DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, EVEN THOUGH I REALLY WANT TO.
SIDE NOTE :IF I DID OWN NARUTO I WOULD LET KAKASHI KEEP THE SHARINGAN.
OKEY NOW THAT THAT FANTASY IS OVER ON WITH THE FANFIC!
NORMAL TALK: "..."
THOUGHTS
SHUTS/SCREAMS"..!
AN:
yo guys!.
*readers glare at him angrily*
wow!,easy now,look i just had some serious stuff at home and school to focus on,but now i'm free and ready to WRITE!
now for a warning the story is about to lean into a more serious tone from now on,sure there will be some gags every now and then but it's time to get real.
it is a fanfic about ninja's after all.
CHAPTER 9:waterfall part 3
"Okay...where the heck are they?"
choji said as he walked to the same spot he and his team had met their client and her children at the base of a giant waterfall.
it was in the early morning when he had woken up in the cave and realised that the rain had finally stopped falling,seeing as Fu was still asleep on the other side of the cave he decided to just leave on his own without waking her up so he could meet back up with his teammates and hopefully not get a lecture for being gone for so long if he explained to them his crazy miss-adventure he had last night.
but there lies the problem.
No one was there at the meeting point,not shinji,not rikimaru or even the client.
but the cargo was gone .
Choji speculated that the client must of took them back to her village which must be somewhere near here since he couldn't really picture that middle age civilian woman and her children hauling off all those supplies for more than a mile at best.
no offence to civilians,Choji never once saw them as weak or inferior but facts where facts they just can't take as much of a workload as trained ninja's could and even to them carrying that cargo from the hidden leaf village to the hidden waterfall was hard for them especially since Tsubaki-sensei had made us genin to do all the pulling.
'it will help with building upper body strength' she said while all she carried was a scroll attached to her waist and in her hand was a cold refreshing bottle of water that he swore to kami that she was taunting them with while they hauled all the supplies in the hot Devil sun for miles!.
but he digressed from his point.
now that he had an explanation for where the supplies and the client went the only question left was where was his "team"?.
they couldn't of just up and left him to go back home to the village,they wouldn't...well..Shinji wouldn't do that. he didn't seem to be that type of guy.
besides Tsubaki-sensei said to wait here for a few days for her to come back from her emergency mission in the land of ogres so the cant of left.
and he had already had been looking for about a half hour around the perimeter of the meeting point but still no sign of them
so where the hell where they!
as he stood there contemplating where his missing teammates could be, he failed to notice the dark figure from behind was coming closer to him silently with careful,soundless footsteps steadily closing the distance between it and a unsuspecting choji who was still racking his head for any clue's he could use to figure out where his team was but still came up with dark figure was now in arms reach behind choji with it's arms raised with a evil smile slowly spreading across its face that spoke only of pure mischief and chaos.
Choji finally noticed something was wrong when he felt a shadow casted over him but before he could react it was too late.
the dark figure pounce on him like a tiger hungry for its prey and ..it was..tickling him
the fuck..?
"hwahahawhathahastop!,stop Fu!haha stop!"shouted/laughed choji as he was pinned down to the ground with a giggling Fu on top of him tickling him to death.
this was not his proudest moment
"hahaseriously FU!,stop!"
"Nope!" she said while fixing her position on top of his back as he wiggled underneath her while her left hand was used to hold down both his arms above his head on the ground as her right hand continued her tickling onslaut on his back.
"This is payback for leaving me alone in the cave!"she said with her hand creeping up the smalls of his back sending him jolts of tickles and forced laughter as it made it's way to his right shoulder.
Now lets be clear here,despite his rampant,uncontrollable laughter Choji was not in any way enjoying had been basically snuck up on,taken down and was now being tickled to near 'death' by a 12 year old girl that made naruto look professional.
If future Ino could see him now she would never let him live it dow-OH KAMI-SAMA!,now she was going for his armpits!.
"HAHAOKAY,IGET IT!HAHAHA.I'M SORRY! TRUCE!.PLEASE"
"hhmm,okay"she said ,the she got off him and pulled him up and helped him lean off some of the dirt that had got on his close from her "steak attack".
now that THAT was over choji could go back to what he was doing before and concentrate on figuring out where his team was...well he would if Fu would stop staring at him.
