My new story. I have a feeling it will be a long one.
I do not own Naruto
Enjoy! -Soprana
It was a normal sunny day in Konoha, and Naruto Uzumaki had just about enough of the quiet peace. He gave up pranks a long time ago, and granny Tsunade had not sent him on any missions lately. Well, he occasionally played some pranks. But as he lazed in the sun, watching the water on a nearby lake ripple in the slight breeze, he had no clue what adventure was to come: or the dangers it brought.
Meanwhile, in a hidden cave of a hide out, a man with snakelike eyes was planning: planning evil. Evil that could think, and serve his future vessel with strength. Our story begins here...
"Ah, I hope Sasuke-kun will enjoy these gifts I created." Orochimaru cackled as he stood before four figures. "Who will you serve?" he bellowed at them in the darkness. In unison, they replied, "Sasuke-sama is our leader. He will lead us forward. We will honor him with our independent minds, but fight for him with our strength. We are his army, and we are his tools." Their voices echoed through the cavern, then died down to silence. "Good." Orochimaru breathed. "Now, in one hour, I shall present you to him. Until then." Then he vanished through a door, leaving the four figures.
One of the figures sighed and turned to the others. "I want to kill him so bad I can taste it!" It exclaimed. "Patience Brother," another answered, "We have our minds still. Orochimaru has altered our appearances, powers, strength, and lives. He does not have our loyalty. Neither does Sasuke." "Yes." A female voice chimed in happily. "When we are free, we will find the one who is worthy to be called Master. We will lend him our power and our loyalty. We will serve him and only him. We will be his tools and, his friends." The four figures nodded to each other, then stood back to attention, and waited for the return of Orochimaru.
An hour later, as promised, Orochimaru entered. Followed by Kabuto and Sasuke. Orochimaru snapped his clammy fingers and lights came on. In the center of the room, was the four figures, now clear as day. There were two men and two women. Each stood with pride and awaited to be addressed. "So? What are they?" Sasuke asked in his monotone voice as he looked at Orochimaru angrily. "You took me out of training for these?" "Sasuke-kun, let me explain them to you." Orochimaru said calmly. "These are humans taken from different places. I altered them genetically. They will serve you well. I changed them. I forced different and more powerful nature chakra into them. They never age and heal at an accelerated rate. Each one is a different charka type controller, with enough chakra to make even the great Kyuubi have a run for the money. I call them, The Elements." He finished proudly.
"So? They are worthless to me." Sasuke snorted. "Ah, let me show you." Orochimaru cooed. The back of the cavern opened to reveal a training ground. "First, I will show you Fire." Orochimaru stated as the first man walked out to the field. The man had brown hair, fiery red eyes, and was about 5'8. He wore a normal jacket that was red and black with a long red cloak that had image of fire on the back. His pants were burgundy with bright red lines on the sides. "Fire, I order you to destroy the offense!" Orochimaru yelled as another door on the opposite side of the field opened. Ten prisoners ran out, screeching battle cries, hurdling toward Fire. Fire lowered down, bending his knees as he crossed his hands across his body, his eyes ablaze. As the prisoners got closer, Fire lashed out his arms creating a wave of fire. It shot toward the charging prisoners at a break neck speed. The prisoners had no time to register it before they were incinerated.
Then, Fire whipped around and jumped before Sasuke and Orochimaru. He then kneed before them and said, "Sasuke-sama and Orochimaru-sama, I hope I have pleased you." With that, he leapt back into the line. Sasuke just stared at where the prisoners once were. "Do you approve Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru asked. "Hn." Sasuke muttered. A grin spread across the snake man's face.
