Updated: fixed some grammar errors that were pointed out, add a new scene to help explain chapter six. A new story set up as well. I will fix the other chapters too before I upload chapter six. Have a great day!
Story: What is This?
Chapter One: What is This!?
XxXNarutoXxX
Naruto Uzumaki was no ordinary preteen. Naruto was a boy of twelve with yellow blond, spiky hair, and bright blue eyes. He has a round face with the most notable features on his face was the fox like whisker marks, three on each cheek to be exact.
Naruto was wearing an orange jumpsuit with blue trimming, blue sandals, a blue headband with a piece of steel screwed into it with the odd shape of a leaf on it, and on his right leg was a blue kunai holster. This was Naruto Uzumaki. He had just graduated from the ninja academy in an unexpected fashion. He had stolen the scroll of seals, a item of national importance, a scroll full of the most dangerous techniques known to the village hidden in the leaves.
Naruto had not only stole it right from under his village leader's nose, but also learned a technique as well. The shadow clone jutsu! A cloning jutsu that makes solid clones that can fight back, learn, and think on their own. A truly useful jutsu. Naruto had also saved the day and stopped his mad sensei, Mizuki.
Mizuki had lied to Naruto about a secret test that could help him pass and become a ninja; since he had failed the final exam for the third and final time. He also saved his real sensei, Iruka. The Hokage was proud of Naruto for saving the day, but he also berated him on stealing. He also scolded his staff that was supposed to watch it. Really, how could a academy student, no correction, failed academy student steal something so important? It was mind blowing, disgraceful, and flat out embarrassing. While it did show just how much potential Naruto really had. If Naruto could mange a feat like this...Just what could he really do?
One of the five elemental shinobi villages couldn't keep a teenager from, no not even a teenager, a preteen, from stealing one of the most powerful scrolls in existence.
Though that wasn't important. What was important was that Naruto had passed and was a ninja for his village, the Leaf Village, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konoha no Sato. The number one hidden village in all of the elemental villages.
The sun was blazing down on the village hidden by the large trees of the forest that surround the village. Our little hero, Naruto, could be seen walking down a path that went through one of the many thick forest the village was so well known for. He was on his way to a training ground. He didn't know what the training ground was named. It was just the one that was the closest to the village, that and it was now available to him now that he was a ninja.
Naruto wanted to train to get stronger and test out the new ninjutsu he had learned yesterday. He still had a full week before he got placed on a team, hopefully a team with Sakura-chan, and no Sasuke! As long as that prick was not on his team he would be happy. He would rather have Ino and Kiba as his teammates than that smug, arrogant, no good, Uchiha.
The blond growled to himself as he thought about that asshole, 'Why is Sasuke so cool! All he does is ignore people, how does that make someone cool? Doesn't matter, I' show him who's boss! One day I'm going to be Hokage! Then everyone is going to have to respect me then!' The blond thought eagerly. He was pumped to start training. The more training he got in...The faster he will become Hokage.
Naruto saw a chained fence with a sign that says "Restricted Area, no non shinobi personal behind this point," In front of him with barbed wire on the top of it for good measure. They really didn't want regular people getting in. Must have been protecting people from getting hurt.
Too bad he wasn't a regular person anymore~. Naruto lifted up the latch and push the gatedoor open. He saw a sign on the inside of the field that said he was in training ground 23. The training area was mostly covered with trees, a small stream running through the middle of it, very few open areas, and a couple of large rocks. This place made him want to be a kid again. He just wanted to explore the area and pretend to fight against evil ninjas and save a beautiful princess! At the moment that was a pipe dream. He still had a long way to go, so why not make it shorter by starting his training earily.
Naruto climbed on top of one of the tall rocks to find a decent area to start his training. Before he could begin his training however, there was a bright, blinding flash in the sky. It made Naruto cover his eyes, 'What the hell?!' the blond haired boy wondered. The next thing he saw/heard was the booming of something loud, like thunder. The brightness became more bearable to the eyes of Naruto. He didn't know what was happening at the moment but he could see again. Much to the boy's amazement, there was a streak of fire flying in the sky, getting close to the ground at an alarming rate, right towards…
'The training field!' The boy gasped and jumped off the rock and hid behind the piece of stone. Just in the nick of time too. The unidentified object slammed into the forest a little ways away from him. The falling object kicked up dust and tossed trees around like no one's business. When the dust settled Naruto poked his head from behind the rock. Naruto came from behind the rock made blast shield to see a hole in the ground. Naruto got closer to the crater and stared long and hard down into it. He still couldn't see what the object was, thanks to all the dust still lingering in the area. 'I wonder what did this?' The blond ponder to himself.
