Kasumi: So this is the first story I've posted on FanFiction. It's this...strange (for lack of a better word) idea that I came up with one night. It's this alternate universe thing where the whole shinobi land of Naruto has been turned into this huge school. The villages (sectors as they are called in this story) each has their own students, and the students are placed by choice of the Kages/village leaders based on the students' strengths.
As for ninja ranks, think about them as grade levels (in a way.) Regular students with no rank are at the Academy (equivalent to elementary school), Genin are the equivalent of junior high/middle school students, Chuunin are the equivalent of high school students, and Jounin are at a college level.
I've also changed ages around a little bit.
Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, etc. - 17-18
Neji, Tenten, Lee - 18-19
Kabuto - 20
Iruka and my OC - about 25
Kakashi, Genma, Gai, Anko, etc. - still the same, about 26-28
Sannin - 33
Hokage - around 55
So yeah. If there's any other info that you may be confused about that I changed around to fit this universe, or if something in my quick description conflicts with the story, don't hesitate to ask and tell in the reviews. Oh, and the chapter titles are based off of lyrics of songs by other artists that tell what is going on in the chapter somewhat. And some characters may seem a little OOC (Orochimaru especially throughout the story, considering I had him create Sound already), but there's a sequel that is currently in the works alongside this story that explain that a little more.
So here we go. Whew, that was long!!
Disclaimer: The songs and characters that you've heard about from the original Naruto plot belong to the songwriters/musicians and Masashi Kishimoto, respectively. The only things that belong to me are my characters and whatever the hell I've made up about them. Oh, and the aspects of my plot that I've derived from the original also belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
The Power Of Sound
Chapter One: Off Again In My World
"Can't help it if I space in a daze
My eyes turn out the other way
I may switch off and go in a daydream
In this head my thoughts are deep
And sometimes I can't even speak
Will someone be and not pretend
I'm off again in my world..."
"My World" - Avril Lavigne
"Ahhh…I don't want to go to class today…" Chii sighed in frustration.
"Up Chii-chan!!" Kakashi yelled in her ear.
"EEP!!"
Chii jumped off of her bed and scooted all the way over to the opposite wall. "How'd you get in here?!"
She yelled.
"You left the door unlocked again." Kakashi sighed.
"That doesn't mean you have the liberty of coming into my room whenever the hell you feel like it Kakashi." She grumbled.
"Well, the Council is ready for deliberation on which sector to place you in here in the compound." Kakashi informed her.
"Hmph. 'Bout time they do…"
"Hey, they're busy people you know!!"
"Yeah, but I also know that they've placed the younger ones BEFORE they got to me. I graduated from Chuunin to Jounin a long time ago."
"Chii, don't be a-"
"Don't tell me to not be a drama queen." She interrupted. "Now out. I need to change."
"Can't I w-"
"NO. Ugh, I swear, you're gonna become the second Jiraiya. I wouldn't doubt if he tried to make you his successor in writing the Icha Icha novels…" Chii muttered.
Chii saw the pout through his mask before he turned to exit her room. He closed the door and she got up and shook her head. "Stupid perv…"
When her shirt had come off, the door opened again. "What now Kaka-"
She stopped when she saw that it wasn't Kakashi. Instead, it was Iruka, who stopped short as he saw Chii in just her bra and shorts. His lower lip quivered and he covered his eyes as he quickly exited her room.
"I'm sorry Chii-chan!!"
Chii couldn't help but smile at Iruka's awkwardness. She pulled on a fresh shirt and changed out of her shorts into a pair of denim capris. Then she went to the door and opened it. "I'm decent. You can look now."
Iruka lowered his hand and he loosened up a little. "I'm sorry again Chii-chan."
"It's alright. Now, what is it?"
"Well, Naruto is running a bit rampant again."
Chii sighed and asked, "Why come to me? Why can't you go to Jiraiya or Tsunade or-"
"Because they've already had their turns this past week. Besides, apart from me or Kakashi, you're the
closest to him."
"They why not get Kakashi to do it?"
"I tried, but when I walked past him and asked, he had this kind of distraught look on his face and he was muttering something about he wasn't allowed to watch something or what not."
Chii inwardly snickered. Then she faced Iruka and said, "Alright. Let's go down and see what I can do."
