So I just finished chapter 14 of Rising Tides and am still in a writing mood as I begin this. To answer a few questions. First off yes Naruto and Sasuke are a year older and therefore will be a year ahead of Yang, Weiss, and Blake. As far as the E & N of team SEVN I am unsure at this time whether they will be OC's or Naruto characters since off the top of my head none of them have names that would fit unless I gave them made up surnames that work. But they won't be appearing for a while so I have plenty of time to decide upon that. Anywho read and review flames welcome blah blah blah on with the show.
Lucky Team S.E.V.N. Chapter 2.
Naruto laid panting against a tree. It had been almost six months since his encounter with the blonde huntsman and his daughters. Six long months since he had decided that he himself would become a huntsman and show people that not all faunus' were bad. He had continued to work around the city to pay for food, until his life took a turn for the better. He still remembered how one day about a month after the huntsman had helped him the shopkeeper who had caused all of the problems for him had called him back into his store as Naruto walked by.
FLASHBACK
The first time this happened the seven year old fox faunus had immediately ran off in the other direction. That night Naruto remembered going without food, since after the incident he ran directly to the alley where he had made his camp. Several days later after Naruto had fled from the man every day leading up to it, Naruto finally gingerly approached the man. The shopkeeper looked at the small boy his hair clinging to his head and face as a heavy rain fell down on the city.
"Your name is Naruto right?" The round man asked causing Naruto to take a step back as he nodded his head. The man looked sadly at the boy who was so afraid to even stand and converse with him. "My name is Kenneth." The man said smiling down at the boy. Naruto's posture eased slightly, but a trained eye could still tell the boy was on a hair trigger before he would take off again. "I feel as though I owe you an apology and an explanation after what happened." The man said frowning again at Naruto's reaction of eyeing him skeptically. "Come inside boy, I promise I will not harm you." Kenneth said as he stepped aside motioning for Naruto to come in.
"Why should I believe you? What's to keep you from beating me up once I come inside?" The blonde faunus asked the man who simply sighed in response, he certainly couldn't fault the boys logic.
"I swear on my livelihood that I won't harm you now get inside. Rain like this is nothing for a boy your age to be out in." Kenneth said as Naruto finally slowly walked into the store. "How old are you?" Kenneth asked as he walked to a back room coming forward with a towel which he promptly handed to Naruto. The blonde quickly swiped the towel from the man's grip and inspected it before he began to dry himself with it.
"I am seven years old, but I'll be eight in less than a month." Naruto said looking over at a calendar on the wall. Kenneth smiled at the boys excitement towards his birthday.
"Is that so? When is your birthday?" Kenneth asked looking to the calendar.
"October tenth is my birthday." Naruto said with a smile on his face. However just as quickly as the smile appeared on his face it morphed to a frown as he looked down to the floor. "So what did you want old man?" Naruto asked in a sullen tone still looking at the ground.
"Naruto is what you told Taiyang about your parents true?" Kenneth asked looking at the young faunus. Naruto merely nodded his head dejectedly. Kenneth walked to a display case behind one of the counters in his shop and retrieved a photo. As he walked over to the blonde he held the picture for the faunus to see.
"Naruto, what do you know about the White Fang?" Kenneth asked the boy causing him to glare up at him.
"They're a bunch of no good assholes who make regular faunus like me miserable. They don't care about anyone but themselves, and they don't care who they hurt in trying to make their goals come true." Naruto said growing angrier the more he talked about them. "It's their fault I'm so miserable and alone. I hate them." He said throwing the towel onto the floor.
"Well I won't disagree with you on that, at least not with how they are now." Kenneth looked sadly down at the picture Naruto was currently inspecting. Taking a second to process what the man said, Naruto looked up at him with a confused expression.
"What do you mean how they are now? Hasn't the White Fang always been a bunch of pricks?" Naruto asked causing the larger man to chuckle.
"Not exactly Naruto. While their goal has always been to make a better world for faunus, they weren't always so misguided as they are now. Would you believe me if I said me and my wife used to support them at rallies?" Kenneth asked causing Naruto to look up at him skeptically.
"You used to go to pro faunus rallies?" Naruto asked looking up at the man not exactly sure what to think anymore.
"Yes Naruto you see the woman in this picture?" Kenneth asked showing Naruto the picture again. Next to what was obviously a much younger Kenneth was a beautiful pale skinned woman with long black hair, amber eyes, and elongated canines. The teeth were only noticeable because one of them poked ever so slightly through her closed, smiling lips.
"She's beautiful." Naruto said looking at the woman, before looking up at Kenneth. "Who is she?" Naruto asked before noticing the sad expression on Kenneths face as he looked at the woman.
