This will be my last Update for this Story. I will start on a new story however: I am doing a crossover between Naruto and Dog Days, specifically a NarutoxLeo fic. (There are only three of those on ).
I have a request for those who are actively writing their own stories. I have been looking for good crossovers between Naruto x Claymore, Naruto x Certain mystical Index (I think that is the english name, don't know what the Japanese name is, Toaru something) and Naruto x Akame ga Kill.
I am not saying that these need to be done…It is just a request.
Disclaimer: I do not own Narut(k)o…Ino does.
"Greetings…" Normal speak
'Moron…' Normal thinking
"Rasengan" Jutsu name
Chapter 28
Invading army camp
2 weeks have passed since Amegakure fell to the invaders. Since then the army has been steadily moving east, avoiding the lands of Fire to the south and lightning to the north. In their wake they left a path of destruction and death the likes of which had never been seen before.
As always, Furutaka was at the head and he was busy talking to one of his subordinates.
"Master Furutaka. May I ask why we are heading to these specific ruins and not attacking the enemy forces?" the subordinate asked.
"Because I want the world to know that my revenge against that accursed clan will be fulfilled. I will wipe their name from history itself and destroy anything that remains of them." Furutaka answered. "I will never forget what they did to my clan, nor will I forgive them."
The subordinate nodded before jumping back in surprise when Zetsu rose from the ground.
"Attacking that place will not be easy. People have resettled on the Island and have built mighty defences. The fight for that place will be brutal." The white half said.
"We have confirmed that the remnants of that clan are there as well. From what we have seen, they are all survivors of the great purge long ago." The black half said.
The news actually made Furutaka widen his eyes. He hadn't expected that.
"Describe the defences." He told Zetsu.
After that was done, Furutaka thought for a while, before coming up with a plan of action.
"The plan remains unchanged. We continue our march." He said. "Uzushiogakure will be ours by the end of the month."
In the Forest nearby
As the Army continued marching, none of them noticed the group of figures hiding within the trees.
"We need to warn the others." One of the figures motioned with his hand. The leader of the group, a man with gravity defying white hair and a dog mask, answered.
"Hebi, Saru, Taka. The three of you go to the main encampment and report this news. Tell Tsunade-sama that the invaders are heading for Uzushiogakure." The three mentioned ANBU nodded and disappeared. Kakashi motioned for the other ANBU in the Area to ready explosive Kunai. "Hit and Run" he motioned. As one the figures threw the kunai right into the middle of the enemy marching lines, the kunai landing reasonable distances away from each other…had the explosive tags not been been the work of one Uzumaki Naruko. The ANBU were surprised when the resulting explosions were easily three to four times the size of their standard explosive tags. Each explosion had a radius of around 10m. By the time that the soldiers came to the location where the ANBU had been, said ANBU were already long gone.
At the head of the column
Furutaka heard the explosions from where he was, half a mile ahead.
"Find out what that was and report back to me. NOW!" he shouted.
10 minutes later he learned what happened. 78 men died in the explosions. Another 132 were critically injured while 63 had minor wounds.
"Reform ranks. Loose marching formation." One of his subordinates bellowed, earning the man a glare from Furutaka.
"Sir, the loose marching formation will mineralize casualties from such an attack, yet still enable the men to form a defensive line rapidly." The man said, sweating from the intensity of the glare.
"That may be true, but it will spread out our men even further than what they already are." Furutaka said. "However, you spoke the truth. Reform columns. Loose marching formation, add six more columns, three on each side. Separate into companies." He roared. Almost immediately the soldiers started spreading out, forming up into a broad checkerboard formation with approximately one meter between each person. All along the line groups formed in the same formation.
Once he received confirmation that the orders had reached the end of the line, he gave the ordr to resume marching. As for the young man who gave the order to spread out, Furutaka promoted him to company leader for his rapid thinking during an ambush…at least that was what he said…the real reason was because a few of his company leaders were caught in the ambush.
Timeskip, 2 hours later, Konoha F.O.B (Forward Operating Base)
Tsunade was having a very bad day. She and the Konoha shinobi had set up their camp in anticipation of being attacked only to find out that the enemy army is avoiding Hi no Kuni and heading straight for Uzushiogakure…according to the ANBU that returned just 6 minutes ago. Already the camp was in a state of high activity as the Leaf shinobi were mobilizing…again. What Tsunade really wished here was for a bottle of Sake.
The two task forces had already been dispatched to Uzushiogakure while three companies were nearly ready to be sent as well.
