Meanwhile: At Tori no Kuni. (The real Chris)

It has been a while since this battle began. The two mythical beings were still fighting at full strength above the clouds, only their silhouettes could be seen.

It has been about 8-10 hours since the fight started. It finally feels like they were about done. I would have done something about this fight, but what can I possible do? If I can’t fly that high, then I cannot do anything about it.

I would ask Elgae or Bald to fly me up there, but that would be risking their lives, and I cannot ask that.

All of the birds living in Tori no Kuni, were now safe because of me. But they didn’t bother thanking me, as all of their focus was on the intense fight.

My blood puppet from Konoha kept contacting me, but I ignored it, I am sure that it has everything under control. However, my other blood puppet has lost contact with me for a while, hopefully it's okay.

The sound of thunder kept echoing throughout the field, as a result of the constant clashes of the two mythical beings.

And all of a sudden, the thundering echo stopped. It all seemed calm and peaceful once again.

I kept looking up, only to see the Phoenix king descending. He has blood all over him, as well as several torn feathers on his chest, and head. He looked beat, but he was fine.

I didn’t see the dragon anywhere, it disappeared all of a sudden. Did it run away? And why would it attack Tori no Kuni?

“Phoenix king! Are you alright?” (Al) said. It’s thanks to him that he is stronger, as he taught him a lot this past month, so they had developed a good bond this past month.

“I’m alright, Al. How is everybody? How many died?” (Phoenix king) asked Elgae.

Elgae had landed at Tori no Kuni, as soon as it was safe to be on it again. He wanted to help the Phoenix king with his fight, but even he is not that strong as the Phoenix king, so it will be like commiting suicide if he were to intervene in the fight.

“Luckily for us, there are only several minor casualties, and no fatal accidents have occured. It was thanks to the young human right there.” (Elgae) pointed his long feather at me.

This didn’t surprise him much, as he could have guessed that I was the one who saved most of his kind. But still, he couldn’t help but feel some gratitude towards me.

“Once again, you have my gratitude human.” (Phoenix king) said softly. His condition is almost making him puke blood just by talking alone. It was his will power that he is still standing on his feet.

“Stand still, Phoenix king, I can’t have you dying when you owe me.” (Chris)

And with just a light touch, he was healed instantly. He didn’t expect me to know such a great healing ability, so he was shocked. The last time he saw me heal myself at the tournament, he thought that I had a regeneration ability.

“Thank you once again, young human. Elgae, how are my kids doing?” (Phoenix king) asked as soon as he remembered that his children weren’t here yet.

“Like you said, Phoenix king, I put them to a task that nobody could accomplish.” (Elgae) smiled while he said that.

“Really? What’s the task?” (Chris)

In another part: Far Far away from this place.

They were at another place, that is a bit far from Tori no Kuni, but they were still close to it.

They are at a secret place, that no human has ever stepped foot on. This place is the place, where mothers raise their little babies, until they are old enough to fly.

This place is filled with countless number of little, baby birds of all kinds. The environment was perfect to raise a baby bird in there.

Usually, there would be lots of eagles guarding the place from humans, but that task was handed to the Phoenixes. Since the eagles got word about the attack on Tori no Kuni, they were assigned to leave their places, and help with any casualties that could befall on Tori no Kuni.

The mom birds were there too, to feed and guard their babies at all times. They are all loving mothers.

However, it wasn’t exactly paradise for the Phoenixes. Not only were they in charge of guarding the place, but they also had to clean up the excrement of the baby birds.

In other words, their task is to clean up poop.

This wouldn’t be a big of a deal, but remember that there are countless birds in this location, and birds poop a lot in such a short amount of time.

(I did not need to look this up on google, as I can tell you guys this from experience alone.)

“Why are we doing this?” (Marco) asked furiously. He had never had to do such a ‘job’ before. Heck! They're birds, so why should they even have jobs in the first place?

