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Alright guys, I finally managed to deal with the bigger complications of real life and now should be able to update once or twice a mont. Now this here is a little something a friend and I brainstormed. The title will change once I can come up with something better, leave suggestions in the reviews. Now this is just an idea we had and we will continue thinking about new ideas, however if this teaser has drawn your interest, we will continue this story only if we get good enough reception among you guys readin. So if we can hit 100 vies and 10 reviews, we will continue.
Also I have kept the spoilers for my original Naruko fic to a minimum and reading this will not spoil that story.
Anyway read, enjoy, review. you know the drill.
Naruko: Dorobo no Kitsune
It's been centuries since Naruko had any excitement in her life. After having dealt with the problems in the Elemental Nations and doing her best to ensure that all ways of world domination were recorded and had fitting plans to battle each of them she and the most of the Uzumaki pulled back to Uzushio no Kuni and moved the island far out on sea. She had left a small group within each Hidden Village to act as observers. There had of course been wars and skirmishes within the Elemental Nations, but nothing that would put the world as they knew it to an end. She let the people have their freedom to do as they wished. She had brought the Uzumaki back to their true glory and made sure that they were still true to their ways. But over the centuries, merely observing was not enough for her or the clan. And as a result, she had introduced the Uzumaki to the Ways of the Scribe. Instead of merely observing, the Uzumaki would record and investigate, all the while staying out of the way of the world, to not interfere or otherwise influence the Elemental Nations. And it worked. Uzu no Kuni now held the knowledge of over a thousand years of existence. Many of the old works from before she rebuilt her homeland had been lost due to time and neglect and so much of what had transpired before the rebuild were copies of texts from other villages and first second and third hand accounts, all compiled into one scroll concerning each specific topic.
But even with all of that, immortality tends to leave one bored overtime. And so once again she was lying down on top of the Uzukage Tower's roof debating on things to do. As she was thinking, a presence made itself known.
"What can I do for you, Triala-chan?" Naruko asked bored.
The good thing for slaves of a Biju was that slaves were bound to the life force of their master, and for a Biju a lifespan means nothing, so to avoid Biju to enslave a group of creatures every generation, slaves were as immortal as their masters, however they could still be killed.
"Forgive my intrusion, Naruko-sama." Triala said submissively.
"But some of the little ones were hoping to be taken on a fly across the sea to the mainland. They were hoping to be allowed to go camping in Janguru no Kuni. Their parents have already allowed them to go, however as they are planning to leave our lands, they need your permission."
Naruko mulled over the request, while it was normal for the young ones to want to spend as much time as they could outside of the walls, to practice their survival skills, it was very rare that young ones would request to leave Uzu. However she did also understand that as diverse as Uzu's terrain was thanks to tremendous work and effort while she was rebuilding the island, it could still get boring once you've spent enough time was spent there.
"Of course, I'll take them over in an hour. Tell them to pack only the necessities they can gather food in the jungle. I'll be visiting my parents." Naruko said with a sigh.
Triala nodded and left. Naruko got up and jumped down the cliff at the back of the tower. Within seconds she unleashed large scaled wings from her shoulders and glided down to the Tomb of Uzu. She retracted her wings as she hit the ground and looked down at the entrance.
The entire tomb itself was underground only marked by a two story statue of the Shinigami with its Siblings Yami and Kami. She walked down the steps and entered through the wooden door. The tomb was filled with rows upon rows upon rows of stone shelves. The dimensions of the cavern were constantly enlarged through the use of a few choice Seals. Walking through the rows of earns and pictures and mementos, she finally came to a stop in front of a decorated shelf. In it stood two urns both black, decorated with white calligraphy. Within it there were the sign of Konoha, for her father's urn and the sign of Uzu overlaid by the sign of Konoha for her mother's urn. Above them were a picture each of them in their prime and in between was a picture of her being hugged from both sides by her parents. Under the urns were their Hitai-ate and signature weapon. The tri-pronged of her father and her mother's Katana Chimamire Kiba. Bowing deeply to the shrine she silently whispered a short chant. Staying bowed for a few more seconds, she then straightened herself and left with a deep and heavy sigh.
