The Konoha Newcomer pt 2

The Konoha Newcomer pt 2

"Hokage? The Hokage? The Fifth Hokage, Lady Tsunade?" I asked, bewildered.

"There isn't another." replied the greeter. I relaxed.

"Very well," I said. Turning to my new friends, I said "You guys had better stay here." Naruto challenged me.

"No way! If the Hokage wants to talk to you and you've only been here for a couple hours, you have to be important! I gotta see this!" said the orange ninja.

"Whatever. It's not like I'm gonna stop you or anything." sighed Shikamaru. So Naruto and I set out for the Hokage's office. When we got there, I wasn't surprised to hear the first thing Lady Tsunade said.

"What is that idiot doing here?" she barked. I rolled my eyes.

"Well, he was with me when I got the order to come here, and you know Naruto, once he wants something, he's gonna get it." I said. We both glared at Naruto for a couple seconds. "So, what do you need me for?" I finally asked.

"You are from Americagakure, are you not?" inquired Lady Tsunade.

"Yes, what does that have to do with anything?" I replied.

"Then I'm sure of it now, they're after you." said Tsunade. I didn't know who "they" were, but the way she said it was enough to send a chill down my spine.

"Who is 'they'?" was the next inevitable question. Lady Tsunade explained.

"They are a band of rouge ninja known as the Kurokishi, the black knights. The reason I called you is because you are exactly what they want."

"Then it's no problem. If they so much as lay a hand on me, I'll make sure that hand never does anything again!" I boasted.

"It's not that simple. They want you alive. The Kurokishi know your village well, and thus they know that you know secrets of far off lands even if you've never been to them. They've tried to get in to Americagakure before, but your border patrol has always repelled them before they crossed the line."

"So now that I'm in Konoha, a smaller, weaker village, they can easily get to me and capture me… They want Konoha's secrets, don't they?" Tsunade tensed. I didn't know if it was from the fact that the Kurokishi could actually get the secrets of Konoha, or that I called her village weaker. The Hidden Leaf Village has never been called weak compared to anything. The real reason that Tsunade was so uptight was something completely different, however.

"The Kurokishi are crafty, possibly more than even the Akatsuki, and they may already be in the village as we speak. You're smart, so they most likely won't try to take you by force." the Fifth explained.

"They'd be using a disguise, then?" I asked.

"Precisely, but even if you can detect a masking jutsu, they probably know how to cover that up, too. On top of all that, none of us knows what they really look like." said Tsunade. An awkward silence filled the room. I turned to Naruto, who had a genuine look of understanding on his face. That was very unlike him.

"What?" he said. "You think I'm one of the Kurokishi? I was just quiet because I wanted to listen; I want to bring these bastards down, too!" Naruto defended himself. I nodded.

"Ok. So both you and I need to watch out for any suspicious activity pointed at me or you." I said.

"Why me, too?" asked Naruto.

"Because you're the one I've been with the most since arriving here. They may think you have some connection with me. Tell Sakura as well, because I was with her, too. We might as well warn Chouji, Ino, and Shikamaru as well. Anyone who I've been with since I've gotten here. Watch out for anyone who may try to get you to follow them, bribe you, or even seduce you." I instructed.

"Got it!" said Naruto, and with that, we retired for the night. I lied in bed awake for a while, because the Kurokishi could even get me then. Every moving shadow and bump only kept me awake more and I only got a couple hours of sleep that night. Upon waking up in the morning and setting out, I bumped into yet another person. I was still fully aware that anyone here could be one of the Kurokishi, and almost lashed out at the person who beat me when quiet, lavender eyes met mine.

"H-Hinata." I stuttered, both my fist and my face close to hers. With me quickly retreating my hand, the both of us began to gather the groceries that I had unintentionally scattered, and just when I was about to apologize, I sensed something coming at me fast, then swished around to stop the Gentle Fist of Neji Hyuuga.

"Stay away from her." He said, as calmly as ever. I began to explain, but then he broke my block and after a couple of fast moves, had me on the defense.

"I said stay away!" he warned again.

"N-nii san. Stop. H-he bumped into me on accident, he didn't mean any harm." the Hyuuga daughter defended me.