“Cause dad ordered- *splash* cause dad ordered us to- *splash* BECAUSE DAD-! *splash*” (Hail)

She had tried to explain it to Marco, why they were here again. But, bird poop keeps hitting her head, and therefore it kept interrupting her.

The poop lands on the ground, so naturally, they had to pick up the poop from the ground as well. However, that still didn't stop from several birds to keep pooping.

They couldn't control it, as they were still babies. It would be like a human baby, would poop his diapers at any moment without control. It is just a natural instinct that everybody possesses.

They were all covered in poop, and stank a lot. Even Hail, who was suppose to be a pretty bird, looked no different form an ugly duckling.

They got slowly accustomed to the smell and… taste...

“I've had it! To hell with this!” (Valor) said angrily. He was usually hot tempered, so he easily got mad from being showered in excrement.

They had been cleaning all day long, but it still didn't look any different from when they started.

It's not because they were lazy, but because of the continuous rain of bird feces, kept falling on the places they had already cleaned.

But if they don't clean up, then the pile of excremental will keep piling up, so technically, they are doing something useful.

Just like a human baby, they need to live in a safe, and clean environment. Or they will be infected by various diseases, and possibly die.

“Now that I think about it, where is Geo?” (Rogue) said. They all had just remembered that they were missing somebody.

“Over here?!” (Geo) said from above. Unlike his siblings, he was clean, and had no trace of bird feces anywhere.

“GEO WHAT THE FU- *SPLASH* *gulp*” (Valor)

Just as he was about to curse at Geo, some kid pooped on his mouth, and he accidentally swallowed it.

It was because he had to look up, and open his mouth to where Geo was. That was the worse mistake in his life.

When everybody saw this, they didn't laugh, but had that strong sensation to hurl.

It wasn't funny, it was gross, especially for Valor.

“I'll just be up here, supervising all these innocent kids. You're all doing a great job down there!” (Geo) said to his four siblings.

“Geo! When this is over, and I take a long shower, I will personally tear of your feathers, one by o- *SPLASH* *gulp* AAAAHHHHH NOT AGAI- *Hurl*” (Valor)

This time, he hurled when it entered his mouth again. He didn't even know Phoenixes could even throw up.

Marco, Hail, and Rogue wanted to reprimand Geo as well, but they didn't want to end in the same faith as Valor.

“Best day of my life.” (Geo) he kept resuming to ‘supervising’ the kids, and he began to heave sighs of relief. It's a good day to be alive.

Although nobody said this, they all had one thing in mind. They were gonna make Geo pay for this.

While he's up there all clean, they're down here covered in shit. They're gonna make him pay for this without a doubt.

Back to Tori no Kuni.

“It's nothing you wanna know. But Phoenix king, what should we do now?” (Elgae) asked about the current situation.

The Phoenix king looked at his village, which was all torn down.

The birds might be safe, but the same couldn't be said about his village. Even the huge tree didn't make it.

(Remember that part in the avatar movie, where the huge hometree is down. It's kinda like that.)

The Phoenix king, had a look of sadness in his eyes.

All of his memories of his dad and him, at this village, were still here. All those times he spend with his children, and his mate.

Those were wonderful times. It made him sad to see his place destroyed.

‘Thank you, dad. For taking care of us for so long.’ He said to himself.

“Hey! WHOEVER IS UP THERE SHOW YOURSELF!!!” (?)

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

A voice, that could be heard all around the village, rang through everybody’s ears.

The voice came from the bottom of the continental bird.

Remember, that it is still levitating, therefore it is still meters apart from the ground where the elemental nations is.

“That voice?! I know it!” (Chris) I said to myself for no reason.

I ran fast to the edge of the continental bird, and jumped down.

I safely landed to the ground, where I saw the figure that yelled at us.

And I was right, it is Isabella, and… Anko too? Loli Anko to be exact.

“Isabella, long time no… never mind, it's been a day since I saw you.” (Chris) I am terrible at starting a conversation.

Anko looked at me with eyes that want to kill me. She will never forgive me for what I have done to her.

“Chris?! How and what are you doing up there?” (Isabella) said in shock. She had never expected me to be here.

