Naruto had a rope wrapped around the blimp as Trixie was on his back. Trixie tried not to look down as she latched onto Naruto's back.

"Aw, come on, you didn't think I'd let you get away that easy!" Naruto growled as he bit onto the rope. "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" He then made clones of himself to surround the blimp.

Koyuki was sitting in a comfortable seat and didn't look to be in any danger.

"You've grown quite beautiful, Koyuki," Doto smiled. "Tell me, little princess, do you have the Hex Crystal with you?"

"Yes..." Koyuki said.

"Good..." Doto approved. "It is the sole remaining link to the Kazahana Clan, and the key to opening its treasure."

"Key to what?" Koyuki wondered.

"When I rested this land from your father's hands, the Kazahana Clan's resources were all but gone," Doto told her. "I knew Sosetsu must have hidden his riches somewhere. I searched for a long time, and finally, I found it. It is hidden deep within the Rainbow Glacier. There's a keyhole there which can only be opened by The Hex Crystal."

Koyuki gave him a rather stern look.

"Once our possession of the Kazahana fortune, our country can obtain military superiority over The Five Great Nations." Doto concluded.

"Not going to happen!" Naruto and Trixie's voices replied.

"You two!" Koyuki gasped.

"How did you get in here?" Doto sneered.

"Never underestimate a ninja." Naruto smirked.

Suddenly, the couple were snagged in string, tying them up instantly. Mizore jumped down behind the two and knocked them out with his metal arm and the strings let go. Fubuki then came in from the back with the Naruto copies also all tied up.

"Fools," Samantha scoffed. "That was easy."

"I think we should have fun with these two." Matthew suggested.

"My apologies, as you can see the little runts were a bit of a handful." Nadare told his boss.

"Well... He knows the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu..." Doto smirked to that.

"I'll tell ya, I don't know who these brats are, but the boy's level of chakra's nothing to sniff at." Mizore scoffed.

"It's the same way as well with his sister," Miyuki added. "It's unbearable, it's like they aren't even human."

"Whatya think? Maybe we should try that contraption out on them." Nadare suggested.

"Hmm... They would make for interesting test subjects." Doto smirked in agreement.

"But we don't have his sister though, that that's the thing, though, should we just use his girlfriend?" Matthew reminded and then suggested.

"Like she's any use..." Doto chuckled. "If anything, she's just a prop."

Unknown to them, Trixie pulled out her communicator and sent a message so the others could get it. Nadare soon took out the device while Mizore bent down and picked up the former most popular girl in Nicktoons High.

"Hey, leave her alone!" Naruto glared only to be punched in the stomach.

"Pipe down, Pipsqueak!" Matthew glared back.

"Let go of me now!" Trixie demanded.

"Shut it!" Miyuki glared as she slapped the girl across the face.

"Make me, bitch." Trixie retorted.

"Don't make me use my katana, but we need you alive for the test." Miyuki glared.

"Oh, I'm scared." Trixie rolled her eyes, sarcastically.

"You should be." Miyuki growled.

"Leave her alone NOW!" Naruto demanded.

Nadare soon put the device onto Trixie. The device latched onto her and began to electrocute her, making her scream.

"Trixie!" Naruto gasped.

"What is that?" Koyuki frowned.

"We're cleansing her of her chakra." Doto replied.

"What?!" Naruto yelped.

"Don't act like you don't know, after her, you're next..." Doto smirked.

"Please, leave her alone, she's done nothing!" Naruto cried out for Trixie.

"Naruto... Help me..." Trixie muttered weakly with tears in her eyes.

"That device will absorb the power stored within her body and bind it within a powerful barrier," Doto smirked. "Once it's been activated, it cannot be broken or destroyed. No matter what."

Trixie soon fell to the side, though was still in pain. "My strength... It's starting to slip away..." she muttered weakly.

Naruto's eyes widen as his heartbeat was beating faster than normal and deep in his mind, a giant nine-tailed fox opened her eyes and laughed.

Miyuki soon grabbed Trixie and threw her against a wall. "Who's the bitch now?" She then scowled.

Trixie grunted and groaned, but she still glared. "S-Still... You..." she then rasped out, though she sounded weaker.

"Oh, I'm sorry, what was that, you weakling?" Miyuki demanded.

Trixie looked at her only to pass out suddenly.

