this is a story I kept until I got better at writing... and because I do think I'm better at this, I posted it.
rather good storyline... though don't expect Naruto to be his usual self here.
he will be cold and mostly emotionless, but I'll have him kind inwardly. just like a person who can't express their feeling to other people except selected people.
Naruto isn't mine. and Azur Lane also isn't mine... they both have their own owners.
XXX (Start) XXX
The sea burn as the sounds of explosion rings in many places.
Smell of the gunpowder fills the air as gun after gun was being shot.
"Enterprise! Get me the status report!"
In the middle of this war, a boy, look no older than twelve years old yelled that to his subordinate.
His hairs wet with the sea water and no longer shine gold as oil (the blood of his enemies) already made it dirty brown in color.
How long has this battle fought?
Days? Weeks?
Despite this, two hulking guns behind him still firing bullet after bullet toward their enemies. Each shot destroying at least five large ships of their enemy's fleet.
"Sir! The enemies still coming from the portal! At this rate, we would empty out our bullet supplies in less than three days!"
Gritting his teeth, the boy unsheathed a rather large blade from his waist.
"Tell the vanguard to minimize our bullet's consumption and use their sword instead!"
"Understood!"
Messengers planes from Enterprise rigging flies as she spread his words toward all of their team captains, including their Commander in the main fleet.
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"Vice Commander! Team six is down!"
"Team eleven is down!"
"Team five is down!"
"Te…"
As his secretary, Enterprise's job is to tell him all of the information of what's happening in the battlefield.
But as team after team felled by their enemy, the so called Vice Commander can't help but to bit his lips as tears trailing gently from his eyes.
Though of course, his hands didn't stop to cut, slash, and destroy all of the ships their enemy has.
Or at least, the ones in front of his eyes.
"DIEEEEEE!"
Ignoring the word 'defense' altogether, he dashed to the middle of his enemy's fleet. His hands holding two large swords, each is far bigger than his own body.
There's no time for defense… not when around him, his people are being pushed back to the brink of death.
Ships… Siren… everything fell as he starting to rampage.
Brown oil and blue blood start to wet his body. Sticking to his body so much that even the splashing sea water isn't enough to wash all of them.
"Vice commander! There's a signal of huge energy gathering few kilometers away from here! Akagi said an Arbiter is the one doing it and currently pointing her gun toward the main fleet!"
Shit!
The wounded and their supplies is there!
"Do they have any guard there!?"
Then again, even if there's a guard, this energy output would be too much for them.
Unless there's ten durable, active shipgirls guarding the main fleet, they won't survive such attack.
"There's Indianapolis and her sister!"
"That won't be ENOUGH!"
On that last word, the boy roared. At the same time cutting down three lined up ships with a single slash.
He panted.
His body's tired.
His rigging has no bullets.
And his arms feels as if going to drop down from their sockets.
"Tell the commander I will intercept the shot…"
It was a simple whisper… but nonetheless, Enterprise heard him as her eyes widen.
"Vice comma-"
She didn't have any time to question his decision as few bullets exploded near her, throwing her out of balance. But nonetheless, not that hurt.
As a shipgirl that frequently used as main ship, she's far durable than most of her sisters.
Few tornadoes won't make anything but scratches.
Of course, the boy, the Vice Commander of Azur lane already run to the way where the blast going to pass…
Behind him, the enemy ships that was on his way already cut down and became nothing but iron scraps in the sea.
'Commander…I'm sorry…'
With his sensory rigging, it was easy to sense the Arbiter and where she's pointing at. Something that he wasn't able to do when he was in the middle of battles.
And once he arrived in the middle of Arbiter and the main fleet, the boy let out ALL of his riggings.
His true, main riggings, that's it.
*Crack*
Like a mirror of illusion being broken, nine, black large riggings appeared around the boy, four on each side of him and the last one come as dark, shining throne for him, where he stood on, knowing this is not the time to look cool.
Each rigging look like came out of the nightmare of all shipgirls.
And each as large as a horse, except his throne/Gun that's easily three time larger than a horse.
