A/N:
Hello
Lonewolf here now many of you who are reading this story probably had
read my other work The
Pirates Code
and are waiting for an update. Now I applaud your patience and thank
you for not bombarding me with senseless reviews and messages about
updates so I'll be frank with you I've had a little problem. I
have writers block. That's where this story comes in as I'll
explain later. The reason I have writers block is because I don't
know what I can do about the intro of the Black Pearl. I want to add
a new twist to it but right now I got nothing. So send me a review on
an idea that you might have and maybe one of your many ideas will
help me beat writers block. Now as for this story when I get writers
block I free write. Just write down ideas about different things
hoping that I'll get an epiphany. As some may have noticed this
happened after I wrote the first chapter of The
Pirates Code,
I ended up writing another story The
Uchiha Identity.
That was a product of my free writing. However I'm not particularly
proud of that piece of work but with this one I am quite content. So
without further ado and author notes the story!
"And the rookie of the year is…" Iruka paused for effect but after seeing the annoyed looks on everyone's faces he decided to go on. "Urahara Yusuke"
"WHAT!!!"
came the blast of voice from a pink haired banshee.
"It should
be Sasuke-kun not that weird kid that sleeps a lot." Said
Sakura
"Hey I sleep when I feel like. Now shut up so I can get
back to sleep." Said Yusuke in the back. He was black hair youth
with streaks of blonde in his hair with golden eyes like a cat. He
did in fact sleep a lot and it was shock that he even passed. He laid
his head down on the desk and was just about to fall asleep when he
was approached by everyone's favorite avenger.
"How did you
an Urahara beat an Uchiha?" asked Sasuke. Yusuke took his head off
his desk and looked at him.
"Take the stick out of your ass
someday and I might tell you." He said putting his head back on the
desk. The Uchiha was just about to strike him when the bell rang.
Yusuke got up and walked out the door with his headband on his arm.
He walked outside and saw his parents standing next to the entrance
gate behind the mass crowd of parents. His father in his black coat
and blonde haired head covered by a hat with white and green stripes
stood next to his mother golden eyed just like he was with purple
hair that on her head looked like two cat ears. His father smiled at
him as Yusuke walked up to them.
"Yusuke how did it go?" Yusuke smiled at them
"I
got rookie of the year dad." His mother came and wrapped him in a
hug. His father clapped him on the shoulder.
"That's good my
boy that means that crushed the Uchiha." Said his father making a
fist. Yusuke's mother punched him in the face.
"Kisuke-kun you
know how the villagers feel about their Uchiha."
"Quite right
quiet right Yoruichi-chan" said Kisuke rubbing his face. He pointed
with his cane down the road.
"Now how about we go home and
celebrate with the rest of the family?" Yusuke smiled.
"Sure
dad just keep Auntie Rangiku and Uncle Shinsui from giving me
liquor."
"They've tried to give you liquor?" asked Yoruichi
"Yeah but Ichigo-nee-san stopped them" said Yusuke as they walked down the path. Out of the corner of his eye Yusuke saw Mizuki talking to Naruto.
NEXT DAY (TEAM ASSIGNMENTS)
"Team
7 will be Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura," Iruka was interrupted by
a loud YES! and a groan. "and Urahara Yusuke." Naruto looked at
his final teammate who was asleep. Iruka looked around and
continued.
"Team 8 will be Hyuga Hinata, Aburme Shino and
Inuzuka Kiba… lets see team 9 is still in circulation so team 10
will be Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Chouji. That's it
for team assignments."
"WAIT!" yelled Sakura. Iruka looked
at her.
"Yes Sakura?"
"What team is Sasuke-kun on?" she
asked. Iruka looked at the clipboard. Everyone's attention was on
him.
"Ah
here it is. Sasuke Uchiha is to be…"
"What placed in a
special program because he is the greatest?" asked Sakura ever the
fangirl.
"No it says that he is to be discharged immediately due to mental imbalances and is to be escorted out of here right about now."
"WHAT!?"
yelled the fangirls. Just then a knock was heard outside the door and
Iruka walked over and opened it. In walked two ANBU. One had a cat
mask on while the other was a hawk.
"We're here to pick up the
Uchiha." Said Cat.
"I will not go. I HAVE TO GET STRONGER TO KILL ITACHI!!!" yelled Sasuke
"And
there is where you are wrong. That's exactly why you're to be
discharged." Said Hawk. Sasuke bolted towards a window but was
caught by Cat, put in a straightjacket and was escorted kicking and
screaming out the door. As soon as he was gone someone started to
laugh. Naruto turned and looked at Yusuke who was doubled over
laughing. Sakura started to crack her knuckles.
"What's the
joke Yusuke? Hm?" Yusuke stopped laughing for two seconds.
