Hey, here is the first chapter of my newest story. I hope that it is not too bad. As always, I do not own Naruto or any other animes that I might decide to crossover. I am typing this on word so do not be surprised if it has fewer errors than usual considering I am checking over it twice as much. At the end, there will be a very important message from the original owner of the Angelson1992 account. Let the story begin.
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After the Kyuubi attack
"I say that we kill the demon spawn right now," said the head of the Inuzuka clan.
"No, as decreed by the fourth Hokage, he is to be seen as a hero and will not be executed," said the third as he gave a glance to the sleeping baby in his arms.
"He doesn't have to be publicly executed, we can kill him privately and say that it was caused by the sealing process," added the Haruno clan head.
"That won't work," stated the Nara head, "If we say that he was killed by the sealing process, that will only make them think that the demon was not seal properly and could come back to take its revenge."
"And what could possibly happen that would be that bad?" asked the Haruno woman.
"In the worst case scenario, the public becomes nervous and moral goes down. The tension finally snaps in anything from a civil war to mass hysteria and chaos. Half the population is dead and we cannot keep up with missions, just inviting an invasion. In our weakened state, they take us over, the fighting kills everyone off, and Konoha ceases to exist. All in all, we all die." said the Nara in a serious tone.
"Isn't that a little extreme?" asked the Haruno head.
"Yes but fully plausible and possible," replied the Yamanaka head.
"So what the hell do you suggest we do with the demon spawn?" she asked the Inuzuka head.
"I say that we let him live and don't try to kill him." he responded was acid in his voice.
"How dare you stand up for that..." the Inuzuka head was cut off by the third clearing his throat loudly.
"There is no way that you will be able to kill this child," interjected the Aburame head. "Any form of public execution is prohibited by the fourth's final decree. The law states, a Hokage's dieing decree is permanent and only another Hokage can revoke that decree. Secondly, any form of private execution will still cause the rumors that the sealing process went wrong and nothing good could come of that. There will be no execution," he said in a calm and emotionless manner.
"Well in that case, I have a suggestion," said the mutilated Danzo.
"What is it?" asked the third even though he already had an idea of what he was going to ask.
"You should know me better than that, You know what I want and I know that you will say no, but if over half the council agrees with me than I can bring Konoha into a golden age." This intrigued some of the council.
"Danzo-san, what is it that you want to suggest that could do such a thing?" asked the pink haired woman.
"We could train the child into a weapon; have him fight when we snap our fingers. We brainwash him into a mindless fighting machine that no other ninja would be able to defeat. Then, we could take over all of the other villages with the power of the Kyuubi himself." yelled the old war hawk.
"I like that plan, can you really do it?" asked the Haruno woman.
"I like it too, when can we begin?" said the Inuzuka woman with an almost evil smile.
"I can answer that for you," he said turning his attention to Danzo, "Danzo, you already know that I veto this idea and you should know that you won't be able to withdraw my veto with only two supporters."
"That is why I am hoping that I can get a few more of the councilmen's votes." he responded with smug confidence. Though that confidence was quickly lost when he looked around to meet eyes of disgust and distaste, "I guess that I can take that as a no."
"Now that is over with," began the third, "The only option left for the child is to have him adopted, but that might be too difficult since the people know that he contains the demon fox, or we may have to put him in an orphanage. Until he attends the academy in which time, we will give him an apartment."
"Well then, I volunteer to take the child into my house as a main branch member," said the Hyuuga head, shocking almost everyone in the room.
"I'm sorry Hyuuga-san, but my clan would also like to take the boy in," said the Aburame with as much emotion as ever.
"I'm afraid that the Nara wouldn't find him to troublesome to have either," said the head of the shadow clan.
"The Akamichi and Yamanaka clan also agree with the Nara."
"Wait, what the hell is going on here? Why do you all want that demon spawn in your house?" nearly screamed the pink head.
Danzo quickly got a sick smile on his face. So then, they do not know, do they? I guess I had better fill her in. "Oh Haruno-san, the reason that they want to take in the child is because of the fact that he has..."
"Danzo," the third said, cutting off the old man.
"Wait, what is it that you don't want me to know?" said pinky.
"Me too, what do you all know that I don't know?" said doggy.
"Hokage-sama, there is no way to avoid telling them now." said one Hiashi Hyuuga.
"Tell us already, I am tired of waiting to be put in the loop," complained a tired Inuzuka.
