"Heeeeelloo folks! I'm sorry to say this, but this chapter will be short, considering that by the time you read this I'm probably already half the way to Austria." - CUT! That was four weeks ago... sorry, hehe. Guess I just lack the drive to finish a chapter in 5 hours. Anyway, here's what I wrote for that AN...
"So yesterday I re-read the second chapter of 'Way of the Rattlesnake' by Darthemius (great author, check out his 2 stories) and since the original idea for this story came from WotR I decided to take the copying one step further and do profiles for the major characters in this story like in WotR. Oh and I forgot that in my previous chapters but:
I do not own anything recognizable in this story, just part of the plot."
Naruto Namikaze/Uzumaki
Character: Naruto Uzumaki was left in an Orphanage by his parents Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki/Namikaze Kushina at the age of six months. Since then he has grown resentful towards his home village and especially, his parents, though he doesn't show it at all. In the plublic eye, he is very dense and unaware of his heritage or his special tenant, the Kyuubi's soul, which was the reason for his misery. He has a bad swearing problem, but otherwise seems always happy.
Specification: Ninjutsu, traps, ?
Special Abilities: Pseudo-Jinchuuriki, ?
Strenght: A-Rank
Goal(s): currently unknown
Namikaze Akane
Character: Akane is the only daughter, and in the public eye only child, of the Yondaime Hokage. She always got what she wanted and has a very deep relationship with her mother, not so much with her father. She is generally kind and gentle, but can be fierce and vengeful, too.
Specification: Ninjutsu, Taijutsu
Special Abilities: Jinchuuriki
Strength: B-Rank
Goal(s): Support her brother in any way she can
Sasuke Uchiha
Character: As the last loyal male Uchiha, a heavy burden rests on his shoulder, which he is reminded of at all time by the villagers, who treat him like a god on earth and the ninja, who all want his favor. He is generally broody and quiet, which is a result of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, in which every Uchiha except his Mother and Brother were killed. He thirsts for revenge against the killer of his clan.
Specification: Ninjutsu
Special Abilities: Sharingan
Strength: C-Rank
Goal(s): Revenge for his Clan and the restoration of its honor
Kushina Uzumaki/Namikaze
Character: As the wife of the Hokage, she receives the respect and admiration from the villagers and ninja and many say that this has gone to her head. She is hotheaded and fiery, mostly expressed in her hate against perverts. Since she married Minato, she has changed much and became colder and colder on the surface.
Specification: Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu
Special Abilities: Jinchuuriki
Strength: S-Rank
Goal(s): Support her husband and by default, the village of Konoha
Minato Namikaze
Character: Minato was always a little bit cold, but he loved his family more than anything, a fact he proved wrong when he abandoned his son, because of 'village security'. Minato is a strong and gentle leader on the surface, but has a cold core inside his shell, the opposite of Kushina.
Specification: Ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu
Special Abilities: Flying Thundergod Technique
Strength: SS-Rank
Goal(s): Bring Konohagakure to glory and expand his area of influence
Madara Uchiha
Not much is known about him, except that he is a prime example of the hatred and vengefulness of the Uchiha Clan and will stop at nothing to realize his goals.
Specification: Ninjutsu, Space-Time Jutsu, Genjutsu
Special Abilities: Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan
Strength: SS-Rank
Goal(s): Currently unknown
Chapter 3: Sinister Dawn
Naruto quickly charged Kakashi to deliver a punch with his right fist, but was stopped when Kakashi caught his arm and threw him into a nearby tree.
"My, my, you shouldn't ru-" Kakashi began, but stopped when 'Naruto' disappeared in a plume of smoke. How can he know that jutsu? Who taught him? I guess I was right, he's way more than everyone thinks.
Kakashi looked around, but didn't find anyone. They're all hidden, good. Sakura is in that tree to the right, Sasuke is in the canopy of the tree behind me and Naruto... Shit!
The ground under Kakashi burst open to reveal Naruto already positioned for an uppercut. This time Kakashi did not have the time to dodge and was hit square in the jaw.
Before Naruto could celebrate his successful sneak attack on their sensei, Kakashi also burst into smoke.
He reappeared behind Naruto, hands already in a seal, but Naruto turned around with a sweep kick, which was blocked by Kakashi's metal plate gloves. Naruto made a handseal and Kakashi prepared to defend against anything that might come, but was disappointed, nothing happened...to him.
