Sasuke was a powerful young man, he was an excellent swordsman, he only had one problem... he was fully blind. This had happened when he tried using Sharingan before he unlocked it, a fool's move. Now his eyes were ever covered in a bandage. Sasuke had long learned he wasn't the best, but he strived to be the best. He constantly trained, and became a legendary swordsman. He is to kenjutsu as Gai is to taijutsu. He could cut a tree easily. His blindness wasn't much of a problem when he learned his affinity, wind. He had such a strong affinity that he could sense the slightest movement in the winds, giving him false sight, but still better than normal eyes still as good as that all is he would give anything to see the sunset again. His hearing was on par with any Inuzuka and he was as good at kenjutsu as one of the seven shinobi swordsmen. However unlike the swordsmen he uses a very deceptive sword type but one that is all to fitting to one born of both his and for one in his condition. He uses a single sided ninja to styled cane sword. By outside appearance it looks simple enough a black cane with a silver ring under the top the top itself has the Uchiha fan with the white made from white opal and the red filled in using a small piece of garnet. If need came to be though he could remove that part with a sharp twist to the left. To open the sword itself he sharply and quickly twisted to the right.
Sasuke had learned the true reason for the massacre it was Danzo. Danzo had them killed through Itachi who was told his family was guilty of treason. Sasuke found out when Danzo talked the whole affair over with his advisors and now he hated Danzo for it, he still wanted to kill Itachi, for the sheer stupidity of listening to the man. The Uchiha clan opposed Danzo's takeover, and tried to stop him, but failed and that was the consequence. He wanted to kill Danzou for causing all his pain, and ran away from Konoha for it. He had left the village he, and so many others, hated, all because of one man. Danzou wasn't a bad leader, no he was very good at positioning his pieces across the board and making them do exactly what he wanted but he was a bad human, he constantly tried to rid shinobi of their emotions, and more than half the time it worked.
Sasuke had been hiding in Kumogakure, as a civilian. In these mountains it was almost like he had his eyes back so much of the wind passed through it was incredible. He hid his bloodline from them, because they'd want him as a Ninja. He was safe from Danzo... though he was not sure how long that would last for now he would train and live. Patience is any easy trait for the blind to pick up all things are possible given enough time. He had met someone named Kirabi who liked to rap although was very terrible at it still Sasuke supposed everyone needs a hobby even if they suck at it. He also got close to a girl named Yugito. He secretly thought she was beautiful the wind showed him that much. He learned they were both Jinchuuriki, and the reason they became close was because he accepted them. Jinchuuriki are starved of attention, therefore they crave it and are very loyal, it's simple psychology.
Kakashi was a very interesting man he has stark silver hair that sticks straight up. He was a war veteran. He even had lost his eye and kept moving forward. To top it all off he had maintained a relatively good attitude. Life had been good to him most of the time. He had looks, charm, strength, he was the target of many fan clubs, and he would protect his friends, at least that was when he was a man. Now he was a shell, he had failed to protect his team. He was one of the few who kept their emotions with Danzo's training. He was likely as powerful as one of the Sannin, but he never got the chance to fight when he wasn't protecting someone. He had been on a simple C rank mission that's how it all spiraled downhill. It started good he and team's mission was to escort a simple bridge builder back to the Land of Waves. He thought it should be easy enough maybe they would face some bandits it would toughen the kids up. That all went to hell when he encountered the Demon brothers. Kiba quickly knocked out one of them and narrowly avoided being cut by the other. Hinata however took care of the second brother quickly. While Sakura ever the fan girl gushed about how cool "Kiba-kun" was. That is when Kakashi screwed up rather than call for back up he continued on with his team. Next they met up with Zabuza Momochi of the great seven swordsmen and someone dressed as a hunter nin claiming to be called Haku. It was a massacre as far as his students were concerned Zabuza stuck them down before Kakashi could finish Haku. After that he does not know what happened the whole world went red and he killed Zabuza and Haku. They were only doing their job so he honored them and buried them with his team. He was silent for days.
He had blamed Danzou, then Tazuna, then Himself, and then he realized it was all three. He had taken Zabuza's sword and cut Tazuna's arm off he also killed Gato and his would be army for the lying bastard of a bridge builder then he left not even waiting for payment. It was now official the copy-cat nin veteran of a war and a named whispered and regarded on the same level as the rest of the world's legends was pissed. He had punished Tazuna enough. He now had to find and kill Danzou. He vowed to never rest until Danzou was dead he would make the man pay for all of his sins. After he was done with that maybe just maybe he would find peace of some kind. Until then he would never allow the eternal internal torment to stop that would be his own punishment guilt can be a terrible punishment. It can drive even the worst of mankind to try to perform miracles for a simple "You are forgiven" from our own souls. He set off towards Kirigakure, hoping to get their help and help settle the bloodline dispute another way to slowly get rid of his guilt from failure.
He would soon bring down the demon, Danzou, he could guarantee that. Kakashi trained and trained, getting stronger on his way to Kirigakure. He learned how to wield Zabuza's Zanbatou and he could wield it just as good as Zabuza, but he wasn't as experienced, meaning he still wasn't as good with it. What was important though was that for the first time in years he could feel his growth it made him feel good and ashamed. If only he had found this strength before maybe he would not be here now. He met many missing ninja who hated leaf, amazing how being an egomaniac with a god complex will get you so many enemies.
