Red Eye
.Begin Author's note:
\Disclaimer/– If I owned Naruto, this would be the story.
Wow. I'm rather surprised I got a review approximately 5 minutes after posting the first chapter. kDanthe, thank you for your quick response. I'm glad that this already has about 2 reviews in the first day of existence. Thank you as well, 2 u (). Say hello to the second chapter. The action starts here.
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A pale crescent moon floated in the sky around Konohagakure. The village was utterly silent, the residents still shocked and tired by the Kyuubi attack. Many families were in mourning, the loss of fathers and brothers, sons and mothers, and sisters and daughters paining them. The village leader, the Hokage, was sleeping to the chorus of a nightmare, and his ANBU patrolled the city. Four in particular were performing a very important job.
Guarding the Yondaime's Legacy.
The child had yet to be given a name, but a scroll by his bedside indicated Uzumaki Naruto was the prime candidate. His four ANBU guards certainly agreed with that choice. But then, Boar, Dog, Rabbit, and Cat were fiercely loyal to their Kage, and firmly believed he could do no wrong, si disagreement wasn't quite in their options list.
Not the sharpest shuriken in the bunch.
Unfortunately for them...
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Four cloaked figures were moving quickly through the Fire Country. They were following a massive trail of destruction, with seemingly no end. Miya whistled.
"Who did this one?" Nanashi sniffed.
"Classified."
"What?" everyone was curious now. Nanashi sighed.
"Janus-sama told me not to tell you, and to pick up the target then go. I am expressly forbidden to say."
"Teme..." Nanashi rolled his eyes. It wasn't his fault.
Tsurugi spoke up. "Who is our target?" He looked to Nanashi. The rest of their team was looking towards him, also interested.
"A child. He is a newborn. The late Yondaime's son." Miya smiled. She liked children.
"Oh, and Miya, if you are stabbed in the back while doting on him, I'm going to say in my report that a tree fell on you, thus killing you." The smile disappeared faster than a fox down a hole.
"Teme!" She lunged at him, chasing him all around their route. He laughed, having the superior speed. He laughed right up to the point someone grabbed him from behind. An icy fist of dread gripped him as he turned back to stare into Miya's big red eyes, performing the deadliest jutsu known to man.
Puppy Dog Eyes no jutsu.
Her voice was soft and mewling as she took advantage of his weakened willpower.
"Nanashi-kuuuuun, you wouldn't really let me get stabbed, would you." tears started to fall...
"N-never..." She smirked under her veil. Got him.
"Will you pleeeeeeease treat me out for dinner when we get back for saying that?" Nanashi cursed his weakness to the eyes.
"Of course." She released him and the jutsu. Taking a look around she noticed that they weren't far from Konohagakure. Nanashi was about to voice his opinion on what had just happened.
"Tsurugi, Kaizen..." He exploded. "Why didn't you help me!" The pair snickered.
"It was too funny. That and she might have turned it on us." Kaizen said. Tsurugi nodded sagely.
"Next time, I'm ordering you to assist."
"As if. She wouldn't let you." Nanashi opened his mouth, looked at Miya, and revised his opinion.
"Still..."
Miya decided to alert them. "Oi! We're almost to Konoha." Humor tapered off as the team focused on their assignment.
The remains of the main gate were scattered around the street, making it easy for the Akagan team to enter the city. Once in, Tsurugi took charge. He was the team's tracking specialist, and Saraki had provided seals that could track to last known location via the target's blood. They didn't have the boy's blood. What they did have was the Yondaime's. Just as good, under the circumstances.
Tsurugi looked at the seal on his arm, watching an arrow in the center, which slowly turned to point due east. He move stealthily in that direction, the team following.
He halted suddenly, the team froze, and a chuunin patrol swept past. He resumed movement, stopping every once in a while to allow patrols to pass them by. Finally, after an hour of sneaking, he stopped next to the Hokage Tower, at an apartment building.
Miya's turn.
A genjutsu specialist, she began a set of seals. She finished and whispered out the name of her jutsu.
"Shinkoumen..." (midnight veil) She smirked as the shadows began to deepen around her, until she was finally invisible. She entered the building. Ten minutes passed. She came out and used code signs to convey a message to her teammates.
Four ANBU. I call the one with the Cat mask. Nanashi signed back. Very well. Team, blitz them hard and fast. This must be a covert operation. The three remaining nodded. Move.
