatre and teleported to the top.

"Would you prefer a flying car?" I smirked as the ninjas, my brothers and I chose to jump up the cliff as well.

"Well it would be much better then the crappy cars I've seen around here," Kurt remarked. "Way too low tech."

"Well it would be much better then the crappy cars I've seen around here," Kurt remarked. "Way too low tech."
"Can't be much worse than going all the way back to when one would ride steeds." I grinned. "Horse or otherwise. In fact, I think I recall hearing stories about Yoda riding one himself."

"Nothing wrong with riding a horse," Kurt remarked with a grin.

Eamonn glared at Daniel, "Coming from someone who rides a dragon," he scowled.

"Nothing wrong with riding a horse," Kurt remarked with a grin.

Eamonn glared at Daniel, "Coming from someone who rides a dragon," he scowled.
I smiled and shrugged. "Nothing wrong with riding Ryujin."

The others tend not to like my riding Ryujin, and I have long since stopped caring what they think of me when I ride him. I AM a dragonrider, and there's nothing I would rather change about it.

"Only because he doesn't know any better," Eamonn replied, folding his arms.

Kurt groaned and pondered how they would be getting to Dozmary Pool.

"Hey, I trust him with my life. That's all that matters." I replied.

"And I'd trust him with mine." Ryujin replied, as he dropped a rat in my hands.

He squirmed and wriggled to try and escape, but I held him fast. I made to check him out. Seems pretty old, for a rat. There appears to be a missing finger on one of the paws. and one last thing? I could sense magic from this rat. My suspicions was confirmed. So, you survived...Peter.

I wondered how to reveal him without a wand. I haven't used my old wand in years and placed it within Rocky should I ever have the urge to use it again...

Eamonn scowled at him. "I wouldn't trust that Sith in training if I was you," he remarked.

"Eamonn," Kurt snapped. "This is not the time or place for that."

Eamonn scowled at him. "I wouldn't trust that Sith in training if I was you," he remarked.

"Eamonn," Kurt snapped. "This is not the time or place for that."
"You're speaking to the wrong person if you still think I'm a Sith, Eamonn." I shot back coolly. "I suggest you meet my sister sometime."

As for the rat in my hands, I would have to wait until Harry and the others arrive. For now, I'll have to put him somewhere...I shrugged and fried the rat to unconsciousness and let Jacob make a cage for him.

"Being a Jedi is the first step to being a Sith, but you've already been down that path, only a matter of time before you go down it again," Eamonn scowled at him. "Mark my words, when you do, I'll kill you."

"Eamonn, I mean it!" Kurt then yelled at him.

"Being a Jedi is the first step to being a Sith, but you've already been down that path, only a matter of time before you go down it again," Eamonn scowled at him. "Mark my words, when you do, I'll kill you."

"Eamonn, I mean it!" Kurt then yelled at him.
"You really think I'd turn again, huh?" I smiled coldly, almost as if my own dark side was showing right then and there. "Of course there is the potential for me to fall. The proverbal little demon on my shoulder whispers lies and deceits in my ears, promising gold and glory if I just...fall. I know it and I fight the temptation of darkness every day of my life."

"Wow, that's tough." Taylor said.

"Yeah, doesn't sound good." Jacob agreed.

"You don't know the half of it, brothers." I replied. "I pray you never have to use the Dark Side. I really do."

But I know they, even Jacob, will. It is the fate and the curse of the Masaki family to touch darkness at least once in their lifetime...

"Hmph, choose to use that force crap and you're choosing to go to the darkside," Eamonn replied.

"Hmph, choose to use that force crap and you're choosing to go to the darkside," Eamonn replied.
I shrugged. "It's a matter of choice Eamonn. One can still go to the Dark Side with ninjutsu or even just being normal, you know. All it takes is to let fear, anger, despair, hatred and related emotions rule you and you're well on your way to darkness."

Sasuke knows that all too well. He trained under the S-level criminal Orochimaru to slay his brother Itachi, another S-level criminal. It took Naruto and Sakura, among other shinobi to pull him back from the Dark Side, and they almost failed too.

Besides, if you try to kill me, you will fail. I promised silently.

Eamonn walked off. "Believe what you want but what you believe is bullshit," he said.

Kurt sighed. "I am going to have to smack your heads together before too long," he warned them.

I just sighed and shook my head. "So where's the pool?"

"At some place called Bodmin Moor," Kurt told him, he was already heading off after Eamonn. "We need transport right now."

Hmm. I reached into my tourist information booklet. Bodmin Moor...it is a granite moorland that lies in northeastern Cornwall and has a small town named Bolventor near it. There is reference to some Beast of Bodmin, a large panther-like creature that seems to be preying on livestock recently. There is much speculation as to whether it was a real big cat or just the object of men's imaginations. Another mystery to solve while we get to Excalibur.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/The_Cheesewring_2.jpg

I have a picture of Bodmin Moor. Hopefully this one would be accurate...

"So we get the bus again?" Quatre asked.

"Would you mind another teleport?" I asked. "I think this picture is accurate this time."

I could 'port Naruto and Sasuke, since they don't teleport far. Taylor can do Kurt and Quatre. That leave Jacob and Eamonn.

"Sounds good to me," Kurt nodded. "Much quicker too."

Eamonn scowled.

So we placed our hands on their respective shoulders and teleported...

...to Bodmin Moor. Exactly as the picture says this time.

"Well, here we are. I can sense strong magic here." I smirked.

OOC:
Your show until I return!

Eamonn scowled once they'd arrived at their destination. He didn't like to be touched by anyone he disliked, especially by those he felt couldn't be trusted, like a Jedi for instance.

The air was very foggy, they couldn't see too far ahead. Just typical for Bodmin Moor. Even with his dragon vision, Kurt couldn't see far and that worried him as he leaned against a sign post.

