Rurouni Shinobi
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Disclaimer: The Pheox clan does not own Naruto.
Summary: What if Naruto wasn't from the Leaf? What if he was from the Cloud? What if Kyuubi attacked the Cloud instead of the Leaf but STILL got stuck inside Naruto? At the age of 12 Naruto is forced to leave the Hidden Cloud village, and he brings someone with him. 5 years later at the age of 17, and living a life as a rurouni he finds himself in the middle of a war between the Leaf and the Sound. (AU)
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Chapter 3: Insult-no-jutsu?
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After a night of little sleep, Naruto and Sierra slowly began to travel again. Naruto carefully and securely wrapped Sierra's ankle in a homemade cast, and put ice on it the night before.
Naruto was helping to support Sierra as she walked, with an arm around her waist, and her arm around his neck.
They both agreed last night that it would be safer to put some distance between themselves and the battle area just in case people started asking them questions.
They walked/stumbled in silence for a couple of hours, until it was broken by Sierra.
"I'm sorry," Sierra apologized.
"For what," Turquoise eyes study the injured female.
"I should have noticed what he was doing, I should've dodged that jutsu."
"If I had a penny for every time you apologized for being a klutz," Naruto laughed. "I'd be the richest shinobi alive!"
"I TRY to say sorry and you insult me!"Sierra argued.
"With good reason! There was nothing that you could've done; you don't need to apologize, okay? So drop it."
Sierra pouted. "Whatever."
They continued on until dusk when they stopped for dinner. Naruto once again gathered food, water, and firewood while Sierra watched, sitting against a tree.
While the hares cooked, Naruto once again went to inspect Sierra's ankle. He took of the boot and looked at it. It looked bigger then it had yesterday, if that was even possible. The colour hadn't changed much, except now it had a tinge of yellow and green in it.
"We really need to get this checked," Naruto said pouring some water into a smaller bucket. He then used an ice jutsu to freeze the water. Naruto took the now frozen water out of the bucket and wrapped it in a towel, before gently placing it on Sierra's ankle. "That should reduce some of the swelling." He too then sat down next to the female.
"Where's the next village?" Sierra asked.
Naruto took a small map out of one of the packs, that he and Sierra always carried, and took a good look at it, before replying "A ninja village, the village hidden in the leaves, Konoha."
"Oh great." Sierra muttered sarcastically. "Just great! I thought we try to avoid any and all ninja villages."
"But your ankle needs medical attention. A ninja village will have better doctors than any other village."
"But..."
"Be sensible," Naruto growled. "You can hardly walk on that ankle! And if we don't do something soon, it's going to get worse, and you know it!"
Sierra didn't answer. There was no need to. Naruto just spoke his opinion, and Sierra knew he was right.
Naruto took off the ice and wrapped Sierra's ankle securely. Then he and Sierra ate the cooked hares in silence. Both of them were think about what they should do.
"Now," Naruto said successfully breaking the silence. "Lets get some sleep since we didn't get any last night."
Naruto then pulled out a blanket from his pack and went to sleep.
Sierra didn't feel tired. She pulled out her blanket from her pack and leaned against a tree, but she knew sleep would not come to her tonight. She snuggled into her blanket and stared at the burning fire, reminding her of her old team and friends, her home, and of her family.
For the rest of the night Sierra and stared at the fire. The beautiful and deadly blaze reminding her of memories that she'd rather forget.
The next morning Naruto woke up and found Sierra staring at the charred logs that used to be the fire.
The fire had gone out earlier that morning, but Sierra kept staring, lost in her memories.
Naruto got up and kneeled next to Sierra.
"Sierra," Naruto spoke softly, placing a hand on Sierra's shoulder.
Sierra jumped lightly, before she looked towards Naruto.
"I didn't hear you get up." Sierra said startled. Though she managed a small grin, her eyes betrayed the sadness that she felt in her heart.
"Are you okay?" Naruto asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Sierra said starting to cheer up a bit. "I just toke a little trip down memory lane."
"Fine," Naruto said standing up. "I'll get everything organized and then we can be on our way."
Sierra packed everything up, while Naruto got rid of any traces that they were there.
Sierra put her pack on her back and stood up, using the tree as support.
Naruto put on his own pack and tied on his katana. He once again put his arm around Sierra's waist and they were off. This time with a destination: Konoha.
"Here they come!" A leaf shinobi yelled, as he watched a row of sound shinobi descend down a hill towards them.
They had managed to hold them off for about a year, but their forces were quickly diminishing and being pushed back. Now their last line of defence was standing in a line just outside of their village's wall.
