Naruto: The First Paper Ninja
Chapter 2
By: MedicWolfram
A/N: Well this is the second chapter, the reason why I decided to rewrite this was because of some of the reviews, a few people pointed out points that would make the story a bit better, so I decided to go back and rewrite the entire story. The story, I hope, will now flow together better and make more sense, hope you enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review, many things people tell me I use in future chapters.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Read or Die; if I did do you think I would be here right now writing this?
Last time:
Naruto bowed and was about to introduce himself when Nenene looked up, "N…N…Naruto?" she stuttered out. Naruto in turn smiled, and nodded his head.
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Now:
Naruto looked down at Nenene and smiled, "Hey Nenene-chan."
"Naruto?" she asked, not sure of what she was seeing, "What are you doing her?"
"Ya! What are you doing her?" Anita repeated curious as to who this Naruto was.
Naruto turned and bowed to the three sisters, "Allow me to introduce my self, my name is Naruto Uzumaki Readman, a paper master like you, and my sister sent me here to watch over Nenene-chan."
"Well you don't have to," Anita grumbled while crossing her arms, angry over the fact that this boy had done their job.
"Anita-chan, we should be thankful that he came when he came, now apologize," Michelle said, glaring at the youngest of the three sisters.
Anita looked up at her sister and growled before turning to Naruto, "Sorry," she muttered, "But we still didn't need your help."
Naruto smiled, "I'm sorry for interrupting then, Anita-chan, I will be sure to remember that you can take care of your self," he said while bowing. Naruto shifted his gaze from the three sisters too Nenene who was still sitting on the ground, "Nenene-chan, are you ok?" he asked.
Michelle seemed to notice Nenene for the first time and rushed up to her charge, "Sensei," she started "Allow me to help you," she said while holding out her hand to help pull Nenene to her feat.
Nenene allowed herself to be pulled up as her eyes followed a piece of blue paper that floated to the ground landing in front of her, "Naruto," she started, shaking her head, "Where is your sister now?"
Naruto's gaze dropped to the floor, "I'm sorry Nenene-chan, but we parted ways a few months ago, when she sent me here."
Nenene nodded in understanding, her hand fumbling with the locket around her neck. "You, you can use paper right? Naruto said so, right?" she asked with glee, remembering what Naruto had said about the girls.
Michelle looked at her three sisters, before nodding at Nenene, confirming the question. Nenene's eyes seemed to brighten at the new information; perhaps these people had seen Yomiko recently. "Tell me, do you know this person?" she asked, opening the book shaped locket and showing the three sisters a picture of her, Naruto, and another taller women with dark hair, wearing glasses.
The three sisters looked at the picture, "No," Anita said shaking her head.
"I've never seen her," Michelle stated and Maggie nodded along. Michelle looked back at Naruto who was beginning to collect paper of the floors, "Umm, how does Naruto-san know this person?" Michelle asked.
Naruto pocketed the paper that he had collected then gazed into the small picture, "She's my sister," he said, informing the three girls.
Nenene closed the locket and placed it around her neck, not only did Naruto not know where Yomiko was, but the three paper sisters had no idea as well, the lead that she had seemed to evaporate before her eyes.
Naruto's gaze fell to the floor, "I'm sorry Nenene-chan, she only sent me here to make sure you were ok, she never told me where we would meet up again, you understand, she is quite absentminded." Nenene cracked a smile at the information about her long time friend.
On the other side of the building, the police stood up on shaky legs from were they where just hiding, "What just happened?" The detective on the scene asked as paper continued to flutter around him.
Michelle looked at the crazed author, and picked up a sheet with writing on it, "What are we going to do?" Maggie asked, nodding towards the writer.
"Well I might as well read his story," Michelle stated.
Maggie's eyes seemed to brighten at the mention of reading a new book.
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The airport that Nenene was supposed to take off from wasn't as busy as normal, apparently the recent 'terrorist attacks' had scared away most travelers visiting Hong Kong.
"I'd thank you guys, since you did have a hand in saving me, but where's Naruto?" Nenene said as she looked around the airport terminal for Naruto.
