Chapter Six. It's obvious by now that the entire fiction is brought to you by I Feel Like It Industries, but because of the contract I signed I still need to advertise. I hope you all like it. I think I'll like this chapter more than the last one. Let's find out.
Question: How many think Sora should be the Fourth's Daughter? How many don't? This isn't a vote. I'm just curious as to what people think. I'v already decided on the matter.
Side: Part of this chapter might be a bit rushed.
Another note to ranma hibiki: That was rather... interesting. Your message was both amusing and enlightening. And just for future refference, I am American and not proud of it. Cynical once said, "The love of one country leads to the hate of another." With that said I would prefer it if I had no nationality... except maybe Canadian. Thanks for the plushie.
Chapter Six: Looking For A Hag And Learning The Fourth's Prized Technique
Kiba stared at me. I stared back. We'd been sitting there like that for at least fifteen minutes. I sighed and looked away for a moment.
"Right then. Ya, know the story about the monster fox, right?" Kiba nodded, "Well it's a lie... at least part of it. The Fourth Hokage did defeat it, but he couldn't kill it. He was strong, but not strong enough to kill a higher demon, few are. Instead he sealed the Kyuubi into a newborn baby. You guess where this is going, right?" He looked thoughtful for a moment, then slowly nodded. I was a little scared about this, but I wasn't done. I'm not some sap that will say I couldn't live without Kiba, because I knew I could, but my friends might aswell be family to me and it hurts when family hates you.
"That doesn't explain Gary," he said in an understandable monotone. I nodded this time.
"During the month between the preliminary matches and the main matches I met a guy who taught me to summon. The first time I did it I had to use the Kyuubi's chakra. To be able to do that I had to meet with him. To do that I needed to be put in enough danger to force me inside of my own mind, I got thrown into that crevice about ten miles east of Konoha. I went into my mind and met with the fox. We exchanged some words and he told me his name was Gary."
Kiba looked deep in thought about what I'd just told him. I sighed and stood up.
"I know this is a lot to take in. Finding out the beast that probably killed a large part of your family is alive inside me, but trust me when I tell you I am not the demon fox. If you can't believe in me then believe in the Yondaime," when I was done I had retrieved a couple drinks from the fridge. I handed him one. He accepted numbly.
Silence dominated the atmosphere of the room like nothing I'd felt before. I almost jumped when Kiba spoke.
"How long have you known," at first I was gonna lie and tell him since the graduation night... but I couldn't.
"I learned about him when I was six..." I couldn't say more. It would be troublesome, to say the least, if anyone ,but me, Boss, and Gary knew about it.
"How...?"
"I can't say..." I think he thought I couldn't remember, because he didn't suspect I was hiding anything.
"I... I need to think... for awhile," he stood up and headed for the door. I nodded, staring intently at the floor. Just before he reached the door he stopped and took an injured Akamaru out of his jacket. His hind leg was in a splint. "Akamaru, I want you to stay with Sora for awhile, OK buddy?" Akamaru barked twice before jumping out of Kiba's arms and hobbling over to me. I leaned down to sratch behind his ears. Akamaru growled in delight. At least one person will always like me.
Kiba smiled a little, "I'll see ya around... Squirt." I smiled a little more, realising that things just might turn out for the better.
"See ya, Dog-boy."
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About three days later they held the Funeral for the Hokage. It was a... solemn experience. I have done many things and experienced things in my life that others have not, but there are things I've never done that others may think trivial. I've never been to an amusement park, I've never been to a drive in theater, I've never watched anything on HD... and I've never been to a funeral.
When it rained I couldn't help, but think it was the tears of the shinobi. I myself did not cry. I am... incapable of crying at something truly sad. I once feared for my sanity because of that until I realised that, just like with everything else, I greive differently. I don't cry until resolution is brought to a matter, when they will no longer be in the way. And until Orochimaru was gone and the threat of Akatsuki negated, they would be in the way.
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After the funeral I was approached by Jiraiya. He'd already talked with the council and he and I were being sent to find Tsunade.
"And what if I don't see the point in going?" I said crossing my arms over my chest while staring at the super pervert. We were sitting at Ichiraku's Ramen Stand. While I may not be a ramen freak like Naruto was, I got to admit the stuff is good.
