ITAOJ
The Welcome of a Century!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Sonic the Hedgehog.
Previously on In the Aftermath Of Judgment;
On Angel Island, Naruto and Hinata were out of their cabin to look down onto Station Square. They were obviously aware of their guest as they knew that even after four thousand years, there was a chance that they will meet their former fellow Shinobi someday. The only thing is to watch on how they will try to work with the world around them that has aged in centuries while they only aged hours.
"Whatever we like or not, Hina-hime." Naruto said as he gazed on his wife's lavender eyes. "It is going to get interesting and for the rest of the world to see." Hinata could do anything but giggle and relax herself in the embrace of the man she is never going to leave.
"What do you mean a floating island Neji?" Kakashi said in usual tone, "Islands can only 'float' in the ocean and we are a good distance from any sea water."
"I know Kakashi-san but I am serious here!" Neji yelled to defend himself and everyone were still unconvinced.
"If you are not going to stop with this stupid stuff, then show us this island!" Kiba yelled rather impatiently. Neji then just lead them to the top of the towers to see something alright but they were in shock once they got a good look.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Naruto and Hinata were in business as a barren field that had anthropomorphic animals of various species talking to them about something. The wind was making it impossible for any speech to be picked up and that was just fine for any of them. Then the group parted with the immortal couple heading out of the sandstorm to a cottage in an oasis.
"Even when surrounded by dry sand under a deadly sun, this land has always flourished. It sure is amazing isn't it Hina-hime." Naruto had said to his wife who just nodded, "Alas it also brings back bad memories." Naruto's expression suddenly took a sharp downturn and Hinata could only rub him on the back; she remembered it too, right after Konoha had vanished from the very face of the earth into the hole in the sky.
Flashback Begins!
"There it is Hinata-chan!" Naruto yelled as he led his companion to Wave Country, where he finally had his first mission out of the village. Yet, "What is this?" Now they were at the bridge that was named 'The Great Naruto Bridge' after the single boy who stood up to the greedy and cowardly deeds of Gato, who had ruled over Wave Country with an iron fist before his violent death at the hands of a mercenary that had a change of heart at the last minute, as well as his hired army; he also brought the village together to stand up to Gato as well and bring them together in the darkness.
Hinata just giggled at the sight of Naruto's name on the bridge, "You are even more popular than I was told Naruto-kun. Are you sure that you and your team didn't just do their mission?" Hinata said to make Naruto blush as he was caught red-handed,
"I guess that I did left an impression on them before I left." Naruto had developed a modest trait after seeing that no one will tolerate someone who will just brag about they had did in their careers and shove the fact that others haven't done it right in their faces.
That made Hinata giggle again as she found Naruto scratching his head and smiling sheepishly to be cute. Nevertheless, they approached the village where they were greeted by some friendly faces, at least to Naruto.
Hinata was introduced to Tazuna who was the client of that same mission to Wave along with his daughter Tsunami and grandson Inari who was like a younger brother to Naruto. Still, they were not happy to hear on how things were bad in Konoha that had caused the young couple to quit for real. They were even shocked to hear about the quake that they have felt that was actually the entire village along with the chunk of land that it was built on had disappeared into a hole in the sky.
They were welcomed to stay in the village for as long as they can before they had to go to Suna to deliver the same news along with the sad and harsh ones that they didn't have the heart to inform the Wave inhabitants. Instead, the years went by as Naruto and Hinata had been visiting once very few months on their journey since that village was now in the middle of the entire continent. Then there was the time that Tazuna and Tsunami had perished to old age leaving only Inari to hear about how his older brother and his girl had been cursed with eternal youth and immortality.
Inari then had started his family line that was always told about the Hero of Wave and his special girl; every son or daughter that ha became a father or mother had promised to tell their own children who promised to do the same to their children. It was like god was in favor with the plan to and had this line to continue as long as 4,000 years even.
Flashback Ends!
Once they were done with walking down memory lane, Naruto and Hinata were at the door of the cottage where the door opened to reveal yet another one of those anthropomorphic animals and this time, this one was based on a manta ray. It seemed happy to see the couple, "Hello Mr. Naruto and Ms. Hinata! Nice of you to visit again!"
"Nice to meet you too Nami. Is Inari and Tsunami in?" Naruto asked and his answer were a distant call from within the cottage. That caused the three people in view of the desert sun to smile and so they entered the cottage that happened to be where it really started; in the desert sand, there was a sigh made from metal that said in worn out paint, "You are always welcome in Wave, Naruto Uzumaki!"