"Who cares about him, if you want to thanks us you should give me money," Anita stated with a grumble while holding out her hand.
"Anita…show some respect," Maggie said as she put her hand on top of Anita's head pushing her to the side and out of the way.
"Hey, I wonder what happened to Michelle," wondered Anita as she turned herself away from her tallest sister attempting to ignore the famous author.
"I'm sorry," Maggie said, apologizing for Anita as she bowed.
"Don't worry about it," Nenene replied, as she began to rummage around in her large shoulder purse.
"I'm sorry," Maggie said again.
Nenene shook her head and decided to ignore the tall women as she handed over two of her books, "Here, these are for Michelle too."
"Wow," whispered Maggie, as she grabbed the books and hugged them to her chest, "I shall cherish them forever." Anita glanced at her sister before she rolled her eyes in annoyance and began to look around the terminal again.
"And one for you too," Nenene said as she placed the book on top of Anita's head, Anita turned around and slowly reached up to take the book. Before she could place her hand on it though, a second was added, "And give this to your boyfriend, Naruto, when you see him," Nenene said with a smirk.
Anita looked angry before she grabbed both and ignored any further comments Nenene could say next. "I wonder how much they would sell for," Anita said as she looked at the autographs.
"Anita…," Maggie started.
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The plane had just taken off when Michelle ran up to her sisters, "Why are you running, she already left." Anita informed her wayward sister with a smile as she looked up from her new book.
"There were two…" Michelle started, gasping for breath.
"What do you mean, there were two?" Anita asked.
"They were co-authored," Maggie informed.
"Yes, there are two authors!" Michelle said, her breath coming back to her. The three sisters turned to look at the now distant plane. "We have to help."
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The plane had left the Honk Kong airport almost an hour ago when Nenene had requested a blanket and pillow for the long trip, shortly after receiving them she had fallen into a deep sleep.
Naruto sat near the back of the plane, his head bouncing to the music that he was listening to, a book in his hand, and one eye on the form of Nenene. He was going to follow his sister wishes and watch over her until he was told otherwise.
Nenene awoke to a scream as the flight attendant in front of her tripped as a man, closely resembling that of the insane author, waved a gun in his hand.
"Don't move!" he yelled pointing the gun at the fallen attendant, he shifted his gun to another man beginning to stand up, "Sit down." The man had an insane smile on his face as he turned to Nenene, "Thanks for taking care of my brother," he said with glee. Nenene looked up at the man, defiance in her eyes.
Naruto took the earphones out and placed his book back into his shoulder bag. His eyes drifted through the passenger cabin and assessed the situation, another writer, apparently the brother and co-author of the black novel, had made his way on the plane and planed to finish what his brother could not, kill Nenene.
"You guys are messed up, why don't you put this passion into your writing?" Nenene asked while attempting to sit up straighter.
"It is in our writing, and the passion that overflowed from our books makes us take action." He said, his insane grin still plastered on his face, "You wouldn't understand would you?" he asked, his gun digging into her shoulder. "Or are you dried up already?" he finished referring to the one and only book she had published. The man sat down next to her and began to laugh to himself.
Nenene was shaking with fury; this man had the audacity to laugh at her works when his was no better off. She sat up with defiance and placed her finger in the barrel of his gun. "Don't compare me with you guys! You guys are just human trash pretending to be writers," she said anger flashing behind her eyes.
"Shut up," He yelled, pulling his gun back and pointing it at her again, his finger starting to pull the trigger.
Naruto sat up straighter as his hand reached down towards the brown holster grabbing a sheaf of blue paper. As he began to stand a knocking on the cabin window caught his attention. Just on the other side of the window was Anita, her cheeks were puffed out holding in a lung full of air and her hand was waving back and forth, telling him not to stop. Naruto smiled and waved, before sitting back and relaxing, his hand returned the paper but remained near the holster.
Anita let go of the window and climbed further up, towards the window Nenene was sitting by. When she arrived she noticed the man with the gun pointed at her employers head. Thinking quickly she knocked on the window, startling the crazed man.