"Send a hawk to Suna." Tsunade murmured to the ANBU, who nodded and disappeared.
Uzushiogakure, around that time
Naruko had been on a roll. Since she had returned from Konoha she had nearly doubled the output of her workshops as well as having finished construction of the defences.
Kongo and some of the other Uzumaki were out on the mainland laying massive numbers of Uzumaki grade Land mine tags on the ground. (A/N: If you are conservationists, please note that this is a fictional Universe and the Trees will grow back. So please don't complain.) They also laid down numerous traps and several deep pitfalls.
Back on the island, Naruko was finishing of the prototype for her new weapon. She had created a smaller version of those massive and odd weapons that were used during the battles at the coast months earlier. During her test-fire she was surprised when she managed to propel a stone ball the size of an orange well onto the mainland. However it's accuracy was horrible, and when she test fired it a second time the wooden tube exploded. She decided that since she still had a f*** ton of steel left, she was going to use that. Finally, after lots of swearing, some hammering, a ridiculous amount of chakra and some tinkering Naruko managed to build a working prototype that fired further and more accurately (A/N: she bade the barrel using a rasengan which left the barrel rifled…but she didn't know about this). Next she began a) creating several of these new weapons as well as stone balls, but she also began working on a way that enables her to shoot a ball of explosive tags that won't explode inside the barrel itself. Her solution: Compressed Air Seals. The final result: A massive amount of firepower in a small package. (A/N: Now you know why they say dynamite comes in small packages in our world…)
Naruko also began building a large caliber version of her new toys and when she revealed it, she gave the classic greeting.
"Say hello to my little friend."
Ino chuckled. "Tenten would go berserk when she sees this."
With the second group of Leaf Shinobi heading towards Uzushio
Tenten sneezed loudly, causing her to misplace her feet as she was about to land on a branch, resulting in her falling onto the branch with her legs on either side. The males around her saw that and couldn't help but feel pain…
Because Neji, seeing Tenten land like that was distracted enough that her ended up in the same situation…only his was much more painful…
Back in Uzushio
"If she tries anything, I'll place a forced Henge seal on her that makes her look like Lee." Naruko said.
Ino could have sworn she heard someone sneeze.
4 days later
Naruko was walking around the large campsite of the Combined forces of Leaf, Sand and surprisingly Stone shinobi. Kiri had sent word that they had sent a fleet that would arrive in a few days while the Raikage sent word that he and his shinobi would delay the enemy for as long as possible.
As Ino had said, when Tenten saw the new weapons she went completely berserk, even going as far as pulling out some sealing scrolls. Ultimately she was banned from coming within 100m of the workshops and warehouses. To keep Tenten happy though, Naruko gave her tips on how to increase her skills in weapon smithing…after having nagged Naruko for hours about it. Later Neji had went to Naruko and thanked her for giving Tenten something to do. Lee and Guy had found several new 'sparing partners' (more like partners that kick their asses without breaking a sweat) amongst the younger generation of the 'old' Uzumaki. Guy had to open the 6th gate just to stand a chance against them while Lee was used to mop the floor whilst having the 5th gate opened…at least that is what it looked like to everyone else. The truth was that the Uzumaki were barely holding their own against the two taijutsu nuts and it was their massive amounts of chakra and stamina that gave them the deciding factor during their spars.
Kakashi, as always, was reading a book while walking around the camp. Anko, together with Iruka, were spending time with Naruko, who was using her clones in the workshops. Tazuna was at the makeshift bar complaining about Zabuza having a relationship with Tsunami. Haku and Tayuya were visiting one of the more secluded beaches on the island. They thought the reasons were secret (They forgot that Naruko had clones all over the island…). Inari and Nozomi were sleeping in each others' arms underneath a tree, curtesy of being tired from another of Naruko's training sessions…
Konohamaru and Hanabi were sitting on one of the cliffs on the island, with Udon and Moegi sitting a small distance away, not wanting to be caught in an awkward situation. Hinata and Kiba were training with Shino at one of the training firelds. Shikamaru for once wasn't lazy and was inspecting the defences on the bridge (He hadn't been told about the minefield…only the Uzumaki knew about that) and was pointing out weakpoints along the barriers. Shino was meditating, still trying to get his head around the fact that there is another war on the way while Choji was having an argument because he was banned from the BBQ stand as well as the Snack Bar…For obvious reasons. Sakura and Kino had approached Naruko with atomic blushes and asked for silence seals that work within a tent. Being the prankster she is, Naruko gave them silence seals…just not the ones they wanted because of some changes.
