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7 Years have passed since the massacre at the hands of the rock village. Konoha is now the second Hidden Rock Village and is ruled by the Tsuchikage. There were but a few survivors from the massacre who ran from the trap and survived in various villages around the Fire Country. The names of the survivors were never recorded but a description of them was taken. A psychotic boy in green spandex, 1 teen with red eyes and 3 extra pupils, one of the Hyuuga, the teen who hid in the shadows, the Hokage of all people, the Frog Sannin and a boy who flew on a carpet of bugs. The Rock Village was not without leniency; they captured 4 kunoichi before they infiltrated the village. These kunoichi were taken into the village and the newly formed ANBU Jailing Department.
But what of Naruto? He was long gone by the time the Rock-Nin attacked. He now is a traveller who has set himself up in a village in Fire Country that is fairly advanced but not connected easily to any other town. He has given himself a new name, new friends and a new life. He has lived as a Samurai for this time, training new swordsmen in the arts of the Samurai. He has made his reputation through the power of his Raijin Sword. He has trained one person in every class who shows the most promise and through that has trained many Gunchou (Samurai Commanders) and Taishou (Samurai Generals). Now, on with the story.
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Chapter 1
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Tsunade turned to her oven and saw that her food was now burning.
"Shit!" yelled Tsunade loud enough to wake the dead
A few loud crashes were heard and 6 men came running downstairs with looks of horror on their faces.
"What's up!" yelled one with long brown hair and hollow eyes
"This is so troublesome at 7 in the morning," said one with his hair in a tight knot on his crown
"Calm down Neji, Shikamaru, I was just trying to make breakfast" said Tsunade
"You tried that last year, accept it, you cant cook" said another of the men with brown hair and onyx eyes.
"Don't mess with me Sasuke, I may not be Hokage anymore but I still have enough strength to kick your ass"
"Can you guys just relax, what would the neighbours think if next door just happened be burnt to flames or smashed to pieces from the inside out" said Shino calmly
"This is so annoying," said Lee "I need to express my youthful power"
"You're a man now Lee, you no longer have any 'youth'" said Jiraiya
This was agreed upon by everyone present seeing as he looked like a clone of the now deceased Gai Maito. Sasuke was growing up to look similar to Itachi except that he had his hair in his usual style and he didn't look as much like a girl. Shino still wore his usual high collared coat and Rock Lee had FINALLY taken off his jumpsuit in favour of normal clothes but they were still green. Jiraiya still wore his usual attire, as did Tsunade. Neji was still the usual longhaired Hyuuga he always was but he had gone into a stage of pining since the battle. He was very pissed off due to the fact that whenever he went outside he had to Henge his eyes so people wouldn't know he was a Hyuuga, meaning he was a ninja.
"Come on then, Lee, you have a cage fight tonight so be ready. Shino and Neji have work now so off you go, Sasuke and Jiraiya can help me around the house since they cant really work because of Jiriaya's perverted tendencies and Sasuke is crap at everything except Ninjutsu and maybe barbecuing stray animals." Said Tsunade
"Ok!" yelled Lee
"Lets go Shino," said Neji as he got his work clothes. He and Shino worked as deliverymen for a chain of weapons dealers.
"Ok" said Shino in his usual monotone voice
Shino and Neji walked out, leaving the others to gripe and moan to their hearts content.
"Lee, the guy you're fighting may look tough but his weakness is the ankles. Try and break one if you can and then you'll have a clear streak for an initial lotus or 16-hit combo if you want" said Sasuke
"I'll go with the 16-hit combo, I made a promise that I would only use the lotus to protect important people."
"I'm going back to bed" said Shikamaru retreating back up the stairs
"Ok, sorry to break this up but me and Sasuke have a little 'investigation' to do" said Jiraiya as he picked up Sasuke by the scruff of his neck and hauled him out the door and running towards the baths.
"One-track minds hey?" said Tsunade scraping the cremated bacon and sausages into the bin.
"Not really, I think it's good for him to see girls naked considering he hasn't been with a girl since Sakura-Chan" said Lee
"Fair point but they're still perverts" said Tsunade
"Agreed"
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With Sasuke and Jiraiya
The pair was sitting on top of the baths peeking into the women's section. Both men were getting a tent and they had just started talking.
"Why do you do this Jiraiya-Sama?" asked Sasuke
"Same reason you do, girls want you but you don't want them," said the pervert making Sasuke laugh "Hey keep it down, you want to get us busted?"
