Naruto Secret of Slime

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

Woah, lot of interest in this idea. Good, good. Okay, some more details:

Traps vs Seals

Traps have a couple of advantages over seals. For one, they are much easier to use (needing to be a seals master to create and activate one versus just throwing the trap out and hitting the pedal). Another is that it's much easier to put ghosts into the containment unit with a trap rather than a seal scroll because the traps and containment unit are essentially part of a single system. And thirdly, traps are in general more durable than sealing scrolls and other means to carry seals around. Durable as in less likely to catch on fire due to the proximity of the particle streams.

Seals do have advantages over traps as well though. Seals can be adjusted and added onto to increase the amount of power they can hold or adjust what they're already containing. Traps are very static by comparison-If you want to hold a bigger, more powerful ghost than the standard traps can contain, you need a bigger trap. Seals can also, with the proper training and knowledge, be used to seal virtually anything into nearly anything you can imagine. Rocks, people, you name it. Naruto and Sakura would definitely look to combine both seal use and ghost traps into their business to make it as effective as possible, because there are many entities you just can't trap or defeat by conventional Ghostbusting means.

Which means Jiraiya will be teaching Naruto sealing.


Number of Ghosts for the Bijuu to Eat

Locke69 is right, there were a LOT of ghosts, demons, goblins, what have you in the containment unit (considering that the cartoon series of Ghostbusters is canon). Thousands at the very least. More than enough for a few Asian demons that the Ghostbusters caught on one of their overseas adventures to devour, grow stronger from, and eventually become the Nine Bijuu.

However, I do like the idea of the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man being sealed inside Gaara. ^__^ All of his foes would experience VERY sticky deaths, heh.

Now, we're forgetting a very big part of the story: What would be the reactions of the other characters (personally) to Naruto and Sakura's ghostbusting business?

 

[cjonbloodletter]

I would find it amusing if Naruto gets a ghost summoning contract ("OK guys if you sign this contract I might just be tempted to let you out on paroll every now and then"). I can see some ninjas walking away from summon battles with a fear of smores (or any marshmellow product in general).

 

[locke69]

The Stay Puff Marshmallow Man... that is the ONLY part of Ghostbuster canon that still annoys me. The guy was created by a god to act as its champion against the Ghostbusters, who then killed or sealed away the god which caused the giant marshmallow to explode.

Though for crack... it would be funny. And extremely funny, if there AREN'T any cum jokes.

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

Well, if there is no Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man, we can still have Gozer somehow recombine and, after finding she can't enter the Ghostbuster's universe, tries her hand at another one.

Only question is: Who will be the Gatekeeper, and who will be the Keymaster?

Also: How would Naruto, Sakura and anyone else combine their ninja skills with ghost busting equipment?

To stoke your imaginations more, I'm including a few little snippets:

- - - -

Kakashi looked up from his reading at the garden Team 7 was supposed to be weeding. He could spot Sasuke at work, alongside a number of Naruto clones, but as for the original and Sakura...

Ah, Sasuke had noticed this too. The Uchiha glared across the vegetable rows at his teammates. Sakura had a calculator and note pad out while talking with Naruto in low voices. He noted (with some disdain) that their 'pet' ghost Slimer was floating nearby.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Sasuke demanded. He sure as hell wasn't doing this crappy mission all by himself. He wouldn't do it in the first place if he didn't have to. And anything involving that little green demon made him... Anxious.

Sakura looked up, smiling a bit uneasily, while Naruto just glared. Slimer stared with them.

"Bastard, we're busy!"

"Naruto!" Sakura growled, and Naruto sighed.

"But c'mon... This is important, and I've already got my clones working with him!"

"I know, but still..."

"I might ask you two the same thing," Kakashi spoke flatly from his tree. "This IS an assigned mission, you know... And do you have to bring your pet along?"

"Hey, Slimer's very useful!" Naruto defended. Slimer made noises of agreement.

"Well, if you really want to know, we're having trouble with our business," Sakura admitted. Sasuke snorted and went back to weeding, while Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow.

"Hm?"

"I don't get it! I sent out the flyers everywhere, Old Man Hokage said he posted the flyers up in the mission room!" Naruto groaned. "Why is no one calling?"

"Well Naruto, you have to admit. There aren't that many people likely to call a pair of genin for help against... What does you business do again?" Kakashi asked. Sakura sighed.

"Paranormal investigation, and elimination," she recited dutifully.

"Why are you pursuing something like that outside of your ninja duties though?" Kakashi asked. "You can't commit to both equally."

