Well, for this who know me from my Bleach story, i'm still trying to get over my writers block imposed from moving locations and all of my workload. However, I realised that I had an old piece of story that I had worked on a while back that might be interesting to throw in. If it turns out to be liked then I might continue it along with my Bleach story.
Anyhow, for the Naruto fans, one warning, this has Charecter SPOILERS, it follows the same pattern as my Bleach story, starting early on with some O.C, and following their story inside the original tale, begginning from prior to the Chuunin exam. However, these charecters are completely individualistic, and hail from Kumogakure, the village hidden among the Clouds, and therefore include several charecters that have yet to be fully introduced in the shippuden anime, and their included from the beginning, since the squad leader for my team is a real Jounin from Kumogakure, who is left up to you to guess, i'll put him in properly if i do decide to continue this.
Anyhow, this is just an excerpt to pass the time until I can clear my writers block, enjoy (or not if you dislike it *shrugs*)
The wind swept through the forest, howling slightly as it made the trees sway. Sitting lazily up in a tree, a man watched over the camp from the boughs of a nearby tree, mild curiosity keeping him awake as he watched his charges continue their mission. He had decided early on that this time he would keep his distance from his young charges, watching them try and deal with the mission and see how they coped. So far he had kept completely out of sight during the days, only coming close at night when their guards would most likely be lowered. However, his Gennin had impressed him once again, keeping their vigil active even if it didn't seem so. Chuckling slightly as he cast his eyes onto the tree before him, he saw the first sigil, a tiny inscription, cut into the tree trunk. He had no doubt that his usual partner would have pointed out the tiny amount of chakra placed within the ward, and he felt no desire to see if it was a trap or not.
No doubt that's Karen's work he thought, remembering the young medical ninja's specialism in trap Genjutsu. Once again, he thought about what a strange decision it was to place the most talented upcoming shinobi under his care; he would have thought a more responsible Ninja would have been chosen than one with a lax attitude than himself. However, the decision that his superior had made was final, the man had even met him directly to tell him of his assignment as a squad leader. However, he would never question any decision the Kage made, his loyalty to the man was the same as every ninja of the village, staunch and unwavering. Stretching out as he lazed against the trunk, he thought of the Gennin themselves, the bright and intelligent Karen, one of the very few medical ninja of the entire village, a unique oddity that had made his assignment as her squad leader envied by the other Jounin of the village. Then there was Yuroi, a serious young man with a very curious set of skills not generally seen within the village, most likely another one of the children "obtained" by the village for their unique skills
These two were both extraordinary upcoming talents in their own sake, but then there was the last member of the team, the young lad Akimoto. The Jounin knew for sure he was an "obtained" child, for he had been among the team ordered to capture him all those years ago. It was a dirty mission, but one carried out for the better of the village. Little had he known on the day he set out with his team mates all those years back, barely having become a Chuunin back then, that the mission would as much be the saving of the child's life than the kidnapping of him. It hadn't been until after he had heard the then young child's story that he realised they were more his saviours than criminals after his life. Well, the past's the past the Jounin thought, yawning as he looked at the encampment. He suddenly perked up as he saw a movement among the tree's on the opposite side of the camp. His lips moving into a slight smile, he thought Well kids, show me what you can do…
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As the wind continued to sweep across the encampment, the bushes rustled once again. Suddenly, amber eyes flashed from amidst the leaves as a young wolf stepped carefully into the encampment. The encampment was a strange one, a small dingy tent set up at one corner, with a much higher quality tent erected grandly in the middle of the encampment. Nearby, a burnt-out spot showed where the fire had blazed during the evening before the owners had gone to rest. This was of no concern to the wolf, which sniffed the air lightly. Quickly locating the scent it hunted, the wolf padded carefully across the forest floor, making sure not to stand upon anything that might give its location away. Knowing from the scent that the grand tent had to be a decoy, the wolf moved to the smaller one, smelling the presence of two people within sleeping peacefully. Moving forward, the wolf nosed at the entrance, slipping within the tiny tent silently. The wolf eyed the two occupants, both young lads, although one dressed resplendent in fine robes, the other dressed in quieter, darker tones.
