Filler chapter of Naruto on Skull Island
Days Later, Pier 14, Bangkok
Naruto stood in the back of the debriefing mission as Air Force personnel looked at the scientist standing in front of the room, "Hello and welcome. I am Lansat field supervisor Victor Nieves; this is my colleague, Steve Woodward. Our data wrangler. Our expedition takes us to a place every nautical trade route known to man has avoided for centuries. As our satellite shows the island is surrounded by a perpetual storm system Allowing it to remain hidden from the outside world. But with Colonel Packard's helicopter transport. we will be the first to break through to the other side."
"Weare also pleased to be joined for the first time By the resource exploration team led by Mr. Randa and the company by biologist, Ms. San and geologist, Mr. Brooks. Our focus will be on the Island surface There is what lies beneath. Mr Brooks."
Aaron stood and walked over taking over the briefing, "Simple really We are using explosives to shake the earth, and create vibrations helping us to map the sub
surface of the island. We will fly over the south shore and then strategically drop seismic chargers that will help us understand the density of the earth."
"You are dropping bombs?" Naruto asked, causing everyone to look at him as he looked incredulous with everything he was told dropping bombs is a sure way of announcing yourself looking for a fight and if another of those giants are in fact on the island a lot of these men were about to die.
"Scientific instruments."
"Do you hear that, boys? We are scientists, now." A pilot said causing his Air Force brethren to laugh
"You guys are not scientists." Steve said
"We'll then land, and make base camp for ground excursions led by Mr. Uzumaki."
Eyes widened as the military personnel all looked to Naruto and immediately they stood and saluted, "At ease." He said waving them off,
Jack Chapman, an Air Force pilot walked up and took over the briefing, "All right. Once on the island the storm interference will block all radio contact with the ship. That means, we will be by ourselves Three days later, a refuel team will meet us here on north of the Island That might be our only safe departure for an unknown period. So a tip for everybody. Don't miss it, please."
Naruto walked off after the briefing and got to the top of the ship, and looked out to the horizon and dozed off
32 Hours Later
Naruto was watching the storm as his eyes slowly turned red with slit pupils, as his instincts told him to be prepared for a fight, "This storm looked a lot nastier in person. maybe we should consider postponing the mission.
"How far away is this island?" Packard asked
"50 miles. maybe more." Randa said before he looked at the captain, "Take us closer."
"You wanna launch, do it from here." The captain having no intention of getting closer
"Can you punch through that, Colonel? Our opening is now."
"Through this whole right here?" Packard asked
"Yeah, it's a rare low pressure pocket." Randa said
"I appreciate your passion, Randa but as a field supervisor of the controlling agency I say we abort. that's it, we are gonna abort." Neives said
"Wise call. I'm sure the Landsat inspector will be impressed by your courage." Randa said sarcastically
"No, he'll be more impressed with my common sense. This is only a map surveying."
"To one of the last uncharted areas on the face of the earth. And you want to call it on account of rain? Stay on the boat if you want to. It could be years before we get another shot at this." Randa said before he looked to Packard, "I'm told your unit is capable of handling inclement weather, Colonel. Why don't we leave it to Colonel Packard to break the tie?"
"There is no way I'm getting on that helicopter." Neives said
Moments Later
Neives frowned as he sat in the helicopter,
13 helicopters took off from the ship, and headed straight into the storm, "This is Fox. Leader of the Fox Group. It's time once again Griffin and ants show. As usual, remember Hold onto your butts! Combat formation. Keep visual. Fox five let me know when you're close."
"Fox Five is in the slot."
"Roger that. Fox Team, follow up on me. Keep together. Let's do this!"
The helicopters flew through the storm barely dodging lightning bolts as they flew, "Fox Leader to Fox Group. Switch to inertial navigation. And remember the story of Icarus whose father gave him wings, they flex. Warned him not to fly too close to the sun. But the exhilaration was too great. So he flew higher and higher until the sun melted his wings and he fell into the sea. The US Army is not an irresponsible father. So they gave us wings to fight hot Pennsylvania steel. Guaranteed not to melt."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they made it through the storm into what looked like a peaceful island, some would say it looked like paradise,
"Oh wait, that's pretty." Chapman said
"Let's take him low and level." Packard ordered before the choppers flew closer to the trees, "Fox Leader to Fox Group. Clear up, survey as told. Fox Seven, prepare to set her on deck."
"Copy Fox Leader."
"Proceed to Zone Six."