“It's a long story.” (Chris)

“Well you better have a good explanation for this.” (Isabella)

“He saved our lives, that is what he has done.” (Phoenix king)

He appeared beside me, and answered Isabella's question.

“Oh! A Phoenix. I don't remember the last time I saw your kind. How is Po?” (Isabella) asked with a warm and gentle smile.

“Po? Wait?! You mean my dad?!” (Phoenix king) said in shock.

“So you're his son. No wonder you look alike.” (Isabella)

“How do you know my dad?” (Phoenix king)

“Easy. He was my summoning contract.” (Isabella)

The Phoenix king’s mouth was wide open. This is news for him.

“He has never mentioned me, has he?” (Isabella)

“No he… now that I think about it, he said he met a strong human before, and became his summoning contract.” (Phoenix king)

“Yup. That's me. Can I see him, it's been so long since I have seen Po.” (Isabella) said carefree.

“He is… dead.” (Phoenix king)

“Dead? How?!” (Isabella) asked in shock. What could have happened to her summoning animal, that killed it?

“He fought a dragon, long ago. He met his demise soon after.” (Phoenix king)

‘Wait? Is it that same dragon he was fighting right now?’ I thought.

“A dragon? Oh… shit.” (Isabella)

“What's wrong?” (Phoenix king) asked Isabella. Does she have to do anything with the dragons?

“About 20 years ago, I found an ancient scroll which could summon dragons as a summoning animal. But, it got stolen from me and I never saw it again.” (Isabella)

She only remembers small details about it, but she is absolutely sure she used to

possessed the dragon summoning contract.

Maybe because it had happened so long ago, that she had totally forgotten about the incident.

But how could she not have remembered that incident? If it weren't for the Phoenix king mentioning ‘dragons’ she would have never remembered it.

“Do you know who or what stole it?” (Phoenix king)

If this dragon that just attacked him, was from the summoning scroll. Then maybe perhaps, if they were to find the human that summoned the dragon, they could find them and kill them for destroying Tori no kuni.

“Sadly, no.” (Isabella) said dejected. She too had the same idea as the Phoenix king, but she didn't even remember she possessed the scroll until now. So how is she gonna remember who or what stole it?

“Damn.” (Phoenix king)

“I am very sorry for your father's loss. I wish I could have been there for him.” (Isabella) said in a sad tone.

“It's okay. I'm over it.” (Phoenix king)

“Isabella, can I ask you a question?” (Chris)

“Sure.” (Isabella)

“What are you doing here?” (Chris)

“I was headed back to Konoha.” (Isabella)

“Wait! Does that mean that you found him?!” (Chris) I asked in a surprised tones

“I did find Orochimaru. Believe it or not, it was easier than I thought it would be.” (Isabella)

Even as she said that, not a trace of happiness could be heard from her words. She might have found Orochimaru, but he died before she could know how to use the loli seal.

This is what happened.

Knowing Orochimaru, he would have run across the entire continent, just so he wouldn't get caught.

However, when Chris killed all of his minions, he had no one else left to help him.

Kabuto wasn't supposed to die in the ambush, but a miscalculation cost him his life.

Orochimaru was very weak after the Rasen-kamehameha hit his body. It had the same property as the Rasen-shuriken, meaning that all of his chakra points were heavily damaged beyond repair.

If it weren't because of his own weird abilities that he possesses, he would have died long ago.

But using these abilities made his body condition worse. He was heavily relying on his minions, to get Sasuke to him. If he didn't find a replacement soon, he will die.

He didn't know that his minions had failed him, and were killed by Chris’s blood puppet. He still waited for them to arrive with Sasuke.

Then, two individuals appeared before him. They were Anko and Isabella.

Shortly after Chris left to the Akatsuki, Isabella came back for the loli Anko. If anyone was an expert in tracking Orochimaru down, it would be Anko.

Anko agreed, just so he could get rid of her cursed seal, and to kill him.

