DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY WANT TO.
SIDE NOTE :IF I DID OWN NARUTO I WOULD LET MADARA WIN AND LET EVERYONE HAVE THEIR TSUKUYOMI HAPPY ENDING.
OKEY NOW THAT THAT FANTASY IS OVER ON WITH THE FANFIC!
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CHAPTER 7:waterfall part1
choji was frustrated.
he and a completely different genin team walked down the dirt road while they were guarding a large horse carriage carrying a heavy cargo of food and supplies to be delivered the hidden waterfall village.
"Okay team we should be near the village soon so it won't be much longer before you guys can take a rest"said the female jonin who was leading the team of 3 genin down the dirt path.
"oh thank kami-sama my feet are killing me!"said the boy beside choji who had been the most tired from the long journey on foot.
"shinji,stop being so pathetic,we are a ninja of the hidden leaf village,how can your stamina be so low that a simple walk can tire you out so easily"came a sterner voice from in front of both choji and the boy apparently named shinji.
"ahh lighten up on shinji rikimaru,you knew he's trying his best to keep up and as far as i'm concerned that all that counts"said the surprisingly optimistic female jonin with a kind smile pointed towards a grateful shinji.
Now at this point you may be wondering 'what the flip is going on here!'.
Well it's simple really,it all started this morning actually
choji had just gotten out of bed after having a well deserved sleep,having the previous day being filled with long and boring D-Rank missions and training,he was really looking forward to just taking it easy today and maybe come up with some plans for the future.
As he walk threw his bathroom door yawning and was about to turn on his bathroom sink to brush his teeth ,in his slightly drowsy,sleepy state he failed to realize two things.
was not alone in the bathroom and two,that person was take a hot shower in the shower.
So when he turned on the pipe water...
"AAHH!,what the hell!,COLD,SO FREAKING COLD!" screamed the voice from behind his shower startling choji out of his sleepy daze.
Pulling back the shower curtains was a angry ,soaked kiki Moto who was glaring at a shocked choji who had the decency to at least cover his eye's and look away as she came out of the freezing shower.
"i mean jeez kid,couldn't you of knocked or something!"she said while covering herself with a towel
"i-i,sorry kiki,i was just uh sleepy and wasn't paying attention and i'm still not used to you being here and and...
at this point choji was just rambling while still covering his eye's with both of his hands while blushing up a storm.kami damn these hormones!,starting puberty all over again is really messing with my mind.thought choji as he was fighting the urge to uncover his eye's for a slight peek.
Seeing that he meant no harm and that it was probably an accident kiki decided to calm down and go easy on choji.
"okay kid,calm down i get it ,it was just an accident no harm done,just knock next time okay."
"um,sure,a'l knock" he mumbled still covering his eye's.
choji was surprised. if this was any other girl in this situation he was sure it would have ended badly but apparently kiki was the exception.
Huh,i guess not all girls are the same after all.
He was just gonna walk out the bathroom and use one of the other bathrooms in the house but with his eye's covered he ended up bumping into the door frame causing him to step backwards on the ground which unfortunately was covered in the water that dripped off kiki.
So he slipped backwards and was about to hit his head on the floor tile's but luckily kiki saw this coming an caught choji from behind him by sliding underneath him and grabbing him by wrapping her arms around him just in time before that could happen.
"jeez kid"said kiki with her arms still holding up choji."the day's barely started and you nearly cracked your head on the tiles,good thing i caught you in time hah"she said smiling at choji's flushing face.
"ye-yeah..gre-at"stammered choji as he realised that the back of his head was resting on her 'special pillows'.
KAMI DAMN HORMONES!.he screamed in his head.
After that choji spent most of the morning avoiding eye contact with kiki,which she thought was weird as they and choji's mom all sat down for a breakfast of pancakes and bacon.
"so kids"said his mom while she was pouring his orange juice.
"have any plans for today?"
"well i've got a full boring as hell shift in the hospital today and that about it"said kiki while groaning from just thinking about it.