"Sorry, but that is so pathetic I had to laugh. I think the only person whose said a worse line than that is Naruto"
"So you still think of Naruto then?" asked Jiraiya
"You can't help it, he saved our lives and then the council exile him," said Sasuke
"I wouldn't worry, he is alive. If I know Naruto he's probably found a place somewhere to settle down. But he is our only chance to revive Konoha, you heard of what happened on the Bloody Plains. He killed over 149,000 ninjas in less than 5 minutes and was up and walking within a week" said Jiraiya "He didn't kill that many"
"I always thought it was exaggerated," said Sasuke
"I never said it was exaggerated, just wrong" said Jiraiya "We had several teams of medic-nin go out and do a body count. The results were staggering. It appears that on his way to Konoha, he picked up a very large number of civilians that hated Konoha and wanted a chance to destroy it."
"How many?" asked Sasuke getting interested now
"You wouldn't believe me" said Jiraiya
"Try me, this is the guy who destroyed the pillar that only previous Hokages have destroyed before"
"Well…the total body count was somewhere around 900,000" said Jiraiya as Sasuke fainted and almost fell off the roof if Jiraiya hadn't caught him.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me" said Jiraiya jumping down and taking Sasuke back to the house that they all shared as their alias, The Tomiko's.
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In another area of the Fire Country.
A blonde warrior was sitting in his private garden in his dojo meditating when a quiet voice came from the doorway.
"Enigma-Dono, we have a delivery of new Katana but we need you to sign for it" came a meek voice
The person the voice came from was a lower teenage girl who had her face hidden behind long locks of brown hair. You could just see her hazel eyes shimmering from behind it. She had her sword clipped to her belt and she was standing in standard samurai training gear.
"Ok Kamia," said Enigma standing up and smoothing down his robes. He wore a similar robe to Kamia except his sword was a small hilt residing in a holster on his belt. His robe was a black robe with large red stripes going down each side, he had a set of torso armor and a small portion of chain mail underneath. The whole appearance was similar to Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur Samurai) except for the body and hair.
Enigma walked over to the door and walked through the training dojo and sparring room until he got to the entrance where two men about his age were waiting for him.
"Delivery for the Graceful Wind Dojo" said one of them with long hair who had a clipboard in his hands.
"I'll sign" said Enigma as he took it and signed his name as 'NK:E'
"I think I've seen you somewhere before" said the man with long hair as he handed Enigma the container of Katana
"How so? I've been here for 7 years and I don't think I've seen you before" said Enigma
"I remember having a friend who looked like you, don't you think Shino" said the man with long hair
"Yes I think so Neji" said the man with a high collared coat
"Umm…. I think I do remember you" said Enigma "Please come inside, I have a place where we can talk"
Neji and Shino followed Enigma in and walked through the halls getting dirty looks from some of the students there. They were just walking into the sparring room and saw that two students were fighting with 2 half-length katana. They were about to carry on walking when one of the combatants was thrown into the wall, as the other was about to thrust one of their swords through them. Enigma saw this happening so with split second timing he as sword hilt and ran faster than anyone had seen towards the students. The student against the wall was about to be skewered when a bright yellow glow filled the room as the aggressive students blade fell apart into segments on the floor leaving on the hilt in their hands.
"What have I told you Goka, NEVER DO THAT TO ANYONE EXCEPT ME!" yelled Enigma with such force it brought most of the students straight to the sparring room
"I'm sorry Enigma-Sensei, I got carried away in the fight" said Goka sadly
"You are on washing up duty for the dojo for a month for this" said Enigma in his usual calm voice. "Come to my office later, if you are so anxious to fight I will give you a spar to remember"
This sent shivers up all the students' spines as they remembered what Enigma did to the mob that tried to destroy the dojo 3 years ago.
"Yes Enigma-Sensei"
Enigma holstered his sword and carried on with Neji and Shino into his office. It was modestly decorated with just enough to be comfortable but nothing lavish. The two ninja sat down on one side of his desk as he sat down on the other.
"You say your names are Neji and Shino, correct?" asked Enigma
"Yes, and I think I know who you are. You said you've been here 7 years and we haven't seen our friend in 7 years" said Neji "You are Naruto Kazama,"
"I see, it seems you still cant talk informally to someone you've known since kindergarten." Said Naruto
"I knew it" said Shino "I assume you heard what happened after you left?"
