Five's a Christening
In Iwagakure, the Village Hidden in the Stone, a gathering was taking place between three friends. Sat at a table, there were two on one side wearing formal yukata, and the other sat on his own wearing red armour with odd chimney-like structures on his back, which were emitting steam. They had been a genin team together during the wars, and had acquitted themselves admirably. However, there was always a slight wariness towards one member of the team, a slight hesitance that told trained shinobi that the third member maybe wasn't quite as welcome as he may appear. It was understandable, however, to those who knew the secrets of the team. The third member was a ninja known as Han, and he was known to be slightly unstable and to have a bizarre control over steam and smoke. What wasn't well known was that his gifts weren't his through a previously unknown bloodline, but through slightly more demonic means. For he was the container of the Gobi no Irukauma, the five-tailed dolphin horse.
The main reason for the wariness was that both Han and Yakusho had a crush on their female teammate, Sadi, and she preferred the company of Yakusho. Tensions had been high between the two boys, though when Han eventually found out Sadi was dating Yakusho, he did something completely unexpected. He stepped aside, recognizing he'd already lost. Their friendship was saved, and the relationship had blossomed.
As Han left the meeting, there was more steam than usual emitting from the chimneys, and an eerie smile on his face, one that usually preceded scalding hot steam coating the area. He was in a good mood, and had been told some great news. His oldest friends were having their first child, and he was asked to be the godfather. This gave him the honour of helping name the baby, and looking after it if his teammates were unable to. It also gave him an opportunity to pass on his techniques since it was unlikely that he'd ever get a child of his own. His smile grew into a psychotic grin stretching from ear to ear. Finally, someone he could convince that explosions were the future. They'd managed to settle on a name that blended the parents' ideas for a normal name, with his penchant for the dramatic and memorable. If the baby was a girl, she'd be called Tsuki, though privately Han knew it would be a boy. The Gobi had occasional glimpses into the future, and as such Testu had seen that this child would have an important part to play in the future, though as he wasn't the Gobi, his visions were clouded and he couldn't always be one hundred percent certain of what the role would be. He'd pushed hard on the name for if the child was a boy, knowing it was important, and finally the parents had agreed to name the child Deidara.
I'm back! Bet you didn't see the last part coming. If you're wondering, I set this before the war with Konoha, and the 5th Jinchuuriki isn't far into his twenties. This isn't as good as it maybe should be, but I really wanted to get to the last four since they would potentially have the most interesting stories. Naruto is going to be fun!
I may put up a timeline for when these stories happened as there seemed to be a little confusion with the first chapter. Let me know if you think it's a good idea, and as always review.
I don't own Naruto so please don't sue me. I don't have any money anyway, just some shiny discs of metal and pieces of paper with numbers on them.