Recognising its target right away, the wolf padded forward until it stood over the man in the darker clothing, showing obviously that it had to be a guard of sorts. The wolf brought its muzzle lower until it was level with the throat of the sleeping figure, its breath clouding the air about the muzzle. Suddenly the mans eyes snapped open, in an instant it's arms raised up, grabbing the wolf behind the neck and pulling it down. The wolf yelped in surprise, before trying to struggle free of the grip. "Shh, keep quiet Sasayaku."-the man said in calming tones, which the wolf understood, relaxing its attempt to struggle free. The wolf started growling and whine in strange tones, accented by the occasional kick of its paws and swish of the wolf tail. The man nodded, whispering to himself-"Five foes off to the west, two ninja's and three mercenaries, right?" The wolf nodded slightly in agreement with a short urf! Before resuming its attempt to wriggle out of its master's grip.
Yuroi quietly raised himself up, releasing his grip upon the wolf as he sat straight. Thinking to himself, he quickly thought out what to do next. The previous afternoon they had come up with a plan in this eventuality, and keeping to it would be best. But they hadn't anticipated enemy ninja, which was going to cause problems. The main trap had been to cast a Genjutsu upon the attackers, allowing them to deal with the attackers swiftly, but enemy ninja would be troublesome. Sasayaku didn't seem overtly concerned, so the enemy ninja weren't of a calibre they couldn't defeat, but against ninja any mistake would be fatal. Quickly deciding upon what to do, he said quietly-"Wake up the other two, they know what to do."
With a second urf! The wolf named Sasayaku left the tent quietly. Sighing, Yuroi said-"I'm sure you're awake by now, Tono." (1) The other young man sat up, watching Yuroi with some curiosity, rather unbefitting a man whose life was at stake. Sighing to himself, Yuroi said-"There's been a change of plan…"
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The three mercenaries eyed the camp from a distance, knowing already that the two tents meant pay day was coming. The work wasn't exactly rewarding this time, but the money would be good enough to get them across the country to where better targets lay and better job opportunities. They had been hired by the two ninja as additional hands on the attack to kill the son of a feudal lord. To say a feudal lord would be a joke in itself, the area that the lord ruled over was tiny and not very prosperous, however it was land wanted by a businessman and he would have it by any unscrupulous means, be it the killing of the heir to the land. Their task was to merely handle any guards that would appear, and retreat once the ninja had finished their more dubious business, a rather easy task for the payment they were getting. Above them, hidden among the tree's, the two ninja were arguing.
"Aniki, you know we shouldn't attack this group!"-the first ninja complained in a whisper, his allegiance shown by the slashed Rain village forehead protector. "I'm telling you, I saw other ninja's, not guards!" The second ninja, running a finger over his spiked blade, replied-"So what? I saw them too, they're brats, taking them down will be easy. Also, they seem to be moving without any kind of group leader, we won't get a chance like this again, killing this target will get us more than enough money." The pair were ex-rain ninja, having fled from the village in fear after the previous regime of Hanzo had suddenly ended. The pair were well known as bullies tied to Hanzo, and the chance that this new ruler would have them killed was pretty high if they had remained in the village, as such they had ran for it, taking easy killing contracts from dodgy clients in order to build up their wealth.
Although the second ninja acted confidently, he knew that it had been years since they had actually been in combat with ninja, having mostly taken jobs against lesser marks. However, what they were facing were still young kids, it may even turn out that the mercenaries would off them before they moved in. All they had to do was kill the target, engaging the ninja wasn't even required, although their deaths would make killing the target easier. The second ninja chuckled to himself as he considered the ludicrous sum they would get for this job, far more than he had expected, had he and his brother not been missing-nin, they would have never gotten the job against the other much more qualified bounty hunters, but the title was enough to instil fear in others, a weapon they had learnt to make use of bullying the villagers within their own village years ago.
"Enough otōto, look at them, they're not even keeping watch, this is easy money, let's collect!"-the second ninja said, before throwing a kunai down into the forest, hitting the tree beside the mercenaries, the sign to start their approach. Standing up, he slowly formed the short seal sequence he had memorized, muttering "Hitsuji-Inu-Ne" Throwing his hands forward, he whispered-"Hijutsu-Kirisame!"
