Chapter 2: Alpha
Naruto woke up, he clutched his head with his right hand, and felt the eye patch there, and he then noticed that the room was filled with only two people, one, the Hokage, who was sitting on the only visible chair and the other one, being his Jounin instructor, Hatake Kakashi.
"I see you've woken up Naruto." Said Sarutobi and Naruto turned his gaze upon the age old Hokage
"Jiji… Just… What happened to me?" Asked the blonde gripping his head with his right hand
"Why, why is it me!?" Screamed the blonde now he was now holding his head with both his hands
"Why me? Why did this eye chose me!? Am I so unlucky that I have to carry both this and the Kyuubi!?" Screamed the blonde until he was stopped by the old man by pressing his hands on Naruto's shoulders and pinning him down on the bed
"Naruto, calm yourself, you're not yourself, I'll explain to you, but you have to remain calm." Said Sarutobi and Naruto didn't comply
"I believe that's a 'yes' Hokage-sama." Said Kakashi
"Good. Naruto, that eye that you obtained, I know that carrying it is a burden that most of us wouldn't want to bear, but please, live through with it, it is bad enough that Kyuubi is sealed inside of you, but you have to remember to consider it an honor that the Yondaime chose you!"
"But why!? Because I was unlucky enough to be born that day? Is it because that I have to not only bear the people's hatred but also their fear!? Am I someone who'll only remain the village's pariah!? Jiji, I don't want this!" Said Naruto struggling from the grip of the old man
"Naruto…" Said Sarutobi as he saw the blonde starting to break down again
"It is sad, Naruto, I know. No one cares about you but probably by only a select few people; people treat you like dirt, some want you to serve Konoha as an emotionless tool for war, people like you aren't given the chance to live a normal life." Said the old man patting the young Genin's back.
"Naruto, circumstances like this should be told to other people, you need the support of all your teammates, open up a little." Said Kakashi
"How can I open up to people that always put me down!?" Asked the blonde frustratingly
"Well…" True, people were rather mean to the child, ever since he was little, he was either ignored, abused or downright insulted, and not even a single person raised their hands to help him, until came Iruka but Naruto was still wary of people, unlike what he showed to people from time to time, those that actually knew Naruto new better, he was weary for trusting a person, often keeping secrets to himself, vents his frustrations, sorrow and anger on pranks since he didn't want to kill people like how other Jinchuurikis ended up. Naruto wasn't a person who would easily trust someone, especially when it came to the secrets of his past. Something Iruka tried to slowly destroy but found it hard to do so.
And with that, Kakashi then knew that the blonde was right there really was no reason for the blonde to open up to anyone.
"You're right Naruto, but for once, open your heart for just a few minutes, it wouldn't hurt to try and have a heart to heart talk with the people that do care for you." Said Kakashi
Naruto calmed down then, listening to what his teacher had said, he proceeded to then slowly lower his resistance against the aging Hokage
"Naruto, tell me what Kyuubi said." Said Sarutobi, Naruto slowly sat on his bed and then looked down, nodding slowly
Several hours later:
Sarutobi was making a beeline towards the Hokage tower, he had heard enough from Naruto, about him suppressing the Kyuubi's chakra, the said eye of beginnings and how it would bring chaos and the second apocalypse doomed to happen.
Sarutobi was nervous now as he was ever, he had been right all along, it really WAS Souseiki no Me!
'Damn it, how could I not picture it sooner?' Thought the old Hokage, as he then barged into his office and sat down his chair, he then clicked the intercom on his desk and said to the secretary
"BRING ME ANY AVAILABLE ANBU HERE AT ONCE!"
Sarutobi had to make some of the ANBU and investigation team and make them look for any ruins that may involve an old university or any academic institution back then. But first, he had to make sure of Naruto's safety, this case that was presented to him would not be recorded in the files, Sarutobi didn't trust the council would not tamper with it, if it were to be tampered by them, especially if that warmongering bastard Danzo gets his hands on that file then, God help us all…
Naruto:
After being diagnosed with a clean bill of health, Naruto was free to go out of the hospital, something, he was sure glad off.
