Hello Ladies and Germs! I hope you all are enjoying yourselves, so lets get right to it. Now, ON WITH THE SHOW! It was probably the sixth coldest night of my life. WRONG SHOW!
Naruto was currently headed towards the coast of fire country. At least, he was, until he was summoned back into his mindscape. "Why am I back so soon Fox?" Naruto asked.
"I have succeeded in saving you, and giving you a powerful gift. Be more respectful." The Fox said. Naruto's eyes narrowed.
"What did you do to me?" He asked.
"A few things actually. You now are immune to pretty much all poison. You can do so because you are basically a giant poison plant." The Fox said drowsily.
"What's up with you? Why are you so tired?" Naruto asked.
"You try purging trillions of toxins from your body with the power of a straw dumbass." He said before passing out. Naruto was then thrust out of his mindscape, as someone pushing his shoulder.
"Hey kid. Wake up."
"Uh. I hate when that happens." Naruto said, waking up. He looked around and saw that he was surrounded by a small group of people. Jumping back, he pulled out a kunai in defense. "Who are you?!" Naruto demanded. He gazed at the small group. It consisted of a large darker skinned man, with curly black hair, tied up in a large bandana, a pale woman with light blue hair in a pineapple like haircut and red lipstick, a tall thin man with an eye patch, and pale yellow hair, a man with a jacket with a fuma shuriken on his back, and a blind man holding a cane, wearing monk robes.
"Now no need to get feisty kid. We found you passed out." The curly haired man said. Naruto's eyes narrowed, not letting go of the kunai. "I am Kai, Kai Uemuki. We call ourselves Echo." Kai explained. "We're a group that was created to combat Orochimaru, the snake sannin and his hidden village." Kai explained. Naruto's eye's narrowed. "I'm guessing you have a history with him?" Kai asked.
"He killed my Grandfather, and is the main reason I have been banished from my village." Naruto said. Kai and the others gave Naruto a sad look before nodding.
"What's your name, young one?" The blind man asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Possibly the last of the Uzumaki clan." Naruto explained. Kai's eye brow rose.
"And how did Orochimaru do these things to you, Naruto, last of the Uzumaki?" Kai asked.
"He infiltrated the leaf village during the Chunin exams, killed the third Hokage, my grandfather, and marked my teammate with a cursed mark." Naruto explained.
"So that bastard did kill the Third." The one with the Fuma shuriken said.
"And how did he cause you to be banished?" Kai asked.
"My teammate went rouge, me and a team were sent out to retrieve him. We later learned that he was defecting to Orochimaru, and had a group of Sound ninja elites with him. I eventually battled him in this strange corrupted form he assumed, and eventually after the fight, brought him back, only for my council to banish me for five years, then be brought back or be forced back." Naruto explained.
"That's quite the tale kid, I'm sorry you've had to go threw that." Kai said.
"It's not like its the worst thing I've had to deal with in my life." Naruto muttered. The other's looked at each other but decided not to say anything.
"Kid, you're strong. It's evident if you fought a level two curse mark and survived, not to mention beat your teammate. What's say you join the Echo?" Kai asked.
"Kai, He's just a boy." The Fuma guy said.
"And he's seen just as much as us, maybe even more." Kai said.
"I'll join you, but I need to go to whirlpool first. It's my homeland, and I need to see if anything was left there." Naruto said.
"Of course. We shall accompany you. Have you been attacked by anyone since you beat your teammate and were banished?" Kai asked.
"A pair of strange Anbu, they wore masks that said Root on them." Naruto explained.
"Danzo. Kid you sure have some luck." The tall man said.
"Well, might as well introduce everyone, since we are working together now." Kai said.
"I'm Kai. The current leader of Echo, and an experiment of Orochimaru's who broke his leash, and Master of the wolves." Kai explained.
"I'm Guren. Former bodyguard of Orochimaru. You said your teammate was escorted by a group of Shinobi, may I ask who?" Guren asked.
