SHONEN ALLIANCE
PREQUEL
CHAPTER 2
NARUTO
It was a relatively peaceful day in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Naruto Uzumaki was on his way back to the village after completing a difficult mission. "Man, that was awesome! Why can't all our missions be like that!" he shouted energetically.
"Can it Naruto!" Naruto turned and looked back behind him. Sakura was following surprisingly far behind. She looked like she was really tired and was moving at a snails pace. "That mission was exhausting. I want to just get back to the village and have a nice long break."
"Ah Sakura, don't tell me you're tired already," Naruto declared.
"I'm with Sakura, Naruto," Yamato declared, "we could all use a break. That was a rather tiring mission."
"I guess," Naruto snorted, "well anyway, looks like we're almost home," he smiled, "I can't wait to dig into a nice bowl of Ramen when we get back to the village! Let's go!"
"Hey Naruto! Wait up!" Sakura shouted as Naruto ran off towards the village and Sakura chased after him.
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Naruto arrived at Ichiraku's Ramen shop a few minutes later. Sakura followed behind him. "Huh, hey Sakura, are you eating here to?"
"I think we'll all join you Naruto," Yamato declared walking up behind Sakura, "my treat to celebrate a tough job well done.
"Really!" Naruto shouted, "oh boy, thanks Captain Yamato!"
"Oh, so you're all back," came a familiar voice from behind them. Naruto turned to see Kakashi approaching them reading one of his books, "so, how'd the mission go."
"It was awesome Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto shouted, "finally a mission that was worth my talents!"
"I had a feeling you'd like this one," Kakashi declared smiling behind his mask, "so, mind if I join you?"
"Sure, go ahead," Yamato replied. Just then, a loud crashing noise caught all their attentions. They turned and saw a cloud of smoke billowing up from the center of the village.
"I wonder what's going on," Naruto wondered aloud jumping up on top of a building and looking out at the source of the smoke. "Hey guys! Something crashed into the village!"
"What?" Yamato asked.
"Well, let's go take a look," Kakashi ordered chasing after Naruto who was already bounding towards the scene of the crash.
"Well, so much for lunch," Sai declared as he, Yamato, and Sakura took off after Naruto and Kakashi.
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Naruto arrived at the scene and peered down into a large crater left by the crash. There was something at the bottom of the crater that looked like a white ball. Naruto figured it must be some kind of ship. "Huh, I wonder what's inside this thing," Naruto declared jumping down into the crater. He put his ear against the door of the vessel and knocked on it. "Hello, anyone home?" he asked as he did. Suddenly, the spacecraft opened, knocking Naruto flying backwards as it did. He skidded across the ground and rose to his feet. A woman emerged from the craft. Her hair was long and green and she wore a body suit under a strange suit of armor. She wore white gloves that extended to her elbows and green boots that went up to just below her knees. Her green eyes gazed at Naruto.
Suddenly, a flash of movement from the corner of his eye caught Naruto's attention. A black figure cutting towards the woman! Acting quickly, Naruto rushed forward and pushed the woman from the figures path as it attacked her. Naruto turned and faced the figure, pulling out a kunai. The figure stared at him with eyes that were as red as blood. "Step aside boy," the figure demanded, "or your village will burn."
"Not going to happen," Naruto declared reaching into his pack and flinging several shuriken at the figure, which dodged them and rushed Naruto, kicking him square in the stomach. Naruto was knocked back several feet before crashing to the ground. The figure rushed towards him again.
"I warned you boy!" it shouted jumping high over the still winded Naruto. He landed and brought his fist into Naruto's stomach pounding him further into the ground. "Now your village will burn." He rose his hands and hundreds black specs of energy shot from his hands. The specs flew into the air and formed into giant black bird like creatures. The monsters began firing blasts of black fire into the village, igniting any buildings they hit.
"Oh no you don't!" Naruto shouted rising to his feet, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he shouted as hundreds of Naruto's appeared and charged the figure. The man knocked away several clones before two clones tackled him and then threw him skyward. Four more clones leapt over him and grabbed him by the arms and legs, pushing him towards the ground. Two more clones jumped up and landed kicks in his stomach which propelled the figure into the ground. About then, reinforcements arrived. A giant water dragon appeared and swept through a bunch of the monsters, washing them away and putting out the fires. Kakashi appeared at the edge of the crater. Several of the creatures flew towards him but were pounced on as they did by several frightening looking cartoon beasts. Sai stood on a building nearby, a drawing scroll in his hand.
"Art of Cartoon Beast Mimicry," he declared performing a hand sign. Several cartoon birds emerged from the scroll and began to dogfight the other birds. Kakashi and Sai leapt into the crater behind Naruto and confronted their mysterious attacker.
"What is it that you want?" Kakashi demanded.
"I do not wish to fight you," the figure declared, "I merely require that woman's head," he responded pointing at the green haired woman, "you have never met her. You no nothing of her. It means nothing to you if I take her, so why stand against me?"
"You make a good point, we don't know who this woman is and we have no reason to protect her," Kakashi declared closing his right eye and pulling up his head band to reveal his left Sharingan eye, "but as long as we're here, I guess we'll stop you from taking her." With that, Kakashi formed a ball of lightning in his hand.
"You'll regret that!" the figure declared charging towards Kakashi.
"Lightning Blade!" Kakashi shouted charging and cutting through the figure with his attack. The man slumped and crumpled to the ground. He looked up and saw that the skies were clear of his birds. Only Sai's remained. He looked at the woman and growled.
"I'll be back for you!" he shouted holding up a red jewel. Without saying another word, he vanished into the crystal which then shattered.