"Yes, I thought everyone was killed"
"They were nearly, the ANBU and more experienced Jounin made a few clever diversions to help us escape. As far as we know, only us 2, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shikamaru, Sasuke and Rock Lee escaped. All of the other ninja have either been killed of captured" said Neji
"What has this got to do with me though? I have a new life here and these pupils need me." Said Naruto
"I have a request on behalf of all remaining Konoha Ninja," said Neji "We want you to help us take back Konoha"
"No, I have no reason. My only reason is gone" said Naruto
"It isn't Naruto, you only think she's gone. Before I got out of the trap, I saw Hinata being captured and taken away. She may still be alive" said Shino
"I can't! I refuse to help the people who shunned me for saving their lives" said Naruto
"If we really can't convince you, we'll take our leave," said Neji as he walked out of the door followed by Shino
Naruto sighed and reached into his desk draw for a bottle of sake.
"I never thought I'd touch this stuff again but I'm so confused. I need to mellow out" said Naruto to himself
"Enigma-Sensei, can I talk to you?" came a voice from the door
"What is it Kamia?" asked Naruto bluntly
"Who was Hinata?"
Naruto just stared at the girl with a blank expression on his face.
"You heard?"
"Yes, I also know your name but I think of you as Enigma so you will always be Enigma" said Kamia
"Well, Hinata was my first and last girlfriend. I thought she died with the destruction of my village but I just got word that she may still be alive."
"And you're going to leave her" said Kamia
"I can't go, it's was painful enough to say goodbye. I can't imagine the pain of saying hello again"
"Enigma-Dono, sorry" said Kamia
"Huh?" asked Naruto
All he got for an answer was a slap to the face that knocked him off of his seat.
"If you refuse to help the girl you love, I cant imagine what sort of scum you really are" said Kamia walking out
"I think I deserved that," said Naruto "Now I really need that Sake"
He picked up the bottle and a small saucer to drink it from. He poured some into the saucer and picked it up. He looked at it for a few moments before throwing it and the bottle directly out of the window.
'I need to think clearly' thought Naruto 'Damn right kit, get your ass in here now. We are doing a little training' 'Fine, but I need sleep. Give me the training and I'll meditate on it tomorrow' 'Good boy, in you come' 'Cheeky bastard, you better be teaching me something I don't already know''You haven't learned any new Jutsu in 7 years. YOU HAVE A FREAKING BLOODLINE! Those should be good enough reasons to train. That and kicking 'Sasuke-Teme's' ass should make it worthwhile. Seeing as your sensei didn't teach you how to make your own Jutsu, I will teach you.'
'You had better not be kidding' 'On my honor as a Kami-Kitsune' 'Fine, I'll go to my garden so I have an excuse for being paralysed'With that Naruto got up from his seat and opened the sliding door to go into his private meditation garden. No one except for him was allowed in here and it was the perfect place for connecting with his inner demon.
'Ok, I'm here. What are you going to train me in?''My favourite, Mass Destructive Combat and Utilizing Kekkai Genkai's. We should take about 2 hours of your time but it will be the equivalent of 2 months of training. If you want to learn to make a new Jutsu it will take and extra month for me to teach you the basics.'
'Lets go, I have to be prepared' Naruto's body then froze as his spirit image went into the Kyuubi Chamber for the first time in 7 long years.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Later that night at the Village Hall. 7:30pm
Rock Lee was doing his warm ups in the middle of the huge hall. This hall was used for lots of functions but it had a 20' X 20' metal cage in the middle that evening. He looked around at the other competitors for the grand prize of 1,000,000 ryou that could support the 'Tomiko's' for at least 6 months. He saw several Samurai and a few Rock Ninja there as well a fighters from several other disciplines such as Crying-Tiger Style and the much feared Hidden-Mantis Style. He looked around and saw that his entire 'family' had gathered to watch his fight in case something got out of hand and he opened his gates accidentally. He looked at his first opponent who, as Sasuke had said, was a huge muscular man with biceps the size of tyres. Lee looked at him and did indeed notice that he had particularly weak ankles.
"This will be easy," said Lee as he saw another Samurai walk through the door. This one was different but Lee could tell he was a Samurai because he went and talked to the Samurai already there. Samurai didn't associate with the general population normally and they acted kindly towards him showing that he knew them and was of their level or higher.
"NOW FOR TONIGHTS FIGHTS!" yelled the announcer from outside of the cage. "FIRST UP IS LEE TOMIKO VERSUS FUTA BUTA!"
Lee and the muscular guy known as Futa walked into the cage as the referee locked the door. The stood apart from each other but as soon as the referee shouted "BEGIN!" they attacked each other. Futa threw a few blows towards Lee but they were dodged consistently. Lee then went in with a slide kick that connected to his ankle and the behemoth cried out in pain.