"It will be difficult to find our way through this," the prince said. "We don't know which direction Dozmary Pool is."

"Umm Kurt, easier said then done," Quatre said, pointing up at the sign.

Kurt looked up and saw the sign read "Dozmary Pool".

"Oh," he said, but he couldn't see any sign of water.

The fog cleared somewhat, revealing a a small lake.

“This is it,” Kurt said.

Soft voices began to sing as a white light appeared over the surface of the lake. Kurt and the others watched with interest as the faint outline of a woman was seen. She drifted over the lake towards them. Kurt felt a shiver go up his spine.

“Nimue?” he said without realising it.

“Yes,” came the reply. “I know why you are here but Excalibur resides with me no longer child, he you wish to seek is Þunor. He shall tell you where you shall find Excalibur.”

Kurt groaned. “And where do I find this Þunor guy?” he asked.

Nimue faded away. “You shall seek him at the end of the rainbow,”

“Crap,” the prince muttered.

"Well, like you said Quatre, easier said than done." I smiled. "I knew it couldn't be that easy...especially when a powerful witch is around."

Then I felt a disturbance in the Force. Bright auras approach from the air. I grinned. It appears that the wizards have arrived exactly where and when we need them. On Firebolts, no less.

"Don't look now, but our allies in the search approach." I notified the others, still smiling. Ryujin flew back to perch on my head.

"Right," Kurt sighed. "Now we just have find 'the end of the rainbow'. Which is fucking annoying because that could mean anything."

"Right," Kurt sighed. "Now we just have find 'the end of the rainbow'. Which is fucking annoying because that could mean anything."
"Is there a waterfall nearby?" I asked as the wizards circled and the twins waved them down.

Harry has grown alot since I last saw him. He's no longer a gangly 16 year old but a strong 22 year old, powerful in the light side. Last I know of him, he was training as an auror, playing the same role as a Jedi in the defense against the dark side. I guess he's now an Auror along with his friend Ron. Hermione's taken a job as a Transfiguration assistant professor, but right now it's summer so she's free. With them are the Weasley twins, to the mischevious grins of the Masaki twins. Oh no...what have I unleashed? The Prank Side of the Force approaches!

I shook hands with the wizard. "Hedwig's as fast as ever, I notice."

Harry smiled. "She's been faithful for as long as I remember. So this is Ryujin."

"Hi." Ryujin smiled a dracon smile. Harry raised an eyebrow. I nodded confirmation of the unsaid question. Yes, he's very sentient.

"Let me introduce you to the others..." I smiled.

"Umm, don't know," Kurt said of the waterfall. "I'm Kurt, this is Quatre and the brooding, sunglasses wearing kid over there is Eamonn."

"Eamonn's changed alot." Ron commented.

"Yeah." I said. "You don't know the half of it...oh yeah, that reminds me. Jacob!"

Jacob produced the cage with the rat in it. "We caught this rat snooping around while we're trying to find Excalibur."

"Hang on...that's..." Ron recognized 'Scabbers' right away.

"We've been looking for him ever since Voldemort died." Harry said, pulling the rat out, but dropped him. "Let see..."

Harry pulled out his wand and muttered a spell. The rat squeaked and ran, trying to escape the spell. It caught him and he turned into a person.

"My thoughts exactly." I smirked. "Peter Pettigrew, it appears that we've caught you at last!"

The sorry looking man just looked fearfully at all of us, saying nothing.

"Who do you serve now?" Harry interrogated, getting nothing as well.

Eamonn folded his arms, saying nothing. He was thinking of something else and the book in his backpack was saying something to him again. Someone complaining about being couped up in a book. He had to ignore it however.

Kurt and Quatre silently waited to see what the rats reply was, if he did reply.

When I decided to just pull a mind trick on Wormtail, a bolt of deadly green energy suddenly aimed for me, forcing me to deflect it with my lightsaber. More green as well as red explosive energy bolts rained down upon us as dark wizards (I recognized former Slytherins) began an aerial assault against us. We dove to the ground and began to retaliate with lightning, fire, reibolts, and Stupefy, not to mention flying shuriken.

"M-master...you came to rescue me!" Wormtail chose to use the distraction to turn himself into a rat again and be picked up by Goyle. Ryujin blasted fire at the wizard but missed and burned up an older wizard instead.

"Masaki, I can't believe you're still hanging out with Potty, Weasel and the Mudblood!" Cackled a smooth voice from the air. Draco Malfoy deflected or dodged Stupefies from the threesome.

"I can't believe you're still the biggest asshole this side of the galaxy, Malfoy!" I shot back.

"You'll regret that!" Draco growled angrily. "Avada Kedavra!"

I dodged to the side and fired off a blast of lightning from my fingers. "Thunderbolt!"

Malfoy dodged that but caught a Boils Curse from Harry and snarled, casting Reducto to blast us in order to escape. As we dueled Malfoy, I wondered how the others were doing...

Kurt brought out his lightsaber and ignited it. Quatre also brought out one, this one had a yellow blade. Together they fought off some of the dark wizards that were charging at them.

Eamonn took a step back, placing his arm in the remaining strap of his backpack and held his hands outstretched. Chakra appeared from his palms, forming perfect katana's. "Twin chakra katana's," he quietly said.

He ran up to the dark wizards and leapt into the air. He became a twirling blur and piledrived into a group of dark wizards, cutting them up.

Kurt brought out his lightsaber and ignited it. Quatre also brought out one, this one had a yellow blade. Together they fought off some of the dark wizards that were charging at them.

Eamonn took a step back, placing his arm in the remaining strap of his backpack and held his hands outstretched. Chakra appeared from his palms, forming perfect katana's. "Twin chakra katana's," he quietly said.

