Chapter 3: Death's perilous eyes view the genin of leaf.
March of Strife
Summary: A different version of I will Strive. Naruto is summoned back to Konoha by his Father the Yondaime after years of being away.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Helltanz's Notes: Since some people are so curious on how Naruto is so strong, here is a hint, Time passes differently in the Shinigami realm, the same is true for I will Strive. Anyway this is chapter three.
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Chapter begin
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Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato
"Naruto-"
the silver haired ninja began.
"Don't expect me to stay
Kakashi this visit will be short. I have no intention of staying in
this village any longer than is necessary." The Hitokiri
commented.
"Naruto this is your home-" the silver haired ANBU,
soon to be Jonin sensei replied.
"No Kakashi you are mistaken."
Naruto remarked "Onsen is my home my village takes precedence over
all other duties, Konoha is another shinobi village… my loyalty is
not to Konoha my loyalty is not Kumo, my loyalty is to my village and
no other. The sooner he realizes this the better." He stated in
reference to the Yondaime. "My duty as Onsen's leader is my
primary concern… I do not wish to see a war between the lands of Hi
and Kaminari no Kuni, but my focus as a village leader is on my
village's well being." Naruto stated. How they did not understand
this, the Hitokiri could not fathom, it was not the title manslayer,
nor the recognition of by the emperor, nor his bloodline, the trait,
or his heritage as a son of two powerful feudal lord houses, it was
Onsen he valued the most, the island which had gotten the closest to
doing him in, its creation has brought him the closest to his powers
over death as a Shinigami.
Creating the Island had been exhausting, and entering the Shinigami realm had taken the island, then uninhabited with him as he left Human world, as he recovered he sowed the environment of the island and when he returned set about the creation of the Village, like Konoha, and many places in Hi no Kuni, Onsen as its name suggested was a wealth of volcanic geothermal energy, creating natural hot springs.
"Right, well we should head to the academy." Remarked a down trodden Kakashi.
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Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato, Ninja Academy of the Village hidden the Leaves
"Ah
good your right on time." Greeted the Yondaime.
Naruto's cold
eyes glanced at those of the elder blond.
"Right yes well…" The father stated wondering what had happened to his planned greeting.
Naruto walked with purpose through the doors.
The Yondaime sighed.
Who's the new kid?" whispered one of the students.
"Doesn't
he look a little old he's probably a genin already." Suggested
one of the graduates.
"Nah look at the way he's dressed he's
probably some Samurai." Whispered another.
Naruto cleared his
throat. Instantly everyone in the room was paralyzed save for the
Onsen ninja.
"Naruto." Grunted the Hokages.
"Ah of
course." Naruto closed his eyes and cancelled the jutsu.
"Stupid Shinigami jutsu." Muttered the elder blonde shaking off the paralysis, and the accompanying pins and needles feeling.
"Yondaime-sama will now address the class." Announced the scarred chunin instructor.
"Right
you are now all ninja of Konohagakure no Sato. You are all genin you
are no longer students of the academy, that means you are now adults,
it is your sworn duty to uphold the honor and integrity of Konoha.
You are all leaves of the great tree that is Konoha. I congratulate
you all." The Yondaime smiled. "Now to introduce our guests. "To
my left is Kazama Naruto, the Gray Satan, the founder of the
Onsengakure no Sato. To the right is my Predecessor Sarutobi Sasuke
the Professor and third Hokage of the leaf village." He gestured to
the other two village leader.
Polite applause came from the
academy students.
"How can that kid have founded a village? He's hardly any older than us." Shouted one of the students, judging by the dog on his head an Inuzuka.
"What my counterpart left out, that which separates us, is that I am a Hitokiri." Stated Naruto; though soft his voice was heard by all in the room.
"Uh
yes, Naruto is correct, Onsen is a friend-" That was as far as the
Yondaime
"I am not your friend Hokage-dono, Onsen is an
associate of the Leaf village, because I am a member of the land of
Fire's royal family." Corrected Naruto in an annoyed manner.
The Yondaime sighed.
