Disclaimer: Ch 1
After seeing the support for Ch 1, I spent some time to make a solid plot for this story so that it wouldn't end part way through.
This chapter is also a bit shorter than the first, but I have already written Ch 3 and will post it up as soon as I proof read it.
Note: Naruto's sensing range from Ch 1 has been reduced.
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Unnoticable to those involved in the drama playing about beneath him, Naruto blurred to a stop on a branch high in the trees above and watched through the nude branches as the scene played out beneath him.
"Come now, can we not talk about this?" the dark skinned being said as he came to a stop, seeing that the enormous wolves that had been chasing him for the past few hours had finally encircled him. Naruto allowed his sensing range to wash over the area and got a hold of the different aspects of those involved. The humanoid felt like what he had sensed on Isabella earlier. Delving deeper into presence of the dark skinned man, Naruto noted that he vaguely felt like an Edo Tensei construct. More so than that though, the man felt like the statue one became when they failed to correctly balance Nature Energy, except this statue could apparently move, and quite quickly too.
Naruto shifted his attention to the man's pursuers as one of the horse sized wolves growled at him.
These wolves were completely different to the man. They were blazing Nature Energy off of themselves while the man held it within himself. While the humanoid felt like he was nearly a statue, the wolves felt like they were closer to a true sage mode. They were like how Naruto was when partially turned into a toad. They were taking large amounts of Nature energy but they were unable to properly balance it and so they looked like animals. The only reason they didn't turn statuesque like the humanoid was because they were pumping out the Nature Energy at the same rate that they were taking it in.
"I apologize," the statue-man said, not seeming as much apologetic as placating, " but I never learned wolf."
Naruto watched as wolves seemed to defer to the largest one. With a bit of concentration, he was able to make out the tendril like connections that flowed from the apparent leader to each of the other members of pack. Still concentrating on the lead wolf, Naruto was able to note how it greatly reduced it's input of Nature energy. Eyebrows raised, Naruto watched as it perfectly balanced it's Nature energy and entered sage mode. At the same time, it's lupine form crumpled within itself and became a humanoid. Naruto ignored the nudity and was fascinated to see that someone had learned to become a sage in this new world. Sure, Naruto could sense that the man's sage mode only put him on par with a chunnin, but it still put him well above the capabilities of his fellow humans.
"You are on our lands vampire," the wolf-man said as he stared fiercely at the statue-man, "you have hunted here and so have sentenced yourself to execution."
"Really now?" the vampire said, "I came through here a few months ago and seem to clearly remember a coven living not far from here. Did you execute them as well?"
The wolf-man snorted,"the Cullens and we had a pact. So long as they didn't bite anyone and stayed out of La Push, we allowed them to live in Forks. They left mid-September and haven't returned."
The vampire smiled at the explanation. "Well if you had a pact with the Cullens, I see no reason why we can't have one as well?" the man extended a hand, as if attempting to shake hands despite the 50 meters that separated him from the other. "My name is Laurent."
The wolf-man snarled at the suggestion. "The Cullens were barely tolerable as they fed on animals. You are obviously a killer as your red eyes can attest to."
The now identified Laurent seemed tickled and slightly angry at the response. "You mean the humans? What makes them better than the animals the Cullens hunted. Compared to beings like us, they are mere prey, completely disposable. Besides, I remember the Cullens had that one pet human that they kept around. Her blood smelled quite delicious. They probably took her with them when they left so that they could have a constant supply."
Naruto watched as the growing tension broke. It was the newest looking wolf that began the attack. Naruto could tell because his paws were slightly misproportioned from an improper distribution of Nature Energy. The wolf-man looked slightly surprised but quickly shifted back into wolf form to join the attack.
It was a slaughter. Laurent was able to deflect the first attack and chose to try to break the perimeter. Reaching the edge, he was successful in duking past the wolf in front of him by utilizing his comparatively small frame and the trees. His freedom was short lived as he was tackled from the side by a slimmer wolf, that moved noticeable faster that its allies, and landed beneath it. The vampire was quick to throw off the wolf but it was too late as it had provided the other wolves with enough time to re-encircle Laurent. The head wolf caught the man from the side and tore off his arm as it ran past. While he was still imbalanced, the newest wolf tore of his other arm and the fast wolf came back in to take the man's foot. From there, the wolves began tearing him apart until each of them had a piece of the condescending vampire.
