Hi everyone, this is my first Naruto fanfic so I hope you like it. This story takes place a few years after Naruto therefore Naruto Shippuden never happened, but I'll still keep most of the powers Naruto had in Shippuden. Anyway let's begin the story!
The massive blue ocean reflected the golden sun's rays while absorbing its heat. The sky was clear with not a single cloud in sight; birds gracefully flew around in the open. The morning was unbearably hot as a single wooden boat travelled across the landscape, with two figures aboard.
"So what brings you to the River Country Sonny?" An old man with a white beard and a blue handkerchief around his head asked his passenger.
"I'm just passing through," The young boy answered his voice scarcely heard from behind the black cloak with a golden lining running across the bottom as well as the long sleeves, his hood was lying over his head, therefore only some of the bridge of his nose was visible.
"Where are you heading off to then my boy?"
"Waterfall Country" The camouflaged figure answered simply.
"I see," The old man answered, he wanted to ask the young man a few more questions however he decided to hold back, "Oh look there son, the coast is coming into view!"
The old man stared at the boy who swiftly stood up from the small wooden bench he sat on. The old man hoped to see the boy's face as he stood up however his plan failed as the hood and the high collar of his cloak didn't budge and even though they ruffled gently in the breeze neither gave way.
The sailor gave up and turned back to staring at the horizon, his blue top with a white collar swayed with the wind and his brown shorts joined in shortly after creating a loud flapping sound.
Minutes later the duo arrived at the harbour the old man threw the heavy steel anchor over the side of the boat as they parked in a small spot belonging to the elderly man. The young lad leapt off of the boat at that moment and landed safely on the pavement.
"Thanks for the ride old man here's the money," The boy exclaimed as he threw a brown silky wallet over to the man before he walked away.
The man caught the wallet and peeked inside, "This… this is way too much," he stammered as he stared at the figure who strolled away, the man was just about to jump out of the boat to run to the boy however just as he was about to follow the passenger, he lifted his hand up and turned his head before calling out "Keep it, you need it more than I" With that the boy's hood floated up slightly revealing one of his crystal blue eyes which shimmered in the light.
"That kid is something else," The man whispered to himself before he smiled and put the wallet into his pocket.
The young man travelled through the tiny village that lay on the south coast of the River Country, there was a few interesting markets here and there however the boy just casually walked past them looking for one shop in particular.
"Oh man, I'm starved what's with this village don't they have any shops with food?" The traveller asked himself.
After a few more minutes which seemed like hours of searching the traveller finally found a restaurant not exactly what he had in mind but food was food and he sure was hungry!
"Original Sushi, Super Sushi, Instant Sushi, New Salmon Sushi… Oh man don't they have anything else other than sushi?" The mysterious teen sighed before adding "Guess I have no choice, sushi it is then!" He exclaimed and as he was about to walk through the wooden door BOOM…
The boy took a step back and looked a few km behind the building. Screams of fright and agony exploded all around as women and children run to find shelter followed by old people while the men raced towards the explosion. Grey smoke rapidly rose into the once clear sky, the air smelt polluted and the crackling of flames could be heard as they devoured everything and everyone in their path.
The young man sighed as he slowly made his way toward the building which was ablaze; he ignored all the pushing and shoving as he kept his pace slow and casual. To tell the truth the boy didn't even care however he knew there was no way he could enjoy his food with all the smoke and racket on the streets.
Soon the stranger reached his destination, it was a large academy created solitarily for the Kaza clan, one of the five strongest clans in the River Country. The Kaza clan was very well known for the massive academy and even though it was only four floors high it had a very large terrain.
The children, who all had the jumper with their clan's logo which looked a lot like a black scorpion with a blood red outline, stood quietly in lines as the teachers went through their names and marked them off. Many of the children however held their arms over their eyes to protect themselves from the rapidly spreading flames.
"Sota, Sota… Sotatsu Kontaru?" A female teacher with chocolate, shoulder length hair was calling out over the neatly arranged groups of children.
"He hasn't come out Sensei," The tranquil voice of a young girl around the age of eight answered shyly, and the stranger could have sworn that the child had tears in her eyes.
Panic exploded between all children and staff as everyone searched the playground for the missing child who was no were to be seen.
"Oh man what a mess," The hidden figure sighed.
Within moments all hell broke loose and all the adults and teens who stood outside the fence attempted to break into the academy to help search for the absent boy. A girl who was covered by a cream coloured cloak and a hood which covered her head stood not far from the shadowed figure. Every being in sight was running through the now broken gates of the Academy fencing, until the mysterious teen and the hidden girl where the only once left staring through the fence.
"Aren't you going to help them?" The young woman asked as she walked and stopped beside the hidden boy.
"No, I'm just waiting for the commotion to die out so that I can finally eat something in peace"
The girl looked at him and a lock of lilac hair escaped from under her hood. She opened her mouth in order to say something however she was interrupted by a loud feminine voice coming from one of the teachers.
"Oh my, look, over there everyone!" She yelled as she pointed her finger out at the Academy's front doors.
Everyone's sight followed the woman's finger as they stared into the flames. Two figures could be made out through the smoke one taller than the other. The fire engines soon arrived and those with the ability to use water style begun extinguishing the flames.
Finally the succeeded and all that was present was dark, gloomy smoke. Eventually through the thick smoke screen the two figures stepped out. The taller one was a female with two violet ponytails on either side of her head, her bangs fell onto the cat mask she wore on her face. Her clothing was dark and mysterious; on her feet she wore black sandals with a silver zip on the inner side. Her black cloak covered almost her entire body reaching down to her knees. From under the cloak a slight glimpse of her shiny grey shorts was visible.
By the girl's side stood a young boy around the age of eight or nine, his skin was burnt in a few places and his raven hair was muttered all over. His clothing was also scorched revealing some of his bloody skin from beneath. His jeans were covered in ash and also had a few rips. Only his left foot had the comfort of his sandal as his right foot was covered in scarlet blood and was raised slightly off the ground to prevent bacteria from entering the child's body.
"Sota!" An overjoyed lady shrieked, as tears escaped her eyes her husband run alongside her and the little boy released his grasp on his saviour and limped towards his parents, his eyes swollen from crying and from the smoulder alike.
Soon shouts and orders could be heard emerging from deep inside the crowd of spectators as a few clan members sprinted through towards the violet haired girl, shouting as the went "Yukiko get back here right now!"
However the lass noticed them just in time to be able to escape from the grabbing hand, she yelled as she escaped followed by her pursuers "I'm not Yukiko, my name is Nariko Yonai remember it!" Her voice quickly faded away into the distance.
The girl whom stood beside the mysterious boy looked up at him one more time before she too followed the group.
The stranger turned around on the spot before he made his way back to the sushi shop.