"NEEEEEEE, SAKURA-CHAN!! I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO!!"
"NARUTO!!"
Chii watched as a blur of blonde and orange ran past her with a blur of pink and red coming right up behind it. She grabbed Sakura's arm, stopping her from killing Naruto for the time being.
"Sakura, could you explain why-"
"THE LITTLE PERVERT WAS PEEKING THROUGH MY BEDROOM WINDOW WHILE I WAS GETTING DRESSED!!"
'Everyone's just a little peeper today…' Chii thought as she sighed again.
"AND HE SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!! WELL IF IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, WHY DIDN'T HE LEAVE?!" She continued to scream and she raised her fist, shaking it at Naruto's back.
"Okay, uhmm…" Chii turned to Iruka. "Take Sakura to the mess hall and have her eat some breakfast. I'll go after Naruto."
As Iruka left with Sakura, Chii ran after Naruto until coming to the open training field. She looked around
for him before sensing something behind the large tree to her left. She walked over to it slowly and saw Naruto cowering in fear.
"Sakura-chan?" He looked up. "Oh… Chikako nee-chan. You're not here to hurt me are you?" He whispered, terrified.
Chii laughed lightly as she plopped down next to Naruto. "No, no. I'm just here to find out why the hell you were looking into Sakura's room while she was changing."
"Well…I meant to saw good morning to her at because she's always finished by that time, but I guess she woke up a little late and…well…she was just so pretty…" He trailed off dreamily.
Chii raised an eyebrow. "Exactly how much did you see Naruto?"
"Well, I mean, she had underwear on and all that stuff, but I mean…it's Sakura-chan…"
"Why don't you just go and tell her what you were really trying to do?"
"I tried!! But you saw what happened before I even got to say anything to her…" Naruto's eye twitched.
"Hmm, well then. Just come with me to the mess hall and I'll have her sit there and make sure she listens to you. Then you can get some breakfast before your classes start today."
Naruto gulped and nodded.
"So, yeah…"
Naruto had just finished explaining the situation to Sakura, which seemed to calm her down more as the realization washed over her.
"Hmm…I'm sorry Naruto. I shouldn't have overreacted so much but I guess I was just mad because I overslept just a tad." Sakura said with a smile.
Chii smiled too and patted the both of them on the shoulder. "See, now that wasn't so bad."
Just then Kakashi came running up to them. "Oh, morning Sakura, Naruto." He greeted his students. "By the way, your training session is canceled for today so you can go do…I guess…whatever it is you do right after class."
"Why?" The two asked in unison.
"I have to accompany Chii to the Council's office today. They're finally deciding where to place her." Kakashi explained again.
"Ah!! Chii nee-chan, good luck! I hope you get placed with us in Leaf!!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Me too onee-chan!! It'll be fun having you here!" Naruto added.
"Okay, okay, we gotta go." Kakashi grabbed Chii's wrist and they ran off, Chii turning around with a final wave before she and Kakashi disappeared through the doors.
"Why are we in such a rush?!" Chii asked Kakashi breathlessly.
"Just because." Kakashi replied simply.
"Hmph. It's not like I'm gonna be present during the meeting anyway." Chii grumbled.
Kakashi stopped in his tracks making Chii fall flat on her bottom. "They…they didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"That you have one final test to go through."
"WHAT?! THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANYONE ELSE AN EXTRA TEST!!" Chii screamed, infuriated.
"Well, I don't know if it's some sort of test really. Hokage-sama just told me that he wanted you with them in the meeting." Kakashi admitted sheepishly.
"Dumbass…" Chii muttered angrily.
"Just come on. They're expecting you right now." Kakashi said hastily.
They ran at full speed at the Grand Tower located at the heart of the compound. Racing up the stairs, they stopped right at the door at the top of the building. At that same moment, the door opened to reveal Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin.
"Chii-chan, you made it! Come in, come in!"
Jiraiya dragged Chii into the room while he slammed the door in Kakashi's face, not noticing that they were both out of breath.
Chii bowed to the Kages and sector heads present. "I apologize for my tardiness."
"That's quite alright Chikako-san. It seems we have a few missing here anyway." Sarutobi stated.
