There was a set of mathemagical equatives that defined "Thor, god of thunder and lord of storms" within several universes. In those particular universes there was a hammer forged of the dwarven magesmiths from things not normally found on a human-habitable world. Admittedly, they could have done a botch job and called it good-enough. Except for the pride of the magesmith involved who made such a thing, then demolished it himself rather than let such a thing pass from his shop.
The dwarves were, in some realities, the Aesir themselves. In others they might have been little gray-skinned aliens. In still others, they were beings of vast power and advanced science.
Like the dwarves, the Aesir and the Thor involved varied the further away you went. Some had Thor as a long-haired blond warrior, in others red-haired and bearded, while in still others he was anything from a muscular woman to a four-armed muscleman to the king elemental of the storm realm to a titan that rode a vast drake into battle.
But Toltiir was after laughs, particularly from the expressions of some of those who would see the new Naruto and want to reconcile the two.
So, the first form. His "unpowered" state. Taller, stronger, more muscular, more solid. Uprated tissue strength and density. Downside - he'd eat more to keep that extra mass going. Also in his "normal" state - slightly faster healing, the zenkai effect where he would bounce back from injury stronger after healing, and the tendency to cause various kunoichi to walk into stationary objects from gawking at him.
The second form, after having either been hit by lightning or taking up Mjolnir and consciously willing the transformation. Much greater power, the ability to summon and control storms, the ability to absorb electrical attacks, and not the least - use of Mjolnir itself.
Of course, there was a couple of provisos and quid pro quos. From Toltiir's understanding of the heroic genre such things were required. Foremost was that he had to be heroic in order to wield Mjolnir. For a ninja, that was a MAJOR restriction. Even if one went with the "ninja hero" definition, there were many things that Naruto would balk at that would not pass that test. Genuinely putting aside the role and going to the dark side would have him putting aside Mjolnir and all the benefits THAT brought to the table.
Oh yes, and he had to make sure there was an amusement value involved.
THOOM!
He landed kneeling, but stood a moment later.
RIP SHRED
He frowned at all the little pieces of clothing that fell to the side, unable to contain his larger size.
"EEP!"
Naruto turned his attention momentarily to the sound but couldn't decide if it had come from the ice dome or from Sakura. Neither seemed particularly likely.
"Naruto?"
"Kakashi-sensei," rumbled Naruto, looking about the foggy bridge. His arrival had billowed the air enough that there was some visibility but that was fading as the fog reasserted itself. He could feel the normal weather, plus the pattern that had been laid upon it. To change it, all he needed to do was adjust the patterns of Air and Water like so.
The hammer came up and whirled once. A gentle breeze started up and then built.
Then the hammer was thrown. Ice shattered as it went out, and then more shattered as it returned.
Zabuza appeared behind him, sword poised for a beheading strike. Naruto ducked under and leapt to the side. Zabuza followed, experienced enough to read the child's movements.
Then Kakashi was there, the game of clone vs clone having collapsed under the steadily increasing wind.
"Zabuza-sama!" began the masked ninja, appearing and leaping towards the battle.
CRACKLE-BOOM!
Lightning slammed into the masked ninja, then arced to the nearest large metal object.
Kakashi's feet touched ground, having leapt aside the moment he felt the discharge building. "Naruto. We're going to have to work on the whole 'attack coordination' thing aren't we?"
"I guess so, Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto, lowering his hammer.
"Ah, it appears that my investment in those ninja was misplaced," said someone as he walked into the headwind.
"Just a momentary disadvantage," mumbled Zabuza as he tried to get his spasming muscles to work.
"Fortunately I never planned to pay you, and I got these guys a lot cheaper," finished Gato, trying to light a cigar and not able to keep the flame lit in the wind. "What the hell is it with this wind anyway?"
"So, you never planned on paying them?" asked Naruto.
"No, and... why is that kid naked in the middle of a fight?" asked Gato. "Never mind. Men. Kill them. Kill them all."
"I have a better idea," said Naruto, lifting his hammer up. "Hey. Kakashi-sensei? Hang on. I'm gonna blow the trash away."
Kakashi grabbed Sasuke (very carefully), Sakura, and Tazuna as soon as the wind hit 30mph. When it got to 70mph about 3 seconds later he was already off the bridge and sprinting for the trees. Oddly enough, once there he felt only a minor breeze of about 12mph.
By the time he looked back at the bridge it had basically become a wind tunnel. He could tell by the way mercenaries were becoming airborne and dwindling in the distance, still waving swords as they went.
"I hope he remembers to cut it off before he destroys the bridge," noted Kakashi.
"WAAAA! KAKASHI-SENSEI! SASUKE'S DEAD!" GLOMP!
Kakashi rubbed his forehead while replying. "Uhm, no. I felt him twitch a couple of times when I was carrying him, and... you do realize that by grabbing him like that, you're driving the needles into your own flesh. As well as deeper into his?"
"AIEEE!"
"I think she figured that part out," said Tazuna. "Hang on. My daughter got me one of those pocket multi-tool things a few years ago. I think it's got a pliers on there."
"That would be good," said Kakashi. The report on this mission was going to be complicated enough.
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