The old Hokage let out a sigh, he knew that this was going to become, as the Nara would put it, troublesome. "Okay, the reason that this child is also desirable is because of his blood. He has the blood of both the Uzumaki and the Kazumi clans and their special abilities in his grasp. You and I both know that without his parent, especially his father, we would have lost the war to Rock and Cloud country."
"You mean to tell me that he is the son of the fourth himself," said the canine woman incredulously.
"That is correct," interjected the Nara.
"Well than how is it that everyone else knew but us?"
"It isn't easy to keep a secret from eyes that look through walls," answered Hiashi.
"We have bugs everywhere," responded the Aburames, "literally."
"We just figured it out by using logic," said the bored Nara.
"We have a connection to the Nara," said the Yamanaka head speaking for Akamichi clan as well.
"Now that's all settled, we have to decide who gets the boy since no doubt you all want him now, right?"
"As the head of the Inuzuka clan, I propose that we get the boy," said miss doggy.
"I would rather not," responded the third.
"And why is that?"
"Because I have seen some of your females and if they knew about his legacy, there is an honest possibility that they might take him against his will to guarantee, as they would put it, strong pups. And scarring a child for life or creating another Jiraiya is not one of the things I want to be responsible for."
She was speechless. As much as she wanted to say that wouldn't happen, she really could not guarantee that. "Okay, he won't come with us," she said reluctantly.
"Then what about the Haruno clan."
"I wouldn't do that because many women in your clan are prone to marry for power and position and...Basically the same risk as the Inuzuka clan."
She began to open her mouth to counter that, "...I can't really say that wouldn't happen."
"Okay, the Haruno and Inuzuka are out but how about the Nara," said the shadow user.
"Indeed, he would learn a lot about strategy and traps, but he would be deficient when it comes to taijutsu. The same goes for the Akamichi, an expert in taijutsu but a little lacking in any ability of strategy. As for the Yamanaka clan, you would be able to give him supreme mental stability to overcome any obstacle but he wouldn't have the ability to do it."
"Well than, how about the Hyuuga?" said the pale-eyed leader.
"Almost all of your abilities include that Byakuugan of yours so you wouldn't be able to teach him anything."
"Well than, how about the Aburame clan?" asked the emotionless man.
"It is basically same reasons as the Hyuuga. He won't be able to use bugs, you can't teach him much"
"How about a collaborative effort, he can spend some time at each of our household and he would learn a bit from everyone," said the Hyuuga head.
"That is a nice idea, but what are you going to do when it is time for him to pick a wife. You are each going to try to get an heir from him. You are going to force a choice on him to pick a wife. Moreover, what will happen if he falls in love with someone who is not from your clans? What will you do?"
"What if we activate the bigamy law at that time so we each get an heir?"
"What will you do if he falls in love with another girl and doesn't want to take place in your bigamy law?"
"We'll cross that bridge when he gets there," said the Inuzuka.
"In other words, you will kill her," the third said in a matter-of-fact manner. The Ino-Shika-Cho clans and the Aburame clan just looked appalled but they knew that if the Hyuuga decided to get rid of her, they would not fight too hard. "That is why you won't have this child."
"Well then, who does get the boy?" asked the Haruno head.
"I will have to look after him since I have no hidden agenda, but if you want, you can all send your kids to the academy at the same time so if you're lucky, maybe you will get an heir from him. As for who will take care of him, I have the perfect person in mind. Meeting dismissed."
All of the council members left and the old man immediately got to work summoning Naruto's next legal guardian if he had anything to say about it. He waited to make sure that they were all a safe distance away and that no one was trying to spy on him. He pulled out an empty scroll from his desk and starts writing a message.
Dear Jiraiya, I have an urgent mission for you that may include the fate of Konoha. I need you to track down my other old student, Tsunade. You are required to bring her here my any means necessary. I will handsomely rewards you with a weeklong free pass on "collecting research" in Konoha, which you can use at a time of your own choosing. This is a matter of grave importance. Please hurry.
Your old teacher,
The Third Hokage
He slammed down his brush and proofread the letter before going out to his balcony. There, in a cage was a messenger hawk, the hawk was trained to be able to sniff out Jiraiya's special cologne that he is required to wear when he is gone. He was not going to waste the time to send a letter to Tsunade herself; she would most likely destroy it before she even opened it. All that he could do was hope that what he offered his old student would be enough to make him actually hunt down the old woman and risk the beating of his life. With a sigh, he released the hawk only to watch it carry its message into the orange sunset.
