Author's Note 1: For those of you who have read my other Naruto story 'Naruto and the Dragon Master', this story is very similar to that one. The main difference is that this time I'm making Naruto and Shark Dragon, my original character, closer to the same age and having known each other for years. I will be changing some of the pairing in this story as well but the main relationships will be Naruto/Hinata and Shark/Yugito Nii (instead of Shark/Tsunade but Shark might have something with Tsunade eventually but not right away) that will be explained in the story, with Naruto and Shark each ending up with Harems.
Warning: This story is rated M because it has adult language, scenes with violence and a good number of sex scenes in later chapters.
Author Shout Out: I originally came up with the idea for this story while reading 'Naruto One Man Team' by Ackdam, so if you have time I suggest you read that one too.
Leaf Village's Dynamic Duo
Chapter 1: Enter: Leaf Village's Dynamic Duo
Prologue,
Twelve years ago in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, a Nine Tailed Fox suddenly appeared. Its tails lashed out, crushing mountains and sending tidal waves crashing to the shore, it was destroying anything in its path. The ninja of the Leaf Village rose up and defended their home. One ninja engaged the Tailed Beast in mortal combat, it was the Fourth Hokage. Realizing that he couldn't kill the beast, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tailed Fox in the body of a newborn, whose umbilical cord had just been cut. The boy was born with spiky golden blond hair, blue eyes and had whisker-like marks on his cheeks. The boy's name was Naruto Uzumaki.
Also on that night, a single clan of ninja was utterly destroyed. They were the Dragon Clan, a clan of powerful ninja that used powerful Dragon Style Jutsu. Their compound was the first to be attacked by the Nine-Tailed Fox and their homes were destroyed. No one survived…save for one small boy no older than one year old. The boy was sound asleep and never knew what happened to his family. This young boy had short but messy black hair and blue eyes. This young boy's name was Shark Dragon.
And that is where our story begins…
Present Day, Leaf Village,
Naruto Uzumaki was now a twelve-year old boy who was wearing an orange suit (just like the one he wore in the anime show). Shark Dragon was now thirteen years old and was wearing a martial arts outfit (much like the one worn by Goku in Dragonball Z) only this one had black pants, a red top with a black t-shirt under it and black boots. Shark had a black belt and black wrist bands. Unbeknownst to everyone, but Shark and Naruto, the black t-shirt, boots and wrist bands that Shark always wore were all weighted down clothes. Shark was also about half a foot taller than Naruto was because of their age difference.
The two were the best of friends and master pranksters. They had just finished their latest prank, painting the faces of the Hokage Great Stone Statues, and were now on the run from Chunin, Jonin and a few members of the ANBU Black Ops. "Get back here you two!" One of the chasing ninja shouted. "When we get our hands on you two…!"
"Yeah, yeah, keep dreaming pal!" Shark shouted over his shoulder as he ran. He then looked over at Naruto. "Time to split up, bro!"
"You got it!" Naruto shouted as the two headed off in different directions.
In the Hokage's Office,
A wise and elderly Hiruzen Sarutobi, better known as the Third Hokage, was working on a mountain of paperwork when a ninja came barging into his office without even knocking. "Lord Hokage!" He shouted. "We have a situation!"
"You better have a good reason for not knocking first and don't tell me its Naruto and Shark again." Sarutobi growled.
"It is them again, sir, but this time they climbed up on the Great Stone Faces!" The Ninja replied. "They tagged graffiti all over the Hokages' faces!"
Sarutobi took a long breath of his pipe and blew out the smoke. 'Those two are going to be the death of me one day.' He thought as he stood up.