The crazed author pointed his gun at Nenene's head, prepared to end the author's life when a knocking startled him. Looking up he saw a head of pink hair outside of the plane, shocked he reeled back and raised his pistol firing at the window.
Anita fell back in astonishment as the man fired his weapon at the window and her, she instantly let go and fell away from the one window only to pass by the previous one, the author still aiming at her, punching holes in the fuselage and shattering windows.
Air screamed out of the plane as the cabin lost pressure. Inside the pilots cabin, the two men quickly reacted, pressing a red button that placed the plane into emergency mode, oxygen masks fell from compartments in the ceiling near each seat and lights cut out, leaving only the emergency escapes illuminated. The screams of escaping air increased as papers flew all around the cabin, and the plane began to jolt from turbulence.
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Anita flew back into the giant paper bird and grabbed an oxygen tank, taking deep breaths replenishing her oxygen supply.
Michelle held onto Anita and turned to Maggie, "Bring us closer Maggie-chan,"
She called out. Maggie nodded before rotating her hands clockwise moving the giant bird to the right, away from the plane and speeding up.
As the tail of the bird passed the cockpit, it seemed to detach and fly towards the cockpit screen, as the two pilots flinched away in fear the paper dispersed flinging the pink haired Anita through the glass and onto the floor.
Anita quickly stood up; she was wearing a white Chinese button up shirt with red lining and sleeves with a matching pair of red shorts. Two white socks went up to just underneath her knees with a pair or red shoes.
Anita's right hand reached down to a square holster, much like Naruto's and pulled out a piece of white paper. Flicking her wrist the paper snapped straight, she next razed her hand and cut a V through the door, leaving three pieces to fall to the ground and flew towards the stumbling mad man.
The crazed author razed his weapon and prepared to fire. The paper in Anita's hand flew forwards, knocking aside the gun, she jumped up and made a complete 360 degree kick, aiming for the man's chest. As the author stumbled from the kick Anita jumped and snapped off another kick, pushing the man to the back of the plane and Naruto.
Anita looked at the holes in the fuselage and the shattered windows, waving her hand from the left to the right the floating paper seemed to take a mind for them selves and attached to the walls, cutting out the howling of the escaping air and returning pressure to the cabin. Nenene looked on in shock as another 12 year old saved her life.
"Are you alive?" Anita asked jokingly.
Nenene jumped forward and grabbed Anita by her shoulders. "Why are you here brat? It's dangerous!" she yelled.
Anita shook her head and crossed her arms, "How can you say that to your lifesaver?"
Nenene's face lightened, her anger disappearing from her face and placed her head against her shoulder in an awkward hug.
As Anita pulled herself away she looked back at Nenene before smiling, "Well I guess were even, make your book thicker next time!" she said before showing Nenene her book with a bullet lodged into the cover. "I'm not good with defence," she finished smiling.
"Annoying brat," Nenene yelled pushing Anita's head to the ground, the small fight would have continued if the plane hadn't trembled again, knocking the older women to the ground.
Outside the windows the passengers could see a flaming engine, the sudden increase of weight caused by the strengthened paper coupled with the sudden loss of pressure was to much for the engines, the had started to strain and eventually began to shake themselves apart. The plane picked up more speed as it descended towards the ocean separating Japan from the mainland.
"Oh no, we're all going to die," Nenene started as the plane began to descend.
"Its alright, my sisters are here." Anita said, trying to reassure the frantic author, although fear laced her voice.
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Despite the pilots best efforts all he was able to do was prolong the doomed flights path. Whereas they were destined for the water it seemed they would make it to land, although in more then one piece.
As the plane descended Maggie effortlessly directed her giant puppet underneath the doomed flight. And as she drew closer the top seemed to peel back and encased the plane. As the plane was covered in paper Maggie's face twisted in concentration. More paper seemed to collect and began to take the shape of an even larger bird, no engulfing the plane.