Deciding to go home and take a rest, he then walked his way home, after just going out of the hospital; he thought it best not to strain his body. As he entered his apartment, there was another crumpled note tossed at his front door
'Die monster! You don't have the right to live!'
Naruto then crumpled it and tossed it aside; he went to his own bedroom, bothering not to change and then stared at his small ceiling
'Souseiki no Me… Is this thing even possible? And what are its abilities?' As Naruto thought this, he suddenly grew drowsy, he yawned, feeling the effects of sleep, as he stared at the ceiling, making a vow to train with this eye tomorrow, hopefully, alone.
He felt his eyes drop as he slowly slipped from consciousness,
'tomorrow then…'
The next day:
Naruto woke up earlier than usual, it was quite sometime that he wasn't in his home, but then remembered that he forgot to do his laundry when they were sent to Wave. Scratching his head in frustration, the blonde then rummaged through the closet of what he could find, thankfully he had a spare of clothes that he had forgotten since becoming a ninja, that and the fact that his orange jumpsuits got his attention more due to its… Flashy color, he had forgotten that he received another gift from his favorite teacher, Iruka. The blonde wore the black T shirt, khaki shorts that reached below his knees, a brown leather belt that he placed with his Ninja pouch around his waist, and a blue jacket with a fur design on the neck. To top it off, Naruto wore his hitai-ite at his right fore leg and a pair of fingerless gloves were snugly worn. With that, he unsurely nodded to himself and headed out.
going to the training grounds; he then did a double take to note if people were indeed following him, he then concentrated to detect any chakra in the area but no such presence was found. He then gave a nod to himself and began to remove the eye patch.
As soon as he removed the eye patch, he opened his right eye and immediately, the golden runic lines on his iris started to react, the lines started to turn around the iris and glowed throughout the early morning, blue light then began to gather on his right eye, and his transfiguration occurred, his blonde locks had turned silver once again.
'Now what?' Thought the boy and remembered what the old man said to him yesterday
Flashback:
"Naruto, do you know the story of the Souseiki no Me to Keiji no Me?" Asked the old man
"No Jiji, I didn't have that kind of luxury remember?" Asked the blonde and Sarutobi remembered
"Alright then, I'll tell you"
After five minutes, Naruto became interested. Sarutobi suspected Naruto of having the Souseiki no Me. Naruto didn't understand why, but he felt that the old man was right all along
"I'll tell you one of the abilities of the Souseiki no Me. Though, I doubt it would be true, but I'm still not sure, the ability of Souseiki no Me is the same as that of Keiji no Me." Sarutobi then lightly tapped Naruto's eye patch
"It is said that Souseiki no Me has the ability to grant the wielder's will, in a short term, it's like a wish granter." Said Sarutobi
Flashback ended
Naruto then closed his eyes, he then thought of… What to wish for? Will he wish for a lifetime supply of ramen? Or how about bringing his parents back? As much as tempting as the last one was, Naruto shook his head
'I heard Jiji said that it can create life from nothing, if I were to bring my parents back to life, then, I don't know what they'll do. People would go to mass hysteria because of two supposedly dead people roaming the streets, I can't have that, and it'll attract too much attention.' Thought the blonde
'I can't use this right eye also constantly; I don't know how they would react. Better to keep a low profile then.' At that, Naruto had a brainstorm of an idea
Instead of relying on the eye's power during battle, why not create something that would serve the same purpose as the eye did, as a weapon
Thinking about it, Naruto then hit his palm with his closed hand, blue light then started to encircle the blonde. He then out stretched his right arm and opened his hands
"Give me the strongest weapon, a weapon that would serve my purpose, by my will, appear before me!" Said the blonde and blue light began to form at Naruto's outstretched right hand. It began to take the form of a sword. Soon, liquid silver began to materialize in his right hand, following the shape of the blue light, as the light slowly receded; the liquid silver began to solidify taking the form of the blade. Bat like silver wings began to protrude on the guard, making an ark that went parallel to the hilt acting as a hand guard the blade liquid silver straightened and formed a double edged jiang style sword (Base of reference: Kusanagi), with the bottom of the hilt designed with a dragon's head. The sword was a half of Naruto's height.