Yes they prevented sound from passing through the tent canvas, but only from the outside, meaning that everyone walking by could hear them. To make the prank even better, Naruko tweaked the seals so that the canvas was translucent…at least it appeared that way from the outside…Let's just say there was a large amount of screaming, blushing, moaning…(You get the picture)…involved on the inside while on the outside the ground was littered with blood from nose-bleeds and the unconscious bodies of several men who had watched the spectacle. They had been at it for quite a while when Naruko walked in.
"Sakura, Kino, I…" she stopped, faking surprise when she saw them. "…gave you the wrong seals." Naruko squeaked, faking an attempt to hide a blush. Sakura and Kino's eyes went wide at the news and as Naruko explained the effects they got blushes that went beyond atomic. Sakura, being Sakura, tried to vent her embarrassment on Naruko, but stopped when Naruko told them she was distracted on her sealing arts…which was true, the two girls had come to her while she as working on one of the more complicated seals. What they didn't know was that they were being played. (A/N: I forgot to mention that Naruko had also added a camera seal to the collection that displayed the event all over the Campsite, sound and all. That was how Naruko 'found out' about her mistake…*Bullshit*)
Ino meanwhile was actually turned on somewhat by the display and began making preparations for that night.
Meanwhile with the approaching army
Furutaka's army was continuing its march towards Uzushiogakure when they met up with some surprising support. Sasuke had survived his last battle with Naruko and had gathered supporters. (A/N: FYI they are not the canon characters…except maybe for Jugo…) Now he was leading a group of 22 powerful former Oto-nin with Various abilities: 12 of them were had offensive abilities, 7 were defensive and the last three were support. He had tried to recruit Karen from one of the northern bases, but she was nowhere to be found.
Sasuke told Furutaka that he would put up with the man as long as he got the chance to fight against Naruko. The smirk on Furutaka's face told Sasuke that he accepted, but Susuke had a sense of Déjà vu as the smirk reminded him of Gato.
In Kumogakure no Sato
The Village hidden in the clouds was emptier than it normally was due to the lack of Shinobi. Since the Kage summit A had been mobilizing whatever forces he could to the defense of his country. When he heard that Uzushiogakure was the target of the enemy, he couldn't help but feel pity. In the short time he had getting to know the uncrowned Uzukage, Naruko, he had come to respect the girl. He felt bad not aiding her in her fight, but he had to see to the defenses of his home first. What he could do is…
"Darui." He shouted. His right hand man appeared almost instantly. "Gather 6 Teams of our shinobi and head over to Uzushiogakure. The Brat is the target of the enemy."
"Forgive me, Raikage-sama, but which Teams whould I take?" Darui asked.
"Anyone!" came the roaring answer. A's secretary was just happy that he hadn't broken anything this time.
Somewhere north east of Konohagakure
A large army of roughly 20,000 were marching towards Uzushiogakure, although they knew that they wouldn't arrive in time to join the defenders. They marched none the less, because their "Queen" was in danger and had asked for their help. All the time they were chanting their marching song (A/N: I am not writing that down as I have no clue as to what it should be or how the lyrics go…except for some parts…). For miles around people heard them sings songs about Hot woman with flaming hair and the wonders they have shown them…Let's just say the songs were about how Naruko KO's them all the time…
Naruko had known that even with reinforcements she and her clan wouldn't be able to defeat the army and had asked the Followers of the Flame for help.
Meanwhile, on a far distant land across the ocean
A large group of old men were sitting in a circle in a deep discussion.
"The Landings on the South Eastern area of the Island has been an utter failure. Our spies told us that the different people there were fighting amongst each other." One of the old men said.
"We have confirmation that the second invasion force led by Furutaka has successfully landed and is preparing to invade them." Another said.
"Furutaka was supposed to have had his aka…akas…aka-whatever-you-call-it turn the people there against each other." A third said. This continued for a short while until a messenger arrived.
"Our agents in Furutaka's army have sent word that he is not abiding by his orders. He is heading towards a deserted island on the far side of where they landed only to destroy some ruins." The messenger said.
The resulting roars of disproval could be heard by the guards 500m away.
"What do we know about this Furutaka?" an elderly voice spoke, immediately shutting the shouting people up. The latter looked at each other before one of them spoke.
"From what his rooster said, he was born and raised in one of the rural areas of your kingdom, your majesty. He joined the army at the age of 12 and worked his way through the ranks."
