Paranoid Parrot
Yes, I am Shadowclone, and yes, I know I changed my name. I also have been gone for a long time. The reason is, well, Mac's left. I felt so demotivated that I couldn't come up with the will to continue this. But the thought of you guys kept returning to my mind, so I will do you a solid, one last, epic chapter. Let's do this!
Beta: Anime universe
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (but I do own the characters I created)
(If inclined, listen to one of these songs, you decide when.)
"Speech"
'Thought'
Reading
"Demon/Hideo Talking"
Theme song: Sink or swim by Falling in Reverse.
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(It was 3 days before the accident in the real world.)
"Dude, are you sure you wanna do this? There is no going back from this. Were gonna straight up murder a guy." Mac says, loading his pistol and sheathing his newly sharpened ninja sword.
"He killed her, Mac, He killed…You don't have to come with, I know that I'm gonna get shot, and I know that in the end, after he dies, I'll follow." I say, loading up my dual Uzi to my thigh brace.
"You don't have to worry about that, bro, aint nowhere I'd rather die than by my homies side!" He says, offering a brofist.
I chuckle, if only in remorse, and bypass the brofist in exchange for a hug.
"I could never have asked for a better friend." I say, holding back the river.
"Course, bro, we all gotta go sometime, right?" We separate, and he takes a heroic pose. "So why not go out in style?"
(Over the course of 2 days, supplies and preparations are made.)
Hovering over a penthouse suite was a helicopter, piloted by one of my old time friends, other mac. He didn't want us to do this, but he knew he couldn't stop us. In that penthouse was the biggest crime syndicate that could ever bribe and control a city, including the police and FBI.
Me and mac were outfitted with Kevlar so thin yet so expensively efficient that it covered all but the face, which was covered by bulletproof masks. I wore a hockey mask, as Mac opted for a Tobi mask (If he was gonna die, he was gonna do it without regrets.)
(Music: Power by Kanye West)
"You ready man?" Mac said, which I didn't want to be the last words between us, so I said:
"Lets do this, bro!" and leapt out of the chopper.
As I was falling, they noticed two heavily armed guys falling towards the penthouse suite. Goons rushed to see what was happening, but before they could pull any weapons, I had pulled out my Uzi and unloaded on the outside of the the penthouse suite, killing and injuring everyone on the balcony and by the poolside.
New goons soon appeared and fired at us, when we pulled our shoots open, the bullets tore them apart.
"Aim for the pool!" Mac shouted.
*SPLASH!*
…
We burst out of the pool, me going 360 in an Uzi bullet hell, killing civilians as well as goons. They were all criminals here, so I held nothing back. Mac pulled out his sword and slashed up guys who were stupid enough to get close, shooting those who were stupid enough to look his way, and cut a shotgun aimed at him down the middle.
It was a madhouse of genades frag bouncing off our armor, us killing them seemingly effortlessly, but the armor was degrading, and the bullets were starting to reach their targets.
When we cleared our way to what seemed like the big bosses room, slamming the door open, he was waiting there, bazooka in hand.
My eyes grew wide.
He pulled the trigger.
Mac pushed me out of the way.
But it made no difference.
*BOOM!*
Out we crashed through a window, mac now a bloody pile of human eccense, and me without a lower body.
The smug bastard came out to the window to laugh at our fall.
("This could be a beautiful death, jumping out the window…
Letting everything go…
Letting everything go…
You go the power to let power go?)
With my remaining arm, I pulled my Last pistol, and fired at him as I fell. The chance of it hitting was so astronomical that god himself would have had to guide the bullet.
And it hit.
Right in the bastards forehead. His head shooting backwards, blood trailing from the hole I could no longer see evident to that.
As me and my friend rapidly declined the 80 story tall building, I began laughing. It was all I could do. What did this revenge accomplish other than the death of my closest friend, and now me.
We hit the ground.
…
(Back to Cannon)
(Due to plot changes in the actual Naruto, I have had to simply skip the whole arc. I want to finish this, but There are parts that need to be seen.)
3 years had passed.
Mac's interfering caused Jariya to survive, Naruto to master an incomplete sage jutsu, and worst of all, the akatsuki accelerated their plans. ALL of the akatsuki.
Neji was dead, Naruto was feral, The Sand village was in ruins, Instability was everywhere. And now?
The 4 great nations, who are terribly weakened, were at war with a new master.
Mac.
He had Userped Tobito, Using both Samehada and his own chakra eating sword to drain him while he was in his warped state, trapping him in it, thus effectively killing him. (Think about it, what happens when you pause that kind of jutsu?)