Naruto stared at his elegant sword and smirked for once after obtaining the eye, he then concluded to the blade
"A name that will suit you best would be Ginryu (Silver Dragon)" Said the blonde as he then noticed that Ginryu had no scabbard.
'Ah, crap, I really need to think ahead before wishing' Thought the blonde as he walked away from the training area, with Ginryu triumphantly in hand. He then put on his eye patch over his right eye. Allowing his silver locks to turn back to their normal color
Unbeknownst to him, a certain someone had managed to see this incredible feat, she had watched in amazement how in the blink of an eye, a intricately made sword appeared before him, it was totally unexpected!
As she wondered in amazement just who Uzumaki Naruto really was! Although she would like to ask him, she didn't want to pry on the blonde any longer
"N-Naruto-kun…"
Hokage tower:
The one in the bear mask was having a tough time to comprehend this, apparently, so were his colleagues, was it a national crisis? Or something more… ANBU usually meant black ops, operating in the shadows discretion is of utmost importance. Usually having a mission meant no disclosing information that's not in the team, probably only a team or two can know about it, but actually having six teams of ANBU stationed at the Hokage's office meant one thing
"Urgent business, eh?" Asked one of the members wearing the eagle mask
"Seems like it, I heard from the secretary that was only the first time she saw Hokage-sama like that." Said the one in the bear mask
"Yeah, poor thing was scared shitless."
"Nah, serves her right, I hear she can be a bitch to people sometimes, and especially to you-know-who." Said the one in the cat mask joining the conversation
The ANBU were sworn to loyalty to the Hokage alone and that meant they are the support that which works in the background and it also meant loyalties to the former Hokages.
The office of the Hokage was filled with at least, eighteen members of the ANBU, all of them were curious as to why they were called into the meeting of utmost business,
They were informed that it was very URGENT indeed
Just then, Sarutobi had appeared inside the room, his hands on the back of his heads, with all of the ANBU kneeling seeing their wise old leader
"Hokage-sama!" All the ANBU said in unison and Sarutobi raised his right hand
"I have a very important task to all of you, and this may involve every living thing in this world." Said Sarutobi and everyone stayed silent, Sarutobi had assigned his most entrusted, most skilled Shinobi in the black ops
"Now, I have asked for an Archeologist to come with you and inspect any ancient ruins in Hi no Kuni." Said Sarutobi who then turned around to face his most loyal soldiers
"With all due respect Hokage-sama…" Said one of the soldiers looking up and asked the wise old leader
"Why would some old relics be involved in possibly the safety of this world?" Asked one of the members and Sarutobi sighed
"Call me an old fool who has become superstitious…"
"Call me a buffoon who's just paranoid…" Continued the Hokage
"But apparently, one of the ninjas in our ranks has gained an ancient weapon that would either be beneficial to Konoha or perilous if left untreated." Said Sarutobi and to this, the ANBU tensed
"Is it Uzumaki-san? Hokage-sama?" Asked one of the members and Sarutobi flinched, they actually WERE a sharp bunch to begin with
"Yes, and the reason I'm sending you out, is to find out if there is anything in those ruins that could tell us about an age old story passed down from parent to child. The answers may lie there about the true origins of this story."
