Chapter 2
Kakashi couldn't believe it. The 4th had an older brother. Not only that but the 4th was a legendary Sun-nin. As Kakashi heard the story he began to understand. The 4th was an Uzumaki. He also was Naruto's father. Rukani was the 4th's older brother, making Torun Naruto's cousin. Also Kimiko was a Hyuga, who was thought to have died 13 years ago when Kyubi destroyed Hidden Sun Village.
Now he understood why Naruto had been chosen. The Demon-Fox was an Uzumaki adopted by Rukani and the 4th's parents, who had reared him like their own son. When they died protecting him an assassin, in his fury, he had killed everyone except the Uzumaki clan and those it had sheltered. Later, another attempt killed of most of the remaining Uzumakis.
Earlier that year an exchange program had been started, and two leaf leaf- nins from the two most powerful clans had come with their wives to live there. Sun Village had sent Rukani and the 4th to Leaf Village. Only the Leaf and Sun Hokages had known about the exchange, and both of them had died that same year protecting their villages. So all the knowledge of the exchange program disappeared, and the Hidden Sun Village became a legend, shrouded with mystery.
When Kyubi attacked Leaf Village he was trying to get at the assassins, who had flown there, to kill the remainder of the Uzumaki clan. But he had killed them. Yet now he was trapped, trapped within the one he was protecting. And now he was going to be released, if he wanted to.
"Crap!" swore Kakashi. "I sent him to chase Sasuke. So you're telling me that the Akastuki is hunting all the Uzumakis trying to capture Kyubi?"
"Basically. They want to insert him into the next child they get their hands on and raise a super fighter. Fortunately we have been able to stop them, but they now know about Naruto so we came here to protect him. I was hoping to release Kyubi, since he will only listen to an Uzumaki, and we grew up together, so he should know who I am," answered Rukani.
Suddenly a burst of chakra caught their attention.
"Oh crap," Kakashi looked over to the Hokage's seat. He wasn't there. "Dammit, they have the Hokage, we have to rescue him."
He got up and started to run to the place where he felt the blast. Why had he shunned teleportation as a useless skill? Suddenly he was seeing the ground from far higher up then possible. He felt the wind against his face as he sped towards the ground, he looked and saw that Rukani had grabbed him and was moving at speeds beyond human ability. The three Genins were easily keeping pace.
'Holy..., who the hell are these people,' he thought as they hit the ground only to deflect the force of the landing into another jump. Heading directly at a fire force field.
"Oh fu-" The wind was knocked out of Kakashi's lungs as they cam to a sudden stop. The Jounin and his three Genin were using their chakra to stand on the force field.
"That's not possible. Chakra can't be channeled so as to stick to chakra. Only solid objects," said a very disbelieving Kakashi.
Rukani smiled. "Who said we were using chakra to stand here." He back- flipped down onto the roof and put Kakashi down. "Torun, Kimiko, go help the leaf-nin. Tishimori, use your chakra ghost and penetrate the enemy's shield."
"Yes, Rukani-Sensei!" yelled the three in unison, and quickly started on their tasks.
Kakashi mused, "Wish I had such obedient students."
"Trust me they took a while to learn their lesson," said a laughing Rukani.
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"Oh crapola. How the hell are we going to kill something that big?" asked Kimiko.
"Easy, watch," Torun charged a full rasengan in each hand. "Nijuu Rasengan Shot!"
The balls of pure brilliance flew with astounding speed. They entered the snake through both eyes and met in the middle, blasting a huge hole in the snake's forehead. All the nin stopped and looked at the newcomers.
"Who the hell," said a fat guy with swirls on his cheeks.
"Which of you weirdoes want to die first?" asked Kimiko. "No preference? Well that can be arranged. SPIKE BLAST!!" A mass of shurikens sawed holes in the bodies of the nearest sound-nin.
"Oh crap," swore a sound-nin. He turned and crouched to jump but his feet never left the ground. His last thought was 'why are my legs up there' as his upper body fell from the roof.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu." Fifty Toruns now occupied the roofs.
"As my friend said, who wants to die first?" All the Bunshins charged two rasengans. The sound-nin turned and fled. Of the 500 to attack about 400 were killed by the duo. Only 15 made it out alive and none had all their body parts. Torun smiled and fainted, he had used an enormous amount of his Chakra. The leaf-nin cheered. The village was safe, and all thanks to two young Genin.
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Kakashi looked into the shield, but couldn't see anything. The whole area was covered with bushes and trees. Tishimori came back and reported.
"Orochimaru is there, and so is the 3rd. It doesn't look good though. The 3rd is exhausted and snake-eyes summoned two other guys from the dead."
Rukani thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing we can do right now so let's clean up the garbage."
"What! We can't leave the 3rd in there. We have to rescue him," said Kakashi.
Suddenly the field dropped and the bushes disappeared. As the three ran into the battlefield they saw Orochimaru disappear with five other figures. The 3rd was lying on the ground dead.
"No, it can't be..." Kakashi's voice drifted away.
"Only one thing can be done now. We can wish for his spirit to see the road to heaven. Solar Flare!" Rukani shot a golden ball of chakra into the air. It exploded in a brilliant flash. The Hokage's face was seen in the clouds. Then the wind swept the image away.