Sarutobi had made sure that the two boys were taken care of since they were both orphans and they had both been sent to the same orphanage years ago. He had watched as while the adult caretakers either ignored or mistreated Naruto, only for Shark to stand up for the boy and looked out for the younger boy. The two were inseparable with Shark fighting anyone that tried to separate him and Naruto, especially when the Civilian Council tried to take over custody of Shark when the boy was six and Naruto was five. Sarutobi couldn't help but smile as he remembered the stink bombs Shark set off all over the village until Naruto was allowed to live with him at the rebuilt Dragon Clan Compound, which was large enough to hold many more people than just the two of them but they managed to get by on their own with a little help from the Hokage. The compound itself was nowhere near as large as the other clan compounds as the Dragon Clan was mostly made of the more humble members of the Leaf Village. To this day, he didn't know how Shark planted them but it had convinced the both the Civilian and Ninja Councils that Shark was deadly serious about sticking with Naruto.
The two were known as the Leaf Village's Dynamic Duo, who pranked anyone and everyone. Sarutobi himself had been victim to their pranks but they harmless and nowhere near as bad as what some people got from pranksters. The elder Hokage knew for a fact that Shark could already have graduated the Academy and become a Chunin but refused to leave Naruto behind, showing a sense of loyalty that not even the Inuzuka Clan could match no matter how hard they tried. In fact, both boys had displayed skills that were Chunin level, especially since they had pranked a good number of the ANBU Black Ops, and they were supposed to be the best, but none of that was supported by their academy scores, which were dead last.
Meanwhile, in the Village,
Shark was busy running from the ANBU Black Ops when someone grabbed him by the scruff of his neck. "What the-?" he shouted in surprise. He turned his head and saw that he had been caught by one of the best Ninjas in the Leaf Village: Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi was a masked ninja with silver hair that stuck up on its own and had his left eye covered by his Leaf headband. He was wearing a standard Leaf Village Jonin outfit.
"That's enough of that, Shark." Kakashi said calmly, not even looking up from the orange book he was reading. It was the adult book called Make-Out Paradise.
"Awww, Kakashi!" Shark whined in an exaggerated way.
Kakashi gave Shark a one-eyed smile. "Sorry kid but you knew this was coming when you and Naruto tagged the Stone Faces." He said while Shark just huffed.
In another part of the village,
Naruto had managed to give the ninja that were chasing him the slip and was making his way back to the Dragon Compound. Just then a female hand was placed on his shoulder from behind. "You're not getting away that easily, Naruto." A female voice said sweetly.
Naruto turned to see a lovely woman light skinned woman with short brown hair, bright brown eyes and a purple rectangle painted on each side of her face. She was also wearing the same outfit as Kakashi but she had short sleeves instead of long. She was one of the best medical ninjas in the Leaf Village: Rin Hatake, the recently married wife of Kakashi Hatake. "Oh, come on, Rin." Naruto complained.
"Sorry, kid, but you're coming with me." Rin said with a smile.
A few minutes later, at the Hokage Mansion,
Shark and Naruto stood before the Third Hokage, Iruka-Sensei, who was their academy teacher, and the Hokage's two advisors, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane. Kakashi and Rin were also there since they had caught the two troublemakers. Rin and Kakashi had been looking out for the two boys for as long as the boys could remember. Rin was their loving and caring big sister that would take care of them when they were sick while Kakashi was like their super cool, yet perverted, big brother that would help them out in a pinch.
The Hokage's two 'advisors' were, as always, trying to blame things on Naruto and get Shark under their thumb but the two pranksters and Hokage were constantly preventing it. "You see, Hiruzen, that boy is corrupting the last of the Dragon Clan with his influence." Koharu said as she pointed a finger at Naruto. Homura was quiet but still glaring icily at Naruto.
"Ah, put a sock in it Grandma!" Shark said as he met the advisers' glares with his own. "It was my idea to tag the Stone Faces, Naruto just went along with it, which is always the case as you well know."
Koharu growled angrily at Shark but didn't say anything else. This always happened when the advisors tried to put the entire blame on Naruto: Shark would confess to being the mastermind while Naruto just went along with it or was just doing as he was told. No matter what anyone tried to do, Shark and Naruto would always have each other's back.
