Chapter 6:The Legend Of Link and First Meetings

"Speak your name and rank," said an elderly man, situated in the middle of all the elders, obviously the leader.

"Uzumaki Naruto, former chunnin considered by self to be Jounin," said Naruto.

"Your actual rank.....not the one you deem worthy of yourself."

Sitting behind Naruto in the audience was Kagome, Yahiko, and the Fifth.

"Sorry, elder." That guy is an ass, thought Yahiko, they are making it sound like Naruto is on trial.

"Let us begin, Nayashi you start." The elder directed this towards a man that looked more raisin than human.

"Naruto, we have called you here today, to make account on your past ten years," said the man. He wore half rimmed glasses and had a dull droning voice.

"I understand."

"First things first, what has happened to jounin Hanata Kakashi ? Did he go missing with you ?"

"No on our last mission, Kakashi was killed in combat."

"Why were you in the forest ?"

"Because Madame Hokage thought the forest was a strong hold for Orochimaru." The old men stared at the fifth.

"And was it?

"Yes." The old man finished and yet another took control of the conversation.

"Well, why didn't you return ?"

"Because I engaged Orochimaru in combat and we left this world for another." The old men were mumbling to one another.

"Did you kill him ?"

"No, he knocked me unconscious and when I woke up, he was no where to be found." The old men began whispering again. Kagome stared at them wishing this would end, what are they trying to prove she thought.

"Where did you wake up at ?"

"The land was known as Hyrule." Yahiko stared at Naruto in disbelief. He never knew where Naruto first went when he left his village, this part of the story was new for him.

"What did you do in Hyrule ?"

"I met a swordsman named Link." Kagome, too stared at Naruto in disbelief, he looked like he was on the verge of crying. Another old man proceeded with questioning Naruto.

" What did you and this swordsman do?"

"Link, too me under his wing and taught me to be a real fighter. We went after an evil dictator known as Ganondorf. This said Ganondorf is now the first lieutenant of Orochimaru.

"What happened ?"

"Link died and well the princess was captured." Naruto had a sad thought about Link, lying dead on the ground with his sword by his side. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword

"Who ?"

"Princess Zelda, rightful heir to Hyrule. She is still held by Orochimaru and his forces. Anyways Ganondorf was vanquished and lost control of Hyrule, he fled the world and I followed."

"To where ?"

"To Vash's world." Naruto now was truly on the verge of tears.

"Who ?"

"A very dear friend I left behind."

"What happened ?"

"It all began five days after jumping from Hyrule to Vash's world when I was 14."

"So you spent a year in Hyrule."

"Yes and this is where I truly become the man I am today." Naruto soon begins to think about when he first entered Vash's world and when he met Vash.

The desert has drained Naruto much of his strength. He has spent five days roaming and roaming this desert.

Where is civilization, thought Naruto, I have been wandering this desert for five days. Has my ears decieved me, thought, Naruto. This sound was closer to him and soon he could see them, five of them, five things moving in desert leaving a trail of sand trailing. Bandits drove them, they had automatic machine guns and there were about ten of these bandits.

"YEAH, BOYS GET 'IM !!!!!" These bandits on there moving vehicles encircled the weary Naruto.

"EASY MEAT !!!" Past these moving vehicles, Naruto could see off into the distance something that was crimson red, it looked like a small speck in the distance but it soon got bigger and bigger. The crimson red turned out to be a man dressed in red jacket. The bandits did not see him, but he steadily got closer. This man was running towards the bandits and Naruto. He had a small pair of yellow sunglasses. He flipped open his jacket and drew out a huge gun and fired into the air.

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM !!!," he yelled. The bandits stopped and turned around. They zoomed towards the man in red and began yelling, they raised their guns, but the man in red was too fast he shot the guns out of their hands and reloaded quickly, he continued shooting the guns out of their hands and he reloaded again. And that was when Naruto blacked out.

Naruto woke up to feeling a damp rag cooling Naruto's forehead.

"Your up. I thought you suffered a heat-stroke, the name is Vash. Nice to meet ya stranger. What is your name ?" asked Vash.

"Naruto. Thanks for saving me." They sat in a cave, he could hear a small fire crackling.

"No problemo, little buddy. Well see you around." Vash looked to be around in his late 20's, but there was something mystical about him.

"Going to meet my pal, he's a traveling priest named Wolfwood. Oh I am being so rude. You wanna come with me ? You would not survive without me."

"Yeah sure."

"I got it. I will go get him and I'll return, you stay here and rest." Naruto didn't know if he was lying or telling the truth about returning, but Vash let out a big reassuring smile. At that note Naruto ended his tale concering Vash.

"Why did you stop ?" asked the leader. "What happened to the priest."

"Quite simple, Vash, Wolfwood, and myself traveled for sometime together. We jumped worlds and met my samurai friend. Yet even when we jumped worlds we were being hunted by mercenaries known as the Gung-Ho Guns. We thought we killed his brother Millions before we left Vash's world instead we left him for dead.

"What happened to the priest ?"

"He was killed in Yahiko's world by Legato leader of the guns."

"What happened ?"

"I'll start from the beginning." Naruto flashes forward five years.

Naruto is now 19 and he considers Vash and Wolfwood as brothers. Vash is a pacifist by heart and would never kill anybody, Wolfwood once worked for the guns but that was long ago. Now they hunt him and his new friends.

