We Own Nothing

The Owl's Vengeance

Chapter 2

First Flight

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Naruto grinned as he saw the finished product. Shikamaru had done his job well. In 4 years, he had constructed the ultimate armor.

Naruto signaled for Shikamaru to start lowering the armor from where it hung. With a loud clunk, it settled onto the floor of the base. Receiving a nod from Shikamaru, he placed his hand on the head of the monstrosity and pulsed his chakra.

With a great clanking noise, the mouth slid open to allow his passage. Finding the command chair inside the main body, Naruto sat down and activated the primary systems. The system was mainly powered by chakra that was gathered through special devices that absorbed the natural chakra from the land underneath. It was activated by a pulse of his chakra.

Naruto flared his chakra and laughed with glee as the monstrosity came to life. Using the headset, he spoke through the armor.

"Well done, Shikamaru." His voice became a deep, robotic tone. Shikamaru shivered involuntarily at it. "Lets see what this thing can really do!"

With those words, Clockwerk left the ground.

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The village of Deadly Poisson (No one is sure why it is named so) was enjoying a peaceful day. The sky was blue. Birds were chattering in the trees while squirrels talked to each other. The grass was green and the flowers were in full bloom. Everyone was happy. That is, they WERE happy up until the point a giant mechanical owl burst out of the sky and began killing people in cruel and unusual ways.

One was killed by being bitten in half. The REALLY unlucky villager was then dropped in a river where his remains were eaten by piranhas (Which is probably how the village got its name). Lightning surged out of the owl's eyes, which began setting barns on fire. They burned with an almighty might in a fiery inferno, therefore killing countless numbers of fluffy innocent creatures (like sheep).

He then flew over the center of the village. Several machine guns popped out of his underside. He then unleashed a torrential rain of bullets on the village below. The villagers screamed as they ran in a futile attempt to avoid being hit with the hail of bullets. The bullets even went through the roofs of some houses.

Unfortunately (for the villagers) some of the bullets went into a store carrying explosive tags. Guessing by their luck, the bullets landed in a barrel of these tags setting them off. The tags began to burn with a sizzling like that of bacon cooking. The tags then exploded making the store turn into a giant bonfire.

Even more unfortunate is that this fire spread from house to house devouring everything in it's path.

Clockwerk hovered above the remains of Deadly Poisson. "This will do very nicely." With that, he resumed his slaughter of the villagers. He made sure to leave one alive. "Tell the world that Clockwerk has arrived, and he is angry."

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Minato Namikaze sighed as the rather scruffy villager left his office to tell the Kazekage in Suna. The information he had received was rather disturbing. After all, it's not every day a giant metal bird drops out of the sky and starts killing people. Even more disturbing was that the creature was in fact sentient. It was also, apparently, pissed off about something.

Minato looked at one of the pictures on his desk. His team picture, the day he became the Fourth, and a family shot. It was this last picture that drew his attention. Picking it up, he bought it closer to examine it closely. Doing so had become some sort of ritual when he got a break from the evilness that is paperwork.

In the center was himself with Kushina in his lap. On one side next to him was Yoko. At the time the picture was taken, she was only a few years old. Already she was the spitting image of her mother. Due to the influence of the Fox in her, she was almost incapable of sitting still and had to be restrained by the ANBU in order for the picture to be taken.

Standing slightly behind the three of them was Naruto. A complete clone of Minato himself, and yet totally different. His eyes were dull and he didn't smile when he was at home. Looking back, Minato realized that they had done a terrible thing. They had almost completely abandoned him in favor of spending time with their daughter. By the time that they had realized what they did, it was too late. Naruto was gone, and he had taken some of the villages most aspiring young ninja with him.

Both Minato and Kushina were shocked by his actions. However, the one that took it the best was Yoko. Being young at the time he left, she barely remembered Naruto.

'Perhaps it is for the best.' Minato thought to himself. He looked over a map of the Elemental Nations.

'Naruto, where are you?'

Sighing to himself, he turned back to his desk to find more paperwork. As he began to work, the door burst open to reveal Hiruzen Sarutobi, the previous Hokage. Normally, Minato would be happy to see his predecessor, but the look on his face said that he was not there for pleasantries.

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY GRANDSON?" Hiruzen shouted

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A group of four figures walked down the road leading towards the Land of Lightning. Three of the figures were children and seemed to be talking excitedly among themselves. The fourth figure simply led the group silently. From his posture, he seemed rather calm and collected. However, he was actually highly irritated. There was a buzzing sound coming from him.

He sighed. The three brats behind him were annoying the hell out of him.

"Are we there yet, Shino?"

"No."

"You sure?"

"Yes, Konahamaru. I am quite sure we are not there yet."

"How about now?"

"No."

Shino sighed again. His Aburame nature found the whole situation highly illogical. He had planned to leave the Leaf Village to track down his missing teammates. The only problem was that he was doing so against orders.

On his way out, he had been stopped by the Konahamaru Corps. Shino had been convinced to take Konahamaru, Moegi, and Udon after he had informed them of his intentions.

He greatly regretted that decision.

In regards to the situation at hand, he had heard from off-duty Jonin and Chunnin that a man with blonde hair and blue eyes had been sighted at Mount Ka, an active volcano in the Land of Lightning. Upon hearing the description, Shino had begun to pack his belongings, along with everything he needed in order to care for his bugs.

As they reached the boarder between countries, Shino's instincts began to tell him that they were being followed. But before he could do anything, he felt an impact in the side of his face, breaking his sunglasses.

As he lost consciousness, he heard a familiar voice scream, "DYNAMIC ENTRY!" and Konahamaru shouting "WHOA!"

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