Now all that he could do is buy some time and take care of the kid until that old pervert gets back to him with Tsunade.
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Four days later
Sarutobi is wrist-deep in soiled diapers. I knew that I should not have given him ramen. This was the twelfth diaper that he had to change in the last hour. He finished applying baby powder to the now cleansed area when he heard a knock at the door. He turned toward the door and opened it to find Jiraiya panting hard.
"Hello Jiraiya, it looks like you got my letter, why are you so tired?"
"No time," the younger pervert said, "I got her to come here; hide me!"
"What are talking..." but he never got to finish as an enraged Tsunade blew through the door and stared down Jiraiya like a venomous reptile. She dove on him to punch him into the next century, which she just might have done had it not been for the Third. At the absolute last second, he threw a paper seal that attached to Jiraiya's forehead. When Tsunade's fist met his skull a second later, she punched him into a wall and he left a decent dent.
"Wait, what the hell? Why did he only make a dent in the wall? That punch should have knocked him right out of Konoha."
"That was part of his payment for getting you here successfully. I gave him a sutra seal that absorbs the chakra aspect of your punches. I will only last for a week before it burns off but he will only take a punch as if you weren't using any chakra at all."
"And why the hell would you do that? Do you know what he did to me?"
"Don't be mad at me. Sarutobi-sensei told me to bring you here by any means necessary. I was just following orders," said Jiraiya as he dug himself out of the wall.
"Come on Tsunade, there is no way that he could have done anything that bad as to warrant being beaten senseless by your super strength."
"Oh really, this is what he did to me. He walks right up to me, lifts my shirt over my head, and grabbed my breast in public, and then he pulled both my pants and panties down to my ankles and slapped my butt. In addition, before I can even process what just happened, he is already running away while yelling, 'See you later you flat-chest old super unlucky hag of a whore,'" she said still fuming from the pure embarrassment.
"Wow, Jiraiya, when I said by any means necessary, I didn't mean you could do anything like that." said the third slightly embarrassed by his student's actions.
"Tsunade, as much as he really deserves to be beaten into a pulp, we have more important matter to get to. You will have to wait one week for the seal to wear off. In the mean time, you can think of ways to torture him."
"Okay, that's fair enough," she said happy that she will have the chance for retribution, "So what do you want me here for?"
"Oh, I want you to take care of this baby," he said as he held up baby Naruto.
"What!" she said completely shocked by such a random request, "Why do I have to take care of this little squirt."
"That is because if I put him in an orphanage, he will be immediately adopted by one of the major clans."
"And that's a bad thing because?" questioned Jiraiya.
"It is a bad thing because they only want him for his blood, and I have a feeling that you would want to take him under your wing."
"And why would I do that considering that I just lost my last pupil FIVE DAYS AGO!" yelled the white haired man.
"That is because he is his son," the third replied calmly. Jiraiya was about to counter back but no words escaped his mouth. The next symptom was loss of lower jaw control and unintelligible babbling.
"I'm just going to take that as a yes, as for you Tsunade, I also want you to be Hokage," informed the Third.
"You know that I think Hokage is for old fools who want nothing more than misery, paperwork, and an early demise."
"So than you'll take it," said Jiraiya snapping out of his shock for a cheap joke at her expense.
"If I were you, I would be quiet. I still haven't forgotten what you did to me and you are doing nothing more than adding to your eventual beat down when that seal wears off."
"Now, children, I don't need half the village destroyed for no reason, again," said Sarutobi to end their little argument.
"There is no way that I'm going to take on the title of Hokage, nor am I going to take some little kid," said Tsunade.
"You will do it or I will give Jiraiya a year long seal. If he did all that to you when he knew you could beat him to a pulp, imagine what he will have the guts to do when you cannot hurt him. And I will teach him a genjutsu so powerful that even you won't be able to detect him when he is spying on you."
"...You are an evil old man, Sarutobi-sensei," she sat down to think for a bit, "Okay, you win. I will take on both jobs, but only on a trial basis. If I find it too reprehensible, I will be out of here before you know it."
"Fair enough, Jiraiya will also help in raising the boy and, if he chooses to be, an advisor to the Hokage. Oh and one more thing, the people know about the Kyuubi," he said as he gave baby Naruto his favorite toy, a stuffed fox.
"I have no objections to raising the boy," stated Jiraiya in a formal manner.
"Good, let's see just where this all goes." said the Third as he handed the child to Tsunade.