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The Jounin noticed the rain start to pour all about the encampment, but looking about, he noticed how conveniently localised the rain storm was; only a few metres away from the camp, the rain didn't pour. Still, not bad he thought, recognising the technique as a pretty useful one. Either their ex-hunter nin, or got instruction from one. Looking down at the camp, he hummed to himself slightly, thinking Now, your not going to be able to hear or smell them coming, I wonder do you understand that?
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"Shit…"-Yuroi said quietly as he watched the rain pour in. "Ninja technique?"-the decorated young lad asked from nearby. Sighing, Yuroi turned back, saying-"Yep looks like their coming, now you got the plan memorised. The young man grinned as he saluted jokingly, once again not showing any of the fear he should have been. "Hey, act a little afraid…"-Yuroi said as he hooked a finger into a Kunai, looking out the window at the oncoming mercenaries. He smiled as he saw the faces of the mercenaries, looking extremely confused. "Looks like Karen's technique worked!"-Yuroi said, however he was surprised as he was pushed past, the young lad saying-"That makes it time to go, right?" Yuroi shook his head in exasperation as he muttered-"Impatient to get on the way, Tono?"
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"Aniki, whats happening?"-the first ninja asked, confused. The second ninja cursed, confused as to what had happened. They had dropped into lower boughs to approach the camp, still keeping clear of the hired hands, but that's when things had seemingly gone wrong. No matter how far forward they went, they didn't seem to be reaching the camp, just finding more forest to travel through. The second ninja once again tried to calculate exactly how far they had been planning to go. They had easily gone twice the original distance that he had calculated, and he wasn't the only one who thought so, the mercenaries also having trouble below them. On a hunch, the second ninja threw a couple of kunai in all directions, trying to determine whether their target was concealed. However, nothing unexpected happened, the Kunai thudding into trees all about them.
"Whats going on?"- the second ninja mused. The technique he had used earlier was designed to conceal their movements, as well as remove all foreign chakra that was in contact with the rain. "Wait a second…"-the second ninja exclaimed, realising a fatal flaw in their plan. "Genjutsu!"-he hissed, realising that a Genjutsu, once activated involved chakra going into the body, not chakra outside of the body where the rain would have dissolved it. Realising that he was going to have to cancel his rain technique, he cursed as he released his chakra, ending the rain technique with it. He then refocused his chakra, disrupting what was in his body. With a half seal, and a hissed-"Release!" the Genjutsu hold on the man was ended. Glancing about, he realised that he was still not in the encampment, it having been only a slight amount to the right of him. Looking at the mercenaries and his younger brother, he realised what was happening.
The Genjutsu was a special one, designed to go unnoticed and continue concealment of the target, below the men seemed to near the area, before spinning away, walking in scattered directions. The two ninja's had realised something was up, and had stopped before they scattered too far, but the mercenaries were lost cases, walking in the completely wrong direction. Nearby, he heard his brother shout-"Release!" as he dispelled the Genjutsu too. Turning in a rage, he hissed-"Shut up, your going to give us away!" However, it was too late, out of the side of his eyes he saw two of the young ninja run out of the tent, one lad, one lass, kunai at the ready to defend against attacks. Further away, he saw another two breaking away from the camp, one ninja and their target.
"Bastards are planning to keep us fighting here while our target escaped?"-the second ninja mocked quietly, before jumping over to his brother. "You keep those two kids busy, kill them if you feel like it, I'm going after the target!"-the second ninja hissed, leaping through the tree's as he left his brother the fun part. Rapidly leaping from branch to branch, it didn't take too long to catch up to the target. The young ninja was slowed considerably by his gaudily clothed charge, having had to focus on running rather than leaping through the tree's to escape. The rain ninja chuckled to him as he considered what to do next. "Well, one boy ninja running blind, one target, this is almost too easy." Tapping his weapons pack, he counted. "Nine Kunai left, god when this is over I'm going to make sure I carry explosive notes, killing with Kunai isn't exactly fun…"-he whined to himself before smiling evilly. Hooking his fingers through several Kunai, he whispered-"Eight for the ninja, one for finishing the job!"
