Waking Up

Ronald Dean Stoppables first introduction to the ninja world was... okay it was horrible. First these two scary weirdoes tried to kill him, then this army of guys with swords tried to kill him, then they were killed by the first two weirdoes. Then this dead kid was revealed to be alive and...and...and...

You know what this may have just been a bit too much for Ron to deal with right now.

So he did the only logical thing someone would do in his situation, he passed out.

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Hatake Kakashi was many things, he was chronically late, annoying, 'hip', but above all he himself was a genius. As a genius, Kakashi tended to notice things. Things like how his worst student, had a massive change of personality and toyed with him and Zabuza like a cat toying with a mouse, like how his students personality changed yet again to one that was frightened, nervous and hesitant.

Normally something like this could be attributed to the Kyuubi, the beasts chakra had negative impacts on a persons mind, Kakashi knew this first hand and through all of the research on the subject. However this was different, Kakashi was sure of it.

Kakashi had known the previous host of the Kyuubi personally and seen what happened to her when she lost control, she was animalistic fury in it's purest form.

This was not the case for Naruto.

When he used the Kyuubi's chakra he did not turn animalistic, he turned sophisticated and mocking, brilliant, every action planned out perfectly, whose only determination was to cause pain and misery for his enjoyment.

While one person did not make a full case study, Kakashi knew that there was something different in Naruto's case than in Kushina's, there was something that had changed and whatever it was, it seemed the Kyuubi had changed as well.

So it was after checking over his genin, Kakashi sent a letter to the Hokage, detailing everything that had happened.

With that problem handled for the time being, Kakashi turned to his newest problem. The two Ex-Kiri-nin and what to do with them.

He did not get paid, anywhere enough for this.

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Ron was in a hellscape, that was the only thing to call it, all around him was death and destruction. His greatest hope had failed, he was knocked back. His ribs and one leg were broken, his left hand crushed into a fleshy paste.

He tried to struggle to his feet but he just stumbled forward again. He could only watch as his greatest fear was about to come to pass.

The Warlordian giant grabbed Kim by the head, raised her still body high, a wicked grin on it's face.

Snap

Ron woke up screaming, no words, no thought, nothing but pure unadulterated fear fuelling his actions. The room he was in, filled with a faint blue light and a pink haired girl was huddled in the corner, afraid. Wait pink hair?

It is strange what can grab you attention in moments like this but that hair, the oddness of seeing a girl with pink hair, it grabbed Ron's attention and refused to let go. It helped him gain his bearings, gather himself and take a few calming breaths.

Taking stock of the area he found himself in a bedroom, the girl with pink hair was huddled in a corner, bandages covering her face. She looked to be about thirteen and somehow Ron knew, those injuries were his fault.

There was also another kid, beautiful if not androgynous features. Lying down in a separate bed, a cast on one arm, and most of his body also in bandages. A brief memory of the kid being thrown against a stone railing flew through Ron's mind.

Then there was the third kid, dark haired, dark eyes, a look that Ron thought only Monkey Fist was capable of holding and he had a weird knife in his hand, a knife that was at Ron's throat.

Ron was a coward, he would be the first person to ever admit such a thing, however when you have been in as many different situations as he himself has been in, you do learn to keep your cool in the face of imminent death.

"Uh, um can you please put the strange, knife thingy down?" he asked hesitantly, trying to back away but quickly finding he was handcuffed to the bed.

The black-haired boy, Sasuke his mind supplied, narrowed his eyes. Hate filling them so much that Ron was sure they turned red for a second. "you're not Naruto," he stated. "your inflection and tone are off, your movements are different. And no matter how much of a dobe he is, no matter how weird or odd he may be, Naruto does not glow when he sleeps. You have, three seconds to tell me who you are and what you did with Naruto."

"Hehe, hey now buddy. No reason to be all serious," Ron muttered hesitantly, desperately trying to force his hands out of the handcuffs.

