One-Shot Story Ideas Turned into Challenges

Chapter 2: Naruto, the Elemental Revolution

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, and probably will not if the time to make each chapter is any indication.

Deep within a pup, a large audience was sitting around a radio. They were listening with batted breath at the expected speech that will happen over the Commoner's Radio Station. They were listening to a broadcast of what their homeland will do about the ninjas and samurai units making movements across their borders. The crowd was hushed as General, Champion of Freedom, Revan was making her speech. A charismatic woman that was formerly known as Naruto Uzumaki.

"When I was a child, I grew up in Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. A village that many claimed to be the best with the highest set of morals that the world should strive for. If that is true, I shudder to think what the rest are like. For living in that village was hell. I was abused, beaten, starved, shunned, and almost raped for something that happens at my birth. All the while, people claiming to have my best intention let these monsters in human skin go scot-free while being pushed into the ninja forces to be a mediocre child soldier.

"And what worst, in my opinion, is that I was not an isolated incident. While some lucky individuals lived in luxury if they noble blood, were part of a clan, or born into a family with several generations of ninjas. Others lived in impoverish conditions until they became ninjas themselves and became part of the oppression, and they were sadly still the lucky ones. For across Fire Country and the rest of the world, most of the people lived with barely anything to call their own while those that rule over them by right of blood lived like kings without the hope of change along the horizon.

"Needless to say, I was disfranchised for what was considered the right way to live and left after finding a something valuable that would change the world. A change that not only leads the world to not only a technological revolution but a social one as well. Now the people could fight against such oppression and look at the progress we've made.

"We overthrew Wave's Daimyō and killed him with his best friend Gatō; who was bribing him to ignore his own people starving due to Gatō's actions. We freed a Snow and Spring Country from tyranny as the nobility sat on their assess while trying to force a woman to be their Daimyō despite her lack of skills or wishes. We freed Moon, Honey, Flower, and so many others from dictators that took over after disposing of the kinder heads with the corrupt nobles help. We even ended the genocide committed in Water Country and disposed of the nobles that encourage such acts and forcing the rest out. They paid for action and inaction in the form of blood, and money used to rebuild the Country.

"Since then, we built a nation for the people, by the people while leading others to follow in our wake. Our people now live in luxury, while also being smarter, healthier, and in my hope, happier than many of the nations around us. And due to that, the other nations still stuck in the old ways look at us with jealousy and threaten to invade us unless we give them our technology, surrender our representatives to be executed, and reinstate the nobility within our lands. Often with those closely related to them instead of related to the defunct leaders. They want us to give up all our freedoms while they put their fat relatives over us. Well, I have an answer to their demands.

"We will not comply with your outlandish demands. No, we will fight them. We will fight in the clouds and the skies above and below them. We will fight in the seas, in the rivers, in the lakes, and even in the darkest depths below them. We will fight them on the mountains, on the hills, on the mounds, on the ground, and in the caves and caverns below it. We will fight them in the streets, in the alleyways, on the roads, within the buildings, and everything in between. We will fight them in our homes, and we will fight them in theirs. For we will never surrender to tyranny and oppression! For Freedom! For Liberty! For the Pursuit of Happiness! Liberty or Death!"

"Liberty or Death!" screamed the crowd as they all rushed to war.

Challenge

A spin-off idea I had when I first starting writing Naruto the Elemental Star, of where an abused Naruto finds the facility and library while hiding from those that attempt to harm her. In this Alternate Universe (AU), instead of giving the technology to the Leaf, she was inspired by the history of the former world government to lead a revolution. With the story ending with Naruto either building her nation or completely overthrowing the feudal system.

As I am unlikely to get to the story, my challenge is to write a story of Naruto leading a revolution that will lead to a confrontation with the Leaf. Outside of requirements, the story can go however the writer wants. All I ask is that you be creative and be good, and maybe look at the recommendations for inspiration.

Requirements

1) Naruto must be inspired to lead a revolution in some form to the point of being labeled a revolutionary, if not an extremist.

2) Naruto must be charismatic and intelligent enough for the story to work. After all, Naruto will be primarily leading armies that are formed from the peasants and commoners. Not exactly a war you can win by blindly charging the enemy.

3) The story should explore how Naruto lead the revolution either in flashbacks, exposition dumps or as the story's main focus leading to the climax.

3) Naruto should try to form a democratic government with the first nation she liberated. Level of success is up to the author. Ranging from a high level of success. To a provisional government until a time to iron out an actual country. To a dictatorship with a plan to transition to a democratic government even if it does not go anywhere, and everything in between.

4) Naruto must ultimately succeed in his/her revolution with a few nations, if not the entirety of the Elemental Nations.

Recommendations

1) Naruto should be abused by the village to the point leaving the village to start the revolution is her best option for a life of her own.

2) Naruto should be inspired by history, hidden, or known to lead a revolution for the people.

3) I highly recommend the writer have other characters from Konoha follow Naruto for one reason or another. Such as Hinata due to living in an abused clan that can enslave others because they are considered weak, the younger child or born in the Brach portion of the Clan. Shino due to it being illogical to support an old, flawed system. Non-clan ninjas and civilians for being treated second class citizens to name a few examples.

4) One or all below should explain how the Revolution is succeeding:

a) Technology, since I do not see an army of peasants be a threat without ways to counter chakra wielders and semi-automatic rifles, are good equalizers. If not bombs, automatic weapons, machine guns, tanks, planes, and warships.

b) Unlocking new chakra users from new recruits if not the general population. After all, a feudal system depends on keeping the masses ignorant and unable to fight against their armies to stay in power. Therefore, it is likely that in such a system that a large portion of the population, if not the entire community can use chakra but was limited to keep the people from rebelling.

c) Develop a robust, intelligent network and favor unorthodox tactics. As to win a war, intelligence should play a huge role in keeping ahead of Naruto's enemy. Along with unconventional tactics to lead ambushes or fight in ways that the enemy cannot counter powerful nations. Especially if a or b does not play a role since being out in the field or directly engaging ninjas and samurai would be futile.