Tale of Tails and Feathers, Beyond the Gate Yonder
Author note:
This fanfiction is a complement to the original TtandF. The story is set on the same paradigms or multiple pocket universes inside gates, riffs, and/or dimensional scars, in this fanfiction you will see and understand the appearances of many anime characters from other animes in Naruto's world from the original TtandF story, please enjoy!
Chapter 1: The Gate to Unknown World
Shinta Urashima, chuunin from The Village Hidden in the Leaves is on a worldwide adventure, he has 3 years to complete the training he was sent out to do, many things have happened so far…
A betrayal…
The loss of a team member…
The loss of a friend…
Tears from his beloved team members and friends…
Shinta has determination in his eyes… he must accomplish his goals…
For some reason, Kami decided to "help" him. And as we know when a Kami decides to do something it is not always easy to see it as an opportunity…. This is what happened to Shinta… During the three and a half years he went missing.
"This looks like an excellent place to attune with my light affinity chakra" Shinta said to no one in particular.
As he was expelling his chakra something odd happened, an imbalance of sorts… it was caused by someone else.
"Yeah! I got him!" Someone yelled.
Shinta managed to dodge the attack by flipping back but found himself face to face with a masked man.
"The Akatsuki!" Shinta thought.
"Yeah! We are bagging this one!" Deidara said.
"Shadow, Attack!" Shinta said.
His shadow grew and became 3D as it began to fight Deidara as Shinta took on the masked man.
"Hello I am Tobi," he said as he stretched out his arm.
Shinta was a tad confused at this and stretched his own arm… and Tobi shook it.
"Do you want some tea?" Shinta offered awkwardly.
"Sure!" Tobi said.
"TOBI! YOU LITTLE SHIT!! WE ARE NOT HERE TO SOCIALICE!!" Deidara yelled at him while Shinta and Tobi where drinking some tea.
"Sorry but I have work to do… how about we do this some other time?" Tobi asked.
"Sure, I understand, it is your job after all," Shinta said.
Then they started fighting.
Tobi used a round-house kick and managed to make Shinta flinch.
"Damn it!" Shinta thought.
"As good as I am now… Akatsuki is stronger than me right now… I better flee… but shadow is diverting Deidara…. Is time to use "that" jutsu," Shinta thought.
"Light gate portal!" Shinta roared as he stabbed his Hikari no ken on the floor
A gate materialized, but it was grey and had many eyes on it… it opened.
Many tentacles spurt forth and grabbed Shinta.
"What the F…" Shinta was about to finish when the gate pulled him in. Deidara and Tobi where a tad confused.
"So… did we finish our job?" Tobi asked.
"Tobi… do we have the jinchuriki with us?" Deidara said as he smacked his forehead.
"No?" Tobi said.
"Then what the fuck are you asking for!?" Deidara said as he threw some C4 on Tobi as he left.
"Wahh! Tobi is a good boy," Tobi said as he ran after Deidara.
"This is… familiar…" Shinta thought as he was floating in a multicolored liquid, "It looks like I am in a watery rainbow."
He saw a blond boy he though was his brother. He reached out to that image….
He felt he was being sucked in.
His bones felt like they where crushed. His skin felt burned… No… he was burned… his skin was covered with 3rd degrees burns.
He fell limp on the ground outside of an old lady's house.
After what felt like eternity to him, he found himself on a small couch.
He reached out and found himself being held by soft hands…
"Hey kid, are you okay?" a girl asked him.
He slowly opened his eyes… a pair of blue eyes meet with his azure and crimson eyes.
His body had begun to heal itself very fast… only a third of his body remained burned.
"Water… please," Shinta asked the girl with a horse voice.
The girl poured a glass of water from the pitcher and gave it to Shinta.
He drank rather rapidly and started to choke a little bit.
"Hey! Are you okay?" the girl asked.
"I will be fine…" Shinta said… then his eyes widened…
He looked around the room… weary of his surroundings… he remembered his fight against Akatsuki… then he remembered the gate…
"Where am I?" Shinta asked the girl.
"You are in Resembol," the girl told him.
"Do you know Konoha?" Shinta asked.
"Never heard of any one or place named that," the girl said.
