Fan Fiction Name: The Gathering Storm
Chapter Name: A Curious Situation
Info: After given orders to find possible ninja spies from the Hidden Cloud Village, Naruto and the rest of Team Seven are pulled into a world of intrigue and revolution as war is declared and a new village is founded.
Disclaimers: Narutoand the rest of the known characters are not my creations The rest, OC's all, are mine (or, rather, mine and my sisters, who came up with the blind one. You'll see what I mean.) All mine! Hahahahahahahahacoughsputterwheeze Give me a second…
Chapter Four: A Curious Situation
Naruto was confused. Not the normal "well, whaddaya know" confused. Naruto was hopelessly confused. The type that makes you stammer and stutter at the whole stupidity of the whole situation presented.
It was a state that he was in often nowadays, and he really disliked it. So, here they were in the middle of a ninja battle, he had just gotten to get that damn annoying green-haired kunoichi off of him, and then Kakashi-sensei just up and stopped the fighting. With Sakura-chan knocked out and Sasuke-teme wanting to know what had happened in his stupid fight, Naruto wasn't alone in his questions of Kakashis motives. So it was time for Naruto to make his objection known, in the only way Naruto knew how.
"Kakashi-sensei, why did you stop the fighting when we were beating their asses?" Naruto yelled loudly from where he was. Naruto could see his sensei, which looked like he was having a serious discussion with the chunin. However
"Ugghhh…," came a pained moan from Sakura. Naruto jumped down, smiling happily as Sakura slowly opened her eyes…and immediately turned to Sasuke. Narutos face fell slightly as she smiled happily at the Uchiha prodigy and slowly began getting up without his help.
"Sakura-chan, do you need any help?" Naruto asked worriedly as the red-clad kunoichi shook her head, as if coming out of a daze. After a few seconds, she reaches for Narutos hand.
Before Sakura could say anything, Kakashi and the group of ninja finally made their way back. Sasuke glared at the blind kunoichi, who somehow seemed to be glaring back, after a few seconds, the green-haired kunoichi huffed in annoyance.
"Geez, Sonno, why don't you just stop that. It's giving me a headache," Yonei practically screeched as she glared at the Sonno. After a few seconds of silence, the emotionless Sonno turned away from Sasuke. Kirasu, the big chunin, sighed at the antics while Deniira seemed oddly silent about the whole situation.
"Well, I know this will take some explaining to do, so I'll fill you in on the way," Kirasu said, despite Team Sevens glare (granted, it came far more from Naruto than anyone else, but Sasuke was glaring as well) and the unenthusiastic moan from Yonei. A vein on Kirasu's head begins pulsating rapidly as his face starts to become red.
"Damn it Yonei, I expected that out of them, but YOU! You came on this mission of your own free will, so don't complain!" Kirasu literally snarled, immediately turning to the green haired kunoichi in such a blur that Naruto and the rest of team Seven were surprised at the speed.
Yonei simply gives and exaggerated yawn, which seems to infuriate Kirasu more.
Naruto can only watch in utter confusion as Kirasu charges forward at the green haired kunoichi, who, with an indignant yelp, begins a raucous and rather odd wrestling match between the two.
"Is this…normal?" Kakashi asked bemusedly as he watched the very chunin who looked to be so skilled suddenly make himself look like a fool by being provoked by the green haired so easily. The response came from the older kunoichi named Deniira.
"Well, it's a thing they do. Yonei knows exactly how to grate Kirasu's nerves. It's kind of a brother-sister thing," Deniira said as she looked at the two with rather impatient eyes. Naruto did a double take at the new information. The two were brother and sister?
"Hey, how are they brother and sister? They don't look anything alike," Naruto said. He really didn't see any kind of resemblance at all. Kirasu was tall, had slightly tanned skin, was heavily built, and had dark hair and eyes. Yonei, however, was almost willowy, with pale skin, thin limbs, amber eyes, and that bright green hair of hers marked her as someone of a completely different family as Kirasu.
"She's adopted,' came the stern voice of Sonno, who was now looking at the two with…well, Naruto really couldn't tell with the headband over her eyes. However, she almost reminded Naruto of Shino or even Sasuke…although it seemed to be more annoyance then loathing.
"Sonno, what the…ack!" Yonei started before getting rolled and ending up face first into the ground with her arm contorted in an odd way by a triumphant looking Kirasu.
"Ha! Got ya!" Kirasu proclaimed triumphantly from his position.
Naruto could only stare bewilderedly at the whole thing.
Yep. This was weird.
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Naruto found himself in a rather odd predicament as Kirasu explained the whole situation. Apparently, he, Deniira, Yonei, and Sonno we're all of Hedugakure no Sato, which translated into "Village Hidden in the Storm." Now, it wasn't a correct translation, but it was because where they had grown up, storm was often translated as "hedu". It was because that was the original word for storm of the first inhabitants of the region…or something like that. Naruto didn't really listen to those details.
However, what he found the coolest was the fact that they were essentially rebels against the Raikage of Kumogakure no Sato. The Shodaime Hedukage (who was apparently Yoneis real father) led the rebellion against the Raikage when the Raikage had repeatedly ignored the requests of the smaller village for reinforcement during an attack on the village.
