What was I Thinking?
Hey, how's it going? Welcome to my first foray into fan fiction. After reading fan fiction for almost a year and a half, I've finally decided to write my own piece of fiction. My first story should hit the net within the next few weeks, but til it does all of you will have to settle with "What was I Thinking?". A compilation of ideas, plot bunnies and short stories that I've thought of over the time I've read fan fiction. And just a warning but some of the ideas will be my own, but others will have been inspired by some of the ideas other authors have come up with. If that is the case I will try to give credit where credit is due but I've read thousands of stories ( no exaggeration) and sometimes will not know whose idea it was.
Last thing to say is that if anyone would like to use one of my ideas as a basis for your own story let me no and i will be happy to give consideration to it. I say consideration because some I'll probably us myself.
Anyways, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Chapter 1: The End of a Legacy
It Was a beautiful day in Konohagure, the village in the leaves. The sun was shining, and not a cloud in sight. It was the perfect day for the festival. All across the village, people were partying, from roof top to roof top streamers were strung. and on the main street booths were set up with games and food and other knickknacks to buy or win. Children ran laughing between the legs of the adults. And at the very center of the village where the roads met up, and in front of the Hokage's building, a stage had been built. Yes it was the perfect day for a festival, and almost time for the main event. As people moved through the streets there was a huge gong the sounded through out the village and with it ending people began to cheer and head towards the platform, gathering children as the went.
After a half an hour mostly everyone was at the center of the village, surrounding the stage. Beside the stage a small stand had been set up to seat the council, and at this time the men and woman that made up the council filed out of the Hokage tower and onto the stands. All but one sat in the stands. Homaru, the team mate of the sandamine moved to the center of the stage, standing beside a block of wood, and raises his hands. Within moments the crowd had silenced themselves.
"People of Konohagure!" He shouted," For years we have lived in fear, fear for ourselves, and fear for our children! But today! Today is a momentous occasion! Today our fear is ended, the taint on our great village removed! Today we kill the demon!" A soon as he finished the entire square broke out in a great cheer. Homaru let them cheer for a minute before again raising his arms to silence the crowd. When they were quiet he yelled out," Bring out the Demon!!"
Behind the stage the doors to the tower opened and one Uzumaki Naruto was escorted out of the building by a few shinobi. As soon as the crowd saw him the began to boo and jeer at the boy. a line of ninja prevented them for attacking him, but did nothing to stop them from throwing objects at him. Food and rocks were among the many items the crowd threw at him.
Meanwhile, as the ninja were bringing him to the stage a small conversation was happening between Homaru and a chunin.
"Honourable Elder," the chunin called to him.
"Yes?"
"As you asked i checked up on the Hokage," he told him, "but she was not in her office."
"Oh?" Homaru questioned. He was concerned, everyone knew of the slug sannins love for the demon. It was unfortunate that someone of her stature would be so easily ensnared by the demons tricks, but hopefully with its death she would be freed from its grasp. Turning back to the chunin he asked, "did you check to see where she might be?"
"Yes Elder..."at this the nin seemed a bit uncomfortable, hesitating a little before continuing," we found that she has left the village. Her and her first apprentice, Shizune."
Homaru sighed." This is unfortunate, but we will worry about bringing her back after the demon is dead."
" Yes Honourable Elder." At this point Naruto and his escort made it to the stage so honmaru focused his attention back upon the proceedings. The two jounin that brought him shackled the boy to the platform so he would not be able to escape.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you have been charged as a danger to every person in this village. If not for the interference of the third Hokage you would have been dealt with the night the fourth sealed you. Do you have anything to say before you are executed?" Naruto was quiet for a moment, his head bowed towards the ground, before lifting his head to speak. Homaru actually took a step back at the coldness he seen in the boys blue eyes.
"People of Konohagure." he said his words while quiet, were heard by everyone in the audience. " I have known about the Kyuubi no Yoko sealed within my stomach since the earliest I could understand why it was sealed. The demon revealed itself to me when I was but five years old. It came to me when I was sleeping and showed me my entire life up to that point." Naruto gave a small sad smile." I watched my father seal the bjuu into my stomach to save this village." There was a loud muttering from many in the crowd when they heard the boy claim to be the son of their greatest hero. Naruto waited a bit til the crowd quieted to hear what he was going to say before continuing. "I watched my first assassination attempt not even an hour afterwards. It showed me every beating, assassin and mistreatment by this village in my short five years of life, and when it was finished it asked me to free it." Again the people cried out in a loud castrophany of sound this time a little afraid, many yelled for the execution to happen to prevent the demon from killing them. Homaru once more raised his hands to quiet everyone. He wanted to hear the rest of what uzumaki was going to say. After a few minutes everyone was again quiet, and Naruto continued.