"Well, we need money to pay rent... And feed Slimer," Naruto explained. "Plus, well... It's interesting! Besides, ghosts are just as big a threat to Konoha as ninjas, and as Hokage I'll defend it from both, dattebayo!" Naruto vowed. Sakura shrugged and smiled over at Sasuke.

"Sasuke-kun, it is very interesting. We're studying how chakra works, how other forces work. It might lead to some breakthroughs!"

"Unless we go bankrupt... Which we might," Naruto sighed. Sakura and Slimer sighed as well. Kakashi shook his head. Like most other ninja in Konoha, he was familiar with Sakura and Naruto's antics involving ghosts and strange inventions. He'd personally seen their first test drive of a strange white-colored vehicle they'd accidentally crashed into his favorite porn shop.

He'd gotten several free copies of Icha Icha Paradise out of it, for which he woudl forever be grateful to them for, but still. All of their activities had been mysterious, bizarre. Why they were so obsessed with such things while still striving to become ninjas was rather mystifying. You were supposed to become a ninja, then become crazy.

The silence was interrupted by a beeped tune. Sakura pulled a small phone from her pouch and pressed it to her ear. Naruto and Slimer both leaned in close to listen.

"Hello, Ghostbusters? ... Yes... You saw our ad? Good! Okay, what do you...? Oh! Oh... That's great! I mean, it's great you called us first. Okay, just give me the address... Thank you... Oh, don't worry! We'll be completely discrete... Thank you again!" She clicked it off and grinned.

"WOO HOO! WE GOT ONE!"

"ALL RIGHT! Let's go!" Naruto cheered. Kakashi cleared his throat, and raised his eyebrow. The two genin and their ghost looked back. Naruto groaned and held out his hands, begging.

"C'mon Kakashi-sensei, we finally got a job!"

"You still have a job to do here," Kakashi indicated. Sasuke smirked slightly at Naruto's annoyed look.

"Well, according to Konoha law, anyone can request a mission of a ninjas," Sakura spoke quickly. "Provided they can pay. Couldn't we pay you two to help us?"

Kakashi eye-smiled. That was rather clever, and definitely showed how... Involved they were. Still...

"Well, what's the mission?"

"Apparently a casino in a village a few miles away from Konoha is having trouble with what seems to be a focused, non-repeating free roaming vapor," Sakura replied. At Sasuke's scowl and Kakashi's silence, Naruto broke in.

"Something like Slimer here. Eating gambling chips and so forth."

"Well, normally jounin can't take missions directly given to them," Kakashi spoke. "They have to go through the mission office."

Sakura turned to Slimer and quickly whispered a few things to him. The little green ghost nodded and babbled happily, before flying off at high speed. A few minutes later, he reappeared, trumpeting happily as he carried a C-Rank mission scroll with him. He dropped it in Kakashi's hand before zooming over to Sakura eagerly.

"Great job Slimer! Here you go," Sakura compliment, tossing Slimer a piece of candy. The ghost gulped it down and grinned. Kakashi read the slime-covered scroll with some distaste, before nodding.

"Well, this look legit. Besides, it shouldn't be too difficult. This isn't a combat mission after all, and you two do know what you're doing, correct?"

Naruto and Sakura nodded. Sasuke scowled.

"Then it's settled. Let's go," Kakashi said, hopping out of the tree.

"YES!"

"ALL RIGHT!"

"Kakashi-sensei, do we really have to...?" Sasuke began. Kakashi nodded.

"Yes Sasuke, we do. Besides, a little extra cash never hurt anyone." He turned to Naruto and Sakura.

"So, what do we do first?"

- - - -

Anyone can add onto this, or write their own snippet. I'll be working on adding more to it later.

 

[~NGD OMEGA~]

Oddly enough, I can't recall Sasuke ever calling Kakashi sensei...

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

Oddly enough, I can't recall Sasuke ever calling Kakashi sensei...

... That's all you've got to say on the snippet? :huh:

 

[~NGD OMEGA~]

I'm tired grouchy, and I have a headache. I'm running on FUMES man. FUMES!

OH GOD I'M TURNING INTO ZEEBEE1!

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

I'm tired grouchy, and I have a headache. I'm running on FUMES man. FUMES!

Then why are you online? :huh:

 

[~NGD OMEGA~]

It keeps me awake as I write this blasted Essay.

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

It keeps me awake as I write this blasted Essay.

I know how you feel. Stupid essay...

So, what's your impression of this idea overall?

 

[Kenko]

Certain obvious scenes leap to mind.

"Now, Sensei, Sasuke, whatever you do, don't look into the traps. ESPECIALLY not with a Sharingan," Naruto reminded the two not-paranormally trained people on the team.

