Q&A about why this story is being re-posted at the end of the chapter
Any and all Naruto Characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto
Any Star Trek related stuff belongs to Paramount-CBS Studios
Although this is more or less a Star Trek story, i have classified it as Naruto/Manga because it revolves heavily around Naruto and his friends
This Story line takes us to a time before Naruto and most of the crew joins Starfleet , this is when they are all mere teenagers
Official Char List
Naruto
Sasuke
Sakura
Hinata
Kiba
Shikamaru
Suzu
Book 1 Star Trek Predator: Hidden Planet Konoha - Chapter 1 - Planet Konoha
Centuries ago, when the first warp colony ships were created, a group of people who had a deep culture with ninjutsu decided to take a ship and set course for the unknown, and they never looked back. They found an earth like planet rich in resources in the far reaches of the quadrant and called it Konoha after the very first village of that name was founded. They never tried to establish communications with Starfleet and wished to be left alone.
It has been centuries since that day and the descendants had been raised to think that they came from this planet and that there was nothing out there. Only a select few knew the truth, but some of them still dreamed about exploring.
Over the centuries, the planet's population grew at a huge rate and nations were formed,
The Nation of Fire, The Nation of Wind, The Nation of Water, The Nation of Earth and The Nation of Lighting
These five were among the largest in the world and each was ruled by a Kage. These countries also had villages known as hidden villages where most of the military of the nations defending the country were born and trained. Technology was allowed but only to a certain extent, anything that could lead to space travel was secretly and quietly taken care of, it was the one thing that all nations elders agreed on.
We find ourselves in the heart of the Fire country, the Hidden Village of Konoha. A teenager is laying down on the grass looking at the clouds, he could sense someone coming and smiled as he recognized the energy "Naruto!" A young girl called out "There you are!" She added as she reached him
He got up to greet her "Hey Sakura Chan" He said with a goofy grin
"What are you doing? We are going to be late!" She told him with an upset tone
"Late for what?" Naruto asked confused
"The Final Exam is today, did you forget?! Today we become Genin Ninjas!" She told him, she could not understand how he could forget such an important day
"THAT'S TODAY?!" He said realizing that he forgotten the last-minute change of the exam day. He instantly began running towards the academy, forcing his legs to go as fast as they could possibly carry him
"HEY! Wait for me!" Sakura shouted out as she took off after him
Meanwhile at the academy Iruka had begun the class
"Alright everyone today is the day that you either graduate or you will have to re-take this class again, the first part of the exam will be written test, it will make up fifty present of your score. The other half of your score will come from the physical exam conducted by Anko" he explained
"Why do we have to take a written exam? We are ninjas! Bring on the physical exam!" one of them shouted out
"Because being a ninja isn't all about fighting, you can be the strongest ninja in the world but can easily be defeated by someone who is more cunning or more adept at strategizing, had you paid any attention in class you would know this" Iruka answered as he was getting ready to hand out the test
"Iruka sensei, we are missing some people" Sasuke pointed out at the two empty seats next to him
Iruka looked around and sighed "I'm not surprised Naruto is late, but where is Sakura?" He asked no one in particular
"I saw her on my way over, I think she was looking for Naruto" A crimson red headed girl answered. Her name was Suzu, she also had yellow eyes, something that was quite rare
"If they don't arrive on time for the test I will have to fail them both, I cannot make any exceptions, not even for the Hokage's son"
"But Iruka Sensei, can't we wait just a bit? I am sure that they are on their way" Hinata said in a shy voice
"No, we must begin now, I will have to fail them unfortunately" He answered, as he was about to mark Zero on both Naruto and Sakura's name he heard someone screaming
"I AM HERE! Sorry I'm late Iruka sensei" Said a panting Naruto as he stood in the door way
Followed by an equally tired Sakura "I said wait for me!" She said as she entered the room
Iruka let out another sigh "Nice of you to join us. Now take your seats, you're lucky I don't deduct points off of your test for this" He said with a stern voice
"Thank you Iruka Sensei" He said with a bow before taking his seat next to Sasuke, followed by Sakura
"You Idiot, you almost flunked out" Sasuke said with a grin
"Shut up, you think you're so smart" Naruto answered back staring at his rival
To the average person they would believe that the two of them hated each other, however the people who knew them knew that they were in reality best friends who would be in constant competition with each other for just about everything
"I already explained this but for those of you who were late" He said starting at both Sakura and Naruto "The first part of the test will be a written exam, the second part will be physical test, if you pass both then you will graduate from the Academy and become Konoha Genin ninjas. You have 1 hour, and when I say pencils down, I mean pencils down." He explained as he finished handing out the test "Alright everyone… BEGIN"
The students began the test, as the hour was nearing its end the students were all trying to finish the test in time