"What is the story, Hokage-sama?" Asked one of the members, Sarutobi turned to them and said
"I will not divulge that information here, rather, I will write it and personally give it to you before you go, one piece of advice: NEVER share this information to ANYONE that's not here, the walls have ears remember that." Said Sarutobi, and the ANBU nodded altogether
A knock on the door was the queue that the ANBU heard as they vanished from the Hokage's office
"Ah, it must be the archeologist I was talking about." Said the aging Hokage, as he motioned to his seat and told the visitor to come in
Naruto:
To Uzumaki Naruto, attention was what he craved for, if not for the fact that he was mostly hated and ignored during his whole life, to say that he didn't want attention would be considered as he didn't want ramen, although his idea of attention wasn't that of what he wanted in his pranks, the villagers were more annoyed rather than pleased, although some of them would give of a chuckle or two. And then there was this kind of attention he's been getting, he wasn't sure if it was because of his new look or his silver sword
'I feel a sudden chill run of my spine' Thought the blonde as he felt rather scared when he heard a sudden giggle come out of nowhere
Naruto looked around and saw some girls frantically murmuring and then glancing his way, Naruto shrugged it off, nothing more than mere infatuation. He turned around, and absentmindedly held his sword to his shoulders and placing his left hand in his pocket that made him look, in the eyes of the girls that saw him, sexy.
Practically, one of the girls screamed, with that sound, it was the queue he needed to get the hell out of dodge.
Running for his life, or so he seemed, he dashed towards the streets, completely oblivious to a trash can that he overthrew and sending it plummeting to one of the bystanders who was selling fireworks. With that, the man was sent to the ground with his fireworks being overthrown to the nearby barbecue stand that ignited some of the fireworks. Sending some to the unfortunate livestock
'Looks like we'll be having beef for a week.' Said the blonde seeing as several of the fireworks literally exploded on the some of the cows catching them either on fire or severely mutilated
Naruto then turned around to a corner entering a small obscure shop. Giving a sigh of relief, he looked on to see a small weapons shop that had been stocked with all sorts of weapons; kunai, shuriken, katana, scimitars, axes, broadswords, Kusarigamas, everything, the blonde raised his visible eyebrow and then thought
'Jackpot!'
The blonde then went to find the owner of the weapons shop, a desk in front had a bell on it, prompting to slightly hit the bell, and a girl appeared, sporting two buns as her hairstyle, a Chinese pink tank top and green pants. The girl eyed Naruto closely and then to the silver sword he was holding, in amazement, she forgot to greet the blonde and immediately grabbed the blade
"Hey, wait a minute that's…"
"I know, I just want to look at this amazing sword." Said the girl closing her eye and measured the blade by looking at its hilt and then to the tip
"Hmm, pretty good craftsmanship." Said the girl then flipping the sword
"Pretty light too…" Said the girl catching the sword with the nervous blonde fidgeting as what that sword might actually do.
The girl then swung the sword down and the counter was immediately sliced clean in two
"Woah, pretty sharp too, where'd you find it?" Asked the girl and a voice was heard from the back of the shop
"What's all that ruckus?" Said the voice that both preteen and teenager identified as male
The male went out, sweat pouring from his head and a green apron donned on covering his messy grey shirt and brown pants, the man immediately went on a fit, seeing the broken desk
"Again? Tenten that's the fifth desk you broke this week! How the hell are we supposed to make money if you think that a desk would come out of my ass!?" Asked the man and Tenten shrugged
"Hey, you're the craftsman, figure it out yourself." Said the girl rather plainly at that
The man simply went angrier
"I'll have you know that making it costs…" Suddenly, the man's attention went from his daughter to the silver sword she was holding
"Where'd you get that?" Asked the man
"Go ask him." Said the girl pointing to the cycloptic Genin
"Oh, this is yours?" Asked the man and Naruto nodded
"Great craftsmanship, and I can see that the one who made this created it with the sole purpose of function, though the sword's appearance doesn't suffer like all others, and it's blade is perfectly etched. Beautiful design…" Said the man looking to the sword with tears in his eyes. He cried at the beauty of the sword
"Such blacksmith is a genius! Tell me kid, from whom did you obtain this?" Asked the man and Naruto shrugged
"I just got it from some old guy back in Wave." Naruto lied, and the man continued to ask
"What's his name?" Asked the man and Naruto shook his head
"He didn't tell me." Said the blonde
"Then what's its name?" Asked the man
Naruto looked at him and then at the sword "Ginryu (Silver Dragon)"
"I see… Does the sword have any ability?"