"I should check it out," The boy decided. That was when he came up with an idea, "I might want to make some back up." Naruto made a cross like hand sign and called out, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" There were five small puffs of clouds that appear which became replaced by a Naruto. There were now six of him.
"Alright!" One of the clones shouted getting everyone else's attention, "Let's do this!"
"Yeah!" The rest of them called out and quickly dived into the hole. The real Naruto jumped into the hole after his clones, which they all started regretting almost immediately. The six Naruto's quickly started coughing from the smoke.
"Idiots!" The real Naruto called out to his clones through coughs, "I shouldn't have followed you!" He barely managed falling to his knees.
The clones were not faring any better than the real one was, though one was able to make a comeback, "Yeah and that makes you just as stupid! Stupid!"
"Yeah!" the rest of them agreed.
Naruto waved the cloud of dust away from himself, "Oh shut up!" He demanded of them. The smoke finally started to settle completely. The six Naruto started looking around at each other and then to the object in the middle of the crater.
"What the...!" Exclaimed a clone.
"That can't be it?" One said in confusion.
One of the clones looked away from the object not even caring what it was anymore, "It's so tiny!" He complained. He was hoping for something awesome, but it was just some stupid black box.
The real Naruto made his way to the black box. He slowly reached out to touch it. All the clones circled the main one as they watch their boss with baited breath. Naruto's index finger made contact and he quickly pulled away.
"It must be hot!" One clone to the right theorised by the reaction the boss had, only to be shot down by the original.
"No," Naruto said and reach out to pick up the object, "It's actually pretty cold." He told them as he picked it up.
One clone finally asked the question, "What is it?"
Everyone seemed to have the same question on their minds. None of them had really seen a thing like it before. The thing looked like a metal device. There was a blue button on the left side of it that had the word, 'Reset', above that was a switch that could be moved left and and right. The words underneath it read, 'On', and 'Off' and below that was more 'Cartridge lock'. On the far left side near the edge was another switch that said, 'Phones Vol.' with the numbers 0,5, and 10 being the highest. On the top of the box was a circular design with a slot that something could be placed in. That and in bold golden letters was "16-BIT," below that was a maroon streak of paint that has a small light bulb in the middle of it with the words in black saying, 'Power, and On,'. On the left side of the circle was more words but in the color of maroon, 'AV Intelligent Terminal,' and on the right was, 'High Grade Multipurpose Use,'. The last words on the black piece of technology was, 'MEGA DRIVE, and SAGA', at the bottom right.
"Well," One clone started, "I have no idea what it is." He said scratching the back of his head.
"Dude it's clearly a Saga Mega Drive. What you mean is you have no idea what it does." A clone interrupted the other clones words.
The clone glared, "Thanks asshole! No cares!" Both clones glared at each other sparks of lightning flying between their gaze. Before the two could get into a death battle...
One clone came up with an idea, "Oi! I know what we should do with it!" Everyone turned to him, "We should forget about training for today and head home to figure out what this...Mega Drive is!" He declared. He saw the rest of the clones and the original holding the piece of tech nod and give out different words of agreement.
"Great idea, let's head back home! Clones! Forward march!" The real Naruto ordered pointing back towards the gate.
"Yes sir!" The small squad took their new prize to their home. They circled around the main Naruto in a protective formation. They couldn't let any watching shinobi steal the black box from them. They would make it back home with the device intact.
Once Naruto and his small group of clones reached their home of residence in the small apartment complex. They all gather around the device that the original had place on a small coffee table in the small living room. One of the clones picked the device up to examine it closer. He had decided to push the blue button and in that instance, cords shot out of black box! The clone was so shocked by what had happened, he tossed the box up into the air. The original managed to catch it before it hit the ground. "Watch it!" he barked at the clone. "We don't want to break this before we find out what it does!"
The clone that had tossed the device became dejected and opted to sit in a corner, "It's made from metal, it won't break that easily. I think?" The clone added to his his statement, though no one was listening to him. Like they would listen to the guy that just about broke it.