Funny sight, as the boy, not even 5'0 ft in height himself is in the middle of this, glaring at where the Arbiter is.
'I'm sorry that I won't be able fulfill our promise'
A single ring glisten on the boy's ring finger as he pushed his left hand forward.
And at the same time he doing this, all of his riggings starting to glow red, as the heat from the machine became hotter and hotter.
His riggings is made by special metal… one that become more durable the hotter it is.
*pssssst*
Steam slowly appears as the seawater under him began to get vaporized from how hot his riggings are.
Of course, he himself is fine, already used to such heat.
'Hotter… hotter!'
His blue eyes turn into predatory yellow as he channeling his dark power into his rigging.
At the same time, the yellow line on his all black attire also began to glow slightly.
From red, his riggings start to become purple as the heat mixing with his innate energy as a Siren.
*blink*
With his sensor, the boy sensed his dear Commander coming to his way.
Sadly, he also sensed that the Arbiter already shot her attack toward them.
He won't have any time to say goodbye…
*SWIIIIIIIISH*
With the speed of light, the Arbiter's attack come at him, destroying all of the Siren's ships on it's way.
No shipgirls of Azur Lane on the way, as everyone was behind him in the first place.
DARK AEGIS!
Slamming both of his hands downward, the Vice Commander of Azur Lane ordered eight of his nine riggings to gather in front of him, creating a large, purple shield that was strong enough to block several nuke attacks.
"NARUTOOOOOOOOO!"
The scream of his dear Commander calling his name ring on the boy's ears.
And this… made him smile as within seconds, the blast destroyed all of his riggings.
His riggings… and him.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
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…
When the boy opened his eyes, he's floating on the sea.
He can't feel anything but his left hand.
"Naruto!"
Ah… the sound of his dear Commander.
As his eyes drifting to close, he heard the sound of a sliding shoes (wore by shipgirls to slide across water) coming to him.
And in no time, he feel his head being cradled…
The sight is blurry, but he can still able to tell that the one cradling him has black hairs on her head topped by a hat and soft, gentle ruby eyes drowning in tears.
Commander… his adorable Commander…
"S-Sorry…"
How long has it been?
Since he was called by her?
She was but a little girl at the time, pushed with such responsibility to command the fleet of Azur Lane.
How long?
Fifteen years?
Yeah, she was eight years old when she created him after all.
Look at her now…
So big… so strong…
At the age of twenty three years old, she's the sole Commander of the grand fleet that's Azur Lane…
Azur Lane that was once nothing but a small school for newbie shipgirls she inherited from her late father.
Now?
The prideful, Royal Navy.
The loyal, Eagle Union.
The mysterious, yet beautiful, Sakura Empire.
Hell… even the dark, backstabbing, Iron Blood.
The four once great navy fleets now have vowed their loyalty to his Commander… and her alone.
Not to Azur Lane, and definitely not to those old fools calling themselves council.
But to the Commander.
"AKASHI! Someone get me Akashi and FAST!"
"…"
Don't cry…
He really want to say that… but Naruto, the Vice commander of Azur Lane can't let out any sound despite he opened his mouth.
All he can do was to wipe away her tears with his left hand. The only remaining limb he has.
She grabbed it with her own left hand, and two engagement rings meet each other. Something that make Naruto paused for a small second…
So regretful…
But he have summoned [dark aegis]. A shield that absorb and reflect two times the amount of the attack he received…
Of course, at the cost of his riggings and body receiving triple amount of the damage.
Such strong attack… there's no way he could survive this. Not even the great medic like Akashi can fix this currently crumbling body of his…
Plus, he only have ten seconds at most before his whole body crumble to dust.
Sad… but the base of his body is that of Siren. He also wasn't a human like the other shipgirls.
His body, his consciousness… everything was created by a single wisdom cube.
So when he die… he won't leave any trace at all.
He won't get any burial…
With every energy he can muster, Naruto pressed his bleeding, index finger to her forehead and created a sign of heart on it.
I love you
Is what he want to convey to her…
*sobs*
Knew what he write on her forehead, the woman start to bawl her eyes out.
