The Lost Ninja:
By: The Hylian Rider
Prologue:
Returning home
I have been in this desert for ages. I meant to head back to that village years ago, but of course I found the hidden sand village. I have learned a lot of taijutsu and ninjutsu here. Nevertheless this is no home. The members of the sand village have been rather kind to me. I will be sad to leave some of them. However, it looks like a war is beginning to brew and because of my forehead protector there's no way I can stay here. I would be seen as a threat or a spy. Plus Susake is probably going to be on the move soon. If I can stop this little prodigy in time, we may just have a shot as stopping Akatsuki.
I add a few more throwing stars to my pack. Now I am ready so set out. But I feel uneasy, I close my eyes and finally realize what is going on. A sand ninja assassin is waiting just outside my door. I pick up a smooth large chunk of wood and throw it out the door, and watch a star hit it automatically. I laugh and use the shadow clone jutsu then run out the door. The ninja, taken by surprise now sees his error, but is too late, I build up my chakra and slam my right hand into the ground.
"Summoning, jutsu!" I cry and a large eagle comes from my summoning point on the wall. I hop on the eagles back as my shadow clone deals with the would-be-assassin, I figure now is a good time to try out my new move, slingshot jutsu. I jump down and kick the ninja in the face then using the man for a steady hold I leap into the air again. He throws a star at me and I make another shadow clone to pull me out of the way. Then I build up more chakra and give my cry.
"Slingshot jutsu!" I make chakra stings, very strong strings that can be stuck to something of my choice. In this case, my opponent when I stepped on his face. I pull myself forward using the strings in the same way one uses a wall of a pool to kick off from. Flying forward at blinding speed I land a punch in the face and plant more chakra stings. This trick mixes taijutsu and ninjutsu, it's really useful if done right, though if I'm not careful I can really take away a lot of chakra. I repeat the move pulling on the string and this time landing my foot in his gut. I push off and onto my bird again and this time fly off. I did well, but my first attempt had one noticeable error. If I wanted to plant chakra strings without having to drain a lot of chakra my hands, not my feet would have to make contact.
The leaves of Kohona fall around me as I look at the village that I haven't seen for ages. I looks just as I remember it. I see the third hokage's face, now cracked and see a fifth face being added to the mountain. That means that a fifth Hokage has been chosen finally. I begin to feel something. I think it's another ninja, yes it must be, whoever is behind me masks themselves well. I try to feel for feeling that I could recongnize and feel someone sharigun trying to make contact with my eyes, which are thankfully looking the other way.
"Hey who are you?!" I turn and see Kakashi and the face of one child, who has blonde hair and orange jumpsuit with black paddings, a black leaf village headband. He has a classical ninja pack at his knee of his right leg. He also has marks on his face. Both are holding a throwing knife and Kakashi had his headband pulled back to reveal his other eye. I look at him and give my answer.
"Xilic Higerta of Kohona, the secret leaf village."
"Xilic? Oh yes I remember you, barely. You were a shinobi of this village a long time ago. You left with many other to follow Orochimarou." I said nothing. What Kakashi stated was all true. I did leave the village, I did follow that... demon for a short time. I was with him and all he said was he was helping to learn new jutsu, that didn't seem so bad. When he wanted to attack other villages though, I woke from that shadow and fled that awful organization. I am no more an agent of him then an immortal God.
"At a time Kakashi I was yeah, but I left him ages ago."
"How can I trust you?" demanded the child.
"And you are..."
"Naruto Uzumaki! And future hokage!" So that's the legendary Uzumaki kid? Who contains the nine-tailed fox? This should be interesting, and a fair test.
"So your Naruto huh? Well Uzumaki I want to fight you, I don't care if Kakashi watches. I just want to test myself against you." The kid looked at me a little lost, then look at Kakashi, who I began to assume was his teacher, then nodded to me. He quickly jumped onto another tree and I leapt up.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" he yelled. I matched his clone with four of my own. Then I saw that he didn't mean to use the clone to attack me. He was building something, a ball of air? No, I finally saw what it was, resagan. I began building up chakra in my hand to use Chidori. We flew at each other and the two blows collided, he went flying into a tree while I was sent sprawling and gasping on the ground. Nobody has ever matched my Chidori before. This kid has got some skill.
"Fine then if that won't work," I spoke aloud. "Then maybe this will. SUMMOING JUTSU!" I bit my thumb and slammed it into the ground making a large eagle appear. The Uzumaki kid laughed and perfromed his own summoning jutsu making the largest toad I'd ever seen appear.
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE?!" cried the toad. I laughed now.
"Do you even have control over your own creatures?" Naruto threw a star at me. I threw my own and blocked it. This Naruto kid was better then most I'd ever faced.