Superheroes of Konoha
A/N: I just wanted to clarify a few things here.
First off my use of Japanese honorifics might not be all that prominent since I don't know how to use all of them effectively. So if you see mistakes with those, please don't be angry and start to scream bloody murder at me through reviews.
Next I also wanted to say that I plan on using villains from Spider-Man's, Deadpool's, Iceman's (the X-Men's), and Human Torch's (the Fantastic Four's) rogues gallery and changing them up so that they can fight our heroes during story arcs that won't have any sign of Naruto or the traditional stories from the Naruto manga. No other hero from the Marvel Universe will be used besides the four that I have already established. So sorry to all you fans of Wolverine, Gambit, Hulk, or anybody else; Spidey, Iceman, Torch, and Deadpool are the only Marvel heroes you're getting. Besides, I think that Wolverine has had enough screen time. Also you are welcome to put any villain suggestion you want in the reviews, especially ones for Deadpool since I have about zero knowledge about his rogues' gallery, but know that it is my choice. I want to write stories where I can keep the characters in character as much as possible, so I will be picking and choosing whoever I want.
Last but not least I'd also like to say thank you to Jin Dante Kazama for the review. Glad you liked Naruto and Deadpool's fight over whose favorite food was superior. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to know that my jokes aren't all thought of as bad.
Okay, enough with my slightly now reasonable length-author's note, and on to the actual story.
Chapter 3: Ninja Team
The rest of the week was wrought with pain and preparations. I hated what I had done, I hated what had happened, and that hate put a resolve in me that would not be stopped. I decided to place a spider and web patterns on my red ninja shirt as a reminder of the responsibility I carried. I began wearing a red mask from my nose down to around my neck and wore my headband as a bandana on the top of my head.
Every opportunity I got I helped people out in the village. I stopped muggings, thefts, and anything else that evaded the eyes of the village's anbu guards and other ninja. This scared my family.
"What are you thinking?" my mom shouted as my family held a group intervention meeting for me, "You're putting yourself in senseless danger day in and day out. There is no reason for you to do this!"
"What about the dangerous life of a shinobi or kunoichi?" I asked, "You're willing to let me and my siblings enter that kind of lifestyle, and yet what I'm doing is dangerous?"
"We're gonna get paid to do that kind of stuff." Ryo replied, "What you're doing is unnecessarily stupid!"
"You're acting like a baka!" Sakura shouted, "What about your family? You're making us worry just for some twisted version of revenge! I bet that every time you're fighting those street punks, all you see is the face of Haruka's murderer!"
"It's not for revenge!" I shouted as I quickly stood from my seat that was sitting in front of the rest of my family, "This is because I'm finally seeing the responsibility I shirked when I let Haruka go after that thief herself! This is because I was too selfish to listen to you, mom, when you were warning me!"
"What does that have to do with anything?" my mom asked.
"I've been given these great gifts!" I said as I clenched my hands into fists, "I have all this power, yet I didn't take responsibility for it! I am the only one who can do what I do and yet I squandered that for my own benefit! Well, no more! I will no longer sit by and do nothing when I have the power to act! My strength is a gift that I need to use for the betterment of this village, and I will use it to its fullest extent!"
My entire family sat in silence after that. Whether they were in shock or thought I was crazy, I didn't know. I only knew that I was finally doing what needed to be done. So I left the room.
Finally the day of our Orientation arrived. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and my sister was arguing with Ino after we met up with her on the way to the Academy.
"Those Academy days are a thing of the past, Ino." Sakura said with a determined look in her eye, "We're equals now. And I won't ever lose to you again!"
This caused the two to get into a match to see who could walk the fastest. When it became apparent that this wouldn't solve anything, the two of them broke off into a run towards the Academy.
"Great, just great." I said as I watched the two girls kick up the dust behind them as they ran, "Why is it that every time those two meet, they start acting like they're on a sugar rush?"
"I don't know." Toshiaki said with a smirk, "The mind of a woman is a mystery to all men. That's why I'm working on a way to understand them."
"Dude, I don't know." Ryo interjected, "I think I'd rather not understand them. If not for my own sake, then perhaps for my sanity."
"Iceman's right." Kichiro interjected, using his favorite nickname for Ryo, "Women are even more insane than I am. And that's saying something."
"Well, not that this isn't fun, but how about a race?" I asked with a smirk, "Last one to the Academy's a rotten egg!"
"You're on!" my brothers shouted in unison.
"Flame on!" Toshiaki shouted as he burst into flame and shot into the sky.
"Show off!" Ryo shouted as he covered himself in ice and began to slide on his ice slide.
