HA! I told everyone it'd be only a few day until the next update! I'm finally starting to get into this! this chapter's longer too, so enjoy it you guys!
Oh, and i don't own naruto runs off and sobs in a corner
Chapter 4
Convieniently enough, Kirsu's apartment complex was only a few blocks from the Hokage tower. Apparently, the Hokage wanted him close just in case something happened. Not that it bothered Kirsu much, being in Konoha was being in Konoha. Kakashi had shown him the complex and had just gone down to get the key to his apartment, leaving Kirsu a minute to do some reflective thinking.
" So I got sent to the world of Naruto through some strange anime/computer link/malfunction? I doubt THAT'S ever happened before. I wonder if I could ever go back?" He said to himself, " Nah, not like I'd ever WANT to go back, there was really nothing for me there, no recognition, no love, nothing. I think I might just fit in rather well here, not that i'm complaining. This is freaking sweet, finally my dreams come true!"
" So you're not only unique, you're crazy too huh?" someone said behind Kirsu. Kirsu jumped, startled, and looked behind him. Kakashi had snuck up on him, and was now spining a key around his middle finger. " It's not a healthy habit, to talk to yourself like that, you know? People might think you've got a demon in you." He joked, allready figuring that Kirsu knew what he was talking about.
" Yeah well, you know, back in my world, there was never really anyone I wanted to talk to, so I allways passed the time debating things with myself." Kirsu told him. Kakashi shruged and turned around.
" Allright, your business is your business. Let me show you your apartment real quick then I'll show you the market, the food court and maybe a training ground or two, for the training you say you want to do." Kakashi said. He opened the door and showed Kirsu in. There was a short hallway with a door on the left and a door on the right. At the end of the hallway was a medium sized living room with a kitchen around a corner to the left. " The door on your right is your bedroom, and the door on your left is a bathroom. All the major standard of living items are here, toilet, sink, bed, dresser, a stove and a microwave, the basics." Kakashi told him.
Kirsu looked around and sighed. " Looks kind of bare, I wish i'd have known this was going to happen to me, i'd have brought a change of clothes at least."
" That's what I figured, which is why I was going to show you the market, you can buy some gear there later." Kakashi said, " Here's your key," he tossed the key over to Kirsu, who caught it and stuffed it into his pocket. " We've still got plenty of time left in the day, ill show you the market next, then you can buy some stuff there later." He said.
" Allright, that sounds good to me, lets go then." Kirsu said. They left the apartment and proceeded to finish the tour.
Noon had shown Kirsu by himself back at his apartment, Kakashi having shown him all that he needed to see for the moment. Before he left, Kirsu had bummed some money off of him, promising he'd get paid back after his first mission. He decided that it'd probably be best if he bought a few clothes and some food right away, before he spent the money Kakashi had given him on something else. So he left his apartment and went back to the market. He was stopped rather abruptly half way there though by a public disturbance.
" DAMNIT, YOU BRAT, GET BACK HERE! YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID!"
" YEAH RIGHT, LIKE YOU COULD POSSIBLY CATCH ME!"
Kirsu stopped suddenly and looked down the street he was walking through. He saw a dust cloud rising in the distance. A few seconds later he saw a kid with hair as yellow as the sun running from a group of older leaf-nin.
Ah, so this is where I am...perfect timing. Kirsu thought. Just as the kid ran past him, Kirsu grabed him by the collar and draged him behind a box near the vendor he was standing by. The group of leaf-nin ran right by them, too wrapped up in their chase to realize what had happened.
The kid was still struggling against his captor. Kirsu had clamped his hand over the kids mouth so that he wouldn't draw attention to himself.
" MMMMPHHH MMPWH WWHWPH!" he tried yelling through his gag. Kirsu let go of his mouth finally, seeing that he was no longer being persude.
" Oh, oops, my bad!" Kirsu said, " I'm on your side, Naruto! I was just helping you out."
Naruto looked at the guy who had caught him. A good foot taller than he was, dirty blond hair, flat top, skinny. This guy didn't look like he was from around here. Who was he?
" HEY! You can't just go grabing random kids off the street! What kind of person do you think you are!" Naruto yelled. "...Wait, how do you know my name?" Naruto looked at Kirsu with a confused face.