"That
Sasuke was the one you've been chasing all year and they just took
him to… to… to a mental institution ha ha ha ha!! All of you dumb
fangirls have been chasing a crazzzy person!! Ha ha ha ha!!" He
double over laughing again. The other guys began to smirk and then
soon the whole room was filled with laughter. Even Hinata was
giggling while the fangirls looked so embarrassed that they could
die.
"All
right class settle down." Said Iruka trying to calm everyone down.
That didn't exactly happen for a good ten minutes. When everyone
was quiet Iruka began again.
"Good now all of you are dismissed
for lunch and afterwards you will be picked up by your senseis."
The class left the classroom and went there various ways. Naruto
began to head over to Icharikaru whistling a tune. He felt the
ominous presence the feeling that he was being followed. He turned
around to stare into the golden eyes of Urahara Yusuke.
"What
are you doing?" asked Naruto looking intently into Yusuke's eyes.
"What
do you mean I'm going to lunch which probably happens to be the
same place as you. Ramen right?" he asked. Naruto nodded.
"Good
then let's go." Said Yusuke walking down the street. Naruto
followed after him curious by his teammates behavior. Most would be
hateful of him because as he found out last night from Mizuki-teme,
of the Kyuubi. They arrived at the ramen stand and sat down both
sitting next to one another.
"I'll have a beef ramen
Ayame-san." Said Yusuke
"I'll have my usual Ayame-chan" said Naruto
"Coming right up you two."
"So what was with the whole "what are you doing?" thing huh? We're a team now and as far as I'm concerned I haven't done anything that would make you thing that I had something against you." Said Yusuke spinning around on his chair.
"Well
if you knew the truth about me you might." Said Naruto under his
breath. Yusuke however heard it and leaned in.
"I already know
about the fuzzball inside your belly Naruto." Naruto looked up at
him white as a sheet.
"And
frankly I don't give a damn. It's like this you're a, let's
say, a container full of hot sauce. Now I for one hate hot sauce it
ruins anything you put it on but that doesn't mean the bottle that
hold's the hot sauce is the sauce. Hell I use the little bottles
that hold the hot sauce for cooking with different oils. The little
bottles have the cool little thing where the sauce comes out in drops
and it can be useful."
"But what everyone is afraid of is that
I'm like the fuzz ball." The ramen came and both started to
eat.
"Now Naruto for once in your life drop the frickin mask and
think. One Yondaime was a seal master so that means that he knew what
he was doing when he made the seal. Two from what my mom has said
about you being nearly beaten to death and not doing a thing to
protect yourself if you were Kyuubi you would've slaughtered
everything in sight."
"First how did you figure out I had
Kyuubi? Second how did you know about the mask? And third who is your
mother?"
"First
question. Let's see you know how Iruka has that dumb calendar with
everyone's birthday on it? Well I saw your birthday two years ago.
That got me thinking about the Kyuubi because you were born on
November 10 so I did research on the biju remember?" Naruto nodded.
For extra credit Yusuke had done some research on the demons. "Now
on that research I concluded that the Kyuubi the strongest of them
all couldn't be defeated by a normal mean so what did Yondaime use?
Then I found out that he was a seal master and I figured that an
inanimate object couldn't hold it so why not a person? Then I took
one look at you one day and it clicked. Your whisker marks are very
distinctive." Naruto nodded. It all made sense how someone could
make those logical conclusions.
"Second question. I know about
the mask because I saw it in your eyes. My grandfather Ukitake said
that the eyes are the window to the soul. Your eyes are not those of
a brash idiot my friend. Kiba's are borderline but your's aren't.
Finally third question I believe that you know her. She says that you
call her "Neko-chan"." Naruto nodded. He remembered the ANBU
that had helped him on more than one occasion after the severe
beatings. He when he was six thought she looked like a cat with her
hair and mask.
Sandaime
turned from his crystal ball and looked at Kisuke and Yoruichi.
"I
figure that you two filled in a couple blanks?" he asked puffing on
his pipe.
"Just a small portion Sandaime-sama most he figured
out on his own." Said Yoruichi with her head bowed.
"What can
I say the boy had my curiosity and my mind. A very dangerous
combination." Said Kisuke.
"Well
I think it's for the best. Your son may be able to help out Naruto
more than both of them realize."
"I have a question sir who
exactly is teaching my son?" asked Yoruichi
"Why
that would be someone you both know very well. After all she is close
to your brother Kisuke." Kisuke paled and pulled his hat
low.
"Great they both would have her."
"So
I guess this makes you and me friends?" asked Naruto. Yusuke nodded
as he had noodles in his mouth. He finished his bowl and put it down.
Naruto was only on his fourth actually eating slowly.
