Dead or Alive: Biju's Plight
Chapter 1: Leaving Home
"You want to WHAT!" Tsunade yelled at Naruto who looked sheepishly at her.
"Well, since the village HAS been restored, I was wondering if I could take a leave of absence... to travel the world and to make Madara chase me and leave you guys alone for a while. Besides, I won't be able to grow if I don't experience new things," Naruto said to Tsunade.
"Why so sudden...?" Tsunade frowned
"Because if I wanna be Hokage, I need to expand myself... and being here... it will do no good for me... or anyone else. I will be putting everyone in risk" Naruto said.
"I...I see" Tsunade said considering the point to the blond jinchuriki.
"HOWEVER... this does not mean I like this. On the other hand, I understand your motives... fine, I will give you an open travel pass. You are free to travel anywhere and not be counted as a nukenin. In return I expect you to send summons to my office with a letter telling me what is going with you, alright?" Tsunade said as she gave Naruto a maternal look.
"So, where do you plan on going?" Tsunade asked.
"All around... since I found out I am not only a jinchuriki but a (possible) descendant of the sage of 6 paths, I got a lot to learn…" Naruto said with a smile.
Tsunade sighed... but patted the blonde.
"Well then I will arrange the necessary papers for your departure... and this is an ORDER... report to me anything of significance... ok?" Tsunade said as she looked at Naruto.
"Sure thing Ba-chan" Naruto grinned. Tsunade sighed, she HATED that nickname.
"Get your gear ready... you are to leave tomorrow" Tsunade said.
Naruto smiled and left the office. He went to his apartment complex to get his stuff packed. Since it was going to be a rather long journey he opted for sealing his stuff in a scroll rather than carrying bags.
He decided to carry some instant ramen "Never know what kind of food will be available... better safe than sorry." After packing the essentials he decided to sleep... he had an early day tomorrow.
Naruto woke up the next morning. He pulled out his orange/red coat as well as something he got as a memento from his father, his white coat.
Naruto, already packed, walked down the road towards the Hokage tower, expecting a quiet departure. When he got there, though…
"Everyone! What are you doing here?" Naruto asked surprised.
"You didn't think we wouldn't find out about this...did you?" Kiba said with his smirk. Everyone Naruto had met in Konoha... all his friends came over to bid him farewell.
Sakura gave him a few of her home-made soldier pills (Naruto discreetly threw them into the trash as Tsunade had gave him a much BETTER one... with actual taste), Lee gave him a pair of ankle weights (Naruto decided to seal them until much, MUCH later), a jar with an insect farm (guess from whom?), Hinata gave him a few ninjutsu scrolls she thought might suit Naruto due to his wind affinity.
"Guys... this is all so much" Naruto said.
"Well...we want you to take a piece of us to have along the way... but please do take care of yourself" Sakura said as she looked sternly at Naruto.
'Don't worry, I am pretty good at that" Naruto said with a playful smirk.
"Well Naruto, here are your papers so you can move around like me and Jiraiya could.
"Thanks ba-chan" Naruto said.
BOOOoom!
The floor had a gaping crater on it... with Naruto at the epicenter.
"M...Must learn not to put... foot... in mouth" Naruto groaned in pain.
Minutes later
Naruto looked once more to his village before he sighed. It would be a long time till he returned home.
"Goodbye, Konoha... this is not goodbye forever... just... until later" Naruto said as he looked at the gates and left to parts unknown.
2 months later
Naruto jumped from tree branch to tree branch. He was wearing the same outfit but he was wearing a face mask like Kakashi... since he was very well recognizable due to his whisker marks.
"Man... where the hell am I? I haven't seen a city or village in days" Naruto said to himself as he saw a blur of blue coming his way.
"What the~?" Naruto said as he collided with the blue blur.
"Dah!" Naruto yelled.
"Hyaah!" a feminine voice yelped as they collided and tumbled around on the floor.
The person was dressed in a rather skimpy blue kunoichi outfit with copper-colored hair and deep brown eyes. But most importantly: She was on top of Naruto... and her panties were showing.
She blushed and covered herself, not that it helped since her outfit was revealing as hell.
Naruto blushed as he pulled himself up and then he found himself surrounded by enemy ninja.
"Wh-what's going on?" Naruto asked as he was confused at this development.
"Step away from the girl, she is to be executed" a girl with lavender hair and red eyes said.
"Sorry... but I can't just leave a cute girl to her doom like that" Naruto retorted as he pulled his kunai.
"Attack!" the lavender beauty shouted as Naruto smirked
Naruto wobbed and weaved around the attacks as he single-handedly fought the enemy ninja.
"Hey girl, stay behind me. Don't worry, I will keep you safe" Naruto said with an eye smile as the girl stared at the boy.
"Tch... so you had help, you traitor... no matter, I will deal with you myself," the lavender haired beauty snarled.
"Bring it" Naruto said as he smirked.