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Five Years Later
Our little blond hero is walking down the street. It is a clear and normal day. He just came from training and he went to the park to relax in the shade of a good tree. In mid-stride, he suddenly turned to his left and barely dodged a platter of rusty forks that fell from the sky. He looked back at the near "accident". That is the fifth time that has nearly happened this month, weird. He kept walking as if nothing happened because he far too used to it by now. He had grown accustomed to that feeling of hatred that radiated of most of the villagers. He did not give a second thought to when sharp objects from kunai to blunt objects like flower pots fell from the sky. He could not care less when he walked into a room and everyone looks at him as if he punched their puppy. It happens so often that he barely notices anymore. He simply assumed that they were jealous because he was the Hokage's son. (Just to clarify. He is Tsunade's adopted son. No one knows about him being the fourth's son. Not even he does.)
He did not even turn back as he looked on to the park. It was still a short distance away and he got there relatively safely. He found his favorite tree and decided to do something new. He walked up the tree and hung upside down from his feet. The first branch he hung from left his head in an awkward position with a squirrel hole. He tried different positions and branches until he found a spot where he could see the whole park and all its inhabitants, even if he was upside down. His head rested in a comfortable bushel of leaves that felt as soft as a pillow to him. He thought back to his day of training today. His mother was teaching him advanced chakra string manipulation and he had just managed to master his own signature technique. He called it the flash step.
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Flashback
Naruto was in another sparring match with his mother. Currently, she had pulverized half of his bones and fractured his skull. After training, he would have to heal himself with whatever chakra he would have left. Her thinking was that after a few years of sparring, he would have come across every injury that a ninja could possibly have and if he can heal himself completely, he could heal others just as efficiently. Then they would repeat this process until he had a great tolerance for pain, a mastery of the medical jutsu and sufficient experience, when he finally just plain runs out of chakra, he rest and his chakra capacity rises a little and it helps in his taijutsu and chakra control.
He was at about half way through the third cycle of his mother beating him to a pulp when Tsunade stopped the onslaught. "Okay, now that we are warmed up," she said to the poor boy trying to heal his wounds, "We will continue your training with chakra strings. A master of chakra strings will find them more useful than any jutsu or weapon."
"Okay," he responded as he finished healing himself, "but can I show you something first?" She did not object so he took it as a yes. He turned towards a target and focused on it, "I call this the Flash step." His form vanished in a burst of speed and the target that was his opponent exploded into splinters. His form reappeared half a second later. Tsunade was impressed that her son had created his own jutsu. She was even more impressed that it did not need any hand signs.
"Let me guess how it works, you use a more general form of my punches across one side of you body, usually your back. When you gather enough chakra, you release it like an explosion and it fired your forward too fast for most people to see. You use a combination of the after vision and a small genjutsu to trick your enemies into thinking that you're either didn't move or you just plain disappeared."
Naruto was stunned that she figured it out by only watching him do it once, "How did you figure all of that out?"
"Because I had already thought of and nearly perfected that jutsu, the only reason I almost never use it is that you have to be small and aerodynamic to do it and...I'm not," she said in a tone that said to leave it there.
"Wow, so is there anything that I'm doing wrong with it?" he asked, wanting to perfect his new jutsu.
"No, from what I've seen, that was about everything that was suppose to happen. In fact, we are going to start incorporating it into your training so that you can go farther and farther distances. So, you will be able to cross the village from side to side in seconds."
"Awesome, I can't wait until we get started!"
"You don't have to, we start now. I want one lap around the entire estate in one second." Naruto sighed, Note to self, be careful what you wish for. Therefore, they continued their training.
End Flashback
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He shuttered, the memory of that training session would haunt him forever. He was still hanging from the tree like a bat and just amusing himself by using chakra strings to grab leaves and place them in the shape of the Konoha symbol on the ground. That was until a gust of wind blew them all away. He watched them fly off in all directions and lift into the air. He got an idea; he reestablished his chakra string connection to all of the leaves and made them dance. They fluttered in an elegant manner around his body. The leaves reflected the light in flashes as they twirled in circles. Finally, he sliced each of them in half and threw them to the wind.
He followed the trail of leaves to a man. He had silver hair that looked lopsided and a mask, he was reading an orange book. Naruto recognized the man from his file; He was looking at the infamous Hatake Kakashi, a.k.a., the copy ninja. He decided to walk up to the masked man.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"I'm reading."
"What is under the mask?"
"Another mask"
"What's under the second mask?"
"My face is."
"Can I see your face?"
