A Forgotten Soul CHP. 2
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything related to it, nor do I understand why people are so obsessed about SasuNaru…….It's still a mystery to me!
Becoming of a Team
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Kakashi's eyes widened as he looked at the potential army before him, "Wow, you two are full of surprises. Let's see how you handle them." Kakashi then reached into his pocket,
What's he taking out? He said surprises, is it a strange new weapon? Thought Naruto. Then Kakashi pulled out…his…BOOK!
WHAT THE HELL DOES HE TAKE US FOR! Akuma's eye twitched in anger as Kakashi began to read a book titled Come Come Paradise, one of the five Akumas charged forward and took out a kunai,
"I'll show you to underestimate us!" The kunai was then engulfed in what appeared to be flame, except it was green and red and very bright, "Here's another taste of a specialized Jutsu! Hisaki-Ken Jutsu!"
(A/N: I know most of you are thinking, 'what's up with all the made up Jutsu?' well, it's because Akuma loved switching things around and making them better, so he would study and perform other types of Jutsu then improve upon it and slap his name and Jikei, which means style, on the end of the name, then he began to make up his own Jutsu because he was interested in ninja that were known for specific styles, specific Jutsu, or a specific trait, but it got a little out of hand and he made 14 specialized or improved on Jutsu. AND NOW BACK TO THE STORY! Author, out.)
Akuma threw the kunai knife at Kakashi, whom dodged it by jumping, but the kunai knife stopped where Kakashi used to be, in mid-air! Then it got brighter, and brighter, and brighter, the closer Kakashi got to it as he fell, the brighter it got. Kakashi then realized it, the knife was a bomb! He threw some smoke powder bombs into the ground just as he reached the knife.
BOOOOOOOM!
The explosion was tremendous, it shook the earth to its very core, and the real Akuma flinched as he realized that whole village must have heard! Oh man, the townsfolk are gonna think I'm trying to BURN the village! Akuma whined to himself in his mind, he then looked at the clone angrily, "YOU MORON! YOU COULD HAVE DESTROYED THE FOREST WITH ALL THAT CHAKRA IN THAT ONE KNIFE! SHOW SOME RESTRAINT! AAARGH!" Akuma screamed.
"Cool down Akuma…err…Akumas, I'll get those bells, and you guys just hang out!" Naruto smiled and readied himself, as did his clones, both he and the Akumas knew Kakashi was still alive, probably not even so much as dirty, but they had to find him and get a bell!
Kakashi stepped out of the smoke abruptly, reading and occasionally giggling, Kakashi then looked up, the two boys and their clones were still there and it seemed as though it was Naruto's turn to get duped.
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2 painful and frustrating hours later…
Naruto dropped to the dirt out of exhaustion as the last of his clones puffed away in front of Kakashi. "I…pant…can't…pant…do it…pant…Akuma, I'm dry as a desert."
Akuma and his last remaining clone stood up again and readied themselves to attack Kakashi, Naruto had almost gotten a bell, and Kakashi had stopped reading and was showing signs of fatigue.
"Wow, I am truly impressed by both of your performances; I haven't had so much fun with a squad in years! HAHAHAHA!" Kakashi said as he scratched the back of his scalp and released a hollow laugh, Akuma then jumped in with his clone, one struck with a punch, Kakashi dodged right, a kick, he ducked, two punches with a follow up roundhouse, dodge, duck, block and stab.
The clone screamed in pain as water began to sprout from his leg instead of blood, Kakashi then followed up the ferocious attack with his own, he punched Akuma in the cheek, knocking him back into a tree, and kicked the clone in the ribs, the clone slid a few feet, only to be killed by 3 kunai to the head. It then turned into water and fell to the ground with a splatter.
Akuma tried to stand up, but he ended up going to his hands and knees and trying to cough, he screamed in pain as his jaw erupted with what felt like fire, the screaming hurt too so he shut his mouth, which hurt. He then realized it, Kakashi had dislocated his jaw, No wonder it's hanging limp. He grasped his jaw in the right places and popped it back into place, which hurt more than anything he had ever felt, he screamed a brutal, animal like scream and slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"Oops, guess I punched way too hard." Kakashi said worryingly, suddenly he heard a jingle, and reached down to his bells, there was only one! He turned around and saw Hinata standing there, almost crying as she avoided looking at Naruto's beaten body, holding a bell.
Enter Hinata's mind/
Hinata looked at Naruto's limp body, she knew he wasn't dead, but just the thought of it made her eyes blur, she glanced at Akuma, and remembered watching him replace his jaw, that made her want to cry even more, and what really made her want to cry, was that this was her plan all along, to have them fight while she snuck up. She couldn't take her own betrayal anymore, she cried openly on the cold hard ground next to the unconscious form of Naruto
Exit Hinata's mind/
Kakashi stared at the Hyuga as she bawled over Naruto. "Hey, Hinata, you know he's just knocked out right?" Hinata's white eyes looked up at him, her face was red from the crying and she looked him right in the eye as she calmed down,
"Yes Kakashi-sensei, I know." Just then, the alarm clock went off,
"Wow, time sure flies huh?" Kakashi said and walked over to Akuma, he stood over him and, at first, was worried, then he heard the snoring. Kakashi sighed and tried not to get too angry at the young genin who was more interested in sleeping then listening to teachers, so Kakashi did the calmest thing he could think of, he picked Akuma up and tied him to the middle post. He and Hinata then dragged Naruto to the posts and woke him up.