Maggie strained to keep the plane afloat, heading towards the distant airport. "Sis…It's heavy," she said her voice straining.
"I'll make it lighter," Michelle reassured as she took a paper sheaf in-between her thumb, forefinger and middle finger. Swinging her hand up, the sheaf turned into a large chain, and followed her hand down shearing through the wings of the plane, leaving the cabin and cockpit behind.
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The airport was a frenzy of movement, a calm female voice came over the intercom system, "We still have no new information on the whereabouts of flight 927, we have all resources at our disposal investigating the situation at the moment and you will be informed of any new development," the voice said before repeating itself.
Not second after the voice had informed the mob that a new voice came over the intercom, "This is the tower control, please do not stand near the windows. We have confirmation on an incoming speeding object. I repeat please stay away from the windows."
The terminal became a whirl of movement as bystanders looked out at the many windows at the incoming giant bird. Exclamations such as "What is that," and "Look there" filled the area.
As the giant bird began to touch the ground paper flew off relieving the bird of considerable weight. Wherever the bird touched the ground paper would begin to disperse from the friction uncovering the plane.
As the plane lost the paper holding it afloat, the control Maggie once had disappeared, "Nee-san…were not going to make it, the paper is falling apart to fast." Maggie informed her older sister.
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Naruto glanced out the uncovered window at the rapidly passing scenery; he realized the paper was peeling of the plane to fast and if nothing was done, it would not stop the plane from hitting the airport. Even now the landing gear had been torn off and the plane skidded on its belly.
Naruto waited a few more minutes hoping that the sisters would find a solution to the new problem but sighed in defeat. Surely Anita would not be angry if he only helped them along. Standing up, he pushed back the ends of his coats sleeves, revealing his covered hands. A tight blue fingerless glove extended itself up past his wrist and to the middle of his forearm of both hands. The gloves were decorated with a series of Kanji that seemed to hold no significant value.
Pushing his arms out, he began to mutter in a soft tone, his hands forming strange half shapes. After only a few seconds he finished muttering and opened his palms pushing them out as far as they could. Blue paper seemed to appear from within his sleeves and flew out of the windows, before covering them up again.
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Michelle looked shocked as the blue paper encased the bird and surrounded them. Maggie seemed to look relieved and the bird began to slow down quickly.
Maggie felt shocked at the amount of control the new paper allowed her, forgetting about the new paper and its properties she leaned back, pulling her arms with all her might as she tried to bring the giant avian to a stop.
As the plane drew closer to the airport terminal the paper began to peal back revealing the ruined plane to the world. It ground to a shaky halt as the nose touched the glass windows, making a soft ting sound.
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The wail of sirens from police, fire, and medical vehicles filled the once still night air, heading towards the now wingless airplane. Maggie and Michelle lay on the ground, there chests razing and lowering, gasping for breath after the strenuous task.
"You've never been to Jinbou-chou, have you?" Michelle asked, in between gasps of air, paper fluttering around her.
"No," was the simple reply the Maggie gave as she too sucked in air.
"I heard it's the town with the greatest number of books." Michelle said after a few seconds of heavy breathing, "Let's go there later, ok?" Maggie nodded in agreement.
Inside the plane, Anita and Nenene looked around at the falling paper. "What are we going to do about this?" Nenene asked.
"I don't know, why you don't come up with a good excuse, besides you're the writer, you should be good at that," Anita stated.
"Who the hell would do something like this," Nenene asked pushing Anita's head down towards the ground again, "There is no good explanation, there's no way this can be realistic at all."
"Your mean, you know that, you're so ungrateful!" Anita yelled back.
Nenene was about to retort when she noticed the blue paper for the first time, "Wait, blue paper, does that mean Naruto's here? Why didn't he help me at the start?"
Anita nodded as she jerked her thumb behind her at Naruto. "Hey," he said, scratching the back of his head.
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A/N: Well that's the next chapter, not only is it longer but I think it flows more smoothly, as I said at the top, I am in need of a beta reader, there're only so many errors I can see myself. Hope this meets your expectations, and until next time Chow for now.