Now Ichi, who had to undergo training from Kakashi as well as Might guy, had to face off with his best friend, Mac.
They stood in the final valley, fitting for their meeting, each on an opposite side of the lake.
"Why are you doing this!? Don't you remember your code of justice?" Ichi cried, desperately trying to convince his friend.
"Justice? We all know that the leaf is no innocent birdy. And with me in charge, there never has to be war again, no five great nations, just the united states!" Mac said in a nonchalaunt manner.
"Don't you care about all the lives that were lost?"
"I could as Danzo the same thing"
Ichi could see there was no point in trying to reason with him, he gripped his sword tightly.
"I cant believe that you could betray me like this!" Ichi cried.
Mac was stunned, and quickly stated.
"Hey, buddy, I'm not YOUR enemy, I'm THEIR enemy! I just wanna see a different Naruto ending. Its not like any of this is real anyways!"
Ichi could barely hold back his rage.
Naruto was feral. He was no longer anything more than an animal.
"You will pay the price for betraying me!" Ichi said, pointing his sword at Mac.
Mac sighed, drawing his lightning element sword.
"Yeah, I suppose you must not me the bro I had once, we shared a bond that not even this fake anime world could break. YOU are not him." Mac said, pointing his greatsword at Ichi.
(Sink or swim plays.)
They dash at each other, swords clashing heavily, every second a loud bashing sound of steel against steel, electrified yet static. This sped up until the air around them rose water from below, the droplets vanishing as they are cut by the speeding arcs of blades clashing in various locations at any given moment.
Yet, in each strike, both swordsmen seem to be hesitating, holding back so that the other CAN dodge or deflect the blows.
Through Ichi's mind, the images of Naruto eating Ramaen at Ichiraku floats to mind. A sweet memory that was destroyed when Naruto ate himself into a coma around Mac, who placed his sword on the trigram seal. The seal was weakend to the maximum extent that the blade could do so, making him completely feral.
A sweet memory turned sour.
To Mac's mind floats a memory of returning to the mist village and finding that his whole squad was wiped out in the rebellion, just as in the Cannon series of Naruto. He remembered how he screamed and cursed the true plot of this show, and vowed to change it, even if it meant he had to be the villain. A role he adoped all too well with his knowledge of the show.
"You know, your sharingan won't work on me." Mac said, bouncing away.
"What do you mean?"
"The sharingan only works when you look into a persons eyes. I don't even need to see to know where you are!" He said.
"You forget that that not all the sharinagn can do."
Mac is at Ichi's neck with his hand before he could even notice.
"You forget, while I don't have much chakra, I could still do at least 1 genjutsu." He said, his water clone dissolving.
Ichi smirked.
With a flick of his wrist, the super sharp wind blade curled up in a quick shield like rotation and CUT OFF MACS HAND!
The metal limb fell to the floor, trumph cards and gadgets in there now useless.
Mac looked pissed, he was tricked so easily, but he had a new trick to show.
"Clever, but you aint seen nothing yet!"
A new WATER arm grew out of the stump, blood now not flowing out of the wound as bad.
The distance is closed quickly by Ichi, who struck fast. This time, Mac's eyepatch is off, black eyesocket with a purple mist flowing out ever evident. Ichi's sharingan was glowing full glare, but not to read moves, but to copy might guy's swift movements!
The battle sped up immensely, neither giving an inch, Mac being able to hear which muscles Ichi contracts to read his next flex, and Ichi simply moving to fast to be caught.
Then, In a samurai showdown style, it was over, each on one side of the battlefield.
(I say goodbye…to you forever friend. I know someday you'll get what you deserve (you deserve)
Mac hiccups, falling in slow motion to the side, his neck cut cleanly halfway into his neck.
(And after all (and after all) the bridges you have burned, Ive forgiven you for things that you have done. (You have done.))
HE QUICKLY GETS UP AND IS BACK ON THE ATTACK!
The same technique he used for his arm he now used for his neck. It caught Ichi completely off guard, but the retaliatory attack was sloppy, allowing ichi to dodge.
The fight was as intense as a few moments ago, but then suddenly, Mac stopped moving, his purple eye mist disappeared, and the water receded back into puddles.
…
Time skip.
(Trial of angels on bamboo flute rest of thing)
Ichi couldn't stand to see the village in the state it was, everything was too foreign for him. He was at his friends grave, the only one at the funeral really, smiling sorrowfully at his buddy.
