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 8: Identity of a Hero
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Kuso-Shit
Hai-Yes
Time/place/perspective change
="..."= Another language (will be explained later, along with everything else... hopefully.)
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After 45 minutes of directions, getting lost, yelling, following Temari, and scolding; they EVENTUALLY found their apartment. By this time most of Konoha knew about the rurouni's presence.
There was a lot of gossip going on about the teen's arguments, their childish actions, their part in the war, the giant fox carrying an equally beautiful brunette, or even about the blonde's love of ramen. Word was definitely spreading about the two teen the villagers nicknamed 'Rurouni Shinobi' or 'The Wandering Ninja'.
Naruto entered the apartment followed closely by Kitemi carrying Sierra.
"Finally!" Naruto cheered after he kicked off his shoes and fell onto a nearby couch. "I thought we'd NEVER make it!"
"I'm going to get a shower." Sierra informed Naruto as Kitemi carried her to the bathroom. "Then I'm going to give Kitemi a bath."
"You spoil her too much." Naruto mumbled.
Sierra grinned. "Someone has to."
Naruto groaned.
Sierra's chuckles could be heard through the closed door.
"That women's going to be the end of me." Naruto opened his eyes that he hadn't even remembered closing, and looked around the apartment.
The apartment was small and cozy. It entered to a short hallway that led to a bathroom and two bedrooms on the left, and a kitchen on the right. If you went straight, it led you to a living room, which had a balcony attached to it.
'It's quite cozy,' Naruto thought before whacking his head with his hands. 'No! No! No! Its just until Sierra's ankle heals then we'll be back into the forests!' Naruto nodded his head. 'But it will be nice to finally sleep in a warm soft futon, and it will be nice for then month we'll be here.' Realizing what he said he screamed out in frustration. "ARGH!"
"Anything wrong?" Sierra asked opening the bathroom door clad only in a red towel, hair dripping wet.
Naruto sighed. "Nope. Nothing. Not a thing."
"Okay, then could you pass me my pack by the door?"
Naruto got up off the couch, went to the door, and handed Sierra her pack.
"Thanks." Sierra said before returning into the bathroom and closing the door.
"Women." Naruto muttered as he went onto the balcony. Naruto just leaned against the railing overlooking the nearby greenery. Time seemed to stand still as Naruto watched the night sky, thinking about the past and present. He soon felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist from behind and Sierra's head against his shoulder. "You shouldn't be standing on that ankle." He scolded quietly.
"I have you to support me." Sierra whispered into her friend's ear. "Wow." She breathed looking at the scene in front of her. "It's beautiful."
"Yeah." Naruto agreed. "It sure is."
There was an ocean of green in front of them as a forest spread for miles. A small river led to a clearing that had a lake in the centre. It easily reflected the light from the moon on its glassy surface that seemed to glow along with the moon-kissed, emerald green trees.
The two stood there under the moonlight watching the nocturnal beauty for most of the night with a freshly groomed Kitemi at their feet until Sierra reminded them of their meeting the next day. She then ushered them to bed.
"WAKE! UP!" Sierra yelled for the eighth time that morning.
"Mmm, five more minutes..." Naruto mumbled from his bed...only to jump out of it seconds later when Sierra 'accidentally' poured water on his head, ice included. "GAH! I'm up!!"
"Good 'cause we have that meeting in 30 minutes." Sierra informed the blonde as Kitemi carried her out of the room.
"THIRTY MIUTES!" Naruto screamed. "WHY DOD'T YOU WAKE ME UP SOONER!"
"I did." Sierra grumbled climbing into a seat at the kitchen table. "But you just mumbled something about 'perverted ramen' rolled over and continued sleeping." She brought a cup of coffee to her lips as she put a bowl of rice and another cup of coffee on the table.
Naruto laughed sheepishly while muttering a thanks, but being, the AMAZING morning person that he is (notice the sarcasm). He went to take a seat on a chair, only to miss the target by a few feet and end up on the tiled floor. Sierra just handed him his coffee and rice on the ground, which he sleepily finished.
After having his morning dose of five cups of coffee, he was at least remotely awake. By that time it was 9:58.
"KUSO!" Naruto yelled checking the clock. "We're SO late!" He looked out the window and saw Kitemi and Sierra already heading to the Hokage office. "THEY NEVER WAIT!"
Tsunade noticed that the two rurouni weren't here. 'Might as well begin.' She thought before she coughed once to gain the shinobis attention. "Well as you may or may not know...in our most recent attack, the enemy was forced to retreat. The cause was that two rurounis appeared on the battlefield and destroyed part of the sound army, and scared the rest away. They are currently residing in Konoha and were asked to come to this meeting but they are not-" The Godaime was interrupted when the giant oak doors swung open.
"IT'S YOUR FAULT WERE LATE!" Sierra screamed at the blonde as they entered the conference room
"IF YOU WOKE ME UP EARLIER WE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE ON TIME!" Naruto retorted.
"I DID!" Sierra argued. "BUT YOU WERE TOO BUSY DREAMING ABOUT 'PERVERTED RAMEN' TO NOTICE!"
"WELL-"
Tsunade coughed, LOUDLY, to get the teen's attention. "You weren't THAT late." She reasoned. "So if you don't mind, I'd like to get on with this meeting."
Sierra, riding Kitemi, and Naruto went to the front of the room and stood next to the Sand Siblings.
"Now as I was saying..." Tsunade continued talking about previous battles, current plans and strategies. "I can trust that you two will help us?" Tsunade asked, directing her attention to Naruto and Sierra.
