NOTE: Hi there guys and unguys. This is a remake of my old fic ,The hidden world of shinobi". I've let go of that one, since I found it too lame. Now I am far more experienced, so I hope this one will be better.
The basic idea is: ninja in 21st century. How do they live in modern times? What difficulties they have to face? How do normal people treat them? I also included some interesting, IMHO, conceptions (some of them may shock you, but it's just too boring when AU fanfics stick too strong to the original plotline, wouldn't you agree?). I wish you a good time reading. If reviewed, I'll go on (InnerGM: So we're doomed, you talent-less baka). 1st chapter may be a little lame, but it's barely a first chapter, so please forgive me .
,21st Century Shinobi" by GreatMarta
Episode 1- Not to be forgottenThere was once a demon fox with nine tails. He just needed one of them to crush gigantic skyscratchers and cause tornados. Nobody knew, how to fight him. None of the nuclear, biological, nor chemical weapons could harm the powerful creature. Kyuubi laughed at the modern technology. All of the tanks, airplanes, and war engines seemed like childish toys to him. People lost their hope. Only a miracle could save them.
The miracle happened. It came, riding a gigantic frog. One man, one of the outcast shinobi. Until now, modern people saw the ninjas as fools, who cling to past, instead of developing a new, bright future. Nobody needed ninjutsu in the XXI century. Who would use swords or arrows, when there are so many kinds of guns, pistols, and uzi? Idiots. Idiots, who go against the world. Against the improvement. That's what normal people thought. Until that event.
That man was a ninja. A ninja leader in fact. Where everybody else failed, he succeed. When everybody lost hope, he still believed. And knowing, that defeating Kyuubi would cost him his life, he wasn't in two minds about it.
Fourth Hokage they called him.
Sacrificing his life, he sealed the demon into a newborn baby. His son. Since that event, the new world accepted shinobi. Nobody laughed at them anymore. Nobody saw them as freaks anymore. They earned respect and became a link between tradition and improvement.
As for the hero's son, he was placed in the orphanage, under special control. The ninja elders kept on assuring, that the boy is no danger, and the demon inside him is unlikely go break the seal, but people feared the boy. No wonder.
Naruto, cause that's the boy's name, grew up in rather peaceful atmosphere. The third hokage made sure, that the fourth's son doesn't feel he's different than other children. Naruto had a place to sleep, three meals a day, and access to education. One thing he couldn't bare was loneliness. Sure, he had friends to play with, he had caretakers, but nobody could replace him a family. He wished for parents and siblings. For somebody, for whom he'd be someone special. The only one in his kind. Somebody, who'd always be there for him.
The dream made him grow up into a wide-known prankster, desperately seeking attention.
His dream was fulfilled, when he turned 8. He met a young woman, who had just lost her child. She needed support and immediately fell in love with the boy. Not much time passed, and they became inseparable. Naruto treated his new friend as an elder sister and wanted to be like her. On his 9th birthday, the woman made him the greatest present he could ever wish for. She officially adopted him and took him away from the orphanage. From now on, they lived together.
Mitarashi Anko was her name.
Naruto and Anko lived happily, until the boy turned 12. At this point, something changed. What was it? What caused it? Naruto couldn't tell. But he was to find out soon, that the demon fox inside him started to take action...
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Marta:
And what do you think? Good first chapter or bad first chapter? If you have any suggestions, I will follow them. Everything for my dearest reviewers (InnerGM: What reviewers?).