The Uzumaki Hunters
A/N: Welcome back. I've changed the title, more catchy don't you think? A very special thanks to adngo714 for the title. Anyway the first poll is closed and the winner is a draw, wow. Because it IS a draw I will make the final vote, so crash landing it is.
Now then, ONTO THE STORY!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Megaman X8, the 1973 Charlotte's Web, OR the TMNT 1990 Movie.
Chapter2: A new player, Naruto's new family and Naruto's first lullaby
(Story Begin)
(Scene Change: The Void)
We see the Author in a recliner watching a movie *WHIFF* *WHI-WHAP* "A Jose Canseco Bat? Tell me... you didn't pay money for this." "Ooh." *Whump* "It was a two for one sale, pal. What are you? Some kind of punker?" "Huh?" "Ugh I hate punkers. Especially bald-ones in green make up who wear masks over their ugly faces." "NEW BATTER!" *WHIFF* "Strike one!" *WHOO*"Low whiffer!" *WHOO-WHOSH* *WHUMP* "HOME RUN! RAPHIEL WINS! ONE, NOTHING!" The Author laughs at Raphael's actions "HA ha, 'Raphael wins one nothing'." He then stiffened and turned his head towards the camera. "YAAA!" He yelled out, falling out of the recliner. "WHAT THE HECK MAN! YOU JUST SCARED THE *BLEEP* OUT OF ME!" He then paused and took deep breaths to relax himself. "Okay, now I know that you want to find out what's going on very badly, but can you please not startle me like that. Okay? Now then" The Author started sitting back down in his chair "go over there" he said, pointing behind him "and go meet 'The New Player' while I continue watching my movie." then he returned his attention to said movie. "COME BACK HERE! I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU! DAAAMMN!"
(Scene Change: Another part of the Void)
We see a figure in some sort of purple armor with spaces in the helmet making a capital 'T' faced down of the floor. When he got up he noticed his armor color and shouted "WHAT THE *BLEEP*? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY ARMOR?" He then looked at his shoulder "WHERES MY CANNON! OKAY, WHOEVERS DOING THIS KNOCK IT OFF IT CAUSE IT AIN'T FUNNY!" Only then did he look around and saw that he was in a white void "WHO'S IN CHARGE AROUD HERE!" he shouted.
"WOULD YOU QUIT SHOUTING? I'M TRYING TO WATCH A MOVIE." was the armored figures answer. He looked towards the sound and saw a shadowy figure in a recliner chair watching a movie from a floating TV screen. The armored person walked up to the chair and heard a bit of the movie.
"This is a Classic" "Oh no, not Cagney." (Impersonating James Cagney) "Hmm, You Dirty Rat, You Killed My Bruddah. You Dirty Rat, Hmm." The figure then turned to the other and said "Welcome to the Void. I am the Author." The armored figure did the head equivalent of rolling his eyes and said sarcastically "Yeah sure nice to meet you whatever. Now then, I want my cannon back and I want it now." "In a minute, I'm watching a movie." said the Author, not looking away from the screen. The purple clad figure then leaned over, put his hand on the authors shoulder and said "Do you KNOW who I AM?" The Author then turned to the invisible camera and grinned thinking 'You KNOW this would be a perfect juggernaut joke.' He then turned back to the armored figure, his grin lowered into a smirk, and answered "Your name is Vile; you are rude and have a short temper."
*SCOFF*
"A toddler could figure that out." Vile Scoffed, crossing his arms.
"You were classified as an A to S rank hunter when you were a hunter. You were considered 'maverick' when you completely tore apart an enemy reploid by hand."
*HEH HEH HEH* "I guess you've done your homework." Vile said seemingly praising him while inside he was nervously thinking 'How much does this punk know!'
The author then lost all tone and said "During the FIRST war sigma caused, his emblem was just a sticker on your helmet and only became permanent after your second armor. And your persona of being a psychotic killing machine is nothing more than a mask."
At that Vile lost all sense of humor and said "So what do you want?"
The Author smiled and said "Well... For starters, I want to finish my movie. THEN I'll tell you what I want."
Vile looked at him dumfounded. "That's it?" He asked in disbelief.
The Author Nodded.
"WHAT KIND OF BULL*BLEEP* IS THAT! YOU DON'T JUST *BLEEP*ING REVIEAL SECRETS LIKE THAT AND ACT SO CALMLY!..." Vile ranted.
*SIGH* "This is going to take a while." He turned to the viewers and said "You guys read the story while I finish my movie and maybe he'll be done by then. Mikey, Donny what would you do?" *CRUNCH* "Pork Rind?" "Pork Rind."
(Scene change: Konohagakure, Hokage Monument)
It has just past noon over the hidden leaf village. We see our favorite blond-haired blue-eyed jinchuuriki sitting on top of the fourth hokage's head, a forlorn look on his face.
