Wow! My first Naruto Fanfic! I'm so excited! It's a sci-fi ish romance/drama/hopefully some humor story. My first sci-fi ish and guyXguy! Lee and Gaara forever!!! No, this will NOT be anything with citrus. I don't particularly like that genre, but hey, whatever suits you. Anywho, please review! I hope you like it!!! Please Review!!! I'm going to do the best I can with the science part, I already know a bit of genetic stuff from what I've learned in school and from what I've read by Michael Crichton (who is my favourite author! Currently reading "Next" by him, which actually inspired this story!) Please enjoy "The Experiment" !
The Experiment
A Naruto FanFiction by Ashieyu66
Chapter One: The Genetic Age
The 21st century: an age of new politics, entertainment and technology. We have discovered the wonders of genetics and how we can utilize this area of study to cure and even modify old and new generations of sickness, disease and even physical traits as well as our very own personality with a single gene.
New genes are being discovered everyday, each showing a link to one trait or another. From genes which affect your religious beliefs to genes which control your maturity we are developing methods to further improve ourselves.
But how far should we go? Will we go as far as developing "perfect" children which parents can order from a magazine? Will everyone have a clone which they can use for organ transplants? Will genetically modified beings be made to be utilized as weapons of war? Or has it already been done without the public knowing? We must ponder how much we all really want to discover…
The young man was shrouded with darkness, although he didn't know what it was. Soon he began hearing his first sounds, although he didn't know what "sounds" were and that he was "hearing" them. A strange sensation flowed through him; it was like he had branches that kept him together. He did not know that he had a body or he could feel things. He sensed other presences around him. They were making these "sounds" that he heard, but for some unknown reason to him, they made sense to him.
"He should be waking up soon,"
"Excellent. Just as I hoped,"
Soon his conscious began to form. He now understood that he had a body that could feel things, that he had ears to hear sounds. He now understood that those sounds around him were voices. He understood that he was surrounded by darkness, simply because his eyes were closed. He felt something hard and cold underneath his body which was uncomfortable. Beyond the voices, he heard beeping sounds and buzzing sounds. There were things attached all over his body.
Who am I? Where am I? What is going on?
"Any minute now, he should gain consciousness for the first time," a voice said.
"Finally, our ultimate weapon is complete! This is a grand moment indeed," another voice said. It was deeper than the other voices.
First time? Ultimate weapon?
He slowly began to open his eyes. The first thing he saw was a blinding light. His eyes seemed sensitive to this light, as they squinted.
"His eyes have opened!" another voice exclaimed. He opened his eyes completely. Now there were two shadows looming above him. One had light coloured hair that was put up in four different areas, and the other had dark coloured hair with weird designs on his face.
Who are these people?
He tried to sit up, but his arms refused to move. The light-haired one responded to this.
"Please don't try to move. You're entire body hasn't completely awakened yet,"
"Let me see him," the deep voice said. The light-haired person moved to the side. He heard some movement to his right. He slowly turned his head to another person who sat in the shadows. He assumed this person to be the one with the deep voice.
"Wonderful…you are wonderful indeed…I am truly pleased," the person with the deep voice said.
He tried to use his voice for the first time. "W…who are you?" he said in a hoarse whisper.
"You may call me 'Father', since I created you," the deep voiced person responded.
"'Father'? Created me?" he repeated. He looked back up at the lights. "What am I?"
The person with the deep voice chuckled. "You still have much to learn. But all you need to know for now is that you are Project AI000 made by BioNin Incorporated. But I don't really like AI000, since that name is just for the paperwork,"
AI000 just continued to stare up at the lights. "What would you rather me be called, then?" he said finally.
Although AI000 couldn't see it, the person in the shadows was grinning wickedly. "Well, you haven't seen it yet, but one your forehead there is a tattoo which reads the Japanese symbol "ai" or "love". You were made to only love yourself, so I believe the name 'Gaara' is fitting. Don't you agree?" the deep-voiced person asked.
"Gaara…" he repeated.
"Well, I must leave. I have business to attend to. Temari, Kankuro, see to it that he is functioning properly then send him to the Information Integration room," the deep voiced person ordered.
"Yes sir," they both responded. Gaara turned his head to where 'Father' was sitting, but now 'Father' was gone.
Soon the two others were hovering over him again. They began to speak to him. The light-haired one was called "Temari" and the dark-haired one was called "Kankuro". They began to poke at him with strange objects and asked him questions like "Did you feel that?" or they asked him to try to move and breathe. At first, it was difficult but soon his body began to loosen up and moving became easier. Gaara looked back to where 'Father' had sat moments before.
You were made to only love yourself…
"What…what is 'love'?" Gaara asked suddenly. Temari and Kankuro looked at each other, as if trying to figure out what to say. Temari was the one who spoke.
"You don't need to worry about something like that right now, Gaara," Temari explained. But Gaara wasn't satisfied with this.