"Nope." Naruto said crossing his arms.
"Wha-WHY?" Tsunade had been counting on the rurouni's support.
"We don't fight wars." Naruto stated. "We're here for medical reasons ONLY. Nothing else." Sierra's face was emotionless beside the blonde. No one knew what she was thinking...except maybe Naruto.
"We HARDLY have any firepower left." Tsunade argued, both hands on the desk. "Our forces are LOW. WE NEED YOU!"
"THAT'S WHAT I MEAN!" Naruto yelled. All the ninjas were staring surprised, at the blonde arguing with their Hokage. Everyone, that is, except Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, they were used to the blonde's constant yelling, even at his superiors. It also wasn't his first time being asked to participate in a war and refusing. "YOU JUST WANT OUR POWERS! I'M TIRED OF BEING SOMEONE'S TOOL!" His blue eyes flashed red once before returning to their normal sapphire.
"Naruto!" Sierra grabbed onto the blonde's arm restraining him. "That's enough!" She commanded.
Naruto gritted his teeth and growled before closing his eyes and looking away.
Sierra sighed in relief before turning to the Godaime. "Listen. We'll fight with you on three conditions." Sierra held up one finger. "One: When we want to leave we WILL, no questions." At Tsunade's nod Sierra raised another finger. "Two: This isn't our fight, so don't expect us to play a major part. We have our reasons." Naruto snorted. Another nod, another finger. "Three: We fight the way WE want! Don't like it? Tough!" Naruto growled beside her. "Oh, and another thing, we fight for ourselves. Got it?"
When Tsunade nodded once again, Naruto stormed out of the room. Sierra and Kitemi sighed and followed the quietly behind.
When the females reached the door Tsunade called: "Wait! Aren't you going to stick around?"
Sierra closed her eyes. "Some things are more important." She said softly.
And they disappeared after their blonde.
"Naruto!" Sierra called as she and Kitemi ran through a forest after their retreating blonde. "NARUTO!...WAIT UP!"
Naruto either didn't hear them, or chose to ignore them.
Naruto eventually stopped in the small clearing with the lake that they'd seen the previous night. Kitemi jumped down moments later carrying Sierra. Sierra got off the fox and walked towards the blonde, not caring about her ankle.
"Naruto.." Sierra called to the blonde that stood a few feet in front of her. "What's wr-"
"WHAT'S WRONG!?" Naruto interrupted. "YOU AGREE TO FIGHT A WAR THAT WE HAVE NO PART IN, AND YOU ASK WHAT'S WRONG? AFTER WE AGREE TO NEVER FIGHT IN WARS AFTER THE SAND INCIDENT! WE HAVE NOTHING HERE!"
Sierra bowed her head and closed her eyes. "You're wrong." She whispered.
"WRONG!?" Naruto's eyes started to turn red. "YOU AGREE TO FIGHT A WAR! WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO KILL PEOPLE WITHOUT REASON! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR NINDO! ABOUT KOHARU'S NINDO! DOES HER LIFE MEAN NOTHING TO YOU!?" Angry tears were spilling out of Naruto's ruby eyes.
"Naruto...I-" Sierra was pinned against a tree by a red-eyed- Naruto and held there by his now-clawed hands. But Sierra didn't fight back.
"YOU WHAT?" Naruto snarled. "WE. HAVE. NOTHING. HERE."
"You're wrong." Sierra whispered once again as nails dug into her neck.
As the meeting ended, Tsunade asked for Jiraiya, Kakashi and Ibiki to stay behind.
"Jiraiya. I want you and Kakashi to observe our two rurounis." Tsunade instructed.
"If you didn't trust them, why'd you let them in the village?" Kakashi asked.
"I trust them." Tsunade explained. "I just want to know more about them. Find out anything you can."
"Hai!" Jiraiya and Kakashi then disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Ibiki then turned to Tsunade. "What do you need me for Hokage-sama?"
"I need you to find me any information that you can on anyone that disappeared 5 years ago at the age of 11 and 12 named. Report back to me in 2 hours."
"Hai!" Ibiki then walked out of the room.
"What are you hiding?" Tsunade muttered to herself looking out the window at the Hokage's Monument.
"HOW AM I WRONG?" Naruto demanded slamming Sierra into the tree once more. A trail of blood ran down her neck where Naruto's demonic-claws had punctured her skin. But Sierra didn't fight back. She wouldn't.
"We do..." Sierra coughed. "We do...have something...here." Sierra's voice was weak and hoarse. Kitemi started growling at Naruto.
Naruto's eyes turned back to their normal blue as Naruto stared at the scene he created. He removed his now claw-free hand from Sierra's neck. "What have I done?" He stared at his one hand that had blood on it.
Sierra's blood.
Two warm hands wrapped around his bloody one in a reassuring grip. "We have friends here, Naruto. That's why we'll fight." Amethyst eyes met Sapphire. "This was also your father, Karms [1] Arashi's home. His village. That's why we'll fight. To protect what's important to us. Or have you forgotten that Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro-chan [2] now reside here, hmm?"
Sierra then reaches into her pouch wrapped around her waist and pulled out a roll of bandages. She then leaned against a tree and slid to the ground. Naruto knelt next to her as he took the bandages from her hands. Sierra took of her bandana, and put her hair up into a high, loose ponytail, with a few stray pieces framing her face. She then tied it together using her bandana.
Naruto began to wrap the bandages around her throat securely. "Sorry." He mumbled.
"'If I had a penny for every time you apologized for being a klutz, I'd be the richest shinobi alive!' Sound familiar?" Sierra said, stating what Naruto had told her earlier.