"Now, Kakashi, lets have a talk, shall we?" Naruto said, relaxing his body.
What's this about? Kakashi thought.
"I understand that there is a Chuunin Exam coming to Konoha in about three months. Will our team be entered by any chance?" Naruto went on, ignoring Kakashi's questioning look. "I have discovered, that there will be something dirty going on."
Kakashi's eye widened at that. He couldn't have found out about it?
"What are you playing at?" The sharingan wielder asked, readying himself for a fight.
"Simple, I want to know your side, of course." Naruto replied, before he dashed off to the side and threw a dozen of kunai at Kakashi, already forming handseals.
Kakashi threw his own kunai, but Naruto finished his handseals and his kunai multiplied by ten. Kakashi was elusive, but not even he could dodge a hundred and twenty kunai, so he did the next best thing.
Wind Style: Gale Palm! Kakashi thrust his hand in front of him and released a big gust of wind at the kunai.
Unforetunatly, Naruto planned ahead for something like this, he made a single handed ram seal and all the explosive tags on the kunai, fueled by Kakashi's wind jutsu, exploded in a giant ball of fire that swallowed both of the fighters.
The smoke cleared to reveal two figures standing on opposite sides, watching the other. One had blue eyes, the other had a brown one and a blazing red one.
"Finally showing why your name is Sharingan no Kakashi? Good." Naruto said, still in a defensive position.
"Why don't you end this little game?" Kakashi replied, in a bored manner.
"Ahh, so you finally noticed? Must be the Sharingan. I'm afraid we'll have to pretend a little longer, I don't want any bugs to listen in on us. I'm still waiting for an answer."
Naruto stared at Kakashi with impassive eyes as he waited for Kakashi to formulate an answer. Slowly, Kakashi lowered his headband, until it hid his Sharingan eye again.
"My loyalties always were with my godson, even when he didn't notice it. This place has done far too much for forgiveness. I'm sorry, sensei." The last words were only whispered, but still found their way to Naruto's ears.
"I'm sorry it has come to this, I never wanted to drag you into this, Inu" Again, the last word was only whispered, but this time it stayed with the speaker.
Naruto waited a moment for Kakashi to pull himself together and then started again, now in a more business-like voice, "In approximately one month, a mission will be brought to Konoha Administration. You will accept that mission for our team. The mission will be simple, a few rogue ninja will have raided a village and we are to investigate and possibly exterminate the threat. On this mission you will meet my Leader. He will give you your instructions. Understood?"
"Fine, so you're not the one pulling the strings in this?" Kakashi sighed, did I make the right choice? It doesn't matter, I can't let sensei go on like that and I will not let them kill my godson!
"You could say that..." Naruto replied cryptically.
"I think we should get this test over with, this has been long enough." Kakashi said, forming a ram seal, kai.
The Genjutsu around them fell to pieces and revealed an undamaged clearing and one confused Gennin watching their sensei and teammate stare at each other. Huh, where is the other o- fuck!
For the second time that morning, the ground underneath Kakashi broke apart to reveal one of his Gennin ready to make a dent in his face.
The gray-haired Jonin quickly blocked Sasuke's uppercut and flipped back to gain some ground, but that was not to be, because Sasuke quickly followed Kakashi and delivered a right hook to his face, which was blocked again.
While Sasuke engaged Kakashi in a Taijutsu battle, Naruto prepared some traps for their Jonin to be lead in. Then Naruto joined the battle himself, going in with a haymaker that almost connected, had Kakashi not shifted his weight and dodged to the right. Sasuke was on him again in an instant and continued to deck Kakashi in punches that he could barely block.
"Sasuke, duck!" Naruto screamed, before he threw a volley of shuriken at the two fighters. Thankfully, Sasuke ducked in time, but Kakashi wasn't so lucky. He also tried to dodge, by jumping backwards. Unfortunately for him, he jumped right into the trap Naruto set up beforehand. The last thought going through his mind, before he was hit by dozens of kunai and shuriken was, OH FUCK!
-0-
At an unknown location a man was patiently waiting for his spy to come and report. The man had long black hair and a smile that would put every loving mother off and make her want to protect her child.
He was already waiting for half an hour, his spy was late.
