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 6: "Why Are You Here?"
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Hai- Yes
Time/place/perspective change
("...")Another language (will be explained later, along with everything else)
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Naruto, carrying Sierra, followed the Godaime and Jiraiya to where he presumed was the Hokage tower. As he looked around he noticed that even though Konoha was at war, there wasn't very much damage to the inside of the village. A couple of broken buildings here, and a pile of debris there, but nothing major. He also saw some of the villagers returning to their homes from the safety bunkers. 'Looks like the Konoha shinobi did a good job of protecting their homes.'
Amongst the villagers, a chunin-level schoolteacher was leading his students back to the academy to be picked up by their parents. He raised his brown, pony-tailed head when he saw the Hokage pass by with two strangers and a team of ANBU.
Could these two teens be the people Gai was talking about?' the chunin, Iruka, thought as he scratched his scarred nose.
=FLASHBACK=
Two jounins appeared in the doorway of the safety bunker. One had a bowl- cut hairstyle that reminded people of a turtle's shell, only black, and wore a green skin-tight out fit. The other wore a traditional jounin's outfit with a white cloth around his belt. An unlit cigarette hung loosely from his mouth.
Asuma lit his cigarette as he walked over to where Iruka was standing guard by the door, followed closely by Gai.
"It's over...for now at least." He said.
"ALREADY!" Iruka stared at the two jounins.
"IT WAS AMAZING!!" Gai cried out overdramatically. "WE WERE ALL SET AND READY TO FIGHT OUR LAST FIGHT, AS THE SOUND ARMY CLOSED IN AROUND US! EVERYONE LOOKED FRIGHTENED SO I GAVE THEM ONE OF MY HOPE SPEECHES AND THEIR SPIRITS ROSE!" All of the kids were starring intently at the green-suited jounin. Listening in awe as he told his story to the eager listeners. "JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO START THE FIGHT, TWO STRANGERS APPEARED! A BREATH-TAKING ANGEL, AND A BATTLE-HARDENED WARRIOR! THEY TOOK OUT HALF OF THE SOUND ARMY IN ONE SHOT. THEN THEY STOOD FEARLESSLY IN FRONT OF THE SNAKE LEADER! THEY STOOD TALL AND EVEN HAD THE GUTS TO INSULT THE SNAKE."[1]
Asuma just stood next to Iruka shaking his head. "There he goes again." He muttered. "Some things never change." Asuma sighed while Iruka chuckled.
"JUST SEEING OUR TWO SAVIOURS, THE SNAKE PALED AND WAS AFRAID!" Gai continued. "THE ANGEL AND WARRIOR THEN UNLEASHED A COMBINATION DEADLY ATTACK AND FORCED THE SNAKE TO RETREAT!"
A chorus of 'wows' and 'oooohs' rang throughout the bunker, as the children heard of their heroes' heroic deeds.
"NOW KIDDIES!!!" Gai yelled out enthusiastically. "WHO'S READY TO GO HOME!?"
The kids cheered as the followed Gai outside, followed closely by Asuma and Iruka.
=FLASHBACK END=
"I'll have to ask Kakashi later." Iruka said to himself as he noticed the silver-haired ANBU following the pair. "Yes, that's what I'll do."
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Naruto, Sierra, and the ANBU stopped in front of a tall red building in the centre of Konoha. Tsunade turned around, faced the ANBU, and with a commanding voice she said, "You're dismissed! Go home and rest! Come back tomorrow at 10:00 sharp for a briefing of the war! No tardiness allowed!!"
Everyone turned towards Kakashi glaring. "Okay, okay. Sheesh." He said holding up his hands in front of him defensively.
"I mean it Kakashi!" Tsunade growled. "Otherwise I'll burn all of your Come, Come Paradise books."
A look of shock passed over Kakashi's face before he laughed nervously. "Hai."
Tsunade smiled. "Then you may go."
Within seconds the three ANBU disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving Tsunade, Naruto, a sleeping Sierra, and Jiraiya in front of the Hokage Tower.
"Now, let us head inside." The Godaime said as she turned back around and headed into the tower.
Tsunade leaded the teens into the building and down a couple of well lit hallways. Along the halls were various pictures both old and recent. But one picture caught Naruto's attention.
(What the HELL is he doing here.") Naruto whispered hoarsely. Temporarily forgetting Sierra sleeping on his back.
Sierra woke up after Naruto yelled in her ear. (What's wrong?")Sierra asked her friend. When she got no response she raised her head and looked at the blond. Naruto's face was a mixture of shock, confusion, and anger, thrown together carelessly. "Naruto?" Sierra asked again. She noticed Naruto staring at something on the wall. She looked in the direction that he was staring at and saw a picture of a grown man, around 25 with long, blonde, spiky hair and determined sapphire eyes. The type of eyes only obtained through genetics. He was also wearing the Hokage's outfit without the hat. ("Why is he here? Why here in the Hokage Tower?")
By now Tsunade and Jiraiya noticed that the teens weren't following them anymore. They turn and saw them both starring at a picture. Tsunade walked back and looked at the picture. "Yondaime..." She breathed.