Shino awoke slowly. He groaned out in pain, his body felt as if it was on fire. He had dealt with worse and could probably move normally. He sat up and winced at the feeling. He felt strange, it wasn't the pain, it was the Kikai bugs. They weren't buzzing as usual, they were silent. He had tried summoning
one to his finger and to his surprise a spider came out. He opened his mouth slightly and widened his eyes. He didn't expect the gas would affect his bugs as well. At first he internally panicked but he was trained to deal with what life threw at you so that is what he did.
He looked around and noticed he was in a camp, Naruto sat at the fire, Jiraiya sleeping in a tent, and Shikamaru was... sleeping while standing up. Shino, for all his genius couldn't figure out how Shikamaru managed to pass the academy. Seriously it seemed like all the guy did was sleep.
He sighed slightly as the feeling of his skin being burned died down a bit. "I see your awake... you felt it too didn't you?" Naruto smiled towards him, he almost always had an upbeat attitude, unless it had to do with Danzou, then he was cold and cruel. In fact that is one of the things that drew Shino to Naruto he was insurmountable and unstoppable. Whatever you stuck in his way he would find one way or another to overcome it. In Shino's mind that was Naruto's true strength he would never surrender never give up until he accomplished his goal and only then would he rest for a moment.
"Yeah... Side effect?" Shino asked in a pained tone. Naruto nodded. He wondered how the gas had changed him, and the others. He felt stronger, but he couldn't tell. The way Naruto said it, it seemed like whoever used Kensei Zoukyou got different effects. He sighed and lay back down. "So... where are we?"
Shino asked. He knew they couldn't be too far from Konoha. As he knew he had not been out for that long his internal clock told him as much as did the spiders that now lie under his skin.
"Oh on the border of wind country and Fire country" Naruto said. Shino stood corrected. He hated when Naruto did that. If he ever assumed something around Naruto, it was quickly proved wrong. It was like Naruto was a hot spot for impossibility. What the world says should work one way Naruto kind of just tilted his head looked at the picture and rearranged things to suit his own needs. It was if, Shino would admit it a touch uncomfortable to be around someone who seemed to be able to change the way reality works when it did not work for him.
The next day was almost normal, they hadn't run into a single missing nin, or hunter nin, which made them feel quite content. Shikamaru had noticed something strange when they took a break. It was noon and the shadows were short. He wished silently that the shadows became longer, and they did, he
hadn't even used chakra to do so. He wondered what else he could do and thought about becoming a shadow. He was shocked when he literally became a shadow, his own shadow, he was intangible, to anything that wasn't a shadow, he undid the technique and went back to thinking. He wondered about cuts... so he cut his finger and it turned into a shadow, and sowed itself back together this all happened quick, but slower than Naruto's legendary regeneration.
He quickly told the others and Shino told them his Kikai bugs turned into spiders. Naruto just told them he was stronger, and felt a craving for meat now. Not like an aching hunger but kind of a constant nag at the back of his mind even when he had just finished eating.
Shino was trying to figure out his powers, and discovering what caused his kikai bugs to change. He found out when he tensed his wrist, due to a bird landing on it. He saw a white substance shoot out of his wrist, scaring that poor poor bird. It attached to the tree and he instinctively pulled back, to
his amazement, the white wire didn't snap, it pulled the tree out of the ground by its roots and it shot towards him. He instinctively punched the tree. His fist went right through it and stopped it dead. He told his teammates and Naruto pouted about not finding his yet.
When Naruto found out his it was because of a spar. Shikamaru had planted an explosion seal on a tree and it exploded, sending a piece of the tree through Naruto's stomach. Naruto was shocked when it was absorbed into his body, and nothing came out. He had placed a sample of his blood under a large microscope that he pulled out from kami knows where and gasped. His cells were reproducing and absorbing any foreign cells, increasing his healing. He also found he had godlike speed and strength. His incredible endurance increased even more and he could survive usually fatal hits. His bloodline also enhanced greatly, while before he could only mask himself by sight, and weight, he could now fake someone else's scent, chakra signature, and even bloodlines, at least he could fake having them, his bones were extremely hard, almost Kaguya hard. His muscles were tightly compacted, more than possible for normal humans, making him have a runner's build. He has lost any extra fat he previously had, which was about a half a pound, mainly from his face, He now looked a bit more like Inoichi. He has even higher strength than Shino's.
Now when Jiraiya realized his power he looked in a mirror. He was in a permanent sage mode, and not just a sage mode, but a fully mastered sage mode, all that changed was his eyes. He was as strong as Tsunade now. He realized his other power when writing, he spilled some ink frustrated he mentally wished it would form the right Kanji, it did. Now while most would put this off as a weak ability, in the hands of a seal master, it was deadly, he no longer had to write, the ink would form it for him. His powers weren't as grand as the other's but they did help a lot. In his head he as dancing think of the possibilities for his novels these powers would make him even richer. He wondered what would happen if he tried using sage mode now, but never tested it, not wanting to become a frog.
After about a week of travel, they reached Sunagakure. Naruto got in easily, as did Shikamaru. Shino and Jiraiya had to do an advanced henge. The main reason was they wanted to find Anko and Kurenai fast. The three sixteen year olds were glad they could finally rest, little did they know that there was someone planning on fighting them, sensing their power. His crazed eyes vanished into the night.
Fenrir: yeah their all sixteen and Jiraiya is a bit younger in this fic.
Kakashi's position on Danzou is simple... he hates the man and wants to return
Konohagakure to its former glory, same as Jiraiya, Sasuke is good in this fic,
so it should be pretty interesting
deathsilver: actually your second... lol... and the reason for the speedy
relationships is because I'm not really good at getting the pairings together
slowly, the fic will slow down later