"Hey look!" one clone pointed at one of the dangling cords, "It has a plugin! We should plug it into the wall by the Tv!" The clone suggested. The original did just that and plug it in the wall. Nothing happened, "I think we should turn it." It stated and shook its head at the original. Had he really not thought about doing that?
"Oops!" The real Naruto said embarrassedly and switch the device on. They all watched with squinted eyes as the the red bulb became a bright red and started flashing showing that it was on.
"Well it's on, so now what?" One copy asked looking at his fellow clones and the boss.
"There are still other cords to be plugged in." The same clone that said they should plug the box into the wall stated. He also seemed to be the smartest out of all six Naruto's at the moment.
"Okay smart guy!" The clone that was sitting in the corner shouted at the clone pointing to him, "If you're so smart why don't find out where to put it!" It declared and some of the others gave muttered agreements.
"Yeah I'll show you idiots where they're supposed to go." The smart clone declared back getting glares from the five other Naruto's, "Believe it." He went up to the device and picked up the two cords. He noted that these ones were similar to each other and looked different from the plugin in the wall. The part that gets plugged into the wall was thin and narrow and had two prongs, they were circular and there was one cord that broke off into two separate heads, one named 'audio' and the other 'video'. The clone tossed that information to the wind however. He saw the outlet and knew that was where they had to place the cords in. In those circular slots underneath the the plug in for the device and and the Tv. He took the yellow and white plugins and put them in the slots with a smug look on his face. That look was quickly replaced with pain and sparks! The other clones and Naruto himself, watched horrified as the clone was being cooked alive. Electricity was flowing through the clone.
The clone disappeared into a cloud of smoke and the cords fell to the ground. "We will never attempting that again!" The original screamed and the other remaining clones nodded in agreement. "We did learn that they do not get plugged into a wall."
"Then where do they go?" One clone asked. The clones and the real blond pondered about the question. If they didn't go into the wall, then where did they go. They had to be plugged into something.
"I know," One clone spoke up and smashed his fist into the palm of his hand, "We should spread out and search the apartment to find the right plugin! I mean look at the two cords, their colored different!"
"So we should find the place that those two colors should be put!" The original caught up on the idea, "Yeah! That sounds right! Let's find those plugins!"
"Hell yeah!" The other clones declared. The clones and the real Naruto looked throughout the entire house and sadly they didn't find anything.
"Man this blows!" One clone said from his position on the old worn red couch, "We search everywhere!" He threw up his hands in a giving up manner.
"Tell me about it." Said another clone eating ramen from a cup in the kitchen. Naruto, the real Naruto, looked on in anger, "What the hell man! You're eating my ramen!" Naruto screeched pulling on his hair. The clone looked like a deer caught in the headlights, "You're eating without us! Everyone a quick ramen break!"
"Best fricken idea of the day!" One clone yelled from the bedroom. The clones and Naruto finished their ramen break pretty fast and resumed their search.
As they were searching one of the blond copies yelled from the living room behind the Tv, "I found them!" There was a gust of air signaling that all the others were now in the room. "There," He pointed at the back of the tv, "Behind the Tv!" He told them.
"Well," The original said with his arms cross, "Plug them in." He ordered. The clone looked at the cords and then back at the original. They knew full well that the same thing could happen to them as the clone from before, even if they were putting them into the right spot.
"Yeah, go fuck yourself." The clone replied and took off from his spot.
"Get him!" The real Naruto ordered the other clones and the four Naruto's went after the one copy. They quickly caught him and made him go to work.
"Come on guys, do I have-"
"Yes!" They all yelled at him.
"Fine! Bunch of pricks." He mumbled the last part to himself under his breath. He put the two cords in the right area, yellow cord in yellow slot, white cord in white slot, "Um, nothing happened." He said only to receive a deadpan stare.
"We haven't put the Tv on yet." Informed a clone dryly. The clone came from behind the Tv and turned it on. Much to their surprise sounds came from it! That was odd in itself because the Tv was only supposed to work when the Hokage was giving an address or something, there was also the news channels too, but that was it. That was why the Hokage had gotten Naruto one in the first place. The group of Narutos heard "Sega," from the Tv.