The lad known only as Tono ran through the forest behind the other young ninja, his face showing fear at having to run for his life. In front of him, Yuroi shouted encouraging comments back, trying to egg him on. However, the Tono watched in surprise as several objects flew from between the tree's, aiming straight for Yuroi. "Yuroi!"-he shouted out, but the young ninja was too distracted with running. Too late he saw the kunai. Tono could only look on as the kunai embedded themselves in the boy, blood spilling everywhere as they pierced his flesh. Yuroi's face flashed with shock as he went down, his eyes already turning blank as he died. Tono could only look on in fear as a new ninja suddenly appeared in front of him, laughing cruelly as he said-"Psh, the kid got taken down by so little? Not even slightly fun!" The man turned, hooking a finger into a pack as he pulled a kunai out. "Now, I suppose it's time to end this."
The Jounin laughed quietly as he heard the ninja say this, having relocated to see this match. Don't underestimate those kids he thought humorously as the ex-rain ninja closed in on the Tono. Now lads, show me what you're going to do next!
"Now, I suppose it's time to finish this!"-the rain ninja announced, before he heard a quiet laughing in front of him. Raising an eyebrow, he asked-"What's so funny lad? Going crazy in the face of death?" The young lad barked out with laughter again, an arm reaching out onto his clothes. "No, I just thought your bravado was pretty humorous!"-the lad laughed out as with one clean move he ripped his gaudy robes off. The ninja looked on with surprise, before leaping back away as the real clothing of the lad was shown, the ceremonial hat falling off to reveal a shocking mane of silver, tied back by a ninja headband depicting clouds. The lad crossed his arms as he asked-"Expecting someone else?" However, the missing-nin laughed, having recognised something. "Silver eyes, silver hair, what would be the chances?"-he laughed, tossing his last kunai between his hands. "You're a Tatsumaki, right?"
The lad flinched in surprise, at which the ninja closed in immediately, kunai aiming to cut clean through the lad. However, the lad disappeared in a puff of smoke, the kunai slashing deep into a cloud covered log as he reappeared nearby. "Wow, you caught me off guard with that one, ex-rain then?"-the lad asked. The ninja cursed at having missed the opening, before smiling again. "A Tatsumaki clan member, your clan's bounty is one of the highest I've ever seen, capturing you would get me more money than killing that lord's heir ten times over. Hell, I'd run if you were older, but a brat like you doesn't have a chance against me."-the ninja said, cursing internally that he had wasted so many kunai on the other boy ninja. If he had known he would have been felled so easily, he would have attacked directly to conserve his kunai. Still, I just have to keep the kid busy until my brother gets here he thought, putting his hands together as he prepared to use a jutsu.
However, he jumped in surprise as a kunai whistled out of nowhere, burying itself in the ground at his feet. The silver haired lad said-"Glad you could make it Yuroi, everything go well at your end?" Yuroi? The name of that other brat! The missing nin thought, whipping his head to the side. Sure enough, in the tree's the lad he had killed was standing there, arms crossed as he coldly watched the ex rain ninja. "But I killed him!"-he exclaimed, turning to where he had left the boys corpse. Sure enough, it was still there, but he suddenly saw it wink, before cracking all over, dissolving into the mud. "Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu."-Yuroi called calmly from the tree. The missing nin suddenly realised something. "B-brother…"-he whispered quietly. "Captured, and easily."-Yuroi called from the tree's, having somehow heard the quiet whisper.
"Well, that finishes it!"-the silver haired lad said. Pointing at the rain nin, he said-"Surrender peacefully, or we can just clobber you until your willing to come peacefully!" From the nearby tree, Yuroi punched the trunk, shouting out-"Oi Aki, that wasn't part of the plan! You were supposed to threaten that we would kill his brother if he didn't come quietly!" Th-They had it all planned out from the beginning… the missing-nin thought, realising just how badly he had underestimated his enemies. Lowering his kunai, he declared-"I surrender!" The lad called Aki pulled a face, shouting "Yuroi, you bastard, you ruined my moment!" Turning back to the arrested rain ninja, he said-"You asked if I was a Tatsumaki, right? Good guess, Akimoto Tatsumaki, that's the name of who defeated you!"
Well, that's the story, Tatsumaki is NOT a known clan of Naruto, it will be a O.C clan I invented myself, with powers completely individual to its clan. It's short, but hopefully sounds alright, again if you think this is good, then say so. I don't really intend to make much of this, this is just something to pass the time until I can clear my writers cramp, but if there are people who want to see more, then I will probably continue doing this story. Well, until the damn writers block is gone, adieu from me!
1 Tono is the equivalent of saying Milord or Milady