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NU: Null-Fox…
Chapter 2: Beginnings…
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Normal Speech…
Normal Thoughts…
Codec Calls…
Cyborg Ninja Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Speech…
Demon/Beast Unit Thoughts…
Inner Spirit Speech…
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A man walked down a barren path, his cold gray eyes glaring at anything that moved as he journeyed across the "Virgin Cliffs" of Russia. "Humph… Last time I was here, I was still working for "Mother" Russia…" The man said under his breath with a harsh, raspy voice while then looking up and chuckling. This man has long silver hair reaching his shoulders, cold gray eyes, and a handlebar mustache. His skin is pale and his build is hidden under his heavy clothing.
He wears a dark brown trench coat with thick padding at the shoulders and a black armband around his left bicep. Red leather gloves cover the mans hands, while a black "cowboy" outfit lays under his coat, a scarf placed around his neck holds a small pin to hold it in place, two belts are on his torso, the first around his waist holds a SAA Revolver at his right hip, while the second crosses his torso, from over his left shoulder, around his back, under his right arm and back to his left shoulder, holding a second Revolver at his lower back and numerous bullets. Upon his feet is a pair of old brown "cowboy" boots with spurs hanging off of them.
The man suddenly stopped however, and a sly smirk came over his lips while looking at an old rickety bridge. Walking forward the man placed hand onto the bridges guardrail and chuckled lightly under his breath. "It's been a long time since I came here… Though it does make me wonder why you wanted me here Gurlukovich…" The man said to himself then to a man behind him, one who was overweight and had a small mustache over his lip, cropped blond hair on his head and Russian Camouflage…
"Feeling Nostalgic for the past Shalashaska?" The man questioned with a thick Russian accent as the first man looked at him from the corner of one eye.
"No Comrade… Just remembering it… I like to remember the past, living it would be a bit too much however…" The man said simply before then removing his gloved hand from the guardrail and turning to the other man, noticing a pair of armed soldiers to either side of him. "What's this? And to think, I actually thought you trusted me…" The man said with a slight smirk seeing the men and the man before him called Gurlukovich simply twitched before frowning at him completely.
"Only a fool will trust someone completely in our business Shalashaska, or would you prefer Ocelot…" He told the now named Ocelot, the man simply chuckling under his breath before then turning stone serious.
"True, and either name works… but I believe we're here on special business dear colonel… Not to make jabs at each other…" Ocelot said darkly before slowly pulling something out of his coat, the two soldiers with Gurlukovich taking aim at him as he does. The silver haired man smirked as he produced a few papers, making the soldiers breath sighs of relief. "This here is some of the data on Metal Gear, my Boss is planning on taking it for himself… I'd like to know your going to produce something for your down payment when the time has come…" Ocelot said while handing Gurlukovich the papers, the stout man simply taking them and glancing over them with a critical eye.
"Hmm… Do you trust this man? This… Liquid Snake?" Gurlukovich questioned and Ocelot chuckled in his throat.
"Not even as far as I can throw him… However, he CAN and WILL get the job done." Ocelot told Gurlukovich who seemed to ponder this for a short while, before then nodding his head to Ocelot.
"Very well Shalashaska, I will procure this payment for you, however, it will take much time before I am able to get it to you." Gurlukovich said and Ocelot nodded his head slowly before chuckling lightly in his throat.
"Don't worry Comrade, we are only in the beginning stages of taking command of Shadow Moses at the moment. We're trying to bring back as many of the scattered remains of Big Boss' private Elite Guard back together as we can. It'll be quite a while before we're ready to start the actual operation." Ocelot said smoothly and Gurlukovich nodded his head, Ocelot smirked to himself however stopped when lightning flashed, yet there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
"Sorrow…" He heard and turned slowly so as not to arouse suspicion, only to see a specter from the past, The Sorrow to be precise, making Ocelot gnash his teeth together.
"Him again… Why won't he leave me alone?" Ocelot wondered to himself then saw "The Sorrow" look down at the waters below and Ocelot did also, only to grab the guardrail and lean over it to see something… no… A CHILD floating down the rapid waters! "Gurlukovich, you have any men down the river?" Ocelot questioned quickly, The Sorrow shaking his head no just as the Colonel replied to the negative. "Then do you have anyone downstream who could pick up a kid that's floating down river!" Ocelot demanded and Gurlukovich rushed over to look down at the floating body and pressed his lips together into a thin line. His soldiers also looked, both seeming surprised by the sight and reached back to contact someone on Radio, before whispering to their leader.