"So I
guess the ramen binging was part of the mask." Naruto nodded,
"Yeah
even I can get sick of this stuff." Both boys left leaving money
for the stand. They walked back to the academy talking about
different things. Naruto found out that he didn't know much about
Yusuke. He found that Kisuke was the owner of a famous ninja shop and
Yoruichi was truly his Neko-chan. He also found that Yusuke was part
of a clan with a bloodline. The bloodline was one that was supposedly
given to them by Shinigami himself. The physical portion of their
chakra was taken away and they would just use the spirit portion
which they called Reiatsu and use attacks more potent than regular
ninjutsu. Naruto decided that he could really get used to having a
friend like him. When they got back to the academy they decided to
sit next to one another and maybe play some shoji which got Shikamaru
interested in the two. Iruka walked in and called everyone to
attention.
"Okay class lets get started the senseis will come in
one by one and you will be taken by them to a place of their
choosing. From there its up to them." Just then he noticed black
ball coming closer out the window and he took a step back. CRASH it
came through the window and kunai were launched making it into a
banner. It read "Mitarishi Anko sensei of team 7". A purple
haired woman stood up and took a look at the startled class.
"All
right I'm here for team 7 so where are you maggots?" she yelled.
Yusuke Sakura and Naruto raised their hands.
"Good
now lets go outside maggots!" she disappeared in a plume of smoke.
Yusuke and Naruto took one look at one another. They walked down to
the window which was broken. Yusuke made a pointing gesture to the
window and adopting a bad British accent asked "Shall we go out the
window old chap?" Naruto playing along said
"Why certainly
dear boy after you."
"With pleasure old boy" and both
jumped out the window landing softly on the ground below. They walked
to the playground where Anko was waiting on a bench. She looked up
"So
where's the third one?" she asked. They shrugged their shoulders
and soon Sakura's pink head could be seen in the distance. Anko
looked at her.
"She ain't the cream of the crop is she?"
both shook their head. When Sakura joined them Anko made them sit
down next to her.
"Now I may seem like a hard ass but I have
your best interest at heart. That loud flashy entrance just makes
people underestimate you. I normally enjoy quiet things like tea
ceremonies but enough about me. Tell me a little bit about
yourselves, like likes dislikes and dreams, starting with you pinky."
Said Anko
"First
my name is Haruno Sakura and well I like … well I can't say
Sasuke anymore because he's crazy, so Ino and books. I hate people
who make fun of others for no reason. My dream is to become something
great. What I don't know yet though." said Sakura.
"Okay
next you with the golden eyes."
" My name is Urahara Yusuke. I
like explosives, creating new things, and cooking. I dislikes fags
jerks anyone who can be somehow linked to that category. My dream is…
well I don't have one. I hope to leave my name in the history
books. To be remembered as someone great."
"Okay
and finally blondie"
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen,
pulling pranks and the Sandaime. I hate people like Yusuke who can be
linked to the fag jerk category with those who can't see something
for what it isn't. My dream is to become Hokage!" said Naruto.
"All right now that I know a little bit about you there is something I should tell you. Tomorrow you will take a test to see if you are worthy of being ninja. Only nine in this years graduating class will become ninja so my job is to make that as hard as possible for you. So meet me at training ground 44 tomorrow morning at 8 and bring every ninja tool you have with you and get ready for the test. Understood?" All three nodded. "Good now I will see all of you tomorrow dismissed." She said. Naruto and Sakura blinked and walked away. Anko looked at Yusuke
"So
the whole "I like blood guts" and otherwise freaky attitude is a
mask that you will only drop around your students."
"Pretty
much Yusuke-kun, but if you tell Zaraki-kun I will make you life
hell. He's one of my only friends I got and I need them
desperately." Yusuke nodded.
"I won't tell Uncle Zaraki.
Well see you tomorrow." He said getting up and walking away.
Naruto
sat down on his couch ready to eat his ramen when there was a knock
on his door. He wasn't worried that it was someone who would hurt
him because if they did want to hurt him they wouldn't have
knocked. He got up and opened the door. There in the doorway was
Urahara Yusuke. Yusuke smiled and waved his hand.
"Hey Naruto
listen my mom wants to have you over for dinner so how about it?
Sesame chicken with rice or ramen?" he said. Naruto took one look
at him and chucked the ramen behind him into the garbage.
"Well
what are we waiting for? Let's go!" yelled Naruto running down
the stairs. Yusuke laughed and ran after him. They ran along the
rooftops to avoid the general populace and after a bit they came to
the section of town that housed the great clans. Now Yusuke's clan
was a minor clan but a clan none-the-less. They came to pair of gates
that had a weird skull on it and Yusuke walked inside with Naruto
following closely. They walked in the door and as soon as they did
they were set upon by a man with dark hair and
goatee.
"YYYUSSSUKEEE-kun!" he yelled doing a jump kick
towards him. Yusuke pulled Naruto to the side. The man flew past them
out the door and rolled down the path.