He ran up to the dark wizards and leapt into the air. He became a twirling blur and piledrived into a group of dark wizards, cutting them up.
Several dark wizards were killed in the short but intense duel.

Taylor and Jacob fought off some seventh year Slytherins, blocking spell after spell and then finishing them off with well-placed fireballs and reibolts.

Soon enough, Malfoy signaled the retreat and the wizards who survived apparated or flew away.

"Damn, he got away, but at least we know what we're up against now." I said, resheathing my lightsaber.

"Yeah, at least he didn't have some ninjas with him." Naruto said, picking up shuriken from the dead wizards he's killed.

Sasuke was intruged with the chakra katanas and used his Sharingan to copy them for further dissection later on. (Unless it's a bloodline, then you can disregard it)

Eamonn dusted himself off, but he was still covered in blood from the dark wizards he had killed. He looked towards Sasuke and smirked, "Takes more then Sharingan to learn that," he said. The chakra katana's were now gone.

"Now we have more problems we didn't need," Kurt sighed.

"Yeah." I agreed. "Now, let's return to what we need to find. Something about a guy being behind a rainbow, right?"

"Find some guy called Þunor at the end of the rainbow," Kurt sighed. "I don't see any rainbows around here, it's that abstract speaking bollocks again."

"It could be a metaphor." Harry suggested. "Or it could be more magic."

"Well she did come from a out of a lake," Kurt remembered. "So I'd say it would be magic, I just hope we don't have to wonder around looking for any rainbows."

"Ordinary rainbows you never reach anyway," Quatre pointed out. "Only magical ones, like the one to rainbow bridge."

"Magical rainbows...Where are we going to find one?" Taylor asked.

"I don't know. It has to be an area of high magic, for starters..." I said.

"There's lots of high-magic areas around here. Which one would be the right one?" Jacob asked.

"Theres usually one up near Hogsmead," Hermione said. "I've seen it almost everytime we've been there."

Kurt raised his eyes, he remembered Hogsmeade from the Norns illusions. He wondered how different it would be in real life. "Then we should go there," he said.

"Then we'll have to go there. Preferably by teleportation." I said.

"Uh, we don't have an image of Hogsmeade..." Taylor pointed out.

"Not a problem. Be right back, guys." I smiled. I showed why by grabbing them by the shoulders, concentrating, and...*crack!* we're there! "There. Now memorize the area..."

Once they got a good look, we teleported back to Bodin Moor. "Ok guys, let's go!"

Once again, my passengers were Naruto and Sasuke; Taylor's was Kurt and Quatre and Jacob grabbed Eamonn. Half a dozen *cracks* later, we're all at Hogsmeade.

"Ahh, brings back memories, isn't that right, dear brother?" Fred asked.

"Indeed. I still can recall all the secret passageways." George answered.

"Wonder if Filch is still around..." Fred mused.

"Oh, he is." Hermione replied curtly. "The rainbow is to the west."

Eamonn scowled again.

"Well lead the way then," Kurt said.

Hermione led quite a motley group to the Rainbow. Four Jedi, a telepath, a dragon, three shinobi and five wizards make up this rather large squad. I smiled. Sounds like the beginning of a joke...

Through the rainbow they found a bridge that had what looked to be cloud underneath it. Once on the bridge, the rainbow disappeared behind them and they were faced with a large castle like building.

"Sod this, I'm taking my secondary natural form," Kuret said, turning off the belt. He was in elven form once more. "So... we just head inside?"

The wizards weren't all that surprised at Kurt being an elf. They've seen weirder things...like Cornish pixies.

"Yeah, let's head in." I said. We started for the castle itself.

THe group walked up to the front door of the castle, huge oak doors stood in front of them.

"This feels familiar," Kurt muttered.

Slowly he walked up to the doors and was about to open them when a voice bellowed out.

"What is your business here?" it demanded.

"I seek the one known as Þunor," the prince replied.

"Þunor? I have not heard that name spoken in an age," came the reply. "You may enter."

The heavy oak doors slowly creaked open and the group was faced with a long dark corridor.

Huh, so this is the castle of Þunor. The group entered and the oak doors closed by themselves.

A large bearded man walked towards the group. Kurt instantly recognised him and his jaw hit the floor.

"Thor!" he yelled.

"Kurt? What in my fathers name are you doing calling me by my Þunor name?" came the Gods reply.

Kurt didn't know whether he should be shocked that Thor and Þunor were the same, or angry that Thor knew where Excalibur was. "Fuck," he cursed. "Nimue, the lady of the lake told us to speak with you but she called you Þunor."

"My Anglo-Saxon name," Thor explained. "But my would she send you to me?"

"Thor? As in the Viking god Thor?" Ron asked.

I had to smile as I folded my arms in mirth. "Yup, one and the same. He also happens to be the #1 biggest alcohol guzzler I know."

"Oh."

"Mighty Thor can drink even the most hardened of drinkers under the table," Thor said proudly, thumping his chest with a fist.

"So, you have Excalibur then?" Kurt asked.

Thor raised an eyebrow. "No, not anymore," he said.

Kurts eyes widened in horror, "Shit!" he yelled out at the top of his lungs.

Those of us who aren't wizards face-faulted.

"Excalibur is such an elusive sword..." I groaned.

"I hope third time is the charm." Taylor added.

"It was stolen from me many moons ago by one who called himself Orochimaru," Thor explained.

Eamonn seemed to twitch.

Kurt sighed and shook his head. "Now we have to find out who ever this guy is," he groaned. "How troublesome."

"I hope third time is the charm." Taylor added.

"Yeah, but where do we start?" Quatre asked.

Naruto and Sasuke twitched as well, so did I and my brothers.

All together now... "Orochimaru?!"

