So I've had this idea for a while. It's supposed to be a W.I.T.C.H. and Naruto crossover. Here's the summary below:
Summary:
During the battle with the Ten Tails, starting with Neji, the attacks that were meant to kill him were 'folded' to another dimension, and he is then folded to Kandrakar, and one by one, (in this order) Sai, Shikamaru, Kiba (and Akamaru), Naruto, Sasuke, Jugo, and Rock Lee, are folded to Kandrakar, where they meet the Oracle. He then tells them briefly about Kandrakar's history and about the Guardians. When they ask what this has to do with them, the Oracle tells them that the Guardians are missing, and without them, the darker forces of the universe will try to disrupt the balance. In order to find the eight guardians (adding Light, Darkness, and Magic as elements too) and restore balance, the Oracle temporarily grants them the same elemental powers as the guardians, to defeat the Ten Tails and find them. To find the Guardians using the Heart of Kandrakar (which the Guardians sent back to Kandrakar right before being captured and separated), the eight of them must first find the eight eternal elemental sources of the universe (Water, Fire, Earth, Air, Light, Darkness, Magic, and Quintessence) which is each hidden on separate dimensions or planets. Each source will lead them to where each guardian is being held (once again on separate dimensions and planets) and join them with that eternal source, as well as their own lended powers. Several allies of both the Guardians and Kandrakar will help them along the way as well. Once all eight Guardians are found they, along with the boys must battle the darkness that threatens the balance of the Universe and defeat it once and for all.
So yeah, that's the gist of it. I also already know what elements each boy will have:
Naruto: Magic
Sasuke: Lightning
Jugo: Air
Neji: Earth
Lee: Fire
Sai: Water
Kiba: Light
Shikamaru: Darkness
And as to the Guardians who will be filling in the spots for Magic, Light, and Darkness:
Alchemy (from the cartoons): Light
Erin (from comics): Darkness
Orube: Magic
I also plan to have pairings for this fic. Let me know what you think of them.
Will/Sasuke
Irma/Shikamaru
Taranee/Lee
Cornelia/Neji
Hay Lin/Naruto
Orube/Jugo
Alchemy/Kiba
Erin/Sai
Neji
Chapter 1: I'm Saved By Blue Parallelograms
[(Recording starts) (Taps mic) This on...? Okay.]
We don't have much time so listen very carefully. If you have found this and are listening, you're already in grave danger. The sixteen of us may be your only hope of survival.
Go to the abandoned ruins of the Hidden Whirlpool Village in the land of the same name. If you are who we think you are you'll know where to look when you get there, for we won't tell you the exact location in case this falls into the wrong hands. Find the amulet, tell it to bring you to the Guardians. When you finish listening to this, you'll understand fully what we mean. Just remember, this tale we are telling is far from complete, and it will be up to you on whether it will end for good or evil.
But the most important thing to remember is this: When the amulet reveals itself, only hold it for a span of eight days, and no longer. I won't deny that you will be tempted to. If you do though, I'm afraid that you'll die. Have it lead you to us, then send it back for others to find. After that, we will take the reins, but only if you let us.
[(Microphone screeches) Take it easy Naruto, I'm getting to that!]
Apologies for that. Some of us are rather impatient for me to get to the point already.
I guess all of this started when I didn't die. Why was I supposed to die you may ask?
The answer is simple.
Because I was called a 'genius'.
My name is Neji Hyuga, member of the Hyuga Clan's branch family, just like my father, Hizashi Hyuga, and a shinobi of Jonin rank from the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I only wish I got to know him better... Before he willingly sacrificed himself in place of his twin brother, Lord Hiashi Hyuga.
You think I'm lying? I assure you I'm not. It happened when I was four years of age. My mother died giving birth to me, so I never knew her, and never really bothered to ask about her now that I think of it.
The clan I belong to is very different from the others within the village. We are one of the four noble clans within the Leaf Village (the other three being the Aburame, Akimichi, and Uchiha clans). All who are born into the clan possess a special set eyes known as the Byakugan, a kekkei genkai or bloodline limit, that allows extended vision and allows us, the wielders, to see through solid objects, and even the chakra circulatory system. We also harbor the unique ability to expel chakra from some of the chakra points within our bodies.
What is chakra? To put it in simply, it is the lifeblood of all of a shinobi's abilities. It is the mixture of physical energy, which comes from the body, and spiritual energy, which comes from the mind. By molding these energies together, and through a series of hand signs, we shinobi, or ninja, can do extraordinary things. But we will return to this subject later.
We were speaking of what makes the Hyuga clan unique. Besides being considered the most powerful clan in the Leaf, our notoriety and prowess are known throughout all the continent and beyond, leading to both praise and covet for our abilities.