And it was the last sound he heard before he lost all of his consciousness.
-?-
He is drifting.
Left, right, up and down, all Naruto see is nothing but white.
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"…"
Is this… afterlife?
Just as he wanted to call for someone, an image passed him.
Image that was pretty familiar to him.
No… this is… his memory…
The memory of his first meeting with his dear Commander.
"Y-Y-Y-You! W-w-what's your name!?"
Nude and just came out of a tube, Naruto blinked as a girl around eight years old pointing at him rather rudely.
Her cheeks is red from a mix of fear and shyness.
Behind the girl, two women with very similar constitution is narrowing their eyes at him, hands on their sword's hilts.
Their killing intent… for some reason he can felt it.
Of course, sensing this, Naruto froze in fear… and on his eyes, tears quickly gather.
He is afraid of the two…
"O-Oi! Takao! Atago! You two is scaring him!"
"Waaaaaaah!"
And once the girl screamed, Naruto began to cry. Afraid, startled, confused, and any other emotions mixes with him.
… it took the three few hours to calm him down.
Remembering this memory, a hint of smile can be seen on Naruto's face.
He was a baby at that time.
As a personification of warship, a destroyer type, he had a body of that of petite, young human. Takao said he look like a twelve years old, adorable boy in appearance.
He was born like that, and time won't make him grow.
However, before he can delve deeper into his own memory land, another image passed him.
This one… made his smile a little bit wry.
Queen Elizabeth, the ruler of Royal Navy, guarded by her loyal bodyguard, Warspite and the head of her maid, Belfast.
Nagato, the ruler of Sakura Empire, guarded by two chaotic, yet infamous sister, Akagi and Kaga.
Enterprise, the leader and Hero of the Eagle Union, guarded by calm looking St. Louis and serious looking Baltimore.
Bismark, the undisputed General of whole Iron Blood fleet, guarded by her own sister, Tirpitz, and the infamous warmonger, Graf Zeppelin.
And lastly, the only human in the room, dubbed as the 'Commander', guarded by the twin Takao and Atago.
And beside the commander, he's standing calmly… his yellow, predatory eyes is looking around the room with pure confusion.
Of course, his race isn't something that none of them missed.
No matter how japanese his name and kitsune-like whiskers marks are. His yellow, predatory eyes and aura simply scream 'SIREN' at them.
"Commander, what's the meaning of this?"
Ignoring one of the leader asking the Commander that question, Naruto found himself walking to Akagi's place… his eyes going to left and right, following the movement of her nine, reddish brown tails waving around.
Of course, the others eyes is also following him.
Some with glee, some with distrust, some with hate, and some with amusement.
That day… Naruto remember that at the end of the day, everyone was screaming at each other. Some rejecting his existence and demanded for his head before he can become dangerous, while some supporting him and praised for the Commander to be able to create a great asset for her fleet.
Which… ended up to a voting session on what they should do with him.
The session took around few hours because the Iron blood wanted him for themselves and believed that they could bring out all of his potential with their advance technologies.
In the end?
He was to graduate from the school just like other normal kid like him….
"Ah… memories"
Hundred upon hundred memories then passed Naruto. Each making him smiles softly in remembrance…
The first day of school…
The initial distrust toward him for being a Siren.
His first introduction… and how the whole class laughed after he said his dream loudly…
To become the greatest Commander of Azur Lane ( it was only later after that day he knew that only human are allowed to become Commander, which made him blush in embarrassment).
His first friend in school, Ayanami and her circle…
His very first group mission to check on the nearby island ( mock mission, actually).
His very first battle against Siren and how badly it ended up for him…
So many memories, bad and good passed him… and at the end of the day, he's consent of what he did in his last moments.
Died protecting his lover and family… it's something that he can take pride on, despite his heart cries in sadness for leaving his soon to be wife.
Just as he thinking like this, the Vice-Commander of Azur Lane fleet was blinded by a white light… and in no times, he disappeared from the white room.
-?-
Gasp!
The boy jerked upward as he took a rather large intake of air into his lungs.
Where…. Where is this?