"Who's he?" Harry asked.

"Short version: Voldemort if he was a ninja master." Sasuke growled, unconsciously activating his Sharingan. "So, he still remains."

"Bloody hell. As if one snake wasn't bad enough..." Ron slapped his forehead.

"We have another one on the loose." Harry frowned.

"We're not going to find him on earth are we?" Kurt then asked the two ninja's

"We're not going to find him on earth are we?" Kurt then asked the two ninja's
"Well, actually..." Naruto started. "We did track him down to somewhere on this planet."

"That'll shave a few days off then," Kurt said, sighing with relief.

As the others talked, I mused. Orochimaru...for a long time he laid low, probably gathering power and influence. I wouldn't put it past him to have the Malfoys and their followers in his pocket as well.

"So now we have to find him on Earth." I said. "We have 130 countries to search, but we can narrow it down to major ones. Asia, Europe and the Americas are our best bet."

"We start back at Merlins cave," Kurt suggested. "After all that is where we bumped into those two."

"Perhaps." I nodded.

"Then I'm coming with you, you need the will of the Gods on your side," Thor then announced.

"Fine," Kurt sighed. Just what he needed, his Godbrother tagging along.

"Always glad to have another Thunderbolt user on our side." I smiled. "Now, let's go back to Merlin's Cave and start from there."

Thor nodded and swung his hammer over his shoulder. "Rainbow Bridge will lead us right there," he said before using his free hand to poke Daniel in the ribs. "You still need more meat on you."

With that he headed for the oak doors. Kurt turned to Daniel and laughed.

"I like myself skinny, thank you very much." I answered as I got chuckles from the others. We then began travelling on the Rainbow Bridge.

"Makes a difference from him telling me I'm too skinny," Kurt told him as they walked through the rainbow and found themselves back at the foot of the cliffs near Merlins cave. He looked around and nodded. "At least no one has taken a wrong turn."

Thor walked over to the cave. "Definitely smells like Merlin," he said. "Thor smells his insanity."

"Well, let's see...where do we go from here?" I asked.

"Where were you two planning on going from here?" Kurt asked the two ninja's. "Before we ran into you."

"We were thinking about heading east to find further clues about the Snake-sannin. The United Kingdom is full of powerful magic that he would likely try to harness." Sasuke replied.

"Right, anywhere in particular?" Kurt asked.

Thor rubbed his hands together. "If it's magic he wants then Thor knows that we should head to Glastonbury," he told them.

I nodded. "All right. Thor? Lead the way, please."

Thor nodded and held his hammer outstretched, pointing in the direction of Glastonbury. In a flash their surroundings changed to that of a field. As Kurt turned the belt on, they could hear loud music and people cheering in the air.

"That time of year again," Thor remarked.

"What's going on today?" I asked.

"Glastonbury festival," Thor explained. "Bands come to play over three days, day and most of the night."

Kurt sighed. "And we're only here to look for some bastard who took Excalibur," he scowled.

I took a look around. This would be a good target for the Snake-sannin if there was something powerfully magic around here. "So what's the powerful magic that's here?"

"Well theres Glastonbury Abbey, but thats full of strange folk who don't talk," Thor said. "Theres also Glastonbury Tor and the Isle of Avalon."

"Well theres Glastonbury Abbey, but thats full of strange folk who don't talk," Thor said. "Theres also Glastonbury Tor and the Isle of Avalon."
"Hmm. Why don't we split up?" Harry asked. "If Orochimaru is around, he could be in one of those places."

"Good idea." I said. Let's see...

"Right, The ninja's and the wizards can take the abbey and the rest of us will take Avalon," Kurt suggested. "Any objections?"

"None." We began to split up, and Naruto, Sasuke, the Golden Trio and the Weasley Twins headed to the abbey while the rest of us aimed for the Isle of Avalon.

Eamonn scowled as Kurt pulled him with them.

"Actually," Kurt began. "Thor, you'd better go with them and better take Eamonn with you."

Thor nodded and grabbed Eamonn by the arm and pulled him along. They went to catch up with the others.

Kurt looked over at Daniel and the twins. "He'll be fine with Thor," he assured them.

I nodded. A God should be able to deal with Eamonn. "Alright, let's go."

"So... which way to Avalon," Kurt pondered. He looked at Quatre.

"I think it'll be near Glastonbury Tor, there will be a sign showing the way so we'll need to head to a road," he explained and they began to walk off.

---

The others had already arrived at Glastonbury Abbey.

"Hmph, ruins," Eamonn remarked, folding his arms.

Glastonbury Abbey had in fact been abandoned for centuries and now all that was left was an empty ruined shell.

"How long Thor been away," the God pondered.

"So... which way to Avalon," Kurt pondered. He looked at Quatre.

"I think it'll be near Glastonbury Tor, there will be a sign showing the way so we'll need to head to a road," he explained and they began to walk off.
My brothers and I followed, ready for anything.

---

The others had already arrived at Glastonbury Abbey.

"Hmph, ruins," Eamonn remarked, folding his arms.

Glastonbury Abbey had in fact been abandoned for centuries and now all that was left was an empty ruined shell.

"How long Thor been away," the God pondered.
"Doesn't look like much." Naruto said. "You see anything right now?"

"No." Sasuke used his Sharingan to look around, but saw nothing at the moment.

They headed down to the road and looked around. No sign was seen yet.

"I think we should head that way," Kurt suggested, pointing towards where the sound of music from the festival was coming.

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Eamonn took his sunglasses off and looked around. Dark rings had formed around his eyes from the lack of sleep. "There is no longer any magic here," he said. "This place is dead."

"So, things change," Thor replied with a shrug.

They headed down to the road and looked around. No sign was seen yet.

"I think we should head that way," Kurt suggested, pointing towards where the sound of music from the festival was coming.