"whatcha doing?"she asked bluntly.
"thinking"he answered simply.
"about what?"
"stuff"
"what kind of stuff?" she ask again,not realising that Choji was trying to concentrate and some peace and quiet would seriously help.
"stuff stuff.."he answered feeling a little this happen to everyone who thinks too much!,no wonder Shikamaru was always irritated and called everything troublesome.
"wellll,what sort of stuff stuff,are you thinking about boring stuff like math and D-Rank missions? or cool actionny stuff with awesome jutsu and firework!"she said with spankings in her eyes as she suddenly jumped up to her feet and spread her arms out to represent fire works even going as far as making firework sound effects with her course she was far FAR off,but before he could say anything she started talking again."ohh I know!,you have some super awesome mission and your thinking about adding me on as your side kick right!".she said while pointing at him expectantly as if she was no doubt right!."cause if so then sign me up Boss!"
Choji just stared.
was this girl high?
where the hell did she come up with that idea?,sidekick?the fuck is she talking about?.feeling that it was time answer as Fu still stood there with her finger point at him.
"uhh..no" he said still a little dumbfounded.
"ahh, come on please!"she said with her hands clasped in front of him on her knees begging."pretty please with sugar sprinkles and rice balls on top" she pleaded.
rice balls?
still not sure on what to say Choji just repeated his answer of no and hoped it would be enough to get her to stop was starting to creep him out and he really didn't want to have to explain to anyone who might just happen to walk passed here why a pubescent girl was on her knees in front of a pubescent would die of embarrassment before he could even explain and probably be labeled as a pervert. he would never be able to look his poor mother in the face again if that ever happened.
but unfortunately this girl just didn't take no for an answer and kept begging him to be his 'sidekick' which he still couldn't wrap his mind around.
"i promise to be the besttest, most kickbutt side kick ever!"she went on with her begging."i would make you lots more of my yummy rice balls if you let me be your side kick -just the thought of eating more of those THINGS make his stomach flop in disgust -and and..make us theme songs! like in that one manga with that shinigami guy!."
the hell is she talking about?manga?that's for little kids..well technically he was a kid now but you get the point!.
she seemed to be getting a little more desperate as her offers started to get weirder and weirder.
"an wake you up in the morning and make you breakfast-Choji nearly had a baby barf at that last one- and comb you hear ,an scrub you back at bath time when we bath together "
the fuck!.
thats it this had to end now.
"Fu"
"and tuck you in at night"
"FU"
"and read you the best bedtime sto-"
"FU!"he shouted loudly shocking her out her speech that would make any man uncomfortable.
calming down choji decided to try this if he was more clear with this he could get her to understand.
"first off Fu,no i am not on some 'super cool mission,in fact the only mission i had was and river clean up D-rank mission and im just here right now to meet back up with my team but they aren't here so i was just thinking about where they could be when you came,i don't need a sidekick okay,do you understand?"he said very calmly and clairly hoping she would get it.
she looked downcast for a second."yeah,i understand...so am I your sidekick now?"she said completely disregarding everything he just said.
"what!,but you said you said you understand!"he barked.
she smiled giddily as if she uncovered some amazing secret."yup i understand,you said you don't need a sidekick not that you don't want one!"
you know what ,choji had it. he gave up,there was just no arguing with this girl.
"fine"he said with a tired with her was her do as she knows fighting her isn't worth this headache.
"really!" she shouted happily.
"yup"he said half heartedly massaging his head from a big headache.
"yahhoooo!"she shouted while doing a fist only made his headache hurt more.
"yeah,yeah whatever"he said waving her off with his head in his lap.
"so whats my first mission boss?"
"what?"he look up at her not understanding.
"you know, now that i'm you sidekick we go on cool adventures and stuff,so whats my first mission?"
she had to be joking,this was just ridiculous!,what mission could he possibly give here?..wait a minute!
"Fu,in the cave you said you sensed me on top of the waterfall,right?"
she blinked "yeah so"
"so that means your a sensor type right you can find people"
"oh,yeah"she said but but still not getting his point.