"That's what I thought." Miyuki huffed.

"She's not so much anything anymore, she's just a little kid," Nadare smirked. "Now, for this so-called ninja spawn."

"You dirty--" Naruto glared only for the device to be on him now, electrocuting him and made his Shadow Clones poof in thin air.

"I'll take the Hex Crystal if you don't mind." Doto decided.

Koyuki turned around and soon reached into her coat. She then unzipped it and undid her necklace which had the Hex Crystal on it and showed it to her villainous uncle.

"Ohh!" Doto grinned as he grabbed the Hex Crystal, but soon frowned once he had it. "Hmm? What is this?" he then grabbed her by her collar, lifting her off the floor. "THIS ISN'T A GAME! YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THIS IS A FAKE?!"

"No, that's impossible!" Koyuki gasped until she had flashbacks of Kakashi and Laurie looking to her necklace when she was sleeping. "Kakashi Hatake and Laurie Elliot..." she then whispered.

"WHAT?!" Doto snapped.

"It makes sense..." Nadare said in the background. "Kakashi's a shrewd, I wouldn't put it past him to bait and switch."

"Don't worry about it, we'll have those two rounded up in no time." Fubuki smirked.

"That won't be necessary," Doto said much to their shock as he threw his niece down on the floor. "Why even bother? At least one of them will show up on their own soon enough. Until then, we just have to wait." he then chuckled evilly as he crushed the Hex Crystal in his hands.

Meanwhile...

"I can't take it anymore!" Irma complained. "How come he's not answering his communicator?!"

"Maybe he lost it." Jo said.

"This is no time for jokes!" Irma glared. "My little brother is in trouble!"

"Who's joking?" Jo shrugged.

Will pulled out her communicator after it had beeped. "It's from Trixie," she then said to them. "Looks like both of them are in trouble."

"Trix sent out a message?" Jo asked. "Well, what're we doing standing around? We gotta help them!"

"Oh, now you wanna help, Wolf." Irma teased.

"I AM WARNING YOU!" Jo glared at her.

"Should we get Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi, and Ms. Elliot to help us?" Will asked.

"No time, this is important," Irma replied. "My brother is in trouble."

"Well.... Okay, just as long as you're sure." Will said to her.

"I'm very sure," Irma replied. "Ever since I found out Naruto was my brother, I promised to take care of him and look out for him as much as possible."

"I wonder how Christopher feels about that." Will commented.

"Ah, he'll get over it, though he does like Naruto," Irma scoffed about her adoptive little brother. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

The others nodded as they had to get going to help save Naruto and Trixie. Will, Irma, and Jo were flying without the other group.

"How are we going to find them?" Will wondered. "I've lost the signal, so they probably destroyed it or something."

"Interrogation," Irma grinned about how to find out where Trixie and Naruto were. "And I know just the one to interrogate."

A ninja was guarding to make sure that no one would trespass or get by him.

"Please, allow me." Irma smirked as she came towards the guard to question him.

"As if you could do better than me." Jo huffed.

"I know that I will." Irma bragged.

Jo just rolled her eyes.

The ninja looked around, but soon looked confused as some fog seemed to come from nowhere. "Is someone there?" The ninja asked out of annoyance. He then saw a pair of red eyes with black slits appear from beneath the fog.

"Yeah, it's just me." Irma's voice replied.

"Come on out, you coward!" The ninja demanded.

Irma soon came out as she was told to, keeping her dark gaze with the power of the fox wielding up inside of her.

"W-What do you want?" The ninja asked as he backed up in fear.

"Some answers and don't even try to play dumb on me," Irma huffed. "I don't even know why you people do that to save yourselves." She then grabbed a hold of him and dangled him high in the air, looking like she would drop him if he didn't tell her what she wanted to know.

"Okay, what do you want to know?" The ninja asked.

"Where are Trixie and Naruto?" Irma asked.

"Who?" The ninja asked.

"WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!" Irma snapped.

"Who...?" The ninja repeated himself.

"MY LITTLE BROTHER!" Irma replied.

"I dunno." The ninja snapped.

"Oh, fine, like you were any help anyway." Irma rolled her eyes and dropped the ninja to make him fall.

"Aaaugh!" The ninja yelped. "Okay, okay, I'll tell, I'll tell!"

"You know, maybe if you told him what your brother looks like, he'd answer properly." Jo said.