"Hey."
There was no response.
"It's been a while, huh?"
Again, no response.
"I spoke to the village today, they said I could leave for good as reward, isn't that great?" He said, tears welling up.
…no response.
"…mac…please…say something." He said, hushed and dejected, the flowers he brought to the crude grave dropping out of his hands as he fell to his knees and cried.
"I saved thousands of lives and yet I feel so crappy, WHY!? WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE ONE WHO SUFFERS!? WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE?!"
"Because shinobi must be able to sacrifice great things if they want peace for others. It isn't fair, but neither is this world."
I turned quickly, seeing Kakashi, staring off into the distance.
"…what do you want?" Ichi said, bitterly.
"You know, Ichi, I know what you are going through. I have lost many friends myself, close friends. And while I may not have done what you have, I know the pain of loss all too well." He said, closing his one eye, leading back against a rock looking out over the hill they were on at the yellow sunset.
"I don't care about that, I just want my friend back." Ichi muttered.
"Ask yourself this; if he was truly your friend, would he really be happy seeing you grieve over him?"
"Under these circumstances, su-"
"WOULD HE!?" Kakashi said with a more insistant tone.
"…heh, knowing him, he'd probably call me gay for crying at a guy's funeral…maybe throw in a joke about if a woman died, it would be okay, 'cuz the world dosent need less boobies'" Ichi says remorsefully, a final tear breaking away.
Kakashi sighs.
"Till this very day, Ichi, I will never understand you." Before I can respond, he says with an eye smile, "But I sure do know enough."
…dammit, that guy cheered me up a little when I'm supposed to be sad.
"So, are you realy leaving?" Kakashi said, looking at the horizon again.
Ichi stared at the ground.
"Yes, it's what Ma-…I would want to do." Ichi says, casting a long sorrowful look at Mac's grave.
"And you are sure you don't want anyone to send you off?" Kakashi asked, closed eye, perhaps hiding grief at losing yet another student.
"Yes, I-I'm sure." I say.
Kakashi gets up and picks up his own posture.
"Well then, I wouldn't want to keep you." Ichi simply watches and Kakashi turns to leave, finally saying. "Do you remember my rule 'Those who betray their friends are worse than scum?'" Kakashi asked, and Ichi recoiled at.
He casts one last smile, and says, "You're the good kind of scum." And with that, he leaves.
…
…
What was that's supposed to mean?!
Time skip
Ichi stands on a sturdy yet crude raft moving out to sea, supplies and foods secure. The land of Ninja's was all that was explored in the Naruto universe, but what else was out there? That was one of Mac's questions.
Arguably, the Naruto world consisted of ONLY that continent, but that cant apply as they would have to loop right around if that were true.
Ichi would follow out Mac's last mission and explore beyond the borders of this land.
Ichi looked back at the shore, and what stood there shocked him:
(Cue: Rising fighting spirit, Naruto fight theme.)
A fully self aware fox Naruto PEDDLING RIGHT AFTER HIM!
*BASH!*
The raft may have been ok by that water head-butt, but Ichi's head bounced off the oar. Naruto was now on board, pointing defiantly at him.
"Where are you going, Ichi?!" He said in his usual manner.
"Huh? Wha? Why?"
"Oh, me being back to normal? The fox got sick of having me eat 'something as low as live chickens' and gave me back full control! Still stuck as a fox though."
"That…makes sense I guess."
"Now answer my question!"
"I'm leaving this continent to explore,"
"No you're not."
"I'm not?"
"Not without me!"
"Huh?"
Before I knew it, Naruto wanted to ditch his own show?
"Wait wait wait! Don't you wanna become hokage?" I asked, dumbfounded.
"Oh, that? Don't wanna do that anymore, some weirdo named Mac explained what exactly a hokage dose, and…well…I don't like paperwork!"
'Damn that Mac! He causes damage even when he is dead!'
"Damn right I do!"
'And now I'm hearing voices, great.'
"So I guess it's off to adventure!" Naruto cried.
"Why am I reminded of One piece all of a sudden?...Oh"
"Ahoy mateys!"
Was that…WAS THAT!?
CREDITS!
Paranoid Parrot/ Shadowclone076/ Shadowclone 076 Reborn (all the same guy, me)
Animewatcher4685 (Editor!)
You guys! (For support!)
This has technically been the longest project I have ever worked on (The series) and I would love if you could share mine and my best friends story, and yes, all of this was going to happen, I just couldn't fit it all in. Thank you for all your support and see you when the parrot strikes back!
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