"So he is a true general?" the king asked.
"At first glance yes, until you look at the background of his family, who were part of the refugees from roughly 100 years ago…"
"So he is one of those traitors." The king said, thinking back to the events of 30 years previously. A group of Shinobi tried to stage a coup, but failed. As a result every person who had shinobi blood in them were put to the sword. "Send word to his army. He is to be stripped of his command and executed at once."
"As you command, your highness." One of the Generals said. "However, it may be a while until the command reaches his armies."
"That is true. Maybe we should form a truce with the people on that island until this problem has been dealt with." Another man said. His suggestion was met with nods of approval as well as disagreement…the latter from those who had lost sons during the failed invasion.
"This is going to continue for a long time…" the king thought.
Few days later, Uzushiogakure
The cooking shinobi were busy dishing out lunch when the first explosions came from the forest. The Shinobi on the island immediately sprang into action, though some shinobi took their food with them. The various ANBU units from the different hidden villages rushed over the walls and into the trees as the explosions came closer. They would act like commandos as well as scouts. Meanwhile on the bridge the other shinobi manned the ramparts and barricades, crates of Kunai and Shuriken providing them all with a decent amount of ammunition.
For 30 minutes the explosions continued. The front line shinobi were getting anxious when the first enemy soldiers arrived.
Chapter 29
At first all the shinobi could see was a group of men in bloody and torn leather armor forming ranks at the foot of the bridge. Soon they saw men wearing undamaged leather armor forming up behind the first group. Suddenly a horn blared from within the smoking forest and the soldiers formed up 25 shoulder to shoulder and began charging onto the bridge. Almost immediately the shinobi at the barricades began hurling kunai and shuriken at the approaching soldiers. Within seconds the first three ranks were either dead or dying on the bridge. It didn't stop the enemy though. The shinobi managed to down 9 more ranks before the first barricade had to be evacuated. The soldiers began destroying the first barricade when the sound of thunder could be heard firing in rapid succession. Seconds later several explosions appeared from within the ranks of the soldiers still on the mainland, sending may of them flying, some missing limbs or even heads.
With the cannons…
Several shinobi were busy reloading the cannons when Naruko called out,
"Say hello to my little friend…" and fired the large cannon. The resulting explosion cleared a large area of enemy troops…from within the forest (The shell landed within the ranks of the heavy infantry.
"Yippee Kay Yay, Motherfuckers…" came the call of the crews of the smaller cannons as they sent a second volley. Unfortunately by now the second barrier had been breached and the enemy troops began approaching the first rampart (the first of 6). Besides suffering heavy casualties, the troops just advanced. When they reached the rampart, the first ranks leaned against the vertical wall while the second rank climbed onto their shoulders, followed by the third who reached the top of the rampart. This time, the shinobi didn't retreat, but instead struck out at any enemy that climbed over. At first they were held of successfully…at least until the soldiers began using the corpses of their fallen comrades to build a ramp. After that the defenders began fighting for their lives as soldiers began pouring over the battlements. Were it not for the timely "Double Dynamic entry" by two certain green spandex clad shinobi, the defenders would have been overrun. Following the two taijutsu freaks came Naruko and the 54 Uzumaki shinobi that made her clan…except that they didn't stop on the rampart, but jumped right into the masses below, forming a tripple line which the enemy soldiers were unable to breach, let along approach.
"Katon: Karyu Endan" Naruko shouted as she breathed a massive flaming dragon.
"Futon: Daitoppa" Ino called, empowering the fire dragon to no end.
The resulting infernal was so intense that the only parts left of the enemy soldiers were the glowing white short sword blades they wore as a secondary weapon.
This collaboration technique broke the moral of the soldiers and they pulled back into the forest. Roughly 400 lived were lost on the bridge that day, not counting the deaths caused by the exploding shells from the cannons. The large gun only fired once while the smaller ones had sent out at least 6 volleys.
After the bridge had been cleared of bodies
Ino found Naruko standing on the first rampart looking towards the mainland.
"What is the matter?" she asked when she saw the sad expression on Naruko's face.
"Is it worth it?" Naruko asked.
"Huh?"
"All this loss of life…Is it worth it?" Naruko clarified.
In truth, Ino couldn't find an answer to that. She knew better than to lie to her wife, therefore just put her arm around her shoulders.
