Naruto Shippuden: Fates

Chapter 2: Mission Begin! The Mysterious Girl Azura Appears!

It was a quiet night tonight, the crisp wind breezing through the air, the moons reflection on the waters surface, the blades of grass blowing in the wind, and a lone blue haired girl next to the lakebed dancing and singing a tune with a beautiful, soothing melody. She then stopped what she was doing and sat down near the edge of the water, in her thoughts as she enjoyed the moonlight shining down.

"Hmm… tonight seems to be quite peaceful. However, the conflict between Nohr and Hoshido seems to escalate with each passing day." The mysterious dancer wondered.

She was shaken out of her thoughts when a bright light shone in the sky and gazed at what looked to be a shooting star at first glance. But, she knew that shooting stars, don't appear from bright flashes of light in the middle of a clear night sky.

"That is not any ordinary star, it…. has an otherworldly feel to it." She deduced.

Oh how right she was. Just as she finished that sentence, the supposed star, changed its course and landed into an all too familiar forest.

"It changed its direction of flight? That is not normal. Whatever that thing was, it must be an organic life form. Inanimate objects don't just change patterns midflight." The blue haired girl surmised. "If it landed in the Woods of Forlorn, then I must make haste. The monsters of that forest will be attracted to whatever that was."

Elsewhere…..

A young girl and man with platinum blond hair are walking through the streets of the town they were in until a bright shining light appeared in the sky, a shooting star appearing from within the light and falling down.

"OOOOOH! Look Xander, a shooting star! We should make a wish!" the young child said expressing her excitement.

"Elise, I am too old for childish stories, I am a prince of Nohr, I must have dignity." The now identified Xander announced.

"You're no fun… if big brother Corrin was here he would have did it." Elise pouted.

"Speaking of the boy, where is he?" the young Nohrian prince questioned.

"Who knows, you know he likes to wander off a lot. I just hope he doesn't run into any Hoshidan meanies!" Elise exclaimed. She worries about Corrin a lot. But the boy is old enough to look after himself.

"Do not fret Elise, our brother can certainly take care of Hoshidan trash with ease. After all, he IS our brother." The prince reassured his younger sibling.

Looking back at the star they both relaxed, until it somehow changed its path and landed in a forest.

"Uhhh…. Brother, stars shouldn't be able to do that, right?" a nervous Elise asked.

"That isn't an ordinary star, it shouldn't be able to change its path during descent. Inform Leo and Camilla, we must hurry." Xander issued the order to Elise.

"Understood!" she replied. She took off in the other direction as Xander stared ahead.

"This pit in my stomach, my gut tells me the Hoshidans are behind this." The man thought aloud.

In the Woods of Forlorn…

"RASENGAN!" A battle cry was heard, taking out a monster what seemingly had an iron mask on, and there were many of them.

"Damn, am I lucky that grandpa six restored my chakra, wounds, and my arm before coming here, or else I'd be fishcake soup for these guys." Naruto said being grateful, until he realized the last few words that came out of his mouth. "….. AGGGGGHH! Only me would make a joke about my own damn name and not realize it!"

The blond shinobi cried out, grasping his head with his hands with anime tears streaming down his face. Yep, same old knucklehead. But right now he had found himself to be in quite a pickle.

"Damn it, now isn't the time for this! I gotta- OOHHH BOY!" Naruto blurted out as he dodged an incoming punch that made a crater beneath him.

"HEY! WATCH WHERE YA AIMING YA FACELESS BASTARD!" the young war hero shouted in anger.

"GRRRAAAAAHHH!" the monster roared at the insult the ninja gave him.

"Looks like you can understand me huh? Someone a little saltyyyy….." finding humor at the iron faced enemies reaction, he teases his opponent.

The monster tries to crush the shinobi but thanks to his extraordinary reflexes, he dodges the strike with little to no effort.

"Well damn ugly, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen! Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!" the blond cried out as he brought his fingers together to make a familiar cross shaped hand sign. And just like that the monsters were defeated, and they faded away in a black smoke.

"Phew that was close." Naruto said relieved. He just got there and things were already trying to kill him. Well, were he was from, that was on a daily basis, so it wasn't anything new. Nearby, a young blue haired girl was hiding behind bushes in awe over the abilities he performed.

"A-Amazing, so he was that falling star? I better not make any noises or else I'd be spotted." She whispered to herself. Completely unaware that there was a figure standing behind her.

"You know… that kind of blue hair and white clothing aren't good for stealth. You stick out like a popsicle." The familiar voice said giving advice.

She tensed up, how did he know she was there? Then again considering his abilities, he should've noticed anyways.

She ran out of the bushes in panic and ran into the real thing falling flat on her back.

"Hey are you okay? You fell pretty hard there." The orange wearing boy asked concerned kneeling down.

"I am alright, how did you know I was here?" she asked softly. She didn't know why, but now that she was up close, she could feel at ease. (Why am I feeling so comfortable around him?)

"Well I am a ninja, and there were a lot of clones around so whatever they saw, heard or experienced, the memories would come right back to me when they're dispelled." He said.

"I've never met a ninja, who could use techniques like those. Who are you? I am Azura the dancer." She greeted.

"The name's Uzumaki Naruto! Nice to meet ya Azura!" He replied back with a big fox like grin and a thumbs up.