"No."
"Why can't I?"
"No one has,"
"What are you reading?"
"A book"
"What's the title of the book?"
"It is Icha Icha Paradise."
"You read that book?"
"Yes I do."
"Why?"
"I like it,"
"Are you a pervert?"
"I could be."
"Does that mean yes."
"Yes."
"Can I have a mask?"
"No."
"Please?"
"No."
"What if I knew the guy that makes those books?"
"Then yes, if I can meet him."
"What if I can bring him here?"
"I will give you a life time supply if you can bring him here."
"I'll be right back." That entire conversation just took ten seconds. Naruto came back to the park with Jiraiya chasing after him. "I'm back, how I got him here, I would rather not say, but he is here." Kakashi could barely believe what he was looking at. Here, in front of him, was the legendary Toad Sage and the author of his favorite book. To say that he was surprised would be like saying that the ocean is only a little wet.
He looked back and forth from the kid to the old man, "You actually got him? How did you do that?"
"He calls himself a super pervert for a reason," said Naruto, wanting to end it right there, "Hey, you promised me a lifetime of masks if I brought him to you."
"Wait, you brought me here for nothing?"
"No, we are going to train a bit later, but after I get my mask."
"You manipulative evil genius," said the masked pervert, "Good job." he said giving him a high five. He then pulled out a scroll and set it on the ground. Seconds later, a box full of mask was materialized." All right, here you go, this is my own personal mask. These are impossible to see through, even against a Byakuugan, and when you need to eat, they have a genjutsu so that it looks like the food passes right through the mask when you take it off to eat."
"Awesome," he said as he took one out from and box a put it on, "How do I look?"
They both looked at him for a few second before deciding their opinion, "Wow kid, you're going to be beating the ladies off with sticks." said the younger pervert.
"Seriously, you going to end up with a little fan club, little dude," said the older pervert.
Naruto did not quite know what it meant to have a fan club full of insane fan girls yet so he asked, "Is that a good thing?"
Both perverts simply looked at each other for two second, "Sure, yeah, it's a very good thing," they both said at the same time. We are screwing this kid over, but it is going to be so worth it.
"Okay," he said with no way of knowing better, "I will keep the mask."
"Good, now lets get training," said Jiraiya as he picked up Naruto by his collar, "Come on Kakashi, I can sign some books for you and give you the next book." He was right behind them all the way.
They walked to a nearby training ground that had a few training post already set up. Jiraiya turned towards Naruto, "Naruto, we are going to teach you some new jutsu."
"Really!" he said far too excited. He would always be a sucker for new jutsu, "Well than lets start."
"That's the sprit boy. Okay, here are the hand signs," he performed the designated movements, "It is called the Kage Bushin no jutsu." Naruto did not say anything; he just did the seal and channeled a whole bunch of chakra. An army of Naruto clones instantly engulfed the trio. "Too much kid, too much. Get rid of them. NOW!" said a cramped and very uncomfortable Jiraiya, "All you have to do is imagine them disappearing and their chakra returning to you."
"Okay, I will try." He focused on the clones and closed his eyes. He envisioned them turning to chakra and returning to him. When he opened his eyes, they were all gone. Jiraiya and Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief. They both turned towards the boy, shocked at how many clones this kid was able to make and he did not even seem winded. Naruto looked at both of them, "What's next."
Both men looked at each other. "We have a lot of work to do," they said at the same time.
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A few months later
Everything has been going well in Naruto's life. His training with the two perverts had taught him a lot of jutsu. He even learned to do a one-handed Rasengan in only a week. He had just mastered the Mystical Palm medical ninjutsu and could use chakra strings as if they were his hands. He was getting stronger everyday as his taijutsu and chakra capacity grew with each day. Not to mention that he could now use the Flash step jutsu that he created nearly perfectly in min-air combat. Too bad for him that this day would decide the rest of his life, if he lived that is.
Naruto headed towards the park. All that he wanted to do this day was to bask in the sun and sit in a tree to watch the children play. He had picked up a habit of helping out children every so often when there was a bully or someone launched another kid into the air on the seesaw. You would be surprised how often that would happen. Some of the children even called him a masked hero. He found his favorite tree. It was a nice healthy one with lush, soft leaves and an incredible view of the entire park. He was hanging like a bat on his usual branch. However, he swore that it was feeding off his chakra. He found it odd that the leaves would always be a little greener when he left than when he first got there. Everything was going normally at the park and it seemed that everything was all right.