"Killing is a necessary part of survival." A voice behind them spoke. They turned around to see Zabuza. "All life on this planet is governed by the need to evolve…the need to survive and adapt. Before the foundation of the hidden villages, it was called 'Survival of the Fittest'."
"That is a short way of saying that there will never be an end to the fighting." Naruko muttered.
Zabuza nodded. "Humans by nature are ironic, both peaceful and aggressive. Both loving and hateful."
"Was that what they taught you in the blood mist?" Ino asked. Zabuza nodded. Naruko nearly began crying into Ino's shoulder.
3 miles away from Furutaka's army
An army of roughly 20,000 was setting up camp for the night. The next day they planned to attack the invading army.
Chapter 29
The next day brought surprises for both sides. For the shinobi it was that the invaders had built mobile ramps with which they managed to scale the first wall…before destroying it with a battering ram. The second wall also was taken, but a vicious counterattack led by Naruko forced the invaders off the bridge. The battering ram didn't last long.
The surprise for the invaders came in the form of an army attacking them in the rear. Naruko, hearing the sound of the battle, immediately began a counter offensive, bringing the fight to the enemy and catching them in a battle on two sides. The surprise attack didn't last however, as the enemies heavy infantry literally marched into the new army, nearly impervious to their weapons. The shinobi on the other hand were sweeping through the lightly armored infantry in style…and lots of fire-power. Where there wasn't any hand to hand fighting, the cannons bombarded the enemy. The fight continued on for about an hour before all parties broke of their attacks. The casualties were staggering. The followers of the flame had lost about 1000 men, mostly raw recruits. Furutaka's army had lost most of its medium infantry (A/N: I refuse to call them light infantry because in my mind, that class belongs to conscripts and archers) and a few of its heavies. The shinobi had lost relatively few people in comparison, only about 200, but they had fewer people to spare in the first place, so the battle was a draw.
That evening, Uzushiogakure shinobi HQ tent
"Things are just going to get more difficult from now on." The leader of the Iwa shinobi said. Naruko nodded.
"We have taken out most of their lightly armored men, so now we will be facing their heavily armored ones…" she said. "The ANBU communication line reported that my 'followers' managed to kill a few of them, but it required them to be knocked onto the floor and stabbed in the back of the neck. Added to that, the enemy heavies fight as a group. If one gets knocked over, another is almost always there to prevent the killing blow from happening."
"Followers?" Shikaku and Shikamaru asked in unison. Naruko smirked.
"I encountered a group of Bandits several months ago and inadvertently and unknowingly made them form the Followers of the Flame." She explained. "I only found out about them several weeks ago."
"The Followers of the Flame…isn't that the group that our Daimyo turned into…" Inoichi began.
"Exactly those. Most people believe they serve Hi no Kuni, but in reality they are named after me, more specifically my hair." Naruko told them.
"They are actually more devoted to Naruko than to their home country. If she ordered them to attack the capital, they would do it without question." Ino muttered, not jealous at all…(A/N: Yeah…right…)
"And now they fight to 'protect their motherland'." Shikamaru shook his head. "Troublesome."
"I don't see what is so troublesome about that, Shi-ka-chan." A new voice spoke up…mischievously.
Everyone turned to see Temari standing at the entrance of the tent.
"Having a military is something that most countries should have. It will increase the security in the country and it will give civilians the chance to defend themselves for once."
"Troublesome." This time it was Shikaku who said that.
"Isn't it troublesome to constantly having to say that word?" Temari asked making the shinobi from Konoha laugh. The rest didn't know what was going on…
Later that night…
Naruko woke up feeling uneasy. There was something in the air that she couldn't place. Getting out of her tent, not caring that she was still in her PJ's (Or complete lack thereof…). Even though there was mist, her sharp eyes were caught by movement on the bridge. It took her mere moments to realize that a night attack was going on.
"Alarm!" she roared, rushing into her tent to get Himiko as well as her recently forged sword, Kazehime. Kazehime was a sword that Naruko forged from Tamahagane and the elder Uzumaki judged it to be of Meito quality…even by Uzumaki standards, but not on Himiko's level. However when Naruko put her chakra into it, it glowed white blue and released chakra that looked like a flame (Just like Himiko reacts to her fire nature, Kazehime reacts to her wind nature).
"We are under attack!" she added as she ran outside…only to be stopped by Ino who told her to at least put on her torso armor.
By the time she finally reached the bridge, the enemy had managed to breach 2 of the 6 remaining ramparts. They were moving the ram into position on the next one when Naruko literally barreled into them.
