CHAPTER # 1: PROLOGUE
Academy City.
A city that is basically on the principle of technology.
A place where 80% of the population is of students from both Japan and overseas.
Out of the population, there are many people who uses 'powers' from scientific means.
These people are dubbed, by the government, 'Espers'.
Espers has been organized by the government to a system called 'Levels'. These 'Levels' range from 'Level' 0, being the lowest, to 'Level' 5, being the highest.
However, there has only been a total of 8 'Level' 5 Espers that can achieve such a level.
This is where our story begins, with the second strongest 'Level' 5, Naruto "The Maelstrom" Misaka.
(Academy City, 15 years ago)
(Unknown Location)
"What's happening!?" Yelled a male voice.
"We're not sure. It seems like serum '11 21 18 1 13 1' is having an effect on one of our subjects." Replied a female voice.
" 'KURAMA' you say? Well, which one of our subjects is it?"
"Uh.. not sure. I believe it's-" The young woman paused for a second.
"Oh hurry it up! We don't have much time now!" Growled the older man.
"Gomen. It's name, I believe, is Naruto," the woman replied.
The man then, stared at the woman as if she had just grown two heads.
The man then said: "You're telling me that the subject 'KURAMA' is attracted to, is named Naruto, who is also the same Naruto, son of one of our most highly respected scientists to have ever work with us, the co-founder of Academy City and is probably the most influential person in Academy City and in Japan?"
"Uhh... y-yes?" The woman replied, with a sheepish smile.
"..."
"..."
The two both stare at each other, as if they were having a stare-off with the occasional sounds of running footsteps around the place.
Then the man took a deep breath.
Then looked back at the woman.
"So," the man said in a ever-so-quietly voice, " Are you going to sit there and do nothing or," the man paused, "Are you going to stand up and ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK?!"
"Y-yes, sir!" Answered the woman. She then ran to direction of where the subjects are now stationed at , leaving the professor rubbing the bridge of his nose in exasperation.
"Minato, ever since your death, most of our skilled professors can't even compare to your research." Thought the distressed man. " And now, your son is being used like lab rat and none of the higher ups care even if it's an infant! I am sorry, Minato. I couldn't stop this horrendous research. Please, forgive this old man."
(Unknown Location)
There was an area filled with the stench of blood and death in the air. With machines being broken in half and mixtures of oil and blood dampening the floor.
Sparks of electricity flashed around the room, still being generated by pieces of the machines.
Many corpses were lying on the floor, barely recognized. It was all silent.
Except for a cry.
Lying in the middle of all this bloodshed was none other then a child. Actually, this child wasn't even old enough to called a child. He appears to be only 2 months old. This 'child' was crying, as if it was calling out for help.
Then, a door had opened.
It was an attractive woman, wearing a lab coat, that had came through the door. "Shh.." said the woman, soothing the child while holding him up."It's alright, little one. You're safe now."
As if on command, the child had finally calmed down. Then he opened his azure eyes to the woman, who smiled gently at him.
The child then laughed, unsuccessfully trying to touch the woman's face with his small arms.
The woman is then walking out of the room while rocking the child from left to right. When the child finally went to sleep, the woman's smile was quickly replaced with a frown as she was nearing to an exit.
(Outside/Time:2:37am)
The woman, with the baby in her hands, was walking quickly to her car while keeping the child warm. During the time the woman was putting the baby inside a baby seat that she had bought just for him, she was panicking inside of her mind of the choice she was making.
"I hope Misuzu-chan wouldn't mind me visiting her this early," the woman hoping not to cause too much trouble for her friend.
As she got in the front seat, she never noticed that a camera was following her movements.
(Unknown Location)
This room was filled with over 20 screens with five people operating them.
One of them then pulled out his phone and dialed a number. He put the phone to his ear.
"Hello, is this Dr Amai I'm speaking to?"
"..."
"It's about that Kikyo Yoshikawa woman who you were speaking of."
"..."
"We have gotten sight of her. What should we do now, sir?"
"..."
"Of course. Sorry to wake you up, sir."
He put the phone back to his pocket.
"So what are we going to do?" Said one of his fellow workers.
The man answered. "Nothing. Dr Amai said that we shouldn't interfere with Dr Yoshikawa's personal affairs." A female voice then said: "So what, we aren't going to do anything about it?"
The 5 of them then stared at that one screen with Yoshikawa's car pulling out of it's parking space.
"Yes,"
Then Yoshikawa's car went on to the road and drove through the darkness.
"Nothing at all."
(Nearby suberbs/Time:3:38am)
Now-named woman, Kikyo Yoshikawa, got out of her car and took the still-sleeping baby out of his seat and walked to the front door of a house. Then she knocked on the door.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"..."
No answer.
She knocked again.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"..."
No answer, again.
She knocked once more.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
"..."
When she was about to knock for a fourth time,
*WHAM!*
Standing there was a another woman in a nightgown, who looks like she was just woken up from her sleep and appears to be pregnant for about 3 months. Also, she doesn't seem quite happy at all.
"WHAT KIND OF RETARDED FUCK KNOCK ON SOMEBODY'S FREAKIN' DOOR THI- *MUFFLE*"
The woman would've said more if Yoshikawa didn't use one of her arms to cover the woman's mouth while holding the baby in the other.
"*SIGH* Misuzu-chan always did swore like a drunken sailor when we were younger. I thought Tabigake-san would calm her down," Yoshikawa thought as she kept her hold on the still-struggling woman known as 'Misuzu'.
It took about 10 seconds for Misuzu to calm down and realize who was actually holding her.
"Mifmno?" (Kikyo?)
"Yep."
"Mifmno! Mwyo mar mew mooingf?" (Kikyo! How are you doing?)
"Sorry, what was that?" Yoshikawa said as she took her hold off of Misuzu's mouth.
Misuzu replied back:"I said,'How are you doing?'"
"Oh, just fine. What about you?"
"Oh, fine, if you called being woken up at three in the morning 'fine'." Misuzu said with sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"Sorry." "No problem." Misuzu said with a reassuring grin. However, her mouth became tight shut as she shuddered.
"Damn, it's cold! Why don't we just go inside?" She offered.
But Yoshikawa has other plans.
"Sorry but I came here for a reason," she said with troubled face.
Misuzu raised her eyebrow. What could be troubling to her best friend so much to make her ask something for Misuzu about?
Yoshikawa closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Then she opened her eyes and put a determined look on her face.
"Please raise this baby as your own child."
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"EHHH?!"
That was Misuzu's reply.
"W-w-w-what do you mean by raising it?!"
Yoshikawa answered, "I meant by what I said, raise him as your child."
"B-B-B-B-But why?"
"Because you're the only one I can trust," Yoshikawa begged.
"Aiho is too carefree and her personality might affect him in a bad way,"
"True."
"Shiina is too kind and he might become spoiled,"
"I can see that."
"I can't take care of him at all times and I don't have the time to pay a babysitter."
"Yep, I know that."
"Please, you are the only choice I have."
Yoshikawa and Misuzu both stood there in silence.
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"Alright, fine!"
Yoshikawa's eyes widen in shock.
"I'll take him."
Yoshikawa then hugged her with one arm.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou-"
"Oi oi, calm down," said Misuzu, while patting Yoshikawa's back.
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After a few minutes of composing herself, Yoshikawa was taking her leave when Misuzu asked her a very important question:
"Is this your kid?"
To say that Yoshikawa turned into a stuttering idiot was an understatement.
Misuzu then discarded that question and asked another one:
"What's his name?"
Yoshikawa just stood there and thought about it.
Then she smiled and said with a smile:
"Naruto."
END OF CHPAPTER #1