Outside she made her way to the main gate and waited for the young children. It didn't take them long to arrive. With a quick signal with her chakra, four Hanyou appeared. The kids looked excited. Naruko walked a few feet out of the village and fully transformed into a Mountain Dragon, her golden red scales reflecting in the sunlight showing of the colors of the sunset. The children and the Hanyou climbed onto her back and she took off.
After an hour flying Naruko landed in the jungle. She her passengers jumped of and leapt into the trees.
"Use this seal to call Yagura-kun. He'll be your ride back, all you need to do is get to the shore. If anything happens where you need assistance, I use the emergency seal and whoever is closest will come to help."
The Hanyou nodded and Naruko took to the skies again. She was taking her time, enjoying the freedom watching the dense vegetation give way to impeccable sandy beaches. Once she was above the water she lazily dragged her talons across the water's surface. Sighing once again, she flapped her wings and stared into the distance. After a couple of hours she had reached the beaches of Uzu.
Landing in the soft, white blanket, she transformed back and laid down. Just as she was drifting into sleep, she got called to a hunt.
Hunting Realm
Walking to the nearest shrine she quickly did a summoning chant and watched the Shinigami materialize from the flash of light.
"Shinigami-sama, what is it that I can do for you today?" she asked respectfully.
"Huntress, I called you here because I and my siblings have need of you. Step through the portal and we will welcome you in the Hall of Gods."
Naruko nodded and stepped through the portal.
Hall of the Gods
Naruko braced herself. She was hit by the presence of multiple powerful beings. At the end of the hall were three thrones, in the center sat Kami, to her right sat her sister Yami and to her left her brother Shinigami. Steeling herself, she made her way towards them. She stopped in front of them and bowed.
"So this is the young huntress you are so fond of, Otouto?" Kami said with curiosity.
"She is, Nee-sama. This is Uzumaki Namikaze Naruko no Hanyou, Musume no Kurama. She has been a huntress for my realm for just over eight centuries now," Shinigami replied with a respectful tone.
"Is that so… And what are you doing with all the time your new immortality has granted you, young one? Kami asked.
"I have my clan working as scribes, recording everything that is happening. However, lately things have come to a boring stalemate, nothing interesting is happening?" she answered.
Kami seemed to mull this over for a bit. After a few minutes she waved for three deities and had her step away. After an hour of waiting, she was beckoned by Yami to return.
"Naruko, these three here are the main deities of their world. It is the same world that Odin, Zeus and Jupiter used to call home. They have agreed to help you with your boredom. Their world is now at a time of peace more or less, however the area you will be sent to, has quite a lot of interesting characters, as well as quite the interesting history, for you to document. As you are a scribe you should find the aspect of studying an entire world with vastly different cultures and thousands of years of documented history to collect and archive."
To say Naruko was intrigued was an understatement, however the main thing to discuss was her abilities.
"Will I be able to keep my abilities?"
"Of course, however I suggest you do not use them as they are something that does not exist in that world."
Naruko nodded. She turned to the three deities.
"I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to explore a bit of your realm," she said bowing deeply.
"Of course. Now we know you are an archivist so we will give you the resources you need," the three said in unison.
"I will need an Island, whatever currency they use and identification. All relevant information I can gain through Kage Bushin."
"It will be done. You have three days to gather your group, we suggest to bring along at least a few scores of people, living or dead, it will be beneficial."
Naruko bowed deeply and walked back.
Realm of the Living
Naruko was back in her home she already knew that many her fellow Biju would have to remain in Uzu, but she would bring the majority of the Hanyou and Uzumaki archivists. Add to them their families and some more young ones and families from the warriors and hunters, and she would have a decent population. All she would need now would be a charismatic leader, maybe Kurama would also be interested. She ran into the forest after sending out a mass of Kage Bushin. Once she was in the forest she called out for the former Queen of Demons.
"What can I do for you, Naruko-chan?" Kurama asked, appearing out of the undergrowth behind her.
"I was offered a chance to experience a new world and was wondering if you were willing to come along, I always enjoy travelling with you," Naruko said with a small amount of hope.
"Why of course, I'll let Yagura know that he is in charge, is there anything else I can help you with?"
"Yes, from what I gathered from my talk with the deities of that world I will still be needing a charismatic leader, and they can be from the Hunting Realm."