"Four Shinobi. One was a Kunoichi with red hair." Naruto said.
"Tayuya!" Guren said. Naruto looked at her with a questioning look.
"She's a friend of mine, and our spy in Orochimaru's forces." Guren explained before rushing off towards the leaf.
"Wait, where's she going?" Naruto asked.
"Guren is saving her friend, if she's still out there. They're very close." The blind one explained.
"Anyway, not much we can do about it now. I am Reo Fuma, head of the remaining Fuma clan." He said. "Guren will find her way back at some point, it's fine. I'm also our medic, even though I'm only a field medic." Reo explained.
The tall, eye patched one stepped forward. "I'm Hisao Hayashi. Wielder of the Shottogan." He said before pulling his eye patch up, reveling a complete white eye with a strange pupil. It was a pale yellow that was circular, and had four lines coming out of it.
"What does it do?" Naruto asked.
"My bloodline is new to me, as I am the first to ever obtain it. What I know is that it shows me the weak points in attacks, armor, and places. I also have a special jutsu that goes with it." Hisao explained.
"I guess I am last." The blind man said. "I am Ko, swordsman of Echo, philosopher, Spymaster, and blind man." Ko said with a smile.
"Not to be rude, but how are you the spymaster?" Naruto asked. "I use my summons to gather Intel for us." Ko explained.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, Last of the Uzumaki clan, apparently made of poison, and the Jinchuriki of the Nine tailed Fox." Naruto said.
"Nice." Hisao said, shocking Naruto. "Not everyday you get to meet a Jinchuriki."
"So, Naruto, any idea how to get to your homeland?" Kai asked. "I don't know, except for that it's called the Land of Whirlpools. But, I know of some people who might know."
"Really who?" Kai asked.
Naruto smiled. "We just have to go to the Land of Waves."
"That's not too far for Guren to catch up to us." Ko said.
"Let's go!" Hisao said, unsealing a ruan. Everyone else groaned.
"Why is everyone groaning?" Naruto asked.
"Hisao has a disposition for singing when we travel." Reo explained. "Unless it's a stealth mission." He added.
"Come on guys, I got a new one, just for this chapter in our lives with Naruto." He said as they headed out. "Hem hem." He coughed before making sure his ruan was in tune. After playing a few chords, he started to sing. "Tell everybody I'm on my way. New friends and places to see. With blue skies ahead, yes I'm on my way." He sang as they traveled.
Half a day later, they arrived at the bridge. "Man this brings back memories." Naruto said as he saw the bridge approached.
"Really, why's that?" Ko asked.
"This was my first mission outside of Leaf. We ended up fighting Zabuza and his son Haku, who were hired by this guy Gato, who Zabuza eventually killed after Gato betrayed him." Naruto explained.
"Hey, Naruto, look at this." Reo said. On the pillar that held up the gate of the bridge, was a plaque.
"The great Naruto Bridge! In memory of the ninja who brought back hope to our land." Kai read.
"I had no idea I helped so much." Naruto said, before they all walked across the bridge. As soon as they entered the village, people started looking at them.
"Is that Naruto? Whose he with?" "It's Naruto! The savior of Leaf!" And so on.
"It seems your quite popular here Naruto." Ko stated, before taking a sip of sake, from a gourd he had at his hip.
"I don't think that's safe for you Ko." Naruto said, causing the others to laugh.
"So where's your informant?" Hisao asked. "Tazuna should live down this road." Naruto said, taking in the sites. Wave had recovered quite a lot since his last visit.
Knock Knock. "Yes who is I- NARUTO!?" Tsunami yelled, hugging the blonde. "Inari, Dad! Come down here! Your not going to believe who's at the door." Tsunami yelled.
"Who is it Tsunami?" Tazuna asked, taking a sip from his own gourd.
"Hiya Tazuna." Naruto said with a wave.
"Naruto! It's good to see ya boy. You on a mission way out here?" Tazuna asked. Before Naruto could respond, a cap wearing bullet shot from the stairs.