That was until he heard someone yell, "Get away from us you big fat oafs." He turned towards the voice and met with the scene of two bullies terrorizing a group of kids. There were two boys that were already on the ground and defeated and two girls that were trying to fight them off but were losing badly. Another girl was on her knees and crying.
He walked over to the group of kids. Just when a punch was about to connect to one of the girls, he grabbed the fist about an inch in front of her face. "You shouldn't be fighting in the park," he said in a taunting manner to the two bullies.
The bully looked down at who caught his punch and laughed, "Well than what are you going to do about it short stuff."
Naruto just glared at the boy who made fun of his height. He walked over to a tree, and drilled a hole strait threw it with a Rasengan. He shot the boy a hard glare before saying, "I'm sorry, you underestimated me. Do you want to try again?" he said as he focused all his killing intent on the bullies. The two bullies literally crapped in their pants and quickly made their retreat, very awkwardly. Before he could even turn around, both girls hugged him from behind. When he finally managed to slip out of their death grip, he walked over to the two unconscious boys. He easily healed their wounds and they woke up seconds later. He faced the entire group and did Kakashi's patented eye-smile. Before the group could even thank him, he simply faded from existence before their eyes.
"Where did he go?" asked the girl with platinum blond hair.
"I don't know, but I think that he is stronger than he looks," said the boy with a hairstyle that looked like someone just stopped halfway through.
"And he looks pretty strong to begin with," said the biggest member of the group.
"He could have at least given us a name," yelled the impotent pink head.
"E-even if he left no n-name, we will a-always r-remember him," added the quiet, pale-eyed girl.
The entire group of them just looked at each other and nodded. They decided at that moment that one day, they would all find out who was the mysterious person that saved them.
As for Naruto, he was hiding up a tree while quietly chuckling to himself. "Well, that looks like all that's going to happen today." He got down from the branches and was gone the next second. Naruto decided that he was in the mood for some ramen. He was in front of his favorite ramen bar in mere seconds. "Hey old man," he yelled across the bar, "I will take the usual."
The old man and his daughter have always been kind to Naruto when all the other adults would kick him out of their shops. The old man brought out a platter of ten different types of ramen almost as if he was expecting him to come. "Welcome Naruto, you came right on time as always. I just finished making a new batch."
"Yeah," he said while laughing as he stared at his meal hungrily, "I could smell the ramen all the way from the park. I couldn't wait to get some so I came right over."
"You must really have some nose to smell it all the way from the park," said the old man as he looked up at the steam from his house. He noticed that it was heading in the direction of the park. Is he serious about smelling it that far away? He decided to shrug it off and watch his best customer consume insane amounts of ramen.
About thirty minutes in, Naruto was finally full to the brim. He let off a huge smile as he patted his tummy. He then got up so that he could walk off his substantial meal. It was several minutes into the walk that he noticed that it was beginning to become very dark. "Well, there goes the day," he said as he turned around and started for home.
The only problem was that he had ventured into a sector of Konoha that he had never been before. He tried to find something that would tell him where he was, but it was too dark to see the hand in front of his face, much less, the road or any defining features to tell him where he was. He decided that he would jump on top of the roof and see if he could find his home. When he found the highest roof, he jumped as high as he could. When he felt that he was high enough, he searched for anything that could help him find his way home. He easily spotted a large house with lot of windows with lights on. "Ha, there it is, The Hokage Mansion."
In mid-air, he used his flash step to lightly land across the street of what he thought was his home. When he approached the gates, his first thoughts were that there was not a gate around his home. It was then that he noticed the Hyuuga symbol on the door. "Oh crap. How did I end up at the Hyuuga compound?" he said with a sigh, "At least I know my way home from here," he said with yet another sigh.
Just as he was about to leave, he collided with a dark figure that was running away from the compound. The figure dropped a sack that was slung over his should. When the sack landed, it let out a very feminine yelp of pain. Naruto was instantly very suspicious when he heard the sound. When the dark figure tried to get back up and run away with the sack, Naruto block his way.
"Get out of my way, kid," said a deep male voice from the capture.
"Not until you tell me what's in that sack," he said, holding his ground.
"It isn't any of your business what is in this sack," responded the assailant.
"It is if there is a Konoha citizen or shinobi in that sack, because if it is, then it is my duty to stop you," said the blond-haired boy while taking an attack stance.
"If that is the way you are going to do it, then is looks like I will have to kill you."
"Come and try."