Naruto watched as the wolves then started running again. Curious as to what they intended to do with the flesh they still held in their jaws, he tree jumped after the pack until they came to a stop in a clearing and made a morbid pile out of the body parts. Eyes wide, Naruto realized that the pieces of Laurent were still retained their massive amounts of Natural Energy. Searching for the head, Naruto found it and had a moment of deja-vu as he saw that Laurent was still looking around and he could feel emotions of terror from the disembodied head.
The lead wolf once more transformed back into a human and took out a lighter from the small pouch around his ankle. The wolf-man picked up Laurent's head and, with a grimace of disgust, he stuck his hand into the vampire's head through the neck and caused some type of fluid to be sprayed out of his mouth. Carefully drenching the pile of flesh with the liquid, noticeably taking care to keep the liquid away from himself, the wolf-man dropped the head back onto the pile and lit the small line of liquid he had created leading to the pile.
With a roar, the fire raced down the makeshift fuse and the pyre went up in flames. The flammable liquid caused the flesh to be burnt to ashes within seconds and Naruto felt like cringing at the pained howls of the burning head.
As the last of the vampires body turned to ashes, the wolf-man once more shifted into an animal before leading his pack away from the clearing.
As soon as he deemed that the wolves had gotten far enough away, Naruto jumped down from his position among the branches of one of the trees at the edge of the clearing and made his way towards the smoldering pile of ashes. The grass was wet enough that the fire hadn't spread, but that wasn't what truly worried Naruto. As he had watched the vampire burn, Naruto had noticed that Natural Energy within it hadn't been released back into the environment. It wasn't enough of a loss to cause any real noticeable effects, but it was still the equivalent of losing 10 square miles of forest and that worried him. If enough of these vampire were created and then died by way of fire, then it could create imbalances within nature and restrict the ability of other creatures to survive.
It seemed that finding out just was happening here was more important than he had thought. Closing his eyes and shutting out the outside world, he once more concentrated on finding Isabella. Naruto noted the wolves were close enough to her location on the road that, based on her emotions, there was no way she hadn't seen them. Naruto mentally watched as the pack eventually broke off and Bella came to a stop in an area filled with the life signs of other normal people, a residential area. Believing he had found her home, Naruto opened his eyes and, by the passage of the dim moon across the sky, realized that he had been absorbed with his sensing, and therefore actively defenseless, for over ten minutes. He chastised himself for that, realizing that he would have to break the habit.
Once more blurring into a shunshin, Naruto took a tiny moment to note that this was the most he'd used a chakra technique, excluding his rasengan to clear weather, in over 50 years.
Feeling somewhat like a creeper, Naruto slipped into what he'd identified as Isabella's bedroom through her window. He wasn't all that worried about the girl waking up as he could easily keep a track of her through his sensing and vanish with a milliseconds notice if needed, but he still felt wrong to be here without her knowledge while she slept defenselessly on her bed.
Putting his morals to the side, Naruto began to silently snoop around her room, searching for clues as to how he could integrate himself into the drama revolving around Bella without giving himself away, as being non-human, before he was ready. As he kept looking, he noticed a few papers stuffed beneath her mattress. Holding his breath, Naruto grabbed hold of the corner of paper sticking out and gently pulled it out. Once it was clear of the last of its confinement, Naruto flipped the paper over to see that it was a test. Apparently Isabella had wanted to hide it from her father, who Naruto could sense sleeping in his own room. For good reason too as she had received a 52% on it.
The test giving him an idea, Naruto put it down on the desk opposite the bed and slowly pulled out the bottom drawer. Taking out the disorganized mess of papers within, Naruto began to look through them before finding what he was looking for. Dated for the past December, Naruto pulled out a report card and read through it. Near the top, Naruto saw exactly what he needed, a section stating that Isabella Swan was a Senior. Smiling Naruto put everything back into the drawer before closing it and exiting out Isabella's window.
As he walked down the street away from the house, Naruto internally remarked to himself, 'It looks like Forks High is going to be getting a new student.'