"Get ready to taste the bitter taste of defeat!" Kichiro shouted as he pressed the teleporter button on his belt, "Compliments of your chef, me!"
Kichiro then disappeared in a red and black blur.
"You know, I just remembered something!" I yelled to Toshiaki and Ryo as I began to web-swing after them, "Maybe you guys should forfeit the race!"
"And why should we wanna do that?" Ryo shouted back.
"Cause without my technical know-how, yours and Toshiaki's clothes would be history!" I shouted back with a smirk hidden under my mask, "Or did you forget that I went to all that trouble to make sure your outfits and weapons were fire and ice proof?"
"Now that's just low!" Toshiaki shouted back, "For that you're gonna get smoked!"
The three of us went into overdrive as we went in a neck and neck race towards the Academy. I barely had enough time to notice our sister and Ino's shocked looks as we sped overhead.
But our efforts were for not as we soon found out when we touched down next to the school.
"Dude, when you race against a guy who can teleport between places in an instant, you should know you're gonna loose!" Kichiro shouted, "And this is where I do my happy dance!"
And dance he did. Break dancing, the moonwalk, Irish jigs; nothing was too famous or obscure for Kichiro's happy dance.
"Remind me why you built that belt for him again?" Ryo asked as we walked into the class and sat down.
"I don't know." I said as I rubbed my chin in thought, "But hey, I did fix yours and Toshiaki's equipment and made me my web gauntlets."
"True." Ryo replied.
"Naruto! What are you doing here?" one of our classmates asked Naruto on the other side of the room, "Class today is only for the students who didn't fail!"
"What?" Naruto shouted back as he pointed towards his headband. I couldn't help but smile as my friend continued, "Can't you see the headband?"
"And that kid was officially burned!" Toshiaki said with a huge grin, "It's amazing that he didn't notice the headband."
My brothers and I were soon disappointed, however, when our sister approached Naruto. I looked closer and noticed that Sasuke was sitting at the same bench as Naruto. Sasuke was wearing his headband across his forehead, had a blue t-shirt with a high collar, white shorts, and his blue shinobi sandals. The guy was about the same height as Kichiro and had medium length black hair that was spiked in the back.
"Aw, crud." I said to my brothers as Sakura asked to sit next to her crush, "It looks like our sister is going to try and sit next to ducktail-head. Naruto doesn't stand a chance."
To my shock and disappointment, Sakura pushed her way past Naruto and sat next to Sasuke.
"And our sister has forgotten her manners in exchange for a place to sit." Ryo groaned as he slammed his forehead into the desk in front of him, "Man, I hope she gets over Sasuke soon. It's turned her attitude into nothing short of coldhearted."
"Yeah, I couldn't agree more." Toshiaki added, "Unlike Haruka and Hinata, Sakura's crush has turned her into a drama queen."
My eyes started to tear up as I thought of Haruka. I knew that I would never forget her and that my life would be difficult from now on, but I had a responsibility to uphold.
"Agreed." I said with a grin as I quickly wiped the tears from my eyes, "Someone needs to try to get through to her."
"Uh, what do you think we've been doing for the past few years?" Kichiro asked with, somehow, a questioning look on his mask, "Man, and you're supposed to be the smartest one here. It's obvious that nothing's gonna stop her from liking Sasuke, so I say the only hope of curing her is to kill her!"
Toshiaki, Ryo, and I all stared at our brother in shock.
"Okay, wait a minute." Ryo said slowly, "You're really willing to kill your own sister?"
"Of course not!" Kichiro exclaimed, "Not without being paid a ridiculously large amount of money! What kind of brother do you take me for?"
The three of us just stared at Kichiro in response.
"What?" Kichiro continued, "Don't tell me you don't find her annoying! She's just about as useless, too."
"Kichiro," I replied as calmly as possible, "She's our sister. We can't kill her. And instead of complaining about her, how about you do something that can help? Like, I don't know, be supportive!"
"Fine." Kichiro huffed as he crossed his arms over his chest, "You take the fun out of everything."
Suddenly my spider-sense went off. Twisting around at breakneck speed, I quickly shot a web line and yanked Naruto away from his spot on the desk he had been sitting at. He had been glaring at Sasuke for reasons that I didn't know.
"What was that for?" Naruto shouted at me.
But I barely heard my friend as my vision was focused on where he had been. A mere second after I had yanked my friend away from Sasuke with my webbing, a kid that was sitting in the row in front of Naruto's had moved his elbow back towards where Naruto had been. My face paled under my mask as I realized what might have happened.
"Trust me, Naruto." I said as I began feeling sick to my stomach, "You don't want to know."
