Naruto the Elemental Star
Chapter 3: Thy Wonderful Hidden Waterfall
Declaimer: I do not own Naruto; I would have an actual war with two actual armies with shinobi, samurai, and soldiers from various countries, instead of the world verse two madmen and an army of undead. Plus, Sasuke would be dead and gone.
Please note this will be my weakest chapter but needed to be done to continue the story. Thank you for understanding.
Beta Reader: Albert & Anders1
Last Update: 04/22/2018
Scene I
It has been a hectic time for Naruto and Hinata as the days continued to fly by in the last four months. During that time, Hinata met Naruto's friend Tenten, an older athletic girl in a pink battle dress. Stronger than average, with her brown hair bound into two buns to resembled panda ears that no one dared to tease her for as she had a vicious streak under that innocent face. Despite such a streak, Hinata found Tenten friendly enough, as she was loaded with information, especially about ninjas and the Ninja Academy during evening hours. In the morning, she went to school as the Ninja Academy only gave breaks on holidays or for two weeks at the beginning of each season.
Tenten had found school boring. The Ninja Academy focused almost entirely on history and politics for the first two years to explain the current political atmosphere in the Elemental Counties, starting with the Great Five Countries: Fire, Lightning, Water, Wind and Earth Countries, spread around the old shaped continent spread coast to coast. They also did a brief workout before the boys, while girls were taught infiltration and blending in techniques. She particularly hated that part of the female teacher insisted on tea parties, hairdressing and flower arranging during those classes. To tomboys like Tenten and Naruto, they would rather spend the whole day training then going to tea parties for a minute.
Back at the training field, they had four teachers giving them lessons. The first was the silver-haired Kakashi Hatake, who looked bored with only his facemask on. Beside him stood Yamato, aka Tenzō, a man with dark brown hair and soulless black eyes that framed his terrifying face. Between Kakashi and Tenzō were two women. One was Kurenai Yūhi, a soft, angelic woman with caramel skin and a distinctly curvy body covered by bandages. She had flaming red eyes and fluffy black hair that added to her exotic image as a genjutsu mistress. The Second one was Anko Mitarashi, a purple-headed minx with grey eyes that gleamed with mischief and promised pain. Her voluptuous body covered by a mesh suit that went from her neck to her thighs and topped only by a wimpy skirt and brown trench coat filled with enough sharp pointy things to kill an army. Naruto remembered their first meeting.
Flashback Four Months Ago
It was three days since the Lightning incident, and the group was meeting in a new training field adjacent to a 15m (47.2ft) high waterfall that dropped into a river. The Fourth Hokage had commissioned the area before he died. Therefore, the girls were the first to train on the new training field.
"Hello my sweet little girls and welcome to our first day of class," Kakashi introduced himself. While observing the three girls that stood before him. Waiting in anticipation to be trained in what is probably their only career choice as their whole family were ninjas, or had no other future as an orphan without an adopted.
"Since this program was designed to train you as shinobi or kunoichi. We will train you in several aspects of ninja training, including chakra control slash stamina, jutsus up to C-rank and a few other tricks for an added punch," Kakashi explained. "I am Kakashi Hatake, and I am a jack of all trades and a master in elemental jutsus."
"I am Yamato, and I specialize in bloodlines, especially Mokuton, my bloodline despite not being a member of the Senju Clan as most that use Mokuton are. Don't ask me why, for it will take too long to explain," Yamato added.
"Hello, I am Kurenai Yūhi," the woman purred, in a soft, gentle voice. "I will be training you in genjutsu and chakra control."
"I guess that leaves me," Anko chuckled maniacally. "I am Anko Mitarashi, and I will be training you in martial arts and stamina. I would have also been training you in seduction, since Kurenai is too much of a prude to let me, despite being last night's partner-"
"Anko!" Kurenai yelled.
"What? It's nothing to be ashamed of, and I bet Asuma would be interested in the fact you play both sides due to our train-"
"Anko, I am warning you," Kurenai growled.
"Okay, okay, I'll back off," Anko laughed as Kurenai smiled at her teasing friend. All the while, Naruto looked strangely at them, Tenten was cackling, and Hinata was blushing like crazy. Anko developed a predatory grin, "Ooh, now that I have your attention. Let's see how in shape you are with a little game. It called: run or become a pincushion."
The girls looked in horror as Kakashi pulled out a book and chuckled while Yamato stoically gazed on. Kurenai was the only one concerned about their safety, but let Anko train them if she does not harm the girls. The girls spent the day running and dodging Anko's throw, with only an occasional break when Kurenai gave them training in chakra control. Naruto and Tenten had just finished the early stages and were able to keep chakra floating over their foreheads while Hinata trained in the more advanced chakra control like walking on water. Her bloodline, the Byakugan, provided her superior chakra control over the other girls.