Sitting, Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watches the surrounding.
The white room... it doesn't feel familiar.
This room, it feels like those hospital that his Commander went to when she gotten herself hurt.
This is… a room for human.
CRACK!
The whole bed he's on was destroyed the moment he clenches his palm on it, turning it into nothing but a scrap of iron and softness.
He's dead…
He felt it from the way of his soul screamed in pain and let go of his body.
He felt it as he can no longer sense the warmth of his Commander's embrace on his body.
Which mean… right now he's not on earth. As there's yet any technology advanced enough to revive a Siren…
… except for the Siren themselves.
"…"
Standing up, Naruto feel his body scream in pain in obvious attempt to tell him to get back to rest.
But he ignores this and simply walked to the door…
"… And I told you, he will be alright Doc, I'm sure of it"
Just as he wanted to went outside, the door was opened. And coming in from it, one old man and one middle aged man is walking side by side.
The middle aged man is using a Doctor like attire… which make Naruto take a conclusion that it is his job in this place.
As for the old man…
He's a human… nothing wrong with his sensor, however, he can't help but to sense overwhelming aura from him.
It as if… he's some kind of warrior.
"Naruto, my boy… you've awake"
Relief, happiness and kindness is radiating from the old man as he said this.
Though, just as the man seem to want to hug him, Naruto stopped him with his palm, his eyes narrowing in no nonsense look…
"Who the hell are you?"
Shock, disbelief, and sudden anger then appear on the old man's face.
And as he feel like this, Hiruzen focused his attention to the doctor in the room.
"D-Doc… tell me what's happening"
Naruto doesn't really know what's happening, but his silence is gold as he heard so many information from the so called doctor.
It seems his full name is 'Naruto Uzumaki' and because of 'accident' happened few weeks ago, he was declared as coma.
And also, his 'amnesia' seemed to have come from his own trauma and inner refusal to remember said accident, as no wound is present on his head, thus, scratching off the head trauma idea.
Strange… as he clearly remember the fact that his name is Naruto and he's the Vice-Commander of Azur Lane fleet.
Huh…
Something's definitely fishy.
But he also knew both of those man isn't lying, and the deep care from the old man to him is not false.
His sensor can detect heartbeat of human, after all. Thus he can feel it when any of them dare to lie to his face.
And the man is yet to lie at the moment.
"Dog!"
"Sir"
Naruto's lips parted, impressed when a human wearing dog like mask appeared right in front of him after the old man called him.
"Escort Naruto-kun to his apartment to rest… he must be overwhelmed with so many information, as he just woke up not long ago. I will continue converse with our Doctor here for now"
"Yes sir"
No hesitation, no question… such a good warrior this old man has under him.
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Though, Naruto was definitely confused as after the man with dog mask touched his shoulder, they suddenly appeared in front of a rather run down apartment.
So fast!
He just… blinked! And now they're already in front of this place!
Impressive…
Really, these human color him impressive and interesting.
"We're here, Uzumaki-san… though I wonder, do you remember this place?"
There's a hint of melancholy and regret on the man's voice, which make Naruto conclude that he and this person probably had some sort of past with each other.
… Not that he remember though, as he was created by his dear Commander without having any memories except some sort of deep rooted fear and anger for human race.
His dear Commander said it was probably his Siren nature, and he believed her.
But now?
It seem his past is more complicated than what they thought at first.
"I don't… I remember none of this run down place"
Naruto said, bluntly.
In his mind, his bedroom beside Commander's bedroom is something befitted of a royalty… with pokemon dolls and games laying around with no coordination.
Something that made Atago angry sometimes, but hey… he was a child.
That… and he just love games of all kind.
So this run down place is something that easily made him flinch in small amount of disgust.
"I see. You should rest for now… tomorrow, your teacher will come to get you"
"… Teacher?"
The fuck now?
He graduated from Warship Academy with the highest scores overall.
And this man told him that tomorrow he's going to go to Academy, again?
"Yeah, you're yet to graduate from your class when you got into that accident. So, you really need to catch up to everything once again"
There's some bitterness and regret when the man said 'accident', solidifying his idea that he and this man probably some kind of past.