"Three," was all the boy supplied.

"C-come on now," Ron tried again, seriously how did KP slip out of cuffs so quickly all the time, this was hard.

"Two."

"Ah, ummm KP HELP!" Ron screamed in fear.

"One," Sasuke intoned, his hand with the blade coming back, readying for the killing shot.

However right at that time Ron's hand slipped out of it's cuff and with the experience he gained from his many adventures he ran for the door.

This seemed to take Sasuke by surprise as his knife just missed Ron's neck by a hairsbreadth and Ron, not even taking the second to exalt over himself in being alive ran for the door, threw it open and charged out.

Sasuke was hot on his tail, crashing into the door just as Ron slammed it shut. Without thinking, Ron turned to the right, he was in a hallway of some kind, and ran down the nearest stairs. Stairs meant a way to somewhere that wasn't here, not here meant possibly being alive. "KP!" he called out furiously, desperate for his friend to show up and save him.

As Ron reached the bottom of the stairs he found himself in a living room, a beautiful asian woman standing there in surprise. Ron made to run past her, towards the exit but he heard the rushing of air as several sharp objects were thrown towards him. Acting on instinct, he twisted on his foot, grabbed the woman and threw her to the side, out of harms way as the objects came flying towards him.

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To be a Kage one had to live the way of the ninja like no other. Every breath, every thought, every action must show this. None lived the way of the ninja more than the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

As a child he was hailed as a genius among geniuses. His first step was as silent as the approaching death, his leadership skills were second to none, his love of ninja was second to none.

So it would surprise many that upon receiving a letter he started to curse up a storm. Swearing and yelling, smashing what ever was within reach. The normally calm and collected Hokage had not lost his temper ever since he was but a child. What could have caused this?

No one had been stupid enough to intrude upon the Hokage when he was like this, meetings were cancelled for the day, guards found an excuse to be absent and the Hokage's assistant took a long lunch. By the time anyone grew enough courage to look in on him, they found that he was gone.

Hiruzen struggled not to lose his temper as he ran across the country side at a blinding pace. "One simple job Hatake, one simple job!" he muttered. He left the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and his almost grandson, and the last of the Uchiha with Hatake, thinking they would be kept safe and this happens? "I'm going to wring his neck when I get a hold of him."

The walk to Wave would take most civilians two days, it would take most ninja six hours, it took Hiruzen eighteen minutes. He reached the shores of Wave and very quickly found himself out of a large beautiful house, Hatake and the missing Kiri-nin Momochi Zabuza standing outside.

"H-Hokage-sama!?" Kakashi exclaimed, nervously and quickly standing to attention.

Hiruzen ignored Hatake for the time being and turned to face the missing nin and gave a polite bow. "Greeting Momochi-san, I hope my ninja have not caused you any trouble?" he asked.

Momochi-san looked more bemused than anything else but he gave a show of stretching and a small yawn, a childish attempt at a power play, making the Kage of the strongest and most influential village wait for a response, Hiruzen would give him this, just this once. "No trouble at all," Momochi-san eventually said, a smirk on his face. "But saying that what would I expect from such a soft village?"

"Momochi-san," Hiruzen began, a tone in his voice like he was commenting on the weather. "Of the four ninja you attacked, one of them is like a grandchild to me. You and your apprentice attacked him with the intent to harm, you caused him enough stress that he very nearly released The Kyuubi no Yoko on this island, killing everyone, including you, on it." Zabuza's smirk was slowly starting to fade, his already pale skin getting just a bit paler. "Not only that," Hiruzen continued on, "but I have been informed that your apprentice is too injured to be moved, you and this Haku-san are currently mine to do with as I please. I could invite you to join my village, I could leave you be or I could kill in in the most painful way that I know. Momochi-san, it will be your honour to be polite. I hope I have made this clear."