"Excellent, well we have more. Earth, I order you to create something fitting in Sasuke-kun's honor!" He said as the second man walk forward to the field. This man was 6'1 with bright green eyes. His black hair waved as he trudged out of the cavern. He wore a similar jacket to Fire, only it was green and black and his cloak was green with the symbol of a tree. He stood still for a moment, before he clapped his hands together. In the middle of the field, a large trunk of a tree erupted from the ground and began morphing into a figure of Sasuke, with his foot on an image of Itachi as it was being crushed. Then, Earth leapt back and kneel ed before Sasuke and Orochimaru just like Fire had done. "Sasuke-sama and Orochimaru-sama, I pledge to create in your ever lasting glory." Earth then rejoined the group.
Sasuke looked up and eyed the statue appreciatively. Orochimaru smiled as he addressed the next figure. "Wind, go get rid of that tree and the people near it!" The first girl began walking out. She had long brown hair that shone in the sun. She was around 5'5 and had bright hazel eyes. She wore a collared shirt that was torn in many places with simple white pants. Just like Fire and Earth, she had a cloak. However, her cloak was a yellow-tan with lines representing wind. She skipped with every step, swinging her arms in a rhythm unknown to others. As she was skipping out, more prisoners filed out near the Sasuke statue. She giggled and began to spin like a ballerina. Sasuke and even Kabuto, who had been sulking in a corner, looked confused. Suddenly, Wind came to an abrupt stop with her hands pointing straight out from her body. Then, she swung her left in a circular motion before crossing it in front of her. A loud crunching noise echoed from all around them. What used to be a towering, trunk statue of Sasuke was now a pile of sliced wood. She then crossed her right arm in a similar motion.
The prisoners who, at the moment, were staring at the pile of wood with shocked faces: never saw it coming. In an instant, their throats were sliced. Before they even hit the ground, Wind was kneeling before Sasuke and Orochimaru just like the others. "Your enemies no longer will be a threat Sasuke-sama. Lord Orochimaru has proven that." Then she rejoined the others. "Water!" Orochimaru barked. "Show Sasuke-kun your ability to serve him!"
The last girl began to approach the field. She had long light brown hair that had blond strands glittering within. She wore a normal red T-shirt and blue shorts with white lines running down the side. Her cloak was royal blue with a symbol of a water drop. However, her eyes kept changing. First, they were blue with brown around the pupil. Then they were gray. She continued to walk towards more prisoners that charged at her. She never stopped as they all lunged at her. She struck out, encasing only the prisoners heads in water. Half of them, she crushed they're heads. The last half, she let drown. She turned slowly to look at the people back in the cavern. Her face looked like it was melting, in fact, her whole body was melting. Then she burst into water and randomly appeared kneeling before Sasuke and Orochimaru. "I have completed the task Orochimaru-sama. I hope Sasuke-sama approves." With that, she rejoined the line.
A moment of silence was broke when Sasuke said, "Wait, where is lightning? If this is the Elements, then where is the last one?" Orochimaru frowned before replying, "Well Sasuke-kun, every subject we tried for lighting died. So we just completed these ones before you."
"Hn." was Sasuke's answer before turning and leaving with Orochimaru on his tail. Kabuto grinned and addressed the Elements. "Well, we guess that means he likes you all." He laughed greedily before leaving the Elements in the cavern alone.
"Dirty old coot, I just want to show them our true wrath!" Earth said angrily. "I just want to kill them so we can be free." Fire stated as he turned to walk away. "They say we have independent minds, yet they talk about us like we are tools!" Wind wined. "Well, they did kidnap us from our homes and experiment on us. We lost our humanity to them. We may still have our minds, but we are now Sasuke's tools." Water commented before turning to follow Fire. "That brat! I will die before I serve him! I wasted my beautiful creation on his ugly face!" Earth raged on.
"But Earth, how can we survive without them?" Wind said. Fire and Water stopped and whirled around to face them. "What?" Fire and Water yelled in unison. 'Well, we are no longer human. We just take forms that look human. We are monsters, lets face it now. We have someone who needs us, and will protect us from the eyes of the humans." Wind said before backing up behind Earth.