"STAND STRONG! THEY WILL NOT GET PAST US AND INTO THE VILLAGE!" A woman with light blonde hair and giant breasts yelled. "WE WILL PROTECT KONOHA AND EVERYTHING PRECIOUS TO US WITH OUR LIVES! WE WILL NOT LET OUR COMRADES SACRIFICES BE IN VAIN!"
This woman, who gave all of her shinobi strength and courage, has once again rekindled their dying flames of hope, and now that small flame quickly grew into a raging inferno. This woman gave the shinobi a Konoha a reason to believe. She is Tsunade. Fifth Hokage of the village hidden among the leaves.
"Always the sentimental one Tsunade," A reptilian voice said. "Just like that old fool of a sensei."
"Orochimaru," Tsunade growled.
The sound troops stopped at the bottom of the hill, their numbers easily tripled that of the leaf shinobis. A tall man with long jet-black hair stepped forward.
The reptilian voice belonged to this man. "And look what happened to him."
"Blazing Glory-no-jutsu!" Another voice yelled as a wall of fire engulfed and killed a quarter of Orochimaru's army.
In front of Orochimaru stood two people, backs to the leaf shinobis, one shorter than the other, one girl one boy, one brunette one blonde, Sierra and Naruto.
"Oh look!" Naruto exclaimed. "It's SNAKE-BOY!"[1]
"Who would have guessed?!" Sierra announced. "What havoc are you causing this time?"
"See!" Naruto said grinning to Sierra. "I told you that attacked would work!"
"Buffoon," Sierra muttered.
"What was that?!" Naruto screamed.
"You heard me APE!" Sierra argued back.
Everyone sweat-dropped at the conversation going on between the two shinobis. Everyone that is, except for Orochimaru.
'OH NO!' Orochimaru thought nervously. "Not these two, anyone but these two'
"Elephant!" Sierra yelled.
"Ostrich!" Naruto countered.
"Fire!" Sierra yelled stretching her hand towards Orochimaru.
"Lightning!" Naruto yelled stretching his hand towards Orochimaru.
Nothing happened. Everything has silent until...
"MORON!" Sierra yelled at the blonde. "I TOLD YOU TO USE FIRE!"
"I TOLD YOU TO USE LIGHTNING!" Naruto yelled back.
"FIRE!"
"LIGHTNING!"
"FIRE!"
"LIGHTNING!"
Their argument continued on. Orochimaru looked relieved, while everyone else looked confused.
"Earth!" Naruto yelled stretching his hand once again towards Orochimaru.
"Water!" Sierra yelled stretching her hand once again towards Orochimaru.
Both shinobis smirked.
"F.L.E.W.-no-jutsu!" They yelled simultaneously. Extending both hands towards Orochimaru.
Suddenly a storm brewed and fire, lightning, earth, and water flew towards the sound-nins.
"Momentary retreat!" Orochimaru yelled to his soldiers. All of the sound shinobis disappeared, and all that were left were the carcasses of the fallen sound-nins.
"He didn't stay long," Naruto turned towards Sierra, pouting.
"I think we should call him coward from now on." Sierra agreed.
The leaf-nins looked at the teens shocked as Naruto supported Sierra as she sat against a tree nearby.
Most Konoha shinobi had similar thoughts. 'Who are these people?'
TBC
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[1]-Sorry, I just LOVE to insult Orochimaru. Expect more Orochimaru insults in the next chapter.
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TECHNIQUE GUIDE:
BLAZING WALL-NO-JUTSU: Creates a wall of fire that burns everything in its path. Takes up a lot of chakra and moves at a slow pace, but has deadly results.
F.L.E.W.-NO-JUTSU: A jutsu that requires two people to perform. Gathers some of the elements together to attack an opponent. Causes a storm. It takes up a lot of chakra and takes a long time to prepare, but the results are beautiful and deadly.
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NOBUYASHA: I haven't really decided if I want Naruto and Sierra as a couple. If anyone one wants Sierra as a couple please let me know and I will try to add a bit of "romance" into it.
FALCON-RIDER: I thank-you for explaining that. I never actually thought of it until you pointed it out. And for that I am grateful. I have a few ideas, BUT you'll just have to wait and see. P.S. You're secret jutsu really works! LOL
BABOWONSUNI: I thought that Kage Bushin was a kinjutsu because it was in the "forbidden" scroll. It might be a Ninjutsu if it wasn't forbidden, therefore making it a kinjutsu (forbidden/illegal jutsu)
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