"Remember when I offered to teach you some more techniques the fourth knew before the finals? I'll still do that if you come along," He said to me then slurped down some noodles. Just what I was hoping to hear.
"Only if you teach me something really strong," I wanted to learn the Rasengan. Nothin' wrong with that.
"Alright, the Yondaime's signature technique enough for you."
"I guess it'll do," I said keeping a face set in stone. On the inside I was grinning like a maniac. These people are so easy to manipulate.
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Later I could be found walking to the Inuzuka compound, Akamaru in my grasp. I was gonna be gone for a month so needed to return him.
I knocked on the door. It was opened about a half a minute later by what I'm assuming was Kiba's sister, Hana. She raised a brow at me.
"What do you need?"
"Kiba here? I'm going on a trip for a month and need to give Akamaru back," I said holding out the white runt.
She took Akamaru gently, "So you're the one he left the runt with. I'll tell him you stopped by."
I nodded to her and turned to walk away. Before I could get to far someone tapped my shoulder. I looked back to see Kiba's face.
"Sora... I just wanted you to know," he paused for a moment looking at the ground, then looked into my eyes, "You're not a fox." He gave a half smile and I returned it. "Later, squirt." He went back inside.
I smiled. Things were lookin' up.
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A day later and Jiraiya and I were on the road to one of the little towns in Fire Country, looking for the slug summoner, Tsunade. I sighed. This was gonna be frickin' boring.
"Hey Ero-guy, get teachin' already. I'm bored," I groaned out. If any of my teachers from my home reality heard me say this they'd say something was wrong with me. I never liked learning anything. Fools. I hate learning useless shit. Two plus two? Useless! Being able to calculate the trajectory a kunai will follow when throwing it at an enemy nin running over ten feet a second with the wind blowing at ten miles per hour? Useful!
"Fine, fine," he reached into his robes and pulled out a scroll that had my name on it, "Here it is." He tossed me the scroll.
I looked it over for a moment, making sure that it was truly adressed to me. After a second I opened it.
Uzumaki Sora,
I am sorry for what I am about to do, but if I do not place upon your shoulders this burned then the village will fall into devistation, courtesy of the Kyuubi. In return for using your body as a jail I give to you half of my bank accounts, my home, and my most prized technique. Hiraishin.
OK, so it wasn't the Rasengan. I knew how to do that training anyways, I just didn't want it to seem suspicious. When I thought about it, though, I figured that the Hiraishin would be even more useful than the Rasengan. I'd go into detail explaining the technique, but the Fourth's letter asked me to keep it confidential, only giving it's secrets away to family.
Jiraiya handed me a three pronged kunai with the special carved seal. I looked at it for a moment then up at him.
"How long before we reach the next city?"
"About a day. Why?"
"I am by no means a genius, Jiraiya, but in the words of a psychotic megalomaniac ' I can see how things work'. I need to study this before I practice it," and I started carefully going over the instructions for the Hiraishin.
"So, fhe Fourth your father or not?" he suddenly asked out of the blue. I looked up at him. It was a reasonable question, before this scroll I wondered myself. I mean, I do resemble him a bit with my eyes and blonde hair.
"Nope, just some kid," I said. It did however make me curious. If I wasn't related to the Fourth who was I related to? Meh, looks like I've got some research to do when we get back to Konoha.
Jiraiya sighed a little sadly. It was easy to tell he loved his student like a son.
"He did hoever mention that half of his left over money was your for the taking," it was true.
Jiraiya went from sad to incedibly joyous in milliseconds. Ah, Greed. It serves its purpose once more.
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A day later, just like the super perv said, we were in a small city. Jiraiya took off after we found a hotel saying he had to do research. I prepared to go into the forest outside the city and start practicing the Hiraishin.
Before I could even reach the door however a knock resounded through the room. Hmm, they're early.
I opened the door to see, much to my not-so-surprise, Itachi and Kisame.
"Uzumaki Sora, you will come with us," Itachi said in that detached voice of his. I looked at him, then the fish dude.
"Sorry, Itachi-san, I don't have the time right now," I looked down the hallway just in time to see Sasuke round the corner.
"ITACHI!!" he shouted ever so eloquently.
I just walked back into my room and sat at the foot of the bed. It was, from that point on, just how I remebered it. Sasuke got put into a coma, Jiraiya tried to kill the two Akatsuki members, but failed, and Gai kicked Jiraiya in the head.
