Chapter 1 - Change is Coming
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! If I did…*the author sighs dramatically* let's just say, it would be VERY different…Enjoy
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi
Kakashi stared at marble stone in front of him, his gaze unwavering as his memories swirled around within his well-organised mind, reminiscing of old times with his chunin team - the good and the bad. It was after Kakashi finished telling his dead friends of his new students that the Copy-nin finally pulled himself out of his memories and he noted that dusk was quickly approaching.
'Well, I looks like it's time to go back to my apartment...with another pre-packaged meal for dinner.' It was this thought in mind as he walked down the back alleyways on his way to his apartment that Kakashi came across a terrible scene. There was a medium sized group of roughly 10 drunk male civilians (he could smell the stench of the alcohol from his position a few meters away) in front of him carrying what looked like butcher knives, broken glass bottles, even a few baseball bats with barbed wire and nails stuck to the lethal looking objects. All ten of these inebriated men were surrounding in on a child-sized person, jeering at the person as he/her tried to huddle in on themself in the middle of the circle. Now, although this kind of scene would have provoked strong feelings in even the apathetic jōnin that he was, it was the unmistakable flash of a fluorescent orange jumpsuit that had his blood boiling and his vision turning a blood red.
Kakashi used the Shunshin no jutsu* to appear silently within the circle of drunken civilians like the ninja he was in order to protect one of his precious students.
"Yo." Now although this was said in a calm and controlled manner, even the drunken men could feel the killing intent pouring off the elite jōnin. The malicious and bloodthirsty KI* made their body shake in fear and the civilians knew that this man was dangerous.
"Leave now before I decide to rip you apart." Snarled a furious Kakashi, his teeth were bared underneath his mask and his voice sounded like a protective wolf over his pup. The men scattered, frightened out of their little minds and after the final civilian had left the dark alleyway smelling of urine and fear that Kakashi finally turned to look at his sensei's son.
"Naruto," Kakashi asked his concern clearly evident in his voice but when silence greeted him instead, he spoke up again, "Naruto?"
When there was no reply again Kakashi's worry bled through to his body language as he slowly approached student but he kept his guard up just in case Naruto lashed out in fear, "Naruto its Kakashi-sensei, I need you talk to me."
Looking closer at his student he saw that one of the men had managed to get a lucky shot to the head and from the size of the wound and the amount of blood bleeding into the sunshine blond hair it became a cause for alarm.
"Shit!" Kakashi scooped up his student carefully, making sure to gently cradle the head in the crook of his left arm as he made the seals for his summoning jutsu.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu!"*
As the smoke cleared, a small pug dog came into view he had brown fur and dark brown snout and ears and he was wearing a blue vest with a henohenomoheji* face, a Konoha headband on his forehead and a bandage wrap on his right front leg.
"Yo, Kakashi, what's up?"
"Pakkun, I need you to go the Hokage and tell him that Naruto's been attacked."
"This kid?"
"Yes! Now go!"
"Alright, alright."
As his lone ninken ran towards Hokage Tower, Kakashi gazed back at his student with worry in his eye as he gently lifted the rest of his student's body into his arms and he moved towards the hospital at a speed that only jōnins could achieve.
When he arrived at Konoha's hospital, Kakashi immediately flagged down a passing nurse and handed Naruto over to be examined. Kakashi followed the nurse that was carrying his precious student and he stood watch over the chaos that was occurring, making sure the nurses were working to heal Naruto's injuries.
The only good thing that had come out of this entire situation was that that mob had stroked his smouldering Will of Fire* into a searing inferno.
TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: My newest story for you is...DRUMROLL PLEASE!
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Really? Nothing?
Okay...This little plot came to me when I was reading a Naruto story called 'Shattered Truths' by KarinaKamichi and then this little plot bunny came running and I'm like 'ooh yess!' and then I laughed...evilly...Anyways I digress, I hope you like my story enough to see for the next chapter. Oh, I would also like to apologize to my readers about the long wait on a new story…I kind of have 8 or 9 plots floating around in my head and I was unsure which one to put on electronic paper *author laughs in embarrassment*.
'95 out.
Terms: The Shunshin no jutsu (body flicker) is a high-speed movement technique that allows for a shinobi to move from short to long distances at an almost untraceable speed, however, to an observer it would look like the user has teleported. The user's movement is disguised by a puff of smoke or leaves; there are variants of the technique such as using sand, water or mist instead. This is a D-rank technique. (I.e. think of Bleach's Flash Step.)
KI or Killing Intent is simply where the user is expelling a pure killing intent; sometimes this technique has the effect of inflicting paralysing fear on their opponent/s. When the KI is particularly strong it can even give the victim/s visions of their own death. (I.e. Zabuza)
Kuchiyose no jutsu is a summoning technique that is classified as a space-time ninjutsu that allows the user to transport animals or people over long distances instantly via a blood contract. This is a C-rank technique. (I.e. the toads, snakes, dogs etc.)
Henohenomoheji: Is a face drawn by Japanese school children by using hiragana characters. It often looks like a face of a scarecrow. (I.e. Kakashi means Scarecrow)
The Will of Fire of the Leaf village is basically defined as being that the entire village is like a large family unit and every Konoha shinobi with that Will loves, believes, cherishes and fights to protect the village as the previous generation had before them. This Will is what gives Konoha shinobi the strength to continue fighting against all odds, a building willpower and the strength of character. It is also symbolic as it is the hopes and dreams of the previous generation being passed onto the next. (Naruto Shippuden Movie #3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire - is focused around this idea)