The choji answered
"no mom,actually Asuma-sensei gave us the day off today, something about him having a date or whatever".probably with kurenai-sensei
"so no training or missions today,huh?"
"nope, i've got the entire day off to myself,maybe a'll hang out with shikamaru,we haven't been doing that much nowadays"he really haven't been hanging out as much as the last all the stuff he needed to do like forst training/therapy with hinata and secret training by himself to prepare for the coming future he really didn't have much free time to hang out with his best friend.
Seeing an opportunity to break the ice with choji an get over whatever awkwardness was between them,kiki choose then to talk.
"sooo,what are you and your team up too now a day's,doing any existing missions,saving princesses,fighting samurai's or what?"she said half jokingly.
she was joking of course.
she may have not been a ninja herself but she at lest knew that genin mostly did small and simple missions,more than once had she had a team of genin deliver her groceries for her. What!, the grocery store was far away from her old apartment!,couldn't a girl be lazy every once in a while!.
Choji gave a small laugh"no it's nothing like that,were just doing nothing but D-Rank missions and team work training,it's boring at times but it's okay"
"oh D-Rank mission?"said choji's mom."i remember back in the old days your father used to complain about having to do D-Rank missions all the time with his always hated having to pick up trash and babysite all day".
"now that you mention it, ,i've been here for a while now and so far i haven't meet "said kiki with a genuinely puzzled face.
"oh that's right,you weren't here when he left"choji's mom said.
"he left?"
"yes he couldn't say much but he said he was going on a S-Rank mission in the land of lightning an he would be back for another two months at best,he even missed poor choji's graduation"she said sadly at the last part even going as far as wrapping choji in a overly affectionate motherly hug that greatly embarrassed him seeing she was doing the to him in front of kiki who was giggling at his embarrassed blushing face.
But luckily for choji his embarrassment was cut short by a knock at the door.
"come in"said his mother as she finally released him from her mama bear hug.
The door opened to reveal both moshi and kenji,the gate guards.
"aah,not you again!"shouted kiki while glaring at moshi.
"oh,come on kiki-chan,you can't still be mad at me,it was just a harmless prank"said moshi with both his hands raised in defense.
"you damn right i'm still mad,your 'harmless prank' nearly gave me a heart attack!"
"good god woman!, i said i was sorry a million times already what more do you want!"moshi shouted back.
"well as much as i would usually love to watch you two yell at each other ,that's not what me and moshi came here for" said kenji taking charge of the situation an parted the glaring kiki from a agitated moshi.
"so what the problem the boys"choji's mom said to the guards,amused at their antics.
"well actually lady botan, it's not really a problem,it's more a summoning from the hokage-sama."
"huh...hokage-sama wants to take to me?"she said surprised.
"no,him"moshi said pointing at choji.
"me"said choji pointing at himself.
"yes, you choji-san"moshi said.
"but why"choji said nervously.what could he want?
"the message didn't say why but it did say you're too meet him an hour from now,at 8 o'clock in the kage tower."
after that kenji and moshi left to go back to guarding the compound .more like kenji dragged moshi back to the gate,yup guard duty sucks.
As soon as they were gone kiki turn to choji and bluntly said "so what you do kid,you kill someone?"
"NO"shouted choji.
"then why does hokage-sama want to see you?"
"i don't know?!"
doton knew kiki was just teasing choji but she decided to ease his nerves. "okay that's enough kiki,i'm sure it's nothing bad,choji why don't you get dressed and head of to the kage tower"
"but mom i've got at least an hour,why do i have to go now"choji said while internally wondering what could of cause this assurance that never happened before.
"no buts mister,match to your room and change then head to the kage tower right this instant,punctuality is important after all". She said sternly.
Sighing choji followed her orders with and small 'yes ma'am'
choji was right outside the doors of the hokage's say he was nervous was a understatement.
He knocked twice on the door.
"come in"came the reply from the other side.