They both faced off with each other. The mysterious shinobi acted first by launching a barrage of shuriken. Naruto threw out his arms in front of him and attached chakra strings to all of the weapons in mid-flight. He raised his arms and the weapon followed. Every shot flew over his head, pulled a U-turn and attacked the Cloud ninja. The man was ready and simply used a kunai to block them all.
Naruto severed his connection to the weapons and used his super strength to punch the ground. The resulting earthquake threw the man off balance and Naruto seized the opportunity to throw a kunai and perform some hand seals. The kunai multiplied into twenty before the man's eyes. He reacted quickly by performing hand seals of his own and creating a wall of electricity. All of the fake kunai turned into smoke on contact while the real one was nothing more than slag on the ground.
The mysterious figure started another set of hand seals while Naruto had started his own set also. They both stopped at the same time.
"Shock bullet no jutsu."
"Vortex Shield no jutsu."
The air around Naruto picked up considerably and circled him at gale force pace. The lightning bolt thrown by the cloud ninja clashed with the shield of wind. The bolt of energy began to pierce deeper into the rotating winds. Naruto quickly increased the thickness of the tornado shield. The cloud man responded by pushing all of his chakra into the attack. Two clashing forces sent sparks flying in all directions. Shards of lightning scorched the earth and incredible winds sliced it in two. Naruto saw the smirk that was on the cloud ninja's face but did not understand why until he looked at the lightning bolt and saw that it was inching closer to him.
Naruto started another set of hand seals. Just as the lightning was about to break through his barrier, he finished the required seals. The tornado of wind condensed and shrank. The radius, height and thickness became less and less as the spin only continued to increase. Not before long, the only thing fighting back the force of the lightning bolt was a thin disk of wind. The cloud ninja saw what was happening and pushed even more chakra into the bolt of lightning.
The bolt crackled and snapped with repressed fury as it fought the wind. Naruto brought his hands up towards the bolt of electricity and wrapped it in chakra strings. Luckily, for him, electricity does not travel across chakra. Once he had a firm hold on it, he began to pull it slowly off course. The cloud ninja, since he cannot normally see chakra string, did not know what he was trying to do. Naruto on the other hand was drawing the energy bolt farther to the right. Before the cloud ninja even noticed that Naruto was redirecting his attack, it was too late. Naruto's disk of wind had captured the attack and the bolt of lightning was spinning around him, completely under his control. Naruto canceled his jutsu and the wind dissipated, launching the bolt that contained so much of the enemy ninja's own strength back at him. The enemy ninja did not expect his attack to backfire, could not react quickly enough to the strike, and took his own attack full on.
Both fighters where panting hard. The cloud ninja had taken server damage and lost a lot of chakra when his attack reflected back on him. It took a lot of chakra and concentration to use two different jutsu and more chakra strings than he had ever needed to use. In addition to that, he had taken many cuts from his own winds when he was dragging the bolt of lightning.
They both looked at each other. The cloud ninja could not believe that he had taken this much damage from a five year old. They both looked at each other. "You are pretty good for a pre-academy student."
Naruto stood up tall, when a worthy opponent comments on your skills, it a high honor to ninja. "Would you expect anything less from the Hokage's son," he said as more of a statement than question.
"You're the Hokage's son?" he said, not recognizing him with the mask that he rarely takes off, "Now it makes sense how you are that strong at such a young age." He stopped talking as if he was in deep thought. "I guess you would be just as valuable as this little girl." The cloud ninja then started another set of hand seals. Naruto did not have any time to react before electricity reached up from the ground and trapped him inside a giant bubble. "How do you like my Plasma Prison no jutsu?" Naruto fought with all he had left, but he did not have too much chakra left. He was tired, cold, and... Why was he light-headed? "Oh, and this thing comes with a bonus. The electricity burns oxygen so you should be passing out any minute now." True to his words, Naruto was now suffering from a headache that just kept getting worse and his vision was getting a little blurry. "Don't worry, you won't die. But there isn't any way to escape from this jutsu."
"Do you think that you will get away with this? All of the noise that we made in that fight, there will be an army of ninja here any second," yelled the blond boy.
"Well then," he said as he got up close to his new captive, "I guess we'd better get going."
"You won't get away with this. They will catch you. You will fail. You..."He could not finish as he finally gave up consciousness.
The cloud ninja just laughed, "Sweet dreams." He grabbed the ball of electricity and the sack with the girl and left in a blur of speed.