"Don't know, I'm still trying to figure this out." Said the blonde
"So what do you want from here?"
"A sheathe for that sword." Said Naruto and then pointing at Ginryu
The man examined the sword, looking at it, measuring it from the hilt to the tip of the blade.
"Hmm… It's not a sheathe that's needed here, but a hold." Said the man, then giving the sword back to its owner
"You see kid; swords have different styles in how they are forged, the same way how these are held for safety." Said the man then rummaging through his inventory
"Like the clothes that an individual wears, there's a suitable protective gear to the sword." Said the man who then grabbed a leather buckler and then gave it to the blonde, Naruto noted how wide the circumference of the circle was, the blonde thought that it was held diagonally to his torso. He donned the leather holder and then the sword came, how was he supposed to slide it? Behind his right shoulder or behind his lower right torso? Feeling confused, he looked at the man with uncertain eyes and the man smiled
"You let it slide behind your lower right torso." Said the man smiling and Naruto nodded, he placed the sword at his lower right and slowly but surely slid it. The hold then suddenly grasped the end of the sword. Naruto could feel some of his chakra being drained from his hand. On instinct, the blonde jumped his hand away and the man chuckled
"Ah, that's a sealing holder. It's to keep a maximum hold on the sword; it's as tight as that of an alligator bite." Said the man looking proudly
"What!? But if it's like this, I won't have enough time to pull the sword out!" Said the blonde as he tried yanking the blade but found out he couldn't
"Kid, do you know why weapons have covers on them?" Asked the man and Naruto stopped for a moment to look at the man then shook his head
"Swords are instruments of death; they are a sign of darkness that humans can conjure up from their thoughts. Sheathes aren't there just for holding the sword, it's to prevent the user from cutting and killing an innocent. To us smiths, swords and weapons are pieces of art that we do. We love creating them as they are our works of art; they are our children bore from our sweat and tears. In a way, if we knew that our greatest creations caused the death of many innocent, most of us would lament at the thought, with others stopping forgery all in all." Said the man
"I think I kind of understand why the holster is shut pretty tight. Thanks for the holster, old man." Said Naruto and the man laughed a little he then tried to ask the owner
"How do I unsheathe the sword here?" Asked the blonde holding the grip
"It's simple, by verbal command, the release of the sword will be automatic, simply say, 'Fuuin Kai' (Unseal)" Said the old man and then raised his index finger to make a point
"You can call me Tetsuya, kid. I ain't old by a long shot, and since you got guts kid, I'm giving this one for free!"
"And you told me we were on strict budgetary means." Said Tenten and Tetsuya grumbled
"Nah, this is just doing a favor from an old friend." Said the man smiling and scratching the back of his head
"An old friend?" Asked the blonde
"Don't mind it kid, you'll eventually get it when you grow up." Said Tetsuya giving the blonde a toothy grin.
Deciding to thank the man, Naruto bowed his head and went out of the shop, careful to not get the attention of the female populace; the blonde decided that he would jump from rooftop to rooftop from now on. While jumping, Naruto had almost forgotten to realize that his teacher had informed him of a meeting at the usual spot. Cursing at his forgetfulness, the blonde ninja towards the meeting place.
Team Seven:
Sasuke was already with his arms crossed, he looked over at the small stream that was below the wooden bridge, his pink haired teammate was leaning on the bridge still waiting for their chronically tardy teacher to arrive. It was already one and a half hour past the meeting time and no sign of the Jounin or the blonde anywhere. Just when Sakura was about to yawn a sudden plum of smoke invaded her lungs and she gave out several coughing fits. She looked to her side and saw that her blonde teammate had just appeared and apparently, in new apparel as well
"Hi guys, sorry I took so long, laundry day and all…" Said the blonde scratching his head and giving a sheepish smile
Sakura out of rage, punched Naruto by the gut, the blonde reacted as his gut was knocked by the violent pink haired teammate of his. Naruto gritting in pain replied to the girl
"Nice to see you to…" The blonde then fell to his knees
"Dobe…" Was Sasuke's only reply, Naruto shrugged it off as nothing more than his greeting to anyone since he thought he was ruder than the rambunctious blonde. Settling for sitting on the bridge's rail, the blonde and his teammates waited for their ironically late sensei
Thirty minutes of waiting for Kakashi left Sakura extremely pissed, she swore that she would burn all of the perverted Jounin's books and would poison his food everyday with sterility drugs.
