I hope you guys like this story! Also, you should know that Zoid Battles replace ninja battles in this story. But I hope you guys like this story anyway! After all, it's not every Naruto fic you find multiple kids of Naruto's age group being scorned by their village.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or Zoids!
"..." = Talking
"Italics" = Thinking
"Bold" = Yelling
"Bold Underlined" = Judge Talking
Intertwined Destinies!
In an overgrown forest known as the Village Hidden in the Leaves, we find ourselves in one of the village's most unforgiving training grounds. This training ground is a closed off forest full of gargantuan trees, and even bigger, hideous creatures! However, it is also home to wild mechanical combat units known as Zoids.
The Hidden Villages of the Elemental Country train Zoid Warriors from a young age to be the village's representatives in the Zoid Battles that take place every day. But what does any of this have to do with this particular training ground that has been named the "Forest of Death" by the populace?
Well, it's actually where our grand adventure begins. Because in a small clearing, there were three twelve year old academy students huddled around a small campfire. They were focused on cooking a few fish that they had caught while trying to stay warm.
The first one was a boy with sun kissed blonde hair that spiked in all directions. He was a little short for his age, but had this slightly dead look in his blue eyes. His skin had this natural tan look to it, and he had these strange marks on his cheeks that looked like Tyrannosaurus claw marks. His clothes were a hideous orange jumpsuit that made him pretty much a walking target, and a pair of blue ninja sandals.
The second child had similar markings on his face, but he was different from the first boy. He was the right size for a child his age, but he had black hair that stuck up to look a bit like the posterior of a duck. His skin was pale, and his eyes were an onyx black color. He was wearing a high collared blue shirt, a pair of white shorts, white arm warmers that covered his forearms, and blue ninja sandals.
The last member of the group was a girl with cream colored skin, green eyes, and long pink hair. She was wearing a red Chinese style dress with a white circle on the back, a pair of green biker shorts, a pair of blue Shinobi sandals, and a red ribbon in her hair.
These three kids are Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno in that order. And they were the outcasts of the Hidden Leaf. All for different, yet similar reasons.
Sasuke was shunned by most of his clan due to being unable to access the Uchiha Clan Kekkei Genkai known as the Sharingan. Sakura has always been bullied due to her pink colored hair and slightly oversized forehead, while Naruto was picked on due to being the dead last at the Academy. But that's not the worst of how these three are treated.
The main reason they've been ridiculed was because they were born on a very tragic night. The night that a gargantuan Zoid known as the Death Saurer appeared and almost destroyed all life in the Land of Fire. The Fourth Hokage, the leader of the village at that time, was able to stop the evil Zoid from destroying the world using his Blade Liger. However, in the process the Fourth Hokage and his Blade Liger were destroyed along with the Death Saurer.
And since the three of them were born at the exact time of the Death Saurer's attack, the villagers believed that these children were a bad omen that should be destroyed. The only ones that seemed to be on their side were a select few people who didn't see them as a bad omen. These people were Sasuke's mother, Mikoto Uchiha, his brother Itachi, and Sakura's mother, Mebuki Haruno.
The current Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, along with the clan heads of the village council were more neutral parties. But the civilians went out of their way to make Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura's lives miserable. It's a sad, sad thing indeed.
"We should probably face facts." Sakura spoke up. "There probably aren't any wild Zoids left."
"C'mon, there are bound to be wild Zoids somewhere in this forest!" Sasuke argued.
"Maybe so, but where?" Sakura asked. "We've searched this forest from top to bottom, and haven't seen so much as a footprint belonging to a Zoid. Seems pretty hopeless, doesn't it?"
"I'm with you, Sakura." Naruto added. "I mean, it's not like three wild Zoids are gonna just walk right up to us, right?"
Our favorite blonde was wrong about that when they heard mechanical footsteps coming at them from behind. They prepared to run, thinking that it was a squad of Anbu that had been sent to retrieve them, but when they turned around they were surprised by what they had found.
Three Zoids had appeared from the thick underbrush of the trees. But not just any Zoids... These were Tyrannosaurus Type Zoids! Some of the rarest Zoids out there in the world.
The first one was a Geno Saurer; the predecessor of all Tyrannosaurus Zoids. It had a black and red color scheme unlike the usual black and purple coloration. It hat two Long Range Pulse Laser Rifles, a Laser Gun on its snout, and if their memory was correct then it also had a deadly weapon known as a Charged Particle Cannon.
The second one looked similar to the Geno Saurer, only this one seemed to have a few differences. For one thing, it was ocean blue instead of black and red or black and purple, and it had these strange appendages on the back of its head. It also had these Missile Pods on each leg. But it was similar due to the fact that it had the same weaponry as the Geno Saurer. This one was a Psycho Geno Saurer.
Finally, there was one Zoid that was legendary among its kind. It was covered in lavender colored armor with red knobs on its arms, legs, and tail. On its back was a pair of powerful looking Buster Claws, and small Ion Boosters that looked to be very powerful. All three Zoids had red eyes, as well as wicked sharp hook-like claws.
"Guys, it's a Geno Saurer, a Psycho Geno Saurer, and the legendary Berserk Fury!" Naruto said in awe.
"See, Sakura? I TOLD you that there were still wild Zoids in this forest!" Sasuke gloated.
"With Zoids like these... We'll be able to show that whole village just who they were messing with all these years!" Sakura added.
And these kids were not wrong. In four years time, they'd be one of the most powerful Zoid Battle teams in the whole village. And all who stood in their way would not live long enough to regret it!
Next up on my update list is Codon Stream of Planet Vegeta. I hope to receive some good feedback for this story, because this is my first attempt at writing a Naruto/Zoids crossover.