Chapter 3 - Harsh Welcome
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, he glances around and surprised of where he is now. There is fire everywhere, smokes piling up and ruins are scattered all around. Some small explosion from a pipe is enough to make him startled. Naruto turn around and found himself to be back at the incident of the fire. He still shocked and wouldn't believe that this is real. Then, Shikamaru, Kiba and Chouji ran towards him.
"Come on, Naruto! There still some survivors left!" he informed to the puzzled Naruto. Akamaru nudged him, telling him to move.
"WOOF WOOF!!!!" Akamaru barked at him, "Let's go!" Kiba called out.
"Come on, Naruto! Let's go!" Chouji added, they all went away. Naruto still froze of what has happened. Then, Hinata gently grabbed his shoulder. Naruto turned to meet her eyes.
"N-Naruto, are you alright?" she asked, sheepishly. Naruto shook his head to snapped himself to reality. Well, that time's reality.
"Uuh, yeah! I'm fine." he replied. "I'll catch up!" He added. Hinata nodded slightly.
"Be careful, Naruto!" she warned him with a blush on her cheeks. She ran towards Shikamaru and the others, leaving Naruto behind. Naruto sighed, slightly relief.
"I'm here!...I'm-I'm back!" his tone quite shaky from being shock. They made it through, they went back through time. Although, it is still hard to believe, but he's glad that it turned out okay. No, wait! No yet! He realized that, if he is here now, then that means...
He raised his head in fully aware and turned around towards to where he might headed. "Sensei!" he said. Then, someone shoved him aside and ran passed him. "Hey!"
"Let's go save the #$$hole!!" Kay called out to him and rushed towards Kakashi. Naruto followed. Meanwhile, Kakashi tried to helped the pinned down survivor.
"I cant move *coughs* It wont budge! *coughs*"
"Stay calm! Preserved your breath! I'll get you out!" Kakashi saw the pillar, he performed some hand signs and uses his jutsu to break the pillar. "Lightning Blade!"
Kakashi's cries and the sound of destroyed pillar was heard both by Naruto and Kay. "Kay, that's Kakashi sensei!" Kay narrowed his eyes, trying to see through the smoke. He raised his eyebrow.
"Well, these feels like a dejavu." Naruto glances around.
"Follow me!" they both continued the running. Kakashi lifted the ruins and manage to let the survivor free.
"Thank you, sir!"
"Thank me later! We have to get you out!" the ceiling colapse. Kakashi pushed away the man he save with great reflexes. In slow motion, the colapsed ruins about a couple inches onto Kakashi. Still in slow motion, Kay ran in but having a normal running speed. He pulled Kakashi away and looked around to make sure there's no survivors left. Back to normal motion, the ruins hit the floor. Kakashi fell on his face, he lifted his head in shock. "What the..?!" he looked to where the ceiling fell, he saw Kay squating while staring at him. He raised his hand to his head to greet him.
"Hey, there." he eye-smiled at him. Kakashi surprised by his present. He looked towards the ruins that almost crushed him and back at Kay. Kakashi slowly trying to sat up, still eyeing Kay in shock. The guy in front of him,... looks a lot like him. He thought it was one of his shadow clones, but he didn't remember having to use a shadow clone anywhere. Then, he realised that he doesn't have a sharingan like he does. So, he concluded that he is another person. But, whoever he is, he saved his life in a very last second. How fast is this guy? Plus, why he looks like him?
"Kakashi sensei!!!" Naruto called out to him. He sees Naruto rushing in towards him. "Sensei! Are you alright?" he helped Kakashi to stand up, still staring at Kay.
"Yeah, I'm alright." he replied. Kay stood up as well, then he pulled the survivor up to his feet.
"Well, that could've gone any better. Mission accomplished, Naruto!" he put a thumb's up to Naruto.
"Yeahhaha!!!" Naruto throws a fist upward as a victory. Kakashi turned at him.
"Naruto? You know this guy?" he asked, astonishly.
"Yeah, he helped me save you, sensei!" he exclaimed.
"Actually, he helped me save you!" Kay corrected him. Kakashi frowned, still not sure what is going on.
"Man! You were really fast, Kay." Naruto once again amazed by his speed. Kakashi also slightly amazed by how fast that guy pulled him away from the falling debris. Yet, he felt that he needs to keep an eye on him, just in case.
"Well, it was just a simple run. But, I accept the compliment. He smiled, Naruto smiled rubbing his head.
"Hey, uuuh..." they all turned to the survivor. "Can we just skip this, please? I still don't want to die in here." he said, nervously.
"Right, right, you guys go ahead! I'll catch up!" Kay told them, they faced each other and ran out. Naruto stopped for awhile.
"What about you?" he asked.