"Big bro Naruto!" Inari yelled as he hugged the ninja.
"Hey Inari, you've certainly grown since I last saw you." Naruto said with a smile.
"Well look at you! You aren't wearing that jumpsuit anymore! And your traveling with these tough looking guys!" Inari said, motioning the others. Kai and the others awkwardly waved.
"Might we come in?" Naruto asked. Tsunami nodded, before moving from the door.
"So what brings you here Naruto?" Tsunami asked. Naruto was sad for a moment, before smiling.
"I'm looking for information of a place called the Land of Whirlpools. I figured if anyone had any information on it, it would be you guys." Naruto explained. Tsunami thought for a moment, a finger on her chin.
"Can't say I've heard of it." She said.
"I have." Tazuna said, causing everyone to give him their attention.
"It's a place not far from here, in the old days, when I was a child, Wave was a part of Whirlpool before something happened and it became it's own country." Tazuna said, taking a swig of alcohol.
"Any idea where it's at?" Naruto asked.
"I don't, but if anyone does, it's our Daimyo, he would know. I'll see about getting you a meeting." Tazuna said. "In the mean time, make yourselves at home." He said with a smile.
"No, no, we don't want to intrude." Kai said, waving his hands.
"Nonsense, a friend of Naruto's is a friend of ours." Tsunami said with a smile.
"Well, if you insist. We have another friend coming here, if it's not to much trouble." Kai said.
"That's fine. We've done a lot of renovating since Naruto here helped liberate us from Gato." Tazuna said with a smile.
"Thanks Tazuna." Naruto said with a foxy smile.
Later that day, team Echo was sitting in the living room.
"So Naruto, you said something about being made of poison. Can you explain?" Reo asked.
"Well, this just happened to me recently. I was ambushed by a pair of Root Anbu, and one used some of Ino's, she's a Kunoichi from my village, jutsu. I dodged, but the other guy shot some kind of parasite at me in this giant fog. The fox managed to change it to me being immune to pretty much all poison, and he said that I am a giant poison plant. Im not sure what he meant." Naruto said.
"Interesting. May I get a blood sample from you Naruto. I wish to do some tests if you don't mind." Reo said.
"I thought you were just a field medic." Naruto said.
"I am technically a field medic, only because I do not know the more advanced techniques. I do have the skills and certification to conduct research on samples." Reo explained.
"I guess, but I gotta worn you, I'm not a fan of doctors all that much." Naruto said.
"That's fine. As the medic of the team, I do need to know a bit about your body to heal you in the case of an emergency." Reo said, unsealing some medical supplies. He then took a blood sample. Using a diagnostic jutsu, he examined the blood. "This is... quite unusual." He said, observing it under a microscope.
"What's up with me doc?" Naruto asked.
"It seems your tenant was correct. Your chakra is very corrosive, it nearly ate threw my glass. I believe, with enough training, you can generate your chakra outside your body, creating new jutsu." Reo explained.
"I guess I will add that to my training regime." Naruto said.
"I recommend you do." Reo said. "Your chakra reserves are massive, maybe even Kage level." Reo said.
"Naruto, I got some information from our Daimyo. He's gotten a boat ready to take you there tomorrow." Tazuna said, as he entered the house. "Also, there's a lady here, says she's apart of your team." Tazuna said, revealing Guren.
"Ah, Guren, glad you found us. How was Tayuya?" Kai asked.
"She was heavily injured, but managed to get back to Sound." Guren said.
"Good, make sure she's stays fine there. We don't want Orochimaru killing her." Kai said. Guren nodded before sitting down.
"So what's the boat we're taking called Tazuna?" Naruto asked.
"It doesn't have a name, but it does have a shark as it's figure head." Tazuna said.
Everyone packed their things, and settled down for the journey after a nice dinner.
There we go everyone. Chapter three down and ready to go. I hope everyone likes it. I have a plan for the story, and Echo, just wait before establishing any prejudice. I bid you all adieu.