A/N: This is my first attempt at a Naruto/Street Fighter fan fiction. It's mostly going to mostly be Makoto centered because she's my favorite female character in Street Fighter. I'm going to also be giving her a bit something extra in terms of her abilities, that and she's also going to be younger in this story around 13 to 14. That aside, enjoy!
I don't own Street Fighter or Naruto
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"Special Move"
"Beast"
In a forest~
Makoto POV
I woke up lying down in a dark foreign place.
"…What…? Where…am I? I think this is a forest. Yeah, definitely a forest, there are tress everywhere. How did I get here again? I remember fighting…some evil dude with red hair and tribal beads, but, what happened after that? Ugh…everything's so fuzzy…this is annoying. I have to get out of here…"
I tried to get up, but a pain in my everywhere, mostly my stomach, stopped me from doing so. I stood up anyway, gritting my teeth in response to the pain. There was a clear path ahead of me, so I kept straight.
"Ouch…this hurts, a lot. What the heck happened to me? Ugh, whatever I just need to get to a hospital or somewhere. I can hold out until then…bring it on, pain."
I walk for about a minute or so until I start to sense a few people approaching.
"Great, help has arrived. Why are they moving so fast though…?"
I spot three people on the branches of trees surrounding me. They've concealed themselves well, it's almost like they don't want me to see them. They're wearing animal masks and dark clothing. Wait…oh no…ninjas.
"Well this sucks. I really didn't want to have to fight ninja assassins right now, but oh well I guess. Don't fail me now body."
I assume my fighting stance and sigh. Let's get this over with…
3rd person POV
The anbu ninja tensed up, this girl had spotted them rather quickly, and then assumed a strange taijustu stance. She wasn't a ninja, but judging by her clothes and stance, she was definitely a fighter. They would try to avoid conflict but still be wary
Tiger was the one that spoke up first
"State your business here." He boomed, in an attempt to sound commanding.
Makoto relaxed slightly after hearing this and dropped out of her stance "Oh, so they're like cops I guess? Whatever, help is help, and I don't think I could've fought them off even if I wanted to. I'm in too much pain right now. I need to appeal to these guys though, so here goes nothing."
Her voice came out hoarse and full of pain. She hated the way she sounded. "I-I'm hurt," she started, "I n-need help…p-please…" she added with a small blush on her face.
It was then that the anbu assessed the girl in front of them better. She was barefoot and was wearing a long-sleeved white fighting uniform tied together with a black belt and a yellow headband around her neck. She was riddled with bruises across her body from what they could see, and there was a particularly nasty bruise in the center of her chest that she cradled with her right hand.
Cat was the first to act, indulging the little girl in her request. She leaped out of her cover towards the Makoto, causing her to tense slightly, and offered her assistance in standing. Despite her slight wariness, Makoto accepted Cat's help, albeit ungracefully.
Cat gave a nod to her partners, and an unspoken message was sent. 'You two tell the Hokage and I'll deal with her'. With that message in mind they hurried off to their village.
The two anbus made it back to their village and went straight to the Hokage's office to inform him of the recent changed events, before Makoto and Cat arrived about a minute later.
Cat took Makoto to the hospital where the medical anbu immediately started to work on her injuries when they saw her state.
"This feels nice." Makoto thought as she lay on the bed provided while the doctors helped her. I've never been healed this way before…what kind of hospital is this?"
About a half an hour later they were finished with her injuries, and she felt good as new, aside from the dull ache in her abdomen. She was told to rest and avoid strenuous activities for a while. She obliged to their wishes and stayed the night at the hospital. Her last thoughts as she drifted into unconsciousness were about how oddly soft hospital pillows are…
Meanwhile in the Hokage tower~
Hiruzen sat at his desk smoking on his pipe as he thought over what his anbu told him about the strange girl.
"I'll have to bring her in for interrogation tomorrow. Based on the information given she doesn't belong to any village, but she could still be a missing ninja. Hmm, I guess we'll find out for sure tomorrow."
The next day~
Makoto was awake and feeling relaxed and refreshed as she stretched out the kinks in her bones. After her stretch she took the time to look out of the window next to the bed. It was strange to see a village this primitive in Japan to say the least.
"It's like I'm in the past or something, where are the streets, cars and streetlights?" Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden arrival of another presence in the room. Two men had entered, one old and one younger. The atmosphere became slightly tenser with their arrival. The older man stepped forward, and with a light smile on his face, broke the metaphorical ice.
"Hello there young lady, my name is Hiruzen and I'm the Hokage of this village." He began as he pulled a chair near her bed and sat in it. Makoto made a mental note to ask him what a "Hokage" was later.
"I've come to ask you a few questions if you don't mind?" he inquired, tilting his head to the side slightly.
"No…go ahead" she answered slowly.
"Good, good, then first off, what is your name?
"Makoto"
"Excellent, it's a pleasure to meet you Makoto." He gave her a smile.
"Likewise." She couldn't help but smile back. It was hard to not like this man from what she's seen so far. He's such a grandpa.
"So are you a fighter Makoto?' He asked.
"Yes," she answered. "I practice Rindokan karate. It's okay if you don't know about it. So far I'm the only one who practices the style, but pretty soon, everybody's gonna want to learn it." She boasted slightly.
"Oh? I might just have to see this style of yours sometime." He chuckled.
