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- Chapter One: Peace is Really Boring.

History tells us many things, for it is one of life's greatest teachers. We learn from it, and time and time again it repeats itself.

Some say the gods created time itself. Others say it created the gods. There is no way to know.

But no matter how you look at it, history is a part of us. So that's why it's important-

"- to look back on your history, to better your future. Isn't that something, Naruto?"

His name was Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki, the shinobi who saved the world.

"*SNOOOORE*"

And he was sleeping through class. Again.

His teacher, Iruka Umino closed the book he was reading from, and threw a piece of chalk at Naruto's head.

"WAKE UP NARUTO!" he yelled.

The 17 year old genin shot up in his seat, and held his hands up in defense, on his instant guard.

"I'm up! I'm up. I *YAAAWN* swear." he said.

Iruka threw a book at Naruto, who almost didn't see it, before dodging it. "Yeesh!"

"Naruto. You were sleeping through the lesson!" he belted.

"Ah! Sorry, Iruka-sensei! I tried to stay awake, honest." he said defensive. "It's that history is kinda-"

Naruto noticed that Iruka was tapping his foot impatiently, with another book in his hand.

"-boring." he finished.

Iruka sighed. He wasn't really angry. It was just frustrating trying to teach Naruto. No matter how powerful a ninja he was, bookwork was Naruto's weakness.

"Naruto, this is important. You have to finish these lessons so you can become a Jonin. Isn't that what you want?"

"Sorry Iruka-sensei!" Naruto replied. "I'm just burnt out is all."

"It's Thursday, Naruto. At least the weekends almost here."

"Yeah but today's kinda slow for me." he replied.

"Or maybe, Iruka-sensei's just that boring." a third voice said.

From the hallway, a boy walked in the classroom holding more heavy books.

Iruka rolled his eyes. "Whatever happened to respecting your elders Konohamaru?"

Konohamaru plopped the books on Iruka's desk. "Hehe. I'm just joking sensei!"

Naruto looked at the clock. "Alright! Class is over. I'm gonna go get some ramen. Let's go Konohamaru!"

But as Naruto went to leave the class, he felt his collar being grabbed, holding him back.

"Not so fast, Naruto!" Iruka said. "Since you fell asleep, you'll have to go over everything you missed as homework."

"Aw man." Naruto griped. "Well, I guess that's fair..."

Iruka took several books off of his desk and handed them to Naruto.

"Here ya go!" he said.

'That's a lot of books.' Naruto thought.

"But first thing's first," Konohamaru interjected. "I'm hungry for ramen!"

- Line Break -

After saying goodbye to Iruka and Konohamaru at Ichiraku's, Naruto decided he'd find someone to train with.

'Maybe Lee, or Kiba. Definitley ask a Jonin too.' he thought.

He went to Lee's place. When he knocked, Lee opened the door, wearing a bathrobe, and sweating a bit.

"Sorry Naruto! But I'm pretty busy right now." Lee said, about to close the door.

"Why are you in a bathrobe?" Naruto asked.

Lee started blushing. "Um, well, I-"

"Lee! You better get back in bed, soon!" said a woman's voice.

"Is that Tenten?" Naruto asked.

Lee began blushung furiously. "Please come back some other time!" he yelled before slamming the door.

"Hm. Kiba's then?"

So he went to Kiba's, but Kiba's sister told him that Kiba was training special canine operatives in other villages.

Ino was working at the flower shop.

Sakura was helping at the hospital.

Shino, Hinata and Choji were on a mission.

And Shikamaru just couldn't. Back then he probably would've said it was too troublesome, but know he had a full time gig as a Hokage's advisor, so even if he wanted to, he couldn't.

Disappointed, and with nothing left to do he went and hit the park. It was getting pretty late, so there wasn't too many people. The one's who were there started coming up to Naruto, and asking him questions, and the typical fan things.

But soon he was alone again.

Naruto stared at the rising moon. Everything was so peaceful. He would have appreciated it a lot more though, if it wasn't so-

'Boring.' Naruto thought, 'Peace is really boring.'

- Line Break -

Thousands of miles away, far from Konohagakure, was a forest. And deep within that forest, there was a hooded man hacking his way through the thick leaves and bugs.

He cut through bushes, insects, even animals. Anything in his way was just cut down.

He wasn't alone. He had two other people with him, a tall hooded man and a shorter hooded woman. They simply followed their leader as they searched for what they came for.

"Ugh. I hope we find this place soon." said the woman. "I hate bugs."

Her teammate walked beside her not saying much of anything. A mosquito landed on his hand and seemed to die upon touching his skin.

And that's when they saw it. A cave. They rushed inside, and just as they reached the inside the entrance was sealed behind them. They stood there in total darkness, and then torches began to light up. Two at a time, all the way down to what seemed like a shrine.

Carefully, they walked towards the shrine. But unbeknownst to them, the tall man stepped on a trigger. Holes riddled the cave walls, and out shot kunai after kunai. Each one containing a lightning tag.

The leader dodged each one and managed to reach the other side unscathed. He dusted himself off.

"Show off." the woman said, pulling kunai out of her body. Miraculously, her wounds healed quickly, regenerating the tissue and skin.

The tall man said nothing as he defelected all of the kunai.

Right in front of him stood what he had been looking for, his whole life. A shrine. On top of the shrine was a small stone strongbox.

"Finally." he said. He turned to his lackeys. "Do either of you know, where we are?" he asked.

"A gross cave?" asked the woman.

"We are in the shrine of Kotaru," he said, "a demon with immeasurable power."

"So what we cane all this way for a miss covered box?"

The man ignored her. The box was sealed. It had multiple seals meant to prevent it from being opened. Luckily, he was good at what he did.

Using his energy, he absorbed the chakra from the seals, breaking it's hold. The strongbox began to glow a little. Be removed the lid, while the others waited to see what was inside.

The first man looked inside. And then he covered it. "We're done here." he said going back towards the sealed exit.

"We don't even get to see it?" the woman asked.

"This mission is a success. Time to head back the village." he replied.

"What about the exit?" she asked.

The man turned ti the tallest figure. "Erizu." he said.

The one called Erizu placed his hand on the cave wall. It began to crumble into and break down, until it left a hole big enough to walk through.

"You were saying, Temichi?"

"Whatever, let's just get out of here."

The three made their way out of the cave, headed towards the direction of where they came from.

Just who is Kotaru? What did these people take from his shrine? And will Naruto have to deal with these enemies in the future? Find out next chapter!CHAPTER END!