Hello everyone I broke my writer's block…. for the wrong blasted story. Now ideas for this story are flowing into my head and the kenichi story is coming up dry. I failed EPICLY…. But on the upside this story seems to be flowing more naturally then the other one. Path of the Neo Sennin isn't dead it's just on the side of the road with an empty gas tank.
Disclaimer: Just like my other story. Really? I Am not typing it again refer back to chapter one.
Chapter 2: Arrival of the Meister
We find ourselves at the main gates into Konohagakure no Sato. Once again we find Kotetsu and Izumo, often called the eternal chunin, slacking… I mean on guard duty. They soon find their relaxation time interrupted by a growing humming sound. Izumo could only blink as a strange tanned contraption was hurtling towards the gates. Just as the contraption reached him he found his voice "Hold on! Stop!"
About 25 feet past him the craft came to a stop before slowly backing up to him; the blonde driver giving him a sheepish smile, looking rather apologetic. "Sorry about that didn't realize we had to check in." The cute girl on the back gave a small bow "We are very sorry"
Seeing the sincerity Izumo relaxed a just waved it off "It's alright now can I see some papers and you can be on your way." The girl on the back started digging through one of the bags on the back of the craft before pulling out a scroll. With a raised eyebrow Izumo unrolled the scroll his eyes widening slightly at the Hokage's official seal. The driver spoke up "As you can see chunin-san we have an appointment with the Hokage." Nodding Izumo handed back the scroll. "The names Izumo, alright then if you are looking for the Hokage Tower, just head straight you can't miss it. It's the big tower with the symbol for fire on it."
"Alright thanks Izumo-san. Hey do you mind if we store our scooter behind the guard post; we kinda want to walk from here." With a shrug Izumo nodded "I don't see why not…" Realizing the problem the driver spoke up "Oh sorry name's Naruto and she's Tsubaki." With a nod Izumo led them behind the shed where Naruto locked up the scooter to a drain pipe before heading off into the village.
Returning to the guard post Izumo could only sweat drop. His partner Kotetsu had slept through the whole exchange.
Hiruzen Sarutobi could only let out a sigh as he looked at the stack of paperwork that his secretary had just dropped onto his desk. He wished silently, not for the first time, that someone could step up and show the skills needed to take the hat that he had received from his successor. Looking at the date on his calendar he felt a small smile work his way across his face. Today was the day that he would finally get to meet Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and his partner Tsubaki. He could still remember the rather…. interesting meeting he had had with Shinigami-Sama 6 years ago.
Flashback
Hiruzen Sarutobi was interrupted from his paperwork by a knock on his door; he didn't have a meeting scheduled today, however it would serve as a good distraction from his paperwork. "Come in" the door opened to reveal a rather tall man with a mop of red hair, wearing a black suit and an olive green undershirt with an odd cross-shaped tie. "You are the Sandaime Hokage correct?" the red headed man asked. "Yes now do have a reason for being here or will I need to have you removed?" Sarutobi replied with a darker edge developing towards the end. "Now now Hokage-Sama there's no need for that. I am simply a messenger for Shinigami-Sama, bringing news about young Naruto-kun." That almost caused the old Hokage's pipe to drop right from his mouth, only 4 people knew of Naruto's fate; his two loyal students, himself and the death god himself. With a quick gesture he dismissed his ANBU guards then went through a series of hand seals before the walls glowed a faint blue. "Now that we won't be overheard what news do you have for me…"
"The name is Spirit and as for Naruto well it's best if you saw for yourself." Walking over to a mirror on the wall the redhead breathed on the mirror fogging it before he wrote something in the fog. The mirror took on the appearance of an out of focus TV before it focused on a rather odd face. "Hey what's up?" A rather childish voice spoke through the mirror. Resisting the urge to sweat drop Hiruzen ask with an irritated tone "And who exactly are you?" The masked figure seemed to freeze for a moment before what could only be called a Eureka look flashed across the masked figure. "My apologies Hiruzen I forgot how different my appearance is now a days; I am the Shinigami I have a different mask I wear around the children my old mask can be frightening." There was the sound of a scuffle off screen. "And this little ball of energy here is young Naruto-kun." Hiruzen had to fight back a snicker at the scene; Naruto was being held towards the mirror like a cat being held by the scruff of his neck, his whiskered cheeks only adding to the image.
Naruto was about 4' 8" with a rather thin build with a bit of muscle tone developing and a mop of blond hair on his head. He was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, tan cargo pants and black sandals. After a moment Naruto managed to free himself from the Shinigami's grip before speaking up "Geez Shini-Sama you have to hold on so tight. Who's the old geezer with Ero-baka on the other end of the mirror?" With a massive sweat drop Hiruzen decided to introduce himself. "Well Naruto-kun I am Hiruzen Sarutobi the Third Hokage, I retook the position following your father's death." Naruto just stood there for a second looking deep in thought before speaking "Alright then nice to meetcha Oji-san, Shini-Sama can I go back out to train with Tsubaki-chan?" Sweat dropping for a moment Shinigami made a shooing motion with one of his massive hands. "Yes Naruto-kun you go right on ahead."
Once Naruto was out of sight Shinigami could only sigh slouching a bit. "The boy, as you can see, is healthy as can be. The only problem is the boy's unnatural stamina; it makes it difficult for him to focus on the non-physical aspects of his training at the DWMA." Speaking up Hiruzen asked "The DWMA? What is that?" "The Demon Weapon Meister Academy or DWMA for short is a school I opened around 800 years ago to teach Weapon/Meister pairs how to combat evil souls known as Kishen Eggs. Naruto-kun is a very promising meister in training." Hiruzen asked again "What is a weapon as you called them? You speak as if they are sentient weapons." It was Spirit who spoke up next "While different the concept is similar, observe." Before he began to glow before in a flash he transformed it his weapon form; a scythe with a cross-like handle. At that moment Hiruzen's pipe fell to the floor along with his jaw.
"As you can see Hokage-Sama weapons like Spirit here can transform their bodies it a weapon form which can then be wielded by meisters like Naruto-kun. Now of course it is far more complex than that but you get the general gist of things." The aged Hokage could only nod dumbly. "Now before we end this I find it pertinent to have a permanent link to your office since we will obviously need to speak again later." Spirit transformed back into human form and took out a small mirror decorated with cartoonish skulls on the frame and placed it on the desk. "Now then that mirror will act as a receiver to me so that I can open up a communication link with you. With that I must be going, things don't run themselves; do they Hokage-Sama?" With that the mirror returned to normal. Spirit spoke breaking the awkward silence "It has been a pleasure meeting you Hokage-Sama but I must be going as well." With that Hiruzen waved him out before digging deep into his desk and finding a rather large bottle of alcohol and taking a large swig. Why couldn't things be easy?"
End Flashback
He was knocked from his memories by a knock at the door. Calling the guest in the old Hokage could only stare at what could pass as a carbon copy of his successor, and what had to be one of the most beautiful young women he had ever seen. The Minato look alike spoke first "Meister Namikaze Naruto and demon shadow weapon Tsubaki Nakatsukasa reporting for duty Oji-Sama." Naruto gave a megawatt grin and a smart salute and Tsubaki gave a deep bow.
End Chapter
Well what do you think? I tried to add some Soul eater style humor to the story in the flash back and I know I am evil ending the chapter that way but I can't help it. Also check on my profile there is a poll up for my Path of the Neo Sennin story hoping some activity will help the other story along.