"Now Makoto," the Hokage began, slightly more serious before, "Can you tell me why you came to this village?" he asks.
Makoto, sensing the slight shift, answers "I…don't exactly know. I woke up in a forest hurt, and I walked to find help when I came across those ninjas that took me here."
"Why were you hurt?" he asks, frowning slightly.
"I think… I was in a fight, but I don't remember all of the details. It's a little fuzzy…but I'm pretty sure I lost." She shifted slightly in the bed, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Hmm, I see," Hiruzen hummed, "Well then, I believe that's where you come in Inoichi." The newly introduced Inoichi stepped forward.
"Makoto," the Hokage began "Inoichi here has the ability to enter one's mind in order to access memories, in order to get a full understanding of your rather strange situation this is a necessity. However if you don't want your memory pried into then this won't be forced upon you." He explained.
Makoto's eyes widened at this, this seemed like a major invasion of privacy. She wasn't too sure that she would be able to accept this proposition.
"Also," the Hokage added "you will be fully aware of what memories are being watched, while also being able to view them yourself."
Makoto pursed her lips and averted her eyes from the Hokage. That offer sounded tempting, oddly enough…
"Okay…" she finally answered "but…could you not …go too far back? There are some things…I don't want to remember…" the last part of her sentence was muttered quietly, but loud enough for them to hear.
"We will only view what is necessary." The Hokage told her.
Inoichi instructed her to lie down as he put his hands on both sides of her head. Makoto's breathing quickened, she was nervous.
"It will be easier if you are calm Makoto." The Hokage told her.
She slowed her breathing slightly, but not much, and closed her eyes. After a nod from the Hokage, Inoichi plunged into her mind.
In the mindscape~
Makoto's skin was a deep red as she exchanged a flurry of punches and kicks with Akuma. She was holder her ground but she slowly began to lose. More of Akuma's punches connected than hers did, and he wasn't slowing down.
She was forced to retreat slightly and took a leap backwards away from him. He suddenly disappeared from her view and she whirled around with a reverse roundhouse, but it was ducked under. Left with no way to evade or block she was forced to receive the full impact of a mighty shoryuken that lifted both of them into the air. Akuma followed the assault up with five spinning kicks, with the last one sending her back into the ground as he landed gracefully.
Makoto struggled back onto her feet, as Akuma began to charge a familiar attack. She leaped to the side but Akuma was suddenly in front of her. She hastily threw her arms in front of herself and braced for impact.
"Gohadoken" he yelled thrusting his hands towards her and unleashing a purple ball of flame like energy at her. The attack hit her dead on and sent her tumbling into the ground once more.
Makoto lied on the ground, horribly beaten, with no more will to fight. As he sauntered over to her she uttered 3 words she thought she'd never here herself say.
"…I give up…"
Akuma paused slightly for a moment, before snarling and picking Makoto up by her hair.
"Pathetic…accept your death like a true warrior!" He growled
"Please…stop…" She pleaded, with tears dripping down her face.
"…Disgusting" and with that he threw her high into the air and began to spin. He soon became a blur as he jumped into the air to meet her descending form. He kicked her abdomen with a force that sent a shock wave threw the area.
Time seemed to slow down as he mumbled something and abruptly shot through her to the other side. Makoto's scream could be heard for miles but it soon died out as she landed on the ground with a loud thud, with Akuma following shortly after.
Makoto let out strangled gasps as she started to slowly die. Suddenly though, she began to turn transparent. The last things she heard were hurried footsteps and someone screaming her name before she disappeared…
Out of mindscape~
Makoto jolted into a sitting position clutching her chest, with tears running down her face. Her breathing was labored as she tried to gain her bearings. Her head suddenly snapped towards the Hokage and she furiously wiped the tears from her eyes.
The Hokage simply looked at her with a grim expression before he decided to speak.
"Makoto, how would you like to be a genin kunoichi?"
Makoto stopped wiping her eyes but didn't remove her arm.
"G-genin?" she questioned
"Yes, it's our lowest rank of shinobi in the Leaf village." He told her
"Shinobi? Like a ninja?" she asked
"Yes, while you work and train as a ninja you can do jobs to earn your keep here. And while you work I'll do my best to send you back home." The Hokage assured her.
Makoto finally removed her arm from her face, exposing her red, puffy eyes.
"Really?" she asks
"You have my word," he assured her once more.
"…Okay…I'll join, but I'm more of a fighter than a ninja." She said finally.
"That's fine, you'll be getting ninja training anyway." The Hokage dismissed her concerns "Now then, Inoichi, can you grab an extra head band for young Makoto here?"
"Yes, Hokage" Inoichi disappeared in a swirl of leaves then reappeared in the same manner but with a blue head band identical to the one he wore.
The Hokage then handed Makoto the headband "Makoto, you are now a ninja of the leaf village. I expect great things from you." He told her with a smile
She gave a small smile in return and rubbed the last of her tears away.
"Thanks"
A/N: Whoo hoo! I'm done with the first chapter! I kind of rushed that last scene because I got tired. My next chapters might not be this long. This is kind of my first story and I'm trying to get a feel for writing right now so you'll have to be patient with me. I wonder how many people are going to read this story anyway…oh well! Time will only tell. So uh, yeah, please review and all that jazz. I'd like to know if my story is awful before I keep writing, you know what I'm saying right? That's all I have to say for now.
Buh-Bye!
