Author's notes:
This story is a crossover between Naruto and Ikki Tousen, but will mostly focus on Naruto characters, and therefore, you can enjoy reading it even if you haven't seen Ikki Tousen. This story will take place in alternative Ikki Tousen universe, with Konoha High School and Suna Institute, as well as most teenage Naruto characters, added to it. Oh, and in this story, Genin from Rookie Nine and Team Gai are 16 and 17 years old respectively. Itachi is also 17, one year older then Sasuke. Of Sand Siblings, Gaara is 16, while Temari and Kankuro are 17.
Keys:
"text" – dialogue
'text' – communication via phone, comlink, etc...
"text" – thoughts
text – song lyrics (sometimes the songs will be the part of the story, other times they will be made in form of musical fill-ins or background songs, like the ones we often encounter in the anime)
text – will be used in numerous of diverse cases, including (but not limited to): indication of beginning and end of flashbacks, indication of how much time has passed since the last scene, some text characters read or see, etc.
Disclaimer:
I don't claim ownership over either Naruto or Ikki Tousen animated series. This story is a fanfictional work that has been written without either of these animated series' acknowledged owners' knowledge or permission, and will be removed from the view of the public should any of them request it.
Chapter OneA powerful blow knocked a teenage boy, clad in robe-like black clothes, off his feet. His opponent, dressed in jeans and white shirt, smirked and flexed his hand muscles, displayed a small red comma-shaped stone tied to his left wrist.
He stepped towards his seemingly beaten opponent to finish his off, when a sudden pain surged through his left leg, forcing the teenager in white shirt to his knees.
"Can't be! I didn't even feel it!.."
The teenager in white shirt looked up right in time to see the foot coming to meet his face: just the first of the series of blows his black-clad opponent unleashed upon him. The quickly approaching footsteps of his classmates coming to his aid were the last thing the teenager in white shirt heard before a particularly powerful kick at his head sent him into darkness…
It is in the land of Eastern Japan that students bathe the land in blood and shatter one another's bones. In this region nine schools vie for supremacy over the land. These schools are: Rakuyou High School, Konoha High School, Nanyou Institute, Seito Academy, Suna Institute, Kyoshou High School, Yoshuu Institute, Chengtu High School, and Liangzhou High School.
For 1800 years, these warriors have fought an endless battle spanning countless generations. They were known as champions.
And, one day…
Konoha High School
A girl of about sixteen years of age, stood outside the school's gates. She had pink hair and green eyes, and was dressed in crimson Chinese dress and sandals.
The pink-haired girl sighed and checked her watch, which said that it was 10:05.
"Where is that baka? He promised to…"
Her thinking was interrupted as she heard sounds commotion coming from inside the school yard. Peeking through the open gates, the pink-haired girl confirmed her worst suspicions: a fight between students has apparently erupted, with other students watching it with interest.
The pink-haired girl let out another sigh.
"What am I doing here? This place better suits idiots like… Wait a second! Could it be?.."
With none of her former timidity left, the pink-haired rushed through the gates into the school yard. She managed to make her way through the crowd of students just in time to see a blond teenager in orange jumpsuit hitting the ground hard. His opponent, a black-haired teenager of the same age, dressed in dark gray jacket with a hood, stood over him smirking.
"You can't go out with Hinata-chan if you are not able to protect her!"
"Shut up, you bastard! I am not done yet!"
In a blink of an eye, the blond teenager jumped back to his feet. The two combatants exchanged blows and blocks for a few seconds, before jumping back at the same time to catch their breath, both bruised; they were about evenly matched, and it looked like their fight was going to be a long one.
At the side, a black-haired girl in dark gray jacket watched the combat, twiddling her fingers nervously…
"Naruto-kun… Kiba-kun…"
…When she suddenly felt a hand upon her shoulder.
"Hinata-chan, let them work it out on their own."
Never noticing a brief exchange between of the watchers, the pink-haired girl watched as two combatants charged at one another once more with increasing alarm.
"At this rate, they are going to severely injure each other! I have to stop them, but… What can I do?"
One moment two combatants were about to clash, the next – both were sitting on the ground.
"It stops here."
In surprise, the pink-haired girl along with majority of watchers looked at the speaker: a black-haired boy of about seventeen years of age, dressed in white T-shirt and black shorts, who now stood before two stunned combatants.
"Fighting over girl won't get you anything… The only thing this kind of behaviour proves is that the two of you don't deserve to be called fighters."
The teenager started to leave, but then half-turned to look at black-haired girl two boys were fighting for.
"And, Hinata-chan… If you want to be fighter, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up for what you believe in."
With that being said, the teenager went into the school building, and seeing that the show was over, the other students also started to leave. The pink-haired girl went to the blond teenager's side, who visibly brightened at the sight of her.
"Sakura-chan! Long time no see! Ano… Gomen ne, Sakura-chan. I was going to meet you at the gate but… This happens."
Sakura suppressed an urge to yell at her childhood friend as she listened to his excuse. From the look of things, Naruto's opponent wasn't the only one to be blamed in this conflict, but…
"Never mind, I am just glad that guy came to break you apart before you injured each other. Who was he, by the way?"
Naruto's face visibly darkened when Sakura mentioned that guy.
"He is Hyuuga Neji," Naruto said, and after a pause, added hesitantly, "He is one of Konoha's five strongest fighters. But… Someday I am going to get this strong too! Then I'll show them all!"
And these words caused Sakura to look at her childhood friend sadly…
(Flashback)
"Sakura-chan, tomorrow I am going to Konoha High School in Tokyo!" A fourteen years old Naruto said fervently, "They say that some of the best fighters go there!"
"Fighters?" A fourteen years old Sakura asked.
"Yeah! Jiraiya Ji-chan said that all of them are going to have soul stones too, just like us! That means that… Ano, I always forget what they are for, actually… But it's like they are like us! Anyway, I am going to study in Konoha High School and become the best fighter ever! You gotta come visit me there someday, Sakura-chan! By then I'll show everybody what a great fighter I am and will become Konoha's leader!
(/Flashback)
"Things didn't work out as you expected, ne, Naruto-kun?" Sakura muttered quietly.
"Huh, what was that, Sakura-chan?"
"Nothing, Naruto-kun. C'mon, you promised to show me around since I was just transferred here!"
"Oh no! Our classes have already started!"
"So they DO study here. At least that's something."
Meanwhile, another black-haired teenager looked at the list of paper that lay before him.
Transfer Student: Haruno Sakura
"Haruno Sakura, huh?"