"The demon did not tell me, or threaten me to free it, it asked me, almost politely to let it out. I said no. And instead of being angry at me all it did was ask me why." Here Naruto gave a bitter and cold laugh," Its exact words were, 'Why would you protect these humans, not even a demon would treat its young as bad as them'. I told it that it was because it was my job, the job my father gave me the night that he sealed, and that I would protect everyone. I would make everyone respect me and see me for myself and not the demon. All It did was laugh."
A few people began to feel bad at the words he spoke. And some, the more intelligent ones, began to feel a bit foreboding at the way the story was going.
"At least once a month, many times more the fox would ask me the let it free, after replaying all the wrongs I endured, and each time I would say no. This continued for years, and last night he came to me again." this time everyone felt a shiver upon their spine. It suddenly felt a little colder, and a feeling of dread formed in the pit of their stomachs. He wouldn't say yes. He was Uzumaki Naruto, he would never give in to the demon. "He didn't even have to replay my life, or even ask. This time I said yes."
At the statement many people began to scream, women grabbed their children and some began to move out of the clearing. Some people yelled for his death, saying that he was lying, and it was just a trick.
"QUIET!! QUIET!!" Homaru shouted. All this yelling had to end and he needed to no what the boy meant by that statement. He wouldn't really let the Kyuubi free. It took him and several others a long while to settle everyone down, and even then many people were very scared. Through it all Naruto stood there watching the chaos with a small, satisfied smirk on his face.
When they had finally got the screaming mass of people relatively calm, Homaru turned to Naruto and asked, " What do you mean?"
Naruto gave a harsh laugh. "I said yes. The fox is free." Everyone was silent.
Homaru licked his lips nervously, "how can we stop this?"
This time Naruto's laugh was maniacal. "Hahaha!! You can't. Even if you were to beg me for my forgiveness, or even kill me now, there is no way to stop the fox from getting out," He gave the assembled nin and civilians a dark and icy smile. "I removed the seal from the demons cage last night, the only thing stopping it for leaving my body now is that I wished to see your faces today as you look upon your folly," he grew sober. A dark red miasma began to form around his body." I would've protected this village with my life. Several times I have. But you in your great stupidity could not tell a scroll from a kunai." People began to scream and run, trampling through the city trying to get away. A huge claw burst from the front of Narutos chest, crushing and burning the people it landed on. one brave nin jumped forward to stab a katana threw the boys back and out the front, but it did little to stop what was happening. "Goodbye Konoha, and good riddance."
With those words Uzumaki Naruto, son of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, expired, and with no reason to slow it's course the Kyuubi no Yoko ripped from his corpse, forming above the village hidden in the leaves.
"I'M BACK MORTAL SCUM, HAHAHAHAHA!!" he roared amongst the screaming villagers. Ninjas attacked the demon but they were hopeless, this time there was no Yondamine to save the day.
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In the distance a blonde hair, big breasted woman watched on, along side her brunette hair apprentice and a pig. "This time I had hoped..." she sighed looking down at a small green gem in her hand for a moment, a few tears fell from her eyes before she wiped them away. Clenching her fist tightly Tsunade of the sannin turned her back to the doomed village," Come Shizune, there a gambling tournament in Kumar in a week that I don't want to miss."
"Yes Tsunade-sama." she whispered as she too wiped the tears from her eyes. Picking up Ton-ton, she turned to follow. After a few minutes all that remained was a broken gem on the ground.
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Well that's a wrap. This was an idea I got after reading so many stories where Naruto was banished or faced an execution. Always he was banished or if there was an execution he was given the option of going back in time. I wanted a story where there was no choice, only execution and in my story it happens. Only Naruto decides to go out with a bang. lol. Let me know what you think eh? constructive criticism is welcome, Flames ignored. Also I'm looking for a beta reader so let me know if your interested. Cheers and I'll catch ya on the flip. -bshaw0000.