"Alright." I smiled. At least we can tour the festival while we're at it.
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Eamonn took his sunglasses off and looked around. Dark rings had formed around his eyes from the lack of sleep. "There is no longer any magic here," he said. "This place is dead."

"So, things change," Thor replied with a shrug.
Sasuke took note of Eamonn's eyes. Looks like the Kazekage's...

Harry agreed. "I don't sense magic around here either. So I guess it's the Isle, eh?"

"Well, there has to be a reason if they're holding a musical festival at Glastonbury right," Kurt stated, looking at the others.

"It makes a good place to start," Quatre agreed.

Further down the road, they found that the festival was surrounded by a rather large fench that for normal people would be hard to climb over.

---

"Time to crash the festival then," Thor said holding up his mighty hammer.

In a flash they were within the perimiter fence. Eamonn had already put his sunglasses back on and was quietly looking around.

"Well, there has to be a reason if they're holding a musical festival at Glastonbury right," Kurt stated, looking at the others.

"It makes a good place to start," Quatre agreed.

Further down the road, they found that the festival was surrounded by a rather large fench that for normal people would be hard to climb over.
"Hmm." Watching carefully so that I don't see anyone nearby, the twins and I jumped the fence and dropped down to the other side.

---

"Time to crash the festival then," Thor said holding up his mighty hammer.

In a flash they were within the perimiter fence. Eamonn had already put his sunglasses back on and was quietly looking around.
"Hey guys! Find anything?" Taylor asked when they arrived.

Ron shook his head. "Empty."

"Seems like the Isle would be our choice, then." Jacob replied.

Kurt teleported Quatre and himself inside.

"So what happened at the abbey?" the prince asked.

"Dead, the abbey is dead," Eamonn scowled.

Kurt sighed, "So now we have to wonder around here looking for a lake with an island in the middle I guess," he mentioned and then closed his eyes. "Shit, it's the lake on the Norns planet all over again."

"Don't mention that, please." I groaned. I only hope it won't be that weird...

Kurt smirked to himself. "Well Avalon is the place Excalibur was forged, it couldn't be that weird there."

"The place of it's forging? Hmm...interesting." I said.

"Therefore it makes sense for the bastard who stole it to come here," Kurt then said.

Walking down a hill they could see one of the stages with a huge crowd in front while a band was playing on stage.

"Right, now we have to be a little more careful, too many witnesses around," Quatre then pointed out.

"Therefore it makes sense for the bastard who stole it to come here," Kurt then said.

Walking down a hill they could see one of the stages with a huge crowd in front while a band was playing on stage.

"Right, now we have to be a little more careful, too many witnesses around," Quatre then pointed out.
"That means no mischief." I warned the twins, who managed a couple nods.

Like they'll behave, Kurt thought to himself and looked towards Thor. "I just hope they think you're in costume or something," he told him.

Thor raised an eyebrow.

"More to the point," Quatre began. "Where do we find Avalon?"

"Umm around here somewhere, Thor not been here for centuries," the God replied.

"Useless," Kurt sighed.

Like they'll behave, Kurt thought to himself and looked towards Thor. "I just hope they think you're in costume or something," he told him.

Thor raised an eyebrow.

"More to the point," Quatre began. "Where do we find Avalon?"

"Umm around here somewhere, Thor not been here for centuries," the God replied.

"Useless," Kurt sighed.
"I guess we just reach out and sense the strongest concentration of magic." Jacob said and began following his own advice.

I closed my eyes and began to stretch my feelings. I sense the crowd around me, the cotton candy in that kid's hand, Kurt's tail, Thor's Hammer, and reached out farther, seeking out strong magic.

"There," Kurt said, pointing to an odd looking mist that was gathered atop a hill opposite them. "Looks a bit suspicious doesn't it?"

"There," Kurt said, pointing to an odd looking mist that was gathered atop a hill opposite them. "Looks a bit suspicious doesn't it?"
"Yeah." Harry agreed. "I sense strong magic there."

"So do I. Third time's the charm it seems." I smirked. "Let's check it out."

Kurt looked down at the centre of the festival. Too many people, he thought to himself. He then looked towards where the mist was, no people there and here no one was taking any notice of them.

"Ok Thor, do your stuff," the prince then said.

Thor nodded, he held up his mighty hammer and pointed it in the direction of the misty hill. In a flash they were there, mist swirling around them, making it hard to see.

I attempted to push aside the mist with telekinesis, to see what's there.

The mist didn't shift, magic was holding it in place. Eamonn lowered his sunglasses to use his sharingan.

"Magic is all around us, it is the mist," he told the others.

"So which way?" Kurt asked. "Can't see much."

The mist didn't shift, magic was holding it in place. Eamonn lowered his sunglasses to use his sharingan.

"Magic is all around us, it is the mist," he told the others.

"So which way?" Kurt asked. "Can't see much."
Harry pulled out his wand, and said "Point me."

The wand pointed north.

"Ok, so that's north." Harry said. "Let's stay close together, then."

"Right, we can only see each other up close," Kurt said.

As they began walking, a female voice singing filled the air.

"Hey, I hear singing." Ron said.

"Yeah, me too." Naruto added.

"That'll be the voices of Avalon," Thor explained.

Kurt took another step and found no ground. He fell face first into water with a large splash.

Naruto didn't watch and fell in as well. The rest of us went into chuckles.

"Looks like we found a lake." I said, snickering.

"Fuck!" Kurt swore loudly. "Now my fur's wet."

He stood up, waist deep in the lake. The singing had grown louder as Quatre helped the prince out.

"So now we need to find the Ilse of Avalon," the blond then said.

I helped Naruto up, as he grumbled about how wet his jumpsuit is now.