"Well, since it is so close to graduation, I'll let them off with a slap on the wrist but they will have to clean the Stone Faces under the watchful eye of Iruka." Sarutobi said with a smile. Naruto and Shark didn't argue with the old man's decision but they also grumbled about having to do all the work themselves, though Sarutobi knew it was just for show.
Later that day,
Shark and Naruto were hard at work scrubbing away every drop of paint they had put on the Hokages' faces. "I have to admit you two are quiet the team." Iruka said with a smile from where he was sitting. Iruka was one of the few people that acknowledged both Shark and Naruto as being equals and knew they were both purposely holding back in the academy. "All you two have to do now is pass the exam tomorrow and you'll be fully fledged ninja." He said with a smile.
"Yeah but that all depends on who we have as our testers." Shark said as he thought of Mizuki. For some odd reason, that one teacher really seemed to have it out for Naruto and Shark didn't like it one bit.
Iruka frowned as well as he also suspected his former friend was up to something and it wasn't anything good. "Don't worry. I'll be sure to keep a close eye on the other testers tomorrow." Iruka promised.
Naruto smiled happily as he worked. "Hey, Iruka-Sensei, how about once we're done here, you treat me and Shark to some Ichiraku Ramen?" He asked.
Iruka smiled. "Alright, since you two gave the ANBU a pretty good chase today."
Shark started chuckling as he thought about the duo's past pranks. "Hey, remember the time we added itching powder to the ANBU Black Ops restrooms?" He asked Naruto, who smiled at the memory of the prank they pulled two weeks ago. "I still can't believe Hawk and Dove got some of that stuff in their pussies!" He and Naruto laughed at the memory of those two female ANBU members and their reaction to the itching powder. "I know those two were rookie ANBU but still…"
Iruka was shocked at hearing this but was still laughing his head off. "You two are something else!" He said after finally getting himself under control. "I've never heard of anyone being able to actually prank the ANBU Black Ops like that before."
Shark and Naruto smiled proudly. "Yeah, Ibiki Morino has pretty much given up trying to stop us and has told us to keep up the good work since we keep the ANBU Black Ops on their toes." Naruto admitted. "Not to mention we exposed those Root guys that were sabotaging the Black Ops training program."
Meanwhile, in hidden underground base,
A man with the right half his face wrapped in bandages was reading over his reports. His right arm was seemingly gone as his right side was cover by a black robe. His name was Danzo Shimura. 'So those two boys are at it once again.' The man thought as he read a report from his security. Shark and Naruto were probably the biggest hitch in Danzo's plans for taking over the Leaf Village. They had managed to capture a good number of his best Root Corp Ninjas that were currently being interrogated by Ibiki. How those two boys managed to catch his fully trained Root Ninja, Danzo couldn't figure out but he didn't really care as his Root Ninja were merely tools and nothing more. 'Soon, I will have the means to remove those two thorns from my side and I, Danzo, will rule over the Leaf Village.' Danzo had been try to get Naruto as one of his tools but that was stopped by Sarutobi, Jiraiya and Kakashi, so he had turned his attention to acquiring the vast information that was stored in the library of the Dragon Compound but Shark Dragon was far more cautious than any of the other Dragon Clan members of the past.
The next day, at the Leaf Village Academy,
Shark and Naruto were sitting in their usual seats as they waited for the testing to begin. They were looking around at their fellow classmates that they all suspected would be graduating as well.
The first was Sasuke Uchiha, the only survivor from the Uchiha Massacre, who was also the most arrogant jerk you'd ever meet. He was also the top ninja in the class and that just increased his arrogance, even though Iruka knew that he was the third best, behind Naruto and Shark.