Orochimaru didn't even have the strength to stand up anymore, much less fight both of them. At that point, he knew it was impossible to continue to live on. He died shortly afterwards. He killed himself, so that he wouldn’t be tortured and wouldn’t reveal his secrets to anyone else.

Isabella and Anko were too late. And now, the seal of the loli will be lost forever.

Anko was fuming with rage. It seemed like every single chance she comes upon, it always escapes from her grasp.

Isabella was sad too, not because Orochimaru died, but because the she has searched for that power for all her life, only to die in front of her face.

A single tear managed to escape from Isabella's eye.

BACK ON TOPIC

“I see.” (Chris)

“But it doesn't matter. If I can copy the seal from Anko's neck, then maybe there is still a chance for me.” (Isabella)

A hint of hope could be seen on her eyes. No matter what, that seal must belong to her.

After a while, we still chatted a bit. We later discussed where the birds will live.

They just lost their homes, and everything else was destroyed.

Probably because of the great fight, some parts of Tori no kuni were broken. It was like when a boulder would be smashed if it were to fall from a very high place.

Continuing to live on the giant continental bird, was out of the question. They all needed a safer place to live. And it needs to be huge, so all the birds could live together like before.

Luckily for them, I had a place in mind.

I was thinking of sending them to that place, where my other blood puppet found.

I wanted to check out that weird crack, but now isn't a good time.

The area was covered in mountains. It was impossible to live here, but when I sliced everything in here, into a perfect flat land, it was now a good place for anyone to live on.

I just literally used my peaceful cannon to get rid of all the mountains in here. Maybe because of my previous fight with the alien, I seemed to have grown a bit stronger.

I thought that I had saiyan biology, where every single time I almost die, I will grow stronger. But that would be stupid, and I threw that thought aside.

Speaking of this land, it is big enough to probably fit in 3 times the people that live in Konoha and Tori no kuni combined. Meaning that I won't have to worry about that spacing, once I teleport Luna and the others here.

I teleported back to Isabella and the Phoenix king.

I convinced the Phoenix king to make sure that all the bird from Tori no kuni, to form in a circle while they touched wing-to-wing.

And just liked that, I managed to teleport everybody to this big piece of land.

Now that I think about it, it needs a name. But what should it be?

I'll think about it later, I still need to go back to Konoha.

After making sure that everyone was okay, the Phoenix king was very happy with this place.

Although it pales in comparison to the continental bird, it was a start.

Before we teleported here, the 5 children of the Phoenix king returned. And yes, they were all covered in bird poop, especially Geo.

Maybe because they had just lost their homes, nobody was in a mood to make fun of their appearances.

The five children were mad that their dad, that he made them clean up bird shit, instead of helping him with the fight.

The Phoenix king knew his children were far too weak to fight against a dragon, that is why he didn't want them near when the dragon attacked Tori no kuni. They would cause more trouble to him, than helping him in a fight.

They discussed some for stuff, but it wasn't my business so I didn't pay attention.

The birds themselves will gather the food from the surrounding place, with was crawling with animals, fruit, herbs. Everything that they need to survive.

Some of them had started to build their homes already. Which is WAY too quick.

Al was busy attending to his family. So I didn't see him much this time.

Isabella watched the entire scene, and she felt happy that these birds were safe.

It made her think of when she met Po. Maybe back then, she had a stroke of luck, and was able to summon a Phoenix by accident.

Even Po didn't know how he got here, and why exactly. Later, that is when a powerful bond started between human and a Phoenix.

That was almost 35 years ago. Po had just died 5 years ago. Meaning that she an Po had spend at least 30 years with each other.

Po at that time, needed to be a king to his kind, and lead them. He also needed to be there for his family, his son, the Phoenix king that you know, his mate, and his 5 grandchildren.

Although Phoenixes were a bit arrogant by nature, Po thought that it was fate to be with Isabella. That is why he stayed by her side, and it was a great decision that he made.

Dreadfully, he died and his mate too. He was the one who discovered the natural plant energy, and that is how he created the forest.