The girl jumped and attacked Naruto who parried her attacks with kunai.
She then moved her arms as she unleashed her ninpo. In response, Naruto unleashed his own "Kaze no yaiba!"
The attacks collided, and the girl was blown away.
"Hey... you better hurry up and run away" Naruto yelled as the girl then was shocked back into reality.
"Thank you" the copper-haired girl said as she vanished in a whirlwind of sakura petals.
"Damn it! She got away... this is all your...fault?" she said as she pointed at nothing but a cloud of white smoke.
"DAMN IT!" the girl yelled in frustration as the other ninja woke up. They weren't dead, just knocked out.
"Who... who was that guy?" she asked herself.
Moments later
The girl was running away, jumping from tree to tree.
"Hey there" Naruto said as he suddenly appeared of nowhere.
"Gyah!" she yelled in fright as she threw a kunai at him.
"AW SHIT!" Naruto yelled as he parried it with his own... and jumped up as another one flew.
"Sheesh, is that the way you thank a person who just helped you?" Naruto said with an annoyed look on his face.
"S-sorry" she apologized.
"So... what's the deal with you and the lavender girl?" Naruto asked.
"It's a rather long story" the girl said.
"My name is Naruto... what's yours?" Naruto asked.
"My name is Kasumi... thank you for saving me" Kasumi said.
"No problem. Anyway, it looks like we've got plenty of time, so how about that long story?" Naruto asked.
Kasumi took a breath. "Well... I am a nukenin from my village... I ran away after... after my brother was incapacitated by a traitorous of our village... the clan decided to let him be... but I couldn't... because my brother couldn't move I decided to chase after him... and now... I am being hunted because of it," she said, and Naruto couldn't help hearing the melancholy in her voice.
"I see... I understand your need for revenge... I had a friend who is like that... but... what will happen after you took your revenge? Will your brother be back to full health? Will he feel happy about his sister tainting her hands with blood?" Naruto asked.
"I know... but this is something I must do" Kasumi said.
"Very well... but could you answer me one last question?" Naruto asked.
"Sure" Kasumi said.
"Is there a town or village nearby? I need to find some food and shelter" Naruto said with a laughed sheepishly.
Kasumi blinked "S..sure... just head south-south east from here" Kasumi said.
"Thanks a lot Kasumi-chan" Naruto said with an eye-smile as he vanished.
Kasumi nodded and rushed off to make up for lost time.
"No... thank you... Naruto-san"
With Naruto
"South... southeast... well I hope is somewhere here" Naruto said.
Naruto then saw a wooden gates, closing the village was a tall wall made of wood. "Reminds me of Konoha," Naruto whispered to himself as he removed his face-mask and smiled.
"Wonder how I can get in," Naruto pondered.
Suddenly, he sensed 4 presences approaching. Reacting quickly, he took a battle ready position.
"Identify yourself... you are on Mugen Tenshin grounds" a ninja said as they surrounded Naruto.
"Uhmm... Uzumaki Naruto... I am just looking for shelter, I am a ninja traveling around," Naruto said.
"Show your papers please" the ninjas said in a business-like voice.
Naruto pulled his papers showing his identity and status.
"So you are currently a ronin-nin, eh?" a ninja joked as he pulled his mask down and smiled after this was over.
"Names Kuramata... nice to meet ya boy" Kuramata said with a smile.
"Hino is my name, welcome Naruto... to Mugen Tenshin grounds," they said as they opened the doors to the village.
It was a traditional looking Japanese feudal era looking village, there were huts and the like and there were even some restaurants.
"Wow... it looks so cool" Naruto commented.
"Really? I thought it looked a bit too old fashioned" Kuramata said.
"You just like the outside cause there is more stuff to play with" Hino said looking at his partner sternly.
"So... where do we go now? To meet the leader?" Naruto asked.
"Yes... but the leader isn't feeling too well... however he decided to see you either way" Kuramata commented.
They went to the biggest hut and opened the slide door, a young man, barely 23 was sitting on a futon, his face was a bit pale... probably cause he has been sick, his brown hair... colored similar to Kasumi's... but darker, then he was taken back, he thought he was looking at Kasumi... but he saw the lady was a tad older.
"Greetings leader of the Mugen Tenshin... I am Uzumaki Naruto, Ronin-nin wandering this green earth" Naruto said as he bowed.
The leader looked at him with a penetrating gaze, and then sighed... "Welcome to the Mugen Tenshin Village Uzumaki-san... you may stay here as long as you need" the man said "My name is Hayate... welcome Uzumaki-san... I must say your coming thought unexpected, is quiet... opportune, but we must talk about such things another time... I must rest... I am still sore from the attack we suffered" Hayate said as he was helped out by other ninja... the girl with the violet hair was there and Naruto went into full freak-out mode.
"Oh man... please... don't look this way... don't look this way" Naruto prayed
The girl looked at him... like he was a bug in a jar.