"I'd say it's in the middle of this lake." I said. "Now, how to cross it...without needing to get wet, of course."

"And I doubt theres a boat," Kurt sighed. "Could teleport but I can't see where I'd be teleporting to. Worse case scenario is that I wake up on the Norns planet."

"Yeah, for me it's worse. Blind 'porting could take me anywhere on the planet, even in space." I groused. "Extra concentration is key here."

Eamonn said nothing and moved forward, stepping onto the water.

"It's alright if you can do that," Kurt remarked as Eamonn began to cross the lake, walking on water.

Eamonn said nothing and moved forward, stepping onto the water.

"It's alright if you can do that," Kurt remarked as Eamonn began to cross the lake, walking on water.
I twitched. How the hell did we forget that?! "Ok, that we can do."

"We can use our brooms, then." Hermione said, whipping out her broom. The other wizards did so as well, as my brothers, Naruto, Sasuke and I poured just the right amount of chakra to be able to walk on water. That left just Kurt and Quatre.

A chariot pulled by two goats arrived in front of them. Thor climbed aboard and nodded at Kurt and Quatre. The climbed aboard and the goats set out across the lake. They were easily fastest and were first to the island, in the centre of the lake. There they waited for the others. Eamonn was still walking across the lake, ignoring everyone else.

A chariot pulled by two goats arrived in front of them. Thor climbed aboard and nodded at Kurt and Quatre. The climbed aboard and the goats set out across the lake. They were easily fastest and were first to the island, in the centre of the lake. There they waited for the others. Eamonn was still walking across the lake, ignoring everyone else.
The wizards arrived after the goat chariot and put away their brooms, then they were followed up by a racing pair of twins and yellow haired boy. Sasuke and I rolled our eyes and ran after them and soon enough, we're all on the isle itself.

"Well now we're here, I can safely say this isn't the same island as the one we went to on the Norns planet," Kurt smirked.

The goat pulled chariot flew away.

"So how do we look for whatever we look for?" Quatre wondered.

"Well, I suppose there could be a signal or something..." Naruto suggested.

Kurt looked around as the mist began to clear. All around them was a lush island, with greenery as if it had never been touched the mankind.

"Problem is, knowing what the signal is," the prince replied.

Kurt looked around as the mist began to clear. All around them was a lush island, with greenery as if it had never been touched the mankind.

"Problem is, knowing what the signal is," the prince replied.
I didn't answer, but immediately jumped up a tree to the highest branches to take a look around.

The rest of the island was the same. No sign of anywhere a sword could have been forged.

"Are you sure Excalibur was forged here?" Kurt questioned the God.

"Positive," Thor replied.

I jumped back down to the ground. "Is there a hole or cave around here that could be the forging site?"

"Could be, Thor only been here once before," Thor admitted.

"We just need the sword stealing bastard rather then the forging site," Kurt pointed out.

"Could be, Thor only been here once before," Thor admitted.

"We just need the sword stealing bastard rather then the forging site," Kurt pointed out.
"Yeah, but he could be anywhere." I said. "We'll have to track him down, somehow."

Kurt put his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky as the sun broke through. "Well if the lure of the power here is strong enough he'll come here to take it," he then said.

Kurt put his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky as the sun broke through. "Well if the lure of the power here is strong enough he'll come here to take it," he then said.
"It should be." Sasuke said. "He seeks, among other things, immortality to learn all there is to learn of jutsus and other skills. As power-hungry as one could get."

"Seeks immortality?" Kurt sighed. "Sounds just like my grandfather."

"Or Voldemort." Harry frowned, remembering the other snake-lord.

"Or Palpatine." I added. "Evil fears death so they try to stave it off as long as possible."

"Even good fears death," Quatre pointed out. "Though good seeks it by other means."

"Even good fears death," Quatre pointed out. "Though good seeks it by other means."
"Indeed, but you know what? It's not important to dwell on death because death is natural. What is important is how you live." I said.

"Agreed," Kurt nodded.

Eamonn just glared at them.

"Agreed," Kurt nodded.

Eamonn just glared at them.
I ignored him. "So what now?"

"We try and get him here sooner rather then later," Kurt replied. "We have to catch him since unless he comes here he won't come to us."

"Hmm. We'll need to find him, but to do that we need good clues as to his whereabouts." I said.

Kurt looked towards Naruto and Sasuke. "So what clues did you have that brought you to Merlins cave?" he asked them.

Kurt looked towards Naruto and Sasuke. "So what clues did you have that brought you to Merlins cave?" he asked them.
"Well, for one thing, we've interrogated followers and found out that he attempting to find and use ancient source of magic for his own ends. We didn't find him there, but we did find you." Naruto smiled.

"Destiny, the Norns led us here," Kurt said, he looked around once more. "Damn them."

Avalon is home to the most powerful of magic in all England," Thor explained.

"Destiny, the Norns led us here," Kurt said, he looked around once more. "Damn them."

Avalon is home to the most powerful of magic in all England," Thor explained.
"So either he or his Sound Nins would be here. I suggest we set up camp and wait them out." I said.

Kurt sighed, it could take a while. "Sure," he said. "Knew I should have packed some tents."

Kurt sighed, it could take a while. "Sure," he said. "Knew I should have packed some tents."
"No problem." Harry smiled, and he and Hermione weaved a couple of tents that appeared out of nowhere. In them were sleeping bags. I had enough MREs to last a couple days, then we'd have to start foraging.

"Harry, you're a lifesaver!" I chuckled. "Well, there's that cleared."

"Yep, now we just need a campfire, shame Finrod isn't here, we'd have a huge one on our hands," Kurt joked.

"Yep, now we just need a campfire, shame Finrod isn't here, we'd have a huge one on our hands," Kurt joked.
"You called?" Taylor asked, showing off a fireball. Sasuke smirked. I trained him well in fire jutsus...