"Uncle Isshin! We have a
guest! Try not to embarrass yourself!" yelled Yusuke out the door.
Naruto looked at Yusuke funny. Yusuke looked back at him
"My
uncle Isshin is one of the best ninja around. Why he does that is to
hone our, the younger generation's, reaction time and tracking
ability." Naruto nodded and took off his sandals. They walked
through the main hall into a sitting room which held two men with
white hair one who had long hair the other with a long beard. Yusuke
ran up and hugged them both.
"Hey
ji-sans how are you today?" The one with long hair laughed.
"We're
okay Yusuke-kun who's your friend?"
"That's my teammate
Uzumaki Naruto." Naruto waved.
"This my ji-san Ukitake." He
said pointing to the long haired one "and my other ji-san
Yamamoto." He said pointing to the one with the beard. Naruto
bowed.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both." Both bowed their
heads back.
"It's an equal pleasure to meet you Naruto-san.
Relax please we don't see you as what you are certainly not."
Said Yamamoto. Naruto bowed even lower
"Thank-you for that." Yusuke turned to his ji-sans
"Have you two seen my parents?" Ukitake nodded his head
"Yes
they're in your father's forge. I believe that your sword is
finally ready." Yusuke turned and walked out of the room taking
Naruto out of the room.
"Thank-you ji-sans see you at dinner!"
They walked down a long hallway.
"Hey Naruto you really need to
relax everyone here doesn't see you as the nine-tails. They all see
you as a hero that should be treated with respect."
"Thank-you for that." Said Naruto
"Ah
its nothing really we just see you as what you should be seen as."
They walked past a large garden where there was a blanket and a man
and woman on it.
"That's my uncle Shunsui and his wife Nanao.
I will introduce you later." They continued on their way and they
passed a dojo where a man older then them with orange hair was
sparring against a young woman with violet eyes.
"That's my
cousin Ichigo and my other cousin Rukia again I'll introduce you
later but right now we have to find my mom and dad." Naruto nodded
and they continued walking. Finally they came to an iron door that
said forge on it. Yusuke knocked on it.
"Who is it?" yelled a
voice from inside.
"It's me dad. Is mom in there with you?"
The door opened and out stepped Yoruichi. She saw Naruto
"Hello
Naruto-kun nice to see you. I'm glad you decided to come to dinner
with us. What is it you need Yusuke-kun?"
"Yuzu-chan wanted to
know if sesame chicken and teriyaki beef was okay for dinner."
"Tell
her that that's fine. Now your sword is almost done all that's
needed is the soul bond."
"Can
we do it right now?" asked Yusuke. Yoruichi nodded.
"Kisuke
he's ready to do it right now." Kisuke stuck his head out of the
door.
"Good then we should get to it immediately. Hello Naruto
would you like to watch?"
"What exactly is happening
Urahara-san?" asked Naruto
"It's
a tradition in our clan that everyone has a sword. Now because of our
bloodline we can "bond" to the sword to our person. That gives
the sword special properties and the feature that it can only be used
by the person it's bonded to." Said Yusuke
"And don't
worry about watching. You couldn't repeat the process unless you
are a Urahara." Said Yoruichi.
"Sure why not?" said Naruto.
They all walked inside the forge and there on an anvil was the sword.
It was a small washikazi that had a red and gold hilt. The guard was
golden with small designs on it like moons.
"Okay Yusuke grab
onto the hilt and hold on." Said Kisuke. Naruto stood behind them
and Yusuke grabbed the hilt. Yoruichi and Kisuke both put their hands
on the anvil. It started to glow. A wind picked up around Yusuke and
the earth started to rise up around him. He glowed with a white light
and everything started to tremble. Then it just stopped. Kisuke and
Yoruichi pulled back their hands and the anvil stopped glowing.
Yusuke picked up his sword. It was now a small silver blade that was
as long as his arm with no guard on it. He flicked his wrist and it
split into two swords.
"Now I did not put that in there." said
Kisuke.
"It looks like your dad's going to be happy dad."
Said Yusuke putting his sword back together.
"Now why don't
you take Naruto to the kitchen. Yuzu probably needs your help."
Said Yoruichi pushing them out of the forge room. Yusuke nodded and
put his sword in the sheathe that his dad gave him. They walked back
down the hall and Yusuke opened the door to the dojo. Ichigo and
Rukia stopped their sparring to look at the two.
"So
Yusuke I guess that rumbling meant that you now have your sword
right?" asked Ichigo. Yusuke nodded and put the washikazi on a rack
close to the door that had the name Yusuke on it. It had all of his
ninja gear on it too.
"So you're Uzumaki Naruto?" asked
Rukia as she noticed Naruto.
"Yes I'm Yusuke's teammate.