They sprang into the building.
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Cat was unfortunate enough to be guarding the door. Frankly, this assignment was taking time away from him, time he'd rather be spending with his little Kurenai-chan. The four year old girl was becoming frustrated with her father's mission amount. Just six more hours, and-
His train of thought cut off as a cloaked figure rounded the corner, already making seals. He raised his hand towards his sword, and knew already it was too late. "Dosu Gasu.(poison gas)" the figure stated, and blasted a large amount of purple gas right at him. He tried to duck out of the way, but accidentally inhaled a minute bit of gas. Bad idea.
His arms and legs went limp like cooked noodles. His throat locked up, leaving him utterly helpless. His death was seconds away. He dimly registered a group of people moving past his body...
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Dog woke up from his nap, his Inuzuka senses hearing a slight thud down the hall. His eyes opened and met red. He was transfixed. He didn't even noticeTsurugi sliding a pair of kunai into his heart. The slit-pupil eyes haunted him until blackness took his vision.
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Rabbit was fully alert on the roof. Nothing was slipping past him! Nobody could-
A cloaked man had appeared right in front of him. Rabbit made an attempt to block as the man rushed forward. He was punched in the face, kicked, kicked again, punched, and the left alone as he pushed himself to his feet again.
Cold red eyes regarded him calmly. He went for a kunai-
Just to get stabbed in the back. His vision was going, but he saw the man in front of him poof into ninja smoke.
'A clone?' he thought, as he descended into darkness.
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Boar suddenly had the gut feeling that comes when you know something bad has happened. He was about to check up on his team, but was interrupted.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu.(fire type: Grand Fireball.)" A voice stated calmly. Boar felt the cool sensation spread across him, the one that begins just before one is burned.
He fell to the ground as his body below his neck exploded in pain, and darkness took him.
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Kaizen snickered as the body of the ANBU captain fell to the floor. The lower half had been turned to liquid slop.
"Overkill, ne?" He heard Miya ask as the door slid open.
"Not for an ANBU."
"I suppose." She walked over to the crib. The now awake child looked up at her.
"Cute, isn't he?" She cradled him in her arms. Nanashi stuck his head through the door.
"Time to go."
Kaizen pinned a note to the body of the captain. It read, "Zan nen da!".
"Hai."
The four Akagan were gone like morning mist.
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The Sandaime awoke to yells.
"Hokage-sama! The Yondaime's child is gone!"
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Janus smiled as his best elite team gave the baby to him.
"Congratulations. I am glad I can count on you."
The all bowed, taken aback. Janus-sama almost never gave praise.
"You have a new assignment." They straightened.
"You are hereby off active duty." Nani? What was this? "You will all four be supervising the training of this boy. He must be the best of the Akagan." They bowed again. All with different feelings.
Miya was happy, that she would have a child to raise, and that Janus-sama was entrusting them with this important task.
Kaizen was both proud and annoyed. He had to train a brat?
Tsurugi was ready. He liked teaching.
Nanashi accepted the orders without question. A new generation of strong ninjas was needed to lead the Akagan into the future.
As one they answered Janus's unspoken question.
"He will be the best, Janus-sama."
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Chapter end.
Begin end note
At the end of every chapter, I will post a jutsu list that details all jutsu used in that chapter.Here is list #1
Jutsu List 1
Puppy Dog Eyes no jutsu: The ultimate weapon. No seals. Used to shatter an enemie's will.
Shinkoumen: An obsolete skill from Kirigakure. Six seals. User deploys a Genjutsu that makes anyone the target chooses to believe that the user is a patch of shadow. Due to high chakra cost, this technique fell into obscurity when the less costly Kirigakure no jutsu was created.
Dosu Gasu: Ninjutsu. Creates highly poisonous gas. Breathing in even a bit would be fatal.
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu: Ninjutsu. User blows a large ball of fire from the mouth.
Translation list:
Hai- yes
Zan nen da- Unfortunate, or disappointing
Nani- what
Remember, I am not fluent in Japanese, and will welcome valid, polite criticisms. Thank you.
Next time on Akagan!
Naruto begins his new training under the four best Akagan.! Meaning of Akagan explained! Oc's described to your satisfaction! Naruto's teammates are brought in! They aren't OC! See ya there!
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