"But how can I accomplish what I was made to do if I don't know what 'love' is. Father said I was made to love myself…" Gaara responded.
"Don't worry about what Father said," Kankuro said. Temari nodded.
"That's right. You'll learn everything you'll need to know once you go to the Information Integration room," Temari added. Gaara didn't speak a word afterwards.
What am I?
After they finished examining him, Temari and Kankuro lifted Gaara and put him on a contraption that allowed him to sit up and move around simply by them pushing him. They called it a "wheel chair". Gaara didn't like it. He wanted to move his legs like they did, on their own. Why was he so different? He decided to ask Temari. Temari seemed nicer than Kankuro. Temari didn't pinch him as hard as Kankuro did.
"Temari, why can't my legs move like yours? I want to be able to move on my own," Gaara asked.
"It's because you haven't learned how to walk yet. You'll learn how to after you learn other things like math and stuff at the Information Integration room. Then you'll go to Physiotherapy where you'll learn how to use your body," Temari explained.
Gaara didn't really understand what all these words were. What exactly was 'Information Integration'? or math? or 'Physiotherapy'? Why did he have to do these things?
When they arrived at Information Integration, Gaara felt very strange. He didn't know what this feeling was, but it made him fidget and sweat a little. There was a single bed like the one he awoke on in the room with a large box with lots of wires attached to it. Only one person who had no hair stood next to the box. The person didn't look very nice, not that he knew what 'nice' was.
"Don't be nervous, Gaara. This man is going to put a bunch of cool information in your head," Kankuro explained.
Nervous? Was that what he was feeling? He didn't know what was going on at all…he wish he knew…maybe this would help…
They lifted him up and placed him on the table. They strapped him down, which made Gaara more 'nervous'. They told him it was just a precaution because they didn't want him to fall off. The 'man' as Kankuro called the person began attaching the wires to his head. While the 'man' was doing this, Kankuro began talking to the 'man'.
"So what all did the boss want integrated?"
"Well, let's just say this boy will be pretty damned smart. He even wanted the lower level blueprints installed,"
"Whoa, even though it's the lower level, that's still pretty risky. He won't know nothing about security right?"
"No, but I can't guarantee that he won't learn it,"
"Well that's okay. We don't want him escaping right away. He's technically still in beta,"
"He's certainly different from the others. Father really favours this one,"
Gaara was confused. What did it mean to be smart? Lower level blueprints? What did it all mean? Why shouldn't he learn about security? What was security? Others? Where there more like him? Kankuro continued.
"Well, after this, his 'personality' should kick in too, eh?" The 'man' nodded.
"Yup, I've read that this one is gonna be a stubborn ass, but not near as loud as FOX999,"
"Well, FOX999 is basically a forgotten experiment. Don't know why the boss won't just terminate him. Jeese,"
"Alright, that's all done. Now, Gaara, was it? I need you to just relax. This isn't going to hurt," the 'man' said.
Hurt? What did it mean to hurt?
"Not that he'd need to worry about it anyway. Boss said to make him so he wouldn't feel pain. All we had to do was intercept the 'pain' gene and presto! This kid'll never know what pain is. Ever," Kankuro explained.
He would never feel pain? Did pain cause hurt? Were they bad things? Gaara had so many questions…but so little answers.
"Well, just wanna reassure the kid anyway. Here we go!" the 'man' exclaimed. He turned on a switch. The box made a humming sound. Soon Gaara felt very strange…like he was slipping away. He could no longer keep his eyes open. What was going on? Soon he completed slipped away.
Gaara no longer could hear the humming sound coming from the machine. He opened his eyes and saw the man and Kankuro peering over him. He tried to sit up, but still couldn't on his own.
"Well, how'd it go? He know all that stuff yet?" Kankuro asked.
"The readouts say that it all went well. But now it's time for a test," the man said. He pushed a button and soon the table moved and Gaara was sitting up like he was in the wheel chair. He looked at Kankuro and identified him as a 'man' along with the other man too. He looked over at Temari and identified her as a 'woman'. He never identified them like that before. He was a 'man' too. Something told him that these were called 'genders'. He didn't know about genders before.
The man pulled out a bunch of cards. The first one had a shape on it. He was asked to identify the shape. His mind gave the name 'square', a word he had never heard of before, but he knew what it was. Gaara answered "Square". The man nodded with approval.
It went on like that. He had to identify colours like blue, red, green, yellow, black, white, etc. He was then asked to name the alphabet and count up to 50. Then he was asked to spell his name, and the shapes and colours he had identified earlier. Soon he was asked to spell more difficult words which his mind registered as parts of a 'computer', or 'diseases'.
Then he was asked to add numbers together, then subtract, then multiply and divide. After, he was given an equation which looked like this:
m (p/100)(1 + p/1200)N / (1 + p/1200)N - 1 X L, where p 2.5, N 3 mos. L $4500
Gaara looked over his list of answers.