It's nice to meet your acquaintance." Said Naruto bowing. Ichigo
swung his sword up so it rested on his shoulder.
"You don't
have to bow to us kid. We both know about you and don't worry."
"I
wasn't bowing because of that. It's just polite to bow to people
you just met." Said Naruto with annoyance in his voice.
"Hey
Naruto why don't you stay here while I help Yuzu with dinner.
Ichigo and Rukia could teach you something about Kenjutsu. Here."
Yusuke threw a kodachi from his rack to Naruto who caught it twirling
it around his fingers. Yusuke looked impressed and turned to Rukia
and Ichigo.
"Don't kill him guys. Dinner will be ready in
twenty to thirty minutes so I'll come back to get him. I hope that
Aunt Masaki won't have to heal him." Said Yusuke walking out the
door.
"So what do you know about kenjutsu?" asked Rukia
"Virtually
nothing. If villagers saw me practicing with a sword they would try
to kill me with it." Said Naruto.
"All right then we'll
start off with the basic stance like so." Rukia spread out her legs
and held the sword out in front of her. Naruto copied that stance and
Ichigo inspected it.
"Spread your legs out more and hold the
sword higher. It gives you better balance and more power when
swinging."
"All
right now a basic kata is downward chop, parry to the right, then
thrust forward and retreat like so." Rukia went through the kata
that she described. Naruto copied flowing through the moves just like
Rukia had.
"Good you see sword fighting is not about set
movements, its about grace almost like a dance with many steps. You
have a natural talent for flowing with it just like anyone should."
Said Rukia. Naruto nodded and bowed.
"Thank-you for the
compliment." Said Naruto.
"Think nothing of it its just that
you deserved it. Now lets see what jutsus do you know?" asked Rukia
"Let's see the basic henge, and kawarimi jutsu and kage bushin."
"Wow
kage bushin that's pretty good for someone your age." Said
Ichigo.
"Actually its nothing fuzzball messes up my chakra
control so I always use too much. I can't do a regular bushin but
kage bushin is pretty easy."
Yusuke
opened the door to the dojo.
"Hey sorry it seems that Yuzu
didn't need my help tonight. It seems that both your mothers helped
her, so dinner is ready right now guys."
"All right time for
dinner!" yelled Ichigo putting his sword on his rack and running
out the door. Naruto held out the kodachi to Yusuke.
"Here you
go. I must say that I learned something."
"Keep it I don't
need it anymore considering I got my new one." Naruto nodded.
"I'll
keep it here until after dinner." Yusuke nodded back as Naruto put
the Kodachi in the rack. They then left the dojo and headed down the
hall. Yusuke opened the door and there was a large dining room with a
long table down the middle of the room. Seated were all of Yusuke's
family.
"Okay I'm going to tell you everyone's name they already know you so don't worry about introductions. On the right side of the table is my dad's family. You already know Ukitake, my dad, the guy with the spiked hair and eye patch is my uncle Zaraki, he's kinda nuts about fighting, next to him with the white hair is my uncle Toshiro with his wife Matsumoto next to him, my aunt Momo is next them and then it's my uncle Shunsui and Nanao. Word of advice stay away from Matsumoto and Shunsui if they have alcohol they'll try to make you drink." Whispered Yusuke to Naruto
"Okay
on the left side my mother's family, you know Yamamoto and my
mother, along with Isshin, next to him is his wife Masaki a great
medic-nin, you know Ichigo, and next to him is his sisters Karin and
Yuzu, Then we have my uncle Byakuya, who is very serious so don't
joke with him, and his wife Hisana. You can tell they're Rukia's
parents because Hisana looks like her. You know Rukia and that's
about it."
"Who's the red head next to Ichigo?" Yusuke
looked and slapped his hand against his head.
"How could I
forget her? That's Orihime Ichigo's girlfriend. She originally
with Masaki's apprentice then she fell in love with Ichigo. Okay
lets go sit down next to my parents." Said Yusuke. Naruto nodded
and they sat down with the family. Naruto ate and was glad to be able
to take part in this. He never had a family so it was nice to see all
the people talking and laughing with one another. He got into a
conversation with Karin and Yuzu who were interested in the academy
and Shunsui laughed at Naruto's boasting about his pranks. Only
Byakuya didn't seem to like him that much but he rarely liked
anyone said Yusuke. After dinner the family retired to the sitting
room as was their custom to sit with one another and do family
activities such as board games or just talk. Yoruichi explained that
they did this so as to have a least this time to spend because it was
important to spend time with family. It soon got late and when Naruto
asked if he could go home Yoruichi and Kisuke both offered to have
him stay here as it was dangerous for him to walk the streets so late
at night. Naruto ended up in Yusuke's room which had a bunk bed in
it. Naruto fell asleep not caring about his burden but being happy
that he was safe.