On the rampart that was just saved
"You think she needs help?" an Iwa nin asked a Kumo nin. They and an ever growing number of shinobi were looking at the slaughter below them. Naruko was a blur as she and her clones massacred their way across the bridge.
"Nope." The Kumo nin grumbled. "Now we just need to clean the bridge once more."
"Besides, if we join in now, we may just be caught in the crossfire." Ino told them.
"Crossfire?" the two and several others asked. As if in answer Naruko and her released a massive amount of wind chakra enhanced Hair needles at the enemy. Even the heavies that joined in on the attack were downed as the needles went between the links of their chainmail.
"I feel sorry for those poor bastards. She is shredding them to…" the speaker stopped talking when Naruko stopped her jutsu and sheathed her swords. She then unsealed something none of the shinobi, minus the Gonin, expected. Loud clangs and gongs resonated across the water.
"FRYING PANS?" the males screamed. The females on the other hand were having nostalgic feelings.
"The best." Some of them said. "Nothing reduces moral more than being hit by a frying pan."
"Huh?" Temari asked, confused.
"You need to be able to cook to understand." Ino told her. "Unless Shikamaru cooks for you…" she added teasingly. Temari's face lit up like a red lightbulb, remembering the times that she and Shikamaru had cooked together…more like he did all the cooking…after she managed to burn water.
Meanwhile down at the 'battle' things were getting a little heated as Naruko began putting fire chakra into the pans…Let's just say that those men who survived got a strong phobia for woman with frying pans.
The next day gave the shinobi a break as the followers of the flame began a new assault, this time aided by shinobi reinforcements from Kumo and Iwa, who had realized that they could send help. The Battle was vicious. 10,000 men and woman died during that battle, leaving the enemy army at roughly 50,000, the FoF at 10,000 and the 5,000 reinforcements at 4,000. The shinobi on the island used the time to rebuild one of the ramparts and went about setting up new defences as well. Unfortunately none of them knew about the fleet that was approaching.
With the mentioned fleet
A man in an ornate dress was standing at the stern of his ship, a massive 5 mast ship carrying close to 1000 sailors and 5000 soldiers (A/N: think of the Chinese treasure fleet…a smaller version of those massive ships). Behind his ship came at least 20 more of similar design as well as numerous smaller ships.
"Admiral, we are approximately one week from the island where the traitor was headed." A man told him. The Admiral turned to look at the man.
"Thank you. Carry on, Captain." He replied. He kind of felt bad for what he would have to do, but he had gotten orders from the emperor personally…together with his new rank.
Flashback
The(then) rear admiral was walking down the huge hall towards the raised throne.
"You called for me, your majesty?" he said, kneeling.
"Indeed I have, Rear Admiral Um Lei Tung (A/N: Those who can understand German will understand what that means. I will post the origin of my using this name at the end of this upload). I want you to lead the Imperial fleet." The emperor said. Admiral Tung snapped his head up.
"The Imperial Fleet? I thought…"
"…that only those of admiral rank or higher may command one." The emperor finished. "I know, but we lost one of our admirals during the recent failed invasion. Of all the candidates, you have gotten the most votes. Your tactical mind as well as the respect you get from the sailors is well known to me. Consider this assignment a test if you will."
The old man stood up and held out a scroll.
"Admiral Um Lei Tung, you are to take the 5th Imperial Navy of the Imperial Naval forces and set sail to the recently discovered continent. You are to hunt down the traitor Furutaka and all those who support him. Any means to do so are accepted, including forming a temporary alliance with the natives. Afterwards you are to attempt to conquer the land for the Empire." He read out.
Flashback end
The second part of the mission went against Um Lei Tung's personal code of ethics. He had a tacticians mind, but an honorable warriors' heart. He greatly disliked back stabbing, even if it was only a temporary alliance.
Back with the emperor
"I hope Um Lei Tung passes this test." The emperor said.
"He is known for keeping a strong personal code. He will definitely be unable to form an alliance and then stab then stab them in the back." One of his councilors said. "If he does manage it…"
"Let's just hope that he doesn't." the emperor said. "If he does, he may turn on this city and show us personally why he is known as the 'Fox of the Sea'."
Flashback, shortly after the failed shinobi coup
The empire had hunted the shinobi down to a heavily fortified island. Numerous landing attempts have failed because there was only a small beach on the island and the rest was sheer cliffs. The shinobi had seized numerous cannons during their failed coup and had brought them to the island, placing them in such a way that the entire beach was covered. The boats sent to land troops were blown out of the water and those troops that managed to reach the shore were faced with a barrage of arrows. About a week later a man named Um Lei Tung came up with a unconventional and daring proposal. One of the largest ships was needed.