Kirsu stood up and dusted himself off. " It's a long story, Naruto. I don't care to tell you the whole thing, but I will tell you that i'm a fan. Let's just say i'm on your side." He looked at Naruto with a knowing face. " I know what you've been through, and it makes me all the happier to know that i can help if you need anything. The name's Kirsu, Bisson Kirsu. Pleased to finally meet you, Uzumaki Naruto!". Kirsu extended his hand to Naruto, who was just stareing at him with a bewildered expression on his face.
Someone doesn't hate me? Is this guy for real? He called me by my name and doesn't have a hint of anger or detesting in his voice.
" Well come on now, I don't bite dude! Let me help you up." Kirsu told him. Naruto just shook off the feeling he was getting, tears in his eyes, he gladly accepted the friendly gesture. " What did you do this time, my friend? Paint graffiti on the Hokage monument again?" Kirsu joked with him. " Forget about it, man, they'll take another few hours to find ya! Until then you can hang with me if you want. I was just on my way to get some new clothes. I just came into the city this morning, and am just getting settled in. Maybe you can help me pick out some practical stuff to wear." He said.
Naruto wasn't sure what to think, this guy seemed to know a lot about him. Maybe he could find out more about this Kirsu guy later. He shook all past doubts out of his mind. "YOSH! Sure i'll hang with you, you seem cool enough for me to be seen with, Kirsu!". Naruto said, putting his loud, happy mask back on. " I know just the place where we can find you some clothes!" Naruto took Kirsu's arm and draged him off to find the clothing shop he was looking for. When they got there, Naruto nodded approvingly, Kirsu just sweatdropped. Naruto had led him to none other than " MANLY MIKE'S ORANGE JUMPSUIT EMPORIUM".
"...ummm...Naruto? I was thinking of finding a place...how should I say this...a little LESS flambouyant. I don't think i'd really fit too well around here with something like that, I think only YOU pull it off well." Kirsu said nervously. " I think i'll see if I can't find somewhere else, dude." He laughed nonchalantly.
" But I thought everyone liked orange jumpsuits. No-one's ever said anything to me about them..." Naruto grumbled dejectedly. He pushed it to the side. " Allright, but you're missing out Kirsu, chicks really go for a guy in an orange jumpsuit!" He exclaimed.
"...sure they do, Naruto. sure they do." Kirsu laughed. " Let's try this place over here, it looks like it might have some practical gear." He said. He pointed to a small clothing shop across the street. They proceeded to the store, where Kirsu bought a new outfit for himself. A few pairs of black pants, a few loose-fitting longsleeve shirts (mostly green), a dozen pair of black socks, a few dark colored t-shirts, and a pair of sandles. " This ought to do me just fine for now. Lets go find a place to eat. You got any suggestions, Naruto?" Kirsu asked. He knew fully well what Naruto was going to say, and he couldn't wait to see what real ramen tasted like.
" RAMEN!" Naruto exclaimed. " Ramen is the best food on the face of the earth! I eat it everyday, breakfast, lunch and dinner! And I know just the place to go! Ichiraku here we come!" Naruto grabed Kirsu's arm again and led him through the busy streets towards his favorite ramen stand.
Kirsu was looking around at the villagers while Naruto steadfastly draged him through the street. So this is what the villagers think of him...I knew the type of looks he got, but i wasn't expecting them to get me this angry! They have NO right to look at him that way. Kirsu thought. All the villagers just glared at Naruto with soo much hate as he passed by. Naruto gave them no heed and just ignored them, like he allways did. A kid his age shouldn't have to put up with this type of treatment. Well, now that i'm here, that's all going to change. Here's ONE person who doesn't hate him for what he isn't.
They got to the ramen stand a few minutes later, Kirsu having paid attention to where it was located for future excursions. Naruto had finally let go of Kirsu's arm, letting him free to look around a bit. Ichiraku's ramen stand looked just like Kirsu had remembered. It was just a small ramen stand, with 3 outdoor tables, which could seat 4 apiece, along with a barstand under the small awning of the building, which could seat 5 people. Naruto went right up to the front and jumped onto a barstool.
" Ne, Obaa-san! One large miso ramen, please!" Naruto called to the old man behind the counter. He turned around and smiled at his best customer.
" Coming right up, Naruto-kun. Oh, and who is this you have with you today?" He queeried, looking at Kirsu.