Naruto opened his eyes to Yusuke's golden ones. He held a dark bundle to Naruto.
"Here
you go. An extra shihakushou or soul reaper uniform. That's what we
call it anyway. You really need to burn that jumpsuit my friend. Get
dressed in that. My father wants us to meet him at his shop before we
take our test with Anko-sensei."
"Can I just say that I'm
not looking forward to that." Said Naruto going into the bathroom
that was connected to Yusuke's room. He came out a couple minutes
later with the shihakushou on and Yusuke was standing there with his
new sword on his back and all of his ninja tools strapped to a belt
around his shihakushou and the kodachi that Naruto had used yesterday
in his hand.
"C'mon lets go and don't worry about your
ninja tools. I'm sure my father will help you with that." Said
Yusuke handing Naruto the kodachi who put it on his back.
"What
about breakfast?" Ookami held up some fruit.
"Already
got us covered." Said Yusuke as he walked out the door into the
hallway. They made it to the front door when Yusuke stepped to the
left and crouched down. Isshin went flying past them both and again
went out the door.
"Jeez Uncle Isshin you're getting kinda
predictable." Said Yusuke walking past him with Naruto following.
Isshin's mouth hung open.
"Then I shall have to try harder to
surprise you Yusuke-kun. Have a good day." Said Isshin brushing
himself off and walking back inside the house. The two boys ran down
the path and into the street.
"C'mon my dad's shop isn't
too far now and we should hurry up." The two boys began to pick up
speed and ran faster than a civilian could hope keep up with.
Suddenly Yusuke stopped and Naruto ran into a wall.
"Sorry bout
that. I guess I should've given you more warning. Well here we are
Urahara Shoten!" Naruto looked at the store on top it said Urahara
Shoten and it was like all the other shops that Naruto had see
throughout his life.
"What makes this shop so different?"
asked Naruto
"Well
first is that no civilian can get in here. Second is that you can
find everything you need to be a ninja in here. Top quality at a
cheap price although some of the rarer items are quite pricey."
Said Yusuke hand underneath his chin.
"All right lets go in dad
and Tessai should be here by now so we can walk in."
"Tessai?"
"My
father's assistant who is irreplaceable to him" said Yusuke
holding the door open for Naruto. The boys walked inside and headed
down the aisles to the counter where Yusuke rang the bell.
"Tessai!
Dad! Are you back there?" he yelled
"One
moment please!" came a call from the back. A moment later a big
head with braided hair mustache and glasses poked it's head through
the curtain and came out.
"Ah young master Yusuke and friend.
How may I be of service?" he asked.
"Tessai this is Uzumaki
Naruto the friend my father was supposed to tell you about. He is
supposed to be here today to get the special package that my father
discussed with you about yesterday. Hopefully he didn't forget."
Said Yusuke
"No he didn't young master. He spoke with me on such matter. Now Uzumaki Naruto could you please step this way into our clothing department. We will pick out daily clothes for you and then the basic ninja accessories." Said Tessai "Young master why don't you sit down it will take awhile."
"Okay
Tessai. Thank-you." Said Yusuke sitting behind the counter. Tessai
led Naruto away for a good half hour before they came back. Naruto
was decked out in the normal shinobi attire with the vest with a
white shirt underneath it and dark blue shinobi pants. He had on a
new shuirken holster and kunai pouch and the look was completed by
the headband tied around his forehead. The only thing that was
different was the fact that he had two kunai that were longer than
the rest. Yusuke nodded his head.
"Okay I approve its ten times
better than that orange horror. So shall we get going?"
"Wait
what about paying for all these things?"
"Do not trouble yourself with that young master, for it all has been taken care of." Said Tessai
"Okay
thank-you Tessai and by the way do you know where training ground 44
is?"
"You will find it by the edge of town towards the western
gate. With using your chakra you will be there in about 10 to 15
minutes."
"Thanks again see ya!" yelled Yusuke as they ran
out the door. They followed Tessai's directions heading for the
western gate and looking for a sign that said Training ground 44.
They soon came to a large forest that was surrounded by a chain-link
fence and sitting next to the gate was none other than Anko.
"Hey
Anko-sensei!" yelled Yusuke. Anko looked up from her book and saw
the two.
"Good you made here earlier than I expected you to. Now
all we have to do is wait for pinky. By the way Naruto nice threads
better than that jumpsuit that shouted "Kill me now!"" said
Anko. They sat around for fifteen minutes waiting for Sakura who
showed up out of breath.
"Sorry I'm late. I had trouble
finding this place." She said.
"Okay
now that you're all here you will tested to see if you will become
ninja. The test is simple. You have one mission to complete. Take out
a certain target located in this forest."
"Who or what is the
target Anko-sensei?" asked Yusuke
"The target is the prized possession of one famous ninja. I want you to take out Hatake Kakashi's Icha Icha Paradise book."
