Naruto-Excalibur

Episode 1- The A-Ranked Mission

Well this is my first time using FanFiction, so please excuse me for any mistakes I make. I've chosen Naruto to be my first fanfiction because I been watching a lot of episodes and I loved the series from the very beginning. It only seemed right to use Naruto as my first fanfiction. Anyways, this episode is going to be a good one and it resembles one of the first episodes in the original Naruto series. The clothing in the series matches the clothing in Shippuden, just in case you were wondering. I sincerely hope you like it. Also, I don't own the Naruto or Naruto Shippuden series. I just make fanfictions.


Naruto just arrived from his last mission to escort a sober from the Land of Rice Patties to the Land of Waves with Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten when Jiraiya appeared in front of him.

"Pervy Sage?!" Naruto exclaimed, confused and excited.

"Wow never thought you'd be glad to see me", Jiraiya replied. "It's almost like you actually missed me."Naruto grinned and watched a smile form on Jiraiya's face.


"So, what brings you here Pervy Sage?" Naruto and Jiraiya both came to Ichiraku's Ramen Shop to discuss the reason why Jiraiya came. They both had a bowl of miso pork ramen and Naruto reached for a pair of chopsticks while Jiraiya just stared blankly at the bowl. Jiraiya glanced at the young prodigy as he began slurping away. He smiled, recalling previous moments like this.

"I wish it would be to say hello, but you and I both know that whenever I'm here, there's always something important that's going on." Naruto stopped slurping at his ramen and looked up at Jiraiya. He knew it too. There was something that caused Jiraiya to come here and he knew it probably wasn't going to be good. His expression changed from an energetic one to a distressed one.

"After I left you here from your two and a half year training, I wanted to visit an old friend of mine in the Land of Fire." Jiraiya continued, gazing at Teuchi who began making more miso ramen. "A priest there stopped me on my way out to assign me on a mission. He advised me to bring someone along and so I thought of you." Jiraiya turned to Naruto with a grin on his face. But that grin faded when he noticed Naruto pouting with his hands crossed.

"No way," Naruto said, defiantly. "All you're gonna do is stare at naked women and steal all of my money."

"Why you little..."Jiraiya looked at the smile reforming on Naruto's face.

"I was just messing with you" Naruto replied. "But if I'm going, can we at least bring Sakura?"

Jiraiya shrugged. "It's your choice kid" Jiraiya replied, finally reaching for a pair of chopsticks. The two finished their ramen and left the noodle shop.

"Ok kid, find Sakura and meet me at the gate."

"You got it!" Naruto replied and began looking for her. His first stop was obviously Tsunade's mansion because he knew that Sakura is a medical ninja being trained by her. As Naruto walked down towards the mansion, he sensed someone behind him. He spun around to find no other than Neji Hyuga of the Hyuga clan standing behind him with a grin on his face.


"Is it really necessary to bring him along?" Kisame groaned.

"C'mon, cut the guy some slack" Hidan replied. "At least he gave us the jinchuriki's location." Deidara grinned at the defeated Kisame and the three began walking towards the Land of Rivers.

"So this jinchuriki...what do you know about him?" Hidan asked.

"Not much but rumors have it that he's the Nine-Tailed and he's pretty powerful. He trains with one of the Sannin named Master Jiraiya." Deidara informed.

Kisame grinned wickedly."Ah you mean that Nine-Tailed brat from the Leaf Village?"

"You know him Kisame?" Hidan asked, seemingly interested.

"Yes, him and I had a few encounters on some of my recent missions. That kid is pretty powerful and Jiraiya is going to make capturing him a little more difficult."

Deidara smiled. "Just leave it to me. Hanging with Sasori taught me how to deal with these sort of pests quickly." The three smiled wickedly as they neared the Land of Rivers. Their sinister plot has just begun.


"Hi Naruto!" Neji said in a voice Naruto recognized but wasn't Neji's.

"Konohamaru? Is that you?" Naruto asked, surprised at the young prodigy's growth.

Neji transformed into a giggling and grown up Konohamaru.

"Wow, after all this time and you still can't be fooled." Konohamaru said. Naruto smiled.

"So, what do you need Konohamaru?" Naruto asked. "It's not like you to come to me without a reason."

"Well I heard a rumor that you're about to set off with Master Jiraiya on an important A rank mission." Naruto's face turned blank. How could a rumor come so fast? Then a lightbulb went off in his head. Sakura. Naruto sighed and folded his arms behind his head.

"Now let me guess. You wanna come too?" Naruto tried. Konohamaru nodded his head.

"Please, just this once." Konohamaru begged and Naruto let out another sigh. He let his arms droop to his sides.

"Sure, why not. Might as well have a four-man squad." Konohamaru looked puzzled.

"Four-man squad?" he asked. Naruto nodded his head.

"Yep. I'm on my way to Grandma Tsunade's mansion right now to find Sakura. After that, I'm supposed to meet up with Pervy Sage at the gate." Naruto explained. "But since I ran into you and you wanna come along on the mission, I guess we'll both just go to Sakura." Konohamaru nodded and gave Naruto a wide grin. Naruto could easily tell how happy Konohamaru was at the idea of going on a mission with him and that pleased him too.

"Ok, let's go." Naruto exclaimed and the two both headed for Tsunade's mansion.


Sorry that's all for chapter 1 and I apologize for making it so short and full of dialogue. Hopefully the second chapter will be longer. I appreciate the reviews I've been getting and for you guys letting me know the mistakes I've made and the rules I've broken and I tried to fix them with the final copy of chapter 1. If there is still some problems, I'll get to it later but I've been receiving some private messages telling me to move on to chapter 2. Well that's all I have to say for now so see you guys in chapter 2.