"Okay, for those of you who are awake, I will tell you now, you did put up a good fight, and Hinata may have gotten a bell, but itwas notwhat i was looking for... none of you has what it takes. So just give it up, you'll never be shinobi." Naruto and Hinata gaped at Kakashi, and Akuma just snored, "Would someone wake up that little dunce, please?" Hinata banged Akuma on the head and whispered to him what Kakashi said their results were, he didn't take it well…
"WHAT! WHY! WHAT ABOUT THOSE THINGS YOU SAID, THAT WE WERE AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE? HUH?" Akuma yelled at Kakashi,
"You may have the skills of a ninja, but you don't have the mind of one, did you ever wonder why they put you into three man teams, what the point of this exercise was? It was teamwork, even though there were two bells, one person would have to give up, but you would all still pass, but instead; you, Naruto and Akuma, decided to take turns instead of coming at me together, and you; Hinata, stood by until I had knocked them both out, then you stole a bell!"
"Wait, if we all failed then why am I the only one tied up?" Akuma asked, "Well that's because you're always sleeping, you're disrespectful, I hate you,and I didn't want good food to go to waste." Kakashi stated and smiled at him. "I am going to give you three one more chance, you can have your bento boxes, but give absolutely none to Akuma or else you all fail!" and with that Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Okay, I think he's gone, here, what kind of noodles do you think these are Akuma?" Naruto shoved the noodles into Akuma's mouth, he swallowed and glared at Naruto,
"Naruto! Don't give me any! You remember what gramps said!" Akuma exclaimed.
"Yeah, but you and I both know that you can't operate to your full potential if you miss one meal, not to mention two!"
Hinata looked down at her food and suddenly began shoveling food into Akuma's mouth and blubbering apologies, "I am so sorry Akuma…I never should have betrayed you two…I'll never do it ever again…and I never will leave your guys' sides…"
"Ogay, I ged id Hinada." Akuma said with a mouth so full he couldn't pronounce his T's, or K's, correctly.
Suddenly, there was a gigantic puff of smoke, Kakashi appeared, yelling at them with an immense amount of chakra buildup. "YOU-----pass!" Kakashi smiled at them. Team seven just stared at him, then,
"AHOOOOOOO! I DID IT! I'M A NINJA! GENIN IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO HOKAGE! AHOOOOO!"
Naruto-kun seems very happy Hinata thought as she blushed. "Wow that was tough…" Akuma said while trying to stifle a huge scream.
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Akuma skidded on the roof of his and Naruto's apartments. "So, Naruto, I'm out of ramen, can I eat at your place tonight?" Akuma asked pleadingly, "Yeah sure buddy, just only eat 2 cups, no more!" the two friends laughed and jumped down to Naruto's balcony.
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The child walked towards the kyuubi as it made its way to the village where the child's parents used to live, suddenly, the child realized he was glowing, he heard a gasp as one of the many shinobi that were attacking the kyuubi noticed him, it was a girl, she ran forward and picked him up, the further away they got from the kyuubi, the less bright the child became. Then the woman looked at the child's eyes, she saw them and gasped. She said something but the child didn't know what it meant. "Lady, where we go ta?" the child asked her, "To lord Hokage's tower, where the Sandaime will ask you about why you were out there." She stated. "I out dere cuz mommy went away and daddy got rid of me." The woman looked at him as if it was fascinating that the child was able to speak so well.
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Akuma woke up, sweating. He had had that dream again, it always felt so real. He stood up and started boiling water; he grabbed a miso ramen for Naruto and for him. Then he grabbed a box that was sitting on the counter, one of Naruto's old ramen one's, and threw it at Naruto.
THUNK!
"Ow! Hey what was that for? I was having a good dream about Sakura-a-I-I mean about s-s-saving the ramen from being over-cooked."
Akuma just laughed at his pathetic excuse for a lie, "its okay Naruto, I know you like Sakura." Akuma stuck his tongue out at Naruto.
"You like Hinata…" Naruto said with a sly smile.
"Uh…umm…no?" Akuma said and smiled weakly,
"Well I think that excuse deserves a NAH!" Naruto stuck his tongue out at Akuma and started to chuckle. "So Akuma, why did you stay here all night last night?" Naruto asked quizzically,
"I remember why, we were eating ramen and having a great time, then we started training outside and it got really late. I needed to get my things then go home but I fell asleep on your floor before I could make it there, you were already asleep." Akuma said.
"Oh…okay! Well, we better head off to meet Kakashi-sensei and…Hinaaaaaaata! Tee hee."
"Shut up Naruto, or I'll tell Sakura about your dreams! You are quite…vocal, let's say." Akuma said with a cackle, Naruto gulped and apologized.
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Kakashi and team seven walked back to get a mission after capturing a cat.