"whatever", replied Sasuke in his usual scornful tones. Naruto's apparent seriousness, however, made him resolve internally to follow the advice. "But what's with these clothes?"

Sakura and Naruto had insisted on everyone wearing the peculiar jumpsuits that they had had made for just such an opportunity. "It's a traditional Ghostbusting uniform, Sasuke-Kun. Highly efficient, easy to maintain, and great advertising."

"If you say so... but why is Naruto wearing an orange one?"

Sakura sighed. "He's not very big on tradition."

And because we ALL want to see this happen...


"Sasuke! Sasuke! Are you all right?" came Sakura half-panicked cry over the communicator.

There was a pause, and then a touch of static popped, before a quiet Sasuke said, in almost dead tones, "It... slimed me."

"It-- Naruto, it's hardly funny!"

"Heck is AIN'T Sakura! Haahaha-- I've got a trace, this way..."

 

[~NGD OMEGA~]

Well, I never really got into Ghostbusters since the Supernatural genre never really appealed to me (Which is part of the reason I can never become as addicted to Bleach as I am with other shows, even if it's only barely supernatural at this point), but it does show promise for humor.

Though I have to say the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man should stay, because he's raw awesome to me (That one line alone... :rofl: :rofl, but I guess me and Locke probably will butt heads on this issue. Though I guess something similar could be used, like some icon related to Ramen that Naruto believes would never hurt them if a similar plot is used...

:unsure!:

RAMEN BOWL OF DOOM!!! TENTECLE MONSTER!!! EGADS!!!

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

LMAO, Kenko that's great! And yes, I would have Sasuke getting slimed, heh.

Though I'd have more Eastern themed ghosts than in the original. Essentially, when the firehouse landed and the containment system went off, it "awakened" huge numbers of native ghosts and demons. They've mostly calmed down by the present, but when the Kyuubi rampaged across Konoha it made them become active again.

And as something big on the horizon approaches... They'll get even more active.

So, would Hinata help out the Ghostbusters as a way to get closer to her crush? And how would Naruto and Sakura adjust their ninja duties to keep busting?

I also see Danzo as being the one to try and shut them down, in order to get his hands on their technology for Konoha's use as military weapons. Most likely after the Sand/Sound Invasion and Naruto goes off with Jiraiya to find Tsunade.

- - -

"Please, try to understand, this is a high energy laser containment system! Simply shutting it off would be even worse than the Kyuubi attack!" Sakura shouted, standing with Hinata and Lee in front of the large, red containment unit. Before them stood Danzo and four ANBU.

"Don't patronize me, girl," Danzo snorted. "ROOT is officially taking over this facility, and we're going to take everything apart to learn how it works. Shut it off."

"NO! You can't shut it off!" Sakura replied shrilly.

"Excuse me, is there a problem here?"

All eyes turned to look up the stairs leading to the garage of the firehouse. Kakashi stood there, eyebrow raised.

"Kakashi-sensei! They want to shut down the containment unit!" Sakura cried. Danzo snorted.

"Stay out of this, Hatake. If you try to interfere I'll have you arrested."

"Kakashi-sensei, if they shut it down-!" Sakura tried again. Kakashi held up a hand.

"I'm afraid I can't do much about it, Sakura," he sighed. Danzo smirked.

"Of course you can't, Copy Nin. Now get your student out of here!"

"B-B-But-!" Hinata protested.

"Still Danzo-sama, Sakura-chan knows this system better than anyone, save perhaps Naruto," Kakashi spoke. "She probably knows what could happen."

"Don't! This is a terrible mistake! You can't do this-!" Sakura tried again, but Danzo, few up, shoved his way past Sakura and pulled down the lever. A loud sound, like a giant sighing in depression followed as the lights turned red, and a blaring alarm began to go off. A few seconds of the alarm blaring, and a roaring sound could be heard. Everyone's eyes widened as the roaring increased, and white light began to shine from the containment unit's trap dock.

"Ohhhh shit," one of the ANBU muttered. Danzo grabbed Sakura roughly.

"What's happening! What did you do?!" He demanded. Sakura broke out of his grip and ran for the stairs.

"CLEAR THE BUILDING!" She screamed, as the trap dock opened, a blast of wind and blinding white light issuing forth.

- - -

 

[elric]

Would he be allowed to do so? I imagine Naruto and Sakura would have made connections from all over the ECs by then. Trying to interfere with their business would likely result in them asking several high level ninja who owe them to "take care" of him. Hell, Naruto has likely moved the containment system away by the time of the SS invasion. Nobody knows how he did it, but . . . :huh.:

Besides, why would they bother being offical ninja? Ghostbusting pays more and you never have to deal with that F---ing cat mission.