End Flashback
After a week of training, Naruto, Hinata, Tenten, and Nine of Nine in Naruto's mind agreed that when it comes to their teachers. Anko was crazy and physical, Kurenai was kind and caring, Tenzō was scary yet impassive, and Kakashi was sadistic and lazy. Overall, a fascinating and potentially nasty combination of teachers that could drive you insane makes you into a great ninja or both. For the first two months, the girls trained hard in chakra control and exercising in Anko's style.
Naruto and Tenten finished training with leaves, surface walking and then tackled water walking. Hinata was demonstrably more advanced as she did kunai balance excise, using chakra to balance the point of a kunai on her palm while doing other lower level chakra controls at the same time. The only exercises none of them had done were quicksand/whirlpool walking, a skill only High Chūnin or Jōnin train in. They also trained physically in Anko style that increased their stamina, and in turn increased their chakra stores. Now the girls were low Chūnin level in control and standards with a few exceptions. Hinata had reached Jōnin level control due to her bloodline, and Naruto's chakra level was near high Jōnin, influenced by Nine of Nine who supplied her with chakra.
Once Hinata completed her chakra control training two-weeks early, began training in elemental manipulation. She found out she was attuned to water, which was odd as the Hyūgas standard element was earth. Her affinity for water explained why she was inept with her family style as it centered on a firm power stance over a flexible one. While Hinata trained at level one in the chakra manipulation of water, Anko helped Hinata create a new flexible version of the gentle fist.
While Hinata trained in her new style and element, Naruto and Tenten moved on to begin training in their own elements. Naruto started with wind element, followed by water. She wanted to increase her weakest areas, her speed and flexibility, first opposed to her above average intelligence and stamina. She completed her training in the earth element to be physically tougher. However, Naruto decided that she wanted to become faster and more flexible first to avoid projectiles altogether rather than being able to withstand more damage. Tenten also got her choice when they made a surprising discovery.
Flashback
"Alright Tenten, add some chakra, and we can determine what is your strongest element before we start training in your elemental manipulation," Kakashi told Tenten, who nodded half heartily.
"Alright, I will give it a try. Though I don't see much point in it as I want to be a weapon mistress," Tenten mumbled as the teachers and fellow students shook their heads.
"You and pointy objects," Naruto dejected. "You fell in love with them after that old ninja showed us his nunchakus and sword during one of their recruitment drives."
"I know. It was so cool when he cut up that tree into firewood with a few swipes," Tenten grinned with stars in her eyes.
Naruto shook her head as she stated, "Come on Tenten just see what element you are. Maybe you will get lucky, and it would be compatible with your dream as a weapon mistress."
Tenten snapped out of her daze as she channeled chakra through the piece of paper. What had happened next had been unexpected. Tenten's paper floated down out of her grasp in two pieces. On the right side, it had caught on fire while the left became soggy as the middle disappeared into a puff of vapor.
Tenzō examined the paper and blurted out, "Well, it seems we have another elemental bloodline."
"I say," Kakashi commented. "I thought the Vepa (Vapor) bloodline was wiped out at the beginning of the Bloodline Civil War in Water Country."
"Apparently a few survived," Yamato commented.
"What are you talking about?" Tenten asked out curiosity.
Kakashi ignored the question as he turned to ask Tenten, "According to Matron Lily's record, you were one-year-old when you were brought to the orphanage. Your parents were killed in the fields of Fire Country, along with multiple refugees from Water Country. Is that true?"
Tenten was even more confused, "Yes, but why would that matters?"
"It matters Tenten due to the fact the Vepa bloodline belongs to only one clan, the Faiadoku (fire poison) Clan. They are a weapon user clan that can apply their bloodline to increase the toxic effects of their weapon's poison or be used as deadly jutsus for their medium to long range attacks," Yamato explained.
"They were also a very loyal assassination clan in Water Country. In fact, they were the first clan to fight against the Kaguya when they rebelled and started to attack Kiri, Mist Forces' hidden village," Kakashi explained after Yamato. "Unfortunately, that did not save them from the Bloodline Civil War that followed as they were the first clan to fall due to, ironically assassination from their fellow ninjas. It appears that a few survived and ran to refugee camps set up near Konoha to process them into Fire Country. You may soon find yourself under Clan protection."
Tenten could not believe it, she was part of a clan she did not even know about. A clan that had been wiped out in the bloodiest Civil War in known history and a war that is still being fought in Water Country. Tenten could not decide if it was funny, sad or in-between.