"Yeah, but this is-"
"Different?" Sierra guessed.
"Yeah." Naruto murmured. "I could've lost you because of my mistake."
"We're allowed to make mistakes once in a while." Sierra said softly before grinning. "Besides it'll take a lot more than that stupid fox to beat me!"
Naruto laughed as he finished with the bandages. Sierra out them away as Naruto helped her to stand up. She was wearing black skin-tight pants today, as they were easier to ride in than her skirt.
"Okay. So we'll fight in this war." Naruto sighed. "But what if they attack before your ankle heals? How will you fight?"
Sierra climbed onto the fox at her side. "On Kitemi, Kitana, or Phenox."
"Riding a fox while fighting is different then riding one of your phoenixes."
Then we'll train." Sierra put her hands on her hips. "Now?"
"Now?"
"Now!" Sierra and Kitemi attacked.
Jiraiya and Kakashi were currently looking for the rurounis.
"Sasuke-kun!" A pink haired kunoichi yelled out.
Kakashi looked over and saw his two remaining students. Sakura was, as usual, chasing Sasuke in the marketplace. When she reached the raven-haired ANBU she grabbed onto his arm. "Do you want to go on a date?" She asked, emerald eyes gazing intently at her crush. She wore the traditional jounin uniform.
"No." Sasuke said with a tone of finality. He traded his ANBU uniform in for black pants and a black t-shirt with the Uchiha symbol of a red and white fan on it.
Kakashi chuckled to himself. "Oi! Sasuke!" He called.
"Hai sensei?" Sasuke walked over mouthing the words 'thank- you'.
Kakashi shook his head lightly grinning to himself. "Have you seen Naruto or Sierra?"
"Not since the meeting." Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Mission."
"Need help?" Sasuke's voice sounded bored but his eyes showed that he was desperate.
"No, that's okay." Kakashi patted Sasuke on the shoulder. "Well, see ya!" And he vanished.
"Do you want to go have lunch together?" Sakura asked innocently.
Sasuke groaned.
Sierra took of the glove on her left hand and put her right on a symbol of a bird with it's wings outstretched and a flame in the middle. "Youkai! Ningen!" She called out as two beams came out of her left hand, one bright yellow and the other dark red. The lights of chakra settled in each hand before fading and revealing two short swords, which she held so the blades were parallel with her forearm.
The sword in her left hand, Youkai, had a blade that bent hazardously at the end and turned into a hook. The hilt flamed with a white-hot fire and a black leather grip that had a clear gem with a red fire in it at the bottom. The entire sword glowed red.
The sword in her right hand, Ningen, had a katana-like blade with a sharp crescent shaped hilt. A white leather grip ended with a clear gem with a yellow flame at the bottom. The entire sword glowed yellow. So that's what we're doing." Naruto smirked looking at the charging females. "So be it." He then disappeared, only to reappear silently behind Sierra and Kitemi seconds later. He drew Roka and used a sideway stroke.
Youkai pulsed. The fire in its gem grew to an inferno as it moved on its own to block Roka.
Kitemi swung around completely and Sierra slashed at Naruto throat with Ningen. Naruto jumped back to avoid the blow only to roll to the side when Kitemi shot her Fox Fire out of her mouth.
Naruto sheathed Roka and started to do hand seals as Kitemi charged. "Katon: Housenka-no-jutsu! He yelled as three fireballs flew from his mouth.
="Jump!"= Sierra ordered.
Kitemi jumped to dodge the first two fireballs as Sierra used a water jutsu, after putting her swords away, to counter the third. Kitemi landed gently on top of the lake.
'Let's try out dad's bloodline.' Naruto thought as he slammed his palm onto the water's surface. He channelled chakra into the lake as he created a giant tidal wave and sent it towards the females...
...Only for it to decrease drastically in size to splash gently against their feet.
"What went wrong!?" Naruto yelled as he fell on his butt.
"Three things." Sierra said as Kitemi jumped on to the grass and walked towards the shady trees. Naruto followed. "One: No control. Two: No power. Or three: We don't understand it enough." Sierra took a bottle of water out of her pack as she sat on the grass. Kitemi laid her head on Sierra's lap and was soon asleep.
"One and three." Naruto sighed ass he joined the females on the grass. "What I need is someone who understands it to teach it to me."
"What do we have?"
"Naruto opened his pack and pulled out 2 scroll and a piece of paper. "The scrolls that dad left me, and a note that I can't open."
"Okay, lets go over what we know about your father's bloodline..."
Jiraiya and Kakashi had spent about 90 minutes searching for the teens. They soon found them at the Arata Training Field.
They arrived as the rurounis finished their battle.
"...What we know about your father's bloodline." They heard Sierra say. "We know that you can control the elements with it."
"And the elemental hawks." Naruto added as they looked over a couple of scrolls. "You can also create the elements."
Kakashi recognized the bloodline.
Jiraiya knew it.
Only one person had survived that clan's massacre.
"Yeah." Sierra agreed. She read part of the scroll aloud. "Concentrate on the element that you want and channel the amount if chakra that you need, and push it out."
"Dad sure knows how to confuse someone." Naruto sighed laying down in the grass.
"Okay I think I get it." Sierra rolled up the scroll. "It's like the rasengen that Ero-sennin taught you. Sorta. Let me use an example. MIZU.
"If you want to create water, then think of how water works/flows. Channel the chakra while you think of water's properties: Hydrogen and Oxygen. Then create it in whatever form that you need. At least...I think." Sierra laughed sheepishly.