"The hell Wind?" Water shouted. "I will be normal again! I will not serve this man! I am still human! I have mercy, sympathy, compassion, and the will to live!" She turned away and let the silence roam. Then she continued, " I will find the real Master. I will look for the one with a true and loyal heart. One who never gives up. The real Master will see us as friends and family."
"Ha! Good luck with that one!" Earth said. "I will find Master. He will have the ability to create. He will be strong enough to crush Sasuke brat. He will also honor me as a worthy friend."
"I will find my Master too!" Wind exclaimed, peeking out from behind Earth. "He will be a fierce fighter, protecting the ones he loves. He will also be gentle at times if needed. He will smile a lot and make us laugh!" Water smiled at Wind and added, "I agree Wind! He needs to smile a lot." The girls began to laugh together.
Fire rolled his eyes. "My Master will be strong and brave. He will have the qualities of a leader and will confide in me because of the trust we will have." Fire said. "By the way, we need to elect a leader until we escape. Then we can go our separate ways." He added. "Always on the ball Fire, very well. I elect you. You have the quality to lead us." Earth said. "Yeah, same here." Wind chirped.
"Fire, we here by elect you leader of the Elements. You mess up, I will hurt you." Water said jokingly. All of them laughed together. "Well, get some rest then." Fire said as he turned to leave. "We have a big day tomorrow." "A day of serving duck-butt." Water muttered as she followed. "Haha! Duck-butt!" Earth gaffed as he and Wind followed suit.
The next day...
"Sasuke-kun! Where is Orochimaru?" Kabuto yelled as he stared at Sasuke then at the white snake behind him. "Which one is which?" "Which one do you think?" Sasuke replied, walking past Kabuto, leaving the fort behind. Gasping, Kabuto ran to one of the rooms and threw open the door. "Elements! Orochimaru-sama is dead! Sasuke escaped! Capture him!" He cried into the dimly lit room.
"Why? He serve only him. He has not given us a command. We stay here." Fire said. "Since he has abandoned us, we are not needed." Earth said. "Therefore, we emancipate ourselves from his service. We are free people." Wind said. "We will take our leave now." Water finished. As they stood to leave, Kabuto screamed, "No! We created you! You are our tools! I helped create you! Serve me! I am your Master!" A great blast erupted from the room, destroying the area around it.
"How dare you!" Fire erupted. "You kidnap us from our homes! We were villagers! Innocent! You force unknown chakra into us! You listened to our screams! You tied us down as we writhed in pain! You let us keep our memories of everything in the past! You took away our names! Our humanity! You call us tools! You want to use us to kill! No! We are the Elements! Protectors of the good and the kind! We are no longer human, but we will serve the better mankind!"
With that, the Elements leapt out of the crater and began to run. Run for freedom. Run into the unknown.
"Fire!" Water yelled over the passing wind. "Should we morph to our normal bodies?" "No! Wait till we find Master!" Fire answered. "We will start our search in the closest village! The village hidden in the leaves! Konoha was it?" "What? The one Sasuke brat is from?" Earth yelled. "Not all humans are evil!" Wind answered. "Let us try!"
Weeks later, Naruto Uzumaki was swatting a pesky gnat away from his face. He got so into it, he swatted his face instead of the gnat. Groaning at his mistake he looked over to Sakura, a pink haired girl who he had been teamed up with since he became a ninja. She was shaking her head muttering, "Baka." Sai, who was the new addition to the team was smiling at Naruto. When Sai smiled at him that way, it always annoyed Naruto. Kakashi and Yamato were sitting under a tree near by going over tactics to train the team to use. They never usually interfered with the team during relaxing time. Sighing, Naruto closed his eyes to rest. Knowing Kakashi, they will move out soon. Then he will have no time to relax.
Soon, Yamato rounded the team up and they left. This was just a training mission today. Nothing to out of the ordinary, until it happened. Four figures appeared out of nowhere. Both teams stopped and faced each other, everyone in battle stance. "State your names, where you are from, and what brings you to the Fire country!" Kakashi yelled over the distance between them.