Even though Naruto wanted to start going to Forks High as soon as possible, he quickly realized that it wasn't going to be as easy as he had originally believed. The last time Naruto had integrated himself into a community had been in the mid 1800s. Back then, it was quite easy to pass yourself off as just a random wanderer who had chosen to finally settle down in a community.
Nowadays, everyone either had paperwork, or they were deported to wherever the US government thought that they originated from. Not wanting to go through something like that, Naruto visited the nearest large city to go get himself some papers. Even back during the Era of Shinobi, forged documents were used by people looking for a new start or, more extensively, by spies trying to sneak into a foreign hidden village. With one of his sensei's having been the lynchpin of Konoha's information system, Naruto had been taught how to recognize a good forger.
The day after deciding his next course of action, Naruto had traveled to Seattle, by foot as it would be much quicker, and began to search for a good forger. After spending the day cross checking various things he finally decided on a man named Jason Scott, or J. Jenks as he was known to the criminal side of Seattle.
Early in the morning, the day after scouting him out, Naruto walked into Jason's office just fifteen minutes after seeing the forger enter. Having taken the time to alter his chakra constructed clothes to match the styles present in some of the more expensive suits he had seen. Naruto stopped by the secretary, holding himself in a non-threatening manner while still letting a portion of his powerful presence slip out.
It didn't take long for the woman to take notice and she looked up, blushing from the effect of his overbearing yet warm personality. It also didn't hurt that Naruto was quite handsome by modern standards.
"H-h-hello" the woman stuttered as she tried to bring her turbulent attraction undercontrol, desperate to remain professional." how may I help you?"
Naruto smiled, taking advantage of the women's attraction to him and began to lay on the charm. "Hello," Naruto spoke in a calm and solid tone, "I was wondering if I Mr. Scott was in yet?"
"He just came in." the woman spoke, her voice finally back under her control but her cheeks still glowing. "Did you have an appointment?"
"No," Naruto replied, "but he will want to see me as soon as possible."
Normal procedure was to have the client book an appointment in advance. She should have at least called to ask if Jason was amenable to seeing the man now, but the receptionist found herself leading Naruto down the hall due to the surety in his voice.
"Here you go," she said, pointing out a door labeled with the plague Jason Scott: Attorney at Law, before quickly striding back down the hallway, taking what she hoped were inconspicuous glances back at handsome blond man.
Naruto smiled at how he was able to work the receptionist, he was always great at talking to people and making them see his way, and opened the door.
As Naruto came into the room, Jason looked up from where he was sitting behind his desk. Confused, he looked at the clock by the door, to check that he had only been in the office for 15 minutes, and then his phone, to check that he hadn't somehow missed a call from his receptionist, before looking back at Naruto.
"I'm sorry," Jason said as he watched Naruto settle into the chair on the opposite side of the desk," but did we have an appointment?"
"No," Naruto spoke, repeating what he had told the receptionist, "but it was in your best interest to see me as soon as possible."
As Naruto spoke, Jason registered the nearly imperceptible power that Naruto exuded in the way he sat and talked. Quickly realizing just how important Naruto was, Jason expertly switched gears.
"Ah my apologies," he said, knowing that whoever Naruto was, he had power," but I never got your name."
"You may call me Naruto," he replied, keeping his tone from being condescending while still retaining the inflection that Naruto knew that he was higher up in the food chain, "and I need papers?"
"Papers?", Jason began. "What kind?"
Ordinarily, this would be the delicate part of the talk as the forger and client would begin to dance around topics, making sure that they weren't talking to someone on the straight and narrow. Naruto ignored that.
"I need a new birth certificate, emancipation papers, drivers license, and academic record." Naruto spoke clearly so that it was impossible for him to be misunderstood.
Jason opened his mouth to try to pretend that he didn't know what Naruto was talking about before the look in the blonde's eyes made him abandon that line of action.
"Of course," Jason began, "do you already have a set of each that you would like me to alter, or would you like a completely new set?"
"A completely new set," Naruto said."The birth certificate and driver's license need to place me as having been born on the Southern Pacific seaboard and my age such that I would be considered a Senior in highschool. My academic record needs to show that I was a rather unremarkable student going to a boarding school paid for by a pair of wealthy dead parents. I need the emancipation papers to state that I was emancipated on having proved myself to be self-sufficient. The name on all of them should be... Naruto Namikaze. Let my parents' names be Minato Namikaze and Kushina Namikaze."