A Jounin at the memorial stone suddenly sneezed and felt a chill run down his spine.
"I must be having a cold." Said Kakashi rubbing his nose then he thought it was time to meet his cute students for today!
Arriving at the usual spot, he could have sworn that Sakura was smiling sinisterly as she looked on to the scarecrow Jounin's pouch.
"Yo team! Sorry I arrived late but there was black cat crossing the street and I had to take the long road here."
'No response… Odd' Thought the Jounin who then shrugged it off
"We don't get any missions today!" Gladly proclaimed the Jounin, and as if the water in the kettle started to whistle, Sakura immediately burst out of her anger fit
"WHAT!? YOU MADE US WAIT FOR TWO FREAKING HOURS JUST FOR THIS!?" Yelled the pink haired Kunoichi with both boys holding her back
"Aside from that, I also have informed you that I nominated you three for the Chuunin Exam!" Said Kakashi looking at each of his students who were silent at first until both Sakura and Naruto shouted out
"EEEEHHHH!?" Said both of his students with Sasuke only had a surprised look on his face
"That's right, you three better come to the academy tomorrow morning for the test! Here are your forms!" Said Kakashi handing out the fliers to his students
"Now, at least one of you three would be willing to take the exam, go there tomorrow alright?" Said Kakashi and with that, he vanished in cloud of smoke.
'The Chuunin exam… Interesting…' Thought the blonde as he then flipped the contents of the pamphlet that was handed out to him, unconsciously walking in the village with Sakura doing the same. As he proceeded to walk, he felt someone was following, deciding to glance at his side, he saw a badly disguised, perfectly inclined rock following him, the blonde ignored it at first but as time went on, it got him frustrated and calmly said to the rock
"Konohamaru, when you plan to take a disguise as a rock, don't make it square." Said the blonde putting a palm on his forehead
The brown haired child popped up from the makeshift cardboard box disguise and out came two other companions that were the same age as the spoken child
"As expected of Naruto-oyabun! Now you see why I selected him as boss right?" Asked the brown haired toothless kid to his followers
"Excuse me Konohamaru, but who are your friends?" Asked the blonde pointing to the little follower's back.
"Who are we? We are the Konohamaru corps!" Said the two as they posed at what others would call a sentai show
"I'm Udon! Lover of anything math!" Said the glasses wearing kid as he held out a calculator and sniffing the dripping mucus on his nose
"I'm Moegi! The very sexy Kunoichi!" Said the girl trying to do a sexy pose but failing to do so
"Oookay…" Said the blonde unsurely, about to make or break it from the three before they start asking him for ridiculous favors that or Konohamaru suddenly spouting about in his mouth something inappropriate that could anger the Kunoichi at his side
"Hey boss, who's the girl, is he your…" Konohamaru then grinned and raised his pinky finger, Naruto then could feel the absolute killing intent of his teammate nervously telling Konohamaru
"N-no K-Konohamaru, y-you s-see she's just my t-teammate and if you tell her something like that again, w-we're both screwed!" Said the blonde and Konohamaru then replied
"Oh, bah, who gives a damn about her anyway? You two aren't compatible and she's a flat chest!" Said Konohamaru bluntly, Sakura was happy that someone mentioned that they weren't compatible at first but then her anger flared even further when the boy mentioned that she was a flat chest, before Naruto placed a hand on Konohamaru's mouth, Mt. Sakura erupted…
"COME BACK HERE YOU TWO! I'LL MAKEYOU TWO SQUIRM ON THE GROUND ONCE I BREAK YOUR LEGS! SHANNARO!" Said the enraged pink haired Kunoichi with her fists waving in the air, the two troublemakers decided to make a run for it and turned to a corner, Konohamaru, being the first one to run, managed to bump into someone
"Ouch! That hurt kid!" Said the figure
Naruto turned to the corner Konohamaru was in and saw that the boy was being held by the collar with someone wearing pure black with make up covering his face the insignia that the hat had was from Sunagakure, Naruto frowned
'These guys here came for the Chuunin exam, right?' Thought the blonde as he calmly approached the ninja before him
"Hey you, if you don't put the kid down, I doubt that the Sandaime Hokage would be glad seeing his grandson get killed by a Suna Nin." Said the blonde, the one with the face paint then turned his attention towards him and answered back
"None of your business Cyclops, this kid will pay for bumping me hard." Said the one in the face paint
"I can't believe I'm related to you, hurry up before any more ninja sees us." Said the blonde haired woman to the right of the one with the face paint, she then eyed the blonde who was holding his sword with his right hand.