Fire straighted up and said, "Our names are not important, we come from nowhere, and our business is to fight you if you don't get your petite asses out of our way!"
Kakashi growled and lifted his headband, revealing the sharingan beneath. "Fire, he has the sharingan!" Wind whispered nervously. "What do we do?" Fire breathed for a second then said, "Fight him. We are free. No sharingan will control us. I'll take him." The two sides tensed, then leaped at each other.
Fire attacked Kakashi with a wave of fire. Earth dodged Yamatos' wood attack. Wind slashed at Sakura, but kept missing as Sakura dodged. Water quickly canceled Sai's ink and soaked his scroll. She turned and blocked an attack from Naruto, the kunai in his hands inches from her face. Both pairs of eyes blazed blue.
Water's eyes then widened in shock. Then she dropped her stance and fell on her knees. Then she bowed to Naruto, her face on the ground and her arms out in front of her. She looked like she was bowing to a king. Naruto, who was equally shocked, just stood there with the kunai still in hand. Sensing Water's change in mood, the rest of the Elements stopped and watched, horrified. Kakashi and the others stopped too and watched the scene before them.
"I have found him! The one who is true and loyal in the heart! The one who never gives up! The one who is worthy of being Master! Master! I have found you at last!" Water yelled triumphantly from her place face down in the ground.
"Really?" Wind yelled. She pushed past Sakura to look at Naruto in the face. "Yes!" Water squealed in joy. "He is!" Wind chorused in. "He is the one who is fierce and gentle too! The one who smiles a lot! This is Master!" Wind squeaked before joining Water in bowing. "Um." Naruto said, looking at Kakashi and Sakura for help.
"Lettme see!" Earth bellowed as he shoved Yamato out of the way.
"Well now!" Earth laughed. "So it is!" He knelt before Naruto. "Finally, the one true Master! We meet at last!" He said.
"Ok, will someone explain why these crazy people are bowing to me?" Naruto yelled to his team, only to receive dumb founded looks back. "I will." Fire announced. All eyes looked upon him. "We are the Elements. We were traveling to find our 'Master', or the person we pledge our service and allegiance to. We do not know where we came from, just that we had to find Master. We apologize for our arrogance earlier. We did not know that Master was with you. You must be worthy warriors to be traveling with Master. May I ask your names?"
"I am Hatake Kakashi."
"I am Yamato."
"Hello, I'm Sai."
"Haruno Sakura."
"I am Uzumaki Naruto. What are your names?"
Fire looked confused for a moment then laughed. "Sorry, we are unworthy of names. However, you can acknowledge us by the element we posses. I am Fire, leader of the Elements." He bowed then looked to the others.
"I am Earth, the creator." Earth said as he stood up.
"I am Wind, the destroyer." Wind chirped as she stood.
"I am Water, the protector." Water said as she stood.
They all looked at Naruto expectantly. "What?" Naruto said after a minute. "What do you want us to do Master?" Wind asked. "Shall we pledge to you? Will that make it better?" Naruto looked at Kakashi and mouthed the word 'help'.
Kakashi stepped forward and said. "Nice to meet you. However, you cannot come with us until you meet the Hokage. We need to know that we can trust you." He ruffled around in his pack and pulled out chakra seals. "We need you to wear these." The Elements looked at the seals and allowed them to be placed on their foreheads.
"Whoa!" Earth mumbled, staggering around.
"I feel so weak!" Wind wined.
"We will take them off when we can trust you fully. Kakashi said as they tied the arms of the Elements.
"Do not worry, we will never betray Master. However, if these precautions make you feel better." Water piped.
Sakura looked at Naruto and asked, "What the in the heck just happened?" Naruto shrugged and said, "Apparently, I'm their Master." "Yes." Mumbled Fire. "He is Naruto, Master of the Elements." Naruto looked at Sakura, and they both shrugged.
This day had gotten so weird.
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