The clan is separated into two parts, Main Family, and the Branch Family, which I am a part of. This system was created to protect the secrets that lie within the Byakugan. The Main Family runs the clan, and we of the Branch Family serve and protect it. Members of the Branch Family are branded with a cursed seal upon our foreheads, on the day the heir to the Main Family turns three. This seal allows the Main Family complete control over the Branch Family members, for with the activation of a single hand sign, our brain cells can be destroyed, causing immense pain as a punishment. The most important thing about the seal though, is that when a member of the Branch Family dies, said seal locks the Byakugan away, to keep any outsider from discovering its secrets. Unfortunately, because we used to be seen as servants, simply because of our birth order or heritage, some Branch House members are hostile to those of the Main House. I regret to say, I used to act the same way.
Many attempts have indeed been made to acquire our eyes, most being involved with the Hidden Cloud Village. One incident resulted in my father's death, known as the Hyuga Affair. In exchange for killing the Cloud Ninja who attempted to obtain the Byakugan, the Hidden Cloud demanded Lord Hiashi Hyuga's corpse in return, which he was going to agree to do in order to keep the peace. Ultimately though, it was Hizashi, my father, who died instead, not simply for the sake of the family, as I had first thought, but to protect his village and twin brother, whom he loved so much.
Those were also my exact intentions when I thrust myself in front of what I had assumed was a death blow. Not to protect Lady Hinata, who also stood to take the blow, but to protect everyone on the battlefield as well.
You see, several years after the Hyuga Affair, another danger emerged that threatened the entire world. An evil organization called the Akatsuki wished to dominate the world by creating a devastating monster, known as the Ten Tails. According to legend, the first shinobi vanquished the Ten Tails by sealing its very soul inside himself and banishing its body to the moon. He then separated the Ten Tails' spirit into nine other beings, known as the Tailed Beasts. If all were brought together again, the Ten Tails would reform and the world would plunge into chaos.
There were only two jinchuriki (people who hold a Tailed Beast within their very flesh) left when the war was declared. Their survival was the very reason we were fighting.
Unfortunately, we soon discovered that the whole Tailed Beast wasn't required to revive it, simply a piece of it's chakra would do. When the leader of the Akatsuki, a man named Madara Uchiha, saw it too difficult to obtain the remaining beasts, he revived it using this method.
The Ten Tails had unleashed attack after attack among the Allied Shinobi Forces, causing us to lose hundreds of not only our troops, but also citizens of several cities that the Tailed Beast Bombs, huge orbs of compressed chakra, destroyed in moments. One of the locations they struck was our headquarters.
With our forces's 'mind' destroyed, our side soon began to lose hope. However, believing in the final plan that HQ gave to stop the monster, we shinobi rushed into battle.
"What… does this mean?!" Naruto had asked, moments after HQ's final transmission turned off. He seemed to be in shock, much like several of the rest of us.
"That you're the key to the strategy." I calmly explained as I landed next to him.
"Not that! I mean, what happened to Shikaku and Inoichi?!"
I stared at Naruto. I had forgotten how rather dense he can be… especially when it came to deaths of others close to him.
[Naruto, you know I'm right.]
Moments ago, our head strategist, Shikaku Nara, had been killed along with everyone else that had been inside of HQ. The moment that the bomb had aimed at it, it was already too late for them to get to safety.
Before I could try to explain to Naruto what happened though, the huge hand-like tail of the Ten Tails came sweeping through the field, towards Naruto whose back was turned.
"Neji! Spin right." my uncle ordered as he too leapt to my location.
"Got it!"
"Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation!" we exclaimed together. The combined force of both domes of chakra that surrounded us was enough to repel the hands. Wind whipped past the faces of those watching like a hurricane.
"W-wow… The Hyuga are really strong… and Neji is a real genius…!" I heard Naruto mutter from behind. I've heard that said about me so many times it's almost laughable. Similar cries of awe and respect could be heard echoing through the rest of the forces. The Hidden Cloud in particular mentioned that they had a rather hard time with our Rotation during the last war, which I'm not surprised. The Rotation is said to be the strongest defense of the Hyuga clan.
"Don't space out Naruto!" Lord Hiashi chided, "This is a battlefield and we're in a war! People will die! But if we are defeated and lose this war… everyone will die!"
This comment seemed to jostle Naruto back into focus as he regained his footing despite his dislocated shoulder. "Of course… I know that!"
"I'm sure that Shikamaru and Ino's father would likely say, that as shinobi, they're glad to have died before their children. Just like my father did."
I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Lord Hiashi had a slight frown of regret and sadness. As I said before, my father died to not only protect the clan and its secrets, but to protect my uncle and everyone within the Leaf and clan whom he loved… including me.
For a long though, I believed otherwise. I believed for the longest time that my father had been murdered by the main branch to save Lord Hiashi and the Byakugan. This led me down a dark path of hatred, jealousy, and pain. The hatred went so far that I nearly killed my cousin, Hinata Hyuga, out of rage. Rage at that it was possible to change one's destiny. I believed at that time that everyone's path was fixed and there was nothing that could be done to change it. Once a failure, always a failure.