"Alright everyone, pencils down!" Iruka ordered, he looked around and his gaze stopped on of his students, he threw a kunai aimed at the test page, Naruto immediately used his pencil to deflect the weapon out of instinct "I said PENCILS DOWN NARUTO" Iruka repeated
"I was putting it down..." He said as he put the pencil down with the Kunai sticking out of it
"Everyone bring your test to my desk and head toward the training area, Anko will be waiting for you" Iruka ordered, as everyone handed in their exams and exited the room Iruka smiled "Good reflexes Naruto" he told himself as he retrieved his kunai
Anko was waiting for everyone in the training yard while chewing on a straw,
"That test was easy, I nailed all of them" Sakura said with confidence in her test score
"Yea I am sure I did well, wasn't as hard as I was expecting" Sasuke said "What did you think Naruto?" He asked with a grin
Naruto returned the grin "Piece of cake" He said while staring at Sakura who raised an eyebrow, she knew that Naruto wasn't dumb but he seemed oddly confident in his test score, even more so then Sasuke
"Alright listen up, you will be all going one on one. Losing or winning doesn't matter. You can lose and pass, and you can win and fail. What I will be grading you on is the stuff you learned during your training, here is the pairing list
Shikamaru VS Kiba
Naruto VS Sasuke
Sakura VS Ino
Hinata VS Tenten
Suzu VS Yuki
Neji VS Sai
Shikamaru let out a sigh "I'm up against Kiba? How troublesome"
"Alright Demon girl, you're going down!" Yuki said with a confident grin
"Bring it!" Suzu answered back
Hinata was playing around with her fingers "Let's have a good fight" She said with a smile
"I will try not to hurt you too much Hinata" Tenten answered back
"You have a small penis" Sai said pointing at Neji
Neji let out a sigh "I will not dignify that with a response" He answered in a calm manner
"But you just did" Sai said with a smile
"Enough!" Anko shouted out trying to regain control of her class "The rules are simple, you can do anything except trying to kill your opponent, if you are injured we have Medics on standby. Using weapons is allowed but if I see that you are aiming to kill, I will stop and fail you immediately. If I decide a match is over, don't argue. First match up step forth" She explained. Shikamaru and Kiba stepped up and got into fighting positions "Begin!"
Kiba charged at Shikamaru however he jumped up and threw some kunais at him, Kiba dodged the kunai attack and countered with his speed to catch Shikamaru off guard sending him crashing to the ground "His speed is troublesome, I need to find a counter for it" He thought to himself
Kiba went right back on the attack, Shikamaru got up and tried to dodge it. Kiba stayed with him so Shikamaru ran towards the wall as Kiba tried to catch him but Shikamaru used the wall as a springboard and jumped out of the way Kiba stopped only inches from the wall
"Did you really think I would fall for such a trick?" Kiba said with a grin as he turned around only to get a knee kick straight to the face causing him to be half knocked out
What Kiba had failed to see was that once Shikamaru shot himself off the first wall he then used the second wall to jump off of to gain even more momentum
"Awesome move Shikamaru, your winning" Naruto cheered his friend on
"I'm not done yet" Kiba said as he wiped the blood from his mouth with his sleeve, he grabbed Shikamaru's shirt and used the wall as leverage twirling in midair sending Shikamaru to the ground
Shikamaru slowly got back up "How troublesome, I was hoping to knock him out with that move" He said while staring at the clouds in the sky
Kiba again used his speed to his advantage and threw kunais at him, Shikamaru took a kunai in hand and used it to deflect them. He then threw some shuriken right in Kiba's path forcing him to jump over them that's when Shikamaru raised his leg and hit Kiba right on the Jaw sending him crashing to the ground
"You got him Shikamaru! He is barely conscious!" Naruto continue to cheer on
Kiba got back to his feet but was all shaky and could barely stand, Shikamaru raised his hand "I give up"
Everyone was in shock "What, why? Kiba can barely stand up" Anko asked
"In order to complete my strategy, I need more kunais and its too troublesome to do anything else, so I give up" He said as he left the floor while keeping his eyes on the clouds
"Why are you so damn lazy Shikamaru!" Naruto shouted out, disappointed in his friend
Anko let out a sigh "Very well, Kiba Wins, I guess" she declared only seconds before Kiba collapsed to the ground, prompting the medical team to take him away
"Alright, next match up, Naruto VS Sasuke" Anko shouted out
Naruto and Sasuke stepped up and got into fighting stances
"This should be good" Suzu said with excitement
"Yeah, these two are at the top of the class in hand to hand combat, but I think Sasuke is going to win" Sakura said keeping her eyes on Sasuke
"Hey... I heard that..." Naruto said slightly disappointed that everyone always bets on Sasuke to win in the end
"Begin!" Anko shouted without giving them any warning
Sasuke went straight on the attack catching Naruto off guard who was still looking towards Sakura "Idiot pay attention to your enemy" He said with a grin as he scored a direct kick to Naruto's head sending him rolling onto the ground
Naruto got back up and wiped a bit of blood from his mouth "So you want to play dirty?" He said with a grin as he began to run towards Sasuke throwing multiple punches, Sasuke was able to block most of them but a few of them got through his defenses and got him square on the jaw, Naruto took the opportunity to perform a spin kick tripping him up but Sasuke immediately shot back onto his feet and kicked Naruto behind the knee while performing spin kick sending Naruto crashing to the ground