"Hello, old comrade." A voice from somewhere called.
"Oh, to what do I owe the pleasure, my friend...?" He answered the voice.
Suddenly, a man materialized before the first man, clad in a black robe with the hood up, concealing any feature one might use to identify the person.
"I could your little rat...Orochimaru." Said the man in a low voice.
"Oh, did you now? How amusing. What did you do to poor little Kabuto?" One could hear from Orochimaru's voice, that he didn't care about this 'Kabuto' at all.
"Nothing much, don't worry about him now, I have something more important to discuss, than your little experiments."
The Snake Sennin's eyes narrowed and he was getting ready to strike.
"Relax, I know about your little invasion, I want you to stop it."
"Oh, and why would I do that?" Yellow slitted eyes stared at the person opposite of them, sparkling dangerously.
"I also know what you want to accomplish with your uprising, the Sharingan. I offer you one Uchiha Sasuke in return for your stopping the invasion, no questions asked. I'll even throw in a little bonus, I'm preparing to have the female impregnated to revive the clan. I'll give you one Uchiha every three years for your cooperation -yes I know about your Jutsu, too. So, how about it?"
"You've got yourself a deal, Minato-kun. Kukukukuku." The pale man laughed madly, while Minato smirked behind his mask. Everything is going according to the plan.
-0-
A black-haired teenager walked through streets, that looked like they belonged into a high-class district, with his hands in his pockets, looking gloomy overall.
His hair stuck out on the back of his head, making it look like the butt of a duck. He was scowling at the few people who passed him, all with kind smiles on their faces. So annoying, I can't stand this village, I wish we would hurry the fuck up with this supposed plan.
The teen now reached a fancy looking gate, that had a red and white fan on it, a few cracks were running over the stone parts of it. This place is a dump, I hate it.
It was true, all around the teen, who now entered the district of his old clan, signs of erosion could be seen and the plant life was already trying to take back 'its territory by climbing the walls of deserted houses and shops.
The black haired boy was slowly making his way towards a big mansion that was located at the center of a square, easy to defend. This mansion was once the pride of the Uchiha clan, but it too showed that time didn't wait for the clan to recover. Now, it was residence to the last two loyal Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha and her son, Sasuke, who was now opening the door.
"I'm home, mom." Sasuke called out to the seemingly abandoned, but abnormally clean house. A woman in her thirties came out of the kitchen, a kind, but strained smile on her face.
"Dinner is already made, dear." She said, with a melodic voice. Sasuke just grunted and followed her into the kitchen to eat a meal well deserved, after the training he had gone through by the hands of his new Sensei, Kakashi Hatake.
"So, how was the team meeting today?" Mikoto asked, while she put food on her and Sasuke's plate.
"It was ok, Naruto was an idiot as usual and Sakura a pain in the ass, also as usual."
"Language, Sasuke!" The Uchiha matron shouted, hitting the back of Sasuke's head.
The male scowled, but said nothing more, turning back to his plate to finish his meal.
"Time is running low to make a decision, mom." He said, after he finished his food, "You will have to make a choice in the next month or two."
"I know, Sasuke, I know. But I don't know if I can do it, this is not a small thing, betraying someones homeland." Mikoto sighed as she said that, leaning back into her chair.
"Well they betrayed us first, we have no reason to support them, besides, we have to find him and bring the Uchiha back to glory!" Sasuke said heatedly.
Mikoto let of another sigh, thinking about her sons words and the plan, presented by this so-called 'Leader', whoever the guy was. It was risky, but deep inside Mikoto knew there actually was only one other choice, death. She wanted her son to live- correction, she wanted her sons to live.
"We haven't got any other choice, Sasuke. I only hope this is the right decision." She said, standing up and leaving for the shrine of her dead husband to pray.
Sasuke was left alone in the room, brooding about one thing or another, with the thought in the back of his mind, that he would see his brother soon.
Yes, soon.
-End of chapter-
Whoop, that was annoying to write, I'm just gonna upload this, now. Too lazy for corrections, sorry.
Oh, and it seems we have a winner in our little poll, after a glorious comeback against Ayame, Yugito won the poll!
Great, and to think I already had a story for Ayame... Oh, well.
Guess I'll see you next time.
P.S.: If you have any suggestions to improve the story please, PM me, trust me...