He gulp an open the doors and walked inside and to his surprise was not only the hokage but also Asuma and three other people.
The first and most notable was a woman that seemed to be in her early twenties,she had blond hair and bright brown eye's and an optimistic smile on her face which honestly to choji kind of seemed creepy on anyone but might guy's face. She was wearing a stander jonins uniform but without the green vest.
On her left was a..well average looking boy who seemed to be slightly older than himself,he had average black hair that was neatly trimmed,grey eyes that seemed to be darting around the room nervously every 10 seconds,a long sleeved blue shirt ,along with stander genin blue slippers and grey blue head band was around his head.
And final was another boy who also seemed slightly older than him and was definitely taller than him be at least 4 boy seemed odd to choji and no not in the 'he's secretly supper evil and powerful sort of way' it was more like he gave off this aura of stiffness, almost like with neji,like a trained mini soldier that was all about the mission and not about feelings. He had very well kept short brown hair and behind his black rimmed glasses were sharp green eyes that seemed to be glaring at an all serious look on his face along with a slight frown.
He was wear a dark green jacket and pants that would easily blend in with grassy area's and wore a green head band around his left arm.
Choji had a feeling he would not get along with this guy.
"So this is the guy we're partnering up with?,well i'm disappointed"said mister serious with his glare intensifying"
"rikimaru!,be nice"reprimanded the female jonin which choji guest was their jonin sensei.
"Okay,what's going on here"said choji to Asuma.
Asuma just shrugged "don't look at me,it's dad's idea"he said pointing his thumb to hiruzen.
"hokage-sama,what's going on?"choji ask.
Hiruzen smiled and said "well choji you see this team before you"-he said pointing to the new faces-are most of the members of team 6,a team of the previous graduating class before yours,they're here to do a C-Rank delivery mission to the land of waterfall.
"waterfall?"choji said only slightly familiar with the named of the village.
"yes, the land of waterfall"hiruzen clarified. "it's a small but very powerfull village that has a history of developing strong jonin many years now it and konoha have had strong relation's so missions from here to their have become routine for even genin teams"he finished.
"okay and i'm here because?"choji said not getting how he was involved in any of this.
"because you will be accompanying team 6 on their mission to the land of waterfall"
" "shouted choji.
"look's like we're gonna be working together,ehh choji-kun "said the female jonin cheerfully.
"wa-wait!,how come i'm on their team now,what the heck!"choji really confused now.
Hiruzen merely raised his hand silencing choji. "don't worry choji, this is only temporary,two weeks at best."
this was not part of the was never supposed to happen,HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!.
Choji silently commended himself for not freaking out in front of everyone.
"but still hokage-sama why me?,why was i picked to fill in this team?"
"oh,did you remember a few days ago meeting a young girl by the name of revy a few days ago choji?"said hiruzen.
"yeah"said choji. How can i forget that foul mouthed brat.
He then smirked slightly.i beat that jerk,an won all rights to the chair.choji's pride just grow a little bit from just thinking about it.
"we'll choji revy is in the hospital"hiruzen said seriously.
What?
"What?" said choji.
"yes it would seem that she got a serious case of food poisoning"at that choji paled. " from what she told the doctors still treating her, she got it by having a dongo eating contest with you choji.
Since good relations with the hidden waterfall village is so important the delivery mission can't be postponed until she is better,so i thought it would be fitting that you would take her place on her team until she is well again starting with this C-Rank delivery mission."
"but..but what about my team hokage -sama"choji asked hoping to find some way out of this.
"i've already talked it over with Ausama,they will continue as they had before with simple D-Rank missions,while you will accompany team 6 on their missions.
ordinarily i wouldn't allow genin fresh out the academy go on C-Rank missions but their are a few factors that makes me compelled to allow this to happen."
"one being that the jonin sensei,tsubaki rinkai is a high ranking jonin with past experience in ANBU and has had a high success rating in her previous missions"
choji turn his head and took another look at tsubaki she was still happily smiling as if there's not a problem in the world.