" This is my new friend! His name is Kirsu, and he says he's not from around here. So he asked for a place to get some food, and where else other than your ramen stand?" Naruto replied to the old man. He looked over at Kirsu, who nodded and took a seat next to Naruto.
" Nice to meet you sir, could I please take a small beef ramen?" Kirsu asked politely.
" Sure thing, it's nice to meet you, Kirsu. Naruto could sure use some friends." the old man replied. Leaning over to him and whispering in his ear, " I'm sure you noticed the stares he gets, noone ever wants to even talk to him."
" Yeah I have, and it sickens me that they could still hold that grudge, Naruto is pretty cool, they shouldn't judge him like that." Kirsu told him.
" That's good to hear, you really must not be from around here. No villager here would ever give it a second though, it's good to have you." he said. With that, he turned around to make their meals. Ten minutes later had seen their hungers fully stated, and leaving the stand. They bid the owner a farewell, and proceeded down the street.
" So where are you heading to now, Kirsu? Home?" Naruto asked.
" Actually, I was going to try and go to the market again to get some food for home, I don't have the money to be eating out everyday." He replied. " You're welcome to come with me for a little longer, Naruto, if you want."
" YOSH! Let's go Kirsu!" Naruto exclaimed.
Kirsu grabed his arm before he could run off again. " Whoa there, Naruto. We can walk, it's not like there's no more time left today." he said humorously.
Naruto slowed down some, allowing Kirsu to match paces with him, as they walked to the nearest food market. Another hour later, Kirsu and Naruto were walking back to Kirsu's apartment with a bunch of bags of food. Naruto had immediatly gone for the instant ramen, and Kirsu had let him get some of it for him, but had persuade him that it wasn't allways good to have just ramen all the time. They got back to Kirsu's apartment and Naruto helped him put away all the food.
" Well, Naruto, thanks for your help today, it was great meeting you." Kirsu said. " Did you need me to see you back home?" He asked.
" Naw, i'm good," Naruto replied, " I've been by myself for so long that it'd just feel weird having someone else around. I'll just get going home then. Is it cool if I meet with you tomorow sometime?" He asked.
" I'm not sure, Naruto. I've got some stuff I should see to, and somemore settling in to do, we'll see. I'm not sure if I'll be able to or not, but if you wanted to meet at that Ichiraku place say, around two tomorow, I can see if I can make it." Kirsu said.
Naruto looked downcast for a minute, but then brightened up at the chance to not be alone again tomorow. " Ok, I'll be sure to be there!" Naruto replied to him.
" Allrighty then, Naruto. I'll see you then, ja ne." Kirsu said.
" Ja ne," Naruto replied, walking out the door.
Kirsu shut the door and went back into his livingroom. The clock on the wall read 8:30. " It's seems a little early yet to be going to bed, but the earlier I wake up tomorow, the earlier I can start training, and the better chance i'll have to making it to lunch with Naruto tomorow." He told himself. And with that, he went into the bedroom, got into bed, and promptly fell asleep.
Kirsu woke up early the next morning, suprised that his internal clock was still working. He looked at the clock: 6:30 sharp. He wasn't about to waste valuble time wondering about that, though. He wanted to make sure he got to that training ground Kakashi had shown him yesterday before anyone could stumble on him. He hated being watched. He ate a quick breakfast of cold cereal, then proceeded out the door.
He headed down the street, rooftop by rooftop. Still exilerated by the feeling and the power of it all. It took him a good 10 minutes to find the training grounds. Training ground # 4, was the one Kakashi had shown him the day before. It was a large, open field with forest surrounding it. In the middle stood 5 thick wooden poles, arranged in a circle. Kirsu couldn't imagine what they were used for training-wise, but he decided that the the space in the middle of the circle of poles would be a good place to test himself.
" Allright, so...this being the Naruto world, I have chakra now. But just how much?" He pondered. " I'd better start with something small and see if I can do it. Now which technique should I try... he thought. Well, he needed to know the bunshin no jutsu to pass the exam he'd be taking on monday, so maybe he'd try that.
The first area of learning a new technique is to understand how it works. The bunshin is created by calling out a small amount of one's chakra and solidifying it into a shape of the person who used it. But that's more along the lines of the Kage Bunshin...I have no idea how to create a clone that doesn't have any substance. That really doesn't seem physically possible even in this ninja world. He thought to himself, analysing the technique he thought he was going to use. I guess that means that i'll just try the Kage Bunshin then. Well here goes nothing, what were those seals again? He thought. Ah yes...