Chii looked around the table and noticed that the Tsuchikage and Raikage were missing. Also absent from the meeting were the heads of the Star sector, the Rain sector, the Snow sector, and Orochimaru, the head of the Sound sector and also another one of the Legendary Sannin.
"Wouldn't it be best if we started when we have everyone possible here?" Tsunade, the third of the Legendary Sannin asked the Hokage.
"It won't be. Orochimaru won't be back until late tonight, Star and Snow are still trying to find and select a competent head to direct them, and Rain's head has gone missing. And besides, Chikako-san has been waiting nearly six years for her turn to be placed." Sarutobi said, giving Chii a small smile and wink before returning to his serious face and continuing.
"I assume you're wondering why it has taken so long for your placement to finally be decided and why you're being included in your meeting." He asked her.
"Yes sir." She replied.
"Well…truthfully. We didn't know where to place you. And we still don't know. The problem is that you have so many different talents and they would be useful in any one of our sectors."
"So…" Chii smiled, hoping that her thoughts were correct.
"Yes." The Hokage smiled at her. "We all decided that it may be appropriate to break the rules for you and let you choose were you'd like to go."
"Woo!" She exclaimed, punching the air in happiness. The Kazekage cleared his throat and she immediately went back to her previous stance.
"So it's your choice Chii-chan. Go ahead and choose." Jiraiya coaxed her from behind.
"I daresay that you'd rather be living in your own place than staying with Kakashi and the rest of those men in that house, no matter how close you are to them." Tsunade added in with a smirk.
And so Chii thought. She only knew a handful of people from the Waterfall and Sand sectors well who she already saw every day, so that was out. She also didn't want to be caught in the middle of all the chaos of the Rain, Snow, and Star sectors. That only left Leaf, Mist, and Sound. To her, the Mizukage was just a little creepy to her, what with all the secrecy around his sector.
Leaf. All of her friends were there. Kakashi, Iruka, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and many others. She was also used to life in the Leaf sector as well. It brought comfort to her that she was surrounded by all of those who loved her. Leaf was a strategist sector; they were all taught strategy and battle tactics, as well as the three basic jutsu taught to all students – Taijutsu (fighting techniques), Genjutsu (illusion techniques), and Ninjutsu (endurance and stealth techniques.) The Leaf sector was probably the most powerful in the whole compound.
Sound. Orochimaru, the sector's leader, had originated from Leaf but had left to start his own sector. She wanted to find out more about him; of course, learning about and from the Legendary Sannin wasn't complete until she had experience with each of them. She was also entranced with what they learned and they way they fought – using the power of sound (of course), but also music and dance to their advantage. They were graceful and taught in not only visual and performing arts, but also how to use those techniques on the battlefield. Tsunade and Jiraiya often joked that their friend and former classmate was gay because he began a sector dealing with dance of all things, but Chii thought it was quite beautiful. Funnily enough, most of the students of sound were also male.
It was a difficult choice. Chii had to choose between two things she loved. Her friends or music…
"Oh eff this. I'm gonna be seeing them all every day regardless. I'll go to Sound." Chii said.
"Damn…" Jiraiya murmured, sounding slightly defeated.
"Well, then it has been decided. You can report to the Sound sector tonight and get yourself settled. You'll get your uniform then as well." Sarutobi explained to her.
"Hai!" Chii replied happily.
She ran out of the room excitedly, bumping into a certain silver-haired shinobi on her way. She looked down at Kakashi with a raised eyebrow and he said sheepishly, "I was tired and leaning against the door to rest?"
Chii gave him a skeptical look and he chuckled. "Worth a shot."
"So I'm guessing you heard."
"Mmm."
"Awww…you're not mad that I decided not to stay in Leaf?" Chii teased.
"Nahh. Like Hokage-sama said, you'd do well anywhere. And who knows, maybe one day I'll actually get
to fight against those Sound moves of yours." Kakashi said, smiling through his mask.
"Pshh. I'll be dancing circles around you, quite literally I might add. You'll be too distracted to even think about laying a finger on me." Chii retorted.
"You keep telling yourself that Cupcake." Kakashi said as he poked her nose. Her hand flew up instinctively to brush her nose like a cat's.
"Why the sweets?" She asked discontentedly.
