A.N. Minato has another role to play in the plot line that somehow gets him to be Naruto's spirit but the one he is using right now is very differite from the one you think.Just read and you'll find out.
It was 4:30 in the morning and the sun was getting ready to rise again upon the village of Konoha.At that time in the morning the only ones that were up were shinobi on guard duty,Anbu and Rock Lee and Maito Gai who were just plain crazy...
Hyuuga Neji was jumping from rooftop to rooftop silently with his byakugan active to see if he was followed.Every now and then he would stop and scan his surroundings again.Detecting nothing he moved on.his target was a small house the other side of the village from his.Ten minutes later he reached it.He slowly descended in the backyard and proceeded to a huge tree with a tree house build in it.
He went up the tree and knocked at the door three times.
"Who's there?"The voice belonged to a girl but seemed to lack any emotion.
"It's me Neji."
"Password..."
"Oh do I really have to?It's embarrassing."
"Say the password please"this time giggles could be heard from behind the door.
"Okay"the Hyuuga prodigy sighed"Fluffy bunnies rule"
The door opened to reveal a small room with a table in the middle two chairs and what seemed like breakfast on it.It only had one occupant,a fourteen year old girl,with short red hair,green eyes and wearing a blue mini-skirt and a blue tank-top.She immediately laced her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately on the lips.He was dumbstruck at first but quickly recovered and kissed her back.This lasted for what seem an eternity when he finally broke loose of her grip.
She pouted and turned her head around"Why do you have to be so mean?"
"Come on Christine I have something important to tell you and there's no time."
"Okay but let's eat first.I spent all night working on this so I won't let it go to waste."
"I'm sorry love but i'm in a hurry.Listen to me carefully.I've got to leave the village.I don't know when I'll come back or if I'll comeback..."
"Don't say things like that..."
"Please Christine listen to all i have to say and you'll understand.Now as I said I'm gonna leave the village for an indefinite period.You may hear some rumors about my departure, nasty things but please know that it's not true.If I never come back always remember that I love you and that I would never betray the Leaf."
The girl now broke in tears"Why do you have to go?Why?It's not fair.Everybody falls in love and lives happily ever after except for us!WHY?"
"You that is the life of a shinobi.That is what we do.That is why I didn't want to be you in the first place.I knew a day like this would come."
"I'm sorry.I didn't mean to say that."They kissed again even stronger.ten minute passed like this till Neji broke the kiss once again."Christine,if I return then I'll quit as a ninja.Maybe I'll just teach kids at the academy.But this is the last time I leave you because of my duty."
"Neji...I can't ask you to do this...this is your life...I..."
"My life means nothing without you."
"Neji what are you saying?"
"Christine Applegate..."he was now kneeling"Will you marry me?"
All of a sudden the world stopped.This wasn't happening.He did not ask her to marry him.He did not propose to her in their treehouse.Then as suddenly as it began it all ended.All across Konoha a shout could be heard"YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Ten minutes later.North Gate
As said the Anbu patrolling the walls and streets let them passed and four even escorted them to the gate.When finally reaching their destination the masked shinobi silently waved them goodbye and disappeared into the morning mist.Hinata and Neji moved forward down then road when they saw Jiraya dressed as a common civilian.He had a straw hat and a traveling cloak concealing his body.Seeing the duo who were also disguised in a similar fashion.He proceeded toward the forest.
They traveled through the forest for about five hours before reaching the border between Fire Country and River Country.From that point they journeyed south wards before reaching Wind Country.They finally stopped at a port city in the far south and jiraya booked an apartment at a hotel.Once inside they proceeded to discussing the plan.
"So we should take a boat,a small one and travel south,past sea country."
"Jiraya-sama, how exactly shall we reach our destination?I've never heard of Japan before.Is it a remote island in the south?"
"No Hinata Japan is a country like many others located in another world?"both looked at the sennin like he was on crack.
"Another world...right..."
"Listen.Our planet is not the only one in this universe.There are thousands of planets out there but they are located at huge distances one from another.There are even fewer capable of sustaining life so in order to reach them there are Way Gates.The one on our planet is located somewhere near the south pole.It's a long journey since our continent is situated in the northern hemisphere and it's the only one there is."
"So we'll use a Way Gate to get there?How come we never heard of them before?"