Momochi-san was trying hard to keep his composure but the signs were there, the pale, clammy look to his skin. The way his fingers twitched towards his blade. The quick rising and fall of his chest as he took shallow breathes. "Crystal," he eventually choked out.

Hiruzen gave a nod and then turned to face Hatake, "I will look in on your students, I will evaluate their health, both physical and mental, and if you are lucky you may keep your status as a sensei," he stated before walking towards the building.

He raised a hand with the intent of knocking when his ears picked up sounds inside. Running, shouting, the whistling of kunai through the air. With a sigh, Hiruzen opened the door, slipped inside and casually plucked the kunai out of the air, before flicking them towards the last of the Uchiha, missing him by milimetres and embedding them into the wall around him. All of this happened in zero point two seconds.

Hiruzen surveyed the occupants in the room before walking over and gently helping the young lady to her feet. "My apologies for the actions of my ninja you must be must be Tsunami-san, I am Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Kage of Konoha. Rest assured my ninja will clean up this mess and my village will pay for any damages that occurred," as he said this Hiruzen lead Tsunami-san to a seat.

The young woman was shaken and could only nod slightly, obviously still trying to process what had happened in the last few seconds. She was strong however, Hiruzen could see that, Tsunami-san would recover quickly.

"Uchiha-san," he called out, turning to look at the last Uchiha, who was glaring daggers at his blond teammate. "If you could kindly go and make some tea for Tsunami-san and the rest of us that will be much appreciated."

Uchiha-san did not make any movement.

"Uchiha-san if you wish to test your Hokage's patience then please do keep ignoring me, otherwise I believe that Tsunami-san would benefit from a nice cup of tea, as would the rest of us."

Tsunami-san made to stand up but stopped at Hiruzen's gentle hand, "I can make tea, it's no problem.," she said nervously, obviously manners that have been taught to her over the years causing such a reaction. The woman was still a little pale and shakey.

"It is fine Tsunami-san, Uchiha-san would be more than happy to let you rest, wouldn't you Uchiha-san?" he asked.

Uchiha-san gave a curt nod before making his way to the kitchen, these manners would have to be dealt with in time but for now there was one more problem.

Hiruzen turned to face the blond occupant in the room. The young boy was clearly frightened and nervous, ready to run at any moments notice. Hiruzen didn't blame him. Still it was sad to see that look on one who was once like a grandchild to him, too bad Uzumaki Naruto was no more. No more would he burst into his office, desperate to steal his hat. No more would he cause chaos around the town with pranks. No more would he free the old man from paper work just so they could go and get ramen.

Hiruzen gave a minute shake of his head, blinking to clear away the thoughts. There would be time for that later, right now he needed to focus, the young boy in front of him needed that. With a smile on his face, Hiruzen gave a low bow, one that would only ever be given to an equal. "Greetings Stoppable-san, I am glad to see you well once again."

The blond boy blinked in confusion, his mind processing what was said. "M-Master Sensei, you look so different," he half-stated half-asked.

Hiruzen gave a low chuckle. "Always with your American style jokes Stoppable-san, I am of course the person you know as Yori." The look on Stoppabe-san's face was, as the Americans used to say, priceless. Hiruzen then turned to Hatake, "if you could gather your remaining student Hatake, I believe there is some explaining that I need to do."

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And that is chapter 2.

Bet you didnt expect it so quickly did you, i didn't.

I do feel bad that Ron didnt get much screen t ime yet, but once the intro period is over it will be mostly about him.

Also before anyone says anything, Tsunami was in no danger from Sasuke's kunai, the kid is accurate after all. Ron however just acted on instinct, he is a hero after all.

As for the questions, ill answer one of them. In regards to evil ron (Zorpox) he is locked away in Ron's mind like in the series, except this world has mindscapes for him to play in, however he can only come out with the attitudinator/reverse polarisers help. Or in this case Chakra that brings out the worst in people, i.e Kyuubi's

Now read and review, for it will be your honour.