"What kind of attack?" Sakura had asked, but the question was glossed by a vague "it was an enemy." Naruto had looked on curiously, and oddly enough Yonei seemed to stiffen at the mention.
O…kay?
Now Deniira was taking over the story telling. She talked about the Nidaime Hedukage trying to find a sympathetic ear for his cause, and had hoped to talk the leaders of the lands to the south. So, the Hedukage decided to send his son (Kirasu blushed slightly at the remark) to lead a team of genin to participate in the chunin exams of the southern villages.
When Kakashi mentioned that the exams were held over a month ago, Kirasu swore aloud, causing Naruto to flinch back.
That guy could be loud…
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Konohagakure no Sato was a large place, the largest of the five great shinobi villages and arguably the strongest of the five as well. One thing that remained universal was its immense size, which often awe-struck those new to the area. From the massive gates to massive buildings to the very faces of the great Hokages chiseled into the side of a large stone mount within the forest itself, most likely the core of a long dead volcano whose ashes fed the forest that now housed it.
Naruto may not have known much about the history of the village he called home, but he knew something about the reaction of outsiders. It was no different for the hedu-nin who were with him now as they walked through the main gates.
"This is…amazing!" Deniira exclaimed as she looked towards the massive stone monument of the Hokages. Her eyes were quite literally saucers as she saw the massive stone faces.
"This is amazing!" Kirasu said, his eyes drawn to the massive tower that held the symbol of the Hokage. Sonno, who Naruto could tell was not someone who seemed interested those kind of things, craned her neck, allowing her ears to take in the sounds of the massive village. Even that annoying green-haired Yonei was silent.
"Impressive, isn't it…Yonei?" Kirasu said as he turned around, his smile disappearing for a confused gaze. Naruto turns around himself, and looks at one of the oddest things he has ever seen.
Yoneis eyes have almost completely watered over, and her face is covered by what Naruto could only call a stupid smile. Suddenly she began giggling, and Naruto (not to mention just about all involved) began to slowly follow her gaze to whatever it was that she was looking at.
After a few seconds, the object of Yoneis interest became evident as a small, white dog wandered from place to place, in the very direction that Yonei was staring googily eyed at.
"Wait a minute…isn't that Akamaru?" Sakura asked.
Almost as if on queue, Akamaru perks his ears and looks at Team Seven. After a few seconds, Akamaru yips happily at the group.
In a flash, Naruto is barreled over by a green topped blur that is screeching loudly and all involved watched stunned as the small white dog is scooped up by the green topped blur. When Naruto is finally able to right himself, he sees Akamaru looking extraordinarily uncomfortable as Yonei had him in a rather tight hold.
Naruto had heard of those kinds of freakishly enthusiastic hugs. They were called "glomps," at least thats what he had heard them called before.
"HessocutehessocutehessocutehessocutehessocuteHESSOCUTEHESSOCUTE!" Yonei yelled happily as she continued to tighten her hug on the small white dog, whose' whimpers were going unnoticed by the green haired kunoichi. Kirasu gives out a groan in annoyance.
"Here we go," Deniira mutters under her breath until another voice, this one far louder and much angrier sounding, cut through the normal noises of Konoha and causes Naruto to cringe.
"Damn it! Where in the hell did Akamaru go?" came the brash and loud voice of one Inuzuka Kiba. Soon enough, the temperamental dog master appeared in a flash with Hyuuga Hinata and Aburame Shino is hot pursuit (well, if you looked at it correctly it was Kiba in a flash with Hinata soon behind him and Shino calmly following the two in a manner that looked like normal walking).
"Akamaru, what the…hey! What the hell are you doing to my dog!" Kiba yelled, pointing an accusing finger to Yoneis back. In a flash, Yonei turns around and appears to size up Kiba. After a few seconds, her face stretches back into the grin she had when she first saw Akamaru.
"Your dog, huh? Makes sense…a cute dog for a cute guy," Yonei says as she winks at the dog boy. Kibas face is classic: he looks almost like his head was about to blow off of his head.
"Wha…whaddaya mean by that?" Kiba manages to stammer out as he began to turn bright red.
"Okay, Yonei, thats enough," Sonno said as she began to walk forward. Yonei turns to give Sonno what Naruto could best describe as "puppy dog eyes", but when Sonno kept walking forward. Yoneis face went to an annoyed grimace, and, after looking at Akamaru for a second, she turned around and put the dog down.
"Hey, you, dog boy!" Yonei called to Kiba, whos blush instantly faded and he looked almost angry again.
"I have a name, you idiot! It's Kiba!" Kiba yelled, scooping up the now traumatized bundle that was Akamaru and tucking the small dog into his jacket.
"Well, dog boy Kiba, I hope I can see that adorable dog of yours sometime soon, not to mention adorable little you!" Yonei said cheerfully before turning to return to the group. Needless to say, Kiba was speechless and Naruto was hopelessly confused at what had just happened.
"Yonei...," Deniira began, her hands crossed in front of her chest as Yonei had rejoined the group. Yonei looked at Deniira, then moved to a "thinking pose". After a few seconds, Yonei looked back to Deniira, her face showing a lot of confusion.
"What? What did I do?"
END
A/N: Finally! Fourth chapter is down and I am good to go. This chapter did not want to come to me, but about two days ago...BAM! It just started flowing again! I am so happy to get this done now...
Anywho, read and review!