"Are... is something wrong?" Naruto asked feeling a bit nervous.
She blushed a bit as she glared a bit at him and then left.
"O~kay... that was weird" Naruto said as the older woman was chuckling a bit.
"Uhmm.. I am sorry... we haven't introduced ourselves..." Naruto said
"My name is Ayame, I am the mother of the leader of this village... and also.. the mother of the violet haired girl you just meet... her name is Ayane, and of the girl you meet on the forest" she said as Naruto shivered
"How... how did you know?" Naruto stuttered
Ayame stood up and smiled... and then pulled a long strand of brown hair from his person.
"A woman like myself is VERY observant of things like that, especially so for being a women and mother of two kunoichis and a shinobi" she said with a tender motherly smile.
"S...scary" Naruto said.
"That and I also noticed her strand of hair on you" she said with a sweet smile.
"How about I explain what is going on here?" Naruto asked.
Naruto sat down as Ayame handed him a cup of tea.
"The girl you saw before... her name is Kasumi... and she is my daughter" Ayame said "Also... by what I can tell... are you the son of Minato the Yondaime?" she asked making Naruto shiver.
She giggled "Don't worry, in here everyone is indebted to him... he was a good man and forged an alliance of sorts with the village, since he knew if something happened to himself and his wife he made plans for you along the way... you see... Kasumi... along with Ayane... they are to be your wives" She said with a smile.
"EEEEH~H!" Naruto bellowed in disbelief.
"The Sandaime sent a few pictures of your growth to us so they can see their husband... however because of my daughter's current status..." Ayame said with a sad look on her face.
"I see..." Naruto said while blushing... the old man had kept something like this from him...
"Furthermore... she is looking for the person who did this to her brother... Raidou..." Ayame said with anger brewing on her body.
"Is okay... maybe there is something I can do" Naruto said comforting the mother.
Naruto stood up and bowed as he walked around the village, he noticed that many of the females stole glances at him and some whispered... and even some blushed a bit.
After a while he found her.
"Yo!" Naruto said to Ayane.
Ayane blushed and looked at him with a glare "Sheesh.. .what's up with you? Hostile much?" Naruto said with a smirk.
"What do YOU want?" Ayane said looking at him crossly
Naruto looked around as the people seemed to avoid her...
"Just like how they used to do to me" Naruto mussed.
"So... what's go this villager's panties on a bunch?" Naruto asked her.
Ayane turned away from him.
"That bad uh?" Naruto said to her as he smiled.
"I know the feeling... believe me... I had it even worse than you" Naruto said
Ayane looked at him with fire in her eyes... how dare this punk talk like he knew her pain.
"I am a jinchuriki... so I know the pain of loneliness and isolation all too well" Naruto said as he smiled at her.
"I... I see" Ayane said, this took her back... she knew a bit about it... after all those beings... they where treated as weapons... toll to be discarded at the drop of a hat once their life-span has been reached.
"Do I spook you?" Naruto asked
"Not at all... I am used to stuff like that" Ayane said.
"So... what is going on?" Naruto asked.
"I am preparing myself... I am to go to a tournament... the traitor will be there and I have been tasked with taking her down" Ayane said
"Can... can I go?" Naruto asked
"W-What? Why would a newbie like you even want to? Besides... is by invitation only" Ayane said
"then I guess I am going to have to crash the party eh?" Naruto said with a foxy smirk
Ayane blushed but glared at him "Fine... do as you wish" she gave up as left to pack her things.
"Eh? You use a suitcase? Why not just seal it?" Naruto said scaring Ayane after appearing inside her home
"GAH! What the... how did you get in here?" Ayane shouted
"You left the door open" Naruto said deadpanned.
"And you just invited yourself in like that?" Ayane said as she glared the blonde.
"sorry about that" Naruto said as she scratched the back of his head
"So... when are we leaving?" Naruto asked
"I am leaving tomorrow... I don't know about you" Ayane said
"Great... I will go with you... don't worry... you won't even know I am there" Naruto said with a smirk.
"Fine... do as you will" Ayane said grumbling.
"Awesome... thanks a bunch" Naruto winked and left.
"That boy ain't right" Ayane said as she grumbled.
The next day
Naruto woke up early and looked around... he felt Ayane's energy and it was waking up
"Well... time to get to work" Naruto said with a smirk
Naruto entered Ayane's home and used a henge... and laid as a perfect Fuuma shuriken.
"Time for a free ride... yeah!" Naruto thought with a smirk as Ayane put the shuriken on her back and left for the tournament.
"Maybe I can meet her again" Naruto thought to himself.
And so Naruto left towards the tournament with Ayane none the wiser.
And so, Naruto's newest adventures begin... how will he fare in the Dead Or Alive Tournament?
Will he learn something there?
This and MUCH MUCH MORE next time on: Dead or Alive: Biju's Plight
Chapter end