 

[zeebee1]

More to the point he isn't the hokage. He might have the authority to do this, but he'd know Sarutobi would be after his ass for this. Only the hokage is allowed to make the final descision about ghosts. Danzo would have to be suicidal to make such a plan.

And NGD, I don't smoke fumes.

 

[~NGD OMEGA~]

I really set myself up for that one...

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

More to the point he isn't the hokage. He might have the authority to do this, but he'd know Sarutobi would be after his ass for this. Only the hokage is allowed to make the final descision about ghosts. Danzo would have to be suicidal to make such a plan.

And NGD, I don't smoke fumes.

No, but during the time period when Konoha has no Hokage (The Rescue Tsunade arc), Danzo might feel Konoha's position is precarious enough that he needs to take matters into his own hands. Not a coup, but act to take over the Ghostbusters and get their technology. He's thinking he can silence or simply pay them off to make them do things his way. Also, he may have read old records of when the age of ninja began, gotten some intel on the true origin of the firehouse, and put two and two together.

If the containment system blows again, it'll saturate Konoha with massive spiritual force and potentially increase the powers of all the ninja present, giving Konoha an edge in future conflicts.

The problem is, the release of the containment system the last time only worked that way because the containment system THEN was designed to release the ghosts in as controlled a fashion as possible if it lost power. Now, it'll just go off like the first system did-Causing a big explosion.

 

[locke69]

Though I have to say the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man should stay, because he's raw awesome to me (That one line alone... :rofl: :rofl, but I guess me and Locke probably will butt heads on this issue.

Butt heads? Nah, I pull out knives faster then some one can head butt me. :snigger:

Bad jokes aside, we each have different senses of humor. If you find those jokes funny, then you find them funny. I don't unless I want to laugh.

:sweat2: Great, now I'll have nightmares about the Stay Puff giant inside Gaara instead of that guro doujinshi.

 

[elric]

I'm not sure Danzo is dumb enough to mess with something like that when one of the only two experts on it is freaking out over what would happen if he did.

He'd likely study it, or try to brainwash Sakura into telling him everything she knows.

 

[Flamewolf]

I'm not sure Danzo is dumb enough to mess with something like that when one of the only two experts on it is freaking out over what would happen if he did.

He'd likely study it, or try to brainwash Sakura into telling him everything she knows.

the problem with that is that he's an adult with power. lots of power. so he's corrupted and made arrogant by that power so he'd most likely think he knows better than two expert kids

 

[Kenko]

Another variant on the original film scene...

"Whatever you do, don't cross the streams," advised Sakura.

"Why? Is that bad?" wondered Kakashi, who was finding this far more interesting than he might otherwise have. After all. stalking, tracking, and cornering the... thing... was very much a part of the Ninja life, even if this heavy box on his back with the odd hose wasn't.

"Very bad," confirmed Naruto.

"How bad?" asked Sasuke, who was beginning to feel EXTREMELY nervous after his first-- if not disastrous, at the least very embarrassing encounter with the "ghost".

"Imagine every particle in your body simultaneously being accellerated past the speed of light." Sakura said this with simple clarity.

Sasuke and Kakashi could have possibly looked more blank, but Naruto couldn't see how. "Sakura, you're forgetting, they're only ninja."

"Oh, right..." replied the pink haired girl, not noticing the fuming Sasuke or the somewhat miffed Kakashi. "BUt that's essentially--"

"No, what we gotta do is explain it in ninja terms. Imagine a thousand explosive tags all shoved up your butt and detonated at once."

Kakashi and Sasuke suddenly turned green.

"Now multiply that by another thousand and well... no more village, no more client, and most importantly no more us."

"Got it."

"UNderstood."

Sakura sighed. Why did Naruto have to be so... so UNSCIENTIFIC?!?

 

[Arsao]

Another variant on the original film scene...

"Whatever you do, don't cross the streams," advised Sakura.

"Why? Is that bad?" wondered Kakashi, who was finding this far more interesting than he might otherwise have. After all. stalking, tracking, and cornering the... thing... was very much a part of the Ninja life, even if this heavy box on his back with the odd hose wasn't.

"Very bad," confirmed Naruto.

"How bad?" asked Sasuke, who was beginning to feel EXTREMELY nervous after his first-- if not disastrous, at the least very embarrassing encounter with the "ghost".

"Imagine every particle in your body simultaneously being accellerated past the speed of light." Sakura said this with simple clarity.

Sasuke and Kakashi could have possibly looked more blank, but Naruto couldn't see how. "Sakura, you're forgetting, they're only ninja."