"Put us down over there." Neives said to his pilot
2 choppers landed in a clearing, Naruto frowned as he watched the seismic machines began to explode as they dug into the ground, before his danger senses went off and he looked up to see a tree headed for the chopper he was in and quickly without hesitation he jumped out of the chopper as the tree slammed into the windshield the roots impaling the pilot
A large furred hand grabbed the chopper Naruto was falling toward and slammed it down into the ground
The 100+ft Gorilla roared to Naruto who grunted and kicked off the gorilla's arm and drew his Heckler & Koch P30L before he fired at it
The gorilla shook its head and reached to grab Naruto who kicked his feet to flip between its fingers and landed on the arm of the beast and ran along it continuing to fire at the beast's face before it tried to squish him so Naruto put up his gun and grabbed his 2 kunai and rolled to the left stabbing the kunai into the arm causing the beast to roar as Naruto dragged the blades around and kicked over to the beasts torso which he kicked off into the trees
The beast roared and was going to pursue but the other choppers arrived all of them freaking out by the 104 ft Gorilla standing like a human, on Packard's order they immediately began to fire at it but the gorilla with a superman punch to one began to destroy them
Naruto made it to the chopper and rushed into the flaming piece of metal unconcerned about the flames as he grabbed his bookbag, a walkie and all the ammo he could find,
"What're you doing Naruto? Huh? On a uncharted island trapped with King Kong aint this some shit." Naruto said to himself, as he loaded his Heckler & Koch MP5SD, "Godzilla, King Kong, what's next? Reanimated dinosaurs."
Naruto rushed to the hill and saw Kong had destroyed all the choppers and was walking away
Flashback
Naruto stood at attention before Michael and President Wilson, "So what is my mission exactly should one of these Kaiju be on this uncharted island?" He asked
"Determine if it's friendly or a threat."
"The island is it's territory so this team will be invaders. It'll act hostile first and men will die. I'll do my best, and as always will keep my mouth shut.'
End Flashback
Naruto looked over his shoulder as Slivko, a young pilot, walked out of the woods with Brooks, Neives, and Ms. San arrived, "Captain Uzumaki." Slivko said relieved
"It took out the other choppers, and it's gone. We need to regroup and make our way to the other side of the island, signal that ship and get the hell out of here." Naruto said
"Roger that."
The group of 5 began to head through the woods with weapons at the ready, "It's called the Hollow Earth Theory. Randa hired me because I wrote a paper substantiating what most people think is a crackpot idea. That there is this massive underground space isolated from the surface world." Brooks said
"Passageways Randa believed this island
may be one of those. An emergence point for whatever lives below. ancient species like what we just saw." Ms San added
"I thought he was out of his mind." Brooks said to himself
"This is Slivko, do you read? Anybody out there? We are headed north of the ex film location Everyone here seems way too calm right now. You copy? Anybody?" Slivko asked into his walkie
"We're out of range, Slivko." Naruto said before everyone jumped as a large Sker Buffalo emerged from the lake
Naruto watched the buffalo as it walked up to them and chewed grass, Naruto reached forward and placed a hand on the buffalo's head and smiled before it walked off back into the lake,
"Let's go.' Naruto said as Slivko who had his rifle at the ready, breathed a sigh of relief
They continued to walk heading back into the trees to a set of ruins, "Stay tight." He said as they walked into the ruins before he suddenly placed his gun to a man's head who was using body paint to camouflage himself as he stood up against the wall
Immediately others arrived and boxed them in with spears, "Drop it!" Naruto ordered the people before an old man showed up
"Nobody shoots! Nobody shoots. No. No need for that. Come on now! Everybody keep your wigs on now!"
Naruto and the others looked at the old man wearing a War World 2 pilot jacket, "I did not believe it when they said you would come. I was up all night just thinking about how me and Gunpei dreamt to this moment. And now here it is. Sixty one years, 11 months, 78 failed attempts to get back to the world and instead, the world comes to me? Ain't that something?"
"Sixty one years?" Naruto asked shocked
"Hm mmh. I'm Lt. Hank Marlow of the 45th. You are more beautiful than a hot dog and a beer at Wrigley Field on opening day. But you are real….right?"
Naruto put down his weapon looking at the old man, Hank smiled as he got the tribe to drop their spears before he led the group to his home
"There's something out here." Slivko said.
"There is a lot out there." Marlow said laughing, "You don't want to be out here at night."
Later, Iwi Village
Naruto followed Marlow keeping his eyes peeled as they made their way through the village, "You probably noticed a lot of weird things on this Island As long as we stay in here, where the people live, we'll be alright."
"That wall…Is that supposed to keep out that thing?" San asked
"No, he's not the one we're trying to keep out."
"What?" Brooks asked
"These people live up in the top of the trees, while we are down in the roots. Some of them don't even seem to age. No crime, No personal property. They're past all that." Marlow said before he and the elders stared at each other for a moment and bowed, "Thank you. Thank you. So Good news. They say you can't shack up here."