Your joking right,she! Was in ANBU!.
"and two the genin of team 6 may just be a year older than you but they have proven to have lots of promise as ninja's in the future,rikimaru being a skilled team leader able to take charge and plan out strategies for him and his team and is a budding expert in stealth."
the brown haired boy named rikimaru smirked slightly from the prese.
"shinji has a large capacity of chakra,only 13 years old and already has high chunin chakra and amazing chakra control"
shinji was meekly looking down with a pink tinted blush oh his face.
"and lastly revy...well revy is..special"
"special?..hokage-sama what do you mean 'special'"
"revy is an amazing kunoichi and i'm sure she will be a force to be reckoned with in the future,but it's just that...well...for a girl...her age, she a little...
BITCH!-tence"hiruzen finished ignoring his inner thoughts.
"so anyway you all leave today to the land of waterfalls".
and thats how it all didn't even want to think of the consequences this whole mission could cause,i mean seriously! If a simple eating contest can make this happen that kami knows what could happen because of him even coming along with the rest of team 6 to the land of waterfall.
Okay,all i have to do is deliver this cargo then run back to the village like nothing happened,this doesn't have to end up in some time altering fuck up like all those other times...
A'll fuck up somehow won't i?.
"Alright team time for a break"said tsubaki sitting down on a log at the side of the road.
Shinji was more than happy to sit down one the logs and take a long drink of water out of his cantin,
choji decided to sit by him seeing as the only other free place to sit was next to a glaring rikimaru.
"we'll rest here for few minute's ,our client from the hidden waterfall said he in the mission request that he would meet us later at the edge of the giant waterfall two miles from here so we can kill some time before then okay"tsubaki said as she too took a drink from her cantin.
Choji was still being glared at by rikimaru an honestly it was creepy at first but now it was just annoying.
Like seriously kid,what the hells your problem!,it's like i killed you dog or something!.
Seeing he was technically the older of the two decided to at least break the ice with him first,who knows maybe he could make peace with the guy.
"sooo,ah rikimaru your..the smart one of the group huh?"
"..."
"not much of a talker huh...well ahh,on my team the smart one is my best friend shikamaru 's not really the study all day and serious type of guy,he's more of the lazy, laid back type.i guess him just being a nara makes him smarter than most people.
That statement just seemed to make rikimaru glare at him harder.
"okay,i'll just stop talking then"choji said awkwardly.somehow i think i just made him hate me more.
"um,you thirsty"said shinji meekly beside him holding up his canteen.
"choji blinked in surprise but happily took a drink and sigh refreshed and relaxed little bit more under rikimaru's glare.
"jeez,what's this kid's problem?,he's been glaring at me since we left the village"choji whispered to
shinji.
"please don't take it personally"shinji said.
"rikimaru just doesn't get along well with people like you is all"
"people like me?"oh this better not be some prejudice against chubby people or i'll kick his ass!
"yeah,people in clans"he said taking another drink out of his canten.
"Wait what?..why would he have a problem with people in clans"
"well it's not really my place to say but...rikimaru's an orphan."
what!
"both of his parents were killed in the kyuubi attack."shinji said sadly.
"he's mostly been on his own all his life,i knew he doesn't look it but he's sad on the inside".
"but i still don't get why he's so pissed off at people in clan's"choji said feeling slightly sad for rikimaru.
"well you see growing up rikimaru never had it easy,he had to work hard as hell every day just to stay on the same level as everyone else in the academy.a few years ago he use to be a nice guy,he was never the strongest or had the best grades or even he was at least kind to weak guy's like me and joked around every now and then."
"wow wow wow,okay are we still talking about the same guy glaring daggers at me,cause if so what the hell happened"
shinji sighed"well about two year's ago rikimaru spared a fellow student in our class that was in a famous clan and lost"
"so,i lost a lot of spars back in the academy an you don't see me acting like a jerk."
