AN: I am very glad people love my story since I got already 252 hits, 6 alerts, and six reviews for one chapter which means I must be doing something right. Anyway, I hope you guys are ready for chapter two. By the way, I do not own Naruto or any of the original characters as they belong to Masashi Kishimoto. All I am doing is using them in a creative fashion.
Konoha Legends
Chapter 2: The Village of the Mist Part 1
One Month later...
In the middle of one of the many forests in the Hidden Leaf, a brown cat was running around wildly,
"Avenger is ready on the right." A voice said.
"Medicine Woman is ready in the center." Another voice, this time female, said.
"And Yellow Flash Jr is ready on the left." Another male voice said.
"Aright then, let operation 'capture that fucking cat for that ugly fat bitch again' begin." A voice, laced with irritation and indifference commanded.
"Did we really have to call it that, Kakashi?" Another person said.
"Yes, we did Minato. Now commence!" Kakashi replied.
After ten minutes, Team 7 were able to capture that cat as it was in the arms of Sakura and for some reason, it remained very docile though then again, it was probably because it saw the demonic glares on Sasuke and Kakashi and decided that for the sake of his life not to do anything to piss them off any further.
"Finally, we got that mission done!" Naruto said, partially exhausted from chasing the cat all over Konoha.
"Well, at least this was the last of those damn D-missions, now we can move up to higher ranked missions." Kakashi said, growling.
"I don't see what's so bad about them. They're actually quite relaxing and pleasant." Minato said laughing, with a grin.
"Well Minato, not all of us can stay cherry when chasing a stupid cat all day or cleaning out a garden!" Kakashi yelled angrily at his fellow jounin.
"Aww, what's wrong? Is Kaka-kun getting angry?" Minato said in a childish kind of tone and because he used Kakashi's infamous nickname, it earned a laugh from the genins.
"You will die." Kakashi said with a death glare but the blonde was unfazed by the glare,
"Besides, we're finished with them so there's no use in complaining, right?" Minato said as he nudged Kakashi with a slight elbow.
"Whatever, I'm still pissed." Kakashi muttered with his arms crossed.
The brown cat belonged to Miss Sujimi, the wealthy wife of the Fire Daimyo and was also very fat. It was unknown as to why the cat kept running away but Team 7 did find out the reason why it ran away when they had to give the cat back to its owner in the room of mission handling in the Hokage Tower. As soon as they handed the cat back to its owner, it began to struggle greatly against his mistress's dead hug but to no avail as the wife of the Daimyo paid our team and then headed off.
'No wonder it ran away.' Everyone of Team 7 thought with a sweatdrop in each back of their head.
"Alright Team 7, you have completed the one month of required D-ranked missions and thus are now eligible for C-ranked and above missions." The Hokage said as he was in the one that handed missions to teams and high-ranked ninjas.
"Thank you Kami!" Both Sasuke and Kakashi exclaimed at the same time and while the others did not do so, they were quite glad to be over with the low-ranked missions.
"So, what kind of mission are we getting next, huh?" Naruto asked, excited like a kid who is about to receive a brand new toy.
"Relax Naruto, you'll get your mission soon. In fact, let me see..." The Hokage trailed as it began to look through the mission papers, "Ah, there it is!" The Hokage exclaimed as he found a large white envelope with a special kanji on it.
"Is that what I think it is lord Hokage?" Kakashi asked with his eye widened.
"Yes it is what you think, Kakashi. Inside this envelope contains a reply to the letter the Mist sent us. A couple of days, the Mist sent a letter of alliance to us in order to renew our alliance from the ninja war. I want you team to take this letter and give it to the Mizukage himself." The Hokage said as he explained the mission.
"Are you sure you want to entrust such an important mission to a team of genins like us, lord Hokage?" Sakura asked as she knew the implications of the letter.
"Well, that is why you have jounin teachers like Minato and Kakashi, so that way the risks of something bad happening are decreased dramatically. Now, I suggest you depart as fast as possible. The sooner they get this, the sooner the alliance can be formed." The Hokage replied.
"Okay then. Team, I want you guys to grab your kunais, shurikens, whatever you need and meet me back in the gates in twenty minutes and Kakashi, please and I mean for god's sake, please be on time." Minato said, emphasizing the last part to the one-eyed ninja.