Then there were Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka staring at Sasuke with stars in their eyes. They were the biggest fan girls of Sasuke, trying to get Sasuke to go out with them. However, because of Sasuke constant cold shoulder and looking down on them, their worlds didn't revolve around Sasuke like it has when they were younger. Sure they'd jump at the chance to date him but they were not so blinded by their crush on Sasuke that they didn't see how poorly Sasuke treated everyone else.
The other students were alright with Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akimichi being guys that would sometimes hang out with Naruto and Shark. Shino Aburame was…well…he was just Shino; no one could really tell what he was like. There was also Yakumo Kurama of the Kurama clan, who was a Genjutsu specialist and was pretty good at basic jutsu (I know Yakumo is just an anime character but I needed another character so I decided to use her).
The last person Shark and Naruto knew would pass was Hinata Hyuga, the heiress of the Hyuga clan. She was a nice girl but really shy and timid, mostly because of how her father expected too much from her. Hinata had a major crush on Naruto, to which Naruto pretended not to notice, but that was mostly because he was afraid people would try to hurt Hinata to get to him. Once they were both ninja however, Naruto would be more than happy to try starting something with her.
Iruka-Sensei then entered the room with Mizuki-Sensei and they set up two tables for them to sit at, each had Leaf Ninja Headbands on them. "Alright, class, this time the graduation will be on…the Clone Jutsu." Iruka announced.
Naruto was a little worried, that jutsu was really difficult for him to do as he had far too much chakra for it but could still create a few so he wasn't too worried. Shark leaned back and watched as one after another the students were call up until it was just Shark and Naruto remaining in the classroom. "Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as he gave it his best shot.
Shark noticed that Mizuki's eyes had widened and were locked in on Naruto, recognized it as a Chakra Disruption Jutsu. He glared at Mizuki as Naruto barely managed to create one clone and it was pathetic. Mizuki was so busy patting himself on the back that he failed to realize that Shark was using a Mind Jutsu to pear into his thoughts. Shark learned what Mizuki was planning and how Naruto fit into those plans. 'So that's what you're up to, you bastard…' He thought angrily as he purposely failed his exam as well. 'Well, Naruto and I will just have to throw a few monkey wrenches into that plan.'
That Night, in the Forest,
Shark and Naruto had discussed what Shark had learned while also planning to make sure it failed. They easily broke into the Hokage Mansion and stole the Scroll of Sealing and made it to the place Naruto was supposed to meet Mizuki. They both learned the Shadow Clone Jutsu since it was the first jutsu in the scroll as well as prove to be the most useful. The scroll described that this jutsu allowed the user to create complete clones of themselves and anything the clone learned, the original would learn as well after the jutsu was broken. The two of them then copied down a number of other jutsu that they each found interesting, Shark was interest in the few Dragon Style Jutsu that were in the scroll as well as some of the Forbidden Jutsu while Naruto was interested in the different elemental jutsu.
"Someone's coming…" Shark said as he closed up their scrolls and closed the Scroll of Sealing.
"This is it." Naruto said as he left with the Scroll of Sealing on his back.
To the surprise of both Shark and Naruto, it was Iruka-Sensei that showed up first and he was mad. Fortunately, Naruto was pretty quick to make up a warning. "Hey, Iruka-Sensei, I guess something must've happened to Mizuki-Sensei right?" Naruto asked sheepishly.
Iruka was confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, Mizuki-Sensei told me that anyone who masters a jutsu from this scroll automatically passes and he told me about this place." Naruto explained.
Iruka immediately realized what was really going on just as Mizuki arrived and started shouting that Iruka was trying to steal the scroll and for Naruto to give it to him. Shark and Naruto were about to spring their trap on Mizuki when Mizuki revealed something that shocked both of them to the core: Naruto had the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed inside of him. Shark had suspected something was up because of the way people treated Naruto but never in his wildest dreams thought that it would be something like that.
The two boys were immediately snapped out of their dazes when Iruka threw himself in front of Naruto, shielding him from a giant shuriken that embedded itself in Iruka's back. "Why are you defending that brat when he's the one who killed your parents?" asked a furious Mizuki.