Kakashi couldn't believe it. The 4th had an older brother. Not only that but the 4th was a legendary Sun-nin. As Kakashi heard the story he began to understand. The 4th was an Uzumaki. He also was Naruto's father. Rukani was the 4th's older brother, making Torun Naruto's cousin. Also Kimiko was a Hyuga, who was thought to have died 13 years ago when Kyubi destroyed Hidden Sun Village.
Now he understood why Naruto had been chosen. The Demon-Fox was an Uzumaki adopted by Rukani and the 4th's parents, who had reared him like their own son. When they died protecting him an assassin, in his fury, he had killed everyone except the Uzumaki clan and those it had sheltered. Later, another attempt killed of most of the remaining Uzumakis.
Earlier that year an exchange program had been started, and two leaf leaf- nins from the two most powerful clans had come with their wives to live there. Sun Village had sent Rukani and the 4th to Leaf Village. Only the Leaf and Sun Hokages had known about the exchange, and both of them had died that same year protecting their villages. So all the knowledge of the exchange program disappeared, and the Hidden Sun Village became a legend, shrouded with mystery.
When Kyubi attacked Leaf Village he was trying to get at the assassins, who had flown there, to kill the remainder of the Uzumaki clan. But he had killed them. Yet now he was trapped, trapped within the one he was protecting. And now he was going to be released, if he wanted to.
"Crap!" swore Kakashi. "I sent him to chase Sasuke. So you're telling me that the Akastuki is hunting all the Uzumakis trying to capture Kyubi?"
"Basically. They want to insert him into the next child they get their hands on and raise a super fighter. Fortunately we have been able to stop them, but they now know about Naruto so we came here to protect him. I was hoping to release Kyubi, since he will only listen to an Uzumaki, and we grew up together, so he should know who I am," answered Rukani.
Suddenly a burst of chakra caught their attention.
"Oh crap," Kakashi looked over to the Hokage's seat. He wasn't there. "Dammit, they have the Hokage, we have to rescue him."
He got up and started to run to the place where he felt the blast. Why had he shunned teleportation as a useless skill? Suddenly he was seeing the ground from far higher up then possible. He felt the wind against his face as he sped towards the ground, he looked and saw that Rukani had grabbed him and was moving at speeds beyond human ability. The three Genins were easily keeping pace.
'Holy..., who the hell are these people,' he thought as they hit the ground only to deflect the force of the landing into another jump. Heading directly at a fire force field.
"Oh fu-" The wind was knocked out of Kakashi's lungs as they cam to a sudden stop. The Jounin and his three Genin were using their chakra to stand on the force field.
"That's not possible. Chakra can't be channeled so as to stick to chakra. Only solid objects," said a very disbelieving Kakashi.
Rukani smiled. "Who said we were using chakra to stand here." He back- flipped down onto the roof and put Kakashi down. "Torun, Kimiko, go help the leaf-nin. Tishimori, use your chakra ghost and penetrate the enemy's shield."
"Yes, Rukani-Sensei!" yelled the three in unison, and quickly started on their tasks.
Kakashi mused, "Wish I had such obedient students."
"Trust me they took a while to learn their lesson," said a laughing Rukani.
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"Oh crapola. How the hell are we going to kill something that big?" asked Kimiko.
"Easy, watch," Torun charged a full rasengan in each hand. "Nijuu Rasengan Shot!"
The balls of pure brilliance flew with astounding speed. They entered the snake through both eyes and met in the middle, blasting a huge hole in the snake's forehead. All the nin stopped and looked at the newcomers.
"Who the hell," said a fat guy with swirls on his cheeks.
"Which of you weirdoes want to die first?" asked Kimiko. "No preference? Well that can be arranged. SPIKE BLAST!!" A mass of shurikens sawed holes in the bodies of the nearest sound-nin.
"Oh crap," swore a sound-nin. He turned and crouched to jump but his feet never left the ground. His last thought was 'why are my legs up there' as his upper body fell from the roof.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu." Fifty Toruns now occupied the roofs.
"As my friend said, who wants to die first?" All the Bunshins charged two rasengans. The sound-nin turned and fled. Of the 500 to attack about 400 were killed by the duo. Only 15 made it out alive and none had all their body parts. Torun smiled and fainted, he had used an enormous amount of his Chakra. The leaf-nin cheered. The village was safe, and all thanks to two young Genin.
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Kakashi looked into the shield, but couldn't see anything. The whole area was covered with bushes and trees. Tishimori came back and reported.
"Orochimaru is there, and so is the 3rd. It doesn't look good though. The 3rd is exhausted and snake-eyes summoned two other guys from the dead."
Rukani thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing we can do right now so let's clean up the garbage."
"What! We can't leave the 3rd in there. We have to rescue him," said Kakashi.
Suddenly the field dropped and the bushes disappeared. As the three ran into the battlefield they saw Orochimaru disappear with five other figures. The 3rd was lying on the ground dead.
"No, it can't be..." Kakashi's voice drifted away.
"Only one thing can be done now. We can wish for his spirit to see the road to heaven. Solar Flare!" Rukani shot a golden ball of chakra into the air. It exploded in a brilliant flash. The Hokage's face was seen in the clouds. Then the wind swept the image away.