Naruto jumped up. "Okay! Let's try it!" He held his hand outward.
"Come in!" Tsunade called when she heard a knock at her office door.
Ibiki walked in carrying two folders.
"Did you get them?" Tsunade asked eyeing the folders.
Ibiki nodded. "Tricky little brats. One thing I'll give them credit for is that they know how to cover their tracks."
Tsunade looked amused at her top interrogator's muttering.
"Anyways, The female." Ibiki opened the folder that had a picture of a child-like Sierra on it. "Pheox Sierra. Only survivor of the Pheox clan massacre 5 years ago. Born on the 20th of May to deceased Pheox Hitomi and Pheox Mubi. One sister: Pheox Mira, also deceased.
"She graduated the academy at 4 onto the team nicknamed 'fire Shooters' which is said to be the youngest genin team in history, with its genins either 4 or 5 and a 16 year old jounin sensei. Her team mates are our blonde, Naruto and a deceased Kyoko Koharu."
"Deceased?" Tsunade asked.
Ibiki flipped a sheet. "Yes, died on a mission 9 years ago." He flipped the sheet back. "Her sensei was Hana Emi-"
"Isn't Hana Emi the current Raikage?" Tsunade interrupted.
"Yes, she has been for 4 years." Ibiki remembered. "Anyways, she became chunin at 5 on her second try, and jounin at 9. Her clan was massacred when she was 11 for unknown reasons, and she ran away that same night with blondie." He flipped through some more papers. "They were unheard of until 4 months later when they entered Sunagakure. They were asked to participate in the Sand/Sound/Leaf war but they refused. They left the next day and they weren't heard from until yesterday." Ibiki closed Pheox Sierra's folder.
Tsunade nodded, urging him to continue.
"Now our blonde was...interesting." Ibiki smiled sadistically. "Uzumaki Naruto." Tsunade ears perked. "Born on October 10th to deceased Uzumaki Kin and Karms Arahi." Tsunade's eyes widened. Ibiki chuckled. "Last member of both clans. No siblings.
"He graduated at 5 onto the 'Fire Shooters'. Team mates Pheox Sierra and deceased Kyoko Koharu. Sensei is Hana Emi. He became a chunin at 7 on his third try and was about to take the jounin exam but ran away with Sierra for unknown reason at 12." Ibiki closed the folder and placed them both onto the Hokage's desk. Tsunade closed her eyes.
"I see..." Tsunade whispered. She opened her eyes and went to the window, looking at the Hokage's monument. Her eyes lingered on the head next to hers. "Naruto is the son of..."
"Yondaime." Jiraiya breathed as he watched Naruto unlock his bloodline.
The Yondaime's bloodline.
TBC
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P.S. Don't expect all chapters to be this long...I'll try to but I'll probably fail. (I'm lazy) But I've been DYING to write this chapter for a while, so, I hope you liked it.
READ AND REVIEW!!
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?
HELP!! I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW EVERYONE WILL REACT! (Specifically Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sasuke, and Sakura) PLEASE HELP!
I have some pictures of Youkai, Ningen, Roka, and another of Sierra's swords Hanyou, as well as a picture of the mark on her hand if you want them.
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[1]-Karms=K-Katon (fire), A-Aisu (Ice), R-Rai (Lightning), M- Mizu (Water), S-Suna (Sand/Earth) I took the idea off of another story where they had an attack called Karm-no-jutsu.
[2]- Has anyone noticed that Sierra's CONSTANTLY calling Kankuro-chan? Chan is usually a suffix for little kids or GIRLS.
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BANANAMUFU-When I planned this chapter there was only supposed to be the ramen scene. But, sometimes things don't go according to plan that happened when this story started writing itself.
When I said it dragged on and on, I was referring to the ramen scene. I couldn't find a place to end it! Also I'm not the best person at writing fillers. =)
A ROUGH account of Naruto's and Sierra's history is in this chapter, but as for detailed descriptions...well...they'll appear in upcoming chapters and in various flashbacks. Also I was planning to write some descriptions on how Konoha grew up without their blonde idiot, but... I need help deciding what can and could happen to Konoha without Naruto living there.
I am SO glad that you like my story so far! You write the SWEETEST reviews! Thank-you! Your reviews brighten up my day!
MIA-I am glad that you are enjoying it and that my story makes you laugh! That was the plan! =)
DUTCHY-We have some smart reviewers I see! Give the (wo)man his/her prize! That's also one of my favourite pairings! (Two blondes are better than one!)
Another story that has that pairing is 'Forsaken' and Return of the Forsaken' by 'Burning-Angel-Kai'.
Thanks for the offer, but, I'll have to decline. Sorry. BUT if you like, you're more then welcome to correct any mistakes I made on my previous! Don't know if that's much of a consolation prize but...(shrugs) I might think about it! You never know.
NARUSAKUWOO-I'm glad so many people like the NarutoXSierra pairing, so...I'll make you a deal: Romance won't be starting for a few chapters because I still have to introduce Naruto and Sierra to Konoha, but I already made Naruto's pairing and I need to make a few finishing touches on Sierra's...So, hopefully I can,...change your mind...?
ONE AZN DRAGON-Glad you like it. I couldn't help it! I had to put the ramen scene in!:) I couldn't think of any other way for Naruto to meet Iruka besides at the Ichirakus. :P And Iruka's fitting into his role QUITE nicely! LOL! Glad you enjoying!
TO ALL REVIEWERS, I THANK-YOU.