"I'll be fine, just go!" he waved his hand on the air. Naruto catching to Kakashi, Kay turned around to the other direction. He saw a small figure running away into the smoke. "Huntin' Time!" he cracked his knuckles with his hand. Kakashi and Naruto made it out with the survivor. They led him to one of the camp to be treated. He grabbed Kakashi's shoulder and thanked him. Kakashi smiled. Naruto watched him, feeling more relief and grateful.
"We saved him! I can't believe we just save him!" he thought to himself. Smiling deeply, all of his aching went away. He really glad he could finally see him again. He watched as Kakashi talked to Gai and Yamato, still couldn't stop smiling, free from worries. And, it is all thanks to him. Which then, he realized he hasn't came out yet. Naruto quickly turned to the building. Still no sign of Kay made it out. He decided to come after him. Kakashi saw Naruto heading back to the building and ran after him.
"Naruto!!!!" he yelled. An explosion went off before Naruto got in. Naruto stopped, and dodged the ruins that came flying. Another ruins came and blocked the entrance. Naruto stared at the broken down entrance. Another explosion happened, followed by the biggest explosion. People screams as the explosion went rage. Tsunade ordered the Water users to stay back.
"Kaaaaayy!!!!" Naruto yelled. As the explosion goes, Kay thrown out from the window and fell to the ground with his back facing Naruto, not moving. Naruto rushed towards him, followed by the others. "Kay!!!" As they went closer, Kay's body twitched a bit. They all stopped as it happened. He twitched some more, then it reveals Kay was holding some sort of creature as big as a cat. Then, it ran away, dragging Kay along with it.
"Wh-whoa whoaa wHhaaaa!!!" he screams as he hold on to the little creature. They all froze watching him struggled to hang on to it. The creature kept running as it try to loosen the grip of its catcher. Bumped into the tree, mawing the grass and hit another tree. For a little creature, it is strong enough to dragged him with ease but still struggling. Kay growled, he released sparks of lightning from his hands and zapped the creature, causingbit to stop. Kay pinned him down with his whole body. The creature which looked like a small demon thing let out a nightmarish shriek as it squirming to be free. Naruto squated down for a closer look, the others just awed and terrified by the look of the creature. "Would you STOP...squirming?!!!"
Kay reached into his vest and grabbed a peculiar device. Naruto's head tilted. The device looked like a long door handle with a pentagon shaped under it. Then, Kay threw his arm to the air and triggered it to changed the pentagon shape into a large bowl with claws on the edge. The ninja put up their battle stance as the thing changes. "Now HOLD STILL!!!!" as he move, he trapped the creature to with the bowl device in great speed. The creature's growls were heard from the outside. Then, it pushed the thing around, trying to get free. Kay struggled to keep the device still.
"YOU...are Going HOME...whether you like it...or NOT!!!" he twisted the handle and a purple light shining from within the bowl. The creature screams, the others saw it in curiousity. Kay hold the device down with his might as it begin to vibrate. Then, a small boom occured inside it and the shaking stopped as well as the purple light. There's a paused for a moment. Then, Kay lifted the thing and reveal a small crater and a burn mark. They all gasped by the fate of the little creature. Kay took a deep breath.
"Whooooo, Man!!! That thing is persistent!!!!" he stood and give a little stretch to his back. "Aaagghhh, good for stretch, though! Pheww..." he gave a massage to his cramped neck, then he froze. They all staring at him in silence. Kay rolled his eyes, left to right. He lifted his hand, slowly.
"Uuuhhhh, hi!" he greeted, nervously. They still in silence. He raised both hands sideways and dropped them back. "So, uuummm...*exhales* Yeah! Uuhh, sorry about the mess." he pointed out greatly as he speaks. "And, uuuh,... No worries, now! That thing is gone, no more fire, no more Frankenstein and no more lady screams! Everything is, totally under control!" moving his hands to his words. "So, yeah! There it is. Are we cool now?" a moment of paused.
Kay quickly pinned down to the ground by force with his hands on the back. "Ngghh, Not cool! Totally not cool!" the Anbu ninjas surround and checked the area while on of them hold Kay down, arrested.
"Checked the area!" Tsunade ordered. Naruto approaches her.
"Granny Tsunade, he's friendly!"
"You don't know that!" she persisted. Naruto tried to convince her about Kay not being hostile.
"But, he save Kakashi sensei." he exclaimed.
"Yes, but under what circumstances?" Kakashi interrupted.
"You're Welcome, Jack#ss!" Kay called him out. The Anbu pressed him down, harshly. "Oww!!!"
"Silence!!!" he ordered to him. The Anbu ransacking his body as he hold Kay's arm. As he reached in to his left pocket on his pants, he grabbed an object and showed it to Tsunade, then showed it to Kay. "What is this?"
"What are you, FBI?! That's my sister's lipstic. It's her birthday gift." The Anbu guy give it to another Anbu for confiscated evidence. "If you loose it, I'll kill you!! Or, at least pay for it." the Anbu strained him forcely again. "Oww!! It's expensive!"