Everyone raised an eyebrow, "I didn't hear them say anything." Slivko said
"They don't speak too much. Once you've been here as I long as I have, you will start to understand, you'll see." Marlow replied
"Fuck that. We are not staying here." Naruto said as Marlow led them to a ship
"What lands here tends to stay here. As far as I can tell…this ship washed up about 10 years before I did. Hey, what happened with the war? Do we win?"
"Which one?" Naruto asked
"That makes sense." Marlow said before he had everyone stop as they exited the ship and entered the cave behind it , "This is all hollow ground to them. So if you like your hands, don't touch anything."
Naruto and everyone looked and noted that on the walls were drawings and began to spread out to see them as Marlow talked, "The way they tell it, for thousands of years…the people of this island lived out of fear It's hell of a long time to be scared. And then one day, the damndest thing happened. Some of the things they were afraid of started protecting them against the things that were eating them. But nothing lasts forever, I guess. And this is where they honor the last of their saviors."
Naruto noted the drawings of apes and lizard-like creatures with 2 hands and a tail, before he stopped at the large painting of the ape responsible for trashing the helicopters, "Yeah. That's Kong. He is king around here. He is God to these people." Naruto looked at the image and frowned, "Kong is a pretty good king. He keeps to himself mostly This is his home. We are just guests here. But you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight."
"Was Kong the one who killed your friend?" Naruto asked
"No. One of them did." Marlow said, pointing to the image of lizard creature Naruto had seen, "Kong is God on the island but the devils live below us."
"And what are they called?" Naruto asked
"The Iwis won't speak their name. But I call them skull crawlers." Marlow said
"Why?" Naruto asked looking at the old man
"Because it sounds neat." Marlow said, causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow, "Okay. I just made that name up. I am trying to scare you. I'm just calling them that. I never said the name out loud, before It sounds stupid now that I say just.. You call them whatever you want. Big lizard things. Nasty. They come from the vents. Deep down. That's why Kong got so mad. Cause those bombs woke up a bunch of them."
Naruto frowned
"I tell you what, you're lucky. He's out there too or you would not have made it this far. Little ones crafty bastards. Smart as hell. He can handle those but you don't want to wake up the big one."
" How big is it?"
"It's bigger than him. Kong is the last of his kind but he's still growing. And you better hope he does. Because the Iwis say once Kong goes… Then the big one comes out. And it's goodnight Irene."
"Listen, There is a refueling team coming to the north end of the island in three days. You should come with us." Naruto said
"At the north end of the island?" Marlow asked
"We're gonna get out of here."
"In three days?" Marlow asked before he began to laugh loudly, before he frowned, "We can't get to the north end in three days. It is impossible. That's it. No way." Marlow began to walk off before he paused, "At least not on foot."
Marlow led the group to a plane that was heavily damaged and old,
"We were so close to get it working. Gunpei and I were gonna take off to the open sea trying to get home. And one of those things got him."
"Can this thing even float?"
"Me and Gunpei spent six years of our lives toward building this thing. It is called the Great Fox. And she floats." Marlow said as he watched everyone inspect the plane, "I pulled the engine parts from my P-51…His old Zero. On a B-29 on the beach one day out or something."
Naruto sighed and nodded, "It's better than nothing. Let's finish repairs and get this thing ready by the morning." He said
The group began to work on the plane non stop, and Naruto snuck away,
Trees blurred by his side as Naruto raced through the forest, before he stopped on a tree hanging over a cliff, and stood on the branch,
Slitted red eyes peered through the mist as Kong stalked forward and growled at Naruto who watched him,
The two stared at each other before Kong snarled and tried to squish Naruto who jumped forward and punched Kong's chin causing the apes head to snap up, and before chakra chains sprung from Naruto's back and wrapped around Kong's throat, as Naruto swung back to the cliff and pulled Kong forward into it and held him there
"Now, lets talk." Naruto said standing in front of Kong's eye
Later
Naruto returned as he came, unseen. Immediately Naruto went back to working on the craft, and when everyone awoke the next morning the found him starting it up causing them to cheer
Marlow said his goodbyes and they all left, Naruto kept everyone alert watching as birds passed overhead and he exuded his presence causing the birds to fly away,
Going ashore, Naruto and his group walked north and found Packard and his men along with Randa resting
"Slivko!"
"I thought I'd never see you guys again."
"I thought you were crazy." Brooks said with an hand on Randa's shoulder
"I wish I had been." Randa admitted
"What's the count?" Naruto asked Packard
"What you see is what we got." Packard said
"We follow this river…We'll make it to the boat, we'll make it to the north shore in time."
"That sounds good. But we're not leaving yet. We still got a man out there, Uzumaki."
"Wait a second. You got someone out there?"
"Chapman. he is with the Down Sea Stallion, Just west of here."
"Chapman's dead." Naruto said causing everyone to pause before he held up the dogtags of the man
Packard frowned as Naruto placed the dogtags in his hand, "Sorry about your man, but we have to get the hell out of here."