KEEP REVIEWING, I LOVE HEARING YOU COMMENTS AND I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE
PHEOX
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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 8: Identity of a Hero
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Kuso-Shit
Hai-Yes
Time/place/perspective change
="..."= Another language (will be explained later, along with everything else... hopefully.)
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After 45 minutes of directions, getting lost, yelling, following Temari, and scolding; they EVENTUALLY found their apartment. By this time most of Konoha knew about the rurouni's presence.
There was a lot of gossip going on about the teen's arguments, their childish actions, their part in the war, the giant fox carrying an equally beautiful brunette, or even about the blonde's love of ramen. Word was definitely spreading about the two teen the villagers nicknamed 'Rurouni Shinobi' or 'The Wandering Ninja'.
Naruto entered the apartment followed closely by Kitemi carrying Sierra.
"Finally!" Naruto cheered after he kicked off his shoes and fell onto a nearby couch. "I thought we'd NEVER make it!"
"I'm going to get a shower." Sierra informed Naruto as Kitemi carried her to the bathroom. "Then I'm going to give Kitemi a bath."
"You spoil her too much." Naruto mumbled.
Sierra grinned. "Someone has to."
Naruto groaned.
Sierra's chuckles could be heard through the closed door.
"That women's going to be the end of me." Naruto opened his eyes that he hadn't even remembered closing, and looked around the apartment.
The apartment was small and cozy. It entered to a short hallway that led to a bathroom and two bedrooms on the left, and a kitchen on the right. If you went straight, it led you to a living room, which had a balcony attached to it.
'It's quite cozy,' Naruto thought before whacking his head with his hands. 'No! No! No! Its just until Sierra's ankle heals then we'll be back into the forests!' Naruto nodded his head. 'But it will be nice to finally sleep in a warm soft futon, and it will be nice for then month we'll be here.' Realizing what he said he screamed out in frustration. "ARGH!"
"Anything wrong?" Sierra asked opening the bathroom door clad only in a red towel, hair dripping wet.
Naruto sighed. "Nope. Nothing. Not a thing."
"Okay, then could you pass me my pack by the door?"
Naruto got up off the couch, went to the door, and handed Sierra her pack.
"Thanks." Sierra said before returning into the bathroom and closing the door.
"Women." Naruto muttered as he went onto the balcony. Naruto just leaned against the railing overlooking the nearby greenery. Time seemed to stand still as Naruto watched the night sky, thinking about the past and present. He soon felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist from behind and Sierra's head against his shoulder. "You shouldn't be standing on that ankle." He scolded quietly.
"I have you to support me." Sierra whispered into her friend's ear. "Wow." She breathed looking at the scene in front of her. "It's beautiful."
"Yeah." Naruto agreed. "It sure is."
There was an ocean of green in front of them as a forest spread for miles. A small river led to a clearing that had a lake in the centre. It easily reflected the light from the moon on its glassy surface that seemed to glow along with the moon-kissed, emerald green trees.
The two stood there under the moonlight watching the nocturnal beauty for most of the night with a freshly groomed Kitemi at their feet until Sierra reminded them of their meeting the next day. She then ushered them to bed.
"WAKE! UP!" Sierra yelled for the eighth time that morning.
"Mmm, five more minutes..." Naruto mumbled from his bed...only to jump out of it seconds later when Sierra 'accidentally' poured water on his head, ice included. "GAH! I'm up!!"
"Good 'cause we have that meeting in 30 minutes." Sierra informed the blonde as Kitemi carried her out of the room.
"THIRTY MIUTES!" Naruto screamed. "WHY DOD'T YOU WAKE ME UP SOONER!"
"I did." Sierra grumbled climbing into a seat at the kitchen table. "But you just mumbled something about 'perverted ramen' rolled over and continued sleeping." She brought a cup of coffee to her lips as she put a bowl of rice and another cup of coffee on the table.
Naruto laughed sheepishly while muttering a thanks, but being, the AMAZING morning person that he is (notice the sarcasm). He went to take a seat on a chair, only to miss the target by a few feet and end up on the tiled floor. Sierra just handed him his coffee and rice on the ground, which he sleepily finished.
After having his morning dose of five cups of coffee, he was at least remotely awake. By that time it was 9:58.
"KUSO!" Naruto yelled checking the clock. "We're SO late!" He looked out the window and saw Kitemi and Sierra already heading to the Hokage office. "THEY NEVER WAIT!"
Tsunade noticed that the two rurouni weren't here. 'Might as well begin.' She thought before she coughed once to gain the shinobis attention. "Well as you may or may not know...in our most recent attack, the enemy was forced to retreat. The cause was that two rurounis appeared on the battlefield and destroyed part of the sound army, and scared the rest away. They are currently residing in Konoha and were asked to come to this meeting but they are not-" The Godaime was interrupted when the giant oak doors swung open.
"IT'S YOUR FAULT WERE LATE!" Sierra screamed at the blonde as they entered the conference room
"IF YOU WOKE ME UP EARLIER WE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE ON TIME!" Naruto retorted.
"I DID!" Sierra argued. "BUT YOU WERE TOO BUSY DREAMING ABOUT 'PERVERTED RAMEN' TO NOTICE!"
"WELL-"
Tsunade coughed, LOUDLY, to get the teen's attention. "You weren't THAT late." She reasoned. "So if you don't mind, I'd like to get on with this meeting."
Sierra, riding Kitemi, and Naruto went to the front of the room and stood next to the Sand Siblings.
"Now as I was saying..." Tsunade continued talking about previous battles, current plans and strategies. "I can trust that you two will help us?" Tsunade asked, directing her attention to Naruto and Sierra.
"Nope." Naruto said crossing his arms.