A rather close one too it seems…
"Wonderful…"
Sarcasm in his tone, Naruto in the end opened the door to his former house and immediately found his nose scrunched in disgust from the overwhelming smell.
"Double wonderful…"
Today's going to be a stupid night.
First he died.
Second, he saw all of his memories inside some kind of limbo.
And now, he found himself awake in a world filled with some kind of ninja warriors.
Actually…
Triple wonderful…
And yes. That's a sarcasm too.
-Tomorrow-
"You don't look like a ninja to me"
As the sun came up, Naruto went outside of his so called house when he heard someone knocked on his door.
He saw an old man with terrifying aura.
He saw a man with dog mask with such speed.
But he expected more from a person that supposedly trained so many ninja graduates.
Not this… weak looking person…
"Ahaha, and you've totally went one hundred and eighty, Naruto"
The man has his brown hairs tied in a ponytail. And rather large scar went from his left cheek to his right, as if something had cut his nose horizontally once.
Hmm…
For him to be able to dodged such attack, he might be powerful despite his unassuming looks.
"That's good to know"
Naruto said emotionlessly… now he knew that prior to his coma, the people seem to see him as hyperactive child.
Huh… he can't recall such a thing. As even back when he was at Warship academy, he was a rather calm, but still crybaby ship.
"Anyway, let's go… your friends kept worrying over you when you were in coma"
Friends?
Now that's a food for a thought.
He has friends here?
"Sure…"
He defeated hundred upon hundred monsters calling themselves Siren. He laughed evilly as he told his sisters to rain fire.
And he ripped hundreds meter ships with nothing but his bare hands.
Repeating class?
This should be easy.
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…
"They're kids"
Naruto said, deadpanned as he standing in front of his supposedly former classroom.
Warship personification like him and his sisters back in Azur Lane can't age.
They may look young… but some of those shipgirls can be actually as old as hundred years old.
His sensei… Mikasa for example.
She's easily one of the oldest shipgirl, as she's senior even among all of the ships came from Sakura Empire.
The Empire that has been standing for more than four hundred years.
"What are you talking about now, Naruto? Of course they're kid… you too actually"
Oh yeah…
He's Naruto Uzumaki now isn't he?
"Go on… reintroduce yourself"
Problematic… but in the end, he can't do anything for now until he gain more information.
But still…
"My name…"
Taking a step forward, Naruto puffed his chest toward his classmates, his eyes narrowing dangerously.
He was a Vice-Commander of a great fleet.
They may be a peak of humanity… but he won't let himself got underestimated by those tiny humans in front of him.
He hate humans… whether it because of his Siren nature or because of other thing, he doesn't care.
He hate them…
And so, he hate them, easy.
"… My name is Naruto, the great Vice-Commander of Azur Lane grand fleet. Nice to meet all of you"
Of course, his dear, lovely Commander kept nagging him to be polite and always smacked his head when he became too rude in her eyes.
So despite his hate, Naruto chose to be polite to these humans in front of him.
And also, they doesn't seem like those humans from his earth.
"Hahaha! What's up with that Naruto? You got into long dream when you're in coma or something?"
"…"
Naruto glared at the dog boy screamed that, but without any weight on it.
Dream?
Did he really dreaming?
No… he can sense his ever active sensor rigging. And he can also feels the nine, slumbering riggings inside him, ready to be unleashed upon the world.
They are part of him.
The fact he's up and almost fully healed, his nine true riggings also regenerated from their destroyed state.
He's going to try summon some later to make sure this 'dream' idea get scratched as fast as possible.
"Now now, don't get yourself into a fight right after you just awake… you need to rest your body more, Naruto. anyway, you can choose your own chair, some is empty because some of the parents pulled back their children"
"Tch"
Heard the words of his teacher, Naruto tch-ed and nodded, then walk to the only empty chair near the window.
Though… there's a girl sitting on the left side ( which is the chair beside the window) while the right side is the one being empty.