"Alright, I'll be on time. Damn you annoy the shit out of me sometimes, Minato." Kakashi said and he then vanished.
The rest of the team then followed his steps and left the Hokage's office.
The two Namikaze brothers were back in their apartment as they were getting ready for the mission trip
"Man, I can't wait! We're actually going to another village and not just any other village but one of the big five! This is going to be awesome!" Naruto said as he could barely contain his excitement.
"Why are you getting so excited for, little bro? All we're going to do is hand a letter to the Mizukage and that's it. It's not like you're going to fight anybody." Minato said sighing at his brother's excitement.
"I know but still, I'm going to one of the most powerful villages in the world and meet the Mizukage himself! That's already more excitement than I need." Naruto replied with a grin.
'Well then again, it is quite exciting for a genin like himself to go to another village this early in his career and who knows, it might be even more fun than I expect.' Minato thought as he smiled as he watched his brother's excited attitude.
The two brothers then left their room and headed toward the gates. When they get there, Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke were already there.
"YOU'RE EARLY!" Minato literally screamed with his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets and his jaw dropping to the floor as he saw Kakashi there.
"Yeah, I am. You kind of made it clear for me to be here early." Kakashi sighed as he shook his head at his partner's over the top reaction.
"I know but the Kakashi I know is never early, even for a life or death situation! Who are you and what you have done to Kaka-kun!" Minato asked as he thought that the Kakashi standing in front of him was an imposter.
"Is your brother okay?" Sasuke whispered to Naruto.
"Yeah he is, he just likes to annoy Kakashi for the lulz. (AN: Yes, I used an internet term. Sue me.)" Naruto whispered back to Sasuke, who nodded in understanding.
"DAMN YOU! IT'S ME YOU BLONDE DUMBASS AND WILL YOU STOP USING THAT NICKNAME!" Kakashi yelled at Minato with veins literally on his face, "Why Kami, why have you forsaken me?" Kakashi then said on his knees as he looked up at the sky with tears flowing down from his eye.
"Geez Kaka-kun, what's wrong with you? Can't you take a joke?" Minato asked.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Kakashi roared and dashed toward Minato only to be held back by the genins, "LET GO OF ME! I HAVE TO KILL HIM!" Kakashi roared at his students.
"Please Kakashi-sensei, we need both of you for this mission and Minato-sensei, please stop getting on Kakashi-sensei's nerves or we'll never finish this mission." Sakura said as she became the mediator of the group.
"But he started it!" Both jounins said in unison as they pointed to each other.
"STOP ACTING LIKE CHILDREN THIS INSTANT! WE HAVE A MISSION TO DO SO STOP ACTING LIKE IDIOTS AND ACT LIKE JOUNINS RIGHT NOW BEFORE I CASTRATE BOTH OF YOU!" Sakura literally screamed as she had reached her boiling point.
"O…okay." Both jounins replied meekly as they were both trembling from the sight of the enraged pink-haired kunoichi.
"NOW LET'S GO!" Sakura said and then began to walk away, followed by the rest of the team,
"Your girlfriend is scary." Minato whispered to his little brother who nodded in reply,
"Yes she is." Naruto replied as he and Sasuke were now scared of the kunoichi.
The team then started to travel by jumping from tree to tree at high-speed with the two jounins in the front, leading the way.
"By the way Minato-sensei, how long will it take for us to arrive at the Hidden Mist Village?" Sakura, now calmed down, asked.
"Actually, it won't take us long. At top speed, one can make it there in four hours and at the speed we're going, we'll easily make it there in that very time." Minato answered her question.
"I see." Sakura replied with a nod.
"By the way team, do you guys remember what we talked about during our training sessions?" Minato asked his team.
"Yes!" All three genins replied in unison.
"Then do you mind repeating them once more?" Minato asked.
The genins raised an eyebrow as to why their sensei would want them to do so but shrugged as Naruto then started off,
"According to what you told us and what we learned, there are five great elemental chakras and they are fire, water, wind, earth, and lightning and each ninja possess at least one of them." Naruto said.
"However, there are other elemental charkas that do exist but these charkas are combinations of two of the five great charkas. For example, wood can be created by a person that has both water and earth elemental charkas and combines them, thus making wood." Sakura said as she picked up from where Naruto left off.