Choji actually smiled now finally coming up with an idea."so that means you can help me find my teammates"
"that's my mission Boss"choji just nodded. she grinned then stood up and pumped her right fist. "alright!,my first mission,search and destroy!"
"no!,just find them not destroy"choji said sternly.
"okay,just search then"
he rolled his eyes at his new 'sidekick's' eagerness.
"just try to see if you can find anyone about five miles around this area they shouldn't be too far"
"yes Boss!"she shouted then she crouched down and placed her hand on the grown closed her eyes and concentrated,choji noticed there was a small ripple on the ground after she placed her hand on it some sort of sensor jutsu?.after a few minutes she opened her eyes with an alarmed look on her face.
"Fu what is it?"he asked conserned.
she didn't answer,she got up and ran throw to the big waterfall in front of them.
not knowing what else to do Choji did the same and followed her.
when he got past the waterfall he was surprised to see that there was a giant cave underneath it with several pools of water scattered all he could enjoy the bizarre but amazing view he spotted Fu over next to a man and a small boy who both seemed to be very boy turn out to be one of the clients children he had seen yesterday ,he seemed alright but he looked shaky as if he had been crying and for some reason was glancing nervously at Fu, as if she was going to turn into a monster an bit his head man next to him seemed to just be a couple years older that them,he had long brown hair and black eyes,he was wearing a green shirt with brown he got over to them he realised that he was shaking in a fetal position with a glass gourd filled with water clenched in his hands as Fu tried to talked to him to calm him down.
From the looks of it Fu knew who this guy was,maybe a friend of hers,or more likely some other poor sap she torments.
"Fu whats going on,who is this guy?"
turning around with a panicked look in her eyes she told him it was her village leader lord Shibuki but now that he saw him in real life shivering on the ground he wasn't that impressed if anything he was embarrassed for the real news was much more important.
The legendary well hidden village of the waterfall was invaded by rogue ninja.
yeah this apparently happened last night while Choji and Fu were sleeping in the cave during the just stormed in out of no where and captured the civilians and kept them as hostages along with his team Shinji and Rikimaru who were looking for him when he had disappeared but after hours of searching Rikimaru gave up and told Shinji "Akamichi could take care of himself" then they followed the client to help her deliver to cargo back to the actual village and spent the night there as thanks for their help..an thats when all hell broke loose and the rogue ninja's attacked but lucky lord shibuki manage to escape with both the boy and the village sacred treasure, The Hero's he ask how many ninja's they were against he was surprised to hear that there was less than 10 ninja's in the raid!.Choji then asked how could they be taken over so easily by such a small foe and where were the ninja's of the village,shouldn't there be guards protecting the village or something?.but surprisingly and probably the dumbest thing he had ever herd there were no guards in the hidden !
yup thats where never vilage guards in the entire history of the village.
since the very beginning of the village apparently all the past leaders of the village thought that their village was so secure and well hidden that they would never have to have ninja's guarding the village and All the ninja's over genin level were all out on missions and what were left were just the civilians and the occasional academy drop out and Fu of course but that's about it!,which easily lead to the downfall and capturing of the village .on the bright side ,Rikimaru and Shinji manage to take some of them down before they got captured so that told him they might just be at genin to low chonin level but still going against a group of ninja especially at his level was suicide.
"so..what now?"ask Fu to lord shibuki who had just barely manage to get a hold of himself and talk without shaking.
Shibuki tightened his grip on the glass guard and stared down at the water inside with his head down."we... wait for the ninja of our village to come back from their missions"he said solemnly not taking eye's off the water.
"what?,you can't be serious lord shibuki!"cried the boy beside him.
"bu-but they have my family trapped down there!,we need to save them!.you have to!, your the chief!"the boy shouted beyond worried for the lives of his family.
everyone in the cave could feel the pain and grief coming off the boy,especially Choji seeing as he genuinely understood what it felt like to be powerless and have your home get destroyed.
"nako..i'm sorry but...as the village leader its my main priority to kept the hero's water protected at all cost,it's most likely what they came here for.."shibuki with a sad expression on his this the boy,Nako looked was it?, they were just gonna wait. let them get killed off one by one until there village ninja's came back from their missions!.