"Well, that sucks. I didn't get any time to train." Jiraiya looked at me incredulously.
"You just got attacked by two S-Class missing-nin and that's all you have to say? What about your friend, Sasuke?"
I waved my hand dismissively, "No one attacked me. Itachi just flirted with me, then Sasuke came. As for Sasuke he'd not really my friend, he's kinda creepy, always starin' at my ass, but even so he'll be ok. We just need to get Tsunade to come with us back to Konoha to heal him."
Jiraiya shrugged and we started off to the next city.
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It took a damn long time to find the hag. Only a month really, but with trying to get the Hiriashin down and the resulting injuries involving thirty-seven trees and a deer, it seemed to take forever. I was however making progress with the Hiraishin. Not nearly enough for my liking, but enough.
"So, who's the gaki," Tsunade and Jiraiya had been talking while I had been trying to think of ways to convince the hag to become Hokage.
"Sora..."I responded thoughtlessly, just reacting.
"Pretty pathetic looking," she said. That got through to me. Not much of a feat though, I had just decided how to get her to come back.
"Pathetic, huh? Why don't we make a bet?" She instantly perked up.
"What kind of bet, kid?"
"I'll bet you that I can master the Rasengan in one week. If I do you come back to Konoha. If I don't I'll give you all my money and quit being a ninja."Meh, just money, and I don't really like being a ninja anyway, no honor in it.
"Alright, kid, you got a deal. I'll even throw in my necklace," She said, holding it up. This is almost too easy.
"Right, then I better get to work," I got up, ignoring Jiraiya's call that I didn't even know the training method for the technique. So I'd be giving something away about not being exactly normal, it was for a good cause.
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I'm not gonna bore you with the details of me practicing the technique to the point of mastery in one week, I'll also ignore your comments about the impossibility of such a feat. Nothing is outside the realm of possibility if you have the will to succeed.
Currently, I was following Jiraiya and Shizune to the fight of the month.
Tsunade vs. The Snake Sannin and his bitch: Taking bets now.
Turns out we just walked in when Kabuto cut himself and threw it on the old lady. I understand unreasonable fears, I have one, but I needed to snap her out of it an quick. I released my chakra teathers, charged up a Rasengan, pulled out the kunai with the special seal, and hoped Boss would back me on this one.
I threw the kunai at Kabuto. He just caught it and smirked. His smirk however died when I disappeared only to appear barely a fraction of a second later, shoving a fully fledged Rasengan into the guys stomach. No ki barrier to protect him this time, the guy felt it full force. I myself was a bit surprised at the results. I had assumed that he'd just skid a few feet. Nope! He flew fifty feet through the air, spinning all the way, before hitting the ground and skidded a good thirty yards.
I leaned down and picked up my Kunai and pocketed it again. I turned to Tsunade who was frozen still with fear, but shock was in her eyes.
"It's settled, I win. Now snap out of it! I wont let you be Hokage if all I have to do is beel and you freak out!" Sometimes... sometimes it sucks forgetting that there is a second, horrendously powerful enemy in the area. Especially when said enemy has a sword that they shove through your chest.
I looked down at the blad of Orochimaru's halberd, "Well, this was not anticipated." The sword slid back out of my flesh and I could hear Orochimaru's cackling laugh. I promptly fell to the ground, the poison on the blade having easily spread through my body.
Hell! HEY, FURFACE!
To what do I owe the displeasure?
There's a poison in my system. Burn it out.
Already on it, kid.
Do it faster, I'm kind of in a bind.
Meh.
My body quite suddenly flared with red chakra. Still, even with Gary's help, it would take a good five minutes to clear the stuff out and if there is anything to know about a battle it's that a lot can happen in five minutes. Allow me to summarize.
Jiraiya, still suffering from Tsunade's special chakra depleting poison, and Shizune, whose skill I have yet to completely know, both tried to fight against Snakey. He summoned Manda, Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta, but just barely, and Shizune, apparently having singed the Slug Contract, summoned whoever the hell the boss slug is. I always forget her name.
While the three greater animals fought, Orochimaru proved his level of superiority when both of his opponents are below his level or sick. Tsunade watched the fight between the three of them then, from what she told me later, my words kept going through he head. Ya know, the whole thing about not letting her be Hokage if blah blah blah...? Yeah that.