"No, we have no one downstream at the moment, all my men are positioned at the old Graznyj Grad Research facility." Gurlukovich told Ocelot who gritted his teeth together and rolled his eye's.
"Of course they are…" He muttered while pulling off his coat then handed the item to Gurlukovich and gripped the side of the Guardrail. "Then I'll handle this myself!" With that Ocelot launched himself over the side of the guardrail, and then fell towards the waters below with a slight grimace. 'Now I know what "John" felt like…' He thought to himself just before hitting the water and coming up gasping for breath before swimming down the rapids towards the child he had seen, whom was now perched on a bank of land at the side of the river.
"Kid got lucky…" Ocelot muttered to himself before then managing to get onto the patch of land and looked at the kid, only to widen his eye's seeing the "Spirit" Camo he was wearing, which had belonged to both Big Boss AND The Sorrow… "Well what do we have here then?" Ocelot questioned while looking at the child, then turned his head to look at the figure of The Sorrow with a raised brow.
"Take care of him… He is one of us… He is… The Void…" With those cryptic words, The Sorrow faded leaving Ocelot with a kid on the ground.
"The Void huh?" Ocelot mused to himself then picked the blond child up and threw him over one shoulder. "Let's see exactly why you're called that." The man mused once more while walking off with the child slung over his shoulder. If the Sorrow had an interest in this child, like he had once had in Big Boss, then Ocelot was sure he'd be… useful… in the future, so, smirking to himself, he headed towards Groznyj Grad so he could get his coat then be back off to the states…
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Gray eyes slowly slid open, a bright light is the first thing they see, causing them to shut tight and an arm to move and block the light from view. "So your awake." A voice came and the blue-eyed form of Naruto turned his head, and opened his eye's to see a man with white hair and a handlebar mustache leaning against a wall with his arms crossed. "Now then, how do you know The Sorrow?" The man asked and Naruto raised a brow, did he see him as well?
"He came to me… After I felt… True Oblivion… He said he'd take me somewhere I could fight for my own reasons…" Naruto said while slowly sitting up and Ocelot raised a brow, True Oblivion, why did that sound so familiar…
"Hmm…Sounds just like, The End…" Ocelot stated more than questioned, but Naruto thought it was a question based on his tone.
"That's what Sorrow said too…" He said simply to Ocelot who took a thoughtful expression while looking at the child.
"So, Sorrow compared you to a Cobra, hmm…" Ocelot said then closed his eyes, if the boy was compared to a Cobra, perhaps he could be as deadly as one also… "Hmm. So kid, you got any skills? Special abilities maybe?" Ocelot questioned and Naruto nodded his head slowly. "Okay, what is it?" Ocelot then questioned and Naruto considered it before letting out a light sigh of breath.
"My eyes… They let me see the world of the dead; I can talk to them as well, and even see their pasts… I also… well… no one ever really noticed me after I felt it, I even managed to sneak by someone while out in the open; in fact it was almost like… I don't know… I became one with the forest…" Naruto said and Ocelot nodded his head slowly, taking in the two abilities and trying desperately not to grin too widely…
"Well now, those are some pretty interesting abilities kid…" Ocelot said mostly to himself as Naruto looked at him with those dull listless eyes. "And you say you want to fight eh?" Ocelot questioned and Naruto frowned slightly to himself.
"I said I came to this land so I could fight for what I believe in…" The blond stated and Ocelot grumbled under his breath before chuckling in his throat.
"Well now, that seems a bit odd, what exactly do you want to fight for then?" Ocelot said then questioned and Naruto was silent, trying to think of exactly did he want to fight for… "Heh, should have known, you didn't even think that far ahead did you." Ocelot taunted and Naruto twitched before glaring at the older man, which didn't really affect Ocelot, considering he was older and had been glared at by worse than this kid. "Listen up Junior, there's a lot of nasty people out there who will want those eyes of yours… A power like yours is as rare as it is valuable, and that's quite a bit." Ocelot said while standing up fully and then crossed his arms, soon walking over to Naruto who glared at him once more.