"well this was different. the guy that beat him was a real jerk,he was so convinced that because he was born a part of a big clan that he was fated to be better than everyone else in our academy name was he fought rikimaru he kept telling him that it was pointless and that he should just give up,that he was fated to lose,and that a civilian orphan could never come close to a ninja from a clan,muchless a ...he gave it literally everything he had,he even kept fighting after he had half of his chakra points blocked but in the end he was crushed by neji hyuga."
neji!
"after the spare rikimaru changed,he stopped smiling and being friendly and focused almost all his time put into training,it was amazing he got stronger and faster,even his theory grades got better,but he got ..i don't know how to put it but he got darker,as if the light he had before went out and he just got colder and became obsessed with neji,he wanted more than anyone to beat him,to be better than him,months went by and when he finally thought he was strong enough he fought neji again."
"he won this time right?...he trained hard and bet him right?"choji ask being sucked into shinji's story about rikimaru.
Shinji gripped his canteen harder in his hands.
"no...he losted"
"but..you said he trained hard an got better"
"he did but the entire time he though neji had stayed at the same level he was the first time...
the truth was...neji was on a whole new level compared to rikimaru by the time they fought again."
shinji turned his head down.
"i was there, along with the other academy students to watch the fight...
neji was just playing with him the whole taunted him while he tried to attacked him,shutting off his chakra points,but even then rikimaru kept getting back up and charging at him with only a kunai scream how it was unfair for him to be born with everything handed to him while he just struggled all the time,he even started crying when neji started laughing at him every time he struggled to get back up after being knocked back down."
"then rikimaru said something i'll never forget,he said 'i won't stop!,a'll bet you,i won't ever give up,until i prove i'm important!' "
"and thats when neji got serious...he activated his byakugan."
"in the end rikimaru was sent to the hospital with four broken ribes,a broken arm and a concussion... and neji didn't even have a scratch on him."
"an since then rikimaru hasn't been the same since."
choji just sat their with his mouth open in know neji was a powerful prodigy but...my god! This was too much,how the hell did naruto beat him!.
"and that's why he hates everyone from clans,he thinks it's just so unfair for someone to have it so easy because their DNA makes them better than regular people"shinji finished.
Choji wanted to asked more questions about rikimaru but it seemed tsubaki had decided then was a good time to end the break and continue the mission.
30 minutes of walking by the river side later they had finally arrived at the meeting point at the giant water fall and sitting on a rock was woman and two children to looked to be her children.
"oh,right on time i see,you konoha ninja sure do get the job done" she said
"are you the client ma'am?"said tsubaki.
"why yes i am and these two are my children, himatsu and shizuku"
"hello!" they both said brightly.
"well aren't you two the cutest things!" said tsubaki as she glamped the children in a hug.
"ah tsubaki-sensei,i think you're crushing them"said shinji as the children started turning blue from the force of tsubaki's hug.
noticing this tsubaki released them.
"woops sorry there sometimes i forget my own strength"she said while scratching the back of her head embarrassed.
Seriously!SHE was in ANBU! Thought choji still in disbelief.
"tsubaki-sensei,now that the cargo's been delivered i assume that the mission is over now,am i correct"said rikimaru calmly while pushing up his glasses.
"yeah,guest your rikimaru,well good job team 6 and choji,mission accomplished she said in a solute pose then started giggling at her own foolish pose.
Seriously how the hell did she even survive ANBU!Thought choji once again,this woman was ridiculous,it was like she was a 8 year old in a grown womans body!.
"oh wait,before you go our village leader lord shibuki requested that you assisted us in cleaning up this river"she said gesturing to the scattered pieces of garbage that was scattered all over the place especially in the river.
"lord shibuki is more than happy to pay you extra for this service to our village"
"you got it ma'am"said tsubaki chipley as always.
choji and shinji just silently both hated garbage collecting missions.
But just then, a falcon appeared and landed on tsubai's arm,it had a message attached to it's leg.