"And with these elements, it is possible for a ninja to fight using the three great technique styles known as Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Kuchiyosejutsu. Ninjutsu is the style in which a person uses elemental attacks by emitting their elements through seals. Taijutsu is when a ninja use hand to hand combat and can use their elemental charkas to give them special attributes and finally, Kuchiyosejutsu is the style in which a person can summon an object or creature that possesses the same elemental chakra as them." Sasuke said as he was the one that finished off the explanation.
"Excellent, excellent. Now, the reason why I asked you guys to repeat this is not only to make sure you remembered but because next week, there will be what we call the Genin Tournament." Minato revealed to his students.
"Genin Tournament?" All three genins gasped in surprise.
"Yep, that's right. You see, every four years the villages will organize something called the Elemental Tournament. The Elemental Tournament is a battle between the top genin cells of each of the villages and the cell that wins indicates which village is the strongest." Minato explained.
"But wait a minute? Why do they use genins like us to decide the strength of a village? Shouldn't that be more reserved for jounins?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It should but it isn't because this tournament doesn't truly indicate the current strength of a village." Kakashi replied.
"Then what does it test?" Sasuke asked, wanting to know the answer.
"It tests two things: The ninja academy programs and also, the projected strength levels of the villages." Kakashi answered.
"So basically, it tests just how well a village raises their ninja and also test just how strong that village will become for a couple of years and hence why they use genins so in reality, this is a test for the future and not the present and a way for each village to keep checks on each other to make sure one village doesn't grow much stronger than the other, right?" Naruto asked.
Both jounins nodded in surprise at how the young blonde was able to see the purpose of the test so easily,
"Now, by telling you this it means that you three will enter the Genin Tournament and thus this is why we have been training so intensely during last month on the side while doing all those D-ranked missions. However, you should be weary of something besides the tournament." Kakashi said and at the last part, his tone turned dark.
"What else should we be weary about, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked as she felt nervous at the change of tone of her sensei.
"There is a very high probability that all three of you will encounter mist genins wanting to fight you." Kakashi answered her.
All three genins gasped in shock but if one was to pay more attention to the Uchiha, they would have seen a flicker of content, as if he was happy that the Mist genins would perhaps pick a fight against him.
"But why?" Naruto asked.
"It's because some villages, especially the Mist, have tendencies to have their genins pick fights with genins from other villages so be careful." Kakashi warned his students and they nodded.
Four hours later, Team 7 had arrived at the front of the large black gates of the Hidden Mist Village. Like it's name, the Hidden Mist village was very misty and had a somber look that gave it a dark and eerie feel. Stationed near the guards where two mist chunnins who saw our heroes and walked up to them,
"State your purpose for coming here!" The guard on the right ordered.
"We're from the Hidden Leaf and we've been sent by the Hokage himself to deliver this alliance letter to the Mizukage personally." Kakashi answered as he showed the letter to the guards.
The two guards recognized the kanji on the envelope and nodded. They then had the gates opened and the genins awed as they were able to see the village.
"I will inform you the Mizukage of your arrival while my partner here takes you there." The guard on the left said and then he used body flicker to disappear.
"You, follow me." The remaining guard said and he then started to walk into the village,
"Wait up." Minato said to the guard and he then turned to the genins, "Why don't you guys go sightseeing for a little while." Minato said to them.
"Cool!" All three genins said with grins on their faces and then left.
"Are you sure it was a good idea letting them sightseeing by themselves." Kakashi whispered to Minato as the two were following the guard on their way to the Mizukage.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine." Minato replied with a confident smile on his face.
The Mizukage Tower was nearly identical to the Hokage Tower in Hidden Leaf except it had a more oriental design closely related to Japanese architecture.
Our heroes and the guard had finally arrived in front of the door of the Mizukage's office. The guard then knocked twice on the door,
"The envoy from the Leaf is here, Lord Mizukage." The guard said.
"Come in." The Mizukage replied.
The guard then opened the door and our two jounins stepped inside the candle-lighted and somber Mizukage's office, which had brown walls and large windows on the right, giving the Mizukage a fantastic view of the village.