"Okay
you mean Sharingan Kakashi the famous copy-nin said to have copied
over a thousand jutsu?"
"Exactly. At the center of this forest
is a tower that house the surveillance center for the whole village
and in one day Hatake Kakashi will be there to monitor the village as
punishment for his constant tardiness. Now everyone knows that the
punishment is a joke because all it does is give him time to read his
prized smut. I want you to destroy that book and escape leaving no
trace of yourselves."
"That's the reason we have the extra
day. To hide from Kakashi as he tries to kill us for ruining his
book." Said Naruto
"You
catch on quick Naruto. Now just a warning the nickname for this
training course is the Forest of Death. So don't get yourselves
killed. Now the test begins now!" said Anko as the gate behind her
opened.
"Hai!" yelled Naruto and Yusuke as they dashed into
the Forest of Death with Sakura trying to keep up with them. As soon
as they were out of sight a figure rose from the ground next to
Anko.
"Destroy my Icha Icha Paradise! That was the test that you
wanted them to complete!" yelled Kakashi at Anko.
"Make sure
you bring a copy that you have two of Kakashi-kun" she said winking
at him as she teleported to the tower to watch the progress of her
team.
Naruto
was on point as they ran through the trees. Sakura followed behind
him with Yusuke in the back.
"Hey guys we should first find the
tower that Anko-sensei mentioned. I'm going up into the trees to
get our bearings."
"Good idea. We'll stop right here."
Said Naruto.
"Who the hell made you boss?" asked Sakura.
"Shut up pinky. I happen to know for a fact that you out of all
the graduating class got the lowest score for the physical portion
and just barely passed the jutsu exam. Naruto while flunking the
written part has passed the physical and jutsu parts with flying
colors. So shut up. Right now you're next to useless." Said
Yusuke as he climbed the tree. He quickly came back down and pointed
to the left.
"The tower is that way. We can make it there in an
hour or a couple of hours if we keep a good pace. Try to keep up."
Said Yusuke to Sakura. She nodded and they started to run through the
trees at full speed. It did in fact take them an hour to make it to
the tower. As they reached the border of the tower grounds Naruto
stopped the team.
"Okay we shouldn't get into the clearing
just yet. Now Anko-sensei said that Kakashi would be here tomorrow so
I would bet early morning. We should find a hollow tree and spend the
night there." said Naruto.
"I agree. We should make camp get
some food and then discuss our plan of action." Said Yusuke
walking into the woods again. It didn't take them long before they
were sitting in front of a fire eating seasoned fish thanks to
seasoning that Yusuke kept in a scroll.
"I have a question. How
do you know how to seal?" asked Sakura
"Well my clan starts training around 4 or 5 years old because of our bloodline. If we can't control it we end up becoming very sick with the potential of dieing from it. At an early age I was interested in seals. Thankfully I live with two seal masters my uncle Shunsui and my grandfather Ukitake. I can make storage seals for all sorts of things but I have a long way to go before I become a seal master."
"So what exactly do you both have on you right now? I have one kodachi, two knives, twenty-five shuriken and ten kunai" asked Naruto
"I have about around thirty shuriken but only five kunai. I also have two explosive notes, one smoke bomb and some ninja wire." Said Sakura.
"What
do want to know sealed or unsealed?" asked Yusuke.
"Does it
make a difference?" asked Sakura
"Yeah
it does."
"How about right now your total arsenal." Said
Naruto
"Unsealed I have thirty kunai, thirty-six shuriken, my sword, ten feet ninja wire, twelve cherry bombs and twenty explosive notes. Sealed I have about thirty pounds of gun powder, about 10 big firework bombs, 20 small firework bombs, ten flash-bang grenades and I have about twenty knives sealed in there. Oh! I almost forgot I have my new elemental bombs. The elemental bombs are ones that I created that can shoot fire, ice, lightning, water, and earth. I have about twenty of those sealed away I don't know how many of each type of bomb that I have though." Said Yusuke. Sakura and Naruto looked stunned at the amount of explosives that their teammate had on him.
"Jeez
I guess you weren't kidding when you said you liked explosives. Do
you know how to use them all?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah my mom when
she found out about the little problem I had making things go boom
well she sent me to her friend Kukakku Shiba the best fireworks maker
in the world. Her and her brother Ganju helped me create some bombs
and taught me the finer points of demolition by explosives." Said
Yusuke.
"So Naruto by asking us about our arsenal I assume
you're making a plan?" said Sakura. Naruto nodded.
"We need
to set up this plan before eight o' clock tomorrow morning when
Kakashi should arrive. Okay here's what we do…" said Naruto as
he outlined his plan by the fire's light.