"Ocelot, what the devil are you doing?" Came a different voice, one with an accent as a man with shoulder length blond hair entered the room, cold blue eye's glaring at Naruto who frowned. This man wore a coat like Ocelot, which was closed and buttoned up, with a pair of brown pants with a black belt, black combat boots and a pair of brown leather gloves. "Why exactly have you brought a child here, Ocelot?" The man then questioned with an annoyed tone and Ocelot looked at Naruto before looking back to the blond haired man.
"I found him in Russia, judging by his clothes I assumed he was a Child Soldier of some kind and brought him here for an… Interrogation… Thus far it looks like his minds been wiped by whoever trained him." Ocelot lied while Naruto merely turned to look at the older blond apathetically. The blond man also turned to look at Naruto after Ocelot's explanation and walked over to the smaller, younger blond to look into his eyes before sneering.
"Humph, he does look like a mind wiped Child Soldier, especially with that vacant almost dead look in his eyes… Do with him what you will Ocelot, just make sure he doesn't interfere with our plans." The blond man stated and Ocelot shrugged, while his leader gave Ocelot one last look before then walking out of the room and leaving the two alone once more.
"Why did you lie?" Naruto asked bluntly while moving his legs to hang off the side of the bed, while Ocelot merely chuckled in response at first before then smirking towards him.
"An investment." He said and Naruto raised a brow. "If Liquid knew of your gifts prematurely, he'd probably want to start trying to raise dead spirits." Ocelot said then grimaced at the thought of whom the blond man may try and have the child evoke. "Personally, I don't think it would be a good idea for you to have the souls of a bunch of dead soldiers running around in your head. You need to find your own reason, and way of fighting… I'll just help you with finding it." Ocelot said with a shrug of his shoulders and Naruto blinked while looking at the man with a slight tilt to his head.
"Then what do you want in return?" Naruto questioned and Ocelot chuckled.
"Fight with me. Fight with me until you find your own reason to fight for yourself. That's all…" Ocelot said and Naruto narrowed his eyes before nodding his head to the white haired man. "Good, then I expect you to grow up quickly, no whining for one thing, and if you have a question, you're going to have to look it up for yourself. I won't tolerate any slacking either, so make sure your prompt or I'll shoot you just to remind you to be on time." Ocelot then said while walking towards the exit of the room. "Also expect to be trained by the other FOXHOUND member's. Before I'm through your going to be able to do anything the rest of us combined could, as well as the Cobra's skills…" With that last message Ocelot exited the room, coming face to face with Liquid Snake.
"So, you're taking him as a student, eh Ocelot?" The man questioned and Ocelot chuckled lightly in his throat.
"I told you boss, The Sorrow took an interest in him, and the last person he took an interest in was Big Boss himself. It would be stupid to let someone Sorrow has taken an interest in go to waste…" Ocelot reported and Liquid nodded slowly, before then walking off down the hall with Ocelot at his side.
"Has Gurlukovich made his decision?" The man then questioned and Ocelot chuckled in his throat.
"That he has, he's decided he wants Metal Gear pretty badly, boss… We're going to be getting a Down-payment soon as we manage to take over Shadow Moses…" Ocelot replied as he and Liquid Snake walked down the halls of the FOXHOUND HQ located just outside of Washington DC.
"Hmm, that's good to know. However it will take time for our spy in the Whitehouse to ascertain when it will be easiest to take over the Shadow Moses Facility. In that time do you think it will actually be possible to have your little "Child Soldier" up to really use the skills of the entire unit?" Liquid questioned and Ocelot nodded his head.
"Besides the fact that The Sorrow seems to have taken an interest in him, his physiology is different from a normal humans." Ocelot stated raising Liquids interest. "The boy's bone structure is at least three times denser than normal yet hollowed out to decrease his overall weight, his ribcage has even managed to make an almost perfect shield over his heart and lungs, also after looking at his muscular structure our analysts figure he's twice as strong as anyone else his age, the brats got an IQ of at least 200 from what they say. And after having his DNA looked at by a few of our analysts I found out that he already has at least thirty of the "Soldier Genes" those "Next Generation Special Forces" were transplanted with." Ocelot explained and Liquid nodded his head slowly, before placing a hand over his chin and stroking his cheek with his index finger.
"Is that so… Quite the list of enhancements on a natural born child, no doubt he could become a soldier worthy of the Code "Fox" but as I said, the question is, do we have time to train him." Liquid mused then stated and Ocelot shrugged his shoulders before then taking a thoughtful expression.