Jason noded as he took down the information on a steno pad. Finishing, he tore it off the pad and placed in an envelope he took out of one of his drawers.
"Did you have a picture that you can give me for the license?" Jason asked before Naruto reached into his suit pocket and pulled out a picture he had gotten yesterday. It showed a Naruto that looked to be somewhere around 16.
As Jason took the picture, his fingers brushed Naruto's. With his honed skill, Naruto was able to tell that Jason was slightly confused after feeling Naruto's skin, as if he expected it to feel different. It didn't seem to be an issue though as the lawyer quickly shrugged it off and put the picture into the envelope along with Naruto's requests.
"Now how would you like to pay for the documents?" Jason asked.
Naruto once more reached into his pocket and pulled out a small gold coin and placed it on the table.
"I have a fair number of bars of gold under reserve with a swiss bank. Have the documents completed by the end of tomorrow and I'll pay you with 8.4 ounces of untraceable gold."
Jason nervously clasped his hands. That his client wished to deal in untraceable gold wasn't an issue, it merely showcased his influence. The issue came with the requested deadline.
"I apologize but that won't be possible," Jason began, hoping that Naruto wouldn't blow up. "Over the past few years, it has been exceedingly harder to forge documents as the system has been moving to greater and greater computerization meaning that there are fewer bribable people, and "losing the files" can no longer be used as an excuse. Even if I dropped every single one of my other obligations, it would still take me around a week to get all your documents finalized."
Naruto remained calm before deciding that he had more than enough wealth to be hasty. "Have it done by Friday and I'll pay you in 5 kg of gold."
Jason's eyes widened at the proposed payout. 5 kg of gold came out to around 68 grand. What's more, gold was on the rise so if he held onto if for a while, it could be worth much more. It would be tough and he'd have to call in a few favors, but it could be done by Friday.
Nodding Jason asked, "How would you like to meet?"
After telling Jason that he'd just be coming into the office on Friday, Naruto left the office and headed back into the city, morphing his suit into his prefered orange hoodie and jeans as he passed through a deserted alley. He'd planned on starting at Forks High this week, but it looked like he'd have to be patient.
Walking across one of the bridges, lost in his thoughts, Naruto wondered what to do for the rest of the week. Before he could make up his mind, Naruto realized that the crowd around him was hyped up about something. Looking around to see what was wrong, He saw that there someone standing on the wrong side of the railing on the other side of the bridge. Realizing that this was another suicide attempt, he reached out once more with his sensing. This time he knew he could help as even beneath the tumultuous depression of the jumper, he could feel a small kernel of defiance.
Not caring about the oncoming traffic, Naruto dashed across the lines of cars, using his reflexes to keep himself from being hit while still remaining within human limits. Naruto reached the other side just as now identifiable female jumped off. Not wasting a moment over deliberation, Naruto over the railing after her. He grabbed her heel and locked his legs around the railing to keep the two of them from falling to the cold waters below.
With a heave, Naruto pulled up on the girl so that he could readjust his grip such that he was holding the girl around her waist. Using his thigh muscles and core, lifted the both of them up so that the girl could pull herself back over the railing and onto the bridge.
Naruto himself made his way back over the railing to applause from the onlookers. As the applause died down, Naruto noted that the girl seemed to be withdrawing into herself and was curled up in a ball.
"Alright folks," Naruto spoke to the crowd, "I got it from here, just go on with your day."
Though reluctant, the crowd dispersed and Naruto made his way to the girl.
"You okay?" Naruto asked as he crouched beside the girl. Shivering and slightly rocking, the girl remained curled up, apparently still getting over having nearly committed suicide. From what he could see, she looked like she had recently begun living on the streets. Her pants were smudged with dirt and the sleeves of her shirt were slightly frayed. Naruto could smell the grime that coated her. Just as he was about ask again he heard her stomach grumble.
"Would you like to get something to eat?" Naruto asked, seeing a possible way to get her to communicate. Naruto watched as the girl stilled before nodding her head.
AN: Hope you enjoyed it. Ch 3 will be out very soon.