"huh,a messenger hawk?,what could this be about?"tsubaki said as she looked threw the letter.
"well kids looks like i've gotta split,hokage-sama has reasigned me to back up a team of chunin in trouble in the land of ogres,it probably won't take more than a couple's day's so just finish up the clean up without me as always you're in charge rikimaru and be nice to your teammates,bye"she said as she shushined away.
"well that was...random"said choji.
"thats tsubaki sensei for you"said shinji with a small smile.
"alright that enough chit chat"said rikimaru breaking up their conversation.
"here what happens,shinji you and i will be cleaning up here and...Akimichi" he said with a small growl. "will clean up the river up stream"
"but doesn't the upstream usually have the most garbage?"ask shinji.
Rikimaru just nodded and walked away to pick up some garbage.
"jeez what a jerk"choji mumbled.
chijo had finally done it!.
After a solid two hours of work he had finally got all of the garbage in the upper stream part of the river clared,honest thank kami he could walk on water that made the job slightly was just going to go back to the rest of the team and final end this mission he noticed something..it was was coming from another river stream that lead down a small got curious an walked silently over on top of the he peered over the edge of the waterfall he saw wear the humming was coming from...it was a girl about his age..or atlest his body's age.
She had short green heir ,dark skin and...orange eye's. just like the woman that killed me...
she was sit on a rock with both her feet dipping in the water and she seemed to be petting a...dragonfly?
"what the hell?"he said quietly to himself at the bizarreness of this image.
Apparently he wasn't quiet enough,as three kunai were sent straight at him,he was so surprised he just tensed up not expecting to get this reaction from her and lost his focus on his water walking causing him to fall into the water just before the kunai could hit him.
Being at the edge of the river choji not only fell,he fell down the waterfall and hit his head on one of the rocks knocking him unconscious...
~ending theme song~Naruto ending 01-Wind~
Cultivate your hunger before you idealize.
Motivate your anger to make them all realize.
Climbing the mountain, never coming down.
Break into the contents, never falling down.
My knee is still shaking, like I was twelve,
Sneaking out of the classroom, by the back door.
A man railed at me twice though, but I didn't care.
Waiting is wasting for people like me.
Don't try to look so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
You say, "Dreams are dreams."
"I ain't gonna play the fool anymore."
You say, "'Cause I still got my soul."
Take your time, baby, your blood needs slowing down.
Breach your soul to reach yourself before you gloom.
(Re)flection of fear makes shadows of nothing, shadows of nothing.
You still are blind, if you see a winding road,
'Cause there's always a straight way to the point you see.
Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
(Repeats 3 times )
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
'Cause you will hate yourself in the end.
(AC:i originally wanted to end story last chapter but then i thought "no i can't,this is the most fun i've ever had writing so if i give up all be giving up on one f the things that make me happy.,so all continue to the very end yo!, oh yeah now about the chapter it self.3 new characters!,tsubaki-sensei,rikimaru and shinji.
Now don't worry guys she not so one dimensional airhead,no one leave ANBU without some dark secrets.
Rikimaru,wow just wow...i don't even know how i made him? His personality and back story just appeared as i typed,so yeah thanks to his childhood and neji he has a fierce hatred for most people in clans.
And shinji,good old shinji,he'll server as a information giver to choji and will be a buffer for team 6's craziness.
Now finally the reluctant time traveler himself choji,now many of you probably are wandering how strong choji is or why he was able to adapt to his younger body so quickly.
Well you see despite all the training he's been trew he's still only genin level,yup shocking i know but think about it, choji is slow in both speed and reaction time and even though he's training it's still the same old training routine he did in the future so there's noway he would instantly turn jonin level in a few mounts.
Choji know it could take years before he could get to jonin level but is still trying his best to get there.
And as for him adapting quickly to his younger body.
Think choji is a Akimichi ,a clan that's base on shifting the size and density of one's body,it would be simple for some one like choji to get use to sudden weight and height difference with his body.