A/N: If I said I own Naruto, I'm as rotten as spoiled milk. I also do not own the plot entirely. This story was based upon the inspiration of CrAzY-SiLLy-Me so you must offer your thanks and admirable reviews to Iruki-kun as well.
Without further adieu, here's the story.
The Perfect Soldier
Prologue
They came out of nowhere…these…things.
I can't really describe to you what these creatures are or how they came into existence. They're like a race of species…but I'm not sure if they're even creatures at all to be classified as a species. They're like something that you would see in the depths of your imaginations…that turned into reality. They are a complete mystery to us and we're trying the best of our capability to find out more about these creatures we dubbed as "Chimeras."
No, I'm not referring to the creature in Greek mythology. For one, the Grecian Chimeras are fiction; a mere legend to grasp the common folk's imaginations. But the Chimeras that I'm talking about are real…so real that you'd think this is all a dream, an endless nightmare. No…the creatures that I speak of are far more terrifying, more menacing, more savage, and more sinister than the Grecian beast in the legend. And another thing that distinguished the Grecian Chimeras and the actual Chimeras is that they have one motive they carry out.
And that motive is?
To wipe us out from the face of the Earth.
As I look back, I wonder what Japan and our world would've have been like if Chimeras hadn't existed.… I should backtrack a bit and explain to you what exactly happened so pay attention, there will be much to absorb.
Decades ago, while World War I ended happily and peacefully, Japan was economically prospering and modernizing at record speed, like a speeding bullet train. Our country was improving the standard living of the common people and the political environment was functioning well with a charismatic Emperor. Japan at that moment, seems to have a bright future ahead of her.
Then strange things started to happen.
It started in the early 1950s when Russia completely shut itself out from the world. When I said completely, I mean COMPLETELY. As if the country was abandoned. You might think I'm talking crack like I always do when I'm wasted, but that was the only way I could describe the situation. Don't believe me? Then I should also tell you that same scenario was happening to every single European city, town, and village afterwards. The inhabitants disappeared as if into thin air. This was happening like a Bubonic Plague of epic proportions.
Then the weather started acting haywire in Japan. It was summer and Hokkaido was still in subzero temperatures, if not much colder. I don't know about you, but that is NOT normal. Nature was literally a mess. The seasonal crops couldn't grow because of the unusual temperature decrease. Yes this mysterious cold front literally popped out of nowhere and we didn't see it coming. There were simply no scientific explanations for any of this. It was an absolute enigma.
You should be wondering why those people didn't react to these strange series of events. The truth is they did. With nature so imbalanced, who wouldn't be terrified, or at least concerned? But who would've thought that some mysterious creatures have some sort of powerful technology to manipulate weather in their own will? They thought, back then, it was an outlandish story, like how you are considering this to be. But I speak nothing but the truth. As a governor, I swore an oath to never lie.
Then just like all the rumors that we've been hearing about Europe, it finally hit home. All sorts of communication with Hokkaido were cut off. Hokkaido was fine the day before (unless if you think abnormal perennial subzero temperatures is not fine). But on the next day, the people in Hokkaido just disappeared…including the military scouts sent to Hokkaido by the Japanese government. That was when people in Honshu and down south really started to panic.
"Just what the hell is going on?" That's what everybody was asking each other out in the streets as they socialized, trying to continue their daily life and finding some sort of normalcy in their routine. But deep down in all of their minds they knew that something evil was lurching up north that was too close for comfort.
Some people overnight packed their personal belongings and fled to China or Korea. As cliché as this may sound, those people were never seen or heard from again. As it turns out, even China and Korea was going thru the same extreme and eerie phenomena. As for the people that stayed behind in Japan, they locked themselves in their own homes, fearing what's going to happen next.
They got their answer sooner than they'd liked.
In the winter of that same year, 1968, they invaded Honshu and did it swiftly. The Chimeras wiped out each city, town, and village in less than one day. Japanese troops were deployed to fight this unknown force that has invaded our land. It was an absolute failure. There were almost no survivors. A miniscule amount of soldiers that escaped the catastrophic events described to the people and the government in a very disturbing account. The Chimeras were so technologically advanced that their weapons immediately overpowered the Japanese troops like squashing ants. The Japanese troops' advancement in technology was nothing compared to the Chimeras'.
It was a Blitzkrieg. Just when the Chimeras destroyed Sendai, the next day the Chimeras began attacking Tokyo in early 1970. People living in the cities and towns south of Honshu were now living their life in utter fear. I was only two then, but I vividly remembered the fear, disarray, and panic in the people's eyes. It was like the Apocalypse arrived on our doorstep. Japan's allies were unreachable and Japan was on its own dealing with these un-worldly monsters. All seemed lost.
But our Emperor and the government, having evacuated the people from Tokyo just in time before the invasion, never gave up on us or gave up resisting this force of evil even when the odds were against us. Their determined will and bravery gave the people some spark of courage and hope that something positive can come out of this.
In the meantime, the government regrouped and reorganized Japan from the ground up. The government and the Emperor called out all villages, towns and cities in Honshu that haven't been invaded by the Chimeras to quickly flee to Osaka, Kobe, or Kyoto while the three cities must expediently expand to accommodate the refugees. After the exodus of massive refugees, the Emperor and the government declared that these three cities will be the only cities in Honshu Island. These cities, being close to each other in terms of distance, will be heavily guarded by the Japanese Army. Hopefully, some sort of normalcy could be returned to the people.