Back then, birds would need to swoop down from Tori no kuni to earth, to father vegetables and animals as well. But that was bad.

Not only did it take days to get from Tori no kuni to the elemental nations, but it was also very deadly to birds, especially when humans would kill them for food and other uses. And the worst part, is that they would gather very little food when they brought it back.

Either because the food accidentally fell on the way, or they will eat it on the way.

It was not a great way to gather food. But they had no other choice back then. It was starve to death, or fight to the death.

But when Po discovered the way to use natural plant energy, it changed everyone's ways for the better.

Of course, when he died, the forest died too.

His mate, wanted to learn to use the natural plant energy, to protect Tori no kuni, but she died trying to absorb the energy.

That is why the Phoenix king didn't want to let himself, or either of his children learn the natural energy. It was too risky.

And that is it.

Isabella gave Itachi the bird summoning contract, because she thought that the crows and Itachi were very compatible. They are infact good freinds, so she didn’t hesitate to give Itachi her own summoning scroll. It is just like Jiraiya did not mind giving Naruto his own toad scroll.

And you're all caught up.

Before I left this place, I made sure to summon a few shadow clones to do some stuff on this new place.

Some of them are gonna grow food, and others were gonna a secret mission that I assigned them.

The secret mission, will help us escape from the aliens if necessary.

As I was about to leave, we all heard a rumble.

The rumbling noise was small at first, but was getting bigger and louder by the second.

At first we thought it was an earthquake, but it felt way too unnatural to be one.

The birds from Tori no kuni had never experienced this before, and thus were a bit afraid.

“I see something over there.” (Phoenix king)

When himself by my side, he said while he pointed with his feather at a certain location.

They had better eyesight than humans, don't underestimate them.

I looked to where he pointed, and a huge amount of smoke was coming from there.

Wait! It's not smoke, it's dirt flying everywhere, and the trees were being brought down in a straight line, as if they were dominos.

At first, I thought it was a huge stampede, but it wasn't.

It was an army of aliens, running together in a specific location. Their steps were heavy and strong, and the speed at which they were going was terrifying.

Their numbers reached somewhere in the thousands.

Even one of them is enough to bring down Konoha, not to mention thousands of them.

“Hide!” (Isabella) said.

We all hid our chakra as much as we could, so that we wouldn't attract their attention. There is no way that we are fighting those things at once.

The Phoenix king felt that those things were very dangerous, so he hid his chakra as well, and his natural energy.

Luckily, they didn't notice us. They left as they came.

“Do you know where they're headed?!” (Isabella) asked.

Judging from her tone, she had an idea to where they're headed, but she wanted me to make sure.

After a thought, I soon realized where exactly that army of aliens were headed.

“Please tell me it's not Konoha?” (Chris)

“They are going to Konoha.” (Isabella)

“FUCK!” (Chris) I yelled to the sky at the top of my lungs. At the speed they're going, they'll reach konoha within minutes.

It usually takes a week or longer to get here from konoha, but they're gonna make it within minutes.

I communicated with my blood puppet, but it seemed it ran into a bit of trouble.

Without a thought, I held onto Isabella's hand and teleported her to Konoha with me. Anko stayed behind, as she was gonna be a bit of a nuisance if I brought her with me.

If by any chance we're gonna fight those things, I need to bring Isabella with me.

She is stronger than me. And maybe I might be able to take everyone away from Konoha.

Even if I placed a teleportation jutsu in my friends, that still doesn't include several innocent people from Konoha.

I didn't expect the alien to attack Konoha this early, and much less with so many of its kind at once.

I contacted Itachi to help me with this mess.

Without a word, he instantly teleported to Konoha. He only planned to take Luna with him.

There are three people that I am worried that will slow me down in the process of saving them.

Naruto, Luna and Hinata.

These three are just too kind, and would rather stay behind to save as many people as they can,

That is how they were, and they would rather risk their lives for those people.

I don't know how I'm gonna solve that, but I will soon find out.

Today, will be the end of Konoha.