"Oh, right..." replied the pink haired girl, not noticing the fuming Sasuke or the somewhat miffed Kakashi. "BUt that's essentially--"

"No, what we gotta do is explain it in ninja terms. Imagine a thousand explosive tags all shoved up your butt and detonated at once."

Kakashi and Sasuke suddenly turned green.

"Now multiply that by another thousand and well... no more village, no more client, and most importantly no more us."

"Got it."

"UNderstood."

Sakura sighed. Why did Naruto have to be so... so UNSCIENTIFIC?!?

Nice and LMAO!

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

Another variant on the original film scene...

"Whatever you do, don't cross the streams," advised Sakura.

"Why? Is that bad?" wondered Kakashi, who was finding this far more interesting than he might otherwise have. After all. stalking, tracking, and cornering the... thing... was very much a part of the Ninja life, even if this heavy box on his back with the odd hose wasn't.

"Very bad," confirmed Naruto.

"How bad?" asked Sasuke, who was beginning to feel EXTREMELY nervous after his first-- if not disastrous, at the least very embarrassing encounter with the "ghost".

"Imagine every particle in your body simultaneously being accellerated past the speed of light." Sakura said this with simple clarity.

Sasuke and Kakashi could have possibly looked more blank, but Naruto couldn't see how. "Sakura, you're forgetting, they're only ninja."

"Oh, right..." replied the pink haired girl, not noticing the fuming Sasuke or the somewhat miffed Kakashi. "BUt that's essentially--"

"No, what we gotta do is explain it in ninja terms. Imagine a thousand explosive tags all shoved up your butt and detonated at once."

Kakashi and Sasuke suddenly turned green.

"Now multiply that by another thousand and well... no more village, no more client, and most importantly no more us."

"Got it."

"UNderstood."

Sakura sighed. Why did Naruto have to be so... so UNSCIENTIFIC?!?

Kenko, this is gold. I don't suppose you'd consider turning this idea into a full-fledged story? I'd give as much help as I could.

In the meantime, adding on more to the snippet:

- - - -

"So Naruto," Kakashi said conversationally, after the group had split up into two pairs to hunt down the ghost, "exactly why do you want to be Hokage as well as a Ghostbuster?"

"Simple!" Naruto replied brightly, scanning the hallway they were heading down with a strange device he and Sakura had called a PKE meter.

"The Hokage is the strongest and most respected ninja in the village. He protects everyone, right? And he's got lots of fame and fortune."

"Yes, but it's certainly not an easy job," Kakashi replied. Naruto nodded with a grin.

"Course it isn't! That's what makes it worth it. But, Ghostbusting makes things a bit easier."

"How so?" Kakashi asked with a frown under his mask. Naruto grinned.

"A couple reasons... One, since it's a civilian business, I can go outside the village and gain fame outside Konoha, not to mention help people. Two, Sakura says I need to learn more about people and socialization, and this job helps. Three, there's a lot to learn about ghosts and I love to learn about this stuff, and since the Hokage's called 'The Professor' for knowing so much about stuff, I want to be a Professor too! And four... It'll make me and Sakura rich!"

Kakashi nodded, secretly impressed with his student for the second time he'd known him. The first time was the bell test. He and Sakura had actually worked together, grasping the true nature of the test where Sasuke hadn't. Now, this supposed dead last had revealed a detailed, intelligent plan for his future. Sakura had probably helped him out, but still.

Naruto paused, and the two antenna on the PKE meter shot up, blinking more rapidly and humming a bit more loudly. Naruto looked around the next corner, and nodded to Kakashi. The Copy Ninja looked carefully around the corner.

Sure enough, the deformed, gray ghost they'd been chasing was on a room service cart, messily devouring all the food from the trays. Naruto made a face.

"Ugh... It's like watching Slimer eat... Okay, you blast him, I'll trap him," Naruto whispered, pulling out the trap. Kakashi nodded, took careful aim, and fired.

He was surprised by the recoil of the weapon, not to mention the speed of the particle stream. Just enough that the ghost managed to zip away from the blast, wailing as it flew off into another wall, leaving a splotch of goo behind. Naruto groaned.

"Damnit... We really should have had you guys train a bit with these things first..."

Humility, Kakashi reflected, was definitely something he had no urge to get used to. Again.

- - -

 

[elric]

:huh: :snigger: :yay:

 

[Andrew Joshua Talon]

So Elric my man, any ideas for foes for our Ghostbusters to face? And who would Naruto and Sakura hire out to keep up with demand? Sure, Naruto's got Kage Bunshin, but their copied equipment doesn't work. On the other hand, a Sexy Jutsu Kage Bunshin as the receptionist might boost jobs...