"He doesn't look so tough. Hah I could beat this guy!" Boasted Kiba, the Inuzuka from before…
The Inuzuka immediately slumped to the floor and emptied the contents of his lunch.
Naruto smirked. "If you can't even throw of the sight of your own death you don't stand a chance against a common thug, much less a ninja, and much less some one who bares the rank of Tenchu Hitokiri." He commented.
Sasuke's eyes widened, so this was the guy who Itachi was exited to see. He thought.
Most of the other new genin immediately paid attention.
The Sandaime sighed, this has gotten to be worse than Jiraiya and Orochimaru's arguments. The aging Sarutobi clan head mused.
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Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato, Training Ground Number 16
Naruto eyed the assembled genin, unlike the other village leaders, meaning Sandaime and Yondaime Hokages, he had opted to watch from the trees.
"Hey
Naruto why don't we have a spar." Suggested Arashi.
The Onsen
elites quickly glanced at the Yondaime like he was crazy.
Naruto growled.
"Fine. Sasuke-dono if you could summon Tsunade this won't take long." Naruto bowed to the Sarutobi clan head.
The Sandaime nodded.
"Hey
give your old man some credit." Complained the Yondaime.
Naruto
glared.
Another blond arrived, thought this one female and with noticeably large mammaries, accompanied by a brunette, also a female medic ninja.
"So
Tsunade is here ready Naruto." Asked the Yondaime's
predecessor.
"Fine." He responded.
"Hajime." Decreed the third Hokage, the old man leapt back with frightening speed.
The Two village leaders, Naruto and Arashi, blurred out of sigh, both of the trench coat wearers caused quite the cloud of dust.
The Yondaime's eyes widened. 'He's gotten faster, I didn't think that was possible. Well its that big of a deal it was going to be impossible to use Taijutsu any way, but still now most ranged attacks are out of the question to cause he will simply dodge them, Rasengan to, that coat of his or his Taijutsu...'
'It would seem you have also increased your speed, Hokage-dono.' Naruto smiled channeling chakra to one of his feet
The Yondaime eyes widened sensing the subtle change in chakra, he was proclaimed the strongest of the leaf village's ninja after all. 'Here we go.' He thought.
Naruto stepped down with his foot, causing rocks to shoot in to the air. Naruto punched each rock that flew up in the direction of the other Kage.
The Yondaime evaded, as expected of him. 'Earth, then water-'
Wrong, a massive torrent of flame erupted from the younger village leader's open palm.
'Should have guessed.' Thought the Yondaime leaping to the side he focused his chakra unleashing an elemental blast of his own; this one of wind.
Naruto had in turn expected this. His hands rose in to position and he rotated his wrists.
'Damn.' Thought the Yondaime, 'Earth, flame, then… water'
Naruto thrust hands out. Water particles in the air coalesced.
The Yondaime had seen this before and it wasn't pretty.
The water particles continued to be drawn in causing it to be come dryer letting the fire become stronger despite the howling wind's staunch objection.
The result the now extremely dry ground became engulfed in flame.
The rather unplanned sparing match was interrupted by a dark haired girl abruptly striking out against the blonde Hitokiri, in her eyes a pair of eyes each three tomoe ringed sharingan swirled malevolently.
"Kanna!" exclaimed the Yondaime as the girl neared striking distance of the founder of Onsengakure.
Naruto himself turned in mid step and cast the Kunioichi away. He scoffed. "How pathetic… sister." The Hitokiri commented as her crimson sharingan faded revealing deep blue eyes. The found of Onsen turned away and doused the flames by forcing the water molecules into the flame.
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Chapter conclusion
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Helltanz's Notes: I like the literary device known as personification, that was random, if true. Eh anyway so sorry for the delay, and the shortness. Unlike the original I Strive March of Strife will focus more prominently on Onsengakure itself as well as political interaction and Samurai esque society.
The wave arc will be obviously different. The story will probably feature a few more chapters, probably two or three, in Konoha.
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Next chapter: Hello Mother.
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Next Chapter overview: Family reunions are so fun.
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