Before Naruto could say anything else, Iruka-sensei had started the class.
"From this day forward, you are no longer mere students of ninjutsu, but full fledged shinobi." Iruka-sensei began after everyone had taken their seats, "But among the ranks of the shinobi, you are mere novices, lowest of the low. Your greatest challenges lie ahead."
"The next step is the assignment of official duties to you all on behalf of our village." Iruka-sensei continued as he picked up a clipboard that was on his desk, "We will begin by dividing you into three man cells. Each of which will be monitored by a Jonin, a more senior ninja, who will guide you and coach you as you become familiar with your various assignments."
Three man cells, huh? I thought as I sat there, It makes sense. Most jobs couldn't be handled by a single shinobi anyway. I just hope that Naruto doesn't end up with Sakura or Sasuke. That would be the most horrible idea since Naruto and Kichiro's scheme to combine ramen and chimichangas.
I shivered at that thought as Iruka-sensei called out the cell members. So far, neither me nor my siblings had been assigned a team.
"Next, cell number seven." Iruka-sensei called out, "Haruno Sakura. Uzumaki Naruto. And, Uchiha Sasuke."
I froze in shock as I realized what had just happened. Naruto was sunk!
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto shouted as he stood from his seat and pointed towards Sasuke, "What were you thinking, saddling a most excellent shinobi like myself with that loser?"
I slammed my forehead against the desk in front of me and groaned.
Naruto, why do you always do this to yourself? I thought in despair, You're just asking for a slap-to-the-face reality check, aren't you?
"Of the thirty-one students here, Sasuke had the best grades. Naruto, you had the worst." Iruka stated plainly, "The idea is to balance your different strengths…that's why you ended up together!"
3...2...1... I counted off mentally with my fingers.
"Just don't drag me down," the normally silent Uchiha heir stated, "Dunce."
"Why, you-!" Naruto exclaimed in anger, "What'd you call me?"
"Just knock it off, Naruto!" Sakura screamed as she began to beat Naruto senseless from her seat in-between Naruto and Sasuke.
Eventually Iruka-sensei continued by calling out the names of cells eight through ten. Eight consisted of Hyuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, and Inuzuka Kiba. Nine was made up of three teens I didn't even know whereas ten consisted of Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino.
"And last of all is cell number eleven." Iruka-sensei stated, "Haruno Kichiro, Haruno Nobuo, Haruno Ryo, and Haruno Toshiaki. You have been placed together due to the uneven number of students and because the Hokage believed the four of you would make a strong team."
"Alright!" Kichiro shouted as he fist pumped, "The New Fantastic Four is in the house!"
Kichiro suddenly jumped up while yanking me and our brothers up with him. He then immediately struck an action pose while everyone else in the class just watched in shock.
"Iceman, the Human Torch, Spider-Man, and…" Kichiro shouted out as he pointed to Ryo, Toshiaki, and me one by one, "Deadpool! Konohagakure's most hilarious band of shinobi-brothers!"
Everyone just stared until Kichiro began to poke me and my other brothers.
"Come on, strike a pose!" Kichiro stated as he prodded us, "It'll be cooler that way!"
The three of us then reluctantly complied. I jumped up on the desk in front of the others and crouched while pretending to shoot my webbing towards the front. Toshiaki stood behind me and to my right with his hands lifted up at his sides and fire blazing in his palms. Ryo crossed his arms as he stood behind me and to my left. Kichiro then pulled out his katana and front-flipped over me and the others, landing on his knees and sliding forward with his swords held up defensively.
"Okay…" Iruka-sensei said as he sweat-dropped, "Everyone, I'll be introducing you to your instructors this afternoon. Until then, you're dismissed."
"This is so going to rock!" Kichiro exclaimed as we ate our lunch while sitting atop a building that was not very far from the academy, "No one will be able to stand in our way!"
"Yeah!" Ryo agreed, "We four are the only ones in the village with our kind of power! And since we're brothers, this team thing is already in the bag!"
This is pretty cool. I thought as I ate the rice balls my mom had packed for my lunch, I just hope things don't get too crazy. And, for that matter, I wonder what kind of sensei was chosen for us?
"Hey, I wonder who our sensei is going to be?" Toshiaki suddenly, and ironically, voiced my thoughts.
"Whoever he is, he better be someone cool." Ryo replied with a grin, "I don't want to learn under some kind of dead serious shinobi who has no idea how to lead a group."
"Ryo, ninja begin to lead missions when they become a Chunin." I quickly interjected, "They wouldn't have even become Jonin if they couldn't lead a mission effectively."
"Here he goes all nerd on us again." Kichiro teased, causing the others to laugh, "All he's missing is some glasses and he'll be the nerdiest kid in our class."
