Dragon of Time: Hello gentle beings, Time here with Chapter one. So far the story seems to be taking shape so it should progress nicely. Let's pick up the story then shall we. Remember though, I don't own Naruto and everything in it, character etc, in no way shape or form. Lets roll!
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Chapter 1: Ryuu no sato
Today was not their day. Kurenai, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga were not having a very nice time. Having been given a mission outside the village to escort a caravan, they had made their way to the assigned rendezvous. Only problem, it wasn't a caravan.
It had been a trap set up by Kumo in another attempt to gain the Byakugan. After a small fight they had been able to get away but each of them had many cuts and bruises. They cursed their luck as they heard the rest of the Kumo jounin chase them and were even more pissed when they found out that they had been surrounded.
Standing back to back, the jounin team waited for the attack.
"Surrender" yelled a kumo-nin "you don't stand a chance."
"Hell no you mother fucking bastards" retorted Kiba.
"Why you little mutt?" said one of the kumo nin.
The circle tightened and all seemed lost. All they could do was wait and at least go out with a bang. These thoughts caused Hinata to reminisce on the last ten years, years that brought down all the hope she ever had for Konoha ever becoming a better place.
First, there was the banishment of Naruto Uzumaki. The banishment was completely ill deserved being that it wasn't his fault for what had happened. The smile that once brightened everything and everyone in the village was gone. Now the place was a dark, little dump that forever felt something of loss and sadness. No longer did many people smile and they only muttered about the good old days. Of course only those whom had known the boy felt the change. The civilian portion were, of course, celebrating the 'demons' banishment. They had all wondered why he had been called that and soon found out.
The Kyuubi hadn't been killed; instead seal within a child, the child being there own Naruto Uzumaki. The friends were shocked. How someone could stay sane through the hell Konoha put him in and still smile was beyond them.
They did not abandon him for that though. They knew who he was and for that they would never leave him behind. Because of their opinion though, the whole village was against the Konoha 10. Their promotions up the ranks were stopped, they were given suicide missions in hopes of their deaths, and everything was thrown against them. Yet they stood their ground and prayed to whatever deity that would listen for the favor to see their friend once more. Back to the Konoha nin…
They were surrounded and the kumo nin slowly moved forward and were ready to pounce…
Little did the they know…
All the nin jumped at once and, with weapons in hand, they moved in to kill there enemy with a sick glee…
That their prayers were about to be answered…
A whirling sound pierced the air. Quickly reacting some kumo jounin jumped out of the way of… a flying sword. Sadly not many had such quick reactions and were soon on the ground, clearly dead as their lives blood flowed from their separate pieces.
The kumo jounin looked around trying to find the identity of their attacker, whom soon revealed himself. They weren't prepared for what they saw.
The man was wearing kage robes, except instead of the usual white they were red and the hat bore the kanji symbol for Dragon. He was also accompanied by two guards, both wearing the blood red clock and hoods hiding their faces.
"What is the meaning of this?" said the man in the kage robes.
The kumo jounin didn't respond in their fright and instead ran for the hills…far, far away.
The man sighed as in annoyance and turned to the Konoha nin and asked "What are you doing here?" Before any of them could answer though, Hinata collapsed out of exhaustion.
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Hinata awoke and stared at a white ceiling. She slowly got up and caught sight of her friends talking quietly. They turned and noticed that she was getting up and moved closer.
Kurenai asked "How you feeling?"
Hinata answered "Like I got run over by a herd of the Nara's deer but nothing worse then that. Where are we?"
"We are in the shinobi village simply known as the Village of Dragons" answered Shino.
"Never heard of it" answered Hinata.
The three nodded and Kurenai continued "Neither have we. It apparently is a new village that has been growing steadily for the last few years. We were brought here when you collapsed and given medical treatment. The place is young and so beautiful that it isn't even funny. But that is not what is bothering us."
Hinata tilted her head to the side and silently asked the question of what was bothering them.
"The smell that came off the kage of this place was extremely familiar and we are waiting to positively ID it. Being who I think it is I wouldn't be surprised at this places strength" said Kiba.
Hinata "Strength?"
Shino nodded "As we walked through the streets everything was fine and beautiful, we were greeted by people as if we had been friends for years. That surprised us but what caught us more is the undercurrent of the place."
Kurenai said "The undercurrent could only be explained by immense strength just waiting to be revealed. Its powerful, its new and damn attractive in man like this Kage…I did not just say that."
The three nodded while the chuckled.
"Otherwise" said Kiba "The strength that's hidden in this place could only be described as…well, a sleeping dragon."
Shino jumped in "a dragon that if disturbed turns into a cranky dragon."
Kurenai joined "And a cranky dragon is a dragon you don't want mad at you."
All of them, even a bandaged Akamaru, nodded in agreement.
Before anything could be said a man came in to the room. He was about 5'10'' and wore a bright red vest that appeared to be one of a chunin. He had on him black combat pants with what appeared to be steel toed combat style boots. Under his vest he wore a short sleeved field edition combat shirt.
In a surprisingly non-hostile voice he said "Ah your awake. So please follow me, the Ryuukage would like to speak with you."
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Hinata had to be amazed at what she saw as they walked through the streets of Ryuu no Sato.
The village was placed at the base of mountains, with the mountain breeze blowing in, spreading the smells of lunch and bringing along so many different types of sounds. Young children were seen playing in beautiful parks that looked like meadows or chaseing each other in the streets with a friendly game of tag.
The older, academy age children, appeared to be having outside classes of taijutsu or chakra control excersices or even weapons lessons to sword practice. What surprised her the most was to see such skill in kids this young. Remembering what Shino had mentioned about the 'sleeping dragon' like undercurrent, now she saw what he meant. Along the way they were greeted like neighbors but once more she saw the same undercurrent.
The villager's eyes scanned them continually, searching for any sign of hostility. This showed her that all were loyal to their Kage and would not have anything ruin the peace of their home.
As they continued on their way, she noticed many shops varying from clothing and weapons to different food stores, all which made up a peaceful and successful village. She also noticed many gardens that consisted of various flowers, personal vegetables or even the occasional herb garden.
She had to say it. "Impressive."
Their guide smiled and lifting his hand, pointed. They had arrived at the Hokage tower. All five of them stared up at the imposing structure. Hell tower this thing was more like a god be damned fort (A/N: Think Helms Deep in lord of the rings and you get the picture).
Hinata whistled and moved forward with the guide. As they entered the fort she voiced out the phrase that was whirling through all their minds: "A man that made a village like this from the bottom up most be powerful, lets meet him."
Nodding, all of them moved on in feeling eager anticipation
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Dragon of Time: Here we go people, that's chapter one. Hope it turned out good. Feel free to review but please forgive any grammatical errors and such. Watch out for chapter 2: Meeting the Ryuukage and Homebound. See ya then and be wary…there are fangirls on the prowl again.