*SIGH* "Happy birthday me. At least I was able to get out of my house this time." Naruto said trying to cheer himself up. Two years ago he had gotten his own apartment when the old man caught him sleeping in an ally. Last year when he turned four the villagers had beaten him up more than usual. One person had even brought out a katana. The last thing he could remember about that day was a lightning covered fist punching through the villager's chest. "Now all I need is a family to celebrate my birthday with me."He said lowering his head, until he heard whistling sound coming from above him.
"Huh?" Naruto wondered out loud, he craned his neck in time to see a white comet (Which is really hard to see in bright sunlight) soar behind him and into the forest behind him. Naruto could tell it landed when he hear a thud, the strange part was that it didn't shake the ground. Naruto, being curious, went towards the crash.
(Scene Change: Crater)
We see three figures in the crater, two with brown hair and one with blond. One of the brown haired figures was wearing a blue shirt and his hair barley went past his neck. The other figure looked younger than the other two and had an X shaped scar on his nose. He wore a black shirt with red markings and pants with the same color scheme. His hair, although long enough to reach his mid-back, was tied up and somehow defying gravity. The third figure had long blond hair that easily reached his/her legs. He/She wore a red shirt and, like the one in blue, wore tan colored pants.
*GROAN* "What a ride." said the blond in red, revealing that he was male. Once he saw his surroundings, revealing his blue eyes, he decided to climb out of the crater to make sure they were alone. As he climbed he noticed that he wore white gloves, chuckling to himself he thought 'I guess some things never change.'
Naruto reached his destination in time to see a gloved hand reach over the edge. He froze as he saw a blond haired man in a red shirt climb up. The man apparently noticed him and said "Hey kid" as finished pulling himself out of the crater and lay down.
Naruto however was amazed that the man didn't scowl or glare at him and decided to try to help him out. "Do you need any help mister?" Naruto asked, walking closer to the blond man.
"I'm okay, but I need to wake my friends up. Do you think you can help?" The man asked, making his way back down into the crater.
"Uhh... sure." Naruto said following the man.
"Okay I'm going to wake up this guy." The man said pointing towards the guy with the scar. "You go wake up my other friend." he concluded pointing to the guy in blue.
He then walked towards the scared teen and lightly slapped him and said "Come on buddy, nap times over."
Naruto walked over to the teen in blue and began poking him in the shoulder "Hey get up."
The response was a mumbled "five more minutes."
Naruto pouted and said "Come on man, get up"
Instead of a reply the teen rolled over, still asleep, grabbed Naruto, and held him like a teddy bear.
Naruto had stiffened up, not used to any sort of hugs or grabs that weren't meant to hurt him.
The other two, the blond had woke up his friend, had saw that their friend had began to cuddle Naruto.
"Need some help little buddy."
"Does that mean that I'm not little anymore?" the scared teen asked.
"Yes, yes it does." said the blond.
"FINALLY!" shouted the teen.
Fortunately the shout woke up the third friend, who saw what he was doing.
He let go of Naruto and embarrassingly said "I'm so sorry."
Naruto, embarrassed as well, said "It's okay."
He then looked at all three of them and asked "Who are you guys."
The blond spoke first "My name is Zero."
The scarred teen was second "The names Axl little buddy."
The one who had grabbed naruto smiled and said "I'm X."
Naruto tilted his head to the side and asked "'X'? What kind of name is that?"
X continued to smile and said "It's a variable. It represents limitless potential."
Naruto looked at X with awe and said "That's COOL!"
Zero then asked "So what's your name kid?"
Naruto gave his foxy grin and declared "MY NAME IS NARUTO UZUMAKI, AND I'M GOING TO BE THE NEXT HOKAGE!"
Axl chuckled and said "Hokage huh? That's a pretty big goal. But I got to know, why are you out here?"
Naruto's grin faded as he said "Well nobody likes me and since today's my birthday everyone gets mad at me. I usually come out here when I want to be alone."
Zero, who had been thinking how to get naruto to accept them as family, asked "But where is your family? Shouldn't they be with you?"
Naruto's eyes began to brim with tears as he said "I don't have a family, and the lady at the orphanage said that little demons don't deserve a family." Naruto began to sniffle as he lowered his head as he asked to himself "Why do I have to be alone?"
X didn't even ask permission as he enveloped Naruto in a hug.
*SHHH* "Its okay Naruto." X cooed, rubbing circles into the boys back.
Naruto had initially stiffened at the hug but eventually returned it, wrapping his arms around X's neck and sobbing into his shoulder.
Zero and Axl looked in disbelief. Had they not known that X was a boy they could have sworn he was female.
"You said you don't have a family, Naruto?" Axl asked causing Naruto to look at him, his eyes red and puffy, and nodded. "Well how about if we become your family?" Axl asked.
Naruto looked at Axl with wide eyes and then looked to Zero "Y-you would do that?"
Zero gave a warm smile and just nodded. Naruto then looked to X and before he could say anything X said "Of course we would like to become a part of your family."
*GURGLE*
Axl and Naruto blushed in embarrassment as Zero said "How about we get something to eat, to celebrate."
Naruto beamed and said "I know the perfect place"
(Scene Change: Ichiraku Ramen Stand 3 o'clock)
The group walked into the stand, luckily avoiding many of the villagers. Naruto then called out "Teuchi-ojisan, Ayame-neechan I'm back!"
Said ramen makers came out from the back of the restaurant as they greeted their favorite customer. They then noticed the people behind Naruto. "Uh, Naruto, who are your friends?" Teuchi asked being cautious about strangers around Naruto.
Naruto, oblivious to Teuchi's tone of voice, did his foxy grin and proudly said "They're my new family." causing Teuchi and Ayame to stare in disbelief.
Axl decided to break the tension "The names Axl and these guys are X and Zero. Naruto says you make the best ramen in the whole village. Do you think we can test it?" Axl said with a sly grin. Teuchi, sensing potential customers, said "Ayame prep the noodles!"
As the four sat down Naruto asked "Since you're my family, what does that make you?"
X closed his eyes in concentration and when he opened him he said "How about we become your brothers? I mean Zero and I are about fifteen, right?" Looking towards Zero he received a nod in confirmation.
Zero then added "And Axl is a two years younger than us easy."
Axl crossed his arms and pouted but he nodded all the same.
Naruto smiled at the fact he got four brothers.
Teuchi brought the bowls and said "Here you go boys; this round is on the house!"
"Thanks!" Naruto and Axl said digging in while Ayame giggled at their similar actions.
"So where did you three come from?" Ayame asked in curiosity.
Axl didn't hear her due to his concentration on his ramen.
It was X who answered her "We came from a very far village."
"Really where is it?" Teuchi asked understanding why the three didn't scorn Naruto.
"Gone."
X, Teuchi, and Ayame looked towards Zero.
"The village is gone, and even if it wasn't I doubt that anyone else would've survived." Zero continued while eating his ramen with his eyes closed.
"What do you mean 'gone'?" Ayame asked worried at the tone Zero used.
"He means that it was destroyed in an explosion, a HUGE explosion."
"How?" Teuchi asked in disbelief.
"We had discovered that we had a traitor in our village and when we found him we were too late." Zero replied.
"Although we... got rid of him, we weren't able to disarm the bomb. When the bomb exploded the three of us were sent sailing. It was pure luck that we even survived." X continued.
"Apparently we landed on the mountain over there..." Zero then thumbed in the direction of the Hokage Monument "Where we met Naruto."
X nodded and added "He said it was his birthday today and that he was all alone. From there we all agreed to be his family."
Zero gave a small smile and nodded. "The little guy deserves a family."
The ramen chefs smiled at them, happy that they'll give Naruto a real family.
Naruto and Axl finished their bowls and simultaneously said "THIS IS THE BEST RAMEN EVER!"
Teuchi grinned and said "It seems that I have another ramen addict."
X and Zero stood and said "Thank you for the meal."
Ayame giggled and said "Any time."
Zero turned to Naruto and Axl and said "Come on you two, it's time to go home." to which they went aaawwww.
As they left X turned around and said "We'll come back soon." as Teuchi and Ayame waved goodbye.
(Scene Change: Village Streets 5 o'clock)
Naruto became very nervous around the villagers as they walked in the streets. He could hear them whispering 'Who are they?' 'Why are they around the demon?' 'Don't they know what it is?' 'Someone should do something.'
Naruto didn't have to wait to see when things would go wrong when a villager holding a stick followed by a mob walked up to him and said "You little *Bleep*. What do you think you're doing?" "I-i..." "SHUT UP" the villager shouted as he moved to hit Naruto who closed his eyes and braced himself.
*WHI-WHAP*
When Naruto didn't feel pain he looked up and saw Zero holding the villagers arm. "And WHAT do you think you're doing?" Zero said to the villager. "WERE GETTING RID OF THE DEMON!" the villager shouted causing the mob to shout in agreement. Zero looked back at Naruto and said "I don't see a demon. All I see is my outoto." Naruto looked at Zero with awe as this was the first time any one of his new family addressed him as such.
"WHY YOU..." *SMACK*
Zero had punched the villager back. He then turned to X and shouted "GET NARUTO OUT OF HERE NOW!"
This caused the other villagers to charge as they realized that their punching bag would get away.
As Zero began fighting the mob X picked up Naruto and ran towards his apartment.
As soon as Zero saw that X, Axl, and Naruto were gone he stopped pulling punches and began to give the mob a thorough beating.
(Scene Change: Naruto's Apartment Complex 6 o'clock)
Naruto, X, and Axl reached the apartment complex without any trouble. Apparently the mob Zero was fighting was the only one that had formed. When in front of the door Naruto stopped X and said that he had moved all of his things into the apartment next door as a present to himself for his birthday.
(Since he was the only person in the entire complex he had free roam to whatever apartment he chose.)
When they entered they saw it was a plain apartment nothing really standing out. When they got to the bed room they saw a single chair and a bed which Naruto sat on. They didn't have to wait too long for Zero to return. He appeared at the doorway with his shirt and hair scuffed up. Naruto ran up to him, clung to his legs, and shouted "ONII-SAN! YOU MADE IT!" Zero chuckled and said "Now Naruto-kun didn't you think your aniki would be okay?" "I was *YAWN* still worried" Naruto said detaching himself from Zero's legs and rubbing his eyes.
Axl saw this and said in a sing-song voice "I think someone's tired."
*YAWN* "I am not." Naruto sleepily protested.
X then picked him up and placed him into bed and said "Now Naruto you need your rest, how are you going to become hokage if you're too tired."
Naruto didn't protest too much as he was put into bed. "Do you think you can sing me a song *YAWN* so I can go to sleep?"
X said "I don't know. What do you think guys?" He asked turning to Axl and Zero only to find them staring at him.
"WHAT?" X asked flustered.
"Well you're the only one with any talent other than fighting or pranking. I'm too young and Zero..." Axl started motioning Zero to continue.
"I don't sing." Zero finished.
"B-but I..." X started before feeling Naruto holding his hand.
"Please Aniki." Naruto asked, subconsciously using the puppy dog eyes.
X then submitted defeat and said "Alright then, scoot over." as he moved onto the bed sitting up with his back to the head board. He placed naruto in his lap as Zero sat in the chair and Axl lay down at the foot of the bed.
"DO you know any songs?" Axl asked wondering if X could really sing.
"Well... I know ONE good song." X said before clearing his throat to sing.
(Song Begin)
"How very special, are we.
For just a moment, to be.
Part of life's eternal rhyme.
How very special, are we.
To have in our family tree.
Mother Earth and Father Time."
As X finished the first verse Axl and Zero stared at him with shock. Once again had they not known that X was male they would have thought that was female.
Naruto look at his aniki with joy, amazed that he could sing so beautifully.
"He turns the seasons around.
And so she changes her gown.
But they always look in their prime.
They go on dancing their dance.
Of every lasting romance.
Mother Earth and Father Time."
By now Axl and Zero had begun to fall asleep while Naruto snuggled into his nii-san thinking 'Is this how kaa-san sounded like?'
"The summer larks, return to sing.
Oh what a joy they give.
Then autumn days grow short and cold.
Oh what a joy to live."
All through Konogakure an angelic voice was heard singing. Causing its citizens to slowly succumb to their slumber.
"How very special, are we.
For just a moment, to be.
Part of life's eternal rhyme.
How very special, are we.
To have in our family tree.
Mother Earth and Father Time."
(Song End)
When X finished he looked down and saw Naruto asleep in his lap. He then smiled as he held him closer and said "Goodnight Outoto."
Soon they were all asleep; all the while a happy smile was on Naruto's face.
(Scene Change: The Void)
The Author had paused his movie to listen in to X's lullaby. Even Vile stopped his ranting after the first verse to take a look.
*SIGH* "Beautiful." The author said with a nostalgic look on his face.
"I've got to admit X has some good pipes." Vile added, nodding his head.
"So you're going to send me to that kid too?" Vile asked with pure curiosity.
"Perhaps. I'm stuck between sending you to them as extra muscle when they need it or to send you to a different boy with a sad childhood." said the Author, cupping his chin in thought.
"And you can't send me to do both." Vile added in confirmation.
"Correct. So then the poll is set. Send you to Suna to take care of Gaara or Send you to the Uzumaki hunters as back up when they need it. There will be no advantage to either side; the poll will end on February Tenth." The Author said, successfully confusing Vile.
"What the *BLEEP* are you talking about?"
"Oh, nothing really. Now, I continue my movie."
*AHEM* "I have always liked... 'Cowabunga'" "COWABUNGA!" "HA HA HA HA, I MADE A FUNNY! AH HA HA HA!"
(Story End)
A/N: What do you think? Instead of Zero looking feminine its X acting feminine. As for Vile where he ends up you decide. The song I used was called 'Mother Earth and Father Time' It's a relaxing song. Read and Review in good health.