"Small fireball there," Kurt smirked.

Thor swung his hammer over his shoulder and looked around, he decided to keep watch.

"But enough for our needs." Taylor made a fire ring and pour kindling around it, then ignited the fire, while me, Jacob, and Ryujin went to get wood every so often.

"What if he doesn't come?" Quatre asked.

"He'll come," Eamonn told them.

"How do you know?" Naruto asked.

Eamonn glared at Naruto, "They always do," he replied.

Sasuke just decided to head to bed while we came back with the sticks. Large sticks, small sticks, fat sticks, thin sticks.

Eamonn folded his arms and leaned against a tree, silently watching the others.

"Man a music festival nearby and I'm stuck here," Kurt sighed.

Quatre put his arm around the prince and placed his head on his shoulder.

Soon, we faded into sleep in the tents, each two of us taking watches through the night...

Eamonn of course didn't sleep, but neither did Thor. The two just kept watch out for Orochimaru. Whenever Thor would try talking to him, Eamonn would just look away. Eventually Thor just gave up.

In Avalon, the sun never set.

As we slept the night away, Sasuke was feeling the effects of his curse scar, getting more painful with each passing moment. In that instant, he had sympathy for Harry, who had a similar scar that helped to detect dark siders nearby, at the cost of pain. But Sasuke refused to let the scar control him and just tried to sleep.

They had been there for hours and so far everything seemed peaceful. Eamonn was growing bored, he didn't feel like doing any practicing. Especially not with Sasuke in the area, he'd rather not give any secrets away to him unless he needed to use his prefered moves. Instead he retrieve the book from his back pack and began reading it. Some sand seemed to have been in the binding and a little trickled out.

Unable to get much more than an hour's sleep, Sasuke went outside do some practice.

Eamonn lowered his sunglasses to watch what Sasuke was doing.

Thor spied the dark rings around his eyes. "You really should sleep," he suggested.

Eamonn didn't reply and the God sighed. It didn't seem as if trouble was going to show up any time soon.

Sasuke just worked on taijutsu for a little while until even he got tired enough to overcome his curse scar and went back to sleep.

Kurt woke up and got out of the tent. He stood up and yawned while stretching. "Anything yet Thor?" he ask.

The God just shook his head. "No, all is quiet," Thor replied.

Ryujin woke up next to hunt, followed by me. "Nothing yet, huh?"

"Nope," Kurt sighed. "Is this Orachimimimomorroro bastard even smart enough to know how to get here?"

"Or smart enough to stay away." I smiled. "But eventually, the siren song of magic will sing loud enough..."

At that very moment the sound of the female voice singing was heard again, just as it had before.

"Might be a sign," Kurt pondered.

"Sweet voice." Taylor commented. "I wonder who she is..."

"Taylor!" Jacob laughed. "You're in love!"

"What--I--no--urrr--" The braided boy sputtered in embarrassment as we laughed. "What about you and Destiny, huh?"

It was Jacob's turn to burn. "She's just a friend!"

"Riiight, and I'm just the King of England." Taylor rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"There isn't A King of England, just a Queen," Kurt pointed out with a wicked grin. "So that'll make you a Queen and a crossdresser."

"There isn't A King of England, just a Queen," Kurt pointed out with a wicked grin. "So that'll make you a Queen and a crossdresser."
Vein popping, Taylor pounced on the elf, intending on giving him the deep chill...

Kurt teleported out of the way and reappeared right behind him, laughing.

Taylor stopped only because I rolled my eyes and made him hang in midair with the Force. "Put me down, baka!"

"Not until you give up." I teased him.

"You--" He managed to teleport out of my grip and I mock-yawned and teleported as well. The next time we reappeared, I had him in a headlock and rubbed my knuckles into his skull in a noogie.

"Owowowowowowowow! Ok, ok, I give up!" Taylor yelped and I concluded the little fight by letting him go.

"Oh sure, break up the fun before he gets his hair singed," Kurt laughed.

Quatre crawled out from the tent and yawned. "I hope you're not causing trouble again Kurt," he said, rubbing his eyes. His usually tidy blond hair was a complete mess.

"It's just Taylor." I smirked. "Ah, here comes breakfast."

Ryujin arrived with some dead rabbits in his claws and put them down near a fire Taylor's building.

"Oh good, I'm starved," Kurt announced.

"Glutton," Quatre smirked, elbowing the prince in the ribs.

"Oww," Kurt complained.

We ate the rabbits and stood watch for the snake-sennin once more.

Kurt looked at his watch to see what time it us, it was only then that he found that it wasn't working. "Shit," he swore.

"High magic environment messes up electronics." Harry smiled. "I recommend an analog watch. It's 10:30 am."

"Bloody magic," Kurt scowled, folding his arms. "The sooner he gets here then the sooner we can kick the wankers arse."

He would get his wish soon...

For a large serpent is sliding towards the group. It's fangs fill with poison. It's tongue searches the air and tastes the human flesh it would feed on. It is a summoned snake, swift as a whip, and it is about to kill...

Eamonn sensed the snake and smirked. "Seems we have company," he mentioned.

Eamonn sensed the snake and smirked. "Seems we have company," he mentioned.
"Hmm? Where?" I asked. Then the snake struck, cracking like a whip. But in less than a second, it was chopped in half from my lightsaber. "Oh, an adder."

There was a greater threat, however as a dozen Chuunin and Jounin class shinobi, members of the renegade Sound nin and Leaf rivals Grass that sided with Orochimaru, attacked with the intent to assassinate...

Kurt brought out his lightsaber and activated it. Behind him, Thor brought his hammer out and got himself prepared.

"Been looking forward to this," Eamonn grinned.