Finally though, four years ago, I was finally not just told the truth about my father, but also proven wrong about a fixed fate and destiny. The moment that Naruto knocked me down in the third part of the Chunin Exams in the arena, he had proved to me that one can change one's fate, and that it's through the choices that we make that decide our fate.
[(Mic Screeches) ...You can let go of me now Naruto]
"Naruto, your power is critical to the plan." I explained, "So until we execute it…"
"We must protect you, Naruto!" my cousin Hinata finished for me as she leapt to stand to my right.
"Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Know this!" Lord Hiashi proclaimed, "The Hyuga are the mightiest among the Hidden Leaf!"
It was a standoff between our forces and the two Uchiha that stood before us, atop of a notorious monster. Little did we know that they were only starting to get serious with us. Without warning, all of the hand-like tails of the monster rose up above us. We barely had time to react as thousands of wooden pikes rained down upon us. Those who were still in shock didn't have time to run as they were pierced through their bodies, their lives ending in seconds.
My family and I once again span in place, our impenetrable shields of chakra protecting us, but it was soons made clear that not even that would help. There were simply too many of them coming from too many directions that our rotations couldn't keep up. One pike got a lucky hit to my forehead, and would have impaled me had my headband not been tied in place.
Shortly after I ended my rotation, a blue shuriken of chakra, Naruto's Rasen Shuriken, soared past my head and into the sky, before exploding, scattering the remaining pikes uselessly in the air and blowing the tails away.
"Thanks, Neji!" Naruto said as I turned to face him. He already had two more Rasen Shuriken in his hands with the help of two Shadow Clones. "I can activate Sage Mode now! I can't keep relying on you geniuses! Now it's my turn."
His two shuriken in hand, he rushed forward and i the same manner as the first, he thrust the others into the air to the right, and to the left, also scattering more pikes and knocking more tails back.
"Here's a few more!" he exclaimed as two Shadow Clones leapt past him and also threw a Rasen Shuriken each at the incoming attacks, before they disappeared and Naruto collapsed onto his knees as his Sage Mode faded momentarily.
Lady Hinata quickly rushed forward and deflected a stray pike that would've killed Naruto had she not been there.
The enemy wasn't done yet though, as one of the tails smashed into the ground and swept itself towards us, in hopes of crushing us. My uncle leapt into the clear sight of it and thrust it back with an 'Air Wall Palm' strike.
Before it retreated, from one of the tail's fingers, more pikes aimed a focused attack on Naruto. I immediately knew that my uncle wouldn't make it in time. Lady Hinata dashed in front of Naruto, her arms splayed out to shield him from certain death.
Seeing no other way, I did the first thing that I could think of… I leapt in the path of the incoming pikes, intending to die honorably through protecting my family. I braced myself for the pain that was to come.
But it never came.
Instead of falling to the ground, pikes of wood protruding from my form, a blinding light appeared behind me, casting my shadow long across the battlefield.
I cast my eyes upon Naruto, my uncle, and cousin. They looked to be just as shocked as I was, along with everyone else who had stopped to witness what was happening.
I glanced behind me and saw to my shock and awe, was some sort of shifting parallelogram of light. I watched as the pikes that would have delivered the death stroke to me be absorbed by said light, before it faded from existence.
"What?" was all I could ask. I suppose I was still in shock of the situation.
"Neji! Watch out!" I vaguely heard Naruto warn me before I saw it. Another, or maybe it was the same one, parallelogram of light had appeared right in the path of my now free fall to the ground. I realized at that moment that there was nothing for me to use to throw off my trajectory either. I was going to hit it straight on.
"Brother/Neji!" I heard Lady Hinata and Lord Hiashi exclaim in unity just as I made contact with the parallelogram.
I'm not sure what I had expected when I came into contact with it. Perhaps I was expecting the same fate as the pikes moments ago, whether it was disintegration or simply being erased from reality itself. When I did hit it however, I felt no sensation of pain whatsoever. If there was any feeling to be felt at all, I felt as though I was be submerged into the water of a lake or river as smooth a glass. When I emerged on the other side of it, I couldn't help but gasp for air, as I had just emerged from said river or lake.
After disappearing into the shape, and emerged on the other side, I suddenly felt like I was falling, but strangely, it also felt like I was floating. Was it possible to do both?
But the most striking thing I felt of all was the strange sensation of peace, warmth, and safety as I laid there, floating in the unknown landscape I was now in. I was sleepy as well. Not the type of sleepy one gets from chakra exhaustion or an intense lesson of training, but the type a child may have at the end of a day, knowing by second nature that the day was over and it was time to retire for the night.
I'm not sure why I did it, but I gave into the call of sleep that was calling to me as I dangled in the air within that space. I could vaguely make out the face of someone calling my name, but I couldn't make out who it was before everything went black.
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PM: Okay, so yeah, that was the first chapter I've had on my doc for a while. If you haven't noticed I'm going to be telling the story from the POVs of the characters from Naruto. Let me know what you think and if you'd be interested in reading something like this.