Naruto, however, thought it explained a lot, "Well, it explains your preference for sharp pointy things."
Tenten looked at Naruto for a second before laughing out loud, "Yes, I guess it does."
"Um sorry, but is-isn't the B-Blood-Bloodline C-Civil War still going on?" Hinata asked. Her stuttering had considerably faded thanks to Naruto's friendship, Anko's training, and Kurenai's counseling along with constant praises from her teachers and pears.
"Yes, I am afraid it is," Kurenai stated sadly.
"The war was originally supposed to be over years ago, but some group backed the Mist Forces financially. Who is using the money to hire mercenaries to keep everything even in power and numbers," Anko expertly explained while keeping that fact she had ties to the Leaf's Torture and Interrogation (TI) Intelligence Branch to herself. "We have some idea who, but we have no real proof, and we can't really do anything about it for Water Country isn't an ally."
Naruto silently stewed as the 'backers' were the Uzumaki, but she snapped out her sickening feeling away to help Hinata cheer up her friends. Once Tenten sobered up, Jōnin decided to switch gears when Kurenai asked, "So Tenten since you have two elements, you can pick either Fire or Water in your elemental training…"
End Flashback
Tenten had decided to train in fire manipulation first, and she would finish her first level within a week. After she was able to burn the leaf instantly, she moved on to level two. The task was to throw a flaming kunai at a tree while maintaining enough focus to keep her hand from being burned or from preventing the tree from catching fire. Tenten seemed to be halfway done with level two, but she had never gone much furthered due to school. She only had six hours to train in elemental manipulation, physical workout, and maintaining chakra control.
Naruto, however, could use ten hours in elemental manipulation, and spent another six to eight hours for chakra control and exercised to remain in good shape. It was amazing what sixteen to eighteen hours a day devoted to training could accomplish when making startling progress. It also helped that she began to see the white chakra for her wind element as her training progressed. It was similar to how the Hyūga saw chakra and used it to improve their control. All these factors lead to Naruto completing level-two wind manipulation within three weeks as her kunai made a clean cut through a tree. Now, she was working on level three of cutting a waterfall into two streams at a pace that was amazing.
In fact, she was going so fast that Hinata felt she was making no progress compared to Naruto and Tenten. It took Hinata a month to complete level one of training. When she finally arrived to level two, she did not want to continue to believe that she was a burden to the group, despite reassurance that she was making good progress. Her 'family' had perpetrated a real number on her psyche.
Flashback
Hinata was having a nervous breakdown while Kurenai and Anko explained the next step of elemental manipulation to her. Naruto stood nearby listening in, as she would eventually train in water manipulation. Hinata's next step was to find a dead piece of bark and revive it by infusing it with water pulled from the moist air through her kunai. However, Hinata was not so sure she could do it.
"Maybe I s-should go," Hinata mumbled. "I d-don't think I h-have what it t-takes to continue in training as I'm a b-burden."
"Who said you're a burden?" Naruto yelled as she could not understand anyone calling her friend a burden.
"M-my c-clan always t-told me I-I was a b-burden whenever I was s-slow in learning what was r-required," Hinata stammered.
"Oh honey," Kurenai had said softly, "you are not a burden."
"But it took me m-months just to get through l-level one, and K-Kakashi said t-they get longer in time in t-training e-elemental m-manipulation," Hinata stammered.
"Hinata you can't compare yourself to the other girls as their bloodlines deal with elements. So they are bound to get it quicker, just as you have better chakra control compared to others because of your bloodlines," Kurenai explained.
"Yeah, you are like a super ninja when it comes to chakra control. I am not sure I will ever catch-up with you in that area," Naruto pointed out, much to Hinata's happy embarrassment.
"Brat has a point," Anko stated. "Besides, you also don't count the amount of time you train in manipulation over the fact we have you are not focusing on just one area but multiple ones that improve your skills across the board. So don't worry about it."
Hinata nodded her head no, "I sup-suppose you're right."
"That's the spirit brat. Just remember that just because you're not in top ten doesn't make you a burden," Anko pointed out. "Only those who degrade others are burdens, so ignore them and just strut through and no one can mess with you."
Hinata smiled, which everyone smiled in silence as the waterfall roared in the background.
End Flashback
Naruto reflected fondly on her memories as she put the final touches that would complete her training of wind manipulation. Watching her was Tenzō, who was standing beside Kakashi as he enjoyed his book. He had used the excuse of being an assistant to read lazily, nearby. On the other side of the clearing, Kurenai was watching over Tenten while Anko trained Hinata hard. However, they all stopped as Naruto's wind manipulation held back the waterfall and nearly split its flow into two. Her white triangle became full and apparent when she finally split the waterfall in two. Naruto watched in admiration when she noticed a tunnel 6m (19.69ft) above her head, just before the water receded. It was a man-made tunnel. Naruto just stood there, looking up at the waterfall receded and hid the unnatural tunnel. As Naruto stared, Tenzō went up to congratulate Naruto.