Iruka pulled the shuriken from his back and stood to face Mizuki. "I don't care what you say, you're not getting your hands on that scroll." Iruka promised before he threw the shuriken at Mizuki who lazily dodged it. The two then fought each other for a bit before Iruka was kicked into a tree. Iruka slumped down and had his back against the tree.
"You really don't get it do you? Naruto is just like me." Mizuki said with a sneer.
"How's that?" Iruka asked calmly.
"Naruto just wants the scroll for his own power and his own vengeance. That's just how beasts are. He'll pour all his anger into the scroll and use it to destroy everything." Mizuki stated.
"Your right…" Iruka admitted but then he grinned. "That is how beasts are, but that is not who Naruto is. He's not like that at all: he's one of a kind, works hard and puts his whole heart into things. Okay, sure he's messed up quite a bit and people are quick to jump on him but his suffering has made him stronger. That's want makes his different from a beast." Naruto and Shark were surprised by Iruka's speech. "So you're wrong about him being the Nine-Tailed Fox. He's Naruto Uzumaki, of the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
Shark decided to make his own presence known. He attacked Mizuki from behind, kicking him in the back of the head. "You got that right, sensei." Shark agreed. "Naruto and I are bros and there's no way that will ever change just because he's the prison of the Nine-Tailed Fox!"
Naruto smiled at Shark as the two crossed their fingers. "Let do it, bro." Naruto said.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" They shouted together.
In a large puff of smoke, the forest area was filled with physical clones of both Shark Dragon and Naruto Uzumaki. "Now…its payback time, jackass!" The clones shouted as they cracked their knuckles.
Mizuki screamed in horror as the clones then attacked him, using him a punching bag/ping pong ball. Once the sun was starting to come up the two stopped their beating and dispersed their clones. "I think we went a little overboard, aye, bro?" Shark asked with a smile.
"Yeah but he did deserve it." Naruto said as he turned to Iruka. "Are you alright, Iruka-Sensei?"
"Yeah, I'm fine but I want you two to come over here for a second." Iruka said with a smile. "I have a surprise for you boys."
The two pranksters were surprised by this but did as they were asked and closed their eyes as well. After a while the two were getting a bit annoyed. "Sensei, how much longer is this going to take?" Naruto asked.
"Alright, you can both open your eyes." Iruka said. The both opened their eyes to see that Iruka no longer had his headband on. "Congratulations, you both graduate!" He announced.
Naruto leapt into Iruka's chest hugging him while Shark just smiled at his little brother's actions.
An hour later, at the Hokage Mansion,
The elderly Third Hokage had watch the entire night's events through the use of the Crystal Ball Jutsu and was very impressed by the boys' actions. They had pretended to fall for Mizuki's lies but in reality they were planning their own ambush for him. 'Those two are definitely ready for the Ninja world.' Sarutobi thought with a smile as he waited outside with his advisors for the group to arrive.
The advisors seemed to be emotionless but, on the inside, they were pretty much furious that Mizuki failed to kill Naruto. They were also upset that Iruka had then passed the two boys, meaning that they were now out of the Civilian Council's jurisdiction. However it also messed up the numbers for the current ninja teams: there were now two too many ninjas and not enough Jonin instructors.
Fortunately, the Third Hokage already had a solution to that problem. Just then, Iruka, Shark and Naruto came into view. Naruto had used a bunch of Shadow Clone to carry the unconscious Mizuki to the village. "Well done, you three." Sarutobi said with a smile. "I congratulate both of you on a job well done, not to mention luring Mizuki into a trap."
Shark and Naruto grinned happily while Iruka just smiled at the two boys. "I'm sorry, Lord Hokage, but what do you mean lured Mizuki into a trap?" Koharu asked curiously.
