Naruto Revisited/The Story of the Sound Genin
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Remember that this story is written in play format and all words that are Italicized are the way things are being said, done or stage directions. Enjoy!
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Chapter 1, The Recovery
The wind blew calmly, brushing the branches through the leaves of the trees, as a pondering Dosu Kinuta came leaping through the branches into a clearing in the forest. Carrying his two wounded team mates under his arm for over an hour now, he scouted out the area before laying down his brutally injured companions on the ground near some bushes and set up a small shelter among the shrubbery, Dosu had to stay awake and watch over his wounded comrades. He tried not to fall asleep but due to his restless venturing and carrying his friends all about the forest, his fatigue eventually caught up with him. Dosu just couldn't shake that one question from his mind as he slept peacefully against the trunk of a tree.
Dosu- Thinking to himself. What could Lord Orochimaru possibly be plotting? He set us up against some one whom he himself bestowed a curse seal upon.
This question ran through his mind the entire night and early morning the next day. Dosu awoke at the crack of dawn realizing that he had drifted off and let his guard down. Luckily enough Dosu had selected a great spot to sleep and they still had possession of the scrolls. Dosu laid down and stretched his body out underneath the great tree, he looked straight up and noticed fruit which appeared to be edible, and since they were to far from any streams it would have to do. As he bit into the first apple he noticed that his partner, Kin began to stir and has probably recovered from the mind transfer jutsu.
Kin- Shaking and holding her head. Urgh, what happened…and where are we?
Dosu- Our encounter with the leaf ninja turned into a critical condition for Zaku.
Kin- Huh, what do you mean? Turning to Zaku noticing his injuries. Ah, Zaku, Zaku! Turning to Dosu with wide eyes. Dosu, what happened to him?
Dosu - After you were taken over by that vexing little girl's mind swap jutsu, Zaku had a close encounter with Sasuke. Apparently Lord Orochimaru has bestowed a curse seal upon him; Zaku was not currently aware of Sasuke's power. He woke up and viciously attacked Zaku breaking both of his arms.
Kin- Horrified, I-is he going to be okay?
Dosu- He should be fine as long as we look out for him. However he will be useless to us in his current condition. So if we want to pass this portion of the exam, the two of us are going to have to do it without Zaku.
Kin- Nodding. All right, wait how long ago was the fight with the leaf ninja?
Dosu- Yesterday, you've been out for a whole day.
Kin- Gasps and jumps up. A whole day! What, are you serious that gives us only two more day! How are the two of us going to find a team of ninjas weak enough to defeat and steal their scrolls? They outnumber us!
Dosu- Kin, calm down. You are forgetting that we are the elite of our class. Lord Orochimaru trusted us with assassinating Sasuke Uchiha. Also there are many teams still out looking for scrolls along with those who are waiting by the exit for unsuspecting teams to snatch their scrolls out from underneath their noses, thus eliminating the competition.
Kin- Right, but what about Zaku we can't just leave him here all alone.
Dosu- That's where you come in. If you are so concerned about him, stay by his side. Remember to set plenty of traps, to take care of other teams. After all, that is your specialty.
Kin- What!? And what are you going to do?
Dosu- I told you, I'm going to find a team of third rate ninjas.
Kin- Dosu, everybody who's already made it this far can't possibly be third rate!
Dosu- Jokingly. Than I'll go find a team of second rate ninjas. Kin, you underestimate my abilities. Starts to walk away.
Kin- Dosu! Chasing after him. Dosu wait, you'll get killed out there! What are Zaku and I supposed to do than.
Dosu- Just stay alive Kin and, protect Zaku with your life. I'll be back shortly. He than springs into the trees and vanishes from Kin's sight.
Kin- Smirking. Heh,don't die out there.
Far from the camp, Dosu scouts the area for unsuspecting ninja as he scales through the trees with great speed and stealth. Out of the corner of his eye he notices a trio of ninja lighting a fire. One of the team mates leaves to the nearby stream with two large buckets. Plotting to steal their scroll without being noticed, Dosu leaps from the trees and hides in a nearby bush.
Dosu- Thinking to himself. Two ninja from the Leaf Village, completely unaware of the danger stalking them…perfect.
Unaware of the twigs lying upon the ground, Dosu stepped on one making a silent crunching noise. However one of the ninjas named Yuka, an average sized boy with spiked blue hair wearing a green vest, noticed the noise and became alert of his current danger where as his partner Karasu, a smaller boy with long black hair and slit eyes overlooked the brush of twigs.
Yuka- Startled. What was that?!
Karasu- Calmly. What was what?
Yuka- That noise. Didn't you hear it?
Karasu- The ruffling in the bush? It's probably just a rodent.
Yuka- Looking around and than pointing to the bush Dosu is hiding behind. There behind the bush! Can't you see it moving? I think that's a little too big for a rodent!
Karasu- Calling. All right, whoever you are show yourself, you're not leaving alive.
A little annoyed, with the situation Dosu had no choice but to show himself and in the worst case scenario, fight.
Dosu- Steps out of the bushes slowly and calmly.
Karasu- Worried but still trying to keep calm. Ah, what are you?