Sierra looked at the Hokage. "Yondaime?" She looked back to the picture.
"Yes. He was the forth Hokage of Konoha." Tsunade said staring at the picture. "He died less than 3 years after receiving the title over 17 years ago"
"He was my best student." Jiraiya said sadly. "It was a shame."
"He fell in love with a representative from the cloud." Tsunade explained. "A woman named Uzumaki Kin. They fell in love almost instantly marrying a few months later. There were a few disagreements, but with the help of Kin, the Yondaime was able to make a peace treaty. Kin lived in the Cloud, but the Yondaime would often go visit her or she would visit him.
"It wasn't long before Kin found out that she was pregnant with Yondaime's heir. When the news was out everyone was rejoicing. Nine months passed quickly and soon, the Yondaime heard that Kin was in labour; he rushed to be at her side. That was when tragedy struck. Kyuubi attacked the Cloud during his stay. And in order to protect his family's home, he died slaying the demon." Tsunade continued to look at the picture. "No one knew what happened to Kin or their child. And I doubt anyone will."
"I see..." Naruto whispered softly. He lowered his head, and when he raised it he grinned. "Well, what are we waiting for?"
Jiraiya laughed as messed up Naruto's hair. "You'll never change brat." Then he continued walking down the hallway followed by Tsunade.
Naruto took another look at the picture. "Father, you must have been loved by these people..." He whispered, but only Sierra heard and understood what he meant.
"Naruto..." Sierra sighed.
"Come on." Naruto grinned and followed after the two sennin.
When they reached the end of the hall, they stopped in front of two big oak doors. Tsunade opened one and stepped inside saying, "Come in and lets check out Sierra's ankle."
When they stepped in they noticed a large office with a big wooden desk hidden behind and underneath mountains of paperwork. There were also two large windows leading off onto a balcony. One showed the overview of the village, while the other faced a large mountain that had faces carved into it: the Hokage's Memorial. In one corner was a small examining bed and medical supplies.
Naruto gently placed Sierra on the bed and stood off to the side while Tsunade examined Sierra's ankle.
"Well I have good news and bad news." Tsunade said when she was done. "The good news is it's not broken. The bad news is it's not sprained either." She patted Sierra on the leg. "Looks like you did crack the calcaneus and pulled some ligaments. It will take about two months to heal, WITHOUT walking on it."
Sierra nodded her head, understanding, while Naruto just looked...confused.
"Uhh..." Naruto grinned sheepishly. "Could you saw that in English please?"
Tsunade chuckled. "The calcaneus is the bone sticking out of the outside on your foot.
"I new that!" Naruto said snobbishly crossing his arms.
"You keep telling yourself that." Sierra laughed.
"WELL NOT EVERYONE COMES FROM A FAMILY FULL OF MEDIC-NINS!" Naruto yelled back.
"You've spent enough time with my family to understand some things." Sierra said calmly.
"WELL SOOOORRY!" Naruto pouted.
Everyone in the room laughed.
"So." Tsunade said getting serious. "Do you have a name?"
"You already know that." Naruto pointed out.
"I mean do you have a last name." Tsunade clarified.
"YEP" The blonde grinned.
"Are you going to tell me it?" Tsunade inquired.
"NOPE!" Naruto continued grinning like a maniac.
Tsunade sighed and shook her head.
"Where do you come from?"
"The road." Sierra said to the Godaime. "We like to travel."
"Where did you live before you started travelling?"
"On land." Sierra grinned.
"REALLY?" Tsunade said sarcastically. "And here I thought that you lived underwater."
Sierra and Naruto grinned from ear to ear.
"Okay! Fine! Have it your way!" Tsunade said, clearly frustrated.
"If you insist." Naruto and Sierra said together.
"ARGH!" Tsunade screamed.
Jiraiya just leaned against a wall chuckling.
"AND YOU!" Tsunade pointed to Jiraiya. "YOU'RE NOT HELPING MUCH!"
"Was I supposed to?" The frog hermit said innocently.
Tsunade sighed again and took a couple of deep breaths in.
"Okay smarty-pants." Tsunade said. "You're obviously trained in the ways of the shinobi. Which means you must come from a Hidden Village. So...are you missing-nins?"
The teens shrugged. "Your guess is as good as ours."
"One minute." Tsunade said as she walked to a nearby wall. She banged her head a couple of times and then went to sit at her desk. "Much better. Now do you have any family?"
"Nope!" The two rurouni replied.
"You must have some type of family." Tsunade insisted.
"My father died before I was born." Naruto said. "And my mother died when I was around two months old."
"My clan was destroyed when I was eleven." Sierra said softly.
Tsunade looked towards Jiraiya who wore the I-told-you-so look on his face.
"How old are you now?" Tsunade asked.
"I'm seventeen," Naruto said. "And Sierra's sixteen. We've been travelling for five years."
Sierra glared at Naruto. ("You weren't supposed to tell them that. I thought that we weren't going to tell anyone?!") Naruto just shrugged.
("We agreed that we won't tell anyone where we were from or anything about our background.") Naruto shot back.