"Good job Naru, excellent job," Tenzō congratulated the wet girl, but she had other things on her mind.
"Tenzō-sensei, can you make a bridge and stairs up around six meters?" Naruto asked.
"I can? Why?" Tenzō asked out of curiosity.
"I saw something that looks like manmade tunnel above me where I cut the waterfall," Naruto pointed up to the waterfall. "I want to see what it is?"
"A manmade structure, are you sure?" Kakashi asked as he put his book up.
Naruto nodded her head in response, and Tenzō used 'Wood Style: Wood Structure Jutsu,' to create a long wooden bridge and stairs that extended up the water. The action had gotten the attention of the others, and they rushed over to see what Tenzō was doing. "What's going on Tenzō?" Anko asked first.
"Naruto found a large tunnel while she was practicing wind manipulation. She wanted to see what it is," Tenzō had explained while Naruto walked across the bridge with her hand across the river.
Naruto continued to walk on the bridge until she felt the open space of the tunnel. She took a step up and walked into the tunnel. Once inside, Naruto noticed it was too dark to see so she stuck her head out to ask for a flashlight. Kakashi threw her one and pulled a few more out of his seemingly bottomless pouch.
Kakashi reasoning was, "My former sensei always felt you need to be ready for everything. Plus, having everything means I never forget anything, and I am always ready for missions."
Naruto then walked through the tunnel with her flashlight while Nine of Nine commented, 'This looks too artificial and too old to be made recently. This must be a hideout created during the Mechanize War. Refugees and soldiers often made them with plasma laser point drills to hide from the machines, even if they lived deep in Republic Alliance territory in what was one the United States of America. The waterfall must have eroded any carved stairs or rocks that allowed them to get here.'
'You think we will find anything?' Naruto asked mentally.
'I doubt it. The EMP bomb fried anything that ran on or produced electricity, which was practically every tool we used then. That is why humanity had to start over again. However, it wouldn't hurt to look around,' Nine of Nine had commented.
Naruto nodded as she heard the others arriving from behind. She looked briefly to see that Tenten and Hinata first followed her teachers. As they continued down, they arrived at a door, not made of limestone, but completely made of a material that appeared to be an ablative, silicon metal.
"Well brat, I have to say it is weird to see a door made out of… whatever this is," Anko commented.
'Nine, what is this?' Naruto asked mentality.
'I don't know? But I do know the mineral is highly resisted to energy, and if combined with a powerful EMP shield, whatever inside could possibly survive the EMP bomb.' Colonel Nine of Nine answered Naruto. 'I think this is beyond coincidence.'
Naruto had used her flashlight to look around the door to find a keypad with digits of three by three numbered one through nine. Underneath it was letters, not elemental but in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese. "Do you have any idea what it says?" Tenten asked the group.
"I don't know, they looked similar to Elemental and the old tongue Temperamental, but it's too different for me to read it," Kakashi commented.
"Nine says it is in several languages," Naruto told the group.
"Nine?" Yamato asked.
"You know, what I am talking about. The nine tails we are all familiar with," Naruto explained, as Yamato often had to be reminded the Kyūbi's real name, unlike her friends whom she told them everything related to Nine.
"Well brat, what does it say?" Anko asked impatiently.
"To gain access to our knowledge, press each number to unlock the door by order of magnitude where the middle number one is ideal change. For it is the one not backward from where one is still before nine. Get it right, and the door will open," Naruto read one of the lines.
"I-It's an r-riddle," Hinata stuttered.
"Does anyone know how to solve the riddle?" Kurenai asked.
'I do!' Colonel Nine of Nine explained. 'Father always liked riddles. Just press the numbers in the following order.'
Naruto went to press the number four first. Once they heard the locks tied to each key open, Naruto continued pushing them in order of three, two, one, five, nine, eight, seven, and finally six. The door unlocked and swung open revealing that the door was several meters thick with layers of insinuation inside. The room was completely sealed to outside air and held in a vacuum as air rushed into the dark room. Naruto scanned the room1 with her flashlight, along with Kakashi and Tenzō's, to see what was in the room. The room had many clear metal cases holding clothing and many different tools. The two teachers tried to insist that they walk in first but Naruto's curiosity compelled her to ignore her teachers.