Finally, with one last shudder, she snapped out of it. First she kneeled next to me and started to heal me. I opened one eye to her. I lifted one hand weakly and pointed to the others.
"I'll," Speaking with blood in your lungs makes you cough alot," I'll be fine. Help...help them." She looked at me, then at the wound that, sure enough, was closing on its own. She rushed into the battle.
It was pretty routine after that. Orochimaru got his ass kicked, decided that he should run away, but that I was a threat and needed to be destroyed A.S.A.P. so tried to stab me again, this time aiming for the heart. Everyone knows what happened here so let's cut it short and say that I'm now the proud owner of a necklace that could buy three mountains and that Konoha had a new Kage.
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A/N: I could end it right here, and be happy. But I want to be fully satisfied so I think I'll add to it. So prepare to meet Boss in all his omni glory.
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Once back in the city I took Tsunade to the hospital before anywhere else. I may not like Sasuke, OK I really,really don't like him, but no one deserves to be trapped in their worst nightmare.
In the room Sakura sat there, holding his hand and staring at the bed with a blank look. I sighed. She probably hadn't trained at all.
"He's in there, heal him, then Kakashi," I said to Tsunade. She just nodded. Less than thirty seconds later Sasuke woke up.
Tsunade went on to find Kakashi.
Sasuke looked around for a moment or two before his eyes settled on me. He scowled. I knew where this was going.
"Fight me, Sora," he demanded, his Sharingan activating.
"But, Sasuke-kun, you-"
"Shut up, Sakura! Fight me, Sora! I have to know why he wants you!" Sasuke was ofcourse reffering to Itachi. I turned away with my eyes closed and arms crossed. I was about to reply with a negative when a cold chill went down my spine.
"Hello again, Sora," The voice was quite ominously familiar.
"What do you want, Boss?" I said satying in my stance. I didn't need to open my eyes to know that everyone and everything was frozen in time.
"You have to fight him," he said calmly, "but that's not all. I've been looking into your thoughts recently. All the death threats against me aside, I don't like what I'm seeing. You need to become the Kage here."
"WHAT?! You never told me I had to do that!"
"Well, now I have."
"Look, I'll fight Sasuke. Absolutely no problem with knocking him down a few notches, but I can lead these people."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm incapable. I'm not a leader, I never have been. Look through my old life, you'll see for yourself. I'm not leader material. Sakura would be better than me," I thought it was true. The only times I was ever good at giving orders was the few times my friends were hurt, and that was only because I just happened to know how to handle the situations. Anyone could have done it. I'm not a leader.
"I beg to differ. You are more than qualified. Besides it's already been written. You will lead them through a golden age. Atleast be happy with that information," he disappeared in a blink before could argue any more. Time started again and I growled loudly.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at me with a bit of confusion, wondering what suddenly had me so peeved. I looked at Sasuke remembering that I needed to fight him. I cracked my knuckles in one fist. I could used the fight to relieve some tension.
"Fine, let's get this over with. You better not have gotten weak in that hospital bed, I don't want to accidentally kill you," I said. I was just to rile him up.
Minutes later we were on the roof. I had set my sword to the side, deciding not to use it for this battle.
I got into my stance. Sasuke got into the one he stole from Lee.
Anyone reading this by now knows that I don't like fight scenes. They're boring to read, let alone write. So let's cut the whole battle scene short and get to the good bits.
I charged up my Rasengan while Sasuke prepared the Chidori. We launched at each other. Just as we were abut to clash, Kakashi showed up and tossed us at the twin water tank. Sasuke just smirked when he saw the meager damage my Rasengan did to the front of the water tank. He ripped his arm out of the hole he made and jumped off the roof. I could practically feel his surprise, loathing, and lust when he saw the back of the tank looked like someone threw a grenade in it. I could tell what he thought everytime he had those three emotions. One, that it shouldn't possible, hence the surprise. Two, he despised anyone that had more power than him, loathing. Three, If I was that strong imagine what my children must turn out to be, lust.
I will be better off once he's in Sound, I though with a shudder. As it turns out, that was the very night he defected
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A/N: another chapter I'm not entirely happy with. Also before anyone mentions on the use of Hiraishin in the battle with Kabuto, no it wasn't perfect. If it was i'd have mentioned it. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I didn't.