Chapter 10 the Eternal Night
The Light of the storm
Disclaimer see chapter 1
Helltanz's notes: Yes I updated, no I haven't fixed, stream line the dialogue and descriptions and such, the previous chapters that will eventually be done but not today.
To answer there is a greater plot then just bashing Konoha, the swords mentioned play an important part, so does politics, and so do the advancements made in the Shinobi nations over the last couple of years.
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Chapter begin
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Arashi, Kaminari no Kuni, Kumogakure no Sato
Naruto stared at the village he reigned over. So long, it hadn't really been his idea to become a ruler.
"Hey Naruto-kun." The Grey haired medic nin greeted.
"Kabuto does Oto have something
to say?" The blond shinobi inquired, he had been dealing with
politics for quite a while now.
"Not at the moment, I just
wanted to say hi." Kabuto announced waving cheerfully.
They sat in silence for a while, Naruto trusted the medic nin, Orochimaru had the strangest of people working with him, but Kabuto was oddly honorable in his own way besides the medic ninja was also quite smart.
Arashi the name of the land, as it was in the beginning the killing of the previous Raikage had been because he had interfered with his desire to deal with in a permanent manner the Akatsuki and his other enemies at the time, eventually he had grown into the mantle of leadership.
The fox had liked widespread destruction and given the number of enemies the blonde had acquired well he had developed a bit of an affinity for the carnage of inflicting lots of destruction and wreaking havoc on the landscape of the elemental nations, it was like leaving a colossal reminder to the fools hey I was here, a big Fuck You to the egotistical shinobi who seemed to always lead his enemies.
The Red Storm, people had different ideas for why it was his nickname some said it was because of the fact his enemies blood fell like rain, others had suggested it was the strange red jutsu's he used, still others hypothesized it was his attire, more believed it was his handily dispatching of Sasori of the Red Sands.
Kabuto personally thought it was because civilians had the stupidest idea that giving Shinobi colorful and 'mystic' nicknames was cool.
Demon of the Mist, came to mind, though the Red Storm was an apt description of Naruto on a bad day, of course the medic nin thought it would probably be better to call him the Maelstrom of Death, because at least that more in line with Naruto's habit of utterly killing every enemy he got his hands on, and causing lots of explosions which left a lot of Shinobi and vegetation dead, cause animals were obviously smart enough to get the hell out of the Blonde's way.
In the modern shinobi world there were two types of shinobi the assault types and the stealthy types, technically you could do both but generally amounted to the fact on whether or not you left lots of bodies in your wake.
Kabuto was the later, in fact for the most part he didn't like killing, not to the extent Haku didn't like it however he really just didn't like cleaning up the mess a dead body left behind, Naruto on the other hand well he could send a giant tornado into an enemy outpost which would slice the goons up with chakra infused winds, and well in other words he didn't have to be stealthy having a near infinite supply of chakra would do that for a person, the medic nin supposed.
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Kankuro was impressed the blonde's village had the greatest places ever, he was currently stuffing his face at a high class restraunt, it was a tower that moved of all things it was awesome, and best of all it was shiny so you could be sure no one was about to sneak up on you, and it had complete heating and air, so the temperature was just perfect to enjoy ones meal.
The puppeteer was so clad he was the diplomat, ha take that Temari, he thought smugly taking a bite out of his spiced cabbage.
Now all he needed to do was complete his plans, meaning getting an alliance, which had over the past years become much more important than in the past, gee I wonder why, with the Empire of the Storms.
Of course he also intended to suggest to Gaara that Sand invade and conquer the land of stone so as to expand their power base, after all the addition of a second major elemental affinity and all those jutsus would do the village a great improvement for its military power and standing amongst the other nations.
Besides there was a rumor that the Kusakage had insulted Orochimaru, and the Otokage was going to conquer that village, which meant the snake sage was going to likely have a severe boost in military power, which of course should make any one nervous, after their leader was the guy who claimed he wanted to become a god, or at the very least immortal, add into the fact he obviously had an ego complex the size of well, one of the great nations, well common sense said get stronger so he doesn't try it with your country in a few years.
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The Samurai of Kaminari were quite alert noticed Sasuke, which was odd to him after all in his experience, i.e. the minor nations Samurai he had encounter on infiltration of some pompous Daimyos castle, and the incident with Gato when he was a kid, had seemed to indicate they were lazy slobs who spent their days writing poetry, a past time Sasuke found very disturbing what kind of grown man sat around writing poetry, especially the flowery kind.
Suffice to say fighting samurai who actually seemed to be competent with in their own castle was surprising to the young Uchiha.
Of course there was also the fact Naruto had stuck him with the strange guy with the swirl mask, just what he needed another person who shared Naruto's obsession with swirls, at least this one hadn't changed his name like Naruto had clearly done, no Uchiha would ever name their kid Naruto Uzumaki Spiraling Fish Cake, but Sasuke was certain Naruto would come around and begin acting like a normal Uchiha, after all he had the mangekyo so he couldn't be completely err… demented, it was probably just a result of a fall out with the Uchiha Elders, yes that must have been it, after all new evidence had suggested the old goats had apparently insulted Itachi, he still wanted to kick his brothers ask because he hadn't wanted his mommy to die, before the massacre so it obviously meant everything bad was their fault.