Harry and co took to the air as they spotted the Dark Sennin's dark wizards and began to duel them.

Sasuke and Taylor threw fireballs to burn the enemies while Jacob used the patented reigun from his finger to pump energy blasts at the enemy. Naruto's clones worked to help us out when needed.

As for me?

"Yakusho Kabuto." I smiled as I spotted the former Leaf spy, who was once Fiona's teacher in ninjutsu. "We meet once more."

"Indeed. Shall we?" He brought out a silver lightsaber, and smirked darkly.

"Sure." We began to clash in the middle of the battle.

None of the attackers were a match for Mjollnir, Thor easily swept the wouldbe attackers aside. Kurt and Quatre thought side by side as usual, keeping watch on each others back. It was always a successful duo. Eamonn stepped out and prepared to take on the Sound Nin.

None of the attackers were a match for Mjollnir, Thor easily swept the wouldbe attackers aside. Kurt and Quatre thought side by side as usual, keeping watch on each others back. It was always a successful duo. Eamonn stepped out and prepared to take on the Sound Nin.
Right behind Eamonn appeared a pale man with long black hair and swathed in black robes like that of a Sith. "Hello, Eamonn. I have been waiting for you."

Eamonn laughed. "Funny," he said. "I'm the one who's been doing the waiting."

Kurt looked up as he fought off an attacker, he saw the pale man up with Eamonn. "Shit," he swore. "That the one we've been looking for?"

Eamonn laughed. "Funny," he said. "I'm the one who's been doing the waiting."

Kurt looked up as he fought off an attacker, he saw the pale man up with Eamonn. "Shit," he swore. "That the one we've been looking for?"
"That's Orochimaru all right." Sasuke growled.

"Ah, you remember me, Uchiha Sasuke! How flattering." Orochimaru sneered. "Tell me, how goes your scar today?"

Sasuke clasped a hand on the curse scar on his neck and focused on in to shut it down. He then smirked. "It's fine."

Orochimaru seemed amused. "But you won't be!"

He seemed to disappear, but it was all speed and attacked Sasuke, who blocked and struck back, starting a duel they never completed.

Eamonn looked over at the Sound Nin. "Just going to stand there?" he grinned. From his hand came a chakra katana.

Eamonn looked over at the Sound Nin. "Just going to stand there?" he grinned. From his hand came a chakra katana.
The nin growled and attacked the young former Sith with a red lightsaber.

Eamonn leapt out of the way and disappeared into the trees.

"Shit," Kurt swore, seeing Eamonn appear to desert the battle.

Eamonn leapt out of the way and disappeared into the trees.

"Shit," Kurt swore, seeing Eamonn appear to desert the battle.
The nin followed, eager to kill this young upstart ninja.

Meanwhile, Kabuto and I continued to duel, me slightly edging him out with superiour lightsaber skills. I didn't have an easy time of it though as I fought against a series of deadly blows. I then parried a blow, granting an opening and unleashed lightning with my other hand on him.

"Aaargh!" He yelled, and I nearly finished him off before he snarled and lept out of my swing and into a tree. "You fought well, Masaki! I give that! But you won't have my head today!"

In the meantime, Naruto joined with Sasuke against Orochimaru and even though their skills are nearly Jounin-level by now, he's still holding his own against both of them well. Leaping, striking, even using his long tongue, he evaded their blows and struck back, getting blows in return...

Eamonn bounced through the trees, trying to shake them off. They were beging to catch him however. Knowing he had no choice, he stopped. He grabbed the book from his backpack and put it on the ground, placeing his hand on it.

"Sorry it's not Orochimaru, but I need you guys," he said.

Three figures appeared behind him, each carrying something on their back. A gourd, a fan and some scrolls.

The Sound nin almost made it to Eamonn, and were already whipping death chains towards him to catch and bleed him. Then...they spotted three more people!

Recognition suddenly dawned on the Sound nin as they realized who they are: The Kazekage and his siblings! But the chains were already released to their horror...

A wall of sand grew in front of them. The chains went straight into it, though the chains tried to get through the wall, it failed and the chains got stuck.

"No matter," Gaara replied. "This will be interesting."

Eamonn smirked. He leapt up and landed on the ground behing the Sound Nin.

A wall of sand grew in front of them. The chains went straight into it, though the chains tried to get through the wall, it failed and the chains got stuck.

"No matter," Gaara replied. "This will be interesting."

Eamonn smirked. He leapt up and landed on the ground behing the Sound Nin.
One of the Sound nin tried to go through his powers and sent devastating sound waves towards the Sand nin, while the other two fought young Eamonn.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru was displeased that the two young Leaf nin were actually matching him in skills together, and decided to release his trump card...Manda! He lept out of the way of a Rasengan and made a series of hand-seals and shouted, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

All fighting stopped as a deep growl sounded throughout the air. A huge, and I mean HUGE purple snake appeared, his massive tongue sniffing the air. "Ah, Orochimaru, you summoned me. You know the price for that."

"Of course, there's your breakfast." The snake-sennin smirked and pointed at us.

"Damn it! I don't wanna get eaten by snakes again!" Naruto groused and immediately made his own hand-seals and slammed his hand to the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

He managed to summon the Toad Boss Gamabunta! Now the stakes were raised! Sasuke smiled as his friend summoned the toad. Looks like things will be interesting today...

"Don't leave me out, buddy. Let's go, Ryujin!" I yelled. In a flash of silver light, my dragon grew to his full size of 125 feet to help out Naruto.

"It's been a while, Gamabunta." Ryujin smirked as I jumped onto the back of his neck.

"Yes, it has. Looks like it's yet another battle of the titans today." The Toad boss smirked.

"Indeed." It turned into a standoff now, as a two-on-one battle loomed...