Under cover of darkness Um Lei Tung had the ship sail up as close to the cliff behind the island as possible. Then they would shoot hooks and lines up onto the top of the cliff, up which numerous sailors climbed. Once up top, the sailors would drive stakes into the ground (the stakes had been connected to one of the lines) and pulled up rope ladders, which they then connected to the stakes. By morning most of the soldiers on the ship had managed to climb up the ladders and were preparing for battle at the top. Um Lei Tung personally led the charge for the final battle of the island, after sending up a flare signaling the rest of the fleet to attempt another invasion landing. Caught between the two sides, the shinobi fought to the last, but were ultimately defeated.
Um Lei Tung explained that his plan came from the fact that Foxes have more than one entrance. If one was blocked, they usually had at least another one where they could enter or exit. His tactic was the other way around. If you cannot get through one entrance, either find a second one or make one.
As he was a man of the sea, he was given the title 'Fox of the Sea' afterwards together with a promotion to Captain and was given the island as his base of operations.
Flashback end
In the Elemental Nations, Land of Toads, Land of Crows, Land of Monkeys and Land of Foxes (All three are the land where the summons live)
For the first time in hundreds of years four of the greatest animal Sages in existence had the same vision:
The Lands will suffer from destruction if Unity is not acquired. The Human who isn't Human will either lead the nations to ruin or to prosperity. One of the descendents will go on a journey after a life changing event, never to return but happy with the fate.
(A/N: I am not very good with prophesies, so don't complain.)
At the time none of them knew what it meant…or whom it meant.
Time skip, on the bridge to Uzushiogakure
It has been 2 days since the night attack, and 1 day since the disastrous assault by the FoF, and the attackers had stepped up their assault, the defenders were down to their last rampart. It was here that the fighting was bitter indeed. Within 20 minutes the body count was so great that a corpse ramp had been built spanning the entire rampart. Through sheer weight of numbers (and armor) the shinobi were gradually being pushed back. Fortunately before the last line could be overrun, the fleet from Kiri arrived and began assaulting the troops on the bridge with ballistae and giant slings…and a lot of mist. What surprised everyone was the appearance of several lava dragons, curtsey of Terumi Mei, the fifth Mizukage. It turned out that she had sent her entire army (more like every shinobi who could find space on a boat) to aid Uzushiogakure. Many of her shinobi later stated that she wanted to truly open Kiri's borders to the other nations and forge peace and trade agreements.
Together with the new reinforcements Naruko decided to counter-attack. The resulting battle was fierce and long, but the Shinobi eventually won, destroying the enemy army utterly. Furutaka personally engaged Naruko in a one on one combat…during which he called her things like: Breeding Bitch, Slut, Whore…(Basically anything that would piss her off). Half of the onlookers (actually every shinobi that was watching, the rest were soldiers of Furutaka's army) decided to turn around and close their ears, for Furutaka had just pushed most of Naruko's berserk buttons. They also braced themselves…and were not disappointed when Naruko caught Furutaka in her "Shakuton: Rasenshuriken", obliterating him on a molecular level.
"Alright, who is next?" Naruko asked after the explosion. Her answer came in the form of weapons being thrown at her feet and enemy soldiers begging her to accept their surrender. (A/N: I don't think there is a fanfiction in existence that has something like this…at least to my knowledge whilst writing this story)
Days later
Naruko and the leaders of the Hidden Villages, both major and minor, as well as the daimyos of all the elemental nations were sitting in the recently constructed gathering hall on Uzushiogakure, including the Samurai Nations.
They were busy discussing the future of the Elemental Nations and the Shinobi System. Yes, Shinobi were still needed, but the existence of the Followers of the Flame proved that the individual nations didn't have to completely rely on the Shinobi system any longer. This unfortunately caused a rift to form between Shinobi and Civilian.
The discussions continued, eventually turning its attention to the remaining rogue Shinobi, such as Sasuke. All trace of him had disappeared during the invasion and ANBU were searching far and wide for any trace of him, but so far have come up with nothing.
Towards the end of the summit, It was agreed on that the shinobi system would not be discontinued, but instead some of the shinobi were required to help train the United Elemental Army, an army based on the principles of the Followers of the Flame (well most of them).