"Ha, ha. Very funny." I replied dryly, "But back to what you said, Ryo. Why'd you say 'he'? Our instructor could be a woman for all we know."
My brothers each gave me a funny look, turned to look at each other, and then just burst out laughing.
"You honestly think a kunoichi can handle us?" Toshiaki exclaimed between laughs, "We nearly drive mom crazy with our antics! Do you honestly think an everyday kunoichi could keep us under control?"
"Maybe not." I replied with a shrug, "But only because you three are such a handful."
An hour or so later everyone had gotten back to the classroom at the academy. Once everyone was sitting down, Iruka-sensei attempted to start things off.
"Okay. Now-"
But he was interrupted before he even got the chance to start the roll call. Suddenly something that looked like a tan human-sized ball carrying a black tarp came crashing through the widow. The tarp was flung into the air and hung on the ceiling in front of Iruka-sensei and the blackboard by two kunai. The tan ball then landed in front of the tarp and revealed itself to actually be a woman. The woman was the same height as my mom, had medium length purple hair pulled up into a spiky ponytail, and pupiless brown eyes. She was pretty intimidating to look at if I thought about it. The woman was wearing a fitted mesh body suit that stretched from her collarbone down to her thighs, a tan overcoat, a corded snake fang pendant hanging from her neck, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt attached to her skirt with an appendage-like sash, a wrist watch, shin guards, blue shinobi sandals, and had her headband tied around her forehead.
I looked passed the woman and read the writing that was on the tarp she brought in with her.
"Newly Arrived Instructor for Cell Eleven, Mitarashi Anko." I read to myself, Well, she certainly has the theatrics down for the job.
"None of the people in Cell eleven are in any position to celebrate!" the woman who was obviously Anko shouted as she struck a dramatic pose, "I'm the instructor for cell eleven, Mitarashi Anko! Times a wastin' people, let's move!"
The entire room was silent for a few seconds before Iruka-sensei cleared his throat.
"A-Anko-san," Iruka-sensei stuttered as he stepped out from behind the tarp, "I haven't even started the roll call yet, much less called for any of the instructors."
Anko stood there for a moment with a blush on her face from embarrassment. But that quickly gave way to a sly grin.
"Whatever, let's get a move on!" Anko said in giddy anticipation, "Shinobi have to be ready for plan changes if they want to get good."
Everyone just stared at Anko for a moment before Kichiro decided to make his opinion heard.
"My new sensei is awesome!" Kichiro shouted as he jumped out of his seat and ran over to Anko.
"Looks like Kichiro has the right mindset." Anko said with a huge grin on her face, "Ryo, Nobuo, Toshiaki, guys comin' or what?"
The rest of my brothers and I stood and followed Anko and Kichiro out of the room. I could feel a large amount of stares directed at us, but I shook it off and kept moving.
"So what's our first order of business, sensei?" Kichiro asked exuberantly, "Are we going to kidnap an American princess, blow up a few asylums, or fight hundreds of hungry cannibals?"
Everyone gave Kichiro a shocked and scared look before saying anything. Then Anko laughed.
"I like you kid." Anko said as she slapped Kichiro in a friendly manner, "This is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship!"
Great, just great. I thought sarcastically, Now I can add my Jonin sensei to the list of the craziest people I know. As if Kichiro wasn't enough.
"But, to answer your question, we're not gonna do any of those things." Anko stated as she lead us out of the academy, "We're gonna do some survival exercises at my favorite training ground, training ground forty-four: the Forest of Death!"
A/N: I know what your thinking, "2 author's notes, a bad cliff-hanger, a slightly unreasonable amount of time between chapters, and a stinking short chapter to boot? What are you thinking, yeomanHero?"
Well the second author's note is quite easy. It's my way of apologizing for taking so long with this chapter. I have no excuses so I'll just say it now: I'm sorry. Also, did you really think you'd get away with that reasonable author's note at the beginning of the chapter? No? Well then, there you go.
Now I also want to say that I wanted to devote an entire chapter to the test Anko will be giving, "the New Fantastic Four," so I saved that for the next time.
Also as a side note and a flaunting of my comic book knowledge, there is a real, "New Fantastic Four," in the comics made up of Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider. I know my version of the team is awesome, but think about how bad a smack down would be from that team. The way that one was set up, I believe, was that something big happened to cause Invisible Woman to be the only available person from the first team so she created the second as a temporary replacement. I don't know about you, but Invisible Woman is pretty smart to have come up with a team like that.
Anyway, I'll leave you alone now to wonder how long my next update's gonna take. See ya!