"Man… I am in another world… with no idea with how to go back… It's like I am stuck in a badly written fanfiction," Shinta said.
"You are welcome to stay until your wounds are healed…" She said.
With that Shinta removed all the bandages but his body was not fully healed and his skin was baby smooth.
"Thank you for the offer but I need to find my way home now… I want to give you my thanks… my name is Shinta Urashima… it is nice to meet you, though I would have preferred if the circumstances had been different," Shinta said as he got up. He wobbled a bit… this was the after effect of the regeneration.
Shinta was hit with a monkey wrench.
"Like hell you are going anywhere! You are staying here until you can walk and talk coherently" said the girl as she pulled Shinta back onto the couch.
She set a dish with some soup on a table next to the couch and left Shinta alone… unconscious.
The next day…
Shinta woke up… he was thirsty and drank some water from the pitcher he found.
After drinking he went to the forest and cut a few trees for the firewood for the girl.
He came back with 9 stacks of firewood and placed them by the door with a little note.
He left the countryside and was on the road… he had a map of this world and decided to check a place called Lior.
Somewhere in the dessert.
"Damn it Al you keep sinking in the sand!" A boy yelled at a suit of armor.
"Sorry bother… it's because I am hollow inside and the sand goes in and then I sink," Al said.
The brother duo managed to get into Lior, there was a fountain and the duo rush towards it and decided to get a drink… for they had traveled in the desert for a long time and where parched.
"Hey you two what are you doing!?" a man asked.
(Screen wipe out)
"Ah… so you two are outsiders… my apologies, I thought you where brats trying to get a sip of wine from the fountain," the man said as he gave them a glass of juice.
At the same time a hooded figure appeared and sat beside Edward.
"A glass of strawberry and milk juice please," The hooded person said.
"Ugh… I hate milk," Edward said.
The shopkeeper then looked at his watch and turned on his radio.
A soft music was heard throughout the city and the voice of the preacher could be heard… they all started to pray.
After that was over the brothers rose up and Al broke the radio. The shopkeeper was fuming and angry that his new radio was broken.
"No problem old man, we can fix it as good as new," said Ed.
The armored person took a chalk and begun to draw something akin to a rune and smoke rose and a small explosion was heard.
The radio looked brand new… not even static could be heard from it.
"Wow you can perform miracles," the shopkeeper and some pedestrians said.
"Nah, is just alchemy," Ed said.
"Since you are travelers and so young I assume you have nowhere to go… so you need a place to rest," As he was saying this a young and beautiful young girl with both magenta and black hair (magenta being on the front top) approached the shop.
"Hey Rose! Can you take these two to the church!? Perhaps father Cornello can let them stay for a while," the shopkeeper said.
"Of course!" she said and immediately asked the brother duo to follow her.
Shinta decided to follow them from the shadows… since he was not invited and he would need a place to sleep as well.
He stealthily followed them using his shadows to disappear and reappear whenever he could to keep from getting caught.
The Church they came to was impressive… the statues where honoring the sun god (though the statue looked more like the roman lightning god).
The person called father Cornello appeared and Shinta was hit witch a wave of malice. Whatever he was… Shinta was sure that man was no saint… or priest.
He decided to sneak in and got into the room before Ed and Al…
Ed and Al entered the room and found Shinta on a couch resting.
Ed kicked him, "Wake up you bastard!"
Shinta fell on the floor.
He was still sleeping.
"What the hell… just put him over there" Ed said
They all slept soundly (Shinta more so).
The next morning
Ed and Al woke up and heard some grunts. They went out of the window onto the balcony and saw the small boy practicing some martial arts on the balcony.
His moments where fluid and random, yet, they all seem to fit like pieces of a puzzle.
He was floating in the air… the power from each kick was lifting him off the ground.
Then he switched his stance… his body lowered and his arms extended.
He started to hit the air with his fingers.
The air seemed to be cut by the sheer force.
Ed and Al went to meet with the stranger.
"Hello there!" Al greeted.
"Morning… sorry about yesterday. I needed somewhere to stay so I followed you two… my bad," Shinta said while he scratched his hair.
"Wanna go for a match?" Ed said with a grin.