The best miracle that ever happened for our resistance cause is the introduction of a technology that we would never thought could exist in our time. It would seem these science engineers have developed a type of machine that could create a dome, or barrier that could prevent outside attacks. To some extent, the common people's hopes of normalcy came to them. They couldn't thank the government and the Emperor enough for their courage and hard work.
And so domes were placed into the three Japanese cities in Honshu, now known as the Japanese Triangle. New names were given to the corners of the triangle. The names were the former names of ninja villages. Kyoto Dome, the location of the government and Emperor's headquarters, became Konohagakure; Osaka Dome became Kirigakure; and Kobe Dome became Sunagakure.
How scientists developed such a groundbreaking invention, you ask? It was all due to the military's work. While the Chimeras were finishing off Aomori, the Japanese government and the Emperor were also extensively and expediently reforming the ways of the military in order to fit the conditions of resisting this terrifying race, which amazingly knew the ways of modern military tactics. Our solution was old-fashion stealth, deception and guerrilla warfare, in other words the ninja arts with a combination of modern weapons and warfare as a form of counterattack.
The military system now branches itself in a series of "threes." A squad, led by a commander chosen by the governor or General of the "village," consists of three captain-led teams. Each team would have three lower-level soldiers. A mission such as frontal assault and rescue operations involves the entire squad. A mission such as information-gathering and smuggling would involve individual teams. It was these missions that allowed us to get a better grasp what their technology is like and invented the dome. It was also the latter part of these missions that gives many people and the government an early warning and fled Tokyo just in time.
The military ranking system had also been substantially reformed. There are now three "levels" (A, B, and C) equivalent to the three ninja rankings of Jonin, Chuunin, and Genin respectively. The military levels are then sub-grouped into 5 stars. Once a soldier obtains 5 stars, he is eligible to be promoted to the next level.
Finally, we gave our military a new name for the purpose of inciting the spirit of the people to enlist. We called our army, the Kamikaze Army. The reason we gave such a name is because of how the divine wind had twice saved us from Mongol invasion centuries ago. We all hoped a divine intervention could once again save us from invasion and total destruction.
I could hope for some divine intervention right now. Just because of these dramatic reforms it doesn't mean everything is now fine and dandy. Even to this very day in the 21st century we're still fighting these malignant monsters. The Chimeras are becoming more and more aggressive in their surveillance on some certain projects and their offensive attacks are absolutely ruthless.
But that's not the worst of it. When we lose soldiers in the battlefield, they are either brutally killed or abducted by these sinister creatures. Sadly, these captured (and injured) men will be taken away to be mutated, becoming one of them; the same ones we're sworn to kill. I prayed everyday before I sleep that I could witness their extinction before I die. Yet everyday I hear more bad news from the battlefield and here in the Konoha. There's so much political instabilities and scandals I have to clean up, which I have no time for.
One day, I heard the worst of all the news.
Dan was taken away from me when he was on a high-ranking mission. Yet I couldn't be more proud of him. I love him more than anything for his unconditional love, valor, and honor for me and this country. His subordinates said Dan created a diversion so his three teams could escape, with his life as the ultimate sacrifice. The captains didn't dare tell me in detail as to how exactly he died. But their silence was enough for me to know that it was an extremely violent one.
Never in my life have I had so many burdens on my shoulders.
I am the Konohagakure Kamikaze Governor General, Tsunade. Right now I am also the Commander-replacement for Dan's squad out in battlefield, which adds up to the list of political uproarsand dramas in the Neo-Parliament. The Parliament were the least pleased that a woman, not to mention the governor AND the general, is going out in the front lines. But there's no time to argue: we're in danger inside and outside of the domes.
Yet the vicious war continues…and it seems this fight for survival will never end.
End of Prologue
A/N: Just for you readers to know, this is based upon the video game Resistance: Fall of Man. I didn't go into a whole detail into the background but basically R:FOM is based on an alternative history where WWI ended peacefully and therefore there was no Great Depression, FDR and the New Deal, WWII, Hitler, Lenin. and all that junk. But then the Chimeras showed up and everything went amok.
If you remember correctly, there was no Hitler/Nazis in this universe so therefore the actual Blitzkrieg never happened! That goes for the infamous Kamikaze Pilots as well. If you know your WWII history, the name Kamikaze had a bad conotation to the American Allies as these pilots were notorious for suicide attacks on US battleships. So when I used the term Blitzkrieg and Kamikaze, there's no negative historical significance in Tsunade's (and the people in this universe) mindset. But to us, there is a huge significance and that's what I'm trying to point across!
I personally have not played the game but have watched my friends play it like mad (until Guitar Hero 3 came...) so I do have some background knowledge to this but might not be 100 percent accurate. Thus...
Constructive criticism is allowed! You heard me! I allow you to criticize me! I am a human being after all so therefore I make mistakes such as contradicting myself but most importantly grammar and spelling. I'll be more than happy if you (nicely) correct me. If you have suggestions, you could do so via review or PM if the details are about the plot or very specific suggestions.
Anyhow, this is the prologue to introduce you guys to the situation, if you will, of the ff you're about to read. I'll have chpt one soon...maybe by next week or two since I still have time on my side...but not for long.
Mar./05: Though this will not be important for readers in future readings, many were cornfused about the different place names mentioned in the prologue so I added some info below just so you guys can get a better idea of the movements of the humans and Chimeras:
-Honshu: Japan consists of many islands. This is the biggest one and the setting of our story.
-Aomori: The most northern city in Honshu and has a seaport that connects with southern Hokkaido. When Chimeras invaded Honshu Island, Aomori would be the first to fall.
-Sendai: Roughly 300km north of Tokyo and is roughly in the midpoint from Aomori and Tokyo.