Kakashi
walked down the road toward the tower. He smelled the air and he
smelled it again crinkling his eyebrows. He smelled smoke like on a
fuse. His one eye widened and he leapt down the path. BOOM! Came an
explosion behind him throwing him forward. He landed a safe distance
away and as soon as he touched down. BOOM! A smaller bomb went off
and Kakashi was covered in ice. Three bodies got out of the woods and
headed toward the Kakashi-cicle.
"Hey Kakashi long time no
see!" said Yusuke smiling.
"OF all the people she had to get
she had to get you didn't she Yusuke-kun."
"You know him?"
asked Sakura.
"Yeah he's one of my father's best customers."
Said Yusuke. "So here's the deal. You Kakashi are supposed to
give us our test. I know that you know our target is your book. So
how about a wager? You teach Naruto ninjutsu and your wife Rin
teaches Sakura about medical ninjutsu if we pass this test."
"So
what if I win?" asked Kakashi.
"You get this limited first
edition of Icha Icha Paradise with fifteen more chapters than the one
in stores." Said Yusuke pulling out the book that was blue with a
man and woman on the front. Kakashi's eye went back and forth
between Yusuke and the book.
"I agree. Your test starts now."
Said Kakashi breaking the ice. He ran at Naruto first and punched him
in the chest forcing Naruto back into a tree. Yusuke leapt at Kakashi
bringing his sword down on him. Kakashi caught it on his gloves.
Sakura leapt in with a kunai bringing it to his stomach. Kakashi
leapt away just a Naruto was leaping at him with one of his knives in
his hands. The three almost cut each other with their respective
cutting tools but they all leapt way without cutting each other. They
landed a couple feet away from each other.
"You guys okay?"
asked Yusuke. Both nodded.
"I'm good too if you wondering."
Said Kakashi walking up.
"In
fact I'm better than good." He said pulling out blue book.
"You
lose. There is now way that you could beat me or destroy my books."
He said putting the book into his pouch.
"What
are you smirking at?" asked Kakashi.
"Boom." Said Yusuke.
Naruto and Sakura started to smile.
"What?" said Kakashi.
Then his equipment pouch blew up sending him into a tree. The three
young ninja ran disappearing into the trees. Kakashi ran after them
with the scariest look on his face like he was going to kill the
three young ninja. He leapt into the trees after them but he didn't
see the trip wire that was there right where he ran through. BANG!
BANG! BANG! Three flash-bang grenades went off blinding and deafening
the copy nin. Away in the distance Yusuke smiled.
"Okay all we
have to do is get out of this forest. I'll be in the back. Sakura
be in the middle. Naruto in the front. By now you probably know the
fastest way out right?" Naruto nodded.
"Good we can get out
of here in an hour if we hurry and I say we have a pretty good
motivation, a pissed off Hatake Kakashi." Said Yusuke looking back
to see if he had already found them. They ran for a long time weaving
in and out of branches and pretty soon they could see sunlight
streaming through the trees almost like they were almost out of the
forest. They saw the fence surrounding the forest and they thought
that they were home free but then a figure cut off the sunlight
standing between them and their goal. The figure was none other than
Hatake Kakashi. He started to crack his knuckles.
"Blow up my
books will you? Well here's one test that you will fail!" He
started to run at them going faster than they could follow with their
eyes. Each was thrown back into the trees. Kakashi smirked analyzing
them. The biggest threat was Naruto with his shadow clones. He would
take out him first. He ran at Naruto bringing back his fist when
something started to happen. The air got heavy and the ground started
to shake. Kakashi turned around and looked around. Standing up was
Urahara Yusuke and he was glowing along with his sword. Yusuke
brought his sword down to bear in Kakashi's direction. The sword
split and he brought the two hilts together.
"Howl IPPIOOKAMI!"
yelled Yusuke his hair getting blown around from the wind that was
being generated. A light so pure so white erupted from the boy that
Kakashi brought up his hand to stop his hand from being blinded. He
brought his hand down and saw the boy. In his hand was a scythe with
a black blade so black that it made the darkest night look white.
Yusuke smirked and twirled the scythe in his hand. He stopped the
scythe as the blade was on the bottom of the staff.
"WOLF'S
LONELY HOWL!" he said swinging the blade at Kakashi. A wave of
visible air erupted from the blade and caught Kakashi in the stomach
and chest. His eye widened the air had taken no more than a second to
reach him. It sent him soaring through the trees breaking many of
them along the way. Yusuke slumped down his ears bleedings. He
coughed up blood smiling. He had hurt his body using that move so
soon after calling Ippiookami out but it was worth it. He slumped on
the ground falling unconscious. Naruto looked at his friend and going
over to him picked him up and carried him motioning Sakura to follow
him. Sakura nodded and all three left the forest of death.
A/N:
So there
it is the first chapter. So read review and please no flames.