"Wha-WHY?" Tsunade had been counting on the rurouni's support.
"We don't fight wars." Naruto stated. "We're here for medical reasons ONLY. Nothing else." Sierra's face was emotionless beside the blonde. No one knew what she was thinking...except maybe Naruto.
"We HARDLY have any firepower left." Tsunade argued, both hands on the desk. "Our forces are LOW. WE NEED YOU!"
"THAT'S WHAT I MEAN!" Naruto yelled. All the ninjas were staring surprised, at the blonde arguing with their Hokage. Everyone, that is, except Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, they were used to the blonde's constant yelling, even at his superiors. It also wasn't his first time being asked to participate in a war and refusing. "YOU JUST WANT OUR POWERS! I'M TIRED OF BEING SOMEONE'S TOOL!" His blue eyes flashed red once before returning to their normal sapphire.
"Naruto!" Sierra grabbed onto the blonde's arm restraining him. "That's enough!" She commanded.
Naruto gritted his teeth and growled before closing his eyes and looking away.
Sierra sighed in relief before turning to the Godaime. "Listen. We'll fight with you on three conditions." Sierra held up one finger. "One: When we want to leave we WILL, no questions." At Tsunade's nod Sierra raised another finger. "Two: This isn't our fight, so don't expect us to play a major part. We have our reasons." Naruto snorted. Another nod, another finger. "Three: We fight the way WE want! Don't like it? Tough!" Naruto growled beside her. "Oh, and another thing, we fight for ourselves. Got it?"
When Tsunade nodded once again, Naruto stormed out of the room. Sierra and Kitemi sighed and followed the quietly behind.
When the females reached the door Tsunade called: "Wait! Aren't you going to stick around?"
Sierra closed her eyes. "Some things are more important." She said softly.
And they disappeared after their blonde.
"Naruto!" Sierra called as she and Kitemi ran through a forest after their retreating blonde. "NARUTO!...WAIT UP!"
Naruto either didn't hear them, or chose to ignore them.
Naruto eventually stopped in the small clearing with the lake that they'd seen the previous night. Kitemi jumped down moments later carrying Sierra. Sierra got off the fox and walked towards the blonde, not caring about her ankle.
"Naruto.." Sierra called to the blonde that stood a few feet in front of her. "What's wr-"
"WHAT'S WRONG!?" Naruto interrupted. "YOU AGREE TO FIGHT A WAR THAT WE HAVE NO PART IN, AND YOU ASK WHAT'S WRONG? AFTER WE AGREE TO NEVER FIGHT IN WARS AFTER THE SAND INCIDENT! WE HAVE NOTHING HERE!"
Sierra bowed her head and closed her eyes. "You're wrong." She whispered.
"WRONG!?" Naruto's eyes started to turn red. "YOU AGREE TO FIGHT A WAR! WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO KILL PEOPLE WITHOUT REASON! HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR NINDO! ABOUT KOHARU'S NINDO! DOES HER LIFE MEAN NOTHING TO YOU!?" Angry tears were spilling out of Naruto's ruby eyes.
"Naruto...I-" Sierra was pinned against a tree by a red-eyed- Naruto and held there by his now-clawed hands. But Sierra didn't fight back.
"YOU WHAT?" Naruto snarled. "WE. HAVE. NOTHING. HERE."
"You're wrong." Sierra whispered once again as nails dug into her neck.
As the meeting ended, Tsunade asked for Jiraiya, Kakashi and Ibiki to stay behind.
"Jiraiya. I want you and Kakashi to observe our two rurounis." Tsunade instructed.
"If you didn't trust them, why'd you let them in the village?" Kakashi asked.
"I trust them." Tsunade explained. "I just want to know more about them. Find out anything you can."
"Hai!" Jiraiya and Kakashi then disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Ibiki then turned to Tsunade. "What do you need me for Hokage-sama?"
"I need you to find me any information that you can on anyone that disappeared 5 years ago at the age of 11 and 12 named. Report back to me in 2 hours."
"Hai!" Ibiki then walked out of the room.
"What are you hiding?" Tsunade muttered to herself looking out the window at the Hokage's Monument.
"HOW AM I WRONG?" Naruto demanded slamming Sierra into the tree once more. A trail of blood ran down her neck where Naruto's demonic-claws had punctured her skin. But Sierra didn't fight back. She wouldn't.
"We do..." Sierra coughed. "We do...have something...here." Sierra's voice was weak and hoarse. Kitemi started growling at Naruto.
Naruto's eyes turned back to their normal blue as Naruto stared at the scene he created. He removed his now claw-free hand from Sierra's neck. "What have I done?" He stared at his one hand that had blood on it.
Sierra's blood.
Two warm hands wrapped around his bloody one in a reassuring grip. "We have friends here, Naruto. That's why we'll fight." Amethyst eyes met Sapphire. "This was also your father, Karms [1] Arashi's home. His village. That's why we'll fight. To protect what's important to us. Or have you forgotten that Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro-chan [2] now reside here, hmm?"
Sierra then reaches into her pouch wrapped around her waist and pulled out a roll of bandages. She then leaned against a tree and slid to the ground. Naruto knelt next to her as he took the bandages from her hands. Sierra took of her bandana, and put her hair up into a high, loose ponytail, with a few stray pieces framing her face. She then tied it together using her bandana.
Naruto began to wrap the bandages around her throat securely. "Sorry." He mumbled.
"'If I had a penny for every time you apologized for being a klutz, I'd be the richest shinobi alive!' Sound familiar?" Sierra said, stating what Naruto had told her earlier.