"Think you two can take me on?" Shinta said smirking.
"Loser buys winner dinner," Shinta said smiling like a fox.
Shinta then lunged forth and attacked Al first.
He hit the extremities first but realized something was off…
He hit and heard a hollow sound.
From behind he saw something and was correct… Ed was jumping to give him a round kick, but Shinta dodged by jumping and kicking Ed into the ground.
Al then used the opportunity to attack Shinta, but he spun around and punched Al in the neck.
The head fell off… Shinta was surprised it was really empty inside.
"Talk about feeling empty inside," Shinta said jokingly.
Ed then jumped and a sound was heard.
His arm turned into a blade.
Shinta the parried by summoning his angel blade.
"Where did that sword come from?" Ed though, "There was no transmutation circle no clapping."
Shinta continued to parry but was to absorbed on Ed to notice Al.
As AL was about to hit Shinta he disappeared.
"HUH?!" Ed and Al exclaimed.
Shinta came from above and hit them both with a single kick.
"I win," Shinta said smirking.
Ed then clapped his hands and a lightning of sorts came, from the ground hands erupted
"Damn it… I forgot about that skill," Shinta cursed.
Shinta then summoned his other sword, Yami no ken.
"Darkness slash!!" Shinta cried as he got into the stance.
From the sword a slash of darkness gushed out and ripped apart all of the alchemically created hands sent forth to capture and bind him.
"Ed, get out!" Al yelled as he pushed his brother out of the way.
The gush of darkness eradicated the entire floor.
Shinta then smirked as he twirled the sword, put it on his back, and it disappeared
"You almost got me there. Sorry I had to resort to that," Shinta said sheepishly.
Ed and Al both were slack jawed after seeing the attack.
"What the hell was that?" Ed screamed.
"My swordsmanship special attack. I condense all of my dark energy to create a black hole ripple effect," Shinta explained.
"That does not make any sense! What are you talking about!?"
"You don't know about youki, tenshiki, or chakra?" Shinta said.
"What are those?" Al asked.
"Never mind… since we now formally know each other… how about that lunch?" Shinta said.
Screen wipe
CHom CHOMp Glup Glup
"Oi Ji-san! One more!" Shinta called for another plate.
"OMG! How much can you possibly eat!?" Ed yelled.
15 minutes and 100 dishes later…
"URP… excuse me," Shinta said.
"So… what are you two doing here?" Shinta asked.
"We are searching for something…" Ed said.
"Hmm, I see…" Shinta decided no t to press the issue.
After eating they went to the church… Rose was cleaning the altar.
Flash Back
"Hey Ji-san… why is Rose so cheerfull all the time?" Shinta asked.
The old man then sat down and told Shinta that Rose lost her lover. And that father Cornello promised he would be able to bring him back from the dead if she performed enough good deeds.
Flash back end
Ed was sitting on a bench at church watching Rose clean the altar and the golden statue.
"So, if you clean the altar enough times your boyfriend will be resurrected by father Cornello?" Ed asked.
"That's right," she said cheerfully.
"What a load of bull," Ed said.
Ed then pulled a little notebook and read to her a list of many elements.
"What are those supposed to mean?"
"Those are what makes up the average adult human body down to the last eye lash. And it can all be bought on a kid's allowance… Just imagine, we alchemist are the closest thing to being a god," Ed said.
Somewhere else in the church…
"So they are with the military, I should have known…" Father Cornello said.
"What is your wish?"
"Eliminate them all save for Rose… that is the will of the sun god," Cornello said.
Back to Ed and Rose
"The sun is a ball of burning gas; get to close and you will get burn," Ed said.
Shinta and Al then heard a gun cocking…
"This is just not my day," Shinta thought.
Bang Bang
A head started to roll… it was Alphonse's head.
Al just begun running for his head and leaned forward to pick it up.
"He is empty… there is nothing there," Rose shrieked.
Ed threw Al's head at the guard and knocked him out while Shinta reappeared from the ground in the shadow of Ed.
"That was close," Shinta said from behind Rose who was startled.
Rose was trembling… she was scarred witless at what she just saw.
She decided to run.
"Nothing to do about it," Ed said.
"We need to go after her," Shinta said as he ran.
