Shinobi Chronicles
By: Rotten Apple Misfit
Author's Note: If you've seen this story somewhere else it's because I posted it on another website. No I didn't steal it, it's mine. I just decided to edit it and make it better on here hoping you'll enjoy so please do.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All credit goes to Masashi Kishimoto. Dibs on the OCs though.
Chapter One: Escape
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A tall lean blond stood in a field of falling cherry blossoms. Every now and then he would smile to himself seeing how beautiful the day was. As he continued his walk down the small narrow dirt path, he noticed a small dark figure run pass him. It took Naruto a while to realize what had just happen and so he began to walk in the direction the little figure had gone. Continuing to walk, Naruto noticed that the cherry blossoms had stopped falling and the small dirt path he once walked on had vanished. Again and again, the mysterious figure ran back and forth until it finally cut right in front of him. As Naruto chased after the figure he noticed that the figure wasn't just a figure, but a boy. A boy with short, shaggy, blonde hair, a white ragged t-shirt covered in dirt, torn and stained blue shorts and feet that were bruised blistered and covered in blood.
They both ran, quickening their paces. "Hey kid! Slow down!" But this only made the young male run even faster until he finally took a sharp turn.
Naruto didn't hesitate and followed the boy, but stopped when he saw that they were at a dead end. The little boy placed one hand on the wall looking down while panting as if he were about to pass out. After catching his breath he pounded on the concrete barricade as if that would just make it disappear.
Naruto, stood there hunched over trying to catch his own breath, but still kept an eye on the boy watching his every move. "Hey kid," The boy didn't respond, but it was okay with the whiskered male—he expected this. "…are you all right? You were running as if something was chasing you. Well…besides me of course." Smirking and giving a light laugh, Naruto watched as the boy slowly raise his head and turned around.
Blue eyes widened in shock as Naruto tried taking a step back but fell instead. "Y-You you can't be!" Naruto raised his arm in defense as he stared at himself with disbelief.
The younger Naruto didn't react, but just replied in a monotonous voice, "If we don't hurry, It'll come back."
With only a small fraction of relief, Naruto lowered his arm slowly, seeing that his younger self meant no harm. "W-What will come back?"
Just then, a large dark shadow passed over the two making everything in its way quake causing the blonde to look up.
"What the fuck was that?" He then looked back at Young Naruto for an answer.
"That doesn't matter now. If we don't hurry, It will come back and It will find us."
"I don't get it, what will come back?! What will find us?! What the fuck is It?!"
Young Naruto sighed heavily before continuing on. "Will you ever learn? You can't escape It."
And just like that the rumbling grew immense. Naruto turned around. "Escape what?" But when he turned back around his younger self was nowhere in sight.
The whiskered blond jumped up running over to the wall and began pounding on it like a mad man. "Wait!! Escape what?! What is IT?!" Suddenly, the blond stopped when he saw an even larger and darker shadow than his own creep up on the wall. Slowly turning around, Naruto didn't even want to think about what lurked behind him.
Unfortunately his answer came sooner than he wanted as he threw himself against the wall.
Standing in front of his only way out was a colossal red and black mist form of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
"No…"
The gold eyes of the demon fox pierced his soul as saliva oozed and idly dripped from its mouth. Naruto went into a panic, hyperventilating as he looked for any possible way out, but it was too late. Kyuubi came charging at the blond claws extended, mouth open and no mercy at hand. Yet there was nothing Naruto could do.
No where to run.
No where to hide.
No where to--
Escape.
Naruto shot up covered in sweat and panting like a dog. Glancing about his bedroom, squinting, trying to make out the dark shadowy figures. He then looked down at Sakura, who made only a slight adjustment to her sleeping position, but remained peacefully asleep.
Climbing out of bed, the blue-eyed blond headed towards the half open door. Sliding it open, Naruto walked down the hallway until he came to another door which he then slid open also.
Inspecting the room, he looked for anything unusual until his gaze was caught by what look like a yellow and pink bush, poking out from in between the sheets. Walking over, Naruto pulled the sheets back and smiled at what lied beneath. Curled up into a tight ball, gripping the pillow as if it were trying to leave was a young girl. She was eleven or twelve with blond hair and cherry blossom pink ends. Shaking his head, Naruto put back the sheets and headed out.
After leaving that room, the blond headed further down the hallway, stopping at yet another door, he slid open and walked right in.
It took the blond a while to find exactly what he was looking for as he looked confusingly at the mess that lay on the bed below him. But as Naruto tangled and untangled the bed sheets, he still seemed to be having trouble finding it until there was a thud accompanied by a slight rumble under him. Looking down, giving a worried smile, Naruto shook his at the shaggy haired blond who laid on the floor also around eleven or twelve. Placing the sleeping blond back on his bead along with his sheets, Naruto scratched the side of his head before pulling the sheets off and throwing them on the floor without even thinking twice.
Continuing his inspection, the blond suddenly stopped when he spotted the light on in the bathroom. Slowly, like a cat, he crept down the hall pulling a katana down off a hanging shelf. Unsheathing the sword, Naruto crept closer and closer until he stood right by the entrance. Raising the sword above his head, he didn't wait another second before bringing the weapon down with all his strength, but was surprised at the loud 'Clang' that resulted in the end. Sakura took the toothbrush out of her mouth setting it on the counter. After spitting the paste out, the cherry blossom pink haired woman lowered her kunai along with Naruto's katana glaring at him.
"Go wake the kids."
Didn't even have to break a sweat to rewrite this chapter. Wooo!! Let's just hope the others are just as easy ; ;