"…"
Standing, Naruto stares at the girl with a rather blank blue eyes, which made the girl's cheeks gaining pink patches within a second.
"Can I have the chair near the window… please?"
He didn't forget to put please there, fortunately. Less his head gonna get whacked by Kaga, Atago or Commander.
Seeing this, the teacher's head vein pop angrily.
"Narutooooo! There's many other empty seats! Don't bother Hin-"
"N-N-No! Iruka sensei… it's a-alright if it f-for Naruto-kun"
Quickly, the girl went and sit on the right seat after she took all of her books and things.
"Thanks… Shiro"
Shiro mean white, and the girl has a rather endearing white orbs in her sockets. And so, he called her that as he took the seat for himself and start to look outside, watching the trees surrounding the building and the birds on them.
Unknown to him, the girl passed out with face so red after he gave her a nickname.
And thus… his education begin again.
-Later-
"Come on Naruto, I know you were dumb… but this is really take the cake"
Now outside for 'practice', Naruto expected some animal hunting or something more dark, seeing this is a school for ninja.
But instead, he's facing against a target dummy at most merely twenty meters away from him, some… four, pointed irons is on his hands.
What's their name again?
Shuriken?
Yeah, those.
Of course, tell him to destroy the mountain… easy. Tell him to split the sky, easy.
But this?
Thud
"These weapon are dumbs…"
Right after he threw one of these shuriken, the thing landed two meters away from him. Not even stabbing on the ground.
Yeah… he suck at this it seems.
And the dog boy keep pestering him, along with the others laughing at him from their own places.
Stupid… they should just focus on their own dummies.
"Come on Naruto, use the stance I taught you just now, and you also need to hold the shuriken correctly"
Its not about the way of holding, honestly.
"This thing are too light"
After he said that, Naruto waved his hand once again and threw the shuriken, only for it to flew to his left and landed on the ground near Kiba… the dog boy.
"Haaay! Bastard! That's dangerous!"
As the dog boy screamed again and again, Naruto ignores him in favor of his own teacher that giving him a rather confused look.
"What do you mean, too light?"
"It just too light… I can't feel the weight at all"
And if he can't feel the weight, there's no way he can get into the 'zone' for throwing.
"Now that's ridiculous, Naruto. One shuriken weight around fifth of pound. Unless your muscles are so developed, or that your nerves are gone, I'm pretty sure you should be able to feel the weight"
Ignoring the man that becoming too worried about his health, Naruto walked to a rather large boulder and tapped on it with his index finger a little.
This should be enough to prove his point, right?
"Hey, how heavy this boulder is?"
"That one? Well, it wa-"
Just as Iruka wanted to said something to him, the dog boy once again began to pester him…
And this time, Naruto closed his eyes and let out a rather heavy sigh.
This boy began to get on his nerves.
"C'mon Naruto, stop daydreaming and wake up. There's no way you can lift that monster of r-"
Swish!
BANG!
It was quick.
As if it was nothing but a pebble on the street, Naruto lift the whole boulder and threw it at the dummy behind Kiba, destroying the whole thing and few trees behind it.
Though, the throw was so close that it almost hit the boy… which made the dog boy now sitting on the ground with wide eyes.
And the whole class also become silent from his deed…
"Next time you bark, make sure your words is not pointed at me, dog. Do you understand?"
Naruto was patient enough that the first jab toward him is now forgotten.
But if the doggy really want it, he's so going to beat him senseless without second thought.
With the words said, Naruto once again refocus his gaze toward his so called teacher.
"Anyway… is there any heavier of these… Sharukan or something?"
"It's… shuriken. And no, from my knowledge, heaviest hand shuriken was around one hundred and fifty pound at most. But from the fact you can threw that boulder… I think you won't be able to feel the weight all the same"
The poor guy is confused. Naruto can see it on his eyes.
Fortunately, he wasn't freaked out by it. Which mean, some ninja he knew should be also able to do the same.
Huh… these humans really is impressive.
"So?"
He asked, because this kind of training are just too boring to him, and thus, he expect the man to exclude him from this kind of training right here, right now.