"Perhaps not complete his training, nor learn all of our skills, but we can start it boss, chances of finding another kid out there with these skills just lying around aren't very good. Besides that, I found him in Russia, but judging by his accent I'd say he was Japanese, yet his physical features look to be at least part American, which could mean that the Japanese have started their own Genetic Research and Super Soldier Program like our own Genome Army, or that he was going to be a sleeper agent for the Japanese to infiltrate the American military." Ocelot informed and Liquid narrowed his eyes before stopping in front of a door and then turn back to Ocelot.
"That is a possibility Ocelot, if that is true then we may need to have a spy infiltrate Japan for confirmation… However, Its troubling to think that he would find his way from Japan to Russia only to end up floating down river, wouldn't you say?" Liquid stated then questioned and Ocelot nodded his head to the man. "Have Raven and Mantis help with his Training as necessary, Wolf will train him on her own time knowing her, Octopus is too paranoid to trust anyone with his skills so that's a dead end, I'll finish his training with vehicles myself however. You should focus on his Gunmanship and Stealth." Liquid then ordered before walking through the door and out of the area, leaving Ocelot standing in the hall by himself.
"Humph, he's not taking this very seriously, he should consider the possibilities that this kid is either a new type of Genome Soldier or that he was engineered much like he himself was… If not, then someone must have had some genes…" Ocelot said mostly to himself, then added with a smirk and a light chuckle in his throat. Ocelot then looked back at the room he left Naruto before then walking off to find Wolf, Raven, and Mantis to talk to them about training this kid… "Heh, "The Void"… Why do I have the feeling that name will be as feared as "Gray Fox" or even "Big Boss" someday?" Ocelot wondered to himself with a light chuckle…
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(Later Date…)
Naruto and Ocelot were in a large room under FOX-HOUND HQ, Ocelot had called it an armory. Within were numerous guns, ranging from Army Issue Pistols, Revolvers, Machine Guns, Sniper Riffles, Grenade launchers, a Stinger Missile Launcher, Nikita Remote Control Missile, and a Bazooka… "What are these?" Naruto asked looking at a SOCOM pistol like it was from another planet, and for him it was close enough.
"There Guns Kid… Didn't they have guns where you come from?" Ocelot said then questioned with an annoyed tone and was genuinely surprised when Naruto shook his head no. "What DID they have then…" Somehow, Ocelot already knew he wouldn't like the Answer the kid was going to give him…
"Kunai, Shuriken, Senbon, Katana of varying styles and sizes, Caltrops, Maces, Axes… and not much else…" He said still in a dead sounding tone of voice as he was now spinning one of Ocelot's old SAA Revolvers on his finger, ironically doing it just as Ocelot used to during the Cold War.
"Great… A super soldier from a back water region of the world…" Ocelot mumbled under his breath then cleared his throat. "These are Guns, just as I said, otherwise called firearms. Their able to shoot bullets made of steel out faster than a human can throw them, if your really good, no one will even notice their dead before it's too late." Ocelot explained while Naruto had amazingly found The End's own Mosin-Nagant out of all the Sniper Riffles and was looking it over.
"This one uses Tranquilizer Darts?" Naruto questioned and Ocelot nodded his head with a slight smirk.
"That was the personal weapon of the Original "End". Seeing as you have felt his emotion I think you should have it. But we won't be training with that; Wolf will train you in sniping personally. Pick out a few more weapons and then we'll start your real training. And don't be shy about looking around, we got some knives and such around here as well…" Ocelot ordered and Naruto nodded his head before walking over and grabbing Ocelot's old SAA Revolver from its spot, which was then placed into the loop of his belt, and a modified Beretta M9, with a laser sight and suppressor attached.
The blond then walked over to where some Combat Knives, Machetes, Bayonets, and other bladed weapons resided and picked up a simple Combat Knife, which he stuffed into one Sandal boot. "Ready…" Naruto then said and Ocelot looked at the weapons the kid had chosen and chuckled in his throat seeing as they were all somewhat related to soldiers from the past.
"Alright, seeing as I'm an expert on Gun's we'll work on normal Firearms, if you do well I might also teach you a fighting style called "CQC" which would go well with that knife of yours." Ocelot stated and Naruto nodded his head slowly before then placing his M9 into one of his back pockets. "First off however…" Ocelot muttered while looking around and picked up a "Blackwater Gear Universal Holster" and handed it over to Naruto. "That goes onto your leg kid." Ocelot said and Naruto nodded, placing the M9 into the holster then strapping the holster to his leg.