A couple of seconds later, pinkish letters started being typed out on the screen, they spelled out, "Are you ready for a Hyperdimension experience?_"
The clones looked at Naruto, "Uh, yes?" The real one said unsurely. 'What the hell is going on now?' He thought not knowing what was going to happen next.
"What is your name?_" The box asked.
Seeing the opportunity to impress the talking box for no real reason other than expanding his already large ego, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki! The next Hokage! Believe it!"
"Hello Naruto Uzumaki, codename Fire Shadow. Welcome, and good luck._" The machine typed. The screen went dark again before blasting the room with a white light.
"Not this again!" The Narutos hollered covering their eyes. The next thing the real Naruto Uzumaki knew was that something was grabbing hold of him. He looked down to find multiple black cords latching onto him, ensnaring him in a tangled mess. The cords started to pull him closer to the Tv, the odd thing was that all the cords were coming from the Tv screen! "What is this!?" The boy yelled struggling to get out of of the cords. To no avail however. The clones also had cords wrapped around them too! They quickly disappeared as the cords gripped them too tightly. The cords fell to the ground not having anything to hold onto. Then much like before, they seemed to come alive and shot after the last remaining Naruto that was already caught by the other wires. Naruto found himself completely covered with wires at this point, "Whoever is doing this must be into bonda-" He was cut off by cords wrapping around his mouth. Well at least they didn't cover his eyes!
Naruto managed to get off one muffled scream before being completely pulled through the Tv. The apartment was completely empty and void of life. There was also no signs of struggle to be found.
This would be the scene that the Anbu found with Hiruzen Sarutobi when they tracked the scent from the crash site later that day. 'What has the boy gotten himself into now?' Thought the Hokage. That boy always knew how to get himself into some kind of trouble. Naruto was going to be the death of him one day, he just knew it. "Is there any scent that can be traced from here?" The great Hokage inquired taking an extra long drag on his pipe.
Hiruzen Sarutobi skin is colored in a light tan, his spiked hair is grey, his face is gaunter, and he has the wrinkles and liver spots of old age. He has a single line running vertically under the outer corners of each eye, which stretched down into his face until they reached his cheeks, and a small goatee. He was wearing the official uniform — the customary hat and haori with a red, full-length kimono that is tied using a white sash. He often smokes during his spare time.
"The trail ends at the Tv sir." The Anbu said, "There is nothing else." The Inuzuka clan Masked Anbu finished with his dog sniffing the Tv.
Hiruzen sighed. This was going to be a long day.
XxXJiraiyaXxX
Jiraiya was sitting in a large cave in the middle of a mountain. He was writing a letter to the his teacher the third Hokage. It was a very serious letter that he and his spies had gain a lot more knowledge on the Village Hidden in the Sound. He still was trying to confirm if Orochimaru was involved with the village's creation. If he was involved then just how 'Involved' was he? He knew the village had just popped up out of nowhere and had a high mission success rate, and failure was not tolerated. It was more of a hostile takeover of the County of Rice Fields, but now it was called the Land of Sound. He had gotten some of his spies into the hidden village, if you could call it that, and he had yet to hear anything back from them as of yet. It wasn't all too troubling just yet since it had only been a week and half.
Jiraiya has a wart on the left side of his nose and waist-length, spiky white hair that he usually ties back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There are red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face as he got older, going all the way to the bottom by the time he's an adult. His usual attire is a green short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wears mesh armour that is visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wears hand guards, a black belt, traditional Japanese wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. He often carries a large scroll on his back, he has a tattoo on his left palm, and he wears a horned forehead protector with the kanji for "oil".
He felt something for half of a second, a burning pain on the back of his neck. He was quick to bring his hand to the back of his neck and turned around rapidly to see no one there. He pulled his hand back to face hoping not to see blood or anything of sort. There wasn't anything on his hand. The pain was gone just as fast as it showed up. It was an odd feeling that came out of nowhere. Jiraiya grunted and went back to the letter he was writing, "Stupid bugs."
He had written it off as a bug bite, but if he had taken the time to look at the spot of the sudden pain...He would have seen a orange book tattoo on the back of his neck. He would have never guessed what it was meant for. Well that was if he had seen it at all.
An: I hope you all enjoy it so far! Sorry for the short chapter. I just wanted to get this out, Might have another one up next week sometime. Naruto x Hyperdimension Neptunia! I got some big plans for this story let me tell you.