"Because,Neji, only few know about them.On this world and on others each gate is protected by an organization called the Pilgrims.They claim to be the descendants of the ones that originally built the Way Gates, the first civilization to move beyond their world.I've lived among them for a few years,read their Scriptures and saw things I would never believed true.Descriptions of worlds so strange,cultures so old."
"Are the Pilgrims somehow connected to the Tournament?"
"Yes they are.The Shaman King is the one that controls the energies of the elements.He has control over these Way gates.Each 500 years a comet along with it's evil twin sister shows itself near the world that must host the Tournament.Astronomers say that this time the comet will visit Terra,the world we are going to to.It is a very strange situation."
"Why is that?"Hinata was impressed of what she had found out in only an hour.Surprises were appearing everywhere.
"Because it is the third time the comets visit earth.The last two tournaments have been held there as well."
"So focusing on the mission when will we arrive at the Way gate?"
"In about a week.We'll speed our journey up a bit because I want to get there a little bit faster before the Tournament begins."
Patch Village
The council was asembled once more to discuss the recent events.
"Honorable Leader the destruction of the X-laws only serves to unbalance the fragile scale of power in the shamanic world."
"Sahor is right we must act fast.This Uzumaki character is becoming too dangerous for our well being.We must get rid of the demon..."
"It seems to me that all you want is to get revenge for a foolish grudge your family hold against demons from immemorial times because an ancestor of yours was defeated in the final by such a being."
"The demon cheated.We could have won if..."
"ENOUGH GOTA!Your pety grudges are none of our concerns.If your clan was so weak then it is not our problem.Guards escort these two out.They do not belong in this chamber."
"Now people let us focus.It is true that the X-laws disappearance is disturbing but none can deny that their methods were too harsh.They had it coming.This council cannot intervene in the wars of others.We shall remain neutral and wait this out.Report confirm that Hao is not making any move either so that means he is just as confused as us."
"Do we know anything about this guy?"
"He belongs from another World, some rumors say he is from Henok but we don't know for sure."
"What about his guardian?"
"Nobody ever saw him.Some claim to have seen a fox some a toad and some a man."
"Could he have more than one spirit like some of us?"
"It is possible.We know one thing for certain.He is a force to be reckoned.And he had a confrontation with Hao from which he came out victorious."
"With Hao?Impossible.Is he of Assakura blood?"
"Maybe he has a genetic connection with them.The Assure an an older clan than this village descendant from the Pilgrims.Which brings us to the second point.How fairs Assure Yoh?His clansmen have confirmed that he will be the representant of their clan in the Tournament."
"Strange option.He is shaman with a lot of potential but the other clans have subscribed powerful warriors as well."
"You're talking about Tao Len?Or Makato Yoshi?"
"Both."
"Trust the Assure.The last ten King Shamans originated from their Clan.If Yoh was chosen they must have a good reason."
"Do not make the mistake of underestimating them.The last time we did that was one thousand years ago an and you all know what happened then."
"Yes"at that point the council members looked down saddened"That was the rising of Hao Assure and the death of the current leader Nekaro-Samoa..."
In a cave.Western Desert
Three figures sat around a fire absently staring at it.After hours of silence the one known as Marco spoke up."How did this happen?We had justice on our side?Why did we lose?"
Robert answered him"Maybe we didn't fight well enough.Jane-Samoa what do you think?"
"Please speak to us.You've been like this since your guardian was destroyed..."at that point the third figure known as Jane started crying.Crying like a helpless child.Between her sobs she said:
"All my life I dedicated myself to this goal...and now I ask myself...Was it worth it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Until now we believed that we were doing the right thing...all those innocent we killed...all those lives shatered and ended...we said it was for the greater good...but was it?"
The other two were dumbstruck."I see now that the purpose does not motivate the means... we tought we were getting the world rid of evil... when we were actually creating a new one in the form of ourselves... that man proved it to us when he killed the others..."
"We tought we had the right to do justice and that made us proud and overconfident.That was our downfall.I'm going for a walk.I need to clear my head."Once she was out Robert addressed Marco:
"What should we do?"
"We will follow our leader wherever she leads us."
"Yes.Hey have you seen my pistol.I seemed to have lost it."
"Oh no..."at that point a shot could be heard outside.the duo ran out to find Jane, The Iron Maiden with the gun in her hand.She had shot herself in the head and was now lying in a growing pool of blood.In the distance the red moon watched over them...
End
Hope that clears it with Naruto's guardian.
Please Read and Review or I will put the story on Hold and start a new one that I had in mind.Thank you.
Alexander R Out!