("But now they can look and see who went missing five years ago that looks like us and is named Naruto and Sierra!") Sierra yelled.
("I never thought about that!") Naruto said thoughtfully.
"ARGH!" Sierra screamed. ("Use your brain. Oh ya...I forgot...YOU DON'T HAVE ONE!")
"Sierra-chan." Naruto whined.
"Don't even start." Sierra grumbled.
Tsunade and Jiraiya just looked confused. "What was that language that you just used?" Tsunade asked.
"YOU DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRANSLATING!" The teens screamed.
"Oh well." Tsunade sighed yet again. "It was worth a try. I have an apartment that you could use." Tsunade took a sheet of paper a scribbled down an address. She then handed it to Sierra. It's near the academy. Oh and Naruto?"
"Hmm...?" Naruto said sounding bored.
"DON'T let Sierra walk on that ankle." Tsunade ordered.
Naruto laughed. "Don't worry. She won't."
"And I want you back here by 10 tomorrow." Tsunade said.
"Morning or night?" Naruto asked innocently. When Tsunade picked up a chair, held it above her head, and walked toward Naruto with an evil grin. He quickly said, "Morning it is."
He then bit his thumb, did some hand seals and said. "Kuchiyose-no-Jutsu! Kitemi! [2]" And slammed his hand into the ground.
A beautiful fox appeared under his hand. It had orangish-red fur with white on her underside and a soft black nose. Her legs and tail were red, but changed into a soft yellow then white; giving it the impression that her paws and tail were on fire. She stood up to Naruto's mid-chest.
Kitemi tilted her head to the side. "I need you to carry Sierra to our apartment." Naruto told the fox.
Kitemi looked happy. "Temporary. Until Sierra gets better and she can walk."
Kitemi bowed her head sadly and walked towards Sierra. Sierra put the fox's head into her hands "It'll be okay." Sierra said reassuringly to the fox as she petted and scratched her head and muzzle. Kitemi gave a playful bark and turned so her side was facing Sierra.
Sierra gently placed herself onto the fox's back and they walked to the open window. Sierra grabbed onto a handful of the fox's fur as Kitemi jumped of the balcony and onto a nearby roof, Sierra and the fox laughing all the way.
"Come on Naruto." Sierra called playfully. "You're slow!" Kitemi then jumped onto the ground.
"I'm coming!" Naruto called and sighed. "Those two." He grumbled. "Whenever they're together they never wait for me." Naruto suddenly smiled. "BUT that's why I love 'em. They keep life interesting." And he too jumped out the window.
TBC
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2,153 WORDS-I must be getting soft. LOL!
If you have any suggestions please let me know. P.S. Sorry if the chapters take longer to upload. The problem is: I know what's going to happen, how it's going to happen, but I can't figure out the events leading up to it happening. (grins sheepishly) does that make any sense.
I need a pairing for Naruto and Sierra. If you have any suggestions I'll gladly take them.
If you want to see any characters in the story, let me know...Okies? Okies.
READ AND REVIEW!!
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[1]-Sorry if Gai sounds OOC, it's my first time writing him, and he freaks me out. Often giving me nightmares. LOL
[2]-I couldn't find any names that meant fox, SO I improvised, I put KIT and the female name EMI together and you got KITEMI. Since we're talking about names, I need a name for the Fourth Hokage besides Yondaime!
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DALCACRIS- Well, Welcome to our weird/demented 'lil family of reviewers. And I agree with you, I like them better as friends. I can't really think of them as lovers and kissing. =shudders= I like them better as having some sort of protective sibling relationship.
ICE DRAGON XXI- I am trying to make the chapters longer, but with the end of school and everything, I had to rush on the last chapter while I had a bit of inspiration left in me. And unfortunately, your worst fears are confirmed, I am as lazy as Shikamaru. As for your suggestions...(evil plans forms in head) I'll think of something. (Grins an evil grin that puts Orochimaru to shame.) All I can say is "Konoha BEWARE." Muhahahah.
FALCON-RIDER- As you read in chapter 6, Yondaime IS Naruto's dad. If you can think of a name for the Yondaime I'd gladly appreciate it. Naruto HAS learned the Rasengan, but I'm not so sure about the Toad Summoning yet. As for bloodline, I thought up one for Sierra, but then I realized that it's better suited for Naruto, and when I gave Naruto that bloodline, I thought of a new one for Sierra, one that matches her personality and clan better. As for them staying in Konoha I plan on that, but I don't know the reason yet.
As for them finding out about Kyuubi...I was planning on having a sequel to this, and that's when the cat is going to be out of the bag...(or fox).
ANIME LASS- Why does everyone insist on me making Sasuke suffer...I like it! Well there is going to be a relationship with Sierra if you have any suggestions I will gladly accept them. And I have an idea who I want Naruto to be with.
TO ALL REVIEWERS, I THANK-YOU.
KEEP REVIEWING, I LOVE HEARING YOU COMMENTS AND I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE
If you know any Japanese words and their translations that you think will help my story, I will gladly accept them.
PHEOX