She ran into the room until she felt her skin tingle and her flashlight shorted out. 'An EMP Shield!' Colonel Nine of Nine exclaimed mentally just before she heard a clicking sound of pressure gage below her.
She looked surprised when she heard a metallic voice spoke in several languages the group could partially understand as it stated, "Please stand still to be identified."
Naruto heard a clicking sound before two metallic arms appeared. Arms that had gun barrels coated with the same material as the door came down. Its laser sights were pointed at her as the machine added, "Failure to do so will mean your immediate execution."
Seeing that Naruto was in danger, the girls tried to run to their friend's aid. Kakashi stopped them from getting everyone killed in their desperation to save Naruto. As the girls were restrained, Anko, Kurenai, and Tenzō prepared to save Naruto with jutsus and speed in case the guns begin firing. The group watched patiently as a flash of light appeared around Naruto. She was soon covered with straight lines of lights as if she was being scanned.
It stopped when the voice said, "DNA samples taken from subject skin flakes determines subject is six to seven-year-old, human female with genetic mutations. Suggest advance forms of the alpha's genes, as well as the ability to produce bioenergy known as chakra. Some of the chakras analyzed belongs to Project 2A database. Also, determined genetics are not manufactured or cloned. Following security precautions, we will now deactivate security systems and EMP shield while diverting power to lights, mainframes, and environmental systems."
"Well, I feel violated?" Naruto commented as lights activated around her revealing a world of wonder. A wonder she would not see as she was being hugged to death by her friends as they rushed to her. They were worried, especially Hinata.
While Naruto was being squeezed/hugged, Anko decided to teach her a lesson by smacking her in the back of the head. "You damn idiot!" Anko yelled. "I thought you were supposed to be smart. You don't run into a room when your teachers tell you to stay back."
"You gave us a heart attack Naruto," Tenzō said calmly before using his flashlight to enhance his scary face. "Don't do that again."
Naruto nervously nodded in fear, especially since her friends glared at her and stated that they agreed with Tenzō. While Naruto continued to get disproving looks, Kakashi decided to break it up, "Alright that is enough. I am sure it was an honest and common mistake. Why don't we see where we are?"
The group looked around to see cave actually had several floors, each wider than the next. It went down several stories connected by several stairs and four elevators. At the very bottom were a hundred of what proved to be mainframe computers and vents powering up slowly as the generators activated. The collective information held by all the mainframes would prove to be a few dozen petabytes. Information that could be accessed by consoles and computers found on each floor that also held artifacts from a time-period before the Elemental Countries. That included one of a kind books, papers, blueprints, artwork, clothing, and ancient tools. Each item was put onto selves or racks behind clear, vacuumed sealed containers that were completely insulated from the environment, but still accessible through environmental controls on the side. These items were organized by a period of time, type and hopefully known creator/author.
However, the top room was not just filled with artifacts. The cases held equipment that soldiers used in ancient times as well as what they wore before humanity lost everything during the mechanized war. As the group slowly explored the place and Tenten drooled at the melee of weapons. Some of the weapons she had seen on knights in the eastern region, or samurai hybrids of the two seen here in the west. It was a strange thing to consider that knights originated in the Europe/west while samurai originated in Asia/east.
However, that was in ancient times, as Colonel Nine of Nine explained through Naruto each of the firearms that were on the soldier's side in the last six to seven hundred years before the EMP bomb. The group was amazed at the power these weapons could give someone, though the older ninja doubts it would replace jutsus and chakra. As jutsus could be used to not only destroy things but also can be used for stuff like physical enhancements, healing, and illusions (Genjutsu). Kakashi and Anko did note that firearms would make excellent support or long-range assassin tool, but the armor was more interesting to the ninjas in the group because it could immediately benefit them. It was designed to stop most kinds of projectiles including knives while the elite's armor had energy shields used to protect it against all projectiles and extreme environmental dangers like temperatures and energy.
Tenten was about to asked more questions about the various weapons when they heard the metallic voice again speak in perfect Elemental, "Translation program has completed algorithms, entering language into storage for translation to user-friendly systems. Now activating program Dr. Star-Croft with translators."
'Father?' Nine of Nine said with reverence in Naruto's mind.
On the bottom floor of this structure, a circular platform was activated, as a man appeared to float up for everyone on the top floor to see. It was an elderly man with short grey hair that wore white glasses and had an open white coat. "I'll welcome you my fellow humans, and I hope that not so much time has passed that our computer will be able to provide you with a proper greeting," the elderly man said in the translated voice. "My name is Dr. Star-Croft, and I humbly say that in my time I was considered one the most brilliant scientists in the Republic Alliance and I had a hand in many projects including this secret facility."