It has been five months since escaping certain death from the guns and jumping into this new world. The trio, have wandered this land named Japan for some time now, in hopes of finding somebody tied to Orochimaru, but there has been no luck. Vash and Wolfwood agreed to help Naruto find Orochimaru because the two insurance agents have been captured and that the trio are like family.

A week ago they entered the city foreign to them known as Tokyo, there they have stuck out greatly. Just this morning, they bought new clothes, they had the same clothes for months.

The trio of men walked slowly through the crowded streets.

"We really need to get some help," said Wolfwood. He was talking down towards the street.

"Why ?" asked Naruto. His hair has grown greatly since leaving Hyrule those five long years ago.

"Why, We have no idea where we are going and another week and we'll be dead." Vash nodded to what Vash said.

"He speaks the truth," said Vash.

"Well, what do you suppose we do ?"

"Well would you look at that," replied Wolfwood. He refered to the three men in the ally mugging the kid. Before he could finish, Vash was already running down the ally.

"Leave that kid alone !!!" But before he got there he tripped on a rock and rolled into some wooden boxes. Wolfwood saw this and ran, trying to stop the muggers from getting to Vash. Naruto disappeared and appeared right before them, he drew out a kunai.

"How did he get from there to here ?" said one of them. Naruto was about to throw the kunai, but Vash stopped him.

"Naruto, violence doesn't solve anything, it only hurts more people." Naruto let his arm slip to his side and he said.

"You three have three seconds to get outta here," said Naruto. They were gone in less than a second. The trio of brothers, then went to go look at the victim. He was a young boy barely conscious, he was about 13.

"I could've handled them," he said, through a black eye.

"No, you would've died little brother," replied Vash with utter most kindness.

"What is your name little brother ?" asked Wolfwood. He examined the boy's wooden sword on the ground.

"Myojin Yahiko." He was breathing in pain.

"It sounds like his ribs are broken," said Naruto.

"Well little brother I am Wolfwood, this is Vash, and this is Naruto." Vash took Yahiko over his shoulder.

"Where do you live ?"

"A dojo owned by Kamiya Kaoru....outskirts of town." After that Yahiko blacked out.

"Will he be alright ?" asked Naruto.

"He'll be fine." Wolfwood grabbed the boy's wooden sword , and the trio and the unconscious boy left the alley.

"YAHIKO, what do you think you were doing in that part of the city!!!," yelled a young lady who was the teacher of this sword school. The part of the city that Yahiko was in were the slums more or less. Earlier when she introduced herself as Kamiya Kaoru. Yahiko looked much better than he did over an hour and a half ago. Surrounding the boy were two men named Sanosuke Sagara and Himura Kenshin.

"Sanosuke was a brash young man who was once a merchant fighter and Kesnhin was a red haired man that could past as being Vash twin in terms of principles.

"Kaoru-dono, at least Yahiko-kun is alright," said Kenshin. Kaoru popped him in the head. "ORO...."

"Yahiko should've never been there in the first place.....but thanks you so much Mr. Vash, Mr. Wolfwood, and Mr. Naruto.

"No problemo,"they all said saluting Kaoru.

"But since you three have no place to go, I am offering you three room and board. Plus you have to work for rent, but you can do chores."

"She drew you in, now you are stuck here like the rest of us," whispered Sanosuke into Naruto's ear. Naruto was chuckling, but Sanosuke, too was popped in the head.

"You can leave at any time, Sano, remember that." She directed to Sano to take the trio, to their room.

"Now one thing guys, Karou is a horrible cook, the only person who can actually cook here is Kenshin. He led them down a corridor to a set of doors.

"This is your room, see ya later, dinner is in an hour." The three opened the set of sliding doors and entered they saw mats on the floor. Each selected one mat and slept.

Everybody accept for Naruto had a dreamless sleep. It was raining and Naruto stood wet, kneeling down near Link. The green swordsman was near death.

"Link.....don't die," said Naruto.

"It is ...my time......find Zelda...destroy Ganondorf..," said Link amid coughing.

"I promise I'll find Zelda."

"You are going...... to be a great man, good luck........ on your journey home." And then Link died. They sat on top of thecastle, surrounding them were the guards of Ganondorf. Whatever happens to this land I hope it the best , thought Naruto. The guards drew their weapons and slowly walked towards Naruto. Naruto saw the door in the air, that was where the coward escaped to. That door is my only chance thought Naruto.

Naruto leapt into the air, all whilst letting tears run freely from his eyes. Bye master, thought Naruto, he reached the door and it closed right as he entered. Naruto was shaken awake.

"Naruto, it is time for dinner," said Wolfwood. Wolfwood wiped his hands on his clothes. "You're sweating, are you alright ?"

"Just find, lets go eat ," said Naruto weakly. Naruto got up from his mat and followed Wolfwood out to where everybody all sat. Vash left several minutes prior to Wolfwood waking Naruto.

"They're here let us eat," said Kenshin. Kenshin bade the two to sit near him and Yahiko. Dinner was riceballs with raw fish. (I do not know japanese food) There was another person there that they had not met earlier, Megumi Takani, a doctor. Dinner was full of joking and fun, but all that would change in three days, when Legato came bearing gifts.