"Bastard!" yelled Futa as he shot his fist forward and smashed Lee in the chest to hear 'BOO' coming from the crowd. "SHUT UP!"
Lee took advantage of this lack of concentration and did a powerful scissor kick that hit both ankles with a sickening crunch.
Futa bellowed out in pain as he fell to the floor writhing from the pain in his ankles.
"WINNER, LEE TOMIKO!" yelled the announcer as he unlocked the cage so Lee could get out and the paramedics could get in.
Lee walked over to his 'family' and got congratulations for winning the match and a soldier pill from Tsunade.
"NEXT UP TONIGHT IS ENIGMA FROM THE GRACEFUL WIND DOJO VERSUS PARADOX FROM THE CROUCHING TIGER ACADEMY!" called out the announcer as the blonde Samurai that Lee saw earlier approached the cage as did one of the Crying-Tiger fighters.
"Hey, doesn't that Samurai look familiar to you?" asked Lee to Sasuke
"Sort of, I recognise the face but I can't quite place it." Came the reply
"You should know him, its Naruto," said Jiraiya as he drew stares from all of the group younger than him.
"How could he become so kick ass?" asked Shikamaru
"He has a grudge, its amazing the skills that can appear when you are determined" said Neji
"A grudge?" questioned Lee
"A grudge against Konoha and all Konoha Ninja" replied Neji
"Umm..guys, the match is over" said Sasuke pointing to the cage.
Everyone looked at the cage and saw the fighter down on the floor with barbecued limbs and a slight smell of beef in the air.
"He is quick," said Tsunade
"That's nothing, earlier, he stopped a blade with a palm thrust and chopped up the blade with his sword. I'd never seen speed like that before" said Neji
They looked again and saw the warrior walk out of the cage with his sword in its holster.
"No doubt about it, its Naruto. He has the Raijin Sword" said Sasuke "I have to talk to him, this might be our only chance to talk to him before he leaves"
Sasuke stood up from his seat and approached Naruto when 4 of the Samurai surrounding him drew their swords and got into a defensive situation around Naruto.
"Stand down" said Naruto as they lowered their swords and Naruto walked through them.
"My name is Sasuke, and I hope I can talk to you in private with my family" said Sasuke pointing towards the others
"Very well Sasuke, follow me" said Naruto as he walked out of the door into the quiet night air with the 'family' of ninja in tow.
They approached a picnic table underneath an oak tree and sat down around it. Naruto sat at the head of it while the ninja sat to the sides
"Alright, I already know who you guys are and you know who I am. Cut to the chase" said Naruto
"We want you to help us rise against the Rock-nin and take back Konoha. We have a plan, courtesy of Shikamaru, but without sufficient power we cannot complete it." Said Tsunade
"And why not? You have the Summoning Jutsu, the Kage Bunshin. You also have several Kekkai Genkai's, I fail to believe you're the only ninja from Konoha left."
"We're not, but we're the only free ones. We suspect that the majority of Konoha Ninja have been captured and are in the process of being brainwashed" said Jiraiya
"And you want to infiltrate Konoha to try and rescue them?"
"Correct" said Tsunade
"No, I have no will to help the village who exiled me for rescuing them." Said Naruto
"What about Hinata?" asked Sasuke
"What about Sakura, Ino and Tenten" replied Naruto sarcastically making everyone except Tsunade and Jiraiya shut up
"That was low Naruto" said Jiraiya
"So was talking about Hinata" said Naruto "If you will excuse me, I am going to withdraw from the competition, I wish to go home and meditate now"
Naruto rose and made a high-pitched whistling noise that caused the samurai inside to come outside and wait outside the building for Naruto.
"If you don't help us then we will go in on our own now that we have no other option" said Tsunade
"Do whatever, I couldn't care. I am no longer a ninja, I'm a samurai"
"Look after yourself Naruto, I hope you have a nice life" said Jiraiya
"I will, I hope you have a nice existence. I can't call being a prisoner a life" said Naruto
"Goodbye Naruto" said Sasuke as he walked past.
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A/N: YAY! JUST LIKE PART II OF THE MANGA. I MADE A TIME SKIP!
Enjoy and tell me your opinions about the new people. I'll be including all following chapters in this story so I hope you all review it and make it one of the best Naruto Fan-fics around.
3688 words in this chapter, my longest chapter to date. Yay :P