"Well I've never seen him, and I know pretty much everyone in Konoha. Not many visitors get in to the village without me noticing as well." accused Neji. I rolled my eyes.

"C'mon, Neji. You honestly think that I, a Super-Elite Jounin from Americagakure, would have any reason to harm a Leaf Villager?" I said. Neji let me go, and with bowing his head, immediately apologized for his behavior.

"I am sorry. I heard from Naruto that there was one from America here. Please forgive my hasty impulse." Then, there was another awkward silence. Hinata, of all people, broke it.

"A-ano... How did you know our names?" she asked shyly.

"Well, home, of course. You know how the whole world is basically in America. And it shouldn't be a surprise that so many of us know the great Hyuuga clan. Especially you, Neji." I explained. Neji gave a slight smile of pride, while Hinata turned a light pink, her pale face then resembling a rose.

"It has been an honor meeting you, Jonathan, is that it?" asked Neji. I nodded. "Hinata and I will help any way we can while you're here." Hinata quickly agreed. With that, I set out to find some breakfast. It feels like I'm more on vacation than watching my back for a bunch of hardened criminals who want to kidnap me, I thought. A lot of my trip here had seemed a bit unreal. After all, I suddenly got a free trip to a place I never thought existed, was told that I was an extremely strong ninja, actually felt like I was an extremely strong ninja, and met many of those that I had idolized myself back in America, which was Americagakure now. And now I'm being hunted by a band of rogue ninja who will do anything to get me, I reminded myself.

The celebrity meetings just kept coming as I arrived in a pancake house, where Tenten was just about to destroy more pancakes than I thought that girl could take. Even before I introduced myself, she recognized me and invited me to sit down after basically inhaling half of her food. I didn't know what I was more surprised at. Maybe it was the fact that the whole of Konoha was getting to know me, or the fact that Tenten ate about twenty pancakes in less than five minutes. I myself had only three. Belly full and energy running, I decided it was a good time to start training. After all, I had killers after me, and I don't even know what ninja techniques I had.

I found an open spot away from anyone who might see me potentially making a fool of myself trying dozens of techniques that didn't work. Well, I stopped a Gentle Fist, and I wouldn't even have known that Neji was coming if I didn't have ninja instincts. I have to try some of these, I thought. So I began. The Shadow Clone Jutsu was a gimme. I had that down in no time flat. Next, using a small tree, I tried to see if brute strength flowed in me as it did Sakura. There was no such luck, but the hit I made was much larger than any normal fourteen-year-old's. Attempt after attempt of jutsu left me shocked. It felt like I had every type of chakra imaginable. I added the Shadow Possession Jutsu, many Gentle Fist arts, a single person Fang over Fang, and even the Rasengan to my arsenal. Almost unbelievably, I even managed to copy a kekkei genkai. The Byakugan was not Hyuuga exclusive anymore.

Winded, but still energized, there was one more person's techniques I had yet to try.

"Serpent, dragon, hare, tiger," I formed the handsigns, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" I almost lost focus when a flaming dragon erupted from my tiger seal and engulfed a nearby tree in flame. It fell into a pond that was also close to me. Well, I thought, that was interesting. Sure, that was the Dragon Flame Jutsu, but that was just to test if I had fire aligned chakra as well as the others. My real test was about to take place. Mustering up all the remaining energy I had, I formed the necessary handsigns and: "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" I closed my eyes from the sudden heat and extra light. I kept blowing; not knowing what would happen if I let it go now. If the fireball got too big, it would blow up anyways, and who knows how much that would destroy? The jutsu was already more than three times the size of me, and I let it go. Bracing myself, I was bombarded with flame and debris from the exploding fireball. When the smoke had cleared, after what had seemed like hours, the fruits of my labor made themselves known to me. Aside from the giant crater in the ground, there in what used to be my training area stood the tree I had burned, that had gained some charred and broken friends, a boulder devastated by my Fang over Fang, and multiple strikes visible on yet more trees a ways away from the main part of the destruction.

"Holy crap," I heaved, "I did that?" I surveyed my work. Only upon turning around did I notice that I had some visitors. Twelve of them.