Onigakure
A/n: I forgot to mention this in the prologue, but this story begins right before the chunin exam. The reason for this is because I couldn't think of any other reason for ninja from a different country to come into Konoha. Yet ANOTHER thing I forgot to say (it was an off day) is that Naruto will play a large roll in this story later on in the story. I think. Anyway, other than that, enjoy the story!
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'Hola': thinking
Ch. 1: Meetings
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" A scream rang throughout Konoha. Its source was a certain orange-clad demon container and his three young charges as they ran from a creature that caused fear in even the greatest of men. Something horrible, a being no man, god, or machine could ever hope to stop: a pissed off pre-teen girl by the name of Sakura. The moment was reminiscent of an old saying: 'Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned,' but instead of a woman, it was a hormonally charged pre-teen, and her anger went beyond scorn. Her looks had been insulted. As the four poor souls ran, they prayed to kami above, and he in turn looked down upon them. He shook his head and sighed: he wasn't touching that problem with a fifteen-foot pole.
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On their path of retreat, the Konohamaru Corps, and their "fearless" leader ran past Sasuke, on his way home from his training session. He was calmly walking along, minding his own business when he heard a scream coming from his right. As he turned to look, he caught a glance at a screaming orange blur, followed closely by an equally loud, roaring pink blur. As Sasuke watched this scene, his stunned mind slowly began working again. "Wait…." He thought, "Orange plus screaming in fear equals Naruto. Pink plus roaring in anger equals Sakura. Angry Sakura plus catching scared Naruto equals… oh shit." He quickly took off in the direction in which the screaming as coming from. He didn't particularly LIKE Naruto, but he REALLY didn't like the idea of explaining to Kakashi-sensei why they needed another team-mate, and why the previous third member had suddenly become a red smear on the pavement.
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The Grand Chase of Konoha, as it would come to be known in later years, raged on for several minutes in much the same fashion: Naruto, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon would run into alleys and around corners in an attempt to loose Sakura, and she in turn would thwart all their attempts, keeping pace with her four fleeing victims no matter what tricks they deployed. However, The Grand Chase, like all things, had to come to an end at some time. Konohamaru, in his blind panic, ran straight into a person standing in his path.
"Ouch…" mumbled Konohamaru from his position in the ground. When he looked up to identify just what had stopped him in his run to safety, he was surprised. Before him stood a tall figure dressed in a full body black jump suit, with a black and white circle in the middle of his chest. Upon his skull was a headdress with two points sticking up, and a forehead protector with an hourglass set in the middle. On his back was a bundle wrapped in bandages with what looked like hair sticking from the top. His black body suit and headdress gave the impression of a large, wingless bat. It was at about this time that Konohamaru noticed something strange. It began as a nagging feeling before becoming evolving into an all-consuming itch. If only he could decide what it was… Then it hit him. On the figures face was a layer of what looked like… 'Is that makeup?' he exclaimed mentally.
After getting over his shock, he turned to look at his obstacles companion. Only one thing came to his young mind: 'Whoa… she's hot.' "She" was a tall girl, with the same headband as the boy, though it was hung around her neck. On her body was a tan, dress-like thing, which hung off her shoulders and went down to about mid-thigh. Under this was a layer of fishnet that apparently covered everything under her dress and extended sown her arms. However, it ended just above her knee on one leg, while the other leg had fishnet only from her ankle to below the knee. Her hair was pulled into four ponytails, all sticking out at an angle from the back of her head. She, like the boy, had a large object on her back, though this appeared to be an oversized fan.
Just as Konohamaru finished these thoughts, the bat-like boy bent over and picked him up by the collar of his shirt and scarf. "KONOHAMARU!" yelled Naruto and the remaining members of Konohamaru Corps. "Hey!" yelled Naruto, "You, in the suit! Let him go now and I'll go easy on you!" At this, Sakura grabbed him in a headlock, effectively shutting him up and preventing him from making any more comments. Or breathing. "You're starting to annoy me," batboy spoke for the first time. "First off," he spoke, "I'm allergic to 'shrimp'. Second of all, you're disrespecting your elders! You make me want to kill this kid!" At this, Naruto got angry. "YOU…" he started before being cut off. "So…" continued batboy as if he hadn't heard him, "I'll just finish with this tiny shrimp... and move on to the jumbo shrimp over there." After finishing up his speech, he lifted Konohamaru slightly and brought back his fist. Naruto charged forward…
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Throughout the entire confrontation, Sasuke had watched silently from a tree. He watched with a bored interest until he heard the words "Your starting to annoy me!" He heard the hostility in that voice. He quickly shifted into what he deemed an acceptably cool looking pose and waited intently for the perfect moment to make as dramatic and badass an appearance as physically possible. He ignored the comment about wanting to kill the kid. 'Too soon,' he told himself, 'It'll take away from the drama.' He didn't flinch when batboy brought back his fist. 'Not yet' he thought, 'If I can wait until just the last second, I can make it far more badass than that…' Then came the moment of truth. Batboy had started moving his fist towards the helpless boy, who could have been saved MUCH sooner, but had to just bear with the suffocation a bit longer than he should have. 'Perfect,' Sasuke mentally cheered, basking in the glory and awe he knew was coming. He drew back his arm, holding within it one of the rocks he had picked up below the tree, and then…
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Stopped. The fist. Naruto's charge. Sasuke's arm. Everything. No one moved. No one talked. They were in shock. Batboy, however, was stunned. He couldn't move. Couldn't breath. All he could do was stare at the figure in front of him, holding his fist. He ignored the boy crouching to his left holding a blood red katana to his throat. He paid no attention to the girl to his right, one hand on the top of the boy's head and the other holding a lightning shaped dagger to his neck. For in front of him stood a figure covered from head to toe in bandages. He wore a ragged black trench coat, and equally tattered pants and boots. On top off his head sat a clean black top hat. And in his hand, he held a scythe. A scythe made entirely out of a human skeleton, the legs and hips ripped off, the hands held against the chest in a praying position with the curved and viciously serrated black blade clenched tightly in-between them, and the skull left on, looking straight ahead. All he could do was stare, stare at the side of the bleached white skull. And as he stared, he noticed something. Something strange. He wasn't looking at the side of the skull anymore. He was looking into two pits of utter darkness, bottomless pools of ebony. He knew what they were, he just couldn't believe it. They were eye sockets. The skull had moved.
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For the second time that day, a scream rang throughout Konoha.
A/n There we go, the second chapter of Onigakure. I decided to try and add a bit of comedy into the story this time, before ending on a scary note. Tried being a key word in that sentence. As it turns out, I didn't have to wait to get inspiration. I had this chapter done the day after I posted the first chapter. One review helped me do that folks! I'd like to give a big thank you to Girl at Heart, my first ever reviewer! Anyway, left a cliffy for later. I should have the next chapter ready soon after I post this chapter, though I had hoped for more reviews. Actually, I was going to wait a few days, but since I've already got it written I'll post it now. At 3:09 in the morning. :D Still, I posted the last chapter at 4:33, so it's not so bad. I'm an owl, fear me.
P.S. I know batboys name is Kankuro. Just wanted to say that so no one leaves a review telling me that. Bye!