"First Lesson, don't overload yourself, leave the Mosin-Nagant here or in your quarters when you don't need it." Ocelot ordered and Naruto nodded his head, walking passed Ocelot and then down the halls to his room, where he placed the Mosin-Nagant down and grabbed a scroll he always kept with him. In it were numerous storage seals, ones he had been making for years. Not many knew it but Naruto had learned from the Third Hokage how to make a simple Sealing scroll, mostly because Naruto didn't want anyone to know so they wouldn't look for the scroll that held most of his personal belongings.
So, after opening the scroll up Naruto placed the Mosin-Nagant down on it and formed a few seals, before then placing his hand on the weapon and pushing Chakra into it in order to seal it. With a plume of smoke the weapon vanished and somewhat ironically the Kanji for "The End" had appeared on the scroll. Re-rolling the scroll Naruto put it into a chest, he figured he wouldn't need those and the Combat Knife really didn't weigh him down too terribly much.
So after that was done the boy let out a soft sigh and walked back to the armory to find Ocelot tapping one foot while spinning one of his Revolvers impatiently. "Bout time you got back. We're going to the firing range." Ocelot ordered and Naruto nodded, following after the man as they traversed down the halls, seeing some of the other FOXHOUND unit members as they did. Soon coming to the room Ocelot pointed to the SAA and Naruto pulled it out of his belt and looked to Ocelot with a raised brow.
"I know that gun better than I know my own Genes kid, if I can't get you up to speed with using a Revolver then no one can." Ocelot said while placing a finger into one of his own Revolvers and spinning it on his finger. "This is the "Colt Single Action Army Revolver" one of the finest hand-guns ever made." Ocelot said with smirk as he then moved at a blinding speed, firing the gun and nailing the center of one of the targets. "It's a high precision weapon, and has a recoil many never get used to. You however, won't have a choice in the mater. If you're going to use an SAA your going to learn to use it right." Ocelot said and Naruto nodded his head to the older man who smirked.
Ocelot then grabbed Naruto's arms, and moved them into position for using the gun correctly. "Remember this stance kid, and don't mix it up with using that Berretta, they have totally different firing styles. The SAA has only Six Bullets as well, six shots to kill a target, by the time I'm done teaching you how to use it however, that'll be five shots more than you'll need…" Ocelot said darkly and Naruto shivered slightly. "First off, the SAA has a bit of a recoil, twist your elbow if you want to absorb it and keep the gun poised." Ocelot ordered then pointed to the trigger of the gun.
"You also squeeze the trigger, don't pull it, many think you pull a trigger for some reason but you don't." Ocelot ordered and Naruto nodded his head once more to the older man. "Next up, get a feel for the Revolver, don't forget you only have Six Shots, forgetting in the middle of a battle will get you killed, got it Kid." Ocelot stated and Naruto nodded his head once more, wondering when they could just get on with the practice… "Alright, I think I've covered most of the Basic's, now show me if you can put what I explained to you into practice." Ocelot ordered and Naruto narrowed his eyes on the target before him, looking at the SAA he fired towards the Target, only to hit the side of it and grunt.
"I told you to twist you elbow kid, that Recoil knocked the bullet off course…" Ocelot stated and Naruto frowned before then twisting his elbow a few times for practice, then took another shot, this time it was a little closer. "Let your eye follow the path of the bullet kid, don't even look at the sight on it, follow the bullets path in your mind…" Ocelot stated and Naruto took a deep breath then breathed out, feeling a tingling in the back of his mind his eyes opened as he fired the next shot…
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TBC…
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AN: For the next few chapters it's going to show how Naruto gets the skills he will have throughout the story, if you think it's going to slow sorry… also, if anyone has any ideas for the Story I won't mind listening. Incase anyone is wondering I have no idea what the pairings will be, thus far I'm not sure who he will or won't be with either. In case anyone wants to know, I won't be getting to MGS1 for a while, and even when I do I'll be going by the "Twin Snakes" version seeing as I played it recently… Oh well, Ciao!
The "Blackwater Gear Universal Holster" is the same type as the one Snake has on his leg in MGS4.