The Mizukage himself was wearing the traditional white and dark blue Mizukage robes along with the white and dark blue Mizukage hat. From the look of his face, he looked like he was in his mid forties with black eyes and long black spiky hair.
"Ah, welcome fellow ninjas of the Hidden Leaf. Though I am very surprised that the Hokage would send the White Fang and Yellow Flash to my village just to hand me a document of alliance but then again, your reputation do justify the decision." The Mizukage said in a cheerful tone.
"Thank you for your compliments, Lord Mizukage." Minato said with a grin.
"Though, I thought I was told that you came with your genin cell? Where are they?" The Mizukage asked as he looked around but did not see them.
"They're here but they went sightseeing around the village." Kakashi answered.
"Are you sure it was a good idea? I mean, some of the ninjas of my village can be…a little rowdy." The Mizukage said in a somewhat cryptic tone.
"I'm sure they'll be fine, Lord Mizukage." Minato replied confidently.
"If you say so but then again, they are your students so I'm sure they're more than capable of defending themselves. Now, where is that document?" The Mizukage asked.
The Hidden Mist Village. While it is one of the five great villages, it is also the poorest of the villages despite being on the victor's side of the ninja war. For many years, they have been hard at work at trying to fix their village and catch up to the others economically. However, despite their low economy, they have a very strong military and are currently tied for second place in the strength levels with Sand.
Sasuke was currently walking around in the marketplace located in downtown Konoha. In the marketplace, there were many stands selling different artifacts and scrolls. Sasuke was laying his eyes on them but was uninterested by any of them, even one that sold swords.
Suddenly, Sasuke was bumped hard by a person wearing a black hitman trenchcoat and with black shorts, spiky blue hair and a large sword wrapped in bandages with a yellow hilt and a skull at the end of the handle.
"Hey you!" Sasuke yelled at the person in order to get their attention but the said person just continued to walk away, which angered the Uchiha.
"HEY!" Sasuke yelled as then walked up to the person and grabbed them by their shoulder with his right hand but then Sasuke had to jump back from the person as the latter swung his sword down at Sasuke.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Sasuke growled angrily.
"Oops, I'm sorry. It's just that I can't keep myself from wanting to chop people into pieces. By the way, my name is Hoshikage Kisame, genin of the Mist and also the person who is going to rip you to pieces and send you straight to hell." The boy said and now the front of the boy was revealed, it was a young boy about Sasuke's age with bluish skin and wearing no shirt, thus showing off his muscular upper body. His face resembled that of a fish as he had gills on his cheeks and had white eyes.
"Send me to hell, huh? Sorry but I'm not gonna die yet, not until that man is dead first." Sasuke said with a smirk as he then unsheathed his katana and upon close look, his katana was of the Masamune type with a red dragon etched onto the blade, "The name is Uchiha Sasuke, genin of the Leaf and the person who's going to kick your ass." Sasuke said with a grin as he pointed his blade to Kisame.
Genin vs Genin! The battle begins!
To be Continued…
AN: Hoped you like the chapter. Yes, Kisame is a genin in this story as he is fifteen in this story but trust me, he'll play a huge part in the story later on. Also as you can see, I took out the Wave Country Arc and the reason why I did it is because it's overdone. I mean, it's been re-done in so many ways that it gets boring and also, this arc serves as a huge precedence for what will happen later on in the story hence why I decided to skip the Wave Country Arc.
Also, the Chunnin Exam will be skipped. Anyway in my story, a person can become chunnin after doing a number of missions and be recommended by their jounin sensei. If they meet the qualifications then they become chuunin. It's that simple but don't worry, the Genin Tournament will more than make up for it, I promise you.
Now, you may have noticed that when I described the ninja techniques, I did not put in genjutsu. Well, the reason for that is that genjutsu does not exist in my story for now. It is not because I hate genjutsu but because with the system I am using, I don't know how to make genjutsu work since every jutsu uses the elements. So if you can help find a way to make it work then I will edit that part and put it back in.
Finally, I am sorry if the pace of the story is a bit slow but I am doing it that way because I want to establish certain key things but next chapter will have a lot of action as the two swordsman battle it out and no, I did not forget Sakura and Naruto as they will meet two previously dead (in the original) Mist ninjas and both have bloodlines and that's all I am saying about that.
So I will see you guys later!