The group was amazed while Nine of Nine cried inside Naruto's mind as the hologram continued, "The reason for this facility is the fact that we had such great potential, but we squandered our gifts. We squandered them due to our greed and arrogance. We tried to make our lives better through machines, and we created a race of machines that were meant to serve us. However, we did not consider the fact that we took a step too far and that it would come back to haunt us. We arrogantly thought we could destroy them any time we want while we were busy fighting each other. But we soon found that belief to be false as we were on the verge of extinction.
"We created many weapons and even creatures that were supposed to help us win the war, but even they were not enough. So finally, we devise a desperate plan: an EMP bomb powerful enough to take out every piece of technology throughout the system. A plan that gave the human race a chance to survive but that ended our world at the same time. However, I would be damned if we should lose everything that kept our modern civilization together. So I made this place, a museum of everything we could possibly save. So now, hopefully, you can use this to help you rebuild what we lost. My only I hope is that you are able to learn from our mistakes as I give you the tools to create the future."
The hologram dissipated and all the computers activated with their hologram screens and keyboards, all written in worded characters of Elemental. Naruto immediately went to them and began to pull information off, she looked at the design and technology briefly, as though being reminded about it from the information Colonel Nine of Nine stored in her mind. She also looked at the art, media and electronic book sections and was very surprised.
"This has everything, from art and entertainment to most advanced designs with hard copies a floor below us. This could revolution everything," Naruto stated while looking through the screen.
"How is this place getting all its power?" Tenten asked.
Naruto pulled up the facility designs and pointed out, "Apparently this place runs on thermal energy absorbed deep underground. That is logical since there are many hot springs around because of the dormant volcano located just a short distance from this place."
"We need to inform the Hokage of these events," the Kakashi told the group.
"Well it may be best if you go and report it," Anko pointed out. "It looks like the brats and our two fellows Jōnin are glued to the screens."
Kakashi looked to see Naruto looking through the designs, and Hinata wide-eye was over her shoulder. In the background, Tenten was admiring all the weapons while Tenzō supervised. Finally, Kurenai was looking at another console at all the different books she planned to read. So Kakashi agreed to leave to get the Hokage while Nine of Nine thought, 'Oh father, your legacy will soon be reborn through my daughter. I expect in around eight years, she will change the world.'
Scene II
In a vast room at the base of the tower that held the Hokage's main governmental advisors to the Hokage sits, the Council. The Hokage had explained the events on the training field for his new training program. The Council agreed the library/museum should be studied and implemented into their forces, but they could not decide on two things. One, should they just assign ANBU to guard the area and allow the students to continue train there and maybe benefit from the research first, or should they move the training field and put the place on lockdown. The second was to include Naruto in the project. The main argument against it was that while she would help the project with the knowledge downloaded into her brain, she was still a very young child. After a heated debate, they finally reached a conclusion.
"So it is decided," the Hokage spoke. "The training field will remain open, but the entrance to the library will be off-limits and guarded by ANBU. My men will move the waterfall away from the entrance for elemental training." The Hokage then pulled out his trusted pipe before moving on. "Also, Naruto will be allowed access and work with our research and development teams to hopefully shorten the time it will take to adapt the technology for our use, in exchange she can adapt some of the technology for her own use."
"Why should we allow the de… I mean brat information that will be classified to most people?" spoke a disgruntled civilian who lost land when Colonel Nine of Nine attacked.
"Troublesome," spoke the head of the Nara clan and the Jōnin squad, Shikaku Nara. A clan famous for its shadow control of opponents and lazy, yet genius attributes. Nara had dark hair tied in a spiky ponytail and a distinctive scar on the right side of the face that was partially covered by a small black beard. "If you hadn't read the report, the girl is our resident expert due to Colonel Nine of Nine, aka the Kyūbi. We need her to help figure out how to use this new technology in our lifetime. So it would be most beneficial to have her help the project. It is also too troublesome to allow politics and your disgruntle view of the girl interfere while working at the library."
The civilian grudgingly backed down, especially as Shikaku Nara teammates in the Ino-Cho-Shi sided with the Hokage, and they were sitting right by him. To the right was Inoichi, head of the Yamanaka Clan that uses jutsus to allow them to enter minds and control them. He was like his fellow clansmen, very feminine even in a trench coat, with long blond hair and baby blue eyes. To the left was Chōza, head of the Akimichi Clan, who could convert their body fat to enlarge specific body parts and in some cases become giants. They maintained their giant appearance through fat, along with the addition of wild, often long, red hair piled high on their head and wore red armor with the words food printed on it.