"Then what about your human parents? Nagai-ha and Mara should have their duties down and handle things."
Naruko nodded and sent a clone to the Hunting Realm. She herself prepared herself by going through all of her abilities. Then the day came, those that were going to accompany her were ready and Kami herself had come to transport them to their new home. She had opened a portal and they went through.
The New World
The Island was exactly as she had hoped, an unassuming village with a castle in the center. Around the village were tall wall and outside of those were fields and vast forests. A river was flowing form the castle courtyard throughout the village and ended in a lake in the forest. Naruko had immediately ordered the reinforcements of the walls and structures with Fuinjutsu. While her and her parents would find a way to locate their position on this world.
"Naruko," came Kami's voice.
"This is what the three have set up. Your island is a small, but very powerful, independent Nation called the Kingdom of the Whirlpool. Like Uzu this island is protected by strong whirlpools. You and your parents have just returned from a meeting with the leader of the notion you are going to be operating in. It is called the United States of America. You have been allowed to live in a city on the west coast of the nation. The story for you is that in order to increase foreign relations with these United States, you are there as a student in what they call High School. You'll have to appear like a fourteen year old, so you'll have to see how to do that. On top of that you have enough wealth to rival the richest persons in the city. You will have to see about housing yourself. On top of that you have one week to learn all the basic things you need to know as of next week you are to be in school. Your parents have secured you everything you need for that, there is a folder in your bedroom detailing what you need, also I have given you the knowledge of speaking the most prominent language you will encounter in the city to make things a little easier... I suggest you leave now."
Naruko nodded and left. On the beach was a strange contraption. It was enormous about the size of a young adult Mountain Dragon. She could see two seats at the front, numerus large pipe shaped protrusion jutting out, giving the thing a bulky look. On top of it were two crosses made of four blades each. Naruko did not know what to make of it. Just as she was about to leave, a group of two men and three women came out to the back of the contraption, carrying weird items in front of them. Instantly Naruko was reaching for her Ninja-to. The outsiders lifted their strange items and pointed them at her.
"What are you doing on Uzumaki lands?" Naruko asked, her body tensed.
"We were sent here to be escorts for the princess of this Kingdom. We mean you no harm," the lead female said.
"If what you say is true, then the Their Majesties would have given you a cloth with the insignia of their family crest. Show it to me, and we may talk about our princess."
Narukos voice was firm and left no room for debate. The leader nodded and lowered what Naruko presumed to be a weapon. The leader pulled out a cloth and unfolded it. It was the Uzumaki crest.
"You speak the truth, I will lower my weapons, and I suggest you do the same."
Naruko sheathed her blades and the soldiers lowered their objects.
"Now would you care to give me your names, so that I may call you in for an audience with our leaders?"
"We're Sierra Team. I'm Lieutenant Sarah Smith. To my right is my second in command Staff Sargent Tina Webber and our latest addition Scott Medders. To my left are Lance Corporals Maria Stein and Charlie Barrington."
Putting a hand to her headset Naruko radioed in.
"My Lord, My Lady. I have here five soldiers that are here to escort your daughter to the mainland. Shall I escort them up to the castle? ... Yes, I understand… I'll give them the tour… Yes, I will be there."
Turning back to the group she said.
"Please follow me and keep your weapons away. Our kingdom has been in a time of peace for other a thousand years. Please come along, I have been ordered to answer all of your questions regarding our kingdoms history. Follow me please."
As she led them through the town she started explaining things about her home.
"So you've been a monarchy for over a thousand years?" L.C. Stein asked wide eyed.
"Yes, even longer if some of the texts in our archives are to be believed. We started out as a tribe of people who got lost out at sea. After we were washed up on these shores, we claimed this island as our own. Naturally conflicts of interests arose and were dealt with, but over time we became one people again. After that we built our kingdom, one brick at a time. Over time the Uzumaki Clan had proven its superiority in both combat and politics. And so ever since there has been an Uzumaki on the throne."
They continued to walk and were nearly three quarters of the way to the castle.
"Um… Excuse me ma'am, but we never got your name," said P. Medders.
"Oh, how rude of me, Uzumaki Nichibotsu, at your service," she said with a bow.