"Could you stop nodding emphatically?" Inquired his guide, "I knows it super cool here but its kind of creepy." The disguised, and bipolar, Madara remarked.
Sasuke blinked, oh dear how embarrassing. "Is this a garden?" He inquired,
"That's right," Replied the masked man, sounding ridiculously child like, sasuke quickly regretted his question as he soon learned his guide was way to cheery and droned on and on, and on about all the different types of plants
The Konoha Uchiha thought he was going to go crazy if he heard anything more about berries, "Uh was Naruto Being serious about not caring if some one were to annex the land of stone?" He inquired finally coming up with a distraction from the plants in the massive greenhouse.
"Hmm, yep"
Of course the
land of stones was uh currently in really bad shape, at least as far
as its ninja force went, besides if the Ninjas did invade and try and
conquer it there was a chance of an internal struggle between the
Samurai, and if Konoha the fox had liked widespread destruction and
given the number of enemies the blonde had acquired well he had
developed a bit of an affinity for the carnage of inflicting lots of
destruction and wreaking havoc on the landscape of the elemental
nations, it was like leaving a colossal reminder to the fools hey I
was here, a big Fuck You to the egotistical shinobi, succeeded, well
it could very well push the conglomerate of neutral nations firmly
into Arashi and Sui's sphere of influence, that kind of economic
power would, well immensely bolster the economic power of the two
shinobi super states.
Of course Sasuke had never received much in the ways of politics, except for the basic course given at the genin academy in Konoha, which was well, quite out of date given present state of the Elemental nations, and Sasuke merely had to suggest he thought it would be a good idea to conquer stone nation.
Which of course would immediately be accepted as brilliant, and given the still present feelings of enmity amongst the aging council against that nation well it wouldn't be to hard, of course it would have the consequence of how shall we say, stretching Konoha's forces a little thin.
There was also the fact Sasuke was becoming immensely jealous of the number of sword users in Naruto's country, he wanted his own nation damn it, and their weren't that many sword users in Konoha a clear deficiency that he the Great Uchiha Sasuke would have to remedy once he returned.
Tobi is a good boy, yes he is, Tobi is a good boy, I haven't killed the annoying egotistical spawn, yes Tobi is a very good boy,
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Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato
The strange Hyuga, reincarnated demon dragon that he may have been, was bored, despite his family's attempts to prevent it from occurring, apparently he had a habit of doing dangerous stuff when he bored, well dangerous to any one with in a few hundred square acres.
Of course said family also happened to be trying to be discreet in doing it lets Hattori beat them senseless for bothering him, his mother's bloodline made his bone ridiculously hard, and he was as exemplified as a master of the Hyuga fighting style, jyuken, very agile on his feet.
The Lady Hokage sighed, she remembered Hattori, albeit she always thought Anko was crazier but, well she had been exposed to Orochimaru from a young age so that kind of negated it, seeing as the boy was a Hyuga, who didn't act like he had something shoved in a place where anatomically things should come out not go in.
Of course it was also very amusing to watch Jirayia go flying, like in three two one,
"Hi shrimp how ya been," The toad sage greeted bouncing around, after all shinobi due to their extensive chakra saturation aged slowly, after all the Sandaime had been pushing one hundred and was able to still fight on even ground with two hokage and the present kage of Oto.
"Good morning," Stated the Hyuga bored.
The third sannin, and generally considered the idiot of the group, went flying, right into the hot springs of Konoha.
"Jiraiya!" Tsunade shouted, "Get back here!" The medic ninja roared,
The toad sage reluctantly complied.
"Now Hattori what do you think
of our ability if a war should break out," She asked while her old
team mate reluctantly trudged away from the Onsen.
"I will
attempt to think of something nice to say at your funeral," He
responded, in a monotone,
She scowled.
"Any helpful advice, kid?" Jiraiya questioned, "You know besides the obvious don't start a fight you can't win speech." The Sannin remarked.
Hattori paused before speaking, "I have nothing at this time, currently the vastly superior of equipment of Arashi and Sui are a major decisive advantage for them." He stated, "I do not believe you have Chakra armor do you?"
They shook their heads, before Jiraiya looked up, "Wait I think during the mission to Snow he may have brought back a set," He announced,
He glanced at the toad sage, "You do realize he has undoubtedly improved the armor several times over by now," commented the lavender eyed shinobi.
As this was going on several jonin were having some very private meetings about the nut jobs in charge of the village.
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Arashi, Kaminari no Kuni, Kumogakure no Sato
Naruto glanced at the sky it would appear the eternal battle of the night would continue, this cold war would continue for a while.
For if it did end the world would change and not necessarily in a positive way, of course if Konoha managed to repair its sword of Heaven well that might well be a problem.
Then again that occurring was unlikely, and their other one was locked in the Shrine of the Uchiha Family, and well Itachi assured him that even the Mangekyo was unable to open the seal on the door.
Of course seeing as Naruto had not looked at the Seal he was unsure if the seal required the Mangekyo, some ancient seals had fairly long rituals required to open them, usually involving dancing, and well Sasuke didn't dance, he considered it embarrassing for some one of his 'status' to before such a girly pastime.
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Chapter Conclusion
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Helltanz's Notes: Well like my other old Naruto stories this is kind of on hold but I thought since this one was finished I should post it, I hope it lives up to expectations.
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