"How the hell is he so fast!?" Ed yelled as he ran.
"Maybe it is because I am not a bean sprout?" Shinta said mockingly.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!" Ed said as he charged at full speed after him.
Al just sweat dropped.
They reached a door that was sealed shut… Ed was about to tear it down with alchemy but Shinta decided to smash it clean out of the way.
Clank… clank… crash
The door burst broke and they saw father Cornello with Rose.
"Thank you Rose. You have saved this church… god will repay you after we are done with these heathens," Cornello said.
"Tisk… you are not the voice of god… No, you are not fit for this… How about I show you, what divine punishment really means?" Shinta said.
With that Cornello used his ring and turned the whole floor into sand.
"With a floor of sand you will not be able to make a transmutation circle," Cornello said as he threw a small parakeet and transmuted it into a Chimera.
Ed just clapped his hands and made a small lance.
"Impossible!" Cornello said.
Cornello sent another chimera after Ed and it went right for Ed's right hand and chomped on it.
"What's the matter? You don't like the taste?" Ed said.
"Inconceivable… his arm is fine? Unless…"Cornello thought.
"Look at me Rose, this is what happens when you try to bring someone back to life with alchemy. This is the price I payed!"
He said revealing his right arm.
"His arm… and leg… they are metal," Rose said.
"Ah yes, you must have been a pretty crazy person to try to enter into holy grounds… You tried to perform human alchemy," Cornello said.
Cornello then grabbed his cane and transmuted it into a machine gun.
He shot everywhere but Ed made a wall to protect himself and Al… but Shinta was still out.
"SHINTA!" Ed yelled.
Shinta was still standing. Not even a single bullet had touched him… His yami no ken was out and had all the bullets in his blade… he had blocked them and managed to keep them in the sword…
Then he swung his blade at Cornello and all of the bullets returned to him he managed to dodge and tried to use Rose as a human shield but…
"Nice for you to drop in Rose," Shinta said as Rose fell from the shadow of a chandelier.
"How about I show you true terror?" Shinta said as the atmosphere in the room changed.
He charged at Cornello with wanton disregard.
He slashed the concrete of the floor creating a huge crack on the floor; his body was expending a dark hazy fume.
Ed then decided to use his transmutation and made a radio transmitter to transmitted Cornello speech
"You think you can just get away with this? I have the whole town under my thumb, why should they care about anything when I gave them everything?" Cornello said.
Shinta smirked as he showed him the microphone Ed had thrown at him.
"WHAAAAAAA?" Cornello said.
The whole town heard what he had just said.
HE then tried to attack them but Ed and Shinta both kicked him square in the face.
Then Cornello was launched out of the church with tremendous force.
The whole town was outside and watching as Cornello was hurled outside from the wall.
He then transmuted the a statue and started to yell manically.
"Hey Ed… why not one up him?" Shinta said smirking.
Ed then transmuted from the ground a colossal statue.
"Fell the fist of god," Ed said.
The fist just barely missed Cornello on purpose.
Cornello had passed out in fear.
Shinta, Ed and Al where on top of the statue, Ed held Rose.
The military came and took Cornello away… he was sent to jail and the town was happy.
Shinta and the Elric brothers where thanked by the people.
They left unknowing that… someone…something… was watching them.
"Can I eat them now?" A fat man with a ridiculous face said to a sexy and elegant lady.
"Not yet Gluttony… not yet," said the lady.
"But Lust… I am hungry," Gluttony said.
Lust simply sighed.
"Hey I am back," a voice said.
"Ah… Envy… nice for you to drop in…" Lust said.
"So… Cornello got caught?" Envy said.
"Then…( She changed appearance and voice to match Cornello's) I will play the role for a while," Envy said.
With that Envy (Cornello) appeared from the south (as if he had just come from a long trip.) and acted surprised… and then he said that the other Cornello was an impostor…
He then transmuted a pair of dead birds and gave them life.
The town then returned to the faker and it was all done…
The birds flew south and exploded… it was all a farce.
Ed, Al and Shinta then became traveling companions, heading to Central so Ed could receive his State alchemist certification.
They had no idea of what had just happened in Lior.
Chapter end