"Unlike the other battle this one is close combat, it's so exiting watching the two top geniuses of the class fighting it out" Suzu said trying to keep up with the action
"But as expected, Sasuke is doing slightly better" Sakura added
"You can win Naruto, I know you can" Hinata said in a shy voice as she fiddle with her fingers staring at the ground
"They both lack penis, however not as much as you" Sai said looking at Neji with one of his dumb smiles
The others could almost see a vein throbbing on Neji's forehead as he continued to ignore Sai, refusing to give him the benefit of a response
Naruto jumped back to his feet "Nice move, but it's going to take more than that to take me down Sasuke" he suddenly threw kunais at Sasuke who dodged them but Naruto was one step ahead and jumped onto Sasuke, grabbing his shirt and using the momentum he had created to send him crashing into the wall, Naruto then tried to kick him in the back in the head but Sasuke moved just in time as he threw some shurikens catching Naruto off guard as two of them hit his arm causing him some pain
"got you" Sasuke said with a cocky grin
"Oh no Naruto" Hinata said in a low and shy voice as she continued to watch with concern
Naruto ripped the shurikens from his arm and Sasuke took this opportunity to go back on the attack trying to kick Naruto on the jaw with a kick powerful enough to knock him out, however Naruto blocked it with his good arm and grabbed his leg while kicking his inner thighs sending Sasuke to the ground, but Sasuke recovered and got some distance to catch a breather. Both of them were tired and panting heavily
"Wow, Naruto is really holding his own, he is doing better than I thought he would" Sakura said slightly surprised that Sasuke hadn't won just yet
"Why are you so surprised? I mean he is the Hokage's son after all" Suzu commented
"Yeah but it's just that he generally doesn't take things seriously" Sakura explained
"Well, he is taking this fight seriously" Suzu said unable to take her eyes off of the two in the arena
"Yeah, I guess he is" Sakura though to herself as she stared at the pair
"I see you've been training" Sasuke said as he tried to catch his breath
"I won't lose to you again Sasuke" Naruto answered back
"Where have I heard that one before? Oh right, it was the last time I beat you" He said as his cocky grin returned
Sasuke ran for the wall and used it to catapult himself towards another wall and did it again this time towards Naruto who was holding his injured arm, Naruto lowered his body and grabbed Sasuke and sent him crashing into the other wall, Sasuke expecting this recovered right away and caught Naruto from behind grabbing his arms
"Crap..." Was the last though that entered his mind as Sasuke performed two quick kicks to his head causing him to collapse on the ground motionless
"Winner Sasuke" Anko declared
The medical teams hurried to treat Naruto's wounds
"You were great Sasuke" Sakura said with a bright smile as she joined him
"He pushed me to my absolute limits today, he is getting better" Sasuke commented
"I admit he did much better than I expected but you always seemed to be in complete control of the battle
"Don't believe everything you see, it could have easily gone either way, I got a lucky shot" Sasuke explained, however he would never admit this to Naruto of course
The rest of the matches happen, I won't make them all or it will take too long and just be repetitive
Alright, here are the final results
Shikamaru VS Kiba Winner Kiba
Naruto VS Sasuke Winner Sasuke
Sakura VS Ino Winner Sakura
Hinata VS Ten Ten Winner Hinata
Suzu VS Yuki Winner Suzu
Neji VS Sai Winner Neji
End Chapter 1
I hope you few who will read this, I know there aren't many :P enjoyed it. I don't care how many views or reviews I get for this story because I am just having fun with it, however any reviews is welcomed, I would Like to know if its better then the original story :P
Q - What is this? Did you not already post this?
A - Yes i did, however I have had a few request to re-post this in a novel form, and honestly I wanted to do this myself
Q - Why not just replace your current chapters, why start a new story?
A - I though about it but i feel like it would get no attention if i did that, and maybe some people like the old style
Q - What effect will this have on the Bonds series?
A - None, the Bonds series will continue its once a week release
Q - What will be the release schedule for this?
A - whenever i can, this is much easier to release then the Bonds series because i am taking an existing story and editing it
Q - So is it going to be the exact same as the story you posted before? Just with better grammar and novelized?
A - For the most part yes, however there will be some changes, i have removed Gai, Kakashi and Lee from the story and replaced them with Suzu, Yuki (Both chars from my Bonds series) and Sai. This means that some scenes and dialogue will be slightly different, and sometimes completely different. Oh i guess the biggest difference as well other then the character swap is Naruto knows who his father is and Kushina is not dead :)
OH and one last thing, Naruto is going to have more confidence in himself as well as be smarter then in my original story since he will have his parents, plus you know Kushina would be on his ass to keep up with his studies :D
Q - who do we have to blame for this?
A - Shinobi Gatana, feel free to mug him up or something