"Because you love sweets and pastries and the like. So one night, the guys and I all claimed a pastry nickname for you and we decided to start today after your placement because we knew you were going to be placed somewhere today. So now Cupcake is your nickname." Kakashi explained.
"And when did we establish that?"
"Oh, about ten to fifteen seconds ago…Cupcake."
Cupcake/Chii narrowed her eyes at Kakashi before beginning to walk down the stairs to exit the Grand Tower.
"I don't suppose you'll give me the liberty of telling me what my other nicknames are?" Chii asked conversationally.
"Nope. You can find out at your celebration party tonight before you move out." Kakashi replied.
"Grr…I hate you."
"I love you too Cupcake."
"GRAH!!"
Chii jumped on Kakashi and they tumbled down the stairs and out of the door before landing in the soft grass outside. Unfortunately for them though, Naruto and Sakura were waiting there, and they had landed in an awkward position; Chii was underneath of Kakashi, whose knees were straddling her hips and his hands had her wrists pinned above her head. Also, upon hearing her new nickname, Chii face had turned an embarrassed and infuriated red, causing her to look flustered. Kakashi, was, well, Kakashi, and with Naruto's mind, two and two were put together and-
"You know Kakashi-sensei if you stole Chii nee-chan away just to have sex, you could've told us. We're old enough." Naruto said.
"You idiot!!" Sakura yelled as she hit Naruto across the head.
Kakashi and Chii finally noticed their current position and quickly scrambled away from each other.
"It's nothing like that! It's just-"
"Naruto, she is now Cupcake nee-chan." Kakashi interrupted.
"Kakashi…" Chii growled menacingly.
"Naruto?"
"Hai sensei?"
"RUN."
"A toast!! To the Sound sector's newest and best Jounin!!" Iruka yelled.
A great cheer rose about Chii's friends as they all held up their glasses to make a toast to her.
Chii made her rounds through the room, stopping to talk and catch up with some people. While she did this, she met up with Kabuto, a Jounin of Sound about 5 years younger than her. He had just graduated 2 years ago and he and Chii had become close friends.
"Kabuto-kun!" Chii hugged her friend tightly and he smiled and returned it.
"So I see they finally placed you where you belong." Kabuto said.
"Hahaha, actually, Hokage-sama said that he and the other Kages and sector heads thought it would be best if I made the choice. They couldn't decide where I should be placed. And besides, it's not like it would've made any difference. I see you all every day." She explained yet again.
"Hmmm, well, whenever you're ready we can go back to the Sound sector and I'll show you to your room. Orochimaru-sama is supposed to be coming back late tonight so most likely you'll meet him tomorrow morning."
Chii nodded and then asked, "What's it like being taught in Sound?"
Kabuto thought for a bit and then replied, "I don't know what to really tell you. I've only been there for a year, you know? And I've mostly been studying medical ninjutsu, not any combat really."
Chii scrunched her nose up and then shrugged. "Ah, well. I guess I'll just have to find out tomorrow during my first class."
"Here you go. Your new room." Kabuto said as he opened the door. She went in and turned back to him.
"Thank you Kabuto-kun."
"No problem…Muffin nee-chan." He said with a sly smile on his face.
"…Damn you Iruka…" Chii muttered. Iruka, Kakashi, Genma, and Jiraiya had gone around the party earlier that night, telling everyone to call Chii by her dessert nicknames.
Kabuto chuckled softly and said, "Sweet dreams Chii onee-chan."
He closed the door behind him and Chii turned back around to see her room. It was bathed in silvery moonlight pouring through the window. Her sheets were black with pink and silver patterns sewn through them, with matching pillows. Her curtains matched the bedding and the walls were painted with white and black stripes.
'Hmmm…either all of this was already here, or Kabuto somehow knew that I had chosen to stay in the Sound sector…' Chii pondered.
She began to unpack all of her clothes and place them in the closet when she heard something slide open behind her. She whisked around to feel the cool night breeze brush against her face. Her window was open.
"They told me that I was getting a new female student in my sector…although they failed to tell me that she was a pretty little thing." A smooth voice stated in her ear.
Kasumi: Mkay, so there's the first part. I hope you liked it, and please review with some constructive criticism please. And no flames, just because I'm not going to bother reading them if I get the first hint that they are flames.