Including all the shuriken training in the future of course.
"So… you continue until you get the grasp of it of course. Get to it, I'll need to talk to Hokage-sama about something, and I don't want to see you being lazy when I got back"
Blankly, Naruto stares at the Iruka.
Though the man simply ignored him in favor of doing that teleport technique that dog once used along with him.
Few minutes staring into nothing but air, in the end naruto took the shurikens around him and start to throwing it one by one.
Of course, he's doing it without any vigor at all.
… this is so stupid.
-In the hokage office-
"Hokage-sama… About Naruto…"
Once Iruka arrived on the office of the Hokage, he immediately went to the main concern.
"Yes. I was watching, Iruka-kun"
It was then, Iruka realize that the orb in front of the old man is currently set to watch Naruto that throwing shurikens without any energy.
Geez… such active boy he is.
"I've sent Jiraiya to Naruto's apartment last night. And he said the seal is safe and in perfect condition"
"Which mean…"
The two man was silent after that little piece of information.
"Yes, which mean, Naruto didn't use Kyuubi's chakra when he threw that rock… actually, even from here, I didn't see him using his own chakra"
The boy probably also forgot the existence of chakra itself.
But the question is, how is he able to become so strong after he woke up from his coma?
"But… but that's impossible, Hokage-sama"
Hell, even Guy, one of the most strongest ninja alive in Konoha unconsciously enhance his body with chakra when he train and fight.
"I think it's possible… if Naruto we all knew were hiding his strength all along"
That put the two into silent, seeing another presence coming from the window.
"Jiraiya"
"Lord Jiraiya"
The usually goofy man look serious however. And his eyes is currently sharpening toward the Hokage.
"Now tell me, sensei… I told you to protect him, didn't I? so what with this accident that not only make him amnesia, but also the fact that he was hiding his strength from the village he supposedly to love"
His anger is mostly pointed to his own former sensei.
He was doing his usual job, going here and there, using his spy network to protect Naruto from outside factor.
Now imagine his surprise, when he was called back because Naruto got into accident and got himself into a coma for damn months!
Last night, he was holding back the question because his worry for her godson was heavier than his curiosity.
But now?
His anger come out.
"Jiraiya, calm down… I know the village was at fault. But Minato wouldn't want us to angry at them for s-"
"HE WOULDN'T WANT US TO ANGRY AT THEM BECAUSE HE WOULD'VE KILL THEM HIMSELF AFTER THEY HURT HIS GODAMN SON!"
As he heard something that he's sure he supposedly not hear, Iruka widen his eyes.
Naruto… that loudmouthed Naruto… is the son of their late leader?
Then again. Blue eyes, yellow hairs… how many people had those traits?
Except Yamanaka… none.
Now Iruka feel so stupid and angry for treating Naruto like an outcast years ago. Yeah, he already repent and treat the boy as himself, but it still regretful.
"You… what's your name?"
Calmed down somewhat after he vented, Jiraiya called on Iruka with a calm look on his face.
On his seat, Hiruzen is having a regretful look on his face.
"I-Iruka, sir!"
"Good, Iruka… tell me what's strange about Naruto after he woke up"
Calmly, yet slightly fearfully, Iruka told the infamous Jiraiya of what happened in his class.
From Naruto's strange reintroduction and his strange boost of power.
At the end of Iruka's explanation, Jiraiya took the seat on the window and let out a sad smile.
"I see…"
Seeing this on his student's face, Hiruzen dared himself to ask.
"Do you know something, Jiraiya?"
"Yeah…"
Still angry, but also know that deep down, Hiruzen also cares deeply for Naruto's wellbeing, in the end Jiraiya chose to forgive the man and tell him what he knew.
"Did you know, Minato and Kushina sealed a small part of their souls in Kyuubi's seal just so that they can see their son when he grew up?"
"That, I didn't know"
Hiruzen and Iruka was speechless. And among the two, the old man know just how painful it was to cut own soul, even if only a little.