"Team seven's next assignments will be, baby-sitting for the council of elders, planting sweet potatoes, and plucking weeds." The Sandaime Hokage said, obviously bored.
"Wait a minute!" Naruto interrupted, he stood up and pointed at the Hokage, "Come on, what's with all the kid's stuff? I want a mission, a real mission, not these chores! Get some loser to do them for a dollar and give us a real ninja mission!"
Iruka stood up, angry. "You are inexperienced and not ready for a real mission yet! Everyone starts out doing grunt work!" The Hokage sighed and held up his hand to stop Iruka,
"Obviously, Naruto needs an explanation on the ninja ranks, there are four ninja ranks, Genin, you guys are genin, rookie ninja, and you get the easy, or D, missions. Chunin, like Iruka here, are journeyman ninja, they are more experienced and get C ranked missions. Jonin, like your sensei, are elite ninja and are far more experienced, they get B ranked missions. Finally, Kage, like me, the last rank of ninja and the most experienced, I take care of the A ranked missions. We get requests from all over, and they could be anything. A person will send a request, we'll send what rank is designed to take care of it, and that person will pay that ninja or ninjas for the help. Now do you understand?"
But, none of team seven was listening; Naruto was talking about what he should eat, Akuma was sleeping, and Hinata was trying to wake Akuma up because Kakashi was going to kick him.
"WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!"
"I'm sick of this! All the old man does is apologize then give me a lecture! There's more to me then the trouble making screw-uphe thinks I am"Naruto yelled, the Sandaime Hokage smiled.
"Okay Naruto, I'll give you a C ranked mission, the protection of a certain individual."
Naruto gasped and his eyes widened, "Who is it? Some lord? A princess? Who?"
"I will introduce you now."
The door opened and in walked a fat, drunk, old guy who looked like he hadn't showered in months, "Are these the one's protecting me? They look like a bunch of snot nosed brats, especially the short one; he's got the face of an imbecile."
Naruto looked at both of his teammates and started to chuckle "Which short one? Which imbecile…"
(A/N: Naruto is shorter than Hinata whom is shorter that Akuma.)
Naruto's eye twitched, "I'M GONNA RIP THAT OLD FREAK APART!"
Kakashi grabbed him by the collar. "Wrong, no killing the old man you have been assigned to protect."
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Later, while walking to the village gates
Akuma glanced up at the old man, "Soooo… Who exactly are you again?" Akuma asked and put his hands behind his head.
"I am Tazuna, a bridge builder of ultimate renown. I am from the Land of Waves, where we live in poverty because of an overlord named Gato."
Kakashi looked over at Tazuna, "You mean of Gato Corps.?"
Tazuna nodded solemnly, "Yes… that Gato, he has taken over our entire country. But I am making a bridge, a bridge that will connect our little world to the others, and allow us freedom." Kakashi waved to the guard at the gates, which opened them.
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Outside the village, 20 minutes later
Tazuna, Kakashi, and team seven walked on and on, Hinata was standing next to Naruto, blushing quite a lot,
Akuma was trying not to look at Hinata Must…resist…cuteness!,
Naruto was just walking,
Kakashi was walking with his hands in his pockets,
and Tazuna was walking with his head down when suddenly two ninja appeared from a puddle behind team seven. They ran forward. Before anyone knew what was happening, Kakashi was wrapped in barbed wire chains.
"One little piggy!" the two ninja pulled their claws, which were attached to the chains, towards them. Ripping Kakashi apart,
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" then the enemy ninja were behind Naruto,
"Two little piggies." They said, with poison in their voices. Naruto whipped out a shurikan and swung at the two ninja behind him, they both jumped into the air in unison. Akuma looked over at Naruto, as if asking him something with his eyes; Naruto looked at Akuma, nodded, and readied his shuriken. Akuma then put his hand at his side, as if grabbing something, and pulled hard. Slowly, a short katana began to appear,
"Let's go Naruto!" the two Genin raced at the enemy ninja. Naruto then jumped into the air, but the two ninja weren't watching him, they were busy dodging the attacks of the boy with the sword, whom had almost gotten to them many times. Naruto waited for a chance, saw one, and threw his shuriken with all his might; it missed the ninja and hit the tree behind them. But Naruto wasn't aiming for the ninja themselves; instead he had stuck the barbed wire chain they had to a tree, Akuma followed up by whipping a kunai into the whole in the shuriken. The two nin tugged on their claws to rip Akuma apart, but they were stuck,
"It won't come loose!" one of them yelled, suddenly Naruto landed the claws of the two ninja and kicked them both in the face, breaking the chains off of the claws. The enemy nin quickly regained their balance and charged in different directions. One ran right at Hinata and Tazuna.
BAM! The two nin were both caught in a Jonin's arms. "K-Kakashi-sensei!" Hinata gasped in relief. Kakashi had jumped in and saved the Genins from fighting any longer,
Naruto and Akuma looked at each other, smiling, "Piece of cake!" Naruto said as they helped Kakashi tie up the attackers.
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Me: well, there you go! The second chapter is done! REVIEW!