"So are you also royalty?" asked L.C. Barrington.
"No, I lost my right for succession when my preferences in mates became common knowledge."
"So you had your title disowned because of who you like to…" S.S. Webber.
"Yes, but it is all within it's right. With my preferred choice of mate, I could never mother a successor, no successor means no leader for the next generation, which would lead to the downfall of our entire kingdom."
"If you don't mind me speaking freely, ma'am, in our culture, there are laws against discrimination against those kinds of preferences," Lt. Smith.
"That may be, but remember we are not in your culture and our way of life has kept this kingdom alive for over a millennium, besides, now that I am no longer legible for the throne, I am the personal guard of my little sister, I am her sword and her shield, her guide and her servant. And so I am here to protect her and accompany her."
"I see, so you will be travelling with us as well."
"Yes, I will. I have been studying up on much of your culture and I have understood many of your customs, however this new technology and transportation still has me baffled."
"Well, if that is the case, I and my squad are ordered to escort you until the princess has been brought to school. We were told one of her guard would take up protecting her."
"Yes, in that week I am to learn the basics of your technology however I am afraid, it is going over my head."
"Well how about I hand you over to Stein, she's our communication's expert, as well as our technical expert. There is nothing in modern technology that she cannot understand."
"I would appreciate that. And here we are. Welcome to the Castle of the Whirlpool."
She led them through the castle to the throne room. At the end of the room on two thrones sat Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. Upon entering the room she bowed and then made her way to the thrones.
"Mother, Father," she said after stopping in front of them.
"Guard… Retrieve our daughter and return here. We will talk with these outsiders."
Bowing Naruko left the room and started sketching a Jikan Bushin. She'd be wearing her same attire, however there would be key differences in her character as well as her appearance and minor differences in clothes. She created the clone and looked her over.
The 'Princess' had crimson hair which was pulled into a pony tail. She also didn't have the whisker marks. Her eyes had a purple tinge to them. She was the same height as Naruko had been during the Chunin Exams. Her trench Coat was a dark blue with the crimson Uzumaki swirl, along with the words Uzu no Hime in crimson. Other than that the outfit hadn't changed that much. She nodded at the clone and soon it was a bundle of energy.
"Really, Nee-chan? We're really going across the ocean."
"Yes, little one. And you'll be going to school in a big city, so we can learn from our new allies. And they can learn from us. C'mon, there are some friends who are going to help us get settled in our new home. They're in the throne room with Kaa-san and Tou-san."
And off she went. Naruko followed the princess and soon was back in the throne room. Naruko jumped at the five soldiers giggling like she had gotten a new present. Unfortunately, all she could speak was Japanese so the soldiers could do nothing but try and contain the small flurry of energy.
"Hime, please calm down," Naruko said, now having put on her fox featured ANBU mask.
"Hai, Kitsu-nee-chan."
She jumped off of the outsiders and jumped next to her protector. Bowing down she said in Japanese.
"Good day, my name is Uzumaki Namikaze Naruko. Thank you for taking time to show me around your homeland."
After a quick translation the five soldiers waved and nodded.
"If it is alright with you, we will take our leave now." Lt. Smith said.
With that they left. Walking to the beach Naruko started wondering how they were going to get off of the island. When asked she learnt that the strange contraption was a flying machine, one that could hover and lift heavy things. Naruko suppressed a snort, if she wanted to fly and lift heavy she could just use Senjutsu. But she had to settle with stipulations. She was no sitting in a seat in the 'cargo bay' of the machine to her right sat Naruko, she had said before they entered that she was to be referred to as Kitsune. To her left sat Stein, who was currently running her through what she referred to as 'The Internet', from what she gathered it was a highly complex network of numerous points of data input gathered in a virtual space to be available for everyone. Not unlike a summoning network for weapons from a central armory. It was quite fascinating. She also asked how the world communicated, learning that there were relays in the outer atmosphere of the plane called satellites relaying signals from a hand held headset through a certain type of tower, to a satellite, to another one of those 'mobile phones', all across the globe. Very fascinating. And the most important piece of knowledge for her was the weaponry. It would seem that this world relied on kinetic projectile weaponry. These 'guns' came in a wide variety of purposes and uses. The gun fired 'bullets' which held the projectiles as well as explosive gunpowder within a casing. Quite devastating if Stein was to be believed. A few minutes later they landed.