"… The pieces of their souls are no longer there. I believe, the 'accident' forced them to awake. And because they wasn't able to do anything to the outside world, they chose the next best thing… they sent Naruto's soul to other world by sacrificing themselves once again after his body went to unconscious, thus, he was in coma"
The coma state was not because of his injuries, as Jinchuriki would've fully recover any injuries within days, but because his soul aren't there, or at least, the large chunk of it.
It's impossible to not make his body dying without leaving at least small amount of soul, after all.
"But for Kyuubi to stay locked, Minato probably cut small part of Naruto's soul to be the lock of the seal… the soul that held his memories of this village"
Thus, after the boy awake, he lost all of his memories about this place as his soul and memories is still being used to lock the gate of Kyuubi and can't get back to Naruto's body without the boy opening the gate by himself.
"… That's a lot of assumption you've there, Jiraiya"
Hiruzen can believe if his student said that Minato and Kushina left small part of their souls on Naruto and that both is no longer there.
But everything except that?
It sound like a bullshit.
"That's alright… it's not like I care about your opinion or whatever anymore, after all"
Minato is his apprentice, his star student and also his son.
He knew how the boy think and would act in some situation.
If his teacher can't believe it?
Well, it's not his problem.
Sigh
"Let's say I believe what you said, Jiraiya. Then please tell me why Naruto's soul come back after all this time?"
It's been more than three months since Naruto went into coma, such a long time that he almost gave up and can only prayed to gods.
Anyway, his student is thickheaded, he can't be thickheaded too if he want Jiraiya's forgiveness.
"That…"
Here, Jiraiya had a rather uncomfortable face. But nonetheless, both of the Hokage and Iruka keep waiting…
.
..
"… I believe, in the other side, he died"
-With Naruto-
He don't like failing. But most of all, he doesn't like to be underestimated.
He was throwing shuriken when this boy with duck-butt like hairs came at him with haughty aura around him.
Dobe, the boy called him.
And for some reason, Naruto found himself getting triggered by him and really want to strangle him till his face become as blue as his attire.
"Uchiga teme"
That's what his heart wanted to say, and thus, Naruto said it.
Around him, the other students whispering each other, saying that it was something else for him to remember the blue boy despite having amnesia.
"You little! You wanna go at it!?"
And the blue boy attacked him just like that, and the two in the end is rolling on the grass, pulling each other's hairs.
Strange…
As much as he hate human, for some reason Naruto found himself doesn't hate this boy.
That, and deep down, he strangely feel that this boy pulling his hairs supposedly act cool and not ferocious like this.
It as if… he was missing his presence…
Rival… his heart scream at him.
And it was here, Naruto realize before he went to coma, this blue boy probably is his rival and friend… a partner.
Sadly for the boy though, he's far stronger than any ninjas right now.
"Uchiwa teme"
"Its Uchiha! Damnit!"
And the two keep rolling on the grass after that, pulling hairs for Naruto and punching for the blue boy.
Why Naruto won't punch?
Well, he can break apart hundreds meter ship with a single punch… so why don't you answer him your own question on why he won't punch the boy?
He had a friend ( that white eyed girl was nice to him and kept glancing at him at class)
He had rival ( stupid Uchira)
And he had some ninjas that cares about his condition.
All in all, it seems Naruto Uzumaki had a good life before he went into coma.
Of course… no one can replace his dear Commander in his heart.
Naruto Uzumaki can have the whole earth of this world and he still won't even care.
His Commander is his everything. And he will learn about those ninja and their techniques ( hopefully, there's some time and space jutsu or something like that) to be stronger and start searching the world whether there's a way to get back to his commander's earth.
If he can't find any? Impossible.
The fact he went there in the first place prove there's some way to go there. He will find it, believe it!
like it or love it? do please say it in the review sections.
as for pairing, for now, I will keep the Commander, though her appearance is not something I've decide. do vote for who you want her to be.
now, for the question... do you guys want this story to be single pairing or harem?
I don't mind whichever it is. however, if you guys want harem, who would you want for pairing?
please vote for...
Commander identity:
and
Harem girls:
though I honestly rather want Kurumi from date a live if none of you vote for her identity.
anyway, Me out
cyao~