A. $1506.83
B. $1506.25
C. $1500.25
D. $1575.34
"It's B," Gaara answered. All three of them looked at him with shock. It was like it was supposed to be a difficult question.
"Yup, definitely a success," the man said.
"Wow, you're amazing Gaara! Most people would've had to take lots of time to calculate it by hand. But then again, most people wouldn't know what to do either," Temari exclaimed. "Well, it's time to get you to Physiotherapy so you can move on your own," Soon she was assisted by Kankuro to put him back in the wheel chair.
How do I know all these things?
"Well, you certainly have an impressive resume and education record," Kakashi Hatake said, looking over the papers of the new recruit. "No wonder the company was so quick to hire you. I welcome you to the Research and Development sector of BioNin Incorporated, Mister Rock Lee!" He extended his hand to the young man in front of him, who was eager to return it.
"Thank you, Mr. Hatake! It is certainly a pleasure to be working at one of the most prestigious genetic company in the world!" Lee said smiling.
"Please, just call me Kakashi. I'm glad you're so eager. I'll have Sakura show you around later once you get settled into your lab," Kakashi responded.
"Alright! Thank you again!" Lee said, leaving Kakashi's office. Kakashi sat down and looked out the window. He looked at his reflection in the window. A mask covered most of his face, and he wore a traditional ninja headband which covered his left eye. His hair was a silver colour and was pointed upwards. He wore a basic light blue dress shirt with black dress pants. He sighed; wishing he could get some fresh air…it was so nice out today.
Ah well, business had to be done. Had to introduce myself to the new kid…
Rock Lee was certainly an interesting character. He had black hair with what appeared to be a mushroom haircut. His eyebrows were pretty big too. However, despite his odd looks, he had a good attitude, and he was a genius. Just what the Research and Development sector needed. He was also oblivious to what really went on. That way, his research wouldn't be distracted.
Lee had never been this excited for something before. After years of hard work, he actually got a job with BioNin! The BioNin! And his very own lab! Lee finally felt like he could accomplish something! Maybe if he worked very hard, he might discover something fascinating like a gene related to leukemia and a cure!
Or something amazing like that.
Soon, there was a knock at the door, and a girl about his age came in. Her hair was pink in colour and she had fascinating green eyes. She introduced herself as Sakura Haruno.
"I work as Sasuke Uchiha's secretary. He told me that I had to show you around," she explained.
"Nice to meet you Ms. Haruno. My name is Rock Lee," he replied, holding out his hand to shake hers. She was really pretty and nice too. She seemed a bit surprised at his gesture, but complied as necessary.
"Nice to meet you. Shall we get started?" she asked. Lee nodded eagerly.
Lee was just fascinated by the BioNin building. It was beautifully designed for aesthetic pleasure, as well as comfort for the employees to encourage work. There were lots of people busy at work in other labs analyzing DNA samples and such.
Sakura explained how the company worked as a sort of "hospital" which specialized in gene therapy, and how the company was the leading company in the newest, most efficient, effective and safest therapies there were. She went on to explain that the company also sort of functioned as a "crime lab" performing paternity tests and doing DNA matches and such. Lee felt so excited.
However, when they were passing the stem-cell research faculty, they passed a forbidden corridor.
"Ms. Haruno? Why is this area forbidden?" he asked, analyzing the door. It was near the back of the building, and had many security precautions such as retina scan and fingerprint scanning.
"Oh, it's just where we keep all the information we discover here. Anything you find will be stored here to make sure another company doesn't steal it. Think of it as a big vault," she explained.
"I see," Lee replied. He got a bad feeling from whatever was behind that corridor.
"Let's continue on, shall we?" Sakura said.
After the tour was over, Lee returned to his lab. Sakura went to report to her boss, Sasuke. He entered his office. He was on the phone with someone. It had to be Kakashi. Noticing Sakura, he ended the conversation.
"Well?" he asked. How Sakura loved his straight-to-the-point attitude.
"It went well. He didn't really suspect anything. Just asked about the restricted area, like all new guys," she explained.
"And you told him the usual thing, right?" he asked. She loved everything about Sasuke…his hair…his eyes…he was so handsome…
"Sakura?" he asked again. She snapped out of her daze. She was blushing.
"Y-yes of course. He shouldn't learn anything about the secret projects," she added. Sasuke leaned back in his chair.
"Good. I just hope he provides us with some good stuff to work with," Sasuke replied.
The Genetic Age has begun…
Well, there it is! If you have any questions on the science that I've attempted to explain, just let me know and I'll try to explain it better as it works with the story and with reality. I was disappointed with the equation though...the one I had originally was harder looking and the answer was given on the web. This one I had to find a calculator online! For those who really care, it's a loan equation. Disclaimer: I hate math and currently have a 61 in Grade 11 University SO DON'T ASK ME ABOUT MATH!!! Lol. The equation I got off the internet :P. Disclaimer: I hate Sasuke.
Anywho, until next time! Please REVIEW!!!