Chapter One – War Arrives
With the sun shining brightly in the small village of Konoha people went to work, buy things or just walk and enjoy the fresh air. The streets were really active in the center of the village, with people coming and going every time, specially at lunch time, because there were many good restaurants in that area. The south area of the village was probably the most beautiful place in Konoha, there was a river, and right across it, a garden, with a variety of flowers, but the ones that called most attention were the cherry blossom trees, specially now, in spring. People went there to walk around the garden or just stay on stay on the bridge to see the river flows, or even fish. In the north area, the village had mainly dojos, schools and bath houses. The residences were in west and east areas.
In the streets of the west area 18 year old man with a long and messy blond hair was walking to the center. He was six feet tall, he was wearing a black and orange kimono and wood sandals.
He had deep blue eyes, and three whiskers in each cheek. He called attention as he passed trough the houses, specially from girls, who looked at him seductively. As he reached the center of the village he passed trough people until he got to a ramen bar named Ichiraku Ramen. He entered by the backdoor and heard his boss yelling.
"Naruto! Change quickly! We have a lot of clients today!"
Naruto putted his apron on and went to the balcony. All the seats at the balcony were full and all the tables too, and some people could be seen outside waiting to for a table or a place in the balcony. His boss, Teuchi, was preparing ramen with the help of his daughter, Ayame. There were two other guys, Takeshi, and black haired tall man, and Motsuro, a red haired man by the size of Takeshi. They were helping by serving food on the tables.
"I'm here Teuchi-san!" Said the blonde to the old man.
"Alright Naruto. Stay here with Ayame preparing the ramen, I'll help Takeshi and Motsuro!"
"Hai!"
Teuchi left and Naruto started cooking, with Ayame right on his side. She was with no doubts one of the most beautiful girls in all of Konoha. Some guys went there just to see her, which makes Teuchi really angry.
"Good afternoon Naruto!" She said with a smile.
"Good afternoon Ayame-chan!" Naruto replied.
Naruto and Ayame used to talk a lot while cooking together, and sometimes Teuchi would pass by and put both on line. Although he was really nice he considered ramen some kind of art making, and took it serious. Some places in the balcony got empty, and some people finally could enter the bar and eat something. Among them was Inuzuka Kiba, a member of the Inuzuka Clan, which were the best veterinarians in all of Konoha, but Kiba was actually a swordsman, even though he knew somethings about taking care of animals, specially dogs. Kiba was Naruto's age and
was his friend.
"Hey Naruto! I'll have a Miso Ramen today!"
"Hai Kiba, just a minute!"
He prepared Kiba's ramen fast and handed it to him, and soon he started to eat.
"So, how is the job Naruto?"
"It's hard, I smell the delicious ramen but can't eat it." Both laughed at Naruto's answer,
Naruto and Ayame kept talking with Kiba until he left for a compromise at the dojo he was giving classes. After sometime the restaurant was all empty, and they started to clean things.
When they finished the place was like no one had entered there, it was perfect.
"All right people. You're all dismissed, as it is Monday we are not opening the restaurant tonight! I'll see you tomorrow!" Said Teuchi as he left.
"By people! Bye Naruto!" Ayame said as she gave Naruto a kiss on his left cheek. She then left the bar
"This is not fair Naruto-kun! Why only you got a kiss from Ayame-chan?" said Takeshi
"And why did she called your name while she called us 'people'? said Motsuro. Naruto laughed at both questions.
"I don't know, I think it's my charm."
"Ha! Alright! I'll pretend I believe that!" Motsuro joked.
"So, you wanna go drink with us?" Takeshi asked.
"No, thanks, I'm pretty tired, I'll go home. Next time! See you tomorrow!" Naruto said as he was leaving.
"Bye Naruto!" said both Takeshi and Motsuro.
Arriving home Naruto sat on his bed and closed his eyes. His mind was being filled with memories from the past, from the war that happened three years ago, a war that took his family from him. The feudal lord of the Land of Lightning wanted to gain territory from the other lands. Tsunade, the feudal lord of the Land of Fire would not let that happen, and the other feudal lords wouldn't either. A war started. Besides the samurai a new warrior was being used, or even better, a new weapon, a weapon called ninja. Among those ninjas there was a famous group called the Uzumaki Ninja. They were loyal to Tsunade and helped a lot during the war. They become feared and some Feudal Lords and other ninja groups united in order to defeat them. They were killed one by one, the Uzumaki Village was destroyed, and Naruto's parents died protecting Tsunade. In the end the Land Of Lightning was unable to defeat the other Feudal Lords and lost the war. After the war, Naruto, who was a high skilled shinobi, was the only member left in the Uzumaki Clan. He left his life as a ninja and started to live in the village of Konoha. He hated war.