"Well then, now that we have that settled," spoke a purple haired woman named Amell, leader of the Roth Clan, aka, the sage knights due to their ability to use chakra from the air for various techniques. "I believe it's time we talked about outside affairs that deal with us shinobi." Amell smiled. Her brown eyes gleamed as she twirled around a stick, which could become the most deadly weapon when she channeled chakra through it to form an energy blade.
"I agree," the stoic white-eye man Hiashi, head of the politically powerful Hyūga clan concurred.
The Hokage nodded as most of the civilians left the Council chamber since the discussion now focused on shinobi maters. Only two remained, one was a brown-haired weapon forger/dealer, and the other was a pink-haired woman who sold all kinds of food and general goods. The two remain to see if they needed to start bringing or stop bringing in goods for a possible conflict, war or aid.
Once all the non-essentials civilians left, the Hokage barked out, "Ibiki, your report."
A man that had a face lined with distinctive scares stepped up. He straightened his black trench coat as he gave his report as the head of the Intelligence specializing in torture and intelligence. "We have been receiving reports that the Uzumaki Clan is spending huge amounts of money and manpower down South while spreading their funds in the Elemental Nations. In particular, they are supporting the Mist forces to help them in their war."
"Which in turn is helping our Hunter-nin Division as we set up traps outside Water Country to take down a lot of missing-nins. We are also getting quite the turnout from missing-nins bounties that are not our own," a brown-haired, wild dog looking woman name Tsume Inuzuka spoke. A woman that was not only head of a clan that used dogs as companions and partners for devastation techniques, but she was also the head of the Hunter-nin Division.
"Their spending has no logic as it seems only to delay change and may make Mist more aggressive against them once the rebels win," spoke the stoic Shibi head of the bug clan known as the Aburame. "Also, if they keep this up, they will soon go bankrupt," Shibi added, while he adjusted his black sunglasses and grey coat that hid everything but his black hair and pale cheekbones.
"Intelligence suggests they will need to stop their operation in two years either in the Elemental Nation or the Jungle Wastelands. Otherwise, the Clan will find itself in debt with one of the many nations that will either hurt them for past actions or force them to serve them," the purple-haired ANBU commander Yūgao, in her cat mask, explained.
"So all we have to do is wait, and the most influential and threatening clan will run themselves into the ground," Ibiki explained.
"It also means that the rebels will take longer to win and form a government we can align with. Possibly around eight years," spoke the spiritual leader of the Nature Clan, Wolf Dreamer. A man with short green hair and white eyes of wisdom as he sat Indian style on his desk as he channeled with his inner animal spirit famous for the Nature Clan.
"I still believe it was a bad idea not to send our forces to help the rebels Sarutobi," spoke the eerie voice of the war leader of the nature clan, Raven Hunter. A man that eyes and hair reflected the spirit and manner of a Raven completely. "We could end the war now, so we don't have to transfer as much of the money collected from bounties to help the rebels. Plus we could generate more support if we physically aid the rebels."
Sarutobi thought a moment before responding to the war leader, who was considered a war hero because he led the Leaf Forces against Nine of Nine while she was corrupted. "I may hate war, but this is one war I think we would be justified fighting. Unfortunately, the elected members of the Assembly for Fire Country do not agree with us. I was lucky enough to get them to agree to send aid to the rebels, and I don't want to push my luck. So we will just have to hope the war ends soon," the Hokage explained as Raven Hunter reluctantly agreed. "Now then, what more is on the agenda?"
The various minor clans like the Kurume and Pyro Clan, as well as divisions like medical, research and development, school and defense forces (militia), began to talk about the current atmosphere. Only two seats remained silent, beside the Elders who only are allowed to speak privately with the Hokage. One was the Senju Clan, a clan that no longer existed in Konoha after the last war. The other clan was represented by a stern man with black hair and black eyes that were as dark as his soul. He was a man who wanted more power, the power to rule and more power for the clan. The power he could gain by controlling a particular blond girl through any means. A man that's name was on a plaque in front of him: Fugaku Uchiha, head of the Uchiha Clan, and head of the Police Force in Konoha. Too bad not everyone in his clan would agree.
Scene III
It was early in the morning as the three girls, and four Jōnin watched the leaf forces redirect the waterfall away from the tunnel to the library. At the entrance itself, they watched as the whole area was converted into a fortress for the ANBU to guard. As they watched them work, an ANBU with a Roster mask approached the group.
"Kakashi-San," the ANBU saluted to the Elite Jōnin. "We have a young girl that wishes to speak with you."
Stepping out from behind the ANBU was a young girl that was timid as she could be, and she flinched as they stared at her. Her long hair flowed in the wind as her dark coral eyes looked at the ground nervously. "Hello little one," Kurenai approached the girl. "What is your name?"