Kirsu brought his hands together and quickly did the three seals for the kage bunshin no jutsu. RAT, TIGER, RAM! He brought his hands together in the last seal, the ram.
" KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Kirsu yelled. calling chakra out of his body and trying to solidify it. A few seconds later, two poofs were heard. He looked up to find 2 perfect clones of himself stareing back at him. " YOSH! I can't believe I did it! I actually did a jutsu!" he exclaimed. The two clones looked at him with a humored expression on their faces, obviously feeling the same emotion he was. " Allright! I don't feel too tired from that, I must not have used too much chakra for that jutsu. I can use this as sparing practice now." he told himself. He looked at his two clones. " You two ready for a fight?" he asked them.
" No shit, sherlock." One of them replied. " We're YOU, dumbass, of course we want to fight" the other replied heatedly.
Suddenly a fist flew out of nowhere, catching the clone right in the jaw. He flew back in the air, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
" That'll teach him to pay more attention next time..." the real Kirsu said. " Now time to deal with you, me..." he looked at his last clone. It looked at him with a confident face, sliding into the jyuuken stance. " Allright then, lets see what you got, clone" Kirsu said.
Kirsu ran at his clone, fist reeled back for a punch at his face. The clone jumped to the right at the last second, missing the blow by a few inches, and delivering his own punch to Kirsu's gut. The punch hit Kirsu dead on, knocking the wind out of him. The clone jumped back, giving Kirsu time to recover.
"...COUGH!... You're pretty good for a clone, you know?" Kirsu said shakily. Straightening himself and looking back at his clone.
" Hey, i'm just you, you know. You're capable of doing the same thing." it said. This time it was the clones turn to go on the offensive. It lunged at Kirsu, jumping up for a kick to his face. Kirsu grabed his leg just before it hit his face, and threw the clone against the wooden pole behind him. It poofed away from existance.
" I guess you're right." he said. He sat down against the pole, regaining his breath.
Ok, so i'm not a bad fighter, it would seem. And I can do a decent kage bunshin without much sweat at all. He thought. I should try a henge next, just to see myself do it. I'll have to find a body of water first, so I can see myself afterwards.
With that, he got up and went into the forest to his left. A little ways in, he saw a small pond.
" This should do just fine. Now how does the henge work again?" he asked himself
Ok, the henge works by calling chakra out of one's body from all their points and having it surround their body, taking on the shape of whatever the user wants. He thought. With that, he decided he'd try a henge of Naruto, it seemed simple enough. He brought his hands together.
" HENGE!" he yelled. He was covered in a cloud of smoke. After the smoke cleared, he took a look at himself in the pond. Yellow, spiky hair, orange jumpsuit, whisker marks...He had done it!
" Allright! so I can also pull of a good henge, that'll be good to know for later on..." he said. He went back to the middle of the training grounds. It was time for the offensive jutsu's he knew. He took a deep breath. Ok, i'll start these off small. let's just start with the most common. He thought.
He brought his hands together. This one was simple, all it required was to take a deep breath and expell chakra from your breath, creating fire. TIGER, DOG, MONKEY, TIGER!
" KATON: GOUKAKYUU NO JUTSU!" he exclaimed. He let out his breath, and a large fireball extrude itself from his stomach. It reached a good 6 feet out and was as big as a giant boulder. He stopped the jutsu to catch his breath.
" NICE!" he panted, " I can do that too! But man does that make me tired!" he colapsed on his feet and landed in a sitting position on the ground. " Let me just recouperate a bit here..." He told himself " I think that'll be all for today. I've allready shown myself I can pass the exam."
After ten minutes, he found himself back to normal and decided to call it a day for his training. He went back to his apartment to take a quick shower, it was one thirty, he noticed. He had just enough time to take his shower and get down to the ramen stand for lunch with Naruto. He finished up quickly and headed out.
The rest of the day afterwards was uneventfull. He had had lunch with Naruto and had come back to his apartment without really anything more to do. He had told Naruto that he'd see him tomorow at the academy, as he was going to become a ninja as well. Despite the age difference, he still had to go through it as well. And those were his thoughts as he drifted off into sleep from his second day in Konoha.
If all goes well, i should have the next chapter out in the next few days!