"I know what I'm doing," Irma shrugged before she then swooped down and picked the ninja up by his ankle before he would smash on the ground. "Now tell me, where is he?"

"He's that blonde boy with whiskers on his cheeks, right?" The ninja replied.

"Yes, but where is he?" Irma asked. "My patience will grow short like your life if you sass me."

"I-I-I-I don't know!" The ninja stammered fearfully.

Irma growled as her fangs popped out with her claws. "Try again." She then demanded in a low voice.

"I don't know!" The ninja replied.

"FINE! BE THAT WAY!" Irma dropped him again.

"THEY'RE AT THE PRISON!" The ninja soon gave in.

Irma then caught him. "There, now, was that so hard?" she then asked.

"I think I'm gonna have a heart attack..." The ninja panted from being thrown up and down.

"Is it at The Land of Snow?" Irma asked.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The ninja replied.

"Hmm... Well, okay, but you better not be lying," Irma warned. "Don't make me come back here."

"Please don't..." The ninja begged fearfully.

Irma then got in his face. "Boo."

The ninja then screamed and ran away.

Irma then narrowed her eyes and looked at the prison not too far away and went to it to go and save Naruto. "Come on, let's go." She then told the other girls with her.

Will and Jo nodded then followed the brunette girl.

They came into the prison. Jo looked into one cell with wide eyes as there was a skeleton of a former prisoner, but kept moving, she was relieved for Irma to see that it wasn't Naruto's. Irma and Will looked together as they looked all around, but soon heard Naruto's scream.

"Naruto!" Irma called out for her brother.

"Hey, wait for me!" Will told her.

Irma rushed around to find her little brother as he was in need of some serious help.

Naruto and Trixie were in a cell on the ceiling and chained up.

"We need to get out of here." Trixie frowned.

"I can't do it, Trixie, I don't have any power..." Naruto said weakly. "Guess I should've spent a little more time on the Escape Jutsu..."

"We gotta get out of here and rescue Koyuki." Trixie told him.

"What can I possibly do?" Naruto frowned.

"Not give up, that's why," Trixie told him. "You never give up!"

Naruto was reaching for his shoe, pulling something out and inside of the tape was a file.

"You did it!" Trixie said to him.

"Ugh... These guys don't know who they're dealing with," Naruto said through his teeth. "A real ninja finds a way with or without his chakra!"

There was then a noise heard which made the two of them look through the bars to see what was going on. Two ninjas had Koyuki handcuffed and put her in the cell and locked the cell up then walked away. Naruto and Trixie made it look like they were suffering so no one would notice them about to escape. As soon as they were gone, they soon looked to the long-lost princess as she sat in her cell in depression.

Koyuki stared at the wall and soon looked back at the two of them. "Serves you right..." she then softly told them from across the room.

"You too as well." Trixie retorted.

"I know." Koyuki said softly.

"No Spring..." Naruto then said. "You said there was no Spring. What'd you mean?"

"'You'll see when the Spring comes, Koyuki'..." Koyuki quoted from memory. "My father used to say that."

Flashback to where Koyuki was a child...

"Father, what is Spring?" Young Koyuki asked.

"Oh, that's right..." Sosetsu said to her. "You've never felt Spring, have you, Koyuki?"

"I suppose she's too young, Father." An older girl with long black hair with blue eyes in a purple kimono came to the two.

"I haven't, Dikushi..." Koyuki bowed her head.

"Koyuki, close your eyes," Sosetsu advised. "Try to imagine yourself surrounded by flowers."

"There... Now, isn't it beautiful?" Dikushi mused. "Now, run... Run as fast as you can."

Young Koyuki spread her arms out with a smile as she pretended to be in the land of Spring.

"Well?" Sosetsu smiled. "It makes you feel all warm and happy, doesn't it?"

"Mm-hmm!" Young Koyuki smiled back.

"That is Spring, my dear little sister..." Dikushi smiled. "And I will be there with you to help you see it for yourself."

"Thank you, you're the best big sister ever!" Young Koyuki beamed as she hugged Dikushi.

Dikushi then smiled as she hugged her sister right back.

End of Flashback

"But this land has no Spring..." Koyuki sulked. "My father died, and I haven't seen my sister in years. I fled from The Land of Snow, and I stopped believing. I was always running, always lying to people, but mostly, I was just lying to myself. My life has been one big charade. Becoming an actress was about the only thing I was cut out for in this world."

