Tengokugakure
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WARNING: Please read this before reading the story so I won't receive any flames saying how much they don't like what I'm doing. If you don't like what you'll read in the warning, I suggest that you should just go and click the "back" button and don't even start.
1. Please do not feel offended and claim I'm doing blasphemy, because there WILL be times when I will be using Christian references to talk about one of the characters, whose real name is a secret, but is referred to as Kami-sama (God) throughout the story until towards the end. I am in no way and form making fun of the religion since I, myself, am a Christian.
2. There are both slash and non-slash pairings, with one slash-harem pairing, also there is M-Pregnancy, so be warned.
3. I have mixed feelings for certain characters from Naruto, so in some stories I'll write good things and in others, I'll probably bash them a bit. In this story, there will be slight or a lot of bashing on certain members from Konohakagure (councils, Sasuke, and Sakura being the main ones that will be bashed)
4. This is a multi-crossover from shows, so if certain characters appear familiar from a show, that's because they are them. I'll tell you at the end of each chapter if a crossover characters appears who and where they're from.
5. This is an inspiration given to me by Gengetsugakure by DeathNoteMaker and Emperor by Yuki Amane. While in some parts may seem like I am copying from them, I am NOT plagiarizing since I will be using my own ideas for this story.
If you read all these warnings and are quite all right with them, then please go on to read through it. If you had read the warnings and didn't like them, but still continued to read, do not send me a flame because I did caution you. I highly advise that you review once you finish so I can know what you all think. Thank you and enjoy.
Prologue
(Konohakagure(1))
Tsunade stared angrily with her pale brown eyes at the large stack of papers, which had mysteriously grown when she turned her back, she is forced to read and sign. She sighed dejectedly, "It's amazing how fast time flies by." And flown by it has…fifteen years.
It's been fifteen years since she had agreed to become hokage(2) of Konohagakure.
It's been fifteen years since Sasuke Uchiha's failed attempt to defect to her traitorous teammate.
It's been fifteen years since Jiraiya has up and went missing after the Uchiha Retrieval Mission.
It's been fifteen years of celebration for many of the civilians and several shinobis of Konoha.
It's been fifteen years of pain and sorrow for her and a small group of civilians and shinobis of Konoha.
She sighed deeply, "I hate my job." But why doesn't the pigtailed blond hokage just quit and leave if she hates it so much? Oh that's right, her promise of keeping the hokage seat warm for that young blonde who has captured her heart, not romantically, with his determination and dream.
In a dull routine manner, she reached over for a bottle of sake she had managed to hide from Shizune and took a large gulp, only to drop the bottle, causing it to shatter onto the floor, spilling its contents and glass all over. Levitating in front of her was a small yellow fox with white tips on its ear and bushy tail and brown patches of fur on its paws; the fox was carrying a scroll in its mouth. Tsunade eyed the fox warily, not exactly sure what to expect. After all the last time a fox had appeared outside of its habitat was over twenty years ago when the Kyuubi attacked. Also judging by the fact that this fox is floating in thin air proves that it's not a normal mammal.
The fox floated over the desk and dropped the scroll. "From my master to you, hokage-sama," it said.
Before she could even say, "You can talk!" the fox vanished in a puff of smoke. Tsunade just stared at the now empty space with a gapping mouth. When she finally snapped out of it, she turned her attention to the scroll innocently lying thereon her desk. Cautiously, she picked it up and opened it, half expecting it to explode of be a trap. When nothing happened, Tsunade began reading it. Halfway through the scroll, she slammed her hands on the desk, cracking it into two pieces and forcing all the papers to fall to the floor in one big pile. "Shizune!" she yelled.
"Hai, Tsunade-sama," Shizune said, entering the room. She stared at the giant mess on the floor and screamed, "Tsunade-sama, what happened to your desk?"
"Never mind that," Tsunade said, "Call those old farts and have them go into the meeting room!"
Shizune made a face. She didn't like the council members when she doesn't see them and if she has to lie her eyes on those selfish, greedy, money-grubbing, power-hungry old bag of bones once more, she'll have to hang herself. "Hai, Tsunade-sama," she said in a disgruntled tone.
Ignoring the displeased tone of her assistant's voice, Tsunade stared at the scroll in hand. "This may be the answer to our problems," she said hopefully, and then sighing, "Or to our destruction."
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Koharu, an elderly woman of the council, along with her old teammate, Homura, waited impatiently for the hokage to come. They watched as Tsuande walked in and stood in front of them with a serious look. They stared at her with blank looks on their faces as they waited for her to talk.
"I called you here for an important announcement," Tsunade explained.
"You're finally going to name Sasuke Uchiha as the new hokage," Koharu said with a slight smirk on her face, "While you're at it, at least arrange a marriage with him and some girl. He's already twenty-seven and he's still single and didn't produce any offspring."