"but chief! there gonna start executing them by tomorrow!"he said with terror filled tears in his eyes.
"my dad's lined up to be the first of them to be killed!,we need to do something please!"he begged openly sobbing.
Shibuki had started shaking again,but not in fear this time. it was with that he had let this happen. guilt that he never did what his predecessors should of done and made a rotation of ninja guards for the village,guilt that he was too much of a coward to stay and fight and most of all, guilt from what he was going to say next.
"Nako...I have no choice,this"he said holding up the hero's water."is the most important thing in the village...it is the sacred duty of the village chief to guard it at any and all cause...even if a few sacrifices have to be made..."he said with every word tasting like bitter poison.
Nako felt like his world was was wrong,his life wasn't supposed to be like everything had been normal and easy,he play with sister, hanged out with his friends and help his mother clean up trash by the was it,that was his life,his simple normal life,but then this nightmare all happened so fast too,first his father got beaten and captured along with his mother and sister then lord Shibuki rushes in and picks him up before they could take him too and now here he was sitting in the cave entrance being told by the man he looked up to,to just wait it out for the village ninja's to come back while his family's life's were on the like this never happened in waterfall,were supposed to be safe from bad guys like this!,things like this only happened in scary stories parents tell kids so they would behave but this was no story this was really happening...this just can't be happening!.
seeing the look of distress on Nako,Fu reached out with her hand to try and comfort the boy,but as soon as he saw her coming near him he panicked even more and ran over to Choji and hide behind his leg which made Fu flinch and Choji confused.
the boy was trembling and sobbing on him and being the giant softy he was it didn't sit right with him to see crying children,so with what little child nurturing skills he picked up from all those babysitting D-Rank missions he did the only he could think of for the poor kneeled down infront of him and opened up his arms hoping he would take his offer. the response was immediate as he rushed into choji's hug and cried his eyes out with choji just patting him on his head to try and calm him down while steadily rocking back and forth and surprisingly it worked!.Nako actually started to calming down in his arms and was now just doing quiet whimpers while clinging onto couldn't believe the crap he did on D-Rank missions actually helped him in a real life scenario.
when Nako finally stopped crying he looked up to choji with pleading red bloodshot from crying eye's and he stared at him,well more like his headband,then the gear in Nako's head started Churning.
"ne,onii-san"he had with his eyes still glued onto choji's headband.
"you a ninja,apart of konoha right?"
"well yeah...what are getting a-"
"thank kami!"he said relieved as if his prayers had been answered.
"konoha is the world's strongest village so that must mean the strongest ninja"he continued with a spark of hope shining in his eyes.
Choji was no genius but even he could tell where this going but before he could say anything Nako kept on talking.
"cause that means you can save us right?,you're a strong ninja right?,you deal with stuff like this all the time right?,onii-chan"
Choji froze,his eyes shrank to pinpricks and his left eye started he wasn't in the cave holding was back in the BBQ diner holding holding a crying midori who was saying the same words,begging him to help save everyone and then his vision fast forwards to him seeing the same diner completely destroyed with everyone in it killed and staring at the charred remains of midori who's hollowed out eyes stared back at him.
"Onii-chan"
"Onii-chan!"shouted Nako snapping choji mostly out of his trance.
"so you'll do it right,you'll help us,save my village?"Nako pleaded.
the image of a dead midori that just wanted the same thing flashed in his mind and cemented his resolve.
never again...
he stood up and walked over to lord shibuki and Fu. turning to them with his fists clenched and a serious look on his face.
"where is the entrance to the hidden waterfall village..."
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.
AN:
yo guys again sorry for the late chapter i had some stuff to do involving school and home so i was recap time!.
Choji's teammates were kidnaped and the hidden waterfall was hijacked and their village leader is too much off a coward to do anything but hid and protect the hero's water.
on a lighter note Choji now has a sidekick!,Fu!.
yes,technically Fu is in fact sensor type but that's only one of her talents.
and yes Choji is still haunted by the events of the pain invasion and will be a recurring thing in this fic.
but seriously folks i wasn't joking when i said things are gonna get more serious after this chapter.
the only hint i can give you for the next chapter is that Choji will know the true difference between his strength and those around him.