"Yeah, but this is-"
"Different?" Sierra guessed.
"Yeah." Naruto murmured. "I could've lost you because of my mistake."
"We're allowed to make mistakes once in a while." Sierra said softly before grinning. "Besides it'll take a lot more than that stupid fox to beat me!"
Naruto laughed as he finished with the bandages. Sierra out them away as Naruto helped her to stand up. She was wearing black skin-tight pants today, as they were easier to ride in than her skirt.
"Okay. So we'll fight in this war." Naruto sighed. "But what if they attack before your ankle heals? How will you fight?"
Sierra climbed onto the fox at her side. "On Kitemi, Kitana, or Phenox."
"Riding a fox while fighting is different then riding one of your phoenixes."
Then we'll train." Sierra put her hands on her hips. "Now?"
"Now?"
"Now!" Sierra and Kitemi attacked.
Jiraiya and Kakashi were currently looking for the rurounis.
"Sasuke-kun!" A pink haired kunoichi yelled out.
Kakashi looked over and saw his two remaining students. Sakura was, as usual, chasing Sasuke in the marketplace. When she reached the raven-haired ANBU she grabbed onto his arm. "Do you want to go on a date?" She asked, emerald eyes gazing intently at her crush. She wore the traditional jounin uniform.
"No." Sasuke said with a tone of finality. He traded his ANBU uniform in for black pants and a black t-shirt with the Uchiha symbol of a red and white fan on it.
Kakashi chuckled to himself. "Oi! Sasuke!" He called.
"Hai sensei?" Sasuke walked over mouthing the words 'thank- you'.
Kakashi shook his head lightly grinning to himself. "Have you seen Naruto or Sierra?"
"Not since the meeting." Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Mission."
"Need help?" Sasuke's voice sounded bored but his eyes showed that he was desperate.
"No, that's okay." Kakashi patted Sasuke on the shoulder. "Well, see ya!" And he vanished.
"Do you want to go have lunch together?" Sakura asked innocently.
Sasuke groaned.
Sierra took of the glove on her left hand and put her right on a symbol of a bird with it's wings outstretched and a flame in the middle. "Youkai! Ningen!" She called out as two beams came out of her left hand, one bright yellow and the other dark red. The lights of chakra settled in each hand before fading and revealing two short swords, which she held so the blades were parallel with her forearm.
The sword in her left hand, Youkai, had a blade that bent hazardously at the end and turned into a hook. The hilt flamed with a white-hot fire and a black leather grip that had a clear gem with a red fire in it at the bottom. The entire sword glowed red.
The sword in her right hand, Ningen, had a katana-like blade with a sharp crescent shaped hilt. A white leather grip ended with a clear gem with a yellow flame at the bottom. The entire sword glowed yellow. So that's what we're doing." Naruto smirked looking at the charging females. "So be it." He then disappeared, only to reappear silently behind Sierra and Kitemi seconds later. He drew Roka and used a sideway stroke.
Youkai pulsed. The fire in its gem grew to an inferno as it moved on its own to block Roka.
Kitemi swung around completely and Sierra slashed at Naruto throat with Ningen. Naruto jumped back to avoid the blow only to roll to the side when Kitemi shot her Fox Fire out of her mouth.
Naruto sheathed Roka and started to do hand seals as Kitemi charged. "Katon: Housenka-no-jutsu! He yelled as three fireballs flew from his mouth.
="Jump!"= Sierra ordered.
Kitemi jumped to dodge the first two fireballs as Sierra used a water jutsu, after putting her swords away, to counter the third. Kitemi landed gently on top of the lake.
'Let's try out dad's bloodline.' Naruto thought as he slammed his palm onto the water's surface. He channelled chakra into the lake as he created a giant tidal wave and sent it towards the females...
...Only for it to decrease drastically in size to splash gently against their feet.
"What went wrong!?" Naruto yelled as he fell on his butt.
"Three things." Sierra said as Kitemi jumped on to the grass and walked towards the shady trees. Naruto followed. "One: No control. Two: No power. Or three: We don't understand it enough." Sierra took a bottle of water out of her pack as she sat on the grass. Kitemi laid her head on Sierra's lap and was soon asleep.
"One and three." Naruto sighed ass he joined the females on the grass. "What I need is someone who understands it to teach it to me."
"What do we have?"
"Naruto opened his pack and pulled out 2 scroll and a piece of paper. "The scrolls that dad left me, and a note that I can't open."
"Okay, lets go over what we know about your father's bloodline..."
Jiraiya and Kakashi had spent about 90 minutes searching for the teens. They soon found them at the Arata Training Field.
They arrived as the rurounis finished their battle.
"...What we know about your father's bloodline." They heard Sierra say. "We know that you can control the elements with it."
"And the elemental hawks." Naruto added as they looked over a couple of scrolls. "You can also create the elements."
Kakashi recognized the bloodline.
Jiraiya knew it.
Only one person had survived that clan's massacre.
"Yeah." Sierra agreed. She read part of the scroll aloud. "Concentrate on the element that you want and channel the amount if chakra that you need, and push it out."
"Dad sure knows how to confuse someone." Naruto sighed laying down in the grass.
"Okay I think I get it." Sierra rolled up the scroll. "It's like the rasengen that Ero-sennin taught you. Sorta. Let me use an example. MIZU.
"If you want to create water, then think of how water works/flows. Channel the chakra while you think of water's properties: Hydrogen and Oxygen. Then create it in whatever form that you need. At least...I think." Sierra laughed sheepishly.