Another thing that was approved was that Uzushiogakure effectively became a Village State (City State doesn't quite apply here) with Naruko at its head, even after she revealed the truth about her. It was still not known what would happen if she manifested her 9th tail, but many agreed that it would likely never happen.
What surprised everyone, though, was Naruko's proposal of creating a new capital for the Elemental Nations. What surprised them even more was when she mentioned the location: Amegakure.
At first stunned silence greeted her, followed by shouts of many opinions. It took Naruko a while to calm them down and explain her reasoning.
"If we do found a capital it should be in a location that is easily accessible to all communities. Also, which nation and hidden village has suffered to most during the previous great wars?" Naruko asked. "Amegakure has been a battleground due to its strategic location. It also boasts the greatest number of peace-seekers on this continent." Naruko listed several people who were working for peace, including Hanzo the Salamander and Nagato.
In the end it fell to the Daimyos whether or not to accept the idea. (A/N: and them being bureaucrats, the discussion will last for another few years…)
Meanwhile the fleet was nearing the shores…
This ends the story. Many thanks for reading and many thanks for those who waited patiently for my Updates…
Many thanks to the writers who made me consider writing this story with stories of their own:
Author: Story:
Seerking Uzumaki Naruko, To The Victor, The Spoils V2 (For the inspiration of an Naruto story)
Hayaki Dimensional Ruler's Etude Vol 1 (One of my first fav's)
FirstStory Ancestral Power (Taught me that not all stories with an OP main are boring)
There are others, but these three were my main motivation.
If you are saddened by the fact that my story is finished, well good luck keeping sad because I am beginning a new story that basically act as a sequel to this one, finally featuring everyones' favorite hyperactive, knuckleheaded, powerful, clueless, funny,…DEEP INHALE…, unpredictable blonde ninja of all time, the one and only Naruto. However this time he won't be holding Kurama but still, he will have some quirks due to his…lineage…
Please stay tuned for the beginning of my next story: 'Fox days'. A crossover between Dog days and Naruto.
Many Regards,
AreYouFrikkenSerious
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Ahh Crap, I forgot to add an Epilog…give me 402 words…
Epilog
13 years later
A blond haired boy was running through the Battlefield, dodging swords, spears and arrows. He had clear blue eyes and three whisker marks on each cheek. His hair was spiky and messy and on his head was a forehead protector bearing a spiral. His clothes were bright orange and black and he was wielding a pair of swords that had been passed down from his mother…one of them at least…
The battle he is in could be considered a skirmish in comparison to the those fought at the beginning of the war 13 years ago when the Hunn Dynasty invaded the Elemental Union.
Even though the boy was only 13 years old, he was already a high chunin…by his clans standards that is. His name is Uzumaki Yamanaka Naruto, though he doesn't like using his second surname due to its length. He also is unable to utilize any of the Yamanaka techniques due to his horrible chakra control, which had been estimated at being half that of the Ichibi, Shukaku.
Flashback, three years post war begin
For the first three years of the war the elemental forces were constantly on the defensive…that was until the return of the Biju, who had escaped their captivity recently. With the help of Uzumaki Naruko they managed to come to an agreement with the Shinobi: they would never be sealed again. In return they avoid attacking anyone of the Elemental Union and if are unable to prevent attacking, they should try to keep the destruction levels to a minimum.
Most of the Biju agreed to that, though they later began helping the Shinobi and the Elemental Army in their battles.
Flashback end
Now, ten years later, the war had come to a turning point. The Hunn Dynasty had somehow managed to recruit Naruko's arch enemy, ex-Uchiha Sasuke, and sent him with a army to crush them.
"MOTHER!" Naruto called out when Naruko and Sasuke smashed their strongest melee jutsu together.
The earth, seen from space…
A shockwave began form one small point and spread out across most of the globe. Moments later the earth began to crack as two enormous powers collided. The cracks spread all over the world.
At the epicenter the land was reduced to rubble and began sinking into the magma below. No-one noticed the brief blue glow around a young blond boy that drew him into a black space.
Earlier I mentioned writing down a joke to explain a name:
Disclaimer: If you are of Chinese decent, This is a joke which I read in a news letter and not of my own creation.
What is the name of the Chinese minister of Transport? Um Lei Tung. (Direct translation: Umleitung - Bypass; rerouting)
What is the name of the Chinese minister of Agriculture? You Flun Dun. (read with g's behind the two n's)
What is the name of the Chinese minister of Food? CHow Chow. (I know it doesn't exist, but this proves that it is only a joke)