Naruto turned to Tsunade again. "Granny Tsunade, please! He's not going to hurt anyone." Tsunade glared at him.
"We don't know anything about him, Naruto. He might be some sort of spy."
"But,..."
"Naruto!" He turned to Sakura. Sakura walked to him with everyone else behind her. "It's for the best! He might also trying to kill you." they all turned to Kay as he being ransacked. Naruto looked back at them.
"No, you wrong! He's not going kill anyone! Trust me! He only trying to help me save Sensei." he pointed at Kakashi, who's only stares at him without any words. Sakura sighed.
"Naruto, he might as well trying to stab you in the back."
"Otherwise, why would he use transformation jutsu as Kakashi if he doesn't?" Tsunade added.
"It's not a jutsu." Neji interrupted. They all stared at him, activating his Byakugan to observe Kay's chakra.
"What do you mean, Neji?" Shikamaru queered by his statement.
"Usually, if a ninja uses a Transformation Jutsu we could see the significant flow pattern in his chakra." Hinata explained, also using her Byakugan.
"For those who has a special Visual jutsu like Byakugan and Sharingan." Kakashi added, activating his Sharingan. "We could see the difference whether the user was using the jutsu or not."
"But, in this case...we didn't see any particular pattern changing in his chakra flow. It appears to be normal." they all gasped by their explanation.
"Kakashi, does that mean..." Tsunade unable to finish her sentence. Kakashi glares.
"Whoever this guy is... even if he looks so much like me. But,..." they all turned to Kay. "He is a real person." the ninjas widened their eyes, surprised by the fact of Kay's existence. Kay took a deep breath, nodding his head.
"Yes, I'm real. I AM real! What's up with that?!" Tsunade glared at him. "Seriously, you all have talking dogs and cats. Giant talking animals who could also talk and appearently they also ninjas." each of them eyeing each other in confusion. "And the fact that you've aware of many kinds of mythical creatures being exist and roaming this world and not to mention, having the ability to zombified people from their death and this is seems weird to you?!" he jabbering through his annoyance. Tsunade lifted her head.
"You are entirely suspicious to begin." she replied. Kay put up a bored look.
"And I bet you haven't seen aliens." Tsunade frowned.
"Lady Tsunade, we might find his secret weapon." the Anbu showed her a unique kind of a weapon. It was a gun. The people begin to chatters in the background. The Anbu showed the gun to Kay. "What is this?"
"I have rights for that, you know." he answered with confidence. Naruto gulped, worried about Kay's position.
"Speak!"
"What do you think I've been doing?"
"Is this a weapon?!" the ninjas stepped forward, but was stopped by Tsunade.
"It's called Smith Wetson Magnum revolver. It is a new Model 500 with 50 caliber cartridge. You should give it a try, it really blows. Literally." the Anbu strained him again. Kay flinched. "And yes, it's a weapon." they all gasped, the people went panicked. Tsunade kneeled down to him.
"Who is that weapon for?" she asked in deep tone.
"Well it's for me of course, it's mine. I got it on my birthday." he answered.
"Is it for him?!" she pointed at Kakashi. He just standing there, in silence.
"Well, I saved him, didn't I?"
"Or is it for him?!!" she pointed at Naruto now. Naruto froze by his thought, trying to figure out how to convince them all about him.
"Honestly, you have some issues upon assuming the bad possibilty, do you?" he talked back at her. Tsunade narrowed her eyes, annoyed.
"Well, clearly your trying to hide the truth is futile. You can't hide that truth from us." she intimidated him.
"Really? Well, your assumptions are the worst." Tsunade told the Anbu to lift him up to his knee, then punched him in his abdomen. Kay gasped by the pain.
"No!" Naruto trying to get to him but was stopped by Yamato, restraining him. Naruto struggle to get out of the headlock.
"I'll make sure you're in the place where you supposed to belong." Tsunade threatening him. Kay coughs.
"Why? Feeling scared only makes you suffer twice. And, by I mean twice is; One, you're being scared for no reason and two, putting an innocent man into a jail." he threated her back.
"Well, you simply not an innocent man."
"And, so do you."
"You're such a talker, brat!"
"You're such a b$tch! Ow!!" the Anbu forced him to stood to his feet.
"Take him to Ibiki for further interrogation!" Tsunade ordered them.
"Kay!!!!" Naruto called out to him, still struggle from Yamato's grip.
"Yeah, it's not like a jail could hold me. Just so you know, I'm really good at escaping." the Anbu ninjas surrounded him. "You ever play 'Escapist'?" then, they disappeared with Kay along with them. Tsunade turned to Naruto.
"Meet me at the office! That means you too, Naruto!" she ordered him with a glare. She went away with a ninja jump towards the Hokage Mansion, followed by Shizune. Then, Yamato finally released him. Naruto looked down, grinning his teeth. Clutching his fist in frustrations.
"Kay..."