Naruto jumped up. "Okay! Let's try it!" He held his hand outward.
"Come in!" Tsunade called when she heard a knock at her office door.
Ibiki walked in carrying two folders.
"Did you get them?" Tsunade asked eyeing the folders.
Ibiki nodded. "Tricky little brats. One thing I'll give them credit for is that they know how to cover their tracks."
Tsunade looked amused at her top interrogator's muttering.
"Anyways, The female." Ibiki opened the folder that had a picture of a child-like Sierra on it. "Pheox Sierra. Only survivor of the Pheox clan massacre 5 years ago. Born on the 20th of May to deceased Pheox Hitomi and Pheox Mubi. One sister: Pheox Mira, also deceased.
"She graduated the academy at 4 onto the team nicknamed 'fire Shooters' which is said to be the youngest genin team in history, with its genins either 4 or 5 and a 16 year old jounin sensei. Her team mates are our blonde, Naruto and a deceased Kyoko Koharu."
"Deceased?" Tsunade asked.
Ibiki flipped a sheet. "Yes, died on a mission 9 years ago." He flipped the sheet back. "Her sensei was Hana Emi-"
"Isn't Hana Emi the current Raikage?" Tsunade interrupted.
"Yes, she has been for 4 years." Ibiki remembered. "Anyways, she became chunin at 5 on her second try, and jounin at 9. Her clan was massacred when she was 11 for unknown reasons, and she ran away that same night with blondie." He flipped through some more papers. "They were unheard of until 4 months later when they entered Sunagakure. They were asked to participate in the Sand/Sound/Leaf war but they refused. They left the next day and they weren't heard from until yesterday." Ibiki closed Pheox Sierra's folder.
Tsunade nodded, urging him to continue.
"Now our blonde was...interesting." Ibiki smiled sadistically. "Uzumaki Naruto." Tsunade ears perked. "Born on October 10th to deceased Uzumaki Kin and Karms Arahi." Tsunade's eyes widened. Ibiki chuckled. "Last member of both clans. No siblings.
"He graduated at 5 onto the 'Fire Shooters'. Team mates Pheox Sierra and deceased Kyoko Koharu. Sensei is Hana Emi. He became a chunin at 7 on his third try and was about to take the jounin exam but ran away with Sierra for unknown reason at 12." Ibiki closed the folder and placed them both onto the Hokage's desk. Tsunade closed her eyes.
"I see..." Tsunade whispered. She opened her eyes and went to the window, looking at the Hokage's monument. Her eyes lingered on the head next to hers. "Naruto is the son of..."
"Yondaime." Jiraiya breathed as he watched Naruto unlock his bloodline.
The Yondaime's bloodline.
TBC
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P.S. Don't expect all chapters to be this long...I'll try to but I'll probably fail. (I'm lazy) But I've been DYING to write this chapter for a while, so, I hope you liked it.
READ AND REVIEW!!
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?
HELP!! I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW EVERYONE WILL REACT! (Specifically Jiraiya, Kakashi, Tsunade, Sasuke, and Sakura) PLEASE HELP!
I have some pictures of Youkai, Ningen, Roka, and another of Sierra's swords Hanyou, as well as a picture of the mark on her hand if you want them.
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[1]-Karms=K-Katon (fire), A-Aisu (Ice), R-Rai (Lightning), M- Mizu (Water), S-Suna (Sand/Earth) I took the idea off of another story where they had an attack called Karm-no-jutsu.
[2]- Has anyone noticed that Sierra's CONSTANTLY calling Kankuro-chan? Chan is usually a suffix for little kids or GIRLS.
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BANANAMUFU-When I planned this chapter there was only supposed to be the ramen scene. But, sometimes things don't go according to plan that happened when this story started writing itself.
When I said it dragged on and on, I was referring to the ramen scene. I couldn't find a place to end it! Also I'm not the best person at writing fillers. =)
A ROUGH account of Naruto's and Sierra's history is in this chapter, but as for detailed descriptions...well...they'll appear in upcoming chapters and in various flashbacks. Also I was planning to write some descriptions on how Konoha grew up without their blonde idiot, but... I need help deciding what can and could happen to Konoha without Naruto living there.
I am SO glad that you like my story so far! You write the SWEETEST reviews! Thank-you! Your reviews brighten up my day!
MIA-I am glad that you are enjoying it and that my story makes you laugh! That was the plan! =)
DUTCHY-We have some smart reviewers I see! Give the (wo)man his/her prize! That's also one of my favourite pairings! (Two blondes are better than one!)
Another story that has that pairing is 'Forsaken' and Return of the Forsaken' by 'Burning-Angel-Kai'.
Thanks for the offer, but, I'll have to decline. Sorry. BUT if you like, you're more then welcome to correct any mistakes I made on my previous! Don't know if that's much of a consolation prize but...(shrugs) I might think about it! You never know.
NARUSAKUWOO-I'm glad so many people like the NarutoXSierra pairing, so...I'll make you a deal: Romance won't be starting for a few chapters because I still have to introduce Naruto and Sierra to Konoha, but I already made Naruto's pairing and I need to make a few finishing touches on Sierra's...So, hopefully I can,...change your mind...?
ONE AZN DRAGON-Glad you like it. I couldn't help it! I had to put the ramen scene in!:) I couldn't think of any other way for Naruto to meet Iruka besides at the Ichirakus. :P And Iruka's fitting into his role QUITE nicely! LOL! Glad you enjoying!
TO ALL REVIEWERS, I THANK-YOU.
KEEP REVIEWING, I LOVE HEARING YOU COMMENTS AND I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE
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