The girl whispered, "Tukiko Uchiha."
The group was surprised to see an Uchiha come willing to this training field. "You came to train here?" Kurenai asked.
"No, I came to warn one Naruto Ryū," Tukiko explained in a nervous tone.
"About what?" Naruto asked while blinking rapidly.
"Well, it's about…" Tukiko started as she explained her story.
Flashback
In the clan compound cut off from the world, Tukiko watched as her cousin trained, a cousin who had not as yet awakened his bloodline, the Sharingan. The Sharingan, when activated, allowed the user the ability to copy any jutsus and martial arts technique. Once a bloodline was activated, it was focused on chakra turning the clansmen eyes red with one to three commas depending on the level of mastery. Generally, clan children activated their bloodline when they reached the age of ten to sixteen, after facing danger or perceived danger. However, if they unlocked their bloodline before the age of ten, they were considered prodigies, unless they came from secondary stock. A position that Tukiko Uchiha was considered to be in.
Tukiko despised her cousin. He was considered her superior in the clan despite the fact she had activated her bloodline sooner than he had. In response, Tukiko began copying any technique she could to prove to her clan that she was strong. She has already copied a variety of clan martial arts techniques but had not risked copying a Jutsus, until her cousin start practicing 'Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu,' a C-rank jutsu that shot out a fireball from the mouth. A technique her cousin succeeded in mastering just now, and she had successfully copied it.
She was about to leave to try it out herself, when her cousin, the boy with his black hair combed to resemble a chicken butt was congratulated by his father, the Clan Head Fugaku Uchiha, "Most impressive Sasuke."
"Father," Sasuke bowed.
"Rise Sasuke, I have something important to discuss with you," Fugaku told his son before holding out a picture. "Do you recognize the girl in this picture?"
The recent picture was of a young girl with blond hair streaked with red, and teal eyes each of which had a white triangle above a yin-yang pupil. "I think so, father. She was that orphan you visited once and tried to bring her into the clan since she could provide us with some sort of power, you didn't mention what type."
"It is good you remember for this girl as it is essential she comes to us now more than ever," Fugaku explained with a small smile. "Her name is Naruto Ryū, and she has a bloodline known as the Elemental Star that will make the Sharingan stronger. She also came across other things that will be important for the clan's power base."
"But father, didn't you say that women are weak, and their only purpose is to help keep the clan populated?" Sasuke asked blankly, not entirely sure what his father meant.
Tukiko was pissed when her cousin implied she was weak. Her anger got worst when his father nodded. "Very true son, which is why this girl needs to be taught her proper place under the Uchiha." Fugaku then smiled as he patted his son on the back, "Come along son, it is time I teach you about how and why you need to woo a woman to serve the clan."
As Fugaku led a questioning Sasuke away, Tukiko ran to talk to her aunt Mikoto, Sasuke's mother.
End Flashback
"And she told me to tell you about their plan, and she would stick by her husband to quietly gather any information for you avoid her fate," Tukiko explained to nodding and confused six-year-olds, while the adults narrowed their eyes.
"Thank you for the warning us Tukiko," Kakashi said without a care as he smiled at the girl. "We will be able to take it from here."
"Okay. Glad to be of help," Tukiko said with dejection as she moved to walk out the door until Anko stopped her.
"Say brat, since you gave us the warning, how about we give you a reward. A reward like, say some actual ninja training?" Anko asked the talented girl with a gleam in her eyes.
"Really, I can. I don't want to be any trouble?" Tukiko asked while almost shaking like a leaf, out of excitement and a bit of fear.
"I don't see any problems unless you guardian will mind?" Kurenai asked before Anko jumped the gun.
"I don't have any guardians unless you count Aunt Mikoto as my guardian since she watched over men when parents died outside the village," Tukiko remembered as the sorrow of her parents passing. It was that sorrow that had helped her activate her bloodline early. "And she won't mind, in fact, she would encourage me, as she often tells me stories about a time when it was different Uchiha became the way they are now as they attempted to be the opposite of everything the Senju were."
"Well, it seems as if it might be alright, right Kurenai-sensei, Tenzō-sensei?" Naruto asked while Tenten and Hinata sheepishly implored of the two.
The two Jōnin could not resist, and Anko gave a devilish smirk. Especially after she said, "Well, since she will just need to get you up to speed."
Anko began Tukiko's rigorous new training regimen that was harder than anything she had done before. It was difficult, but worth it in Tukiko's mind for it was the happiest day of her life. She finally had someone to train her. And more importantly, she finally had friends to call her own in the years to come.
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