(I want you to know that I could stop this now, but I am not that evil)
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In Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto finds himself lying in a field of grass. "Where am I," he wondered aloud. He looked around to see nothing but rolling hills of grass for miles and one trail. He slowly got up to his feet and noticed that he clothes had changed. He was wearing all black, including black gloves and shoes. Draped around his neck were silver chains with many charms of different shapes. The cloth was that of the finest silk and seemed almost tailored specifically to him. (Think of the Organization 13 members from Kingdom Hearts) He took a moment to appreciate his new attire before deciding to go on the trail. As he traveled the hills, he took the time to take in the scenery, considering there was not much else to do. The grass was the healthiest green and a very consistent. There was not a cloud in the sky, and yet, there were not any stars either.
He looked forward and in the distance, he could see a red, blinking light. He picked up the pace and took on a light jog towards the red aura. As he approached, he could see the figure that was radiating the pulsating aura. He closed in on the man and was quickly mere feet away from the figure.
A small distance before him was a tall man of medium build. He wore a hooded cloak of dark crimson that flowed in winds that were not there. Even when the cloak would lift up enough to see his feet or face, the light would almost fade to hide his body. The hair that leaked out of the hood was a burnt chestnut brown that matched his tan skin. He almost seemed to be a normal man. Although, the most terrifying things were the almost transparent nine tails that flowed behind him, radiating the eerie crimson light.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked even though he had a good idea who he was.
"I am the one who brought you here." The mysterious man said nonchalantly.
"I see. So then, where exactly is here?" Naruto asked, noting that he just dodged his questions.
"This is your mindscape," said the mysterious figure. He then saw the blank expression on the boy's face and gave a light sigh, "Before you ask, it is a physical manifestation of your consciousness in the form of a tangible landscape."
"Okay," he said, not really understanding his words, "Why am I here?"
"You are here to make a choice," he said as a fork in the road formed where the man was standing, "Do you choose the path of light," he said as he gestured to his right, "or the path of darkness," he said pointing to the other. "I must warn you that your choices will have dire consequences."
Naruto stared down both of the roads as he tried to pick a road. First, he looked down the road to the left. In the distance, he could see something coming into existence. The kidnapper was carrying Naruto in the orb and the sack with the girl into the distance. Suddenly, Naruto woke up again. This time, when he fought against the prison, he easily pierced the prison with his newly clawed hands. Naruto annihilated the poor, defenseless cloud ninja now made blood fountain. The real Naruto got his first good look at the other Naruto. As he stared into the red eyes, the visage struck terror into his heart. He was soaked in the enemy ninja's blood and the ethereal chakra burned off his mask, showing the broadened wicker marks. He raised his head and howled at the full moon as his new fangs gleamed in the moonlight. It was at that second that he turned his sights on the bag with that girl inside. The scene ended with a crimson flash and a heart-stopping scream.
"Well, that is definitely not that one that I'm choosing. No way in the world is I going to let that happen. NO, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, NO WAY." He said as he nearly sprinted away from the sight.
He looked own the road of light, hoping for a better alternative. Too bad for him, it was not much better. He looked down the road to see the same scene of the cloud ninja carrying him away. This time, when he woke up, he fought against the prison, but he could not escape from the jutsu no matter what he tried. Despite his struggles, the cloud ninja did not even slow down or look back. After another minute of trying to escape, he passed out again. He and the captured girl were carried away to never be seen in the walls of Konoha again.
"Well, that isn't much better." He said as he walked away from the road.
He came face to face with the crimson-robed man, "So, which road do you choose to travel?" said the older man.
Naruto looked the man right in the face, "I choose neither," he answered. As soon as he uttered those words, a middle road formed between the two others. Naruto examined the newly formed road for a second before traveling along it, past the mysterious crimson man, "I'm taking the middle road."
The man just let out a quiet chuckle, "You mean the Twilight road to Nightfall?" he asked.
Naruto stopped mid-step and only turned his head to look at the man, "No, the Road to Dawn."
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Well, that is the end of my first chapter. It also explains that title of the story. Tune in next time to find out if they survive.
IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S MESSAGE
My sister has informed me that I am to tell anyone that wants to continue the story, "30 Days to Kill," can have it without having to contact her. All that is required is that you give credit to her at least once for the original idea. Moreover, anyone that wants to use any specific aspect of the story from jutsu to characters to blood line abilities can use them without contacting her also. The same rules apply. Any one who wants can take it and if multiple people want it, they can all have it. Try your best and enjoy.
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