Dosu- Stepping forward and chuckling to himself. Does my appearance frighten you?
Yuka- Draws his Kunai still trembling with fear. Stay back or I'll kill you!
Karasu- Rolling his eyes at his partner's anxiousness. Speaks in a calm manner. Look, if
you want the scrolls you're going to have to take it from our cold dead hands if that fate doesn't befall you first. And as for your comrades, looking in the trees for Dosu's companions. Tell them to come down and fight. Or are the sound ninjas all cowards like yourself?
Dosu- I came alone.
Yuka- With some confidence. How stupid are you? Challenging us all by yourself, you must be insane!
Dosu- I'll warn you once, surrender the scroll to me or it may cost you your lives. I possess a jutsu like you've never seen.
Yuka- It's your call buddy two on one, plus Sake will be back with the water soon.
Dosu- Three leaf ninja versus one sound ninja. Pauses, and than smirks. Sound's fair to me.
Karasu- Drawing his kunai. Get him!
Yuka charges Dosu unaware that Karasu is staying behind to observe Dosu's jutsu before he attacks. Yuka attempts to stab Dosu, but he simply evades it by leaping to his left. Yuka surprised by Dosu's incredible speed turns only to be met by Dosu's fist. Yuka plummeted to the earth with a stream of blood trickling down his mouth.
Karasu- Unimpressed. That's it? You're not going to show me your "special jutsu"?
Dosu- Becoming irritated. Give me your scroll or I will be forced to kill you.
Karasu- Unconvinced. Ha, knocking him out doesn't prove very much; he's hot headed and hesitant. You're going to have to a lot better than that! Leaps into the air.
Dosu- Thinking to himself. I don't have time for this Zaku and Kin are waiting for me back at camp.
Karasu, now descending towards Dosu, throws nine shurikens at him. Quickly, Dosu pulls up his right sleeve revealing his secret jutsu, The Melody Arm. He thrusts the arm upwards protecting his face from the shurikens clashing against the melody arm. Now was Dosu's chance to take him out.
Karasu- Shocked. What? Screams and falls from the sky hitting the ground with great force. What happened, what kind of jutsu is that?
Dosu- Tauntingly. Now where's the fun in that if I just tell you?
Karasu- Stumbles to his feet and furiously lets out a yell. He charges Dosu head on, running very unsteadily. I'm sick of playing this game!
Dosu tilted his arm upward and, with a flash of light emitted from his arm, Dosu blinded Karasu, and charged him, striking him with a blow to the abdominals, leaving him breathless. Karasu's eye's widened as he fell to the floor.
Karasu- Gasping for air. WH-what h-how! Karasu lets out a groan as his eye's slowly close.
Dosu- Are you done already? To think that reflecting the sunlight off of my arm would be enough of a distraction to deliver a punch to your chest, allowing me to emit a pulse of sound from the impact channeling it into your ear, causing permanent damage to your central nervous system. But I guess I'm just wasting my breath, a shame I had to take a life today, and from such a talentless shinobi. Now, to look for those scrolls.
Dosu rid Yuka of his scroll while he was unconscious. After hearing Karasu's screams, Sake the leader of this squad of ninja, now returns uphill from the river bed, as he laid eyes on Dosu searching Karasu's body for the scroll.
Sake- Startled. What's going on!?
Dosu- Intrigued. Hmm, I almost forgot about you. And if this one doesn't have the scroll, you must have it.
Sake- Frightened. Who are you?
Dosu- That doesn't matter, give me the scroll now, looks around to see Yuka recovering consciousness and puts his foot on his back as he kneels down withdrawing his kunai and placing it under Yuka's throat, orI'll spill his blood all over the floor.
Yuka- Frightened. Sake! Sake please! Sake you don't know what he's capable of just give him the scroll!
Sake- Lowering his brow and tightening his headband. No, leave now and I won't be forced to kill you.
Dosu- Smiling and now laughing. Are all leaf ninjas so arrogant? You're not really in the position to be bargaining, tightens his grip on the kunai and presses it harder against Yuka's throat.
Yuka- Screaming with terror. Sake help!
Sake- Frustrated. I'm warning you! Leave now!
Dosu- Annoyed. This is all getting far too repetitive for my tastes.
Irritated with the Sake's stubborn demands, he applied more pressure to Yuka's throat. Yuka screamed as loud as he could as Dosu finally slid his kunai across his neck, until he fell silent, this silence was soon met by a disturbing gargling noise. Yuka was dead, with a large opening across his throat as his blood poured onto the dirt.
Sake, shocked at the death of his friend let his guard down giving Dosu the perfect opportunity to attack…
Meanwhile ways back by the camp Zaku was lying in a shelter Kin had constructed from fallen branches and large patches of dug up dirt. She was sitting peacefully around Zaku with her kunai drawn. Just then Dosu leaped from a tree as he had only left a half an hour ago. Returning with both, a heaven and earth scroll, and his shoes, bloodstained.
Kin- Tauntingly. How did it go tough guy?
Dosu- Lobbing the scrolls to her. Get Zaku, we have to get to the tower immediately.
To be continued…