Tsunade's blank face morphed into a disgusted one. "Like we need more Uchiha's after what happened last time," she said. She lifted the scroll high up into the air. "I have here a declaration of an alliance," she said.
"You mean that the kazekage(3) has finally broken down and wants the alliance with us yet again," Homura asked, "I don't think we should have the alliance with them after all we were fine for the past fifteen years without their help."
"It's not from Sunagakure(4)," Tsunade said, slightly annoyed with their arrogance.
"Nami no Kuni(3)then?" Koharu asked. Shaking her head and said, "Well, what do you expect with them having no shinobi on that island; well of course they need us."
"No, it's not from them," Tsunade snapped. Honestly, how much arrogance can these two old bag of bones and flesh have? What gave them the idea that the villages that had long demolished any alliance and treaties they had with Konoha over ten years ago would all of a sudden want the alliance back?
"Exactly what's so special about this village that we should care whether or not we should get a treaty with them?" Koharu asked. Tsuande kept silent, trying to plot their deaths, wondering whether or not she should slowly torture them to death or kill them immediately and get it over with.
"Why should it matter who the scroll is from?" Homura asked, "It matters not since we don't need anybody now that the Uchiha is still loyal to us and is one of the best shinobi."
That's it, a quick death is too much of a privilege; she's gonna torture them slowly and painfully, then heal them and do it all over again. Tsunade was growing tired of their arrogance. Only want the best for the village, yeah right! "The alliance treaty is from the village known as Tengokugakure(6)," she told them. She grew pleased to see their faces turn ashy white pale.
"You mean that village that was created ten years ago?' Homura said.
"The inhabitants of that village are bakemono(7)!" Koharu shouted, "Why would we get involved with a village like that, especially after that thing that blemished on our village's pride?"
Tsuande slammed her foot down, causing the whole room to shake and the two still living, unfortunately, council members to quiet down. "The majority of that village is all ningen(8)," Tsunade informed them," While they do have some youkai(9) as part of the population, there were incidents of bonding between the youkai and then ningen forming hanyou(10)."
"I refuse to have our home be part of an alliance with a village who has those…those BAKEMONO living there!"
"The connection and trust the youkai and ningen have with each other is what made that village so powerful," Tsunade said, "No matter where we search, our trackers could never locate Tengokugakure. Every place that was rumored to have been rescued by shinobi from that village is close lipped and had pledged their loyalty to their saviors." She stared down at the scroll in hand. "Konohagakure has no allies for the past fifteen years and we're just lucky that we managed to keep up the façade that we're still strong. If any of the shinobi villages declared war on us, we wouldn't stand a chance."
"Why don't we have an alliance with this village?"
All heads turned to see Danzo standing in the shadows. "What's he doing here?' Tusnade thought angrily to herself, "The last thing I want is for him to suggest something stupid and destroy this village."
"Think about it, once we absorb every knowledge and secret about that village, arrange marriages to get their bloodlines, maybe even brainwash the youth to prefer our village over theirs, we have no need for Tengokugakure."
Tsunade looked appalled by the idea, but before she could even argue against the idea, Homura, liking the idea, asked, "What about the youkai?"
"Everyone has a weakness, even youkai," Danzo replied, "We exploit that weakness and turn them into our weapons. Our village will finally be able to hold our heads up high with power."
Tsunade banged on the desk, screaming, "Now wait just one minute!"
"You have a problem with something, Tsunade-hime?" Danzo asked with a sneer.
"May I remind you that we are dealing with a powerful village, new but powerful," Tsunade argued, "If you go along with this power hungry scheme of yours and it fails, it could mean the destruction of our village, not their."
"We won't fail," Danzo said with so much confidence, it sounded like haughtiness, "After all, it's as you said, they're a new village. What can they possibly know about politics?"
"Danzo's right," Koharu said, "If we can't militarize our shinobi, we'll use theirs." She nodded her head and said, "Tsunade, invite them over so we can go over the requirements of the treaty."
"They'll be coming in a week's time," Tsunade told them in a disgusted tone. She glanced over at the contents and said, "They will be staying for the month of October so they can get to know the village better."
"They decided on this without confirming it with us? Who do they think they are with such conceit?" Koharu snorted.
"Look who's talking," Tsunade muttered, rolling her eyes. She shook her head and continued, "The leader of the village will be personally coming to this village with his family and bodyguards."
"Bodyguards? They don't trust our own shinobi to protect their precious leader?" Homura asked.
"According to their council members and his family…no, they don't trust our shinobi," Tsunade replied, reading the scroll. She rolled her eyes and muttered, "I wouldn't either."
"It matters not if he brings bodyguards," Danzo told them in a confident tone, "Tell their leader that we accept them coming."
