Ultimate Shinobi
By: Lord Atreyu Emyrs
Chapter 1
It was a rainy 10th of October night, as young Uzumaki Naruto was walking through the alleys of Konoha. He had just been evicted from the orphanage for "destruction of property".
"As if I really broke a door down, I mean I'm only 5. Give me a freaking break", though Naruto as he trudged along with his meager belongings. He wore a simple pair of black pants with an orange shirt and a pair of blue sandals. On his back he carried a black back-pack with a few changes of clothes as well as some food and money that he had managed to "liberate" from the orphanage. "Serves them right." He thought defiantly. "Where am I going to go now", he said out loud. "Old-Man Hokage will just try to send me back to another orphanage." This wasn't the first time that Naruto had been kicked out, and each time the Hokage had sent him to a different orphanage to stay.
As he kept walking, while not really paying attention to where he was going, he was getting closer to parts of the village that was rarely traveled by civilians. Coming out of his thoughts, he looked up to see a sign that said "Keep Out: Forest of Death". Being the young child that he was the first thing that came to mind was…. "COOOOOLLLLL!".
Walking around looking for an entrance, he noticed the only way that he could get in was if he climbed the fence. "Ah man, was does everything have to be so hard," Said the frustrated young blonde. Making sure his back-pack was secure; he began to climb the fence. While climbing, the young boy's mind began to think about his life thus far. "Why is it that everyone either hates me or ignores me? I stay out of the way, I don't talk to anyone but Old-Man Hokage. So why pick on me?" You see, in the five short years of young Naruto's life, he had been mistreat more than some of the Maximum Security prisoners. He was rarely fed, always locked away by himself. He was only allowed out of his room when the Hokage came by to see him. Although he was rarely beaten, the villagers treatment of him made it so that he only cared for himself and a few others. Those few were the Hokage, an ANBU with a weasel mask, and another orphan named Tenchi. He hadn't seen Tenchi in months because he got adopted and his new family never let him visit the orphanage.
Once Naruto was on the other side of the fence he began walking again. After what seemed like years of walking to his young mind, which was only a few hours, he found a building covered almost completely by vines and weeds. "I wonder what's in there, don't look like anyone has been in there in forever", said Naruto to himself. Looking around for something to help remove the vegetation, he stumbles upon a jagged piece of metal. Attempting to pick it up he realizes that it is partially buried. "Why does Kami hate me so?" Using his bare hands, he starts to dig around the metal piece to try and free it. When he had dug deep enough, he pulled the debris from the ground. It was about one and a half foot long, extremely sharp on one end and cylindrical on the other. Staring in the hole he made he saw a same metal box that he decide to take with him. "Never know when it might be useful."
He took the metal piece, which he decided to call "Mr. Sharpy", over to what looked like it might be the entrance to the building. He worked tirelessly at the vines and weeds until he came to what looked to be a lock. Unfortunately it was unlike any lock he had ever seen. "All that work and it was for nothing, if I ever meet Kami I'm going to kick him or her in the butt," said an angry Naruto. Having nothing better to do he sat in front of the doorway and decided to look in the metal box he found. Retrieving it from his backpack he saw that it was roughly one foot by eight inches wide and about four or five inches deep. The top was inscribed with symbols that he couldn't read, the front contained a sophisticated lock that was, fortunately for him, unlocked. "Jeez, why put a lock on something if you not gonna use it. Oh well, works out for me…he he." Upon opening the box he found several ID sized cards as well as a few keys, and a round disc that was reflective on one side. "What the heck is this crap", thought Naruto. "Hey wait a minute, this key looks kinda like that lock." Jumping up quickly he ran to the door and tried the key. With an ominous groan and thick billowing smoke, the door slowly opened.
Gathering up his belonging, Naruto ran into the building, glad to have found a place to stay for at least one night.
**Unknown Location**
Deep underground several machines began awakening themselves. Power began flowing through cables and conduits that had remained dormant for centuries. In a darkened corner a ghostly figure came into view. "Intruder detected; Begin system start-up; Activate self-defense system; Prepare to repel intruder!"
**Normal P.O.V**
As soon as Naruto was fully in the building the door shut loudly behind him. "Oh boy, that's not good," he thought. Continuing onward he came upon a small pedestal with a large screen above it. On the pedestal were several slots, about the size of ID cards, a larger slot about the size of a CD, and a pad a little larger than an adult's hand.
Stepping to the pedestal Naruto wondered out loud, "Now what the heck is this thing?" Immediately after saying that he heard a voice speaking in a language he didn't understand. After several seconds he heard the same voice say, "Awaiting command codes for ending lock down procedure."
"Waiting for who to do what now", stated a confused Naruto.
"Six hundred seconds till self-destruct systems activate."
While Naruto may not understand a lot of things, he understood self-destruct pretty well. Panicking he moved closer to the pedestal and saw the slots, thinking quickly he opened the metal box again and took out the items. Placing the disc in its slot, he then moved on to the ID cards.
"Oh crap, which one goes in which hole?" Looking at the cards carefully he noticed a small number one in the top right hand corner hidden by a picture, and a number two and three on the other two. Reacting quickly he placed the cards in their corresponding slots and watched as two small doors opened on the pedestal. Looking at the screen he noticed it now said "Three hundred seconds till self-destruct systems activate".
"Danggit I'm wasting too much time." Said Naruto. Looking at the new slots on the pedestal, he realized that the holes were small and key shaped. Realizing this he looked at his three keys and immediately knew he had a problem. Looking at his keys again he realized that one was gold, one was silver, and one was bronze. He then looked over the key hole again and saw small slivers in each hole, one was bronze and the other was silver. Placing the keys in their appropriate slot, he waited for the countdown to stop. Looking at the screen he saw it continuing, he pressed and poke on the pedestal until finally he turned the keys. After turning the keys, the small pad lit up. Placing his hand there, the pedestal beeped and whistled, then he heard a loud klaxon. Looking at the screen he noticed it said "Thirty seconds till self-destruct systems activate", the countdown continued up till it reached three seconds when the klaxons stopped, and the screen went blanked. During all this all Naruto could think was "OH GOD, OH GOD, I'M GONNA DIE. I'M GONNA FREAKING DAY. KAMI, YOU TEME, I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!"
When the screen lit up again it asked for a USER NAME, immediately on the pedestal a holographic keyboard appeared. Now while Naruto couldn't read very well, he still understood the alphabet, so he typed his name….. NARUTO UZUMAKI. After this happened, directly on the front of the pedestal, an ID card was printed with his face and name on it. He took it and looked at it oddly before he heard a noise behind him. Turning around he saw a ghostly figure walking through a door that he hadn't seen before.
"Who…what, are you?" Stuttered a scared Naruto, thinking it was a ghost.
The ghostly figure walked up to him and said, "Welcome, Master Uzumaki. How may I be of service to you.