"She was my wife." Kenneth said as a tear rolled down his face. "She was also a faunus, her and her twin sister. However her sisters faunus traits were much more noticeable." Kenneth said walking behind the counter and fetching another picture which he showed to Naruto. Sure enough there was Kenneth, his wife, and another woman with the same features. Except that on top of her head sat a pair of black cat ears. In her arms was a small bundle, but judging by how she cradled it Naruto assumed it was a baby. "This picture was taken a day after my sister in law was released from the hospital. She had just given birth to my niece Blake." Kenneth explained, as he set the pictures back down.
"What happened to her? What happened to all of them?" Naruto asked knowing something bad must have happened.
"It was five years ago that they killed my wife. Right after the old leader of the White Fang "Stepped down" A bunch of them showed up at our house. They were trying to recruit my wife and my sister in law to fight for the White Fang." Kenneth began using air quotations when describing the leaders exit. "Both of them of course refused. A fight broke out, and a fire started. I was shot since at the time I hadn't been a huntsman in the better part of two decades. My sister in law ran into the house to save Blake, and my wife took a bullet that was meant to finish me off. We told her sister to take Blake and run." Kenneth said his fists clenching so tightly that his knuckles turned white. "My wife died in my arms that night. As far as Serena and Blake, I haven't seen them since. After that night I just took my anger at the loss of my wife out on every faunus I saw, completely disregarding the fact that she had been a faunus herself." Kenneth said looking across the room to the picture with both women in it. Naruto looked at the man with a sad expression on his face. It made sense now why he had been so rude to Naruto. He also had lost something to the White Fang.
"So why did you bring me here?" Naruto asked causing Kenneth to look at him a sad smile on his face. "I hope it wasn't just to tell me a sad story." Naruto tried to joke in the hopes of lightening the mood.
"Naruto where are you staying?" Kenneth asked making the boy look back to the ground.
"No where, I was in an orphanage but they threw me out. I assume you can guess what for." Naruto answered not lifting his eyes up.
"Do you have anything of value where you're staying?" Kenneth asked causing Naruto to look at the man, again on edge. "I simply want to know if you need to return there or if I can show you to the extra bedroom." Kenneth said completely leaving Naruto at a loss.
"Extra bedroom? Why would you take me to that?" Naruto asked not quite grasping what Kenneth was suggesting.
"I have made a lot of mistakes in my life Naruto. I do not count my wife as one of them, but I do count my actions towards faunus since her death as some of my greatest. I was hoping that I could start making that right by offering you a place to stay." Kenneth finally finished looking down at the young fox faunus.
"Are you saying you want me to stay here?" Naruto asked looking up at Kenneth with a thinly veiled smile.
"Yes Naruto, I would be happy to let you stay here. No more doing jobs that don't pay you." Kenneth said noticing tears beginning to form in the corners of Naruto's eyes. "So like I said is there anything that we need to go get, or can I start making dinner?" Kenneth asked the young faunus.
"I just have a few things, but I can get them myself." Naruto answered back, still having a hard time believing this was happening. No more sleeping outside, no more having to do odd jobs, no more going hungry he thought to himself. "So Kenneth you used to be a huntsman?" The young boy asked, causing the older man to smile.
"That was ages ago." Kenneth answered back, again looking at the photo of his wife. "it's actually how I met my wife." He said before turning his attention to the boy. "Now if you insist go grab your things and come back here, I'll have dinner ready when you get back." Kenneth had barely finished the sentence before the blonde shot out the door.
END FLASHBACK
Naruto grinned remembering how his first meal that night was a noodle soup called ramen. Naruto instantly fell in love with the dish, always asking Kenneth to make it any chance he got. Perhaps it was because it was his first meal with someone he trusted, especially since Kenneth said the dish was nothing special but Naruto would always love ramen. He slowly rose to his feet to begin heading back to the shop. He only had to wait a little longer before Kenneth would begin training him to be a huntsman. The old shopkeeper had promised that as soon as he got back into acceptable shape he would help Naruto train. Until then he had unlocked Naruto's aura, which he noted was larger than some of the students he remembered at Beacon had had. He also focused on righting Naruto's diet so that the boy could actually grow. The progress over the months had been incredibly hard to miss, with Naruto transforming from a noticeably malnourished shrimp to a healthy looking boy. Due to his constant working out he was still lean, but he no longer looked like he hadn't eaten in days. Along with this had come a small growth spurt having been under four feet before. Naruto now stood at four and a half feet tall, making him a few inches bigger than most kids his age. Wearily the blonde stood and began making his way back to Kenneth's shop. The young faunus kept to himself simply letting the few derogatory remarks go. He knew what he was, and he held no grudges against the ignorant people. It wasn't long before the shop came into view, a grin appearing on the blondes face. This disappeared however as a black haired boy seemed to purposely bump shoulders with the blonde. Naruto simply turned and glared at the young man, until another older person seemed to appear and backhand the young faunus.