Sarutobi smiled. "Well, Naruto knew all along that there was no such thing as a makeup exam but played along anyway. Shark knew what Mizuki was planning thanks to a well timed Mind Reader Jutsu after Naruto failed in class and the two were able to come up with a plan to ambush Mizuki at the cottage." He explained happily.
Shark frowned and he had to ask. "Lord Hokage, is what Mizuki said about Naruto having the Fox in him true?" He asked calmly.
Naruto looked a little worried but Shark just winked at him. 'So, big bro just wants to get all the facts straight.' Naruto thought.
Sarutobi sighed. "Yes, I'm afraid it is true."
Shark just smiled. "Well, now I know I don't need to pull my punches whenever we spar!" He announced.
Naruto smiled but then he processed what Shark had said. "Wait, pull your punches?" He asked angrily. "You mean you've been taking it easy on me in training?"
Shark laughed. "No, I just wanted to see your reaction." He admitted as he messed up Naruto's hair. Naruto just shook his head.
"Alright, you two, you will be paid for a B-Rank mission and it will be recorded in your Official Leaf Ninja Records." Sarutobi announced happily. "You two should get to bed." The two boys headed off as Sarutobi, Iruka, Koharu and Homura went into the Hokage Mansion to discuss what to do. Once they were in the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi sat down in his chair behind his desk. "I hate to say this, Iruka, but you passing those two have provided us with a unique situation."
"What's that, Lord Hokage?" Iruka asked in confusion.
Sarutobi took a calming smoke from his pipe. "I'm afraid that we now have two extra ninja and no Jonin to be their teacher." He said. "However, seeing as they are a very skilled and give some of the ANBU Black Ops trouble, I've decided to make them a team of two."
Iruka was visibly horrified by this announcement while Koharu and Homura barely managed to keep from jumping for joy as it meant that it would no doubt be much easier to get rid of Naruto now that he was a ninja. "But Lord Hokage, you can't be serious!" Iruka argued. "I know those two are skilled but they still need someone to keep an eye on them. And I'm sure Rin or Kakashi, hell even Ibiki, would be happy to teach those two."
Sarutobi smiled. "Yes I'm sure they would be more than willing to train the boys, however, Rin and Ibiki are needed here in the Village and Kakashi has been assigned to a…different squad." He glared over at the two advisors as they were the reason for it. Kakashi had actually requested to be Naruto and Shark's sensei as he was one of the few people in the village that the boys listened to but the Civilian Council and Sarutobi's Advisors had insisted that Kakashi train Sasuke in how to activate his Sharingan eyes. "But to make sure they are not sent out on missions beyond their ability to handle, I will personally be looking over which missions they are assigned." Sarutobi looked directly at his advisors as he said this, which Iruka noticed and nodded to.
"Very well, but I ask that you allow me to be assigned to the missions room when I'm not busy teaching at the academy." Iruka requested.
Sarutobi smiled. "I was just about to make that offer to you myself, Iruka." The elderly Hokage relied. The two men smiled at each other while the advisors were too shocked by this recent action to say anything against it. "Now I believe it is passed time we retired for the evening as I'm sure we all have busy days ahead of us." Sarutobi announced before he and Iruka left the office, leaving the stunned advisors wondering what just happened.
Later, at the Dragon Compound Library, Forbidden Jutsu Section,
Shark Dragon was going over the forbidden jutsu he had copied down and comparing them with the forbidden jutsu that were already in that section of the Library. 'So they are similar but the one from the Scroll of Sealing is the original and much worse.' He thought before closing them up and going to bed.
The Dragon Compound Library was filled with jutsu and other information that Shark and Naruto had used to improve their skills. They had scrolls on everything from other Clans' Secret Family Jutsu to basic chakra control. Shark and Naruto had even added some scrolls that they found in the garbage of some of the Ninja Clans as well as a few from a hiding place they had uncovered. All in all, this library had helped them to develop their skills and abilities in secret.
To Be Continued…