"Your sister?" Trixie replied. "What was her name?"

"Dikushi." Koyuki said.

"Dikushi... Where have I heard that name before?" Trixie muttered to herself. "My mother's name was Dionne though."

Naruto continued to grunt and struggle with the file so that he could break himself and Trixie out of this prison.

"That's not going to change anything, you know." Koyuki told them.

Trixie frowned in worry to Naruto. Eventually, the file fell from Naruto's mouth and landed far down on the floor.

"Told ya..." Koyuki sighed. "In the end, all you can do is give up."

"We can't give up right now." Trixie said.

"I did a long time ago," Koyuki replied. "I wonder if my sister has as well."

"I bet it's a lot easier once you've given up," Naruto sulked while thinking about when he was very young. "No one ever cared about me before, and I just tried to blow it off, you know... But it was still pretty rough. I used to think there was no place in this world for me. But... AAAUGH!!!"

"What about your sister?" Koyuki asked him. "Did she care about you when you were young?"

"We didn't know about each other then yet..." Naruto grunted. "She was having a different life of her own and so was I."

"Naruto..." Trixie said softly.

Koyuki soon continued to glare at him.

"But I... Still... Found friends!" Naruto grunted out, weak, but determined. "I kept at it and didn't give up! And good things happened! If you give up, your dreams and everything else, THEY'RE GONE!"

Trixie frowned, she couldn't bear hearing Naruto in any more pain.

"Stop!" Koyuki told Naruto as soon as she stood up.

Trixie looked away as she didn't want to see Naruto in any more pain.

"Your father... And Sandayu... I'll show you that they weren't WRONG!" Naruto grunted as the sparks electrified around him as he kept trying his hardest.

"Naruto..." Koyuki soon muttered quietly.

Naruto grunted as he soon finally broke the chains and fell down to the floor.

"Naruto, you did it!" Trixie praised.

"Now it's your turn, Trixie." Naruto said.

"Oh, I don't know if I can." Trixie frowned.

"Think about those times when people told you that you can't, but this time, you can, I know you can." Naruto advised.

Trixie thought about it and suddenly heard her mother's voice.

'You can do it, my daughter, I believe in you.'

"Mother..." Trixie whispered, though she had slight tears in her eyes as she tried to free herself from the chains like Naruto did.

Koyuki stared at the two as she stood up.

Trixie eventually got free and Naruto carried her in his arms safely so she wouldn't get hurt on the fall. "Thank you." She then said to him about the pep talk.

"No problem." Naruto smiled.

"We'll get you out now." Trixie told Koyuki.

Naruto and Trixie tried to touch the bars only to be electrocuted like pesky insects on a bug zapper and it made them fall back, hard, on the ground. Koyuki frowned and looked determined to helping.

"I think I heard them down here!" Irma's voice said.

"That sounds like Irma." Naruto said.

"They got my message!" Trixie smiled in delight.

Will and Irma rushed over to the cell.

"Naruto!" Irma called out, though frowned as she saw him hurt. "Are you okay?"

"Oh, I could be better..." Naruto muttered.

"We gotta get you two out." Will said.

"Where's Jo?" Trixie asked.

"Taking care of the guards." Will said.

"Careful..." Naruto said. "These bars shocked us pretty bad."

"Let me try." Will said as she touched the bars and they shocked her, but it didn't bother her since she had powers over electricity.

"H-How do you do that?" Naruto asked.

"I practice the element of Quintessence, remember?" Will reminded. "I have powers of Electrokinesis."

"Wow, that's so cool." Naruto smiled.

"It is except for talking to a bunch of appliances." Will muttered.

"What?" Naruto asked her.

"Oh, nothing." Will then said innocently.

"Please, let us out." Trixie said.

Will nodded and soon grabbed a hold of the bars, she was able to touch them due to her powers, and took a deep breath and she bent them to let Naruto and Trixie go free with her strength. Koyuki was shocked as she couldn't believe that they were helping her after she treated them like crap. Naruto and Trixie were able to get out then.

"All right, Koyuki, it's your turn." Will then said to the princess.

"Why are you helping me?" Koyuki asked. "You should just let me rot, especially after the way I treated all of you guys."