In the Land Of Fire, in Namekuji Castle, the house of Tsunade, the Feudal Lords were having a reunion. There were 6 Feudal Lords in the reunion, and each one was followed by a samurai of they trust: Tsunade, followed by Neji, from the Land of Fire; A, followed by Darui, from the Land of Lightning; Onoki, followed by Akatsuchi, from the Land of Earth; Terumi, followed by Ao, from the Land of Water; Gaara, followed by Kankuro, from the Land of Wind and Orochimaru, followed by Kimimaro from the Land of Rice. The reunion was once again, after three years, to decide about the possession of the lands.
"We want to expand our territory! Our land is too small, we have problems to cultivate food and so our people may suffer from hunger!" said Onoki
"From everyone here, you are the one who possess one of the biggest lands! Why do you want to expand it?" asked Terumi aggressively
"We may have a big territory, but I was talking about fertile ground here! We have none!"
"Perhaps it is just this season of the year... or you have to find another ways to treat the soil." Gaara answered hoping to end the discussion
"You shut up boy! What a kid like you know about that?" was Onoki's response.
"Onoki, calm down. If it is food that you want we can offer that to you..." Tsunade interrupted
"Ha! That's because you have plenty isn't it?" A stated to enter the discussion "You got a lot of food and supplies that we lack, and then you will sell it for an absurd price right?"
"No! That's not what I-"
"You are all the same..." Orochimaru spoke for the first time since the reunion began. "With all that great territory you still worry about something, but I need territory, different from you! But all you do is talk, I put my ambitions into action..."
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked stunned
"I've already put my soldiers in each of your countries, I already prepared the defenses..."
"Orochimaru you son of a-" Terumi was about to speak when Onoki interrupted
"You really thought that this wasn't going to happen? I've already prepared my army for this too! There is no point in talking to you! If you don't want to give we will simply take it!"
"Onoki, calm down! We can't start a war now! We need to-" Tsunade tried to speak but Orochimaru didn't let she finish
"Too bad Tsunade. This war already started! I need more money and power, you who already have it can't understand! I can't let you have it all! I'm coming for you so be prepared...or you can surrender now and make it easier."
"I have to agree in Orochimaru with that... besides...this whole land is not big enough for all of us. Well, I'm getting my part no matter what!" said A
"You better begin to prepare or you will die soon enough. Let's go Kimimaro!" Orochimaru then left followed by Kimimaro
"Let's go too Akatsuchi, we need to make more preparations!" Onoki left the room too.
"Darui...come! We will meet at the battlefield, Tsunade, Gaara, Terumi!" So A was gone, and only the Feudal Lords from Land of Fire, Wind and Water were left in the room. Terumi called Ao and said to Tsunade and Gaara before leaving:
"I guess there is no choice at all... I'll fight this war...it may be a chance to conquer new lands. I wish good luck to both of you...the best will win."
After Terumi was gone Tsunade looked at Gaara with worry, and he asked calmly:
"What should we do Tsunade?"
"There is no other way...we need to fight back...or we will be crushed."
"So we will be allies in this war. In the last war my father did a lot of bad things to the Land of Fire.
I want to correct it and help you in this war."
"Alright Gaara, we will be allies. But now we need to warn our people about this war, a prepare the defenses fast."
"Hai!"
Gaara left with Kankuro. Tsunade went with Neji direction of Konoha village.
"Neji, we need to find 'that man' fast."
"You mean the last Uzumaki?"
"Yes. With him, our chances to win will increase greatly."
"But I heard he left his life as a ninja..."
"Don't worry, he is still as sharp as ever."
"And that he hates war..."
"That's right...he hates war...that's why he will want to end it fast!"
Chapter One-End
That was chapter one people! Please leave a comment with your opinion! This is my first fanfic
ever so if you know of anything to make it better please tell me!
Japanese and English are not my first languages, so if you notice any mistake(or many mistakes) please tell me so I will write with more caution(it may take more time but it will be better)
Some notes:
-You must have noticed that this is not like the manga... most of characters are not ninjas, only a few will actually be ninjas, and I will tell who in the fic.
-The 'kages' in the manga are Feudal Lords here, because they command no Ninja Village, instead they command the country. The characters who were 'Feudal Lords' in the manga won't be in this fanfic.
-Actually, this is a completely different story, using the characters in the manga. The only thing the will be kept is the names, the appearance and the personalities of the characters, only a few will be changed.
-Namekuji means 'slug' , that's why I chose it to be the name of Tsunade's castle.
See you next chapter o/