"Nothing changes then! We're still going to that crash site." Packard said
"What's at that crash site that you want so badly?" Naruto asked frowning
"Weapons! Enough to kill it." Packard said
'That isn't our mission. You want to go after Kong you do it on your own and anyone stupid enough to follow you is more then willing to join you. But know this, you leave, we will not be waiting for you." Naruto said
Packard scoffed, "Let's move out men." He said
Packard left with 6 of his men while Slivko and 3 other men stayed behind, "Let's go." Naruto said before they made it back to the float and headed north,
Packard and his men trekked through the graveyard of Kong's parents and ran into one of the skull creatures that proceeded to kill all of them
A clone of Naruto's watched from the cliff overlooking the grave with Kong behind him,
Kong growled before Naruto stood up and clapped his hands and took a deep breath, and a large wave of flames was spat toward the graveyard and a massive explosion overtook the area while the creature's screeching was heard,
Kong growled at Naruto, "Relax, like I said. I'll kill these things and you'll never see me here again." Naruto said
Kong snorted as Naruto smirked before he jumped across the valley, and looked around, "I know you're there. If you want to eat me, come try." He said smirking before a skull creature as big as Kong if not a little bigger rushed him from the woods
Stepping to the side causing it to miss its attempt to bite him, Naruto with a sharp blade of wind sliced the creatures leg off causing it to screech in pain, as it fell and snapped at Naruto again who stepped back and punched its skull encased head causing it to crack,
Chakra chains wrapped around the creature, and Naruto looked to Kong who was watching, grabbing the chains, Naruto channeled his chakra and saw blades appeared on the side of the chains before they ran up and down the links and cut the creature to ribbons,
Taking the head, Naruto walked to Kong and held it up to him which Kong took, "You be happy Kong."
Kong beat his chest and roared at Naruto before extending a fist, Naruto smirked and fist bumped the massive ape and dispelled
Meanwhile
Naruto and his group sailed toward the ship, and he smiled getting the memories of his clone, before he heard something
Looking to the treeline Naruto narrowed his eyes before they widened as a long, prehensile triple-forked tongue shot from the forest
"Down!" Naruto yelled and everyone ducked as he fell back over the boat,
"Captain!" Slivko yelled
'Keep going I'll catch up.' Naruto said swimming to the shore, "Go!"
Naruto ran soon as he reached the shore and a larger Skullcrawler was quickly in pursuit, out of sight of the other people, Naruto leapt from tree to tree as the skull crawler knocked down the trees,
Sensing danger, Naruto twisted his body as a tree landed before he looked up and saw a large spider, "Fuck?" He asked before tendrils, "shot from the spiders underbelly and he jumped out of the way,
The skullcrawler jumped for Naruto who was in midair before was replaced with a hawk that was captured by the tendrils and the tongue of the two predators and ripped in two
Naruto appeared in midair with a deep breath and blasted the spider with a large fireball
Screeching was heard from the spider as Naruto shot a chakra chain to a tree and whipped himself to the ground allowing the momentum to send him behind a tree and sliding beneath the skullcrawler
"Boom.' Naruto said before he exploded under the skullcrawler as it tried to turn around
Naruto emerged from behind a tree watching the injured skullcrawler hiss at him, and he smirked, "I always wanted to try this."
Clapping his hands, and running through hand signs for his fire technique, Naruto gripping his wrist as his hand was aimed at the ground before he curled all but 2 of his fingers into a fist and raised his fingers into the sky
The skullcrawler lunged for Naruto before a tower of fire overtook it causing it to wail in pain
Naruto watched before he jumped to the top of a tree and looked around and saw multiple giant spiders making their way toward him, "Eight Legged Freaks on steroids."
Leaning forward Naruto blitz forward, and the spiders fell after bullets tore through their heads,
Racing through the trees Naruto slowed down as he saw everyone sailing away, "Shit.' He said before he saw them pointing and looked up just as Kong's hand grabbed him and threw him landing in the water with a large splash
Swimming to the surface Nick was helped into the raft, before they all looked at Kong who beat his chest and roared at them then walked away,
"Yea you better walk away." Naruto said laying back as everyone took a breath of relief,
Later, Washington DC
Naruto stood in front of the president, "You say this...Kong means humans no harm, how do you explain the loss of life."
"Every living creature is entitled to self defense. Dropping bombs awoke the skull crawlers and allowed them to roam free. Captain Packard blinded by rage chose to stay on the island to kill Kong and died for it."
"So we leave it alone?"
"Yes, it's not like it can swim all the way here or another of these creatures is going to appear." Naruto said
Janjira, Japan
In the quarantined city of Janjira in a nuclear plant, a giant cocoon was being examined by M.O.N.A.R.C.H scientists.