"Kankurou…" Said the girl and Kankurou turned to his sister, completely ignoring the kid he was holding by the collar
"What Temari?" Asked the face painted Shinobi as his sister pointed to the blonde who was holding his sword with his right hand, though Kankurou thought the girl was looking at the blonde's face
"Damn it, Temari, I'm not into boys like you, I ain't asking his name!" Said Kankurou who was hit by the head by his sister who closed her eyes and her hand having a throbbing vein in it and a blush on her face
'Now's my chance! Fuuin Kai! (Unseal)' Thought the blonde and the grip of the holster loosened and Naruto, too fast for the eye to see, suddenly drew his sword and appeared above Kankurou, about to cut his arms off, the make up wearing Suna nin snarled and evaded the slash that the blonde sent him. He stepped back and saw the blonde holding the small kid in with left hand
"That was uncalled for leaf nin!" Said Kankurou grabbing the bandages that wrapped around Karasu
Naruto then let Konohamaru rest on the side of the road and before Kankurou could unwrap Karasu, Naruto punched the ground hard.
A small shockwave shook the earth as the epicenter that the blonde created shook and went towards the Suna Nin. Kankurou jumped, his unwrapping of Karasu delayed by the blonde. Naruto then disappeared and reappeared from Kankurou's vision, a voice from the back of his head suddenly said
"Don't think I'd give you a chance to do anything." Said the blonde who was about to slash Kankurou with a horizontal slash who then evaded by twisting himself and landed first on the ground, as Kankurou landed, he was about to FINALLY, unravel Karasu but was stopped when a small pebble hit his head
"You Suna Nins get to do what you want just because no one's there to stop you." Said the voice as it revealed itself to none other than Uchiha Sasuke
"Teme, I don't need help from you, I could do this on my own." Said the blonde eyeing the puppeteer closely
"Ooh, he looks pretty good." Said Temari who was looking at Sasuke,
Kankurou gave a sigh; he just couldn't understand his sister.
"Temari, pay attention! Boys could come later, tight now, help your cute dear old brother!" Said Kankurou who was checking to see if Temari was listening to him or not only to receive another smack on the head from the blonde Suna Nin
"Damn it! What day is it? Is it pick on Kankurou day!?" Said the puppeteer and Naruto laughed at the antics of the face paint wearing Genin
"Temari, Kankurou… Enough." Said another voice
'Oh crap!' Thought Kankurou as he suddenly shivered, Naruto could feel the killing intent rise in the air and immediately, grabbed a kunai and flung it at what he believed, the area where the voice came from
A sudden drizzle of sand intercepted the kunai and in a small whirlwind, a boy with a messy red hair, a large gourd and his most noticeable features, the dark circles around his eyes and the tattoo kanji for Love written on his left forehead
"That's enough." Said the boy, disappearing in a swirl of sand and reappearing by the side of his fellow Suna nins
"Now hold on Gaara, it wasn't me that started this but those guy…" Kankurou's speech was intercepted by Gaara's tone of voice
"Shut up or I'll kill you." Said the red head. He then looked around and saw the two leaf nins, a blonde with an eye patch holding a silver jiang style sword with an intricate design of a dragon, and a black haired Genin, who was sitting by the three with three kunai at his disposal, the Suna Nin replied to the two
"Who are you two?" Asked the Suna Nin
"It's not nice not to reveal your name first, Suna Nin." Said Naruto, Sasuke nodded as well
"Call me by the name of Sabaku no Gaara. Tell me, what are your names?" Asked the red head, both boys immediately replied at the same time
"Uzumaki Naruto."