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Back above the city near Konoha, "This is an island alright." Kakashi said with clear disbelief on his face. The rest of the ninjas were inspecting it to see just what made it float in the air without sinking or falling. Nothing was at the bottom since they were reusing their chakra in a suction cup like effect right at the soles of their sandals.
The only things to worth considering is that there was a shrine with an over-sized emerald inside and a cottage that was nearby. With drapes over the windows, the Shinobi couldn't peek in to what was inside. Kiba even tried to move the door but the wood making up the dwelling just won't budge.
"Darn it! Here we are, investigating a stupid island that is not supposed to be floating when I could have been with my Hinata after I show her that the dobe is a dobe!" The dog boy was not happy the least with how things are going and it was starting to get on everyone's nerves.
"Shut up dog breath! You have been saying that for the umpteenth time already! What is the big deal about you and your stupid crush anyways?" Sakura won't have any more of it,
"Then you tell me why that Hinata-chan has been forced to follow a boy who won't even look at her in the eye. He practically doesn't know that she even exists!" Kiba yelled back at her who wasn't convinced.
"Then why is that you are sure that your teammate is seeing Naruto? They may just be friends and there is nothing wrong with that!" Sakura retorted and Kiba was just getting angrier. But before any of them could argue anymore, Kakashi dragged them both from each other's necks.
"Now, now we don't need to hear any of this. We need to find what happened and your arguments are not going to get us anywhere." The Cyclops said in stern tone which only made the two ninjas scoff before turning away from each other.
"Kakashi-san! The door to the cottage is opening!" Lee yelled to get their attention and when they looked, they saw that the door they had been trying to move was indeed opening. Out came was something not one of them ever saw before.
"What is this blue furred freak?" Sasuke said, as rude and blunt as ever. Sonic did not take that comment one bit before speeding off in a circle that somehow didn't burn at the grass but that is probably that Sonic was moving in a complete circle so fast that he was creating an air suction effect that caused the Shinobi to be inside a vacuum in the process; that will explain that they were getting dizzy and losing their strength in their legs.
This had allowed them to be hit by incoming blurs of red, pink, yellow and lastly blue. Since they had lost their strength and speed from that experience, the Shinobi were wiped out very easily. "Well what do you know? The Master's plan actually work." The Shinobi then saw that the blurs were also 'freaks' as well and the red furred one started to talk.
"Well he is the Master after all." The yellow one who was also the shortest had started to talk as well and pretty soon they all begun to discuss among themselves about how easy it was to defeat the intruders until the Shinobi got back on their feet.
"And may we speak to this Master of yours?" Kakashi tried to negotiate but instead he had gotten glares from all of them,
"You are out of luck because Master already had left. He never tells us where he goes so you won't get your answer out of us." Sonic answered with Amy hugging at his arm with a growl escaping her throat.
"Oh yeah? Then maybe we should find him after all, with only this freakish village the only thing different then we can just visit the neighboring villages to demand that they will tell us where the Dobe had taken my girl!" Kiba just had to speak out of line, again but this time the Anthropomorphic Animals instead started to laugh, "What is so funny!?"
Tails had stopped laughing so he will catch his breath before started to hover above the ground with his twin tails. "It is so funny that you have been living under a rock or something. But we should have known that because you were so paranoid when you first arrived at Station Square. It was that tower on the second street ahead of the entrance with a taller one facing Angel Island right?"
The Shinobi were shocked, they though that they had concealed their presence entirely when they had snuck into the city. But then the Konoha Shinobi had realized something, "Stop avoiding the subject and tell us already!" Neiji had to bring it this time,
The four human like animals looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Then they all faced the impatient ninjas before saying this in unison, "The Age of Shinobi had ended 4,000 years ago!"
"WHAT!?"
Chapter 4
*Hello everyone! I am sorry for such a late update but with this new class added, things were really starting to pile up in mind and I have barely anything moment to think of what to put in my chapters. Still, I never thought that you will call me crossover story to be the best of its kind. That means a lot to me, there are a lot of other crossovers that must be better than this one since I am still just learning.
Another thing, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my membership at this site! I sure have come a long way since that day when I finally decided to give it a shot even if I can't measure to these great stories that have been around much longer than me. Wish me luck and have a nice day!*