"Everyone deserves a second chance like you should." Trixie advised.

Will rolled up her sleeves and then grabbed onto the bars to help Koyuki out.

"Well... I'm so sorry..." Koyuki frowned to them.

"Apologize later, right now, we're gonna get you outta here." Irma replied.

Will then managed to get Koyuki out of the cell.

Outside, Jo soon came to her mother and the others.

"Well, those guards won't be bothering us for a while." Jo told them as she dusted her hands.

"And now, for our next step." Kakashi said.

KABOOM!

Half of the prison was broken down thanks to them.

"We're under attack!" Nadare told Doto before bowing.

"Hmm... Kakashi and Laurie, so you're here at last," Doto replied. "Right on time."

"Heh, looks like those losers came back for another painful lesson." Matthew smirked.

"Go teach them one they'll never forget." Doto told him.

"Don't gotta tell me twice," Matthew smirked. "Though I gotta admit, that Wilma chick or whatever her name is is pretty spicy. I like that in a gal."

Miyuki, Matthew, and Samantha soon moved out with Nadare, Mizore, and Fubuki to get the intruders.

"This time, they will be destroyed." Samantha promised.

"Indeed." Miyuki agreed.

The two teams soon moved out with Laurie, Kakashi, Jo, with Sasuke and Sakura going another way to save their friends.

"Hey... When did he...?" Matthew asked once he saw Naruto and Trixie on the ground and out of their chains, but soon unlocked the cell door to see the fallen couple. "Well, serves them right anyways."

"I can't say the same for you, pal!" Will's voice replied.

Matthew turned around and Will gave him a roundhouse kick.

"Hold it or the brats get it." Samantha glared as she held Naruto and Trixie close, about to shoot them with a hand cannon.

"Aw, cork it!" Will glared as she clogged Samantha's cannon, making it explode on impact like in a Looney Tunes cartoon and she then smirked. "Besides, you've been duped about those two."

"How come I didn't see that coming?" Samantha groaned.

Miyuki soon grabbed a hold of Trixie and Naruto and disappeared with them. Matthew and Samantha then went to join her with laughs. Will and Irma glared, but they smirked to each other as they knew something about the two that the bad guys didn't.

"Now you two have to deal with us," Matthew sneered before looking at Will with a smirk. "Especially you, hot stuff, I really like a spicy girl like you."

"I don't think so." Will replied.

"You don't have a choice," Matthew glared, grabbing a hold of her arm, only for Will's body to shake and she reduced into a puddle of water. "What the?!"

Eventually, Irma, Trixie, and Naruto all revealed to be water clones and splashed all over Matthew. The real Will, Irma, Trixie, Naruto, and Koyuki were soon all running down one hallway together and went up an elevator. Once at the top floor, they kept running to escape the prison.

"Those little bastards!" Matthew coughed. "Now I'm really gonna kill 'em!"

Miyuki dropped down in front of the group and wielded her blade. Trixie glared as she fought Miyuki with her own sword as the two walked together, clashing their swords together.

"You will never be able to beat me, you're still weak." Miyuki glared.

"Hit me with your best shot, you best stay out of my way, Bitch." Trixie glared.

"It takes one to know one, you bitch!" Miyuki retorted.

"Yeah, I know, that's what I called you." Trixie glared.

There were then two ninjas in front of them and Naruto began to beat one up.

"Naruto, stop, it's us." Laurie told him.

Kakashi and Laurie took off their disguises.

"Kakashi Sensei and Ms. Elliot!" Naruto gasped.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Kakashi said before looking to Koyuki. "You look all right, Princess."

"Yeah... You switched my Hex Crystal out for a fake, didn't you?" Koyuki glared.

"Sorry about that, we didn't want Doto to have it." Laurie told her.

"We apologize." Kakashi added as he showed the real Hex Crystal and put it in the princess's hand.

"All for this thing, huh?" Koyuki frowned as she held the trinket.

Trixie eventually had Miyuki dangling on the platform without her sword. They then saw the guards getting knocked over.

"This place is crawling with guards!" Jo called out.

"Jo!" Trixie called back.

"Sasuke! Sakura!" Naruto added.

"This way." Koyuki told the others.

They soon ran off one way as another bomb went off. Miyuki grunted and struggled, she tried to pull herself up only to fall and let out a scream and that seemed to be the end of her.