"An animal does well to remember it's place." The red haired man said, as he glared down at Naruto.
"Do you really expect any better from a beast Reid?" The black haired boy asked looking at Naruto as he rose to his feet.
"Right this guy slaps a child for no reason and I'm the beast. Hello pots, I'm called kettle." Naruto said with a smirk looking back at the boy. He assumed that they were roughly the same age. The boys face contorted in rage as he swung his fist at Naruto.
"You faunus piece of trash!" The black haired boy yelled, only to stop when Naruto caught his arm. "Let go of me you mongrel." The boy said causing Naruto to smirk again.
"If you insist." The blonde said before pulling the boy towards him and lashing out with a headbutt. Their two foreheads collided causing the black haired boy to fall backwards. Naruto stood over him smiling, but his triumph was short lived. The man now identified as Reid backhanded the young faunus again.
"My my Sasuke, how sad that you're beaten by this thing." Reid said as he kicked Naruto, who still lay on the ground. "I guess I'm just going to have to up your training." The man said as a malicious smile appeared on his face. "Get up Sasuke, we're leaving." Reid said as he began to walk away. The boy now known as Sasuke stood up shakily and looked at Naruto.
"Next time I see you I'll wipe the floor with you, you pathetic vermin." Sasuke said as he turned to walk away. He knew Reid was in one of his fouler moods, and making him wait would only make things worse for him.
"Okay, that hurt." Naruto said with a wheeze as he rose to his feet. Looking at the back of the black haired boy, he couldn't help but wonder why people would go so far to make someone else unhappy. He felt like calling out to him, but soon remembered that now he was running late. "Next time." The blonde muttered under his breath as he began to make his way back to Kenneth's shop.
BREAK
Sasuke Uchiha was not in a good mood. Not only had he been embarrassed by that stupid faunus, but now his teacher Reid was unhappy with him. The raven haired boy had learned very quickly in his time with the man, that an angry Reid was a bad thing. As it stood the young Uchiha was left to ponder exactly how Reid would go about punishing him. The answer came shortly after the pair had cleared the busier part of the city. Sasuke heard the distinct crackle of Reid's whip pulsing with electricity. Thinking quickly Sasuke chose a direction to jump hoping to avoid the strike. Luck however was not on the Uchiha's side as the whip came down to snap him on the arm. Blood flowed down from the cut the whip had caused as Sasuke's arm now hung limp at his side.
"You worthless little stool sample of a human." Reid said in a clearly displeased tone as he lashed out with his whip again. This strike landed on Sasuke's back as he again tried to dodge, sending him to the ground. "Quit running around and defend yourself. If I wanted to senselessly beat on something I'd go find your little friend again!" The redheaded man shouted. Sasuke proceeded to draw a short sword he had been training with and begin to try and block Reid's strikes. Luckily for the black haired boy Reid had hit his right arm, leaving his dominant left arm fully functional. This glimmer of hope was short lived however, as Reids whip came around again this time heading straight at his face. Sasuke closed his eyes bracing for the hit. He opened his eyes however to see Reid's whip approaching slower than it looked like it should've been. Sasuke was able to raise his sword, to parry the strike before he instinctually lunged forward swiping his sword at his teacher. The black haired boy looked at the surprised look on his teachers face, which soon changed into a smile. "Sasuke we're done for today." Reid said retracting his whip. Sasuke grew more confused as the man touched his bleeding cheek. Normally any time Sasuke had been able to wound the man, he would become that much more violent.
"Why are we stopping?" Sasuke asked still eyeing the man warily.
"Look at your eyes." Reid answered back tossing Sasuke his scroll. Sasuke caught the device and looked down at it only to gasp at his reflection. Instead of his normally black eyes, he saw red eyes each with what looked like one comma around the pupil. "I had heard about your brothers semblance having to do with his eyes, and figured it wouldn't hurt to see if you had it as well. It would appear that you do." Reid explained causing Sasuke to look at him. "Itachi named it the Sharingan. It means mirror wheel eye in some dead language, but I agree with Itachi. The name has a nice ring to it." Reid said looking at his own scroll before he began to type a message. Sasuke merely thought about his new ability. If it was like Itachi's then he would surely learn how to use it better than his brother.
END:
So yea that took a long time to write. Yes the Sharingan is a familial semblance for the Uchiha. it will be slightly limited in that since there are no Jutsu to copy it has lost a major function. However it will still provide increased vision and reaction time, plus the Mangekyou version will be different for the two brothers. As for Naruto you'll just have to wait and see, although I'm sure you can guess what his semblance will be. Also I have figured out a way for both of them to use several elements at once. That will appear next chapter. WIll update again when able. Read and review, P.S. Flames welcome.
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