Tsunade stared at the message at the bottom of the scroll. She bit hard on her thumb, causing it to bleed, and dropped the blood on the scroll. They heard a pop and the same yellow fox that had gave her the scroll appeared in front of them.
The fox yawned and said, "Finally, how long does it take for you guys to decide on an alliance treaty?" Still floating in midair, he shook his fur a bit before standing on all four legs. "So what is your answer?" he asked.
"We agree on the alliance," Tsunade replied, ignoring the murmurs of demons and blasted foxes.
The fox chuckled and said, "Just don't get your hopes up since it all depends on my master's last say." He took the scroll into his mouth and vanished.
"Let's just hope what we're doing won't result on Konoha's destruction," Tsunade thought to herself. Deciding to get her well deserved drink, Tsunade left the meeting room, ignoring the old geezers calling out her name.
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The yellow fox arrived in a large office that contained a huge round table that was only partially filled with five figures. He bowed his head to the figure in all white from head to toe before handing him the scroll. "They have accepted, master," he said.
The one who appeared to be the leader wore a large white coat over another white robe with the kanji 'kami' over the coat's only fastener. A thoughtful face with wide bright blue eyes stared at the scroll in hand. Because of the large clothes and the effeminate features, it was difficult to tell whether or not that the leader was a female or male; the only clue would be the figure's adam's apple that's located in his throat. "How do the hokage and the council members appear to you?" a soft melodious voice asked.
"The hokage appears to be somebody we can trust. The only problem would be the other people in the council that I saw were Koharu, Homura, and Danzo; they are the ones we have to be wary of," the fox replied.
A snort came from a tall redhead sitting next to the leader. He sat leisurely to the right of the leader; his posture was slouched in the seat with one leg crossed on top of the other. "Those old crones are still alive, huh?" He sneered and rolled his red eyes. "No doubt they probably sold their souls for immorality like that Orochimaru," he said.
"Pathetic humans probably want to find a way to use us youkai as weapons." Judging by his words and the disgust when he mentioned the word 'humans' it was apparent that he was most likely a youkai, despite his very human appearance. Unlike the previous speaker, whose hair flowed down from a high ponytail, his black hair was spiked high up, but both their red eyes showed disdain for what was going on. And unlike the leader's pure white clothes, his clothes consisted of a long black cloak with black pants underneath, the only places that weren't black would be the white fabric wrapped around his forehead and around his neck. While he was the shortest among the males, he was taller than the leader by two inches.
The previous redhead shook his head and turned to the figure in white. "I told you that there's no way that village could've changed their ways," he argued.
The leader closed his eyes and ran his fingers through his long blond hair in thought. "I would like to see it for myself," he said.
A different redhead, this one sitting in a straighter posture than the other one, said, "And that's why we will be accompanying you to Konohagakure," he said. He has long red hair, that's a darker color but shorter in length than the other one. The only visible differences between them would be their height, this one being one or two inches shorter, and their eye colors, this one being green. He shrugged his shoulders and added, "And besides it'll be good experience for the children."
An elegant male with long silver hair and an expensive looking white kimono made a slight snorting sound. His narrow gold eyes flashed as he added, "Yes, an excellent experience in hating that accursed village more than ever." While his appearance appeared to be human, his pointed ears mention another thing.
"Besides what's to say that they'll accept the kids?" the last one at the table asked. His black hair was tied into a neat ponytail, but his apparel seemed more feral than the others mainly because of the metal and fur on his clothes. His pale blue eyes narrowed in suspicion. "If they couldn't accept their own kind, how are they gonna accept hanyou's?" Like the previous speaker, his appearance was human-like, except for his pointed ears.
"They might most definitely fake the acceptance," the only blonde and the leader said. He sighed. "It's a good thing that the first thing we taught all children to sense deception in their enemies," he said absently. Noticing the quiet smirks from the other males, he shook his head and said quickly, "Not that Konohagakure is our enemy."
The one, whose black hair was in a ponytail, chuckled, "We know, we know. It's just fun teasing you."
"All joking aside," the shorter raven-haired said, "Let's get this situation finished. We'll be heading towards that village in a week's time, correct?"
"Yes, we will be staying there during the month of October," the blonde told them.
The first redhead who spoke smirked. "Let the games begin," he said with a sadistic grin growing on his face.
AN: So, how was this prologue? Was it to your liking? Did it peaked your interests? I hope so, because I really like this idea and hope that you do to. PLEASE REVIEW!
(1) Konohagakure: village hidden in the leaves
(2) hokage: fire shadow
(3) kazekge: wind shadow
(4) Sunagakure: village hidden in the sand
(5) Nami no Kuni: Water Country
(6) Tengokugakure: village hidden in the heavens
(7) bakemono: monster
(8) ningen: human
(9) youkai: demon
(10) hanyou: half-demon