"Ladies and Gentleman," came the voice of Webber from the speakers.
"I am happy to inform you that we have just landed at our destination. Please make sure that all of your personal belongings are on your person. We would also like to thank you for choosing Sierra Air for your easy travelling pleasures abroad. Please remain in your seats until the rear hatch is opened fully and the transport has arrived and the doors have been opened. Once again we would like to thank you for choosing Sierra Air for your easy travelling pleasures abroad."
Two minutes later the rear hatch opened revealing two black SUVs with tinted windows.
"Those are Landstalkers we got these straight from the president himself. Reinforced titanium armor plating, solid rubber tires, the windows are made from the same material the space program uses for their shuttle windows, they weigh more than your average car, but still drive just as good. In short nothing less than a tank can stop these. Now we have reservations at the Banner Hotel and Spa, down at the beach in Del Perro. That'll be our safe house until we can find you a home of your own. All costs have already been paid, once you have what you need, you and Naruko can enjoy the west coast a little," Smith told Kitsune.
"Alright, all gear gets put into the vehicles. I want to move out in five."
Five minutes later they were on the road. Naruko was excited and was just dyeing to see the beach. So the made a list of what to do. They loaded of the gear in the hotel rooms, and then secured them appropriately. Afterwards Kitsune, Naruko, Smith and Medders would go shopping for some beach equipment, while Stein, Barrington and Webber went to procure the two Uzumakis smartphones, as well as information for houses and setting her up with a bank account.
The sun was beginning to set and the Uzumakis were now in their room eating something called 'pizza' in a word it was delicious and it was probably the best thing she had ever tasted, right after Ramen of course. After they were done eating, the got ready for bed. Lying down she turned on the Television, a device that worked like a headset, only with moving pictures. She flipped though the channels and stopped on the news channel.
The screen showed the two news anchors Jim Harrison and Sheila Hall both were looking at the camera.
"Hi and good evening, I'm Jim Harrison," said the man.
"And I'm Sheila Hall," said the woman.
"Tonight at ten, Meteor Shower viewing in Del Perro, Stocks are going up, the weather is getting warmer and the city is now home to real royalty," Jim summarized.
"First, this weekend people can come and watch meteors flying through the sky all over the state, and as usual, the party at Del Perro Beach is expected to be the biggest one," said Sheila.
"That's right folks, so hurry on down to the beach, because that is one party you do not want to miss out on. Due to the current stable conditions of the global currencies the stock market is booming, if you want to make money folks, buy and sell now."
"That's right Jim, the way things are looking; many of our local stockholders will be going home happy this weekend. In Weather news weather is getting warmer. Now switching over to Trip Michaels at the weather map. Trip, what can you tell us about this."
"Well Jim, the science community is still not sure what is contributing to this ongoing heat wave, but they do agree that it is not normal. While temperature spikes such as this one are normal every other year this ongoing heatwave has surpassed the records and is showing no signs of letting up. In other words the situation is very unusual," Trip said.
"And speaking of very unusual situations. Have you ever heard of the Whirlpool Kingdom? If not well that's no surprise. The kingdom was an isolated nation about two hundred miles off the western shore and have only recently opened their borders to foreigners. Two days ago the King and Queen of Whirlpool visited President Obama and have agreed on establishing trading routes, as well as the chance for a cultural exchange. In light of this new allegiance, the king and queen of Whirlpool have decided to enlist their daughter and the heiress to the throne as a High School student here in our city. That's right, if rumors are to be believed the princess of Whirlpool will be a student at Jackson High School. Along with her is her elite guard, only known as Kitsune. You know her when you see a white mask with features resembling a fox. So from all of us at Weazel, we wish you a good start and welcome to San Andreas. Welcome to Los Santos.
And with that she turned it of and muttered.
"Welcome to Los Santos."
Rock Star Games presents
A collaboration with Masashi Kishimoto
Naruko: Dorobo no Kitsune
Jutsu/ Translations
Janguru no Kuni = Jungle Country
Chimamire Kiba = Blooded Fang
Jikan Bushin = Time Clone
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