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"Interesting… Temari, Kankurou, come." Said the boy and the two obediently followed.
"Well, that was interesting. Come on out Sakura." Said the blonde and almost immediately, the pink haired Kunoichi appeared out of nowhere and talked to her two teammates
"Wow, that red head was quite the leader. He rules with fear." Said Sakura
"The Chuunin exam… Just got me pumped." Said Sasuke turning his back to leave, Naruto doing the same.
Hokage tower:
Sarutobi smoked his pipe, another day, another batch of paperwork, as he stamped the papers with his signature; he then remembered the conversation he had with the archeologist, Natsu.
Flashback
"I see that punctuality is something you never forget?" Asked the aging Hokage and the man laughed at the joke
"When I received news from the Hokage this morning, I suddenly felt a spark within me that I thought was lost forever, the idea of being able to scale such a mystery is so grandeur that it sends me to such shaking anticipation!" Said the man, his glasses was adjusted by his hand and was holding what looked like an old book
"This book here, contains the history of the ancient civilization before the birth of the Rikudo Sennin, this was a copied version of what I could decipher from the original, although this seems to be a bit too inaccurate since it was told in poetry." Said Natsu as he handed to the Hokage and the Hokage flipped through the pages
"It is said there that Touya was a very brilliant scholar, although he was conceited, he was brilliant nonetheless, he was a scholar and made the laws of the land that pleased the emperor back then, made one of the most unique advances in medicine during his time and most especially, the superstition of using magic." Said Natsu, and the Hokage stumbled on the page where Touya's tale had began
"That is to say, Touya was successful in whatever field he chose, he was truly a genius, surpassed his own teacher in the three years he had began to study."
"When Touya created Souseiki no Me and Keiji no Me, he had written what he said in a journal five years before placing the eyes to himself. The book was entitled, 'Saikyou' (Ultimate) it shows how conceited he was when he wrote about his greatest creation, and you already know the rest.' Said Natsu and Sandaime closed the book
"So we need to find this book entitled 'Saikyou'?" Asked the Sandaime
"If we want to unlock the secrets of Souseiki no Me and Keiji no Me, then yes, we will most definitely have to." Said Natsu and Sarutobi massaged his temples
"The only thing that was said here about Souseiki no Me is that it can only grant three wishes everyday. As for the consequence, we still don't know, I'll have to check the book itself." Said Natsu he then adjusted his Khaki shorts and Shirt, holding adjusting his helmet
"Very well then, keep safe Natsu-san, the future of the world rests within your hand." Said the Hokage as Natsu went out of the door
Flashback ended
"In two months, I would receive the results, until then, I need Kakashi to supervise his student." Said the Sandaime as he prepared everything for the upcoming Chuunin exam
End!
DarthKyuubi: Yeah but then it ret cons everything I had thought off, there is a reason why Souseiki no Me has chosen our favorite Blonde Shinobi and as the story progresses, you'll find out soon enough and don't worry, someone will obtain Keiji no Me.
Some explanation(s)
Ginryu: Silver Dragon, a sword forged by the most powerful magic from Souseiki no Me, although intricate